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Insincere endorsement: you have not experienced Mass Effect until you have heard it in the voice of elcor.

Unpopular opinion:
The only live-action comic book movie I'd be hyped for at this point is Zack Snyder's Injustice, especially after the build-up in his version of Justice League.

Sadly that's unlikely to happen at this point, even if it's mainly in streaming form.

Not at all. At home I use adblock and several other apps of that kind, and in general I just avoid clicking ads at all cost on general principle, especially knowing some of them have malware sneaking along with them, even on legit-ish websites.

Clicking this topic, I was thinking of voting Metropolis Zone, but after taking the time to whistle all of them, Sky Chase Zone was the one that gave me the best feel.

"Hey guys, can you pleeeeaaaase bump my topic to at least 30 posts or so? I promise I may or may not post a pic of a woman who may or may not be considered kind of attractive that I did something with that totally happened!"

Solar_Crimson posted...

It's always about "protecting children" with these things, isn't it?

And it's super effective. Regardless of whether it's true or not, people fall for it every single time.

asdf8562 posted...

@Aressar
Just because you were among the people that used to love him, doesn't mean everyone did. Same to being fooled into thinking he was some genius.....

You say "we" as if "we" all were fooled.

Being real serious, actually listen to many of his presentations, promises and times he spoke to those promises. He definitely showed a long time ago that he wasn't this genius that everyone should just love and adore.

Only real difference from now and then is he put himself more into the spotlight. He's actually a similar case to Trump. You have people thinking around 2016 people just randomly started hating Trump. No, sorry, he had people disliking him long before 2015ish too. His presidential run just put a grand spotlight on why some already hated him.

I didn't mean to insinuate everyone here admired him. There were people that didn't like and/or trust him back then, but I do distinctly remember that the majority of the opinions expressed of him here back then ranged from neutral to positive.

As for his presentations and promises, back then I did already figure it was (at least in part) a sales pitch, like when he presented his Gigafactory plans, it could meet all of humanity's energy plans within two years, which would be a massive stretch even if literally every government would immediately accomodate him and everything would go to plan.

I was willing to overlook things like that. But by the time he became more vocal on Twitter and more stuff came to light about his unethical way of doing things, I became more and more disillusioned about him. Perhaps you are right, and the signs were there all along, and I was simply too much in awe to see it.

I do admire some of his companies' achievements, like Tesla Inc playing a significant role in getting the car industry to go electric, and SpaceX successfully creating reusable space rockets. I was optimistic about Neuralink and OpenAI as well at first, but since I came around about Musk, I'm kinda worried about where it could to, to the point where I'm too paranoid to even use ChatGTP.

"No son, you IDIOT. You already have Bloodstorm, and Bonesquad, and Bloodstorm II, STUPID."

I hope some of these cases actually conclude in a verdict well before the election.

What if websites / apps would simply allow users to fill in their own security questions and answers? That way everyone can make up something that only makes sense to them, instead of being forced to pick one of a handful of questions of which the answer can easily be looked up or divulged through smalltalk.

Don Henley - The boys of summer

https://youtu.be/6RUIeX6UCT8

Fine, I'll be the one to say Elon Musk.

Some of you are probably gonna be like "lol I've always known he was just another rich douchebag", but there was a time when he was pretty popular here on CE as well, including among progressive-minded users. We honestly believed he had the ambition to increase humanity's chances of longterm survival and improve quality of life in a sustainable manner.

It went downhill as he became more and more active on Twitter, made business decisions that weren't just eccentric anymore but downright petty, selfish and greedy, and he basically came out as just another rich douchebag. To this day I'm not sure if he has gone mad with power or actually was like this all along (but then why put on an act for so long?)

Doe posted...

A jury can name literally any number for some types of damages. There is almost always a statute that caps the amount though, which gets sorted out after the jury's findings. The news likes to report it in this way because they make money off sensationalism.

That would make sense. It would also explain those cases where the sentence is like hundreds of years in prison. When these kind of things are decided by a jury, it stands to reason the jury sometimes consists of a bunch of children (regardless of the actual age).

10 days? Jfc, he really does get super VIP treatment.

A couple of years ago I was on vacation in Germany and Revenge of the Sith was on TV (in German). I watched the whole thing just to see the epic "NEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!"

Companies in general should be more open about how much employees are making. It should definitely not be taboo to talk about it.

Cats will make themselves fit, one way or another. Hoomans will have to adjust to them.

Klaus343 posted...

Wenn du eine Kartoffel wrst, wrst du eine Skartoffel.

ssj3vegeta posted...

da fuck did you say

If you were a potato, you'd be a sweet potato.

I believe a likely explanation is that social media brings out a worse, less inhibited side in people, just like on CE.

Superman is basically Goku but with less poor decision making on average. The series would be over faster if anything.

It probably managed to lay its eggs in there.

