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I love how "Gordon's family" is a single character.
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CyricZ

xBloodBrotherx posted...

https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/what-is-mental-illness

Nice link. Now show me where it says that "suicidal thoughts" is a mental illness like Sebastian over here is claiming.

If it helps I'll back up a bit. Suicidal thoughts can be a symptom of a mental illness, but having a symptom is not the same as having the illness.
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CyricZ

A link. A source. Anything other than "because I said so". You don't get to weasel your way out of this one.

CE writ large is seeing this failure.
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KingCrabCake posted...

It hasn't been refuted. If you're harming yourself or trying to...its a mental illness.

Im sure one day you'll ketchup

Prove. It.
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CyricZ

Bananas also aren't on the periodic table.

Eyes fucking opened.
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KingCrabCake posted...

Its well known fact people who have suicidal thoughts have a mental illness

[citation needed] or get out of the topic. Help the discussion or leave.
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KingCrabCake posted...

If you're thinking about suicide...thats a mental illness. Whether you try it or do it is irrelevant as its a fucking mental illness

So, funny thing. You don't get to decide what is and isn't a mental illness. As it stands, suicidal thoughts and suicidal ideation are not an illness. They're a symptom. Having a symptom doesn't mean you have the illness.

And even if they were, so what? What if I suddenly decide I want to buy a firearm? Are you going to stop me? Is a database going to stop me? I'm not on a national list as having suicidal thoughts. Only a few people IRL close to me and CE know. I haven't been diagnosed as having, for example, clinical depression, and I've been to psychiatrists.

You're not, because you don't actually care about people with mental illness. That much is obvious with your armchair diagnosis. You just want to deflect from the pretty obvious data being placed before you about the massive risk factor in suicide that firearms inflate.
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KingCrabCake posted...

Because it doesnt matter. If people are suicidal theyre gonna do it or try to.

Yeah, I figured this was your point. This comes up often when I bring up firearms and suicide.

So, if I may:

http://lostallhope.com/suicide-statistics
http://lostallhope.com/suicide-methods/statistics-most-lethal-methods

Suicidal is not "just suicidal". Taking into account preparation, methods, and the tendency for outright failure, what is really the focal point for suicide is that "moment" of decision, and that moment can be persistent or it can be fleeting.

The fact is there that suicide by handguns are far more common and far more successful. That "moment" is easily satisfied by putting a loaded gun to yourself and pulling the trigger. Much easier than a knife, a rope, carbon monoxide, poison.

I suggest plumbing through that site on any info you may want as well. It's an interesting if morbid topic.

I've had suicidal thoughts in my life and the reason I do not own a firearm and will choose never to own a firearm is because I'm in belief that if I did own a firearm during those times of my life, I would have used it to end myself.

So please, don't presume you understand suicide without getting the facts.
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CyricZ

I was considering going all the way through Animaniacs, got about fifteen episodes in, stopped for a while, come back to find it gone. :-/
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masticatingman posted...

Mentally stable folks properly trained in firearms dont just shoot themselves bro.

Are you implying there's no such thing as a mentally unstable "folk" with training in firearms?

C7D posted...

You shouldnt base teacher hiring decisions on their ability to properly use a gun.

I agree, but honestly I wasn't referring to training the teachers.

KingCrabCake posted...

No it ties into the epidemic of MENTAL ILLNESS

Well I'd ask how you feel about the idea of the CDC tracking gun violence as a public health concern, but I think I've got your answer on that already.
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DirkDiggles posted...

THIS
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CyricZ

Holy shit. I thought that was a joke. I thought it was a fucking joke.

That is literally a bag of prayer cards.
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C7D posted...

I have owned a gun since around age 7. I also took a training course in the proper use of the gun before I ever got to fire it. My parents were doing this called being responsible adults. Too many people have kids these days and dont train them up in the way that they should go.

Hmm.

Would you support school-sponsored firearms training?

Regardless, having training in the use of a firearm doesn't necessarily mean you won't kill yourself with it, though.
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Steve Nick posted...

He changed, not me.

Uh no. You've changed, too. It's been twenty years, I hope you've changed.
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CyricZ

My best friend just told me about this. It was a seventh grader.

I know a lot of people will say "this doesn't count", but quite frankly suicide by gun death is a big fucking issue because it is by far the most common method for suicide, particularly by men.

And it should not be that easy.

Even if you do not want to count this as a school shooting, it ties into the epidemic of gun violence in this country pretty cleanly.
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CyricZ

It's been quite a sight. I hope this leads to positive change. The cynical side of me that has been stewing since Sandy Hook is pessimistic, but I'd love to be brought out of that funk.
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CyricZ

I mean comedy's so subjective anyway. Saying "I don't find *x comedian* funny" doesn't mean that they aren't funny... per capita, I guess. Clearly the successful comedians have done something right to be as popular as they are.

