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| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 2:00:00 PM #33 | Wow that was over-indulgent, even by apple standards |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:55:57 PM #30 | I bet those silicon cases they're selling are going to be 40$ more than a silicone case you can buy literally anywhere else. 128 GB storage capacity is also a great move, considering Ipone doesn't have an micro SD slot, 128 is the minimum they should be using. |
| Topic | Biden's ancestors owned slaves |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:48:12 PM #4 | Nacen posted... so |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:47:52 PM #26 | iPhone being able to detect like what kind of tree the camera is pointed at is a super cool gimmick I would definitely waste a lot of time on if it works even like 1/2 as good as it does 1/2 way across North America where I am. |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:42:46 PM #22 | Makeveli_lives posted... Looks exactly the same with a slightly smaller notch It also has a slightly larger battery! |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:40:15 PM #19 | New IPhone! |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:33:29 PM #17 | Makeveli_lives posted... Okay a someone with a samsung watch, this commercial is incredible honestly. They can't do anything in this trailer. Think they just want you to charge it all the time, they even mentioned how easy it was to get a lot of charge back. Though not having an all-day battery life makes me think the sleep-cycle stuff isn't really worth the effort. |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:29:55 PM #15 | "with the environment in mind" has already been said twice for both the iPad and Watch recycling. I bet that was a line the PR team worked really hard on. |
| Topic | Official Apple Event 2021 Topic |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 1:25:53 PM #13 | They even updated the mini to the new iPad style, why did they keep the old one with the budget iPad? Cycling on the apple watch sounds cool, but I wonder how well it'll work. The cycling measurement on my Samsung smartwatch is pretty unreliable (and doesn't really cover that much info) |
| Topic | Bill maher has issue with the black national anthem |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 12:59:49 AM #65 | CanuckCowboy posted... Thats true but also i feel like he topped out during bush really. I was a dan either cause I was young or cause his enlightened centrist shtick was actually alright back in those days... I dont know which but he definitely fell off hard and not recently either way. That's fair, I was too young to catch any of Bill Maher during the Bush years, so that wouldn't surprise me (nor would it be a surprise that Bill has basically started sucking twice) |
| Topic | Bill maher has issue with the black national anthem |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 12:39:37 AM #61 | CanuckCowboy posted... Early aughts bill Maher was pretty fuciin funny, his first new rules book was great, and that interview gene Simmons got all pissy in was awesome. I think he realized he doesn't have any material now that Trump is gone. He had some "SJW bad" stuff before Trump won, but during his presidency Maher had literally nothing else (I remember one episode in like 2015 where he makes a joke about how he won't be making anymore Trump jokes) Because like, he's really struggling without Trump there. |
| Topic | AOC at the Met Gala in a dress that reads "Tax The Rich." |
| Proto_Spark 09/14/21 12:30:10 AM #101 | Fam_Fam posted... in terms of hating on AOC for this, i don't get it. people can't party and also be taxed? why is partying with people who (should) pay taxes problematic? Why can't you enjoy your money and also pay more in taxes. I think her point, and others, is that rich people can pay more whilst still being plenty rich, which is totally true/valid. Yeah there's nothing wrong here, acting like "society is bad, but you live in society... curious" is a decent response is silly. If she walked within a mile of Seaworld her haters would talk about how she hates whales. |
| Topic | Bill maher has issue with the black national anthem |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 9:39:21 PM #8 | Bill Maher really just likes to complain about the young people from his high horse. Its hard to take anything he says seriously. |
| Topic | $2000, but you're permanently banned from the last store you visited. |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 9:34:48 PM #37 | I can go the rest of my life never going into that brand of corner store again. Will probably help me to stop eating so much junk. Also, I've never seen another store of that chain, so I probably won't be that bothered. |