Depends on how you look at it. I have great qualifications and experience in few specific fields, but sadly those aren't exactly fields that are in high demand. I've noticed that when put to practice, it's only impressive to employers looking for that particular set of skills.

It's totally dying, just like 15 years ago.

I bet somewhere on Twitter (or some other social medium) there's a community constantly making topics/posts/threads about this. Probably Tails.

BakonBitz posted...

Lots of old PC games that are no longer compatible, for me.

Hey, you never know what they might re-release after all these years. About a month ago, the 1997 game Take No Prisoners was released on GOG and Steam, despite the fact it wasn't very well-known, and had a cult following at best (among which myself).

Now I'm hoping they'll eventually do the same with Defiance developed by Logicware in 1997)

HylianFox posted...

You have selected THREE WOOD
May I suggest a PUTTER?
THREE WOOD

Ball is in. PARKING LOT.
Would you like to play again?

I don't know what that means, but literally any watch that costs over a $100 is overrated and overpriced.

Shit, cordyceps is here.

PTP Cannon from Take No Prisoners.
Literally the strongest weapon in the game, except it only works near giant blue generators, which are so rare that I may as well not even bother.
This is basically corrupt-a-wish.

Painfully often. Usually it's something like traffic, crowded stores, or some domestic thing that's being particularly uncooperative. Today it was getting soaked in heavy rain.

So yeah, been wasting the rest of the day drinking beer and playing Take No Prisoners (the one from 1997 by Raven Software).

Same here, though I feel that on average I have to wait a lot longer than a year before it actually goes on a real discount (as opposed to like $5-10 off).

Unsweetened non-dairy milk master race

Aah'll praay fer yew!

"Huh. Must've sprung up overnight."

Doesn't matter. He'll get away with it, as usual.

I was hibernating for religious reasons.

inb4 bOtH sIdEs

I've been to one once years ago for my birthday. I had never been to one and wondered what it was like. I went with a few friends, and they bought me a lapdance. Picking the girl to do it wasn't hard, as I picked the one girl who actually looked like she enjoyed working there.

We talked for a bit, then she guided me to a back area where she performed the lapdance. She let unhook her bra and feel up her body for a bit.
Afterwards we went back to the main area, where my friends and I had a few more drinks and watched the shows.

It was nice for the experience of it, but I dont really care to do it again.

One day I was out catching butterflies, and then I saw such a pretty one that I lost all track of time.

I expect a tip for posting in this topic, TC. You don't want to look like a cheap scumbag, do you?

At least he doesn't pronounce it as game-fah-kwahs.

Omfg I hate musical episodes like that so much. I tend to skip them immediately as they usually add nothing of value to the main plot anyway.

Well, it is pretty misleading, but of course a more accurate phrase like "reallocate police funds" doesn't sound nearly as catchy, so obviously we couldn't have gone with that!

Yeah, acidic food/drinks tend to make it worse. Repeatedly reusing utensils without dishwashing them is also a surefire way to induce canker sores.

modena posted...

I had one a few months ago right on the tip of my tongue...worst spot to have one imo. Even drinking hurt.

Definitely the worst area. I once had one on the side of my tongue. It gave me a speech impediment for two weeks.

GranTurismo posted...

yeah aren't they usually extremely painful?

Yes, yes they are.

vegeta415 posted...

If you have tahini for some reason, that helps a lot.

Never heard of it, but I'll look around if they sell it where I live. Is it supposed to speed up the healing process, or does it temporarily numb the pain? Because for the latter part I already use lidocaine.

ALL. THE FREAKING. TIME.

I literally have one right now.
Most of the time I get them because I sometimes accidentally bite the inside of my mouth while I'm eating. I've been looking for something to help prevent it. Someone once suggested wearing a bit over my teeth, though that's no good to me if it only happens when I'm eating, which I can't effectively do while wearing a bit.

Other than that, everyone I talk to about it ends up advising me to just try not to bite the inside of my mouth. Like it's something I'm doing out of indulgence or something, like nail-biting. It's not. I can't help it, and it's fucking annoying.

/rant

Low caf, black.

Revisited posted...

Favorite is some high praise, what did you like about it?

I really like how the characters bounce off each other, and how it comments on Riggan's own perspective, directly and indirectly.
Sometimes it's wonderfully ironic as well, like when Mike Shiner tells Riggan that this city has forgotten about Riggan and moved on, and immediately after they're approached by a few fans who are like "Hey you're Riggan Thomson! Can we get a picture with you?"
I also like how in that same scene, Mike defends Riggan when talking to the reporter Tabitha, despite criticizing Riggan himself earlier.

The movie is also filled with clever little details that you probably won't notice the first time you watch it, like during the rehearsal at the beginning of the film, Riggan subtly aims his eyes upward, anticipating the lamp that's about to fall on Ralph's head.

And of course the way it's shot like it's one continuous take is pretty cool. There is some digital trickery here and there, but it looks quite seemless.

Nice, whereabout in Poland? Anything else going over there?