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Topic | Say goodbye to Bat-fleck |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 9:14:57 PM #28 | swordz9 posted... Wonder Woman was good, but maybe it was just a fluke >__> Wonder Woman was good in spite of DC. Not because of them. The director or WW gave an article where she said the DC executives wanted them to cut the 'no man's land' scene from the movie. She had to fight tooth and nail to be allowed to keep it in. I enjoyed the movie but it did not restore my trust in DC even a little. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 115: Pardon the Interruption |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 8:58:58 PM #44 | Wanglicious posted... i don't know how it is in canada but generally here in the US it's extremely difficult for one to get fired. take the one who killed Castile - they were prepared to A) fire him if guilty, or B) literally pay him to resign if not guilty. and they did, to the tune of just under $50,000. or basically what i assume was a year of pay. And im fine with that being the best they can do for now. And hopefully a guilty verdict gets handed down and they can do more. But what is the alternative? Suppose you have an innocent cop accused of wrongdoing. They have to suspend him pending an investigation (protocol). Are they just supposed to not pay him? Some investigations take a long time. And now a potentially innocent cop can't support himself or his family as a result of unproved accusations? So yeah, Ill take a system that pays guilty cops while they are waiting to be proven guilty to avoid a world where innocent cops don't get paid while they are waiting to be proven innocent. --- |
Topic | Have you ever seen a company botch something as much as Niantic w Pokemon Go? |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 3:26:40 PM #3 | tbh they added raiding recently and I think it's a huge improvement. Yeah I'm sure they royally screwed the pooch with their Go-Fest event and probably had no idea how to run an event of that magnitude, but the game itself is still completely fine imo. --- |
Topic | Have you ever met someone from Board 8 in REAL LIFE? |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 3:23:47 PM #3 | Spent a day playing mini-golf and going to an escape room with Chris. Saw red briefly at a Dodgers game. I'd like to do the extra life thing some year and add another dozen names to the list. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 115: Pardon the Interruption |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 3:20:13 PM #37 | I side with Wang on the drug planting cops. Suspension is the first step. But we see this time and again. 1) Cop does something bad. 2) Cop get's suspended (because that's the first step). 3) People cry out that cop's never get in trouble. And then that's it. The story tends to get ignored from there and it just gets tossed into the pile of "times that cops get away with shit". The only time it resurfaces is if down the road it gets reported that the cop was not convicted for whatever it happened to be. But it's seldom reported on or cared about in situations where it goes the other way. Maybe police departments just need to do a better job clarifying that they are taking their obligatory first step and that it's not the end of the story? Or maybe that should come across more clearly in the articles? Either way it's a problem. --- |
Topic | Man spends over $41,000 to try to look like Squall Leonhart. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/22/17 3:02:03 PM #22 | If he looked anything like squall I would have said it's worth it. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 114: Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated! |
Forceful_Dragon 07/21/17 8:19:04 AM #321 | I don't approve of abortions and i feel they are used a crutch for a society that is incapable of understanding that their actions in life have real effects and consequences. But holy hell, exceptions can should exist for a reason. --- |
Topic | Do you think being a Gamefaqs Moderator is STRESSFUL???? |
Forceful_Dragon 07/20/17 5:26:59 PM #14 | |
Topic | Pokemon Go LEGENDARIES announced in hilariously over-the-top video |
Forceful_Dragon 07/20/17 4:51:22 PM #4 | Jesse_Custer posted... Raid battles have been fun, but I heard the legendaries will be only available to select players who get invited to participate. That would be disappointing if true. That does not sound accurate. The first legendary egg will be at Pokemon GO fest in Chicago but then after that they will start to appear in other places too. http://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/post/legendarypokemon Trainers, --- |
Topic | Pokemon Go LEGENDARIES announced in hilariously over-the-top video |
Forceful_Dragon 07/20/17 4:42:31 PM #2 | Raid battles already reinvigorated the game for me and this announcement has me even more hyped. I got a tyranitar from a raid on Sunday which was a lot of fun and its much easier now to get daily coins from gym defending. --- |
Topic | Linkin Park lead singer commits suicide |
