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wwinterj25 posted...

Normal life.

If not wearing a mask in densely crowded indoor spaces is life to you then great? You sound like you have a very shitty life. But you do you. Keep unnecessarily exposing yourself and others to a virus you can help prevent the spread of.

wwinterj25 posted...

Oh the fear is well rooted in your mind.

What exactly am I missing out on by choosing to wear a mask in a grocery store?

I watched that a long time ago and remember not liking it too much for some reason. Was Jiro kind of an asshole or am I thinking of something else

wwinterj25 posted...

I don't understand why you want to live in fear for the rest of your life and think masks are gods gift to men.

Who said that? I have been living life by going to restaurants and having friends over at my place. Been to several larger weddings when things were relatively under control. Masks were optional because it was assumed that the people invited were vaccinated (which probably almost everyone was).

Why take a risk in a public indoor space where people touch everything? Why is wanting people to wear masks in such a setting in line with wanting people to "live in fear"? You do understand that cases are rising again right? That doesn't just happen magically and without reason. If only there were things people could do to mitigate that. Dang.

I don't understand the mindset of people who go into huge indoor public spaces like grocery stores and malls without a mask on.

sounds like you're just insufferable around others and they don't want to be around you. you "choosing" to not involve people in your life is just a defense mechanism to make yourself feel validated about not being close to anyone.

Metalsonic66 posted...

https://youtu.be/7TZNv86-OmI

LOL

hockey7318 posted...

And you think the sound from a gun going off in the room with you is similar to what you hear from guns in a theater?!

Yes? People have called the cops on their neighbors thinking the sounds from their movies/video games are real gunshots. And I doubt those people had commercial grade premium sound equipment in their houses and were blasting at a high volume.

Why is it so hard to imagine that people in a movie theater would not be able to discern a real gunshot from one they are expecting one to hear on-screen?

BEERandWEED posted...

It was recommended by her doctors that she avoid all vaccines in the future. So yea, there are justified grounds for her exemption.

Didn't see this part, but you're right. There is a doctor's written notice that she should avoid vaccines in the future. I'm not sure if universities are within their right to legally deny admission for medical exemptions like this, but they are a private university.

It should be noted that while getting a flu vaccine is associated with triggering GBS, having the flu is an even more likely trigger for GBS. For the COVID vaccine, there is an association but no causal relationship with GBS (for the J&J vaccine only, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have so far not been associated with GBS at all).

blu posted...

What if you were paralyzed from the waist down for over a month recently because of a vaccine?

I'd also be wary of taking the vaccine. But I probably wouldn't go out of my way to get a medical exemption. If that was my only episode of having GBS and there hasn't been any associated instances of GBS with the COVID vaccine, I would consider getting it. But I also have the privilege of being in the medical profession and understanding these illnesses (and firsthand being involved in treatment of patients with GBS), so I can understand why an 18 year old would be worried about getting it.

Getting an extremely rare side effect to a completely different vaccine is not grounds for medical exemption. This chick is off her rocker if that's her claim. What about all the other vaccines she was probably required to receive throughout her life for school? Or was there a "medical exemption" for those too?

I'd absolutely be wary of vaccines too if I had a complication with one I had received in the past but it's a stretch to turn basically turn fear into a medical exemption.

Far-Queue posted...

"Should she be punished?" and "Should her life be destroyed?" are two different questions, ducky

Is this why the poll results are so polarized? I voted "no" to the question posed in the poll. Didn't realize the topic title had a different question.

It'd be silly for an essentially victimless crime to ruin someone's life. But she absolutely should be punished. Says a lot about someone who is okay to just pick things off a dead person and make videos about it.

hockey7318 posted...

You sound like you know theaters pretty well, but have you fired many guns?

I have not fired many guns but have gone to two shooting ranges. Fired a Glock and some other pistol. Twas fun.

Surprised no one has said a dressing room at a store or mall. I wish my wife would indulge me on that.

You guys must go to some really shitty movie theaters. There are some screens that are massive (not including IMAX). With these larger screens requires larger and louder sound systems. It's not hard to understand how you would completely disregard a real gunshot for an on-screen one if you have been to a Cinemark XD or IMAX showing.

Sound not even being a concern, how would you see a gunshot if you are in a completely different part of the theater? What if the suspect was behind you?

Y'all need to go out more or just use your imaginations instead of just saying "nah impossible".

You also are not taking into account moviegoers themselves. Maybe they're hard of hearing or old or demented or thought they heard something but chalked it up to the movie. They could literally have been sleeping when the gunshots happened. My wife slept straight through most of 1918 in the movie theater. How the fuck you sleep through a movie where there are loud ass explosions and gunshots throughout I will never understand.

it's entirely plausible that the dude shot during a gun fight happening on-screen. it'd be pretty difficult to tell what a real gunshot vs a movie shot would be

Reigning_King posted...

