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I'm sure this topic was posted in good faith.

Thermador446 posted...

Yeah, blame the guy doing a 2 man job by himself instead of the corporation.

...Why not both?

The corporation being bad doesn't mean the worker should also be bad. That doesn't hurt the corporation, it only hurts the people receiving the packages.

This seems like a good thing, though?

Guide posted...

Ehhh. I'll go out on a limb and say no one would care if it was just socks, and we can't be sure it wasn't

We can't be sure it is, either. That's the entire point. The delivery driver has no idea what's in the boxes, and thus he should be treating every single one as if it's breakable, instead of treating every single one as if they're just socks.

I will say, Wolverine is the first mutant I think of, but when specifically saying X-Men, for some reason I think Cyclops first.

thronedfire2 posted...

they really spent $200m+ on a game after hardly anyone cared about the movies?

What

The first one did 749 million at the box office, and we have no idea how well the second one would have done because it released during COVID and had a streaming release the same date as theater release, though we do know it did well enough to cause the Peacemaker spinoff series, which did extremely well.

There was absolutely an audience for a Suicide Squad game. People were excited when it was first revealed. Saying otherwise is silly.

What killed it was when it was revealed to be a live service game. The concept was great, until then.

Cyclops

Jaguar34 posted...

It was just offensively bad. She worked 8 hours in green face. Halloween or not that was the worst decision I've ever seen her make.

If she was client-facing, she definitely could have been fired

Okay, yeah, this reads like "green face" is absolutely code for "black face."

I can't tell if this topic is bait, leaving out details on purpose, or both.

Like, stuff like

Jaguar34 posted...

Not gonna say what she went as but it was a pop culture character. It involved body paint and was seen as culturally insensitive. She could have possibly been arrested for the costume.

Jaguar34 posted...

She knew it was a mistake but took so much time she did the whole presentation in green face. She was reprimanded the next day.

Sounds like she just straight up did black face.

I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I legitimately loved the last three for Universe 7 in the ToP being Goku, Frieza, and 17. Yes, I know people would have liked to see Vegeta, Gohan, and Piccolo do better, and so would I (well, Piccolo, atleast. Fucking love Piccolo.) That said, it just... Made so much sense.

Goku is Goku.

Frieza is somebody who always sought strength/power, so him training makes sense, and he's also opportunistic as all hell, so him taking advantage of certain things to get far, while also being willing to make deals with Goku, of all people, just... Fits his character.

17 was the most intelligent fighter by far, and while they obviously glossed over how he could have trained to get so strong in the time he was missing from the series, it does make sense since the entire big pro of androids is that they have infinite stamina, so the amount he could train, and the growth he'd get from it, is likely much greater than anybody else. And even then, his strategy was never about overall power, is was about... Surviving, which is literally why they win, in the end. He survived. Hell, Jiren even appeared to see through it, since in the final fight, he attempts to ignore Goku and Frieza to attack 17, instead, despite him being the lowest threat, power-wise.

SSJGrimReaper posted...

i remember they literally had the black fighter dude doing monkey style fighting

To be fair, there was more than one black fighter.

You forget the kick boxer guy that Dux knocks out in one hit!

The "Chong Li! Chong Li! Chong Li!" bit being turned into an actual meme gif is my favorite thing ever.

Robot2600 posted...

why frieza.

why not yamcha

Character reasons. Frieza always sought strength and power, so it makes sense he'd continue to seek growing stronger. Yamcha... Blatantly did not.

Like, I love Yamcha, more than Frieza, for sure. But for the sake of how that character "slot" ended up being used, Frieza made much more sense.

Robot2600 posted...

i think it's pathetic how they couldn't invent new characters and had to bring frieza back

They literally invented like dozens of new characters, and only brought Frieza back due to how popular he is. This criticism doesn't even make sense, since Frieza literally proves to be weaker than several of the new characters and literally has to team up with others (17, Goku, etc.) to be able to deal with them.

