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| Topic | Has the PS5 already won the generation? |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 4:38:05 PM #2 | Nah, the Series S is going to dominate the casual market with GamePass and being 1/2 the price of the PS5. |
| Topic | Why is there a stigma about adults drinking milk? |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 3:36:48 PM #7 | Paragon21XX posted... Only those without the lactase persistence gene. A lot of people who stop drinking milk for a long time can also become intolerant, which often tends to happen around adulthood when you can finally get your own food and probably stop drinking milk so much because milk kind of sucks. Vegetarians/Vegans also tend to become lactose intolerant over time after restricting eating dairy products. |
| Topic | My favorite part of Obama's presidency was when he closed down Guantanamo Bay |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 3:34:53 PM #14 | Unknown5uspect posted... "lol fuck context" - TC |
| Topic | Trump is raging that #diaperdon is trending on Twitter |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 2:44:48 AM #11 | I kind of hope the actual hashtag has nothing to do with him, and the President is literally throwing a fit over nothing. Like the feds investigated Huggies and found out it was a front for the mob. |
| Topic | ITT: Franchises that should die and franchises that we should revive. |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 2:11:58 AM #17 | Die: Yearly sports titles (or at least remove the loot boxes and ****) Revive: Guitar Hero |
| Topic | I'm finally burned out on horror movies |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 1:57:18 AM #6 | Shark Excorcist? Its just absolutely horrible, but its not a haunted house or possession movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmAVn9QrOE |
| Topic | its a beautfiul day for a bbq |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 1:54:35 AM #6 | So I made the risky google and it turns out the thumbnail image is satirical and the band is super political, but like, woke political. Also this band has had 21 former members. Its a ****ing revolving door over there. |
| Topic | johnny Bravo in 2020... |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 1:43:48 AM #6 | DoctorPiranha3 posted... He always gets beat up, so yes. This. Heck, him getting what was coming to him was literally the joke most of the time. |
| Topic | Zac Efron has DUMPED his WAITRESS Girlfriend!! Was She Hot?? |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 1:42:31 AM #19 | DoctorPiranha3 posted... Yeah I mean she's attractive, but Zac Effron could get any girl he wanted girl is in the perfect age demographic to be in love with High School Musical when it came out. Zac Efron probably doesn't need to look twice to be able to date a girl that age. |
| Topic | A Trump Supporter Was Triggered Enough to Call Me Out |
| Proto_Spark 11/27/20 1:39:35 AM #13 | UnholyMudcrab posted... How about I just not click on a link to that board If it'll help, since the election the board seems to just be people brigading to make fun of Trump supporters and derail whatever garbage was actually going to go on there. |
| Topic | Remove FROM your username all letters found in Happy Thanksgiving Day. |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 7:59:53 PM #37 | roo_rk |
| Topic | Trump says he will leave the White House IF |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 6:45:34 PM #6 | Maybe this means he's managed to convince like 3 states electors to become faithless and vote for him instead of Biden. He's not stupid enough to say this if he thinks it'll actually happen. He'll be in Russia by Biden's inaguration anyways, hiding from being arrested. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson's new book surges into Amazon Top 10 after flurry of pre-orders |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 6:41:03 PM #15 | Its kind of a shame that when someone does something as stupid as go to Russia for a dangerous detox procedure because nobody in North America is stupid enough to go through with it because you think you're smarter than the concept of western medicine and end up putting yourself in a coma for 8 months and catch COVID in the middle that they can come out perfectly fine and continue selling their schlock. This dude's room isn't clean, why are we letting him write a self-help book? At least he was well put together when he wrote the first one. |
| Topic | Are we done? We done with Trump as President, because (TMitHC spoilers) |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 1:46:05 PM #4 | Cornhuskers posted... And he would protect his family, to save his country, by destroying what had destroyed his (ideal) family. Wait until season 4 |
| Topic | 2021 give us sinnoh remakes |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 1:43:30 PM #6 | Bud look at how neutered a game SwSh is compared to previous gens, there's no way Gamefreak can make Sinnoh in 3D. And this is coming from someone who liked SwSh |
