Lurker > Drakeryn

Halloween
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mnkboy907 posted...

...you would even say it glows (like a lightbulb)
...used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio)
...join in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
...as they shouted out with glee (Yippee!)
...you'll go down in history (like Columbus)

I remember the last two as "hip hooray!" and "like George Washington"
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were you like 'yeah I hate people and crowds and I love oceans and islands'
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Thailand

pretty solid choice imo
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The Santa Clause was the first movie I thought of, but I couldn't remember the name

Home Alone is the first name that formed in my head
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RikkuAlmighty posted...

i don't actually know what touhou is

it's a series of bullet hell 2d shooter games

but there are a ton of spinoffs and fangames of different genres
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I don't see anything wrong with it. My dad always refers to anyone with a doctorate (including himself) as "Dr." in writing. I'm so used to it I'm kinda bemused that people would get upset by it.

In casual conversation, I wouldn't, but then I wouldn't be using any titles at all.
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Hbthebattle posted...

Ice Cap Zone

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https://twitter.com/9_volt_/status/1339745278551846913?s=20
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under the mistletoe

solely because of the last topic
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

holy shit that pedestrian video lmao

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Jack Frost (SMT)



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MawiIe posted...

...childhood obesity?

yeah but that's not "scummy business practices" that's "don't feed your kid too much"
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I used to emulate a lot, but haven't in the past few years because Steam is just so convenient.
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Wait what's wrong with sugar?
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Forceful_Dragon posted...

I've been hauling ass to try and hit 40 with my alt before the year ends for the badge but I don't think I'm gonna make it :( I think i'll stall out in the mid 38 somewhere. Currently 34 after levelling 3x in a week. But my wife is early 39 so she has a realistic shot so that's what we've been working on a bit each day.

My alt started the month at 36 and will end at 36 lol, I don't really have the inclination to badge hunt even if there wasn't a pandemic out
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Snake5555555555 posted...

Tickle Me Elmo

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Pokemon Go is great
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HashtagSEP posted...

Especially since she's clearly lying about certain details, such as claiming she didn't know there were security options when they're on by default and you have to turn them off manually.

eh I wouldn't say lying, I can see my parents doing this kind of thing. They often ask for help with problems with their cell phones, and upon inspection it turns out they clicked something weird in settings but have no memory of doing so.

In this case it's plausible enough that the woman turned off security options when she first got the ipad years ago and then forgot they existed.
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Djungelurban posted...

And you think it's the same exact game on phones and on PC?

And the point is to teach the kid that "a game" is something that is delivered complete, without anything to be added later and that you shouldn't pay extra for after the fact. Conditioning basically. If they then when they get older have a phone and find a game to play, the idea of paying microtransactions will more likely be offputting to them.

Maybe not the exact same, but I bet there are microtransactions in both, so HIDE THE PHONES is not going to help.

Microtransactions are so prevalent in all kinds of games that HIDE THE PHONES is not an effective way to train a kid to avoid them. imo it makes more sense to teach the kid the value of money by making them pay for microtransactions out of their own allowance (obviously they don't have a credit card but they can pay you the cash and then you buy the bundle). They can decide if they want their $10 to go toward a new toy/game or like...a stamina refresh, and then they'll learn firsthand that some microtransactions are BS.
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DeepsPraw posted...

Okay so I didn't play either game, but can someone tell me why Mass Effect Andromeda was completely pilloried and nearly tanked a franchise while CP2077 largely gets a pass despite its bugs and jank seeming to be a lot worse? Is it because it's not a sequel to a beloved series? Is it the years of hype and sunk cost fallacy?

I don't think it gets a pass? At least most of the coverage I've seen online has been people making fun of the bugs and jank.
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Djungelurban posted...

Then make a concious effort to hide these things from the kid. I mean, you can't do much about other people in the real world, but at the very least limit your own usage of your phone when they're around, and especially, don't give them any indications that there's anything fun available on phones.

Why, though?

Phones are fun. Nothing wrong with playing on phones (as long as you make sure your kid can't accidentally spend thousands of dollars lol).

And anyway Sonic Forces is a $40 Steam/console game so hiding all phones doesn't really solve the issue.
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MajinZidane posted...