| Topic | 61 y/o Georgia Woman MARRIES a 24 y/o whom she met at 15!! Is She a Pedophile?? |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 9:33:27 PM #15 | g0ldie posted... if they met when he was 15, but nothing happened, then nah. This. It sounds like a 60 year old started dating a 24 year old online and have since gotten married. Which I mean, ehhh, but nothing like, evil here. Though the 1/2 your age plus 7 rule applies, and 25 is not 1/2 of 61 +7, therefore its weird. |
| Topic | Protesters up here in Alberta, outside hospitals. One has a doozy of a sign. |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 8:50:27 PM #32 | CanuckCowboy posted... I'm not disagreeing but on an anecdotal level I don't know anyone like that. I feel like its either more an international stereotype or some kinda Toronto or Montreal thing when you get right down to it. I don't personally know anyone like this either, this just seems to be the main response any time Canada comes up in response to something crazy the US does. |
| Topic | Protesters up here in Alberta, outside hospitals. One has a doozy of a sign. |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 8:44:27 PM #27 | CanuckCowboy posted... As a Canadian this is a p good post. Canada's National identity is being slightly less bat**** as the United States and pretending we're way better in comparison. |
| Topic | Protesters up here in Alberta, outside hospitals. One has a doozy of a sign. |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 8:23:26 PM #24 | Today was the first day classes opened at my university, so there was an anti-vaxx protest outside from people who weren't allowed in the building. There was like 5 people. It was honestly a little sad, and then they pulled out a bunch of PPC signs and I stopped feeling bad for them. |
| Topic | AOC at the Met Gala in a dress that reads "Tax The Rich." |
| Proto_Spark 09/13/21 8:21:38 PM #11 | I mean, sure. You have to do stupid PR stunts every once in a while, because its not like anyone who doesn't like AOC cares about her actual policies. |
| Topic | None of the other Switch revisions hold a candle to the Lite model. |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 9:07:55 PM #27 | Duncanwii posted... "Can I break the law with the Lite" is what you mean. Jailbreaking isn't necessarily breaking the law. There are plenty of cool legal things you can do with a modded console. It'll void the warranty for sure though. |
| Topic | None of the other Switch revisions hold a candle to the Lite model. |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 4:06:14 PM #24 | Nestor_Cortes posted... Can you jailbreak the lite version? You can't jailbreak a normal switch either unless you bought it like 3 years ago. |
| Topic | MAGA Mayor Gets Easily Creamed On Boxing Ring |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 1:55:25 PM #5 | lol looking at his wiki page, Tito spent less than 6 months in office before quitting. and before he even left office, he was trying to file for unemployment. Then add some Covid-denial and other kinds of **** and you have one mess of a mayor there. wtf all those fights must have given Tito Ortiz brain damage. |
| Topic | None of the other Switch revisions hold a candle to the Lite model. |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 1:36:58 PM #9 | How many other switch revisions are there? Isn't there just the OLED one (and I guess you can include the "you can't hack it" revision) But not being able to connect to a TV is a dealbreaker for me. That's why its' called a Switch! Also I'm playing on my TV like 90% of the time, so that's probably part of it. Its way too big to be a "handheld" imo. |
| Topic | Good video explaining the problems with "CRT" and "Wokeness" |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 1:17:56 PM #89 | So summary of those 10 minutes TC suggests because nobody else is going to provide one
I'm a little iffy here, because even the part of "some things are not going to be discussed" is a arbitrary line he makes up. His definition of CRT also suggests he doesn't actually know what CRT is. CRT is a LENS which means when you look at a topic from this perspective you are literally looking at the racially focused power differentials. It doesn't mean this is the only acceptable option, its just another way of reading the topic. But he also clearly understands the topic, because he uses an example of a class he took as a student and his teacher explaining potentially problematic themes in "My Fair Lady" - which he credits as a GOOD THING. But for some reason doing that now is bad. Not to mention CRT isn't being treated as the only way of addressing things, by anyone except right-wing reactionaries. So his central argument just doesn't work. If you want the conservative reactionary definition of CRT, this is pretty solid, but he's still wrong, because the conservative definition of CRT is an excuse to cover up their own racism/sexism/whatever they do people don't like. |