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To be fair, this is specifically Mjolnir Cap, who was a HUGE power boost, since he was straight up summoning lightning within seconds of even getting the hammer for the first time.

Still grounded, but it's not traditional MCU Cap.

Sufferedphoenix posted...

I asked a friend once why it seems more women teachers get caught over this compared to men.

The answer is that they don't, actually. Men who get caught outnumber women who get caught dramatically.

The belief behind the apparent rise in number of women getting caught is that it's a mix of boys being less shamed to keep abuse private, and the media overreporting on women more than men, lately, since it's a bigger headline due to underreporting/not as many being caught, prior.

EDIT: Basically, women are getting caught more, now, than they were, previously, and the media is reporting more heavily on the female cases because it's "new" and "exciting," which creates the illusion they're being caught more than men, but that's not true. Men still get caught much, much more often, even if the belief is that the number of male and female abusers likely isn't all that different.

LonelyStoner posted...

The fact of the matter is that Smartcars arent an upper income car. Its an objective truth. The average price is $10k. Its affordable.

That's not an objective truth because you're literally discounting everything that makes an "upper income car" an upper income car BUT price.

Your entire argument is based entirely on price, of which nobody is arguing. The entire point is who typically DRIVES a smart car, not who can AFFORD a smart car.

Your argument is incredibly flawed because you're attempting to support your topic without any facts to support it, other than price.

EDIT: Yes, a poor family can likely afford a smart car, but they're not going to buy one because it doesn't fit their needs at all, and that's why smart cars are typically driven by middle to higher class individuals, on average, over low class individuals, despite the price.

LonelyStoner posted...

Not every poor person buys a minivan or SUV. They go for whats in their budget.

This is flawed thinking. Budget isn't the only thing that matters. Use matters above all. If somebody needs seating and storage, they're going to buy a multi-year old used minivan or SUV over a new smart car, for the same price. And the reason it's easy to find used minivans and SUVs for relatively cheap is precisely because so many people buy them, in the first place.

Hell, even single lower class people are likely to buy a multi year old used car over a new/new-ish smart car, because it'll be a cheaper option, and used smart cars aren't nearly as numerous.

Your logic appears to be based entirely on smart cars being cheap as a new option, but it discounts almost... Literally every other factor that goes into buying a car, for a low income class person.

LonelyStoner posted...

True, but theyre also much cheaper than a minivan or SUV.

It doesn't matter how much cheaper it is new if it doesn't suit your needs, whereas it's incredibly easy to find a relatively cheap used minivan/SUV.

LonelyStoner posted...

I can kinda see what youre getting at, but lower income and uneducated people are more likely to not take maintenance into account when they see a sweet deal for $10k.

Its an easy purchase if youre looking for a new car. The rich persons Corvette is much more likely to shake itself apart. Nvm the insurance

They're not as likely to take maintenance into account, but they ARE likely to take seating and storage into account, which is why lower class people tend to favor things like minivans and SUVs, and seating/storage is something smart cars tend to notoriously lack.

LonelyStoner posted...

I harshly agree to disagree. That upkeep and maintenance cant come close to higher end cars.

This point doesn't negate what I said. Yes, it doesn't come close to higher end cars, but that doesn't negate the fact that poorer people, on average, don't drive smart cars.

I don't think we're necessarily disagreeing, as much as your scope for "wealthy" appears to be more narrow, and so it appears we're disagreeing, when we're not.

My point is, mainly, that your average low class person is less likely to drive a smart car than somebody of a higher class, whereas your average low class person is more likely to be obese than somebody of a higher class.

Jaguar34 posted...

It involved body paint and was seen as culturally insensitive. She could have possibly been arrested for the costume.

You literally cannot say this and then say "Oh but I'm not gonna say what it was."

You just can't.

There are laws against this.

LonelyStoner posted...

Smartcars are like $10k on average. Theyre nowhere near an upper wealth car.