Forceful_Dragon 07/20/17 4:36:18 PM #51 | Bane_Of_Despair posted... Hybrid Theory was my first album ever that was mine alone and both it and Meteora will hold special places in my heart Same. I definitely didn't listen to their albums after meteora nearly as much but both of those albums saw a ton of play. This is heartbreaking. --- |
Topic | Here's an article about Mershiness and his cover of You Spin Me Round |
Forceful_Dragon 07/20/17 7:52:02 AM #4 | idk but he certainly seems to be serving some serious ones of whatever those are. Vocals are pretty solid and reminiscent of the original. --- |
Topic | Retsupurae's Law & Order: Special Druids Unit reaches a stunning conclusion. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/19/17 11:14:53 PM #18 | |
Topic | Do you pay federal income tax? |
Forceful_Dragon 07/19/17 4:31:20 AM #27 | Federal + State + FICA consumes about 20-22% of my paychecks. 47% seems like a lot. Both in reference to foolmo's effective taxes and in reference to being a number of people who don't pay any tax. But regarding "Romney's 47%" factcheck.org says this: Romney is a bit out of date with his claim that 47 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax. That was true in 2009, but the number is lower now, and falling as the economy improves and more people are working and getting paychecks. --- |
Topic | PlayerUnknown bans Dr.Disrepect for team killing |
Forceful_Dragon 07/18/17 8:18:16 PM #16 | Grimmz is a lot of fun to watch. He is crazy skilled with a sniper and has awareness borders on precognition. --- |
Topic | Top 5 Worst Rigjobs in the History of Big Brother US |
Forceful_Dragon 07/18/17 6:45:15 AM #103 | I have almost no experience with BB, but this was still a very interesting read and provided insight into how the show works. Thanks :D --- |
Topic | MLB The Show Sim League Season 3 [Purge rate is stupid] |
Forceful_Dragon 07/18/17 6:01:38 AM #70 | Whiskey_Nick posted... Giants: 33-26 ! I am pleased. --- |
Topic | Where is Sir Chris? |
Forceful_Dragon 07/18/17 4:16:26 AM #6 | Raka_Putra posted... At some HEIFER'S place smoking MARIJUANA and having PROTECTED SEX! Is he hot?? The only thing this is missing is "FLORIDA MAN". --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:50:32 PM #104 | MenuWars posted... Who? You guys keep using this absurd maybe her bullet would travel and hit someone, through her head AND through the wall, but somehow shooting her 11 times is more safe? That's just stupid. You have this absurd assumption that there is a 0.000% chance that she could pull the trigger while the gun is pointed at something besides her head. Maybe she waves the gun awhile while she is talking. Maybe her arm is tired from holding it up so it slips down a bit. Maybe because she is drunk so she is not fully rational and capable of careful movement. In that situation she is an unstable person who is holding a firearm. And she is approaching and not heeding warnings. That is all there is to it. And maybe she was a great person the rest of her life and it's a tragedy that this occurred. But that doesn't make them wrong to use force. We've covered why you don't use taser in that situation. We've covered why you don't aim for her hand. We've covered why you don't just fire one time and then hope really hard that it was enough. So what do you have to bring to the table other than "the cops are cowards" based on nothing but your own emotions. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:44:13 PM #94 | MenuWars posted... There's a huge difference between being in your own home with a gun to your head and walking down the street with it, you guys are crazy. Walking towards other people. People who had been called into her home because of the situation who couldn't leave until the situation was resolved. I really don't understand why you can't get this. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:43:19 PM #91 | MenuWars posted... I'm absolutely not full of shit, if I'm a police officer my job is literally to serve and protect, not to protect myself at all costs regardless of any provocation. They are protecting anyone else that might get injured by the suicidal drunk person with a gun. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:40:09 PM #87 | StealThisSheen posted... I want to live in your world where I can go rob somebody at gunpoint, but then when the cops show up, have them just let me walk away free as long as I'm pointing the gun at myself as I do so. Yeah, idk about this analogy. You can pretty much just stick to the situation as it occurred without taking this stretch. A more apt scenario would be someone just walking down the street all day with a gun pointed at their own head and the cops being unable to do anything about it because they are "only a danger to themselves". --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:36:44 PM #81 | MenuWars posted... Cool beans man, your logic is that a force that's supposed to help people is okay to murder someone who is suicidal because they stepped toward them. Perfectly happy for you to think my points don't stand because you're nuts. Yeah, that was definitely the only reason. It had nothing to do with the gun she was holding. Please do not ever be a police officer or be in a position to tell police officers how to do their job. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:35:15 PM #78 | If you want to be completely accurate they shot *at* her 13 times. Only 11 of their shots hit her. And yes, they were completely justified. You say: MenuWars posted... Why does that necessitate 11 shots? But once you are at a point where the use of force is justified then it is standard procedure to fire off a rapid burst intend to fully disable the target within the first couple seconds. You don't fire once and check to see if you hit them and if you happened to hit a part of them that disables them from the beginning. You fire a handful of times in quick succession because that is the safest thing to do in terms of disabling a threatening situation. So far you've only displayed that you don't understand how officers are trained to use force in implying they should "aim for the hand" and saying they should not fire a full burst of shots. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:26:43 PM #73 | MenuWars posted... ...and you literally believe shooting a drunken suicidal woman 11 times is perfectly justifiable. Based on the events that unfolded there is no doubt about it. And I don't know with 100% certainty, but I would say that there is a reasonable chance that the woman herself advanced on them knowing they would shoot with that in mind, rather than pull the trigger herself. Otherwise she would have just done it during the 30 minutes beforehand. She was taking her own life into her hands by advancing on them and ignoring their directives. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:23:33 PM #70 | MenuWars posted... Right so the only option was to shoot the suicide bidder 11 times. Gotcha. You've already ceded that she was not only suicidal but inebriated. She was holding a gun. She was approaching the officers. She was not heeding warnings to stop and drop the weapon. This is an open and shut scenario based on those events. The only lingering question is if the scenario could have been prevented before she opened the door and approached. And that is the only part of this that is open to conjecture. Not the events that followed and their justification in using force based on those events. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:10:10 PM #62 | MenuWars posted... or just shooting the hand that was holding the weapon And we've already mentioned why this is NOT what officers are trained to do. Shooting a hand or shooting the gun out of someone's hand is a hollywood scenario that does not happen in real life. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:08:12 PM #61 | StealThisSheen posted... But people like me and Machete and FFD >_< --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 5:07:40 PM #59 | StealThisSheen posted... The court ruled against the cops not because they think shooting her was bad in THAT SPECIFIC situation, but because they think the cops shouldn't have let it get to that point in the first place. Yes, this. If the ruling is in dispute then you can't use the ruling itself as your evidence. It is also a dangerous precedent to set because you don't want officers feeling like they can't do what must be done in dangerous situations. The looming cloud of a million dollar lawsuit might cause hesitation in situations where it can't be afforded. “All of our analyses, both by our internal and outside experts, concluded that the officers acted within the legal standards for use of force,” May said, acknowledging, “The jury found otherwise.” -the madison city attorney --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 4:58:50 PM #48 | MenuWars posted... Also if the officers testified that they shot her because she refused to drop the weapon, where are you getting the acted threateningly, waved her arms about, advanced on them with a weapon parts? "acted threateningly". Who said this happened? "waved her arms about". Who said this happened? "advanced on them with a weapon" -This part actually happened and is very important. MenuWars posted... If she was acting like a psychopath, why was 7 million dollars awarded? If I had to guess it would be because juries are sympathetic in situations like that and cops are getting a lot of bad publicity for police shootings these days. It's also possible that there was some procedure they failed to follow or some reason to believe they could have better deescalated the situation before it played out the way it did. But you cant use a potentially erroneous court decision to justify your hypothetical fantasy scenario. We saw the court decision and said "Well based on the article and the events, that seems like a bad court decision". You ignored the evidence and description of events are instead using the fact that a court decision was awarded to push your own narrative. That's quite a different take there. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 4:53:43 PM #46 | MenuWars posted... I merely said the boyfriend would have alerted them to anyone in the vicinity that may have been in harms way, like this was a suicide bid not a hostage situation And this boyfriend happens to know everyone within a quarter of a mile and knew their exact locations. What kind of hypothetical situation have you crafted for yourself here? --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 4:49:00 PM #43 | MenuWars posted... Oh and to answer your question, about what I'd have them do, I'd have them guard outside whilst medical professionals were called, hell get some tranq darts, if you have to shoot someone that was trying to commit suicide 11 times, you're a douchebag, stupid, and a coward. Or someone with a gun is approaching you, they are refusing orders to stop or drop the gun, so you do the regrettable because you must. I don't envy them having to do that, but in this specific situation they had to. We've already discussed that the number of shots is not an absurd number. Not unless they shot her once every 5-6 seconds over the course of a minute. But all 11 shots likely occurred in a single burst of shots. If they only fired once apiece it would have been stupid and dangerous. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 4:20:36 PM #39 | MenuWars posted... The only reason to fear a suicide bid if you're not a friend/loved one of the person is if you're either an insurance broker, a debtor or worried they wont die and will cause extremely expensive medical bills. To further pick apart this post, it's a good thing in your made up scenario funerals are never ruinously expensive. (spoilers: they can be) --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 9:55:39 AM #330 | He spend charity funds on a picture of himself. This is business as usual for our citrus in chief. --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 9:12:35 AM #29 | Waluigi1 posted... Can we talk about how they shot her ELEVEN times. Dafuq. No. Cops are trained (and rightfully so) to fire multiple times in quick succession in scenarios where it is justified to use force. Cops don't aim for the gun or aim for the leg because that would not be as likely to resolve the threat of the situation. Cops aim for the torso because it's the target they are most likely to hit, and they fire multiple times because a single shot is also often not enough to remove any threat. Eleven might sound like a lot, but it really isn't once you've determined the use of force was reasonable. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 9:02:37 AM #327 | HaRRicH posted... Donald Junior had at least his traveling expenses covered in 2016 though, so he's not out of the woods in that regard yet either. Also true. I was just noting that there is a potential justification for this particular payment to be unrelated to the 2016, however flimsy that justification might be. None of which changes the more damning aspects of the situation. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/17/17 8:35:46 AM #324 | In fairness to that point about the lawyer's fees the "trump campaign" in that sense is the 2020 election campaign. Not the 2016 campaign during which the wrongdoing occurred. So you could make the argument that just because he's a part of the 2020 campaign doesn't mean he was officially a part of the 2016 campaign. Although it's funny that the lawyer services are being rendered as part of the 2020 "primary" campaign as indicated by the checked boxes on the disbursement rather than the "general" campaign. Trump has already assumed he is going to be primary'd by his own party? --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/16/17 11:51:23 PM #312 | This just seems so clear. And even the excuse that "there wasn't anything of value at the meeting" doesn't change the fact that the meeting and the INTENT behind the meeting was to collude with a foreign power for damning information. In many case trying to commit a crime but being unsuccessful doesn't change the fact that it's a crime. If you rob someone at gunpoint and their wallet is empty then you still robbed someone at gunpoint. And then for good measure throw in the fact that June 9th, the same day of the meeting itself was the very first time trump mentioned on twitter about hillary's missing emails: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/741007091947556864 So I think it's safe to say they learned something at the meeting regarding Clinton or there was some huge coincidental knowledge that happened to be learned on the same day that they were trying to learn knowledge regarding HRC. So we can see all this plain as day now and they expect us to believe that Trump was not only in his office but had no idea a meeting of that nature was taking place? Right. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/16/17 11:37:06 PM #310 | I'm slow then :/ Like the meeting and emails are bad enough, but the fact that it so neatly fits into place inside of other confirmed events and matches the tone of a speech that agent orange gave just a couple days later. That seems huge. --- |
Topic | Politics Containment Topic 113: Looking At A Kush-y Jail Cell |