| Topic | What was your last purchase? |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 3:23:40 AM #22 | A Hat in Time, on Nintendo Switch |
| Topic | Who here has Funko Pop's? I'm thinking of getting some! |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 3:22:24 AM #18 | I've gotten a bunch of Funky Pops in like gifts or just cause they're on sale, so I have... probably too many. Enough that you're like "wow that's a lot" but not enough that you think you should bring it up. But the issue is that they are 100% kind of being treated like Beanie Babies, where people think they'll be really valuable, but they'll never be really valuable. Once the "bubble" pops nobody will care and these will be in the dollar bin at Wal Mart. Rey (Star Wars) Kylo Ren (Star Wars) Jin Urso (Star Wars) Tony Hawk (Tony Hawk) Marko (Saga) Negan (The Walking Dead) Raichu (Pokemon) Charmander (Pokemon) Mega Man Ronda Rousey Green Arrow (Arrow) Speedy (Arrow) The Flash Captain Marvel Dilophosuar (Jurassic Park) Bob Belcher (Bob's Burgers) Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) Daenerys (GoT) Ice King literally getting stabbed and mid explosion (GoT) Theon (GoT) Borderlands Psycho Sharknado Spider Man (PS4) Spider Man (Miles Morales) And then 3 or 4 random ones that were given to me the last time my sister moved and got rid of her junk. I'm not confident what those are. |
| Topic | Which girl looks better |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 3:11:30 AM #12 | Some of pictures of the first girl literally look like she's a barbie doll. |
| Topic | favorite set of starter pokémon? |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 3:10:07 AM #17 | Gen 2 trio is pretty great, but my fav are the Unova starters. Possibly a little biased, because those were the ones that came out as I was getting older, so I could see every little detail of these games as they were being released and the 6 months they were first in Japan. Still remember the dumb fan-names for the starters, since we didn't have English names yet - Pignition, Wotter, and Smugleaf. |
| Topic | 100 million Republic credits but you must last 5 minutes against Darth Vader |
| Proto_Spark 09/12/21 3:00:53 AM #24 | Ilishe posted... Vader only ever loses a fight against Luke and he wasn't even really trying to win that time. Zero expectation I'll win (or outrun for long) but maybe for 5 minutes. And like, mobility is definitely Vader's weakest point. Still don't have lots of confidence, but its probably my best chance. Though I'm also expecting that if I can last 5 minutes Vader will just go "aww rats" and leave me alone. |
| Topic | KOTOR is being written by a lunatic |
| Proto_Spark 09/11/21 2:37:14 AM #200 | TommyG663513 posted... @Proto_Spark Calling Rey a Mary Sue is also ignoring many significant details. The point is that Luke has the same amount of plot contrivance BS that Rey gets, but one gets a pass for it and one gets demonized for it. The extra context doesn't really matter in that sense. But Luke doing the first thing that comes to mind is legit a part of his character. Him stopping for a moment to think for more than a second was part of the climax in Return of the Jedi. |
| Topic | KOTOR is being written by a lunatic |
| Proto_Spark 09/11/21 1:23:37 AM #189 | Nacen posted... ....like 80% of Luke's role in Empire Strikes Back involves him failing, being rescued and generally getting his ass kicked. And he literally does the first thing that comes to mind and it always works. He's abducted by the snow monster (who's name I can't remember) "I'm just gonna kill him with my laser sword and wander off into a blizzard" AND IT WORKS OUT Luke finds Yoda and clearly ignores the hour of training he receives to go test the Dark Side, then abandons his training to go save his friends. Which he does. After he saves his friend, he goes straight after Vader despite the fact everyone else knows he doesn't stand a chance. But after Vader wrecks him, there's a sudden plot twist to keep him alive. Vader offers to let Luke join the dark side, and Luke decides "aight I'm just gonna jump off this skyscraper I'm sure I'll be fine" AND HE IS Luke is hanging on a radio antennae for his life with one hand about to die and thinks "I'll just think really hard and Leia will hear me" AND IT WORKS. Bare minimum, Luke gets as much BS plot contrivances as Rey does. This doesn't even include him randomly getting a power boost in between Eps 5 and 6. |
| Topic | KOTOR is being written by a lunatic |