When checking up on the kid, dad would just see him playing Sonic on the iPad. Unless he was carefully watching, it could be difficult to realize he was spending real money. I don't think letting a kid play games on an iPad is inherently bad parenting, and I don't think having the tech knowledge to discern when microtransactions ae happening is innate.

I think the parents messed up, but I don't think they're bad parents or bad people.

Yeah, basically this. There's nothing wrong with letting your kid play video games unsupervised. When I was a kid playing Tetris or whatever, my parents certainly weren't glancing over my shoulder the whole time.

Obviously you shouldn't do this with a device on which you have saved credit card info and disabled security authentication, but that's like...a tactical error, not a moral one.
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I refrigerate stuff immediately if I enjoy it cold or if I have more fridge than cabinet space
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Charlie Brown
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cool

second thought:
https://twitter.com/flamingopunch/status/1337196754253516800?s=20
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Carol of the Bells

which is in fact a great Christmas song, my brain just decided to ignore the word "bad"
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ninkendo posted...

A lot of the interest has to do with Cyberpunk is one of the best fictional settings you can do

This, but also I see no need to get it now, it'll go on steam sale soon enough (and hopefully get bugs fixed too)
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I want a lord of the flies game

build alliances, train your skills, rule the island
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Steiner posted...

yes, obviously, i have a functional brain

ZeeksFire posted...

I don't want to be part of the first wave of people with the vaccine. I mean I'll get it "EVENTUALLY" but there's too much stress on being the first testers, for the worldwide version is as worrysome as the in lab control, because you don't know what happens when it gets released from the control to the population at large, there's too many variables in the human body, and things can come up that didn't happen in a controlled environment.

Kind of a combination of these. Obviously I want it, but I'd rather not be part of the first wave of general population next March. But I may not have a choice because my boss might want me to come back to the office asap in March, so I'll see.
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In general, anything up to 25-30 minutes one way I'd just walk and not really think about it. Longer than that and I'd start considering public transport, though it'd still depend on ease/convenience of options
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my mom's handmade Christmas stockings hanging on the wall
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My friend dropped her cell phone in the toilet (no idea how she managed this) and tried the rice thing and got rice stuck in the port

That's pretty much all I know
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MegamanX posted...

never heard of this

see, because of the topic, I can't tell whether this post is satire
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Cow
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We didn't read it in high school. We read it in college, but I already knew it was a work of satire so the effect was kinda spoiled.

But also what banananor said.
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not sure if this counts, but Cosi's flatbread pizzas (especially the BBQ chicken pizza). I basically stopped going after they stopped offering them
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Tom Bombadil posted...

Melee

thanks, drama

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Yes, top five FF character
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Raka_Putra posted...

Pocahontas - Colors of the Wind
Hamilton - Hurricane

second both
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HashtagSEP posted...

"This granite is beautiful!"
"Yeah but it's a special kind of granite that must remain wet at all times. How are you going to achieve that?"
"Watch me."

lmao
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I don't remember the stripey topic so I could be way off base here

but "the watermelon joke was distasteful" and "what stripey's parents said was worse" are not mutually exclusive/contradictory statements. I see no retraction.
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I thought this was a Cyberpunk 2077 topic lol
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evil snowmen
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hopefully none of these artists were nominated yet; let me know if I need to replace any

also this was not intended as a themed set but I guess it is

Within Temptation - Supernova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3nb_r18ug0

Kamelot - Burns to Embrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms7oU9LQ55o

Black Keys - Fever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trk7P-9QDyc

Five Finger Death Punch - House of the Rising Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXYIxJScSik
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Job 2 for sure, and backing out is not a dick move. It'd be a dick move if they'd already trained you and such (though I'd still say, it's your own life and it's worth being a dick to get a much better job). But here it hasn't even started yet so yeah.
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Jeopardy
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SantaRPidgey posted...

Obviously "insult" is a nuance we don't have a definition for, but to me this joke is the exact same amount of tame as "nothing sadder than a hot guy who's 5'3''" which, while I haven't been on twitter in a while, seems to be an acceptable joke still even in 2020.

this is a good point

my first thought on seeing the tweet was "wow that's offensive"

but as a short guy, my reaction to the short people version is just "ok boomer" - it's not funny but it's not insulting/offensive/worth complaining about
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Janus5k posted...

Pumpkin

Almost certainly recency bias although it's pretty good

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the Sci-Fi Channel

wtf I've never even watched that channel and I read a lot of sci-fi
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