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Ah, a native american fellow had a body-length braid. I can't recall his name; one of my sisters knows him a bit better than I do.

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They could have killed other people. I always find it hard to feel bad for people whose stupidity endangered others.

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TheWorstPoster posted...

Katamari Damacy

>_>

*Turns on OST* God this music is weird.

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Yes, obviously.

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Devil may cry 5
Outer Worlds

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That is... actually a pretty hard question to answer. For oldschool music, my favorite album is this:
https://bostoncamerata.org/oldSite/cd/titles/renxmas.htm
Tau gar, la durundena is one I really like just because it's got an unusual feel to it (actually, a lot of the songs on this album do, but I really like the rhythm of the speech in this one. That said, every single song on this album is excellent. I think there are samples of the songs on Amazon if you want to take a listen).
Seriously if you like choral music, this is a GREAT album to pick up. I listen to it year-round.

Another one that has better-known songs is this album:
https://www.allmusic.com/album/o-come-all-ye-faithful-christmas-carols-at-kings-college-cambridge-mw0000164061

For your 20th-21st century Christmas songs, Walking in the Air is the obvious winner here. I've listened to several versions of it, but the original one is probably still my favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upH1QZU4Z0Y

I actually like O Holy Night but I am EXTREMELY picky about what version I'm listening to. Most of them overdo the instrumentals in an already pretty melodramatic song at the expense of the singers to the point where they outright drown out the singing in parts (YUCK AWFUL) or don't put the emphasis in the places that I prefer or overcomplicate the performance unnecessarily. Probably my favorite versions off the top of my head are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjFPM-9u80E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMrlVZmG97I
The first one is nice because the organ isn't overpowering/distracting from the vocals.
The second one has better singing, but the instruments detract a bit for me.
The King's Singers did O Holy Night and the vocals were great but the freaking stupid-ass instrumentals ruined it.

Carol of the Bells is a difficult song to screw up in comparison, tbh, lol.

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I live right near one, actually. Like... two blocks away, thereabouts.

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Not at all, boy.

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OhhhJa posted...

You're just making shit up now lol

Imagine being this ill-informed and still thinking you're remotely able to have any sort of intelligent position on anything political.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F56qUfBMTis#t=2m30s

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Oh, I know an obscure retro game on Steam. It's called The Elementalist. I'm certain you haven't heard of it before. It is a very solid game, actually, like a more interesting take on the original Legend of Zelda. Music is not great but that's the only glaring weak spot that I noticed.
Edit: https://store.steampowered.com/app/973410/The_Elementalist/

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

You said 12 years for a hate crime "sounds about right", I challenged that, but way to misdirect.

No, I didn't. Don't participate in a conversation if you can't even keep the users you're talking to straight despite the fact that usernames are attached to each post. Unless, of course, you are deliberately misdirecting... again.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

The maximum sentence shouldn't be that high in any situation.

https://nypost.com/2019/06/12/man-raped-infant-daughter-before-killing-her-in-new-york-cemetery-court-docs/

This is beside the point, however. I posted that information purely to inform other posters as to the reasoning behind the sentence. That in no way implies that I agree with the sentence.

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Huh. Yeah, that's about as different from the Christmas music I like as you can get.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ke6hJ78iQc

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He likes to steal hubcaps from cars.

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I eat them separately. I'm kind of weird I guess.

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Of course it's over a fucking pipeline.

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orlouge82 posted... Biden appeals to the older whites that would otherwise vote for Trump.

No, he doesn't. He appeals to older white Democrats, as well as having strong support from older African American Democrats who like his association with Obama. He absolutely does not have swing/republican voter appeal. Ffs, Republicans hate Obama and Biden was Obama's VP.

God, he'd get wrecked in debates against Trump, I cringe just thinking about it.

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I haven't found any exact wording on the reasoning, but according to this article:
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/iowa-man-sentenced-15-years-after-burning-church-s-lgbtq-n1105131

At the time of his November conviction, KCCI reported that the "habitual offender" charge filed against Martinez called for a lengthier penalty.

