Lurker > Lorenzo_2003

ChromaticAngel posted...

It's like when Hitler...

Only eight posts in and we're already referencing Hitler? It's like you guys aren't even trying anymore.
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Dash_Harber posted...

EyeWontBeFooled posted...

Good, Columbus was a moron, and a ruthless killer.

Seriously, this. What other argument is there?

The argument is that Columbus, despite being terrible, is still the person responsible for the initial contact made between Europe and the New World, which ultimately led to the founding of the United States. Some people are quick to mention the Vikings, but they didn't establish any lasting colonies and the rest of Europe did not migrate to the New World because of the discovery either. Again, Columbus was terrible due to slavery, rape and so on, but trying to minimize or even outright disregard his impact on the history of European expansion into the Americas is silly.

(Keep in mind that I'm not saying he should continue to be honored with a holiday, and this is more just a rebuttal of people who basically say he didn't do anything important.)
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Heavy left. It's not entirely a leftie echo chamber though because there are a few actively vocal righties and some of us who are in the middle on some issues.
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LunaLunaLu posted...

lmao at clunky shit like dark souls at number 2

I might not put Dark Souls in my own top 5, but it is still a damn good game. It has a lot of gameplay depth, the level designs look interesting and flow together well, the movement and combat is a bit slow but everything feels like it has weight, and the overall game is paced well (it neither drags nor feels rushed).
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I liked exploring Frigid Outskirts. Yes, the setting gets repetitive after a while, but it's so different from everything else in Dark Souls 2.
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Twinmold posted...

I like how her original shitty Christian parents don't imply a horrible generalization, but her shitty Muslim parents do mean all of Islam is bad. If any of this is even true, because conservatives with a hard on for hating against Islam have not shown themselves to be critical thinkers.

That's just a bunch of bullshit. You can already make fun of Christians as being ignorant, close-minded bigots. It happens a lot and there is very little backlash in the West, and you're also generalizing conservatives for some reason, which is common as well. Don't act like people can criticize Islam as easily without consequences like being labelled a racist.
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CircleOfManias posted...

Sayoria posted...

Stupid. Very, very stupid. It happens all the time accidentally.

That's why it fucking says "knowingly".

The law, which says "knowingly," does not seem to identify a specific standard, leaving interpretation of motive up to authorities.

(That's from the article and it brings up a massive concern.)
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Mal_Fet posted...

where they're making generalizations about Republicans and conservatives?

Wait, is a moderator upset because the left was being generalized? Seriously? Ahhahaaaha, that is very amusing, considering how often conservatives or Republicans are generalized here in a very negative light. Meh, not that I'm saying it should stop (I don't like censorship), but it is a hilarious double standard to have.
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What areas are you trying to improve?
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I feel sorry for the victim and his family. The 22-year sentence won't give them peace, unfortunately.
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Sinroth posted...

ThyCorndog posted...

Xelltrix posted...

I mean, if you can abort for literally no reason, I don't see the problem.

Why is this topic still going when this is so obvious? It comes down to whether or not you're ok with abortion. The down syndrome aspect doesn't come into it at all at this point

If your reason for aborting comes from a place of discrimination (people with down syndrome aren't capable of living happy, meaningful lives), then it does. Actions don't take place in contextual vacuums. The purposes, desires, and intentions informing actions must also be taken into account.

I think he makes a good point, but I kind of see where you're coming from. Currently, and for the most part, abortion is legal in Western societies. You don't have to have a reason beyond not wanting to birth the child. What some people find repulsive is when there is a reason and that reason would normally be considered discriminatory. For