I dunno. I'm just happy if I can make my best friend laugh every once in a while. :)
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Darkman124 posted...

did you see his new show about driving around with comedians?

it is very weird and awkward

I actually kinda like CICGC. I haven't watched every episode, but there were some I thought were really good, like the Mel Brooks one, the Barack Obama one, the Jon Stewart one.

But people in this topic are right: once you get successful as a comedian, it's hard to get back down to "the trenches" and connect with the commoners. You're now among the celebrities with celebrity friends and celebrity tastes, and basically any work you do is reflecting that, and you're just relying on your charm instead of going into the comedy club lab of finding what jokes work and what don't.

Or to put it another way, you expect the audience to come to you to see you for YOUR style of comedy, and it makes you complacent, rather than trying to adjust your act to see what *they* find funny,.
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CyricZ

It's hard to learn new jokes for a changing world.
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CyricZ

Because they were taught this.

By the NRA, the gun lobby (one and the same, really) and a fair number of right-leaning online sources.

The word was during the Obama administration that the government is coming for your guns. Once Obama left office, one of the first things the NRA went on record saying was "America is a war zone and the violent left are coming for your guns". The left wasn't in power, but the NRA kept pushing the dire threat of the left.

https://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/the-nras-new-gun-sales-pitch-america-is-a-war-zone-and-the-violent-left-is-coming-for-you/

The gun industry thrives on threats. People buy guns when they feel threatened, so the push by the gun lobby is to keep every American citizen in a constant state of feeling threatened so that they continue to buy guns. And now we nearly have one gun for every man, woman, and child in this country.

But it's still not enough.

I pine for the days when the NRA was actually a safety and responsibility advocacy group. It seriously was at one point, before the "interested parties" slid their way into leadership. Now it's just a gun-pushing business disguised as rights advocacy.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

CyricZ posted...

"Throw the word 'Constitution' in there. That'll make it sound patriotic."

Marriage isn't in the constitution, at least not the US one.

To be fair, it is likely referring to the state Constitution.

*checks*

Yep. Check Section 15:
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/scconstitution/A17.pdf

They added that in 2007. At the bottom (the following page), you can see: "For validity, check Obergefell vs. Hodges". That case invalidated that preceding section, but they didn't remove it from the Constitution. Oh boy they didn't.

So that's what it's referring to.
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CyricZ

I mean, yeah, the guy was within his right, but let's not fetishize this.

For instance, "Here's another great classic". It's not about equal rights at that point. Now it's about cathartic issues.
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masterpug53 posted...

the hyper-advanced Wakanda is one of (if not the) the first large-scale, high-profile fantasy / scifi idealization that black people can truly call their own.

Wakanda is friggin' gorgeous. I'm very interested in the efforts they went to to design the city, which cultural art they consulted, and so on.
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iClockwork posted...

wannabe tough guy

Irony!
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Akagami_Shanks posted...

He probably planned on breaking Klaue out the whole time to sow discord in Wakanda and then delivering him. Imagine the story now

Klaue sells their precious vibranium, gets captured by the CIA, and then broken out, T'challa returns home empty handed and has to inform them that their vibranium has been sold and Klaue is free, and then Killmonger shows up with Klaue's head and says he is the son of Prince N'Jobu

It would be a nightmare for T'Challa and that was probably Eriks intent the whole time

Bingo. Killmonger did what T'Challa couldn't.
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Balrog0 posted...

I mean, I've looked and I've only seen parodies of this kind of thing but like I said, maybe so! and we would make fun of them right?

If we were assholes.
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Balrog0 posted...

like I really enjoyed lord of the rings but I wouldnt watch it 3 times and then write a think piece about how maybe the balrog has a point because we should actually view it as an environmental statement in that he is protecting the earth against the machinations of dwarfkind

I'm almost certain someone has done this.

The point is, if you don't want to take the time to think deep on a topic, that's fine, but you are kindly asked not to disparage people that do, because you're only doing so just so you feel better about your own inaction.
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CyricZ

It's a pupper with pupper ears.
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CyricZ

It has happened in a few cases. Usually the mod gets fed up with the site and wants to go out with a bang.

Most of us were just "Eh, I'm done."
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CaptainCrunch posted...

Alright, everyone. This topic is an example of genuine racism. If you've ever wondered what it actually looks like, this is it.

Yeah finally. After the years of white nationalism and race stereotype topics, we finally have our smoking gun.
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CyricZ

For some reason I'm content that you made that list of "Words that make me hate you" in order of ascending length for the most part.