So that on top of the hate crime status lengthened the sentence.
From the same article:

Courtney Reyes, executive director of One Iowa, a statewide LGBTQ advocacy group, said while her organization appreciates the seriousness with which this biased incident was addressed, "we will continue to strive for a justice system which values restoration over punishment and helps individuals like Adolfo Martinez understand the harm that theyve caused."
"Hate crimes against the LGBTQ community are a serious matter as they inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and strike fear into the communities they target," Reyes told NBC News. "That said, true justice should always strive to be about rehabilitation, reconciliation, and healing communities. It is difficult to see how a 16-year prison sentence accomplishes any of those goals."

Edit: Got a bit more:

"I believe him to be very dangerous," Story County Attorney Jessica Reynolds said. "That's why my office recommended the maximum sentence."
Reynolds said the judge agreed to the 17-year sentence because Martinez has a long history of harassment and is a habitual offender and never showed any remorse.
"The defendant stated that there was nothing the judge could to stop him from continuing this behavior and that he would continue to do this no matter what," she said.

Lack of remorse is often a justification for aiming for a higher sentence as well. His attitude probably did not endear him to the judge or jury. Edit: Forgot the link for this one, sorry:
https://www.kcci.com/article/adolfo-martinez-sentenced-for-setting-fire-to-church-lgbtq-flag/30281099

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You know, it's very interesting. I live in rural USA and members of my family work at an assisted living facility that I also used to work at, so we interact a lot with elderly folks. You'd expect that, living in a conservative state and working with a bunch of retired loggers and such that the vast majority would be Trumpers, but it's been the opposite. They seem to despise Trump and support impeachment almost across the board. Sanders was also extraordinarily popular in my county in the 2016 primary.

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I think it was his best performance, but no. Sanders and (oddly) Yang did better, and I think Warren's performance was about on par with Biden's.

Buttigieg got pretty thrashed from multiple angles, which was funny. Klobuchar and Steyer were garbage, as expected.

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Wow. What a surprise. I am so surprised right now. This is me being surprised.

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I think Big Bird but my younger sibling would probably say Elmo.

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

He would have got less time for burning your pet, Gaawa.

I did say earlier that the sentence was excessive, but way to dodge the point.

And that's true. Animals are generally given less regard than non-living property in the eyes of the law.

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Wait, there are people who aren't aware of white supremacy being a huge thing? I mean, I could understand, say, not being aware of some things (boreal fascists, for example), but white supremacy in general? It's all over the place.

... Man, people need to get out more, learn a bit more about what's happening in the regions around them outside of their immediate social spheres. I guess I could fault people for it a bit less if they aren't living in the USA, since it's most obvious here thanks to the Klan.

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Lokarin posted...

Ya. infact... the Red Cross is my personal swear jar.

Fuck, that reminds me, I haven't donated blood in a while. It will have to wait until January since I can only donate on Wednesdays.

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PK_Spam posted...

Ill take shut up

You need to contact the locations you make appointments at (dentist, doctor, etc) and tell them explicitly that if anyone other than you attempts to make appointment changes, they are not to be changed. You are an adult and you have the right to not have people fuck with your affairs, especially when it comes to medical stuff, even if they are related to you.

Even if you have given some sort of disclosure agreement that gives your mother access to certain things, she still should not be able to interfere with your appointments like that. It's very strange.

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Man, there's not going to be anything left of the ecosystems there at this rate.

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What, how did she even have the authority to do that? You're an adult, she shouldn't be able to mess with your appointments like that.

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JebronLames posted...

what kind of work do you do?

It's retail work atm, though my current issue is not so much pay (it's always going to be shit with my lack of education/skills) but the intentional drip-feed of hours... I used to work in a kitchen at an assisted living facility but I have pretty horrific allergic reactions to cleaning and hygiene agents used in professional settings (even at the retail place I work at, I can't use the soap there, it burns like you wouldn't believe). Took a significant pay and hour dip as a result. I'm lucky in that I live with other people including family, but it means I basically can't afford anything at all. One of those subsistence folks with nothing in the bank.

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Mead posted...

jfc that shouldnt even be legal for any employer to still pay such a low wage

Starting wage was 7.25, sooo... yeah, could be worse, I guess. Lot of people Berning here in rural America because of stuff like this.

