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I've never met a smart person who thinks it was dumb we had to take classes outside of our major

Never beat it on PS2, grabbed the HD Remaster.

Anything I should know?

Poor guy was groomed

DrizztLink posted...

Because the only way to reliably get that much human milk is pretty fuckin' distasteful, to say the least.

Same with cows tbh

Sort of the entire point of the movie is that he's Iron Man in or out of the suit

Looks good despite Ryan Reynolds trying his best to be funny

God, Ryan Reynolds is so insufferable

PraetorXyn posted...

Its dead in the water outside the US just like every other Xbox.

At this point, theres nothing Microsoft can do.

The things against them are:
1. If you have a gaming PC, an Xboxs only purpose is backwards compatibility with a handful of older exclusives that havent been ported, remastered, or added to collections that were remastered / ported.
2. If someone primarily plays Japanese gameswhich Xboxes historically havent gottenand their whole library is already on PC or PlayStation, why would they switch now?
3. Since Xbox has gotten shellacked for two generations in a row, sales demonstrate most people have PlayStations and most of their libraries are on PlayStation rather than Xbox, so again, why would they switch now?
4. People have Steam achievements / PlayStation trophies and a lot of play progress outside the Xbox ecosystem, so why would they start over on Xbox?
5. One of the reasons a lot of people (myself included) bought a 360 was to play online with their friends, but with the advent of crossplay that lets PC / PlayStation owners play with their friends on Xbox, theres no reason for them to buy an Xbox to play with their friends.
There are probably even things I cant think of here, but thats a start.

All of this is true. I'd also add that Microsoft needs to figure out a way to get better involved with their studios. Sony is still far more involved with executives flying out to check on progress and status as well as lending a hand with their very robust development pipelines and support network, which also helps. Cory Barlogs interview about how Shu called GOW 2018 a bad game during his visit springs to mind. The candid and potentially demotivating response really pushed the team to do better, and see where it got them.

Xbox and Microsoft gives their studios freedom it often feels like a lack of direction and a disconnect from what people want. 343 has failed Halo three times in a row. Rare spent five years floundering with their game 'Everwild' which now seems to be canned. Avowed got internally restarted and the devs are already trying to lower expectations and the news seems to spend more time saying what the game won't feature. Hellblade 2 spent five years in development but seems to be 5-6 hours long. Whatever that Minecraft game last year was flopped and has already had its supported ended. Plus Minecraft has become a mess of multiple editions with the infamous super graphics update getting cancelled after years in development.

It also helps that PlayStation Studios games have been regarded as quality releases since the late PS3 era, so this prestige culture is likely ingratiated into the development studios all the way to higher up SIE corporate. Long story short Phil Spencer is a PR master but a simply fucking terrible leader.

VRX3000 posted...

I keep trying to care about anything Witcher. And it always come across as an edgy 12 year olds fan fiction who just discovered curse words. The best thing in the entire series is Dandelion and hes criminally underutilized in everything.

Also yeah, the source material sucks and the video games are really the only thing worth it

Not surprising, the people who like Cavill left once he did and the people who don't like him aren't about to start

I know it's crossplay, but what's better?

Buy better sunscreen

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

Youre unironically a both sides person lmaooo

thats hilarious

It's willful ignorance combined with a genuine inability to understand, he's basically one step above Duncan at this point

Leaks pretty much confirmed this a month ago, she was almost played by Anya Taylor-Joy
Possible spoilers in the same leak if you're interested that could explain:
F4 will take place in another universe similar to the MCU one but not quite. By the end of the movie there will be an incursion (brought up in Strange 2) that results in the universe dying and the F4 moving to the main universe

Definitely not my mortgage, I got my house at 2.8% why would I pay that off early when the stock market will outperform it? Hell, my savings account is over 4% I could just leave it in there if I wanted and I'd come out ahead of paying my mortgage.

ZMythos posted...

Yea getting them fresh is the best for sure. I really dislike the ones you buy from the grocery store since they're frozen and thawed and left out on the shelves for days.

Literally in the article
The doughnut chain uses a hub and spoke model that lets it make and distribute its treats efficiently. Production hubs, which are either stores or doughnut factories, send off freshly made doughnuts every day to retail locations such as grocery stores and gas stations.

LonelyStoner posted...

Im about to have an aneurysm.

The posters in here who don't care about music are uncommon, but it's not unheard of. Plenty of people exist without consuming books or video games, and there are even people who don't watch TV or movies. Then think about things like theater where very few actively follow.
So I don't get why it's so bad people skip out on music.

TheGoldenEel posted...

Just fyi being confined to your house for a year actually fucking sucks

Yeah, I feel a lot of guilt for the fact that the pandemic was basically the best thing for me. I was able to buy a house in socal because my industry did well during the pandemic and I made a ton of money, I was able to cut off friends that I had grown apart from, I was able to spend time reading books which I hadn't really done since college, I got in great physical shape, etc. and I had no deaths in people close to me or I cared for.

Tyranthraxus posted...

As I said before

Tyranthraxus posted...
Mostly because people don't usually bother reporting it. If you slapped someone in front of a police officer you'd probably be arrested right there.