Smartcars, on average, have higher upkeep/maintenance costs, and are also smaller and have less seating and storage. While the initial price is lower, the overall cost is not. Thus, they tend to be driven by wealthier individuals, over poorer ones.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Over 13 years, 4 different salaried roles I have averaged well under 40 hours/week tbh

in fact the only one where Id ever occasionally work more than 40 was salary non exempt so I got overtime pay from time to time

Yeah, even in my last salaried role, where I was a development slug... Were there weeks where I worked over 40 hours? Absolutely, during crunch time for a client. However, was that GREATLY outweighed by the amount of weeks where I DIDN'T actually work 40 hours, due to slower work, greater focus on QA/Design, etc. and so on? Absolutely.

DnDer posted...

If capitalism can't do it, do you really think the government can? </s>

I get the joke, but the sad part is how real your statement is.

Capitalism (Vegas casinos) tried so, so hard to track something much smaller (cannabis usage/legality of tourists/casino patrons), and just... Couldn't figure out a consistent way to do so.

Meanwhile, apparent glue sniffer Katie Britt is trying to suggest the federal government tries to track... Literally pregnancies, something they have no actual financial interest in, unlike the prior example.

It's just... An idea ALMOST so stupid that it's funny. But... It's not funny, because cancers like her are literally attempting to take over the country, as we speak.

I hate this timeline.

Glob posted...

Theres not many jobs that pay well and youll consistently only work 8 hours, in my experience.

On the contrary, most well paying jobs are salary jobs, and the more well paying salary jobs absolutely are jobs where the average worker can consistently make sure they only work 40 hours a week, by choice. It tends to be the lower, lesser paying jobs that try to overwork you and get you to work more than 40 hours a week. I get your viewpoint, since it does fit with mine, where... When I had a salary job, it did feel like they took advantage of me and had me work more than 8 hours, on average. That said, I had visible view into the higher level jobs, and I noticed they, very freely, could make sure they only worked 8 hours, or even less.

Logically, this doesn't seem like it'd be an actual trend, considering that obesity tends to trend toward the poorer side of the wealth spectrum, while smart car usage tends to trend toward the upper side of the wealth spectrum. That said, confirmation bias obviously is a thing in... Anything.

thronedfire2 posted...

does she have any idea many pregnancies occur in the US every month?

there's no way the government would ever pay enough people to maintain this

Casinos in Las Vegas had an idea to create a database to track cannabis usage/legality, since it was a product of interest, at the time, while Nevada was debating/voting on the issue, and it was worth tracking for the sake of potential revenue interests.

And even THAT proved to be, ultimately, too large and inconsistent of an undertaking.

So just imagine literally tracking pregnancies on a federal level.

Glob posted...

Im surprised by the number of people claiming that 12 hour shifts are crazy. Loads of people, including myself, do that or have done that regularly.

You've got to understand that that "loads of people" still equates to an incredibly small portion of the working population. Most people work meaningless, soul-crushing jobs that overwork them even in those fields, at 8 hours a day, so they're trying to conceptualize 12 hours within the same context, and thus, it becomes no surprise that it seems crazy, to them.

Yeah, definitely.

I absolutely love being able to play as Captain Boomerang and King Shark, for example. Those are characters I literally never thought I'd get to play as in anything, and they're so fun to play as. I feel like saying "Nobody wanted this game" does it an incredible disservice.

Rocksteady certainly put in a LOT of work to nail things like the story and the characters, to the extent they were allowed. If this had been a story focused game, instead of GaaS, it would have been incredible.

HudGard posted...

Critiquing old things that havent aged so well is such low hanging fruit. It was exactly what a superhero movie needed to be at the time.

While you're right, there is legitimate context.

His post is literally from over 11 years ago, which was right when superhero movies were first truly starting to make a comeback, so he wasn't critiquing something like, super old... He was basically critiquing one of the last relevant superhero movies, prior to the true Marvel boon. When he made these comments, I believe the first Avengers had basically barely been out.