| Topic | If you haven't played at least 3 of these 10 games, you must abandon CE forever. |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 1:39:09 PM #21 | BotW COD MW (but I never played the multiplayer) And I've played maybe an hour total between Alien isolation, Doom 2016, and Salt and Sanctuary, so I guess maybe that all counts as 1? |
| Topic | Were your thanksgiving day dinner plans changed, due to covid? |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 12:49:08 PM #11 | SamsungGearS2 posted... I dont do anything for thanksgiving anyway This. Although Im Canadian so I wasnt doing anything special today regardless. |
| Topic | Family member was listening to 5'1 Joe Rogan. Lol. How do people listen |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 10:47:32 AM #7 | I mean, Rogan is great when he's just having a regular conversation with someone who isn't some kind of awful person. Its just since Covid started he's been really insistent on talking about **** that neither him or his guests actually seem to know anything about and pushing his really bad takes. I get why he wants to talk about politics or Covid since they're the big things in the news, he just has some stupid takes that make it hard to actually enjoy the show. |
| Topic | 'Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa' |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 12:14:29 AM #15 | g0ldie posted... to each their own, but I can't remember "peak" Family Guy making me laugh. tbf, Peak Family Guy correlated with the worst episodes of the Simpsons so it probably made Family Guy seem better in comparison. Simpsons however has rebounded and for the most part is quite enjoyable (although a different show than the early seasons) while Family Guy has just lost its appeal and not tried to bounce back. |
| Topic | 'Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa' |
| Proto_Spark 11/26/20 12:09:29 AM #10 | iPhone_7 posted... Who said that was supposed to be funny? Her name is Tricia Takanawa & shes a reporters. I thought the joke was "Asian Reporter" as if there was a difference and then her being obviously Asian, as if you wouldn't be able to tell otherwise. Not a good joke, mind you, but that's what I thought was supposed to be funny. |
| Topic | I'm not impressed by ps5, anyone got it? |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 11:34:02 PM #9 | Colorahdo posted... The way I see it is, look at the early PS4 games compared to today. They were kinda crappy, they just have to put in the years of experimenting to get anything out of PS5. Right now it's just a PS4 This. Its going to basically be a Ps4 Pro - Pro for another year or so before its definitely worth picking up. When most games stop being made for the Xbox One and PS4 you can start thinking about picking the new one up. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson: "Clean your room." |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 11:32:05 PM #55 | UnfairRepresent posted... Eh Very true. But when the guy preaching that you should take personal responsibility for your life and is writing a self help book develops a drug addiction and then needs to go to a Russian hospital for a very dangerous procedure because he doesn't want to deal with his own problems because he thinks he's better than western medicine does it, I think its fair to laugh at the hypocrisy. Mozart being an idiot doesn't contradict him being able to write good music quite the same way. |
| Topic | Gamespot want you to know that the PS5 outsold Xbox by a huge margin in Japan |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 11:24:57 PM #12 | well of course it did. The Xbox is really only competitive in North America. Everyone knew this already. |
| Topic | Unpopular film opinions |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 11:23:50 PM #125 | FL81 posted... A New Hope is better than Empire Strikes Back Tom Holland is the worst Spider Man. He'd probably be the best Spider Man if the MCU movies were actual Spider Man movies, but it misses so much of the actual important parts of Spider Man that they're just cookie-cutter MCU junk starring some kid with spider powers who isn't spider man. I enjoyed the 2016 Mummy movie with Tom Cruise. |
| Topic | Was does everyone GUY on REDDIT want to be like TOM HOLLANDS from SPIDER-MAN? |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 7:52:00 PM #2 | Do you not want to be a super rich actor that gets to be paid a ton of money to be an iconic character while still giving you plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests since Marvel studios probably doesn't want Spider Man being as big a deal as he normally is given they don't fully own the rights and probably never will? |
| Topic | Nintendo Switches now come with Mariokart 8 included |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 7:50:22 PM #6 | hasn't MK8 been the tie-in game for quite a while now? |
| Topic | Outrage after Drew Barrymore Hosts WEDDING for TEACHER and his FORMER STUDENT!! |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 7:44:04 PM #8 | AvlButtslam posted... How do you not know who Drew Barrymore is? yeah Drew Barrymore is the girl who was murdered in the Scream intro! No but seriously I just looked it up and I don't think I've actually seen anything Drew Barrymore has actually been in (minus E.T., but she was 7 at the time so I think that's not a fair test) |