This ladies and gentlemen is what is know as saying something extremely fucking stupid while refusing to admit you might be wrong.

Aren't you and kyuubi doing exactly the same thing in this topic

helIy posted...

yeah it's pretty racist.

that's like if i saw an Asian person and called him ching chong.

Was about to post literally the same thing.

The fb comments are annoying though. The company fired the responsible employee and they're up in arms saying the dealership isn't doing anything to rectify the situation. Unfortunate catch 22 for the dealership.

ArvTheGreat posted...

A lot of people here arent parents and it shows

Lol seriously

Nice. Total cost? 3080ti is $$$$$

I'm a pretty firm believer that there is nothing unselfish about having a kid in this day and age. If you want to have one, that's fine. But you're not really doing the world any favors by having one.

Sounds like the conservative women who were in charge didn't want their husbands seeing the porn star they probably jerk it to. Milfy blonde sounds right up these people's alley.

The_tall_midget posted...

Because he calls out the craziness of the endless, insane groups of regressives?

Lmao

It's one thing to do a report or biography of an infamous (and arguably one of the most terrible in this case) historical figure. It's another to have their crimes and atrocities literally framed as "accomplishments".

I went to an all guys Catholic school from 9-12 (class of 2009) and surprisingly they were extremely tolerant of gay people. We had a couple of gay kids in my class and the administration was serious about making sure they weren't bullied.

A few of the teachers were progressive and didn't give a fuck about teaching ultra conservative values. The ones that did never forced it down anyone's throats. They tried to argue why masturbating and having abortions were immoral with a few of my classmates but were otherwise harmless.

Even had people of different faiths (Jewish, Muslim, Hindu), none of them ever felt uncomfortable having to take mandatory theology classes or go to monthly mass. Everyone was pretty chill with each other at my school. It was actually a fun time. Didn't hate high school as much as I thought I would.

I wear it whenever I enter an indoor public place that's crowded. Restaurants I'll wear one when I enter and take it off when seated. Outdoors I never wear one.

I've been vaccinated since January.

Can't forget about the girl from the Wendy's commercials

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ab/02/fd/ab02fd32a28addc3b6bb3e805f1e6bbc--wendys-girl-morgan-smith.jpg

acesxhigh posted...

2B was just too hot. Seriously I couldn't really focus on what made the game or story unique. Because every time I climbed a ladder or did a sprint, I would just stare at 2B's behind. Every story moment or cutscene was just overshadowed by 2B's presence. At times I would just walk around and stare at the animation of it.

Of course having well designed characters is important to a game. But at a certain point it really becomes a detriment. They did a great job designing 2B as sexy and fluid as possible. And for that reason I don't even want to play the game. When I see 2B, I want to actually quit the game and go have a nut. Yes, this character design was so good that it makes the game hard to continue playing.

Lmao

Or point to a good video on Youtube that explains it well? I actually really enjoyed playing through ending A and ending B and kept thinking "oh man ending C is gonna be fucking crazy". But there was no "holy shit" moment for me. I didn't really feel surprised by anything that was going on, possibly because I had no idea what the fuck was going on. I kept waiting for something to be explained or revealed that would tie everything together...nothing clicked for me. Ended up just watching endings D and E on Youtube.

Overall I enjoyed the game but it left me not satisfied. The story just felt so convoluted and all over the place, which is a shame because the setting and background for everything was very intriguing (aliens, sentient AI robots, androids, moon base, surrealist themes). I felt like the game was trying to be a lot more than it was giving off.

If you like playing them and aren't using them as a crutch for real world problems or have an addiction, what's the problem?

Zeus posted...

That's literally untrue, in that it's now a requirement for certain jobs

has anyone been strapped down to a chair and been forced to take a vaccine against their will? No. You are "literally" spewing shit.

I work in a hospital that made national news about suspending their workers for not getting the vaccine. We had been administrating them for about 5 months before the hospital had made the vaccine mandatory. These workers had 5 full months to get their minds wrapped around the fact that if they don't get the vaccine they're out of a job. No one forced them to get it. They all got fired after a few weeks of being suspended.

If you want to be a part of society, you gotta do what the rest of society is doing. If you don't, then that's on you. You can be one of the people that says society is to blame for all their problems instead of getting over your ego. It's like refusing to get a cell phone and expecting people to bend over backwards to get into contact with you.

it's really funny to see how the people who say COVID is fake or that it's overblown are absolutely terrified about a vaccine that has an even lower rate of having serious side effects.

maybe I need to give this game a 2nd try. I loved Doom 2016 and was really psyched to play Eternal. Played for like 30 mins and was not digging all the cutscenes. It just didn't feel as fun for some reason. Ended up refunding on Steam...first game I have ever done that for

HornedLion posted...