People just love to dig up random old shit when they're trying to bury somebody, for some reason. And while it's extremely useful when somebody, say, has posted bigoted stuff, for example... Digging up somebody criticizing a popular DC movie obviously comes in with much, much less weight.

Monopoman posted...

I also heard the storyline was solid, but just much shorter than the Arkham games so that wasn't enough.

I'm not super far into it, but I'm really enjoying the story aspects. The characterization feels great, honestly. That said, I do get where people may be upset, since this is supposed to be "officially" part of the Arkham universe, but I guess my mind kinda separates it, anyway. When it comes to just this game itself, the story/characterization/etc. is very fun.

I feel like they legitimately had something great, here, and WB went "Okay, but live service this shit." And that's very sad.

I do think it's a bit dishonest to say nobody wanted a Suicide Squad game. The concept sounds incredibly fun, and people WERE initially hyped for it... Until it was revealed to be GaaS. THAT is what killed it.

And it's a pity, too. Gameplay-wise, the game is actually kind of a blast. The traversal options between the four characters are all very fun, and the combat feels good. If they hadn't shoved all of this GaaS crap in it, it would have been a good game.

ToteAll posted...

The US "left" calling a literal kid "fair game" (referring to bullying and personal attacks) is hilarious on a board where there's constant complaints about having to vote between two very old right wing white men for president.

How is he a "literal kid?"

AssAssasin69 posted...

He always end up in dumb movies for idiots too. Zombieland

Go away.

EPR-radar posted...

This. Tails is a rancid deplorable bigot, and that's actually a dominant view in the Republican party.

Vicious_Dios, in particular, is the user that posts "Oh well" in topics about LGBT people being killed or killing themselves.

darkace77450 posted...

You're okay with that?

They're not just okay with it, they support it.

I give it about a week before Toons gets purged for bigoted posts again and is forced to stop posting here. It'll do him good, I think.

33 states and dozens and dozens of cities, growing every day, demand sales tax from streaming services.

ironman2009 posted...

the party you are talking about did not.

They're saying people were calling Ichiban conservative because he's against the "liberal" political party.

FunWithAFryPan posted...

Hes trying to make the Snyder movies seem less bad by comparison. Its not going to work because those movies are dog shit.

He said this before the Snyder movies even existed.

This is literally from over 11 years ago when he was replying to movie takes from people on Facebook.

Evening_Dragon posted...

Don't be dumb, this is my phone alt. My main is literally right in the sig.

Yeah, you're right, my bad.

So now your post REALLY makes sense.

LonelyStoner posted...

Just close the board at this point. Dont give Fandom the satisfaction of saying We tried.

Is there a reason you seem upset by this?

Good.

Baha05 posted...

Pretty much this though in this case it was a two part problem mainly from InGen fucking around and finding out with its stupid military plans but also the one part that didnt make sense was the idea of people being bored of Dinosaurs or having to create hybrids to fill a niche

To be fair, the latter makes sense if you assume that, in the Jurassic Park/World universe, Jurassic World/Park/whatever has been famous for so long without incident that... People are actually getting bored of it. And, to be fair, that's logical, in universe, since... It's not like a theme park where you can just create faster, better rollercoasters. They quite literally try to apply that logic, by creating more interesting dinosaurs, and it just... obviously backfires.

The first one worked because it was, literally, what the creators of Jurassic Park envisioned achieving, in the first place, and it basically served as an example... Even if you think literally everything has gone right, it can STILL go wrong.

Dakimakura posted...

Considering the fan got ejected for getting a ball thrown at him I doubt they would have let him keep said ball.

I know, I'm being facetious.

It's very telling that, somehow, the fan who had a ball thrown at them got ejected.

SiO4 posted...

Thank you Kind Sir!!
Very Cool.

Yep. I know about it, firsthand, because, to this day, they have the parking spaces where the fallen students lay marked off by lighted pillars.