I disagree. Cop's in most cases would separate and assess the situation, but if the slapper clearly isn't going to do it again and the victim doesn't escalate, the cop is not arresting anyone.

Tyranthraxus posted...

If I don't get arrested for slapping someone, the problem is the law enforcement is unjust.

The majority of minor violence between individuals never gets charged. Will Smith's case is what happens the majority of the time, not an example of a two-tiered justice system.
One slap, whether it's at the Oscars, in a bar, or in someone's back yard, is unlikely to make it to court unless the victim really pushes for it.

People shouldn't be hitting each other but y'all don't live in the real world if you think slaps get people arrested.

Cobra1010 posted...

I'm surprised the state doesn't prosecute him even if the other guy doesn't press charges. That's criminal act caught on live television.

Nobody goes to jail over one slap lol c'mon

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

In fairness, the way American taxes work is just plain stupid. It's way too complex.

It's really not that hard.

LonelyStoner posted...

I might need this explained like Im 5, but Im not doubting you.

It's easier in image form:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1aabaa86.png

josifrees posted...

also what is really quotable in the matrix

Lol

bigblu89 posted...

I have a friend at work that tells me stories all the time of guys that he hooks up that say they aren't bi, they just like to hook up with other men from time to time. But since they have no interest in being an an actual relationship with one, they still consider themselves straight.

Definitely there are people who have some internalized homophobia / biphobia there, but I do think sexuality is complicated enough that someone can be straight and have sex with men even though that can sound ridiculous

He also abused her and their son had to step between them on a private jet when he got drunk and attacked her

Well y'see, Biden is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians while Trump would expand that to people who aren't straight, cis, and white... so I'm having a hard time deciding

Thanks, that does make me feel a lot better.
This is the kind of company where you get a 3-5% yearly and the only real jumps are by going to a different position, I'm likely able to get another raise in a couple years just by virtue of the way we're setup.

ModernPost posted...

Well it isn't in the text.

Harry also doesn't shit in the books but we can assume he does. Like I said, Dumbledore being gay was something many readers had already theorized before she confirmed it.
My point is that Rowling's a piece of shit for many racist and transphobic reasons, we don't need to make up stuff like claiming she only made Dumbledore gay to be seen as progressive to make her look bad.

C_Pain posted...

I got a $2 raise, check your privilege

Fair enough. Consider it checked.

C_Pain posted...

Also, can't you still counter?

I guess so, but it feels like she was making the phone call before the offer letter came through as a gesture of good will and now it feels bad to go back.

KitKats posted...

Who is making shit up?

Everyone who claims it's a retcon

I like my job, I like my boss. I applied to a vacancy doing similar work in a different area with increased complexity.
Today I got the call that I got it! Comes with a $15k raise and I'm fairly certain brings me to comparable levels as my (new) peers. It's just, I just said ok to her on the phone and now she's sending the offer letter, all I can think is "I should've put in a counter."

Anyone else face this?

It was a pretty common fantheory in the mid 00's before she confirmed it. She's bad because of a bunch of reasons, we don't need to make up shit to point out how awful she is as a human being

Doom_Art posted...

The first rule of screenwriting is "show, don't tell" but A LOT of writers disregard that rule and use dialogue as a crutch, whether to explain what's happening in a scene, declare a character's motive or mood, or to worldbuild. And because media literacy is so terrible nowadays, people seem content for things to be this way.

At the same time there's plenty of moments where you should tell and that the repeating of "show don't tell" is just as bad as ignoring it

streamofthesky posted...

Just as a court has to prove the accused guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so to would they have to prove that the false accuser lied (maliciously) to throw her in jail, so actual victims won't have a paper trail to hang themselves with anyway.

My dude, that's just not how it works.
Sexual assault and related crimes are already difficult to prove due to lack of evidence, victim's trauma, arguments around consent, etc. This is made even harder when considering many rapists are better connected and richer than their victims, they can afford better lawyers and can drag cases out.
So in the case of a legitimate crime, a rapist can get be declared not guilty because of the aforementioned reasons. The people in here who want to punish false accusers will now be enabling the criminal to then go after the victim and force them to have to defend themselves and relive their own rape in court again due to some misguided belief about justice.

Falsifying evidence and lying under oath are already crimes. Asking for more punishment just means victims, who already often need persuading to come forward, will be even less likely to cooperate if they believe they could be charged.

Gotta love it when people want false accusers to be punished worse than most other criminals. Fucking pathetic, make it even harder for people to come forward

Blue_Popo posted...

I picked the spots, did the coordinating, paid the dates and dropped her home all 3 times.

No wonder she isn't paying, you're the one inviting her out

R_Jackal posted...

Gotta love it when people value convenience over humanity and livelihoods.

Like every other technological improvement we've made over the last 6000 years?

People should be allowed to exist in public spaces without having to indulge in strangers desires to interact. The last thing I want to do while grocery shopping is discuss my favorite brand of chips

FYI shattered/broken jaws are usually the excuse given for major facial surgery regardless of the reason
But I'm pro cosmetic surgery so it doesn't really matter to me if he actually broke it or if it was purely elective

Who are we supposed to vote for against Biden? Dean Phillips is even more pro-Israel which is not going to address probably the most reasonable argument against Biden we have.