| Topic | Outrage after a DISNEY STAR comes out as an ANTI-VAXX TRUMP SUPPORTER!! |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 6:55:50 PM #3 | I vaguely remember Good Luck Charlie, but it came out as me and my siblings were aging out of the demographic so I maybe saw one or two episodes. but actively refusing to wear a mask at this point is just being a dick. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson: "Clean your room." |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 4:53:55 PM #32 | Balrog0 posted... Yeah he apparently was making the rounds on public access and local channels trying to get attention for years before he finally got people to bite. So it's not even like grifting on this level just fell into his lap, he was looking to do it Especially obvious if you look at bill C-16 in Canada that got Peterson so famous, in that it wasn't doing anything remotely close to what Peterson was trying to argue it was, it was clearly a grift for attention. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson: "Clean your room." |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 4:36:51 PM #29 | COVxy posted... The dude is a clear grifter who uses his prestige as a buffer. The worst of it is that he fumbles in neuroflombology and evolutionary psychology into the mix like if a drunk pretentious undergrad trying to impress a woman. He isn't using his prestige as a buffer, that's literally why he's grifting. If you look up his research, he's done a lot of work on what leads to political conservatism. He's using his own research to sell his stuff, by doing exactly what the modern research has shown to lead to his political opinions. joe40001 posted... He never argued d. he's never explicitly argued d, but that thought process is a big part of the problem with Peterson, even if my example was a fair bit more obvious than Peterson's usual schtick. Another trademark Peterson thing is being as vague as possible so that you can basically interpret anything from what he says and he's basically protected from being targeted for the bad things he says. Here's a reddit thread explaining why his claim against women in the workforce made zero sense because Peterson doesn't really know what he's talking about outside of his narrow philosophy field. https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/8lcexw/jordan_peterson_women_joining_workforce_cuts/ He can definitely be flawed, and if you benefit from what he's saying specifically that's fine, but you also need to be aware of the negative things he also regularly preached as well. And also, like, go to r/JordanPeterson or look at the comment sections of his YouTube videos, his fanbase is super toxic and definitely using him as an excuse to be hateful jerks. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson: "Clean your room." |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 12:56:10 PM #12 | joe40001 posted... Some of his insights were good/helpeful. Its because he has a tendency to additionally push some really conservative views under the pretence that its really just the logical followthrough of the actual legitimate advice he gives. a) You aren't happy right now b) have some personal responsibility for your own problems c) you can fix some of the things you aren't happy about, but it probably won't be easy d) women shouldn't be in the workplace Its more subtle than just those 4 steps, but that's kind of the issue with Peterson. He definitely gives off a positive vibe, but there's this level of grift there that can sort of fly under the radar. It also doesn't help that Peterson fans tend to be very similar to far-right or gamer gate or whatever anti-SJW jack***es that are just... so hard to like. |
| Topic | Is Charlie Brown Thanksgiving racist? |
| Proto_Spark 11/25/20 12:51:27 PM #27 | BeyondWalls posted... Uh.. isnt Linus Jewish? I don't think there's anything to actually suggest that. Besides Linus is also Lucy's little brother, so he wouldn't be the only one regardless. Although Lucy isn't at the scene at all, so I don't know what's going on (I don't think I've ever seen the Thanksgiving special) but Linus is at the head of the table, so I don't really think it counts as sitting alone. Same with whoever is at the other side (I'd guess it would have to be either Marcie or Lucy, but who knows?) |
| Topic | Do Macbooks ever go on sale? |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 11:38:52 PM #6 | Son Of Spam posted... You can get a discount buying them from Apple's student discount store or through Unidays. And you really don't want to get a refurbished one right now unless the new M1 Macbooks can't do something you need it to (running Windows, certain apps not working through Rosetta 2). The performance advantage of the new M1s is enormous. Note that the new M1s run on an entirely different chipset so a lot of programs aren't actually going to run on them for quite a while (ex. Photoshop is advertised for mid-2021 IIRC). If this MacBook is needed to actually do program-specific work, I'd actually suggest steering clear for a few years. If its just stuff like web browsing and Office, there's no problem though. |