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I make 8 bucks an hour, so no. I'm lucky to not be homeless, frankly.

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Except that he stole someone else's flag, Kyuubi. By all means, burn a flag, but it had damn well better be your property that you're burning.

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Yes, yes I am. It's very rare for me to not do so.

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It depends on who wins the primary and how they did so.

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Speaking of Star Wars, did anyone else see this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5MTIIou56Y

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DeathMagnetic80 posted...

She's just been trying to undermine the party ever since she got all mad at Hillary.

Uh... no. Clinton and Co started it. When she endorsed Bernie Sanders, they immediately began calling her a Russian shill. Gabbard has every right to be pissed off with the Clinton toadies trying to insinuate that she's a treasonous plant just because she didn't endorse their queen, and every right to fire back when they shot first.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3609

And this is coming from someone who does not particularly like Gabbard.

Edit: Let's be clear, the reason why this vote of hers is stupid is this:
I think the guy is guilty but wont say it because I didnt like the way the prosecutor and the defence argued all the time.
The argument is absurd. It's clear that the only reason that she did this is because she's in desperate need of press coverage at this point.

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Full Throttle posted...

Nicole Holbrook - Miss Hawaii - 9th
https://i.imgur.com/n35e8da.jpg

Very pretty girl.

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Mr Hangman posted...

I guess that's true, but what would it have changed? "Oh, hey, buddy, how've ya been?" That doesn't go anywhere.

Not to mention that their memories were wiped... for all intents and purposes, they AREN'T the droids he knew.

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His defense urged the jurors to convict him of second degree instead of 1st and said Urbanski was DRUNK and his RACIST PROPAGANDA poisoned his mind and emboldened him to act on his EXTREME HATRED for black people.

Considering even the defense was arguing that the killing was racially motivated, I think it is safe to say that it was a hate crime.

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I'm surprised he wasn't also charged and convicted for theft.

I think the time is excessive for the charges he was convicted on. I suspect he was hoping to get other people to copy what he did, so a harsh sentence may be because the judge wanted to make an example out of him as a deterrent to others. Don't know much about the case though so that's just speculation.

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No. Terrible decision on her part. Comes off as extremely phoney.

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No. Nipped any chance of that becoming a thing for me over a decade ago during my first election. The vacuous arguments lobbed between candidates of differing minority statuses was enough to make me ignore stuff like that for good.

On a side note, if Cory Booker thinks that his attempt to whine about debate requirements being racist is going to pan out in his favor, he's sorely mistaken. Policy is king this time around, as it should be.

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I mean, you see Christians leaping to defend the pedophiles in their churches all the time. Like where I live, there's a pastor well known for getting a literal infant rapist a lighter sentence by telling the judge how repentant and god-loving the pedo was.

Compared to that, hypocrisy is a small thing.

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No, mostly because I don't really like interacting with people.

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Ah, I remember when Republicans lost their shit when Obama pardoned non-violent drug offenders. Good times.

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blu posted...

Thanks guys. I am playing through a few recommendations now and looked into all of them.

blu, you might try looking up a youtuber called Northernlion and checking his "Northernlion tries" series. I keep his videos on as background noise to help me sleep but he sometimes plays various roguelikes, you might find something you like there.

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1,100, but I haven't really tried to make many vids at all.

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My sister and mother are both working on Christmas. The place I work at isn't open that day, though.

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No, thanks.

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aHappySacka posted...

The prequels tell a much better story with much better characters (for the most part) and is infinitely quotable with dank memes celebrated by fans.
The Disney trilogy has absolutely nothing on this and is the only trilogy that is politically motivated

I can agree with that. Still has garbage script, humor, and pacing, though. Also suffers from something that almost every film in the series has, which is a fixation on Rule of Cool.

Bolded part is outright false. The prequels are the most political films of all of them by far. You just take issue with the politics in the new movies and don't take issue with the politics in the other films. It's a bit funny, tbh, how many people forget that like half of the story of the prequels was hyper-focused on politics just because the messages in there don't raise their hackles.

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Both The Binding of Isaac and Dead Cells have DLC coming up in 2020, I think.

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