Forceful_Dragon 07/16/17 11:29:15 PM #308 | Mr Lasastryke posted... https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/886534810575020032 One of the reply chains includes this image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEeNk8kXgAE6oHg.jpg Is that accurate? o_O --- |
Topic | This 26 y/o Girl was shot ELEVEN times by COPS cause she had a GUN to her HEAD!. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/16/17 2:48:37 PM #21 | The cops had already been there for 30 minutes so it stands to reason that they had a reason to worry for either their own safety or the safety of others that was prompted by something she was saying or doing. --- |
Topic | Name a classic game (NES/SNES/SMS/Genesis) I can easily beat in <4 hours |
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Topic | Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/16/17 4:43:50 AM #36 | I saw many people in wheel chairs and motorized wheel chairs(?) going through the lines like regular people. So that seems like it wouldn't work anyways. Not that you should scam disney even if it would work. But I think Universal Studios Orlando still had special access for people in wheel chairs. --- |
Topic | Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/15/17 3:21:23 PM #30 | I'm still not sure there are 2 full days worth of content at magic kingdom if you are (A) age gated from some of the bigger attractions and (B) have access to magic hours so you can see/do a lot before general admission is allowed in. Then again your children may want to do the same favorite attraction numerous times, so this could account for that. --- |
Topic | Oh my God weed. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/15/17 8:02:31 AM #19 | Raka_Putra posted... SBell0105 posted...I mean it's just weed. It's not like he said "oh my God heroin " Weed is a gateway "oh my god" after all. --- |
Topic | Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/15/17 7:58:43 AM #28 | cyko posted... Are you staying at a hotel on Disney Property or off site? This is also a quality question. If you are staying at a Disney Resort then you can plan your days to line up with the extra "Magic Hours" and get into the parks a couple hours before general admission. You can really get a lot done in the hours before everyone else is allowed in. My wife and I did not have this benefit so we had to pick the days we did specific parks to AVOID the parks with magic hours so we would not be entering a park at "opening" that has already been half full for a couple hours. --- |
Topic | Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/15/17 7:55:01 AM #27 | SBell0105 posted... Skipping animal kingdom. idk about this. Animal kingdom has a lion king play and a finding nemo musical which are both really cool and fairly kid friendly. (Maybe a touch on the loud side? But the content is great). It also wound up being the favorite park of both my wife and myself. Although part of the reason we loved it was the Avatar section and the 3D avatar ride which they would not be able to ride or appreciate. But there are a lot of animal walking trails which are basically mini-zoos scattered around and I would say it would be a better park for kids. if you had to skip one I might even recommend it be Hollywood Studios, but then you miss the meet and greet with chewbacca (he hugged me!) so that sounds like a no. But there seemed to be a lot at Hollywood that isn't as kid friendly. Like the Tower of Terror and the aerosmith rollercoaster to name a couple. We spent 1 day at each park and I couldn't imagine skipping any of them tbh. Magic Kingdom was hard to do in 1 day, but we did it on a wednesday to get the midweek crowd instead of the weekend crowd and barely got it done. But that was with plotting in all the major attractions that you would be skipping like space mountain, splash mountain and thunder mountain. If you are already forced to forego a lot of those then you can focus on the slow moving kid friendly rides, like the little mermaid, peter pan and small world. --- |
Topic | Taking the kids to Disneyworld in Nov. |
Forceful_Dragon 07/15/17 5:32:12 AM #23 | Having just been to the parks, 3 and 5 does seem a bit young :/ Not just in terms of not being able to do everything (though that seems important), but in terms of being able to spend the entire day in the park before they kids run out of gas. It seems a shame to not spend every possible minute in the parks, but it certainly felt like families would be leaving the parks as soon as early to mid afternoon because their kids had enough for the day. --- |
Topic | Top 5 Worst Rigjobs in the History of Big Brother US |
Forceful_Dragon 07/13/17 11:38:27 PM #4 | |
Topic | Board 8 Extra Life Info and Scheduling (FOR THE KIDS!) |
Forceful_Dragon 07/12/17 4:27:30 AM #11 | As much as I would love to smoke literally everyone in fat guy DDR, being newly married and poised for a promotion I don't see myself being able to take the time to make the trip. I'm more than willing to cede my "maybe" position to someone else at this point. --- |
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