| Topic | Jordan Peterson: "Clean your room." |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 10:30:05 PM #3 | He put himself into a coma to avoid dealing with his drug addiction because he thinks he's smarter than Western Medicine, his room hasn't been clean for quite a while. |
| Topic | The PS5 is awesometacular. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 10:28:57 PM #7 | tbf, Spider-Man is pretty ****ing awesome. |
| Topic | If we abolish the Electoral College, the Republican party will never win again. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 10:19:26 PM #18 | Anteaterking posted... You don't get a bigger say under the popular vote. You get an equal say. Its not really an equal say though, because if your state has its own unique problem with 1/2 a million people in it, the state next door with 8 million people who aren't suffering whatever the issue is is going to drown out your voice and you just aren't going to be heard at all. I get now that those 1/2 a million people are being given too loud a voice, but just tipping the scales the other way isn't really solving the issue. I think the electoral college can still work if its just a bit more proportional (ie. if 1/3 of California votes for Trump, he should get a 1/3 of those votes, and when 45% of Texas voted for Biden, he should've gotten 45% of those votes) If this isn't widespread electoral reform and literally just the president, then sure whatever, the senate also overvalues rural states. |
| Topic | Apparently, Donald Trump is going to pardon Michael Flynn. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 10:13:02 PM #9 | Trump can't pardon Flynn, because a Pardon also implies guilt that Flynn committed the crime. Also didn't he already do backdoor stuff to basically cancel his sentence? like he got involved in the DOJ and bunch of staff there quit out of protest it was big news at the time. |
| Topic | "Capitalism breeds innovation" |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 10:09:59 PM #64 | Solid Snake07 posted... My phone has a jack and I only use my wireless bose. I'm sure there are wired headphones at the same price point that have better sound quality. But the sound quality is pretty damn good and is worth not fucking with cables, especially on the go. Honestly I prefer having cables. I can slide the cable under my shirt or something and just let the earphones dangle when they aren't in use, and being connected to my phone still means it won't fall off or anything while I'm out and about. RchHomieQuanChi posted... That is a very naive way of looking at things. I think its a little more in the middle of the two. It doesn't happen all the time, of course, but that's at least the theory behind it. Heck, companies like Walmart are well known for being successful by sacrificing quality for a lower price. But it isn't like we don't see it still. If you want the best smartphone around, the new iPhone whatever is going to be a clear contender, or how the Apple Watch is easily the best smartwatch (Which Apple ruins with the caveat of "only works with an iPhone") Capitalism is breeding innovation and the best products around for Apple and the iPhone/Apple Watch/whatever, but its also stimulating anti consumer practices and other terrible things in order to keep their spot at the top of the hill. |
| Topic | So apparently Ready Player Two is not good |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:58:08 PM #14 | I mean, the first one wasn't supposed to be good either, so why is this a surprise? |
| Topic | "Capitalism breeds innovation" |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:55:25 PM #61 | Zeeak4444 posted... ah, our resident capitalist enthusiast. It very much can, because (at least in theory) the best way to drive up profits is to provide the best product/service, which would understandably lead to innovation. Of course this doesn't happen all the time, especially when companies get larger and can control whatever market they're in, but we do see it happen from time to time. As an example, the iPhone was an innovation like a decade ago when it was introduced, even if recent years haven't seen much changes (which is a result of Apple dominating their share of the market). Also the Apple Watch basically kicked off the smartwatch market. |
| Topic | If we abolish the Electoral College, the Republican party will never win again. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:51:26 PM #14 | Hinakuluiau posted... As opposed to the current system that favors swing state issues? Definitely not, I think there definitely needs to be an improvement to the current system, but I don't think a straight popular vote is the right choice. Even just the electoral system in the UK/Canada which is basically the electoral college on a smaller scale would help in terms of proportion I think. Choco posted... give more votes to minorities too then I agree. Voter suppression is stupid and shouldn't be allowed to happen. Here in Canada everyone is automatically registered to vote and you don't need to travel very far to the nearest polling location. Anteaterking posted...