I think people in this thread need to see this:
https://youtu.be/imNtSPM3-r4

I only watched half of this but it is both fascinating and fucking horrifying. Definitely will watch the rest. Please recommend more things like this lol

MrMelodramatic posted...

it feels bad but I might give up. I can't beet hornet and I can't beat the watcher knights and as far as I can tell, I need to do both to continue.

Naw man just keep trying

holy shit that's insane

Nichtcrawler X posted...

Many games get memory bugs from excessive use of the Switch sleep function, without properly turning it off.

any games in particular? I have played at least 20 games on my switch and have even purposefully used sleep mode during load screens just to see if it fucks with the game...never have had any issues.

Nichtcrawler X posted...

The sleep function on Switch is not really optimized to use while a game is running.

What does that even mean

MrMelodramatic posted...

This is true. Towards the beginning when I got stuck I looked at a guide and the complete map is crazy big and made me think I might not be able to get into the game. When you get to the 3rd or 4th area, though, the world starts feeling more manageable. The shade soul being left behind does suck because I don't want to lose all my geo, but it has also helped me brute force my way through bosses that I might have otherwise given up on and eventually left the game. A big problem I have is how far save points are. I dunno if this is a staple of metriodvanias or if this is just HK, but not autosaving/having checkpoints more often than one or twice a level adds unnecessary tedium imo

That's why it's great on the switch. Just turn it off whenever and pick up immediately where you left off. I just started a new playthrough and I feel like it's more enjoyable the 2nd Time around. I remember finding the game very difficult and confusing the first time I played

Looks awesome and am going to buy for sure, but disappointed with the graphics. From an artistic standpoint it looks great. From a technical standpoint, there's no reason it should look this similar to Dark Souls 3 (which was released 5 year ago...holy shit it's been that long???)

ReggieTheReckless posted...

the mil, duh

"hurr durr a million dollars isn't a lot"

attn morons that think that: please understand that you are idiots brainwashed by your six figure salaries to think that's the norm and that anyone can get to where you are with hard work and dedication

No one is saying a million dollars isn't a lot and if you need the money then sure, go for it. I'm making around $65k per year and am living comfortably. There isn't anything I need or want right now that I couldn't pay for, or at least be willing to wait for. A million dollars would certainly be a nice chunk of change but it's not really that important in the long run for me.

An iron stomach though...me not having to worry about eating certain foods when I travel and never having to worry about becoming fat would be absolutely incredible and life changing.

Anyone who picks the money clearly has never had severe GI issues while traveling abroad.

I didn't even have to think about this. If I had an iron stomach I could eat whatever and not have to worry about getting fat or sick. There are so many foods I hold off on because I'm concerned about putting on weight. There are so many times I have gone to a tropical country and had terrible diarrhea and vomiting.

Fuck a million dollars I'll make that at some point in my life.

GenericGuy posted...

No. I order food in all the time and never tip. It's not my job to pay the driver's salary and it's certainly not my problem that they're not paid enough. Why is tipping culture a thing? I'll never fucking understand America.

No one likes to tip or ever thinks "yeah tipping is a great thing". Doesn't mean you can't throw in a few dollars for a dude who is making shit pay to do work for you. You choosing not to tip isn't some big fuck you to the company, you're just fucking over the delivery guy. If you are outside of America then good for you. I wish companies paid our restaurant staff and delivery drivers livable wages so they wouldn't have to rely on tips.

My work gives us a dashpass promotion for doordash that cuts off like 10-15% of the entire order or gets rid of the delivery fee. I just add what I save for my orders to the tip.

The Dallas Mavericks won the greatest NBA playoffs ever that year. It was the second semester of my freshman year of college.

I'm not outraged but wow that is a terribly written/produced song. No flow to it at all. It's not catchy either

goddam i was both laughing and crying at the last direct. i don't think it's possible to make a Direct even more disappointing than that one.

Zeus posted...

That's what the break-in was about. They didn't just go over to his house armed with guns, they got the guns from his house.

So then it's like you didn't read the story then because there is nothing in this topic's first post to make that point so obvious.

That's not really super clear from Ducky's post but okay

where do two kids even get ak47s from like what the fuck

lol it's not even subtle how much it's trying to be like john wick.

looks fun though, i'll probably watch it if it reviews well

I appreciate the TC. He's saying the things we all wish we could say freely. He is a stunning and brave example of the apex being we all strive to become.