I mean, it doesn't change that I don't particularly care for such an opinion and think that it's less about "teaching people not to be victims" and more like "man they're annoying me for reminding me about issues I'd rather forget about".
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Flockaveli posted...

Is it just me or are a lot of chicks boring?

Much like men, there are women who just cannot sell themselves properly. Maybe they're not really into the idea of a relationship when they write it. Maybe they're just expecting the guy to do all the work and are just like "here my baps yo, hit me up".

Worst part is there are guys who don't care either. They use the "shotgun" approach for online dating and just message as many as possible.
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CyricZ

Don't want to read through the entire topic. Has TC addressed whether they are:

1) Damn near modern?
2) Damn near black?
3) Damn near militant?

This is important.
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Banjo2553 posted...

DW9 just seems pretty bad even as a passing Musou fan.

Been hearing this too.

Honestly, I have no great connection with DW as its own series. I only ever really got into HW and FEW because of the nostalgia factor and the way K-T integrates functions from the native series into the Warriors style.
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CyricZ

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

a lot of men

Why thank you.
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CyricZ

Translation: I have literally nothing going on in my life that would make me interesting or that would otherwise occupy myself, so I'll be relying heavily on you to put excitement into this relationship so I can put in as little effort as possible.

Buuut I could be projecting. >_>

My favorite thing to see in profiles is "I love to laugh". Are there women out there that don't like to laugh?
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CyricZ

Well nowadays they'll just let you unlock weird modes and you can tick a box in Options to turn them on.

Last big game I remember to do that is Uncharted.

Seems to be a low priority these days. Not that I blame them. With all the work going into big games, they just probably don't have time for that.

EDIT: Ah, forgot! LEGO Adaptation games still do that.
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CyricZ

Big fan of her character. Was a joy when she was in just about any scene.
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CyricZ

gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Lol, so red states dont report them is the acceptable answer? Lol. Really, lol.

It may not be the only answer, but it's worth taking into account.

Underreporting is a huge issue across the board. Crimes in general. Hate crimes. Sexual assault.

As someone who works in safety, I know it's a huge problem with safety incidents. Nobody wants to be the one to admit that "there's a problem", so they just don't report when they happen.

If anything, this data could be used in reverse to underline that blue states are the ones willing to call out hate crimes when they happen instead of trying to sweep them under the rug. *I* won't do that, because that'd be doing the same thing Mal is in reverse, but it goes to show that even if you have data, if you interpret it poorly, you come out looking like an ass.

Like I was saying earlier, this doesn't mean that these crimes aren't being reported at all, but that someone filing the report doesn't check the "hate crime" box for one reason or another.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Especially considering the FBI themselves says not to use the UCR to make any claims as it does not paint a complete picture nor does it provide the proper insight.

Lol nice I missed this.

But to Mal's credit, it doesn't specifically call him out by name to not misuse the data.
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

None of the challenges are based on any empirical claims. The idea that red states are so racist that hate crimes go unreported more often in them is unsupported by any evidence posted ITT, including Cyric's.

Okay, Sally. Let's address the fact that your data tells a minor portion of the story, so you don't get to play Brigadier High-Horse, here, either.

I mean, let's not get away from the real reason you made this topic: to rile up CE liberals and watch them twist while you make like El Blaze from Virtua Fighter over here with "I have the data! You have NOTHING!"

I may not know the root cause of hate crimes as a factor of location, but I know CE troublemakers pretty well.
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CyricZ

DirkDiggles posted...

I thought it was common knowledge that Walt Disney was a racist.

Shit, did he lurch out of his grave again and start running things? We really need to find a way to keep him locked up in Castlevania for good.

LastTomorrow posted...

A movie about black

I have nothing to add to this. I just find it very quotable.
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CyricZ

"Throw the word 'Constitution' in there. That'll make it sound patriotic."
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CyricZ

Ben Shapiro has two emotions. Pissed and smug.

And there's a lot of overlap.
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Spoilers for post credit scene

There's a jab at Trump, "only the foolish put up borders"

Building bridges as opposed to putting up barriers is an old adage. Let's not make everything about Trump.
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CyricZ

That'd be the live-action one that just came out last year and will be on Netflix shortly.

There are only five reviews on RT, and even the one positive one admitted that it's flawed and rushes things.

The consensus seems to be that fans will probably like it because they'll recognize things from the older works, but it doesn't really work as a movie.

Throw it on the pile of similar "anime to live-action" works, I guess.
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CyricZ

I'll go again. :)
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untrustful posted...

For a gambling show, it really lacks any stakes.

Did you watch the MB video, too? :-P



Watching that video got me interested in Kaiji, though. :)
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