I don't know, but that's the point since I don't live in bumble**** Indiana, but they have local problems and don't relate to what problems in my area are, so I shouldn't get a bigger say just because I live in a more populated area. And yeah, less popular issues is a widespread thing, not an exclusive to rural areas thing, that's just bad communication on my part. |
| Topic | "Capitalism breeds innovation" |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:45:29 PM #58 | Solid Snake07 posted... Like this guy. Absolutely fair points. But I'd argue earbuds have already begun and will continue to take over the casual consumer market share. I'd argue that the main reason wireless earbuds are taking over the market is exactly because smartphones have been removing the headphone jack. Its kind of putting the thumb on the scale there. |
| Topic | Justin Trudeau says Canada will NOT get VACCINES until NEXT YEAR!! |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:41:43 PM #3 | I'm working from home and likely will be for the foreseeable future, so I don't mind waiting for more important people to get a vaccine before me. Also, yeah, we should be doing stuff like masks and social distancing for the foreseeable future anyways, because not everyone is going to get vaccinated. |
| Topic | If we abolish the Electoral College, the Republican party will never win again. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:36:52 PM #10 | ZMythos posted... This is false but ok It wouldn't completely make them irrelevant, but campaigning in the rural parts of the US would be way less worthwhile and would see vastly less attention. I agree that its overrepresented as it is, but there needs to be something to help actually make sure that less popular issues are still dealt with. |
| Topic | If we abolish the Electoral College, the Republican party will never win again. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:33:04 PM #4 | Depends what we replace it with. But a major part of Republicans winning every year (in both the presidency and the senate) is over representing rural parts of the US. Its an important thing to consider, a straight popular vote would render most of the countries issues in the middle of the country to be pretty much ignored, so we can't do that. |
| Topic | Switched to Android for the third time. Disappointed for the third time. |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:28:47 PM #23 | wait, TC what android did you buy? Also Android has a lot more customization, but it does suck that a lot of apps on both Android and IOS focus on IOS first and foremost, and then updates to Android are months behind. Apple stuff is designed to "just work" but its a lot harder to do anything outside of what Apple specifically would like you to do with it, which is where Android really shines. There's a lot more freedom with stuff like custom launchers. But really, the little differences between Apple and Android are really just because you're coming from an iPhone. once you stop trying to work your phone the same way you worked your iPhone most of your problems will probably disappear. |
| Topic | "Capitalism breeds innovation" |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:18:42 PM #50 | Solid Snake07 posted... "Dial up is the best it'll ever be!" If it'll help, I can rephrase to "Wired headphones are not going to be obsolete anytime in the foreseeable future because there's basically no situation where transferring the signal wirelessly provides a better result than using a wire" The fact that smartphones are the only things abandoning a headphone jack kind of prove that. Wireless headphones now work perfectly fine, but 50$ wired headphones are always going to be better than 50$ wireless headphones. |
| Topic | Apparently Cyberpunk is gonna be over 170 hours of PT |
| Proto_Spark 11/24/20 9:06:36 PM #4 | So like a 20-40 hour story like most games and 100 hours of hold up a minute side stuff like every other open world game? I'm sure the side stuff will be fun, since a lot of the side stuff in Witcher III was decent. |
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