| Proto_Spark 09/11/21 12:55:38 AM #187 | Its undeniable that a significant amount of the hate Rey gets was solely because she was a woman. Nobody hated the fact that literally everything Luke ever tried worked perfectly for him (and one of those things was jumping off a skyscraper) I also thoroughly enjoyed TLJ and thought it was great. Its one of my favourites in the series. Though from these tweets, she also seems like an ass. That doesn't mean the game won't be fine, but it means it'll be prime A targets for BS culture war crap from some very insecure snowflakes. |
| Topic | 100 million Republic credits but you must last 5 minutes against Darth Vader |
| Proto_Spark 09/09/21 11:27:21 PM #13 | Well, I'll force push him really hard and run away. Robo-Vader probably can't keep up with me running as fast as I can given he's heavily disabled and the suit is clinging him to life. He'll continuously follow me like a slasher movie villain, but I could last 5 minutes like that. |
| Topic | assuming you're playing a game with cinematic cutscenes, which do you prefer? |
| Proto_Spark 09/09/21 11:25:53 PM #13 | BloodMoon7 posted... B. I AM still playing a video game I would hope. Gtfo here with option A. This. Also, there are WAY more severe walking simulators that would fit into option A then Uncharted or The Last of Us. Unless there's an option C for "actual gameplay is very limited to about the equivalent of a pop-up book" like What Remains of Edith Finch, Gone Home, Telltale Games, etc... Because those are also quite enjoyable. Can't imagine liking option B though. |
| Topic | Donald Trump, on Robert E. Lee's statue being removed |
| Proto_Spark 09/08/21 7:44:11 PM #18 | Maybe we're misinterpreting his words, let's see what Trump had to say about this: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump |
| Topic | Sharing an opinion that isn't left wing = trolling |
| Proto_Spark 09/08/21 4:39:05 PM #204 | Knowing absolutely nothing about what's going on here, just this topic existing seems like TC had a "political opinion" that was just something offensive thinly veiled as "politics" and is butthurt people don't like him being an ass. Reading through this topic, I don't feel like my first guess was wrong. |
| Topic | How long should a console's life cycle be IYO? |
| Proto_Spark 09/05/21 2:04:46 AM #6 | 5-8 years seems reasonable for the most part, though now we're getting to a point where consoles don't really have much more room to improve. I could see the PS5/Series generation lasting quite a while. As long as they keep putting out games, I could see this gem lasting like 10 years. Is there really going to be a huge demand for 8k 120 fps over the current targeted 60fps at 4k? That's reaching levels most people probably wouldn't care that much about. Heck I wouldn't be surprised if the "Series" generation never really ends for Xbox, and any improvements they make a just a different in the "Series" lineup. |
| Topic | LGBT assault in Georgia high school. |
| Proto_Spark 09/05/21 1:54:34 AM #41 | deoxxys posted... If you're a highschooler you dont actually get in trouble yet :p If you're in the south and get in trouble for standing up to a homophobe, you might get into actual trouble >_> |
| Topic | Are you still afraid to go to live events because of COVID? |
| Proto_Spark 09/05/21 1:53:17 AM #5 | I'm still not going to a concert anytime soon. All those people way too close together is still a no-go for me, especially since the pandemic isn't even fully over yet. I'm still iffy about like, going to restaurants or something. |
| Topic | Justin Trudeau is in DANGER of losing Canadas Next Election on Sept.20!!! |
| Proto_Spark 09/05/21 1:50:29 AM #3 | Its a weird mix of "apparently the Liberals never bothered to make an actual plan when they called the election" and "a lot of people are kind of pissed off at the Liberals calling an election during a pandemic" and "It seems pretty obvious the Liberals are calling an election to try to get a majority" The conservatives are currently polling the highest, but their base is really concentrated, which means if they want to form government they need a really big lead, even for a minority government. NDP is also doing quite well, which is a problem for Canadians because that's the NDP seem unable to actually ever win anything, and a strong NDP and weak Liberal party is exactly how conservatives could squeak out a win (which is probably the worst realistic option) There are also plenty of things working against the conservatives though. Even conservatives hate Doug Ford, the Ontario (conservative) premier, who has pretty aggressively screwed up everything he's touched over the last few years he's been in power, and the Nova Scotia conservatives, despite being in power for about a week at this point, are going to extensive lengths to screw over all the young people in the province (who are already suffering due to a huge shortage of well-paying labour and high cost of living) which could quickly bite them in the ass with a federal election so quickly. Then there's stuff like the People's Party of Canada, who is full of MAGA-idiots who haven't realized they don't live in the United States, or the Green Party who is in the middle of actively trying to kill itself for some reason. I think the most likely result is that Trudeau squeaks out with another minority government. Though that means he'll probably call another in about 2 years. |
| Topic | I would love an old school library set of Goosebumps books |
| Proto_Spark 09/04/21 9:53:20 PM #11 | The Goosebumps in my library were all paperback, a hardcover version sounds really cool. |
| Topic | LGBT assault in Georgia high school. |
| Proto_Spark 09/04/21 4:30:40 PM #28 | imagine someone is so fragile they get triggered by a kid on the other end of the cafeteria having a pride flag. |
| Topic | Reaction: the final Smash character is... Mario and Luigi from the RPG series |
| Proto_Spark 09/03/21 4:00:25 PM #5 | That'd be a pretty fun twist, though that would probably just piss off the Geno crowd. I think it'd be pretty cool tho. |
| Topic | Did you know they made a Xenoblade Chronicles for 3DS. |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 5:53:19 PM #5 | I could never play it on 3DS since it was only for the N3DS, and I couldn't justify getting a new one when my OG still worked perfectly fine. Also, a regular sized N3DS never came to North America, and I didn't want the giant one. |
| Topic | AOC GOES OFF on Senator Joe Manchin and other corporate Democrats. |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 5:51:56 PM #5 | Mr Hangman posted... Does anyone in either party have some kind of number in mind of when we should start paying attention to the national debt, or is the methodology just run it up and see what happens? The republican plan is do nothing to care about it, but get mad at the democrats over it anyways. But depending on who you ask, since the US both controls its own currency and is more or less treated as the standard currency macro economically across the world, there isn't a real need to worry about it. MMT is more complicated than just "print as much money as we need" (nor is that an accurate descriptor) but the national debt is nowhere close to as big a deal as we like to pretend it is. |
| Topic | Green Goblin, green goblin, green goblin.... |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 12:25:59 AM #4 | DarthAragorn posted... In the comics isn't Hobgoblin primarily characters other than Harry? Harry was more just Green Goblin 2. Or whatever number. Yeah, but Harry is the one most easily able to relate to Peter, so he's the ones the movies tend to use. Though there are tons of Goblins in the Spider-Verse. We need to see more, because Spidey has one of the coolest bad guy galleries around. |
| Topic | Spider-Man movie ranking |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 12:23:37 AM #32 | ClunkerSlim posted... I don't know where the idea that Peter was supposed to be a loser came from. When I was a kid, Peter was just a normal dude. He was just an average guy. He wasn't some nerd just stumbling around into walls. He was just an average college student. Not the most popular guy in school, but he wasn't a loser or a nerd. God damn that Tobey movie for reinforcing that idea with a whole generation. This. He's not really supposed to be a loser or geek or anything, he's just supposed to be a good-hearted dude who's always down on his luck. But people seem to have associated "down on his luck" with "nerd" and the MCU movies have just completely ignored it since "nerd is cool now". Garfield's take on Parker being basically a trying to do well person, but also is stuck in his own head and probably a big part of the reason he's alone all the time should be way more relatable to people, but you can't dissociate the "stereotypical" nerd part because Parker skateboards in one scene. |
| Topic | Green Goblin, green goblin, green goblin.... |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 12:16:47 AM #2 | I thought Raimi did Hobgoblin well. Well, not fantastic in regards to like comic Hobgoblin maybe, but he was a good part of the story the movies were telling. Definitely a positive in Spider Man 3. Being stuck in ASM2 was just begging for failure though. If anyone doesn't doesn't know, Hobgoblin is Harry Osborn (or at least the Hobgoblin that's been in the movies is Harry Osborn) |
| Topic | Spider-Man movie ranking |
| Proto_Spark 09/02/21 12:12:46 AM #24 | Into The Spider Verse Spider Man 2 Amazing Spider Man Spider Man Homecoming Spider Man 3 Far From Home Amazing Spider Man 2 I'm kind of expecting No Way Home to kind of fit around the Homecoming/Far From Home range. But I think ASM1 gets way too much hate. Legit solid movie there with a ton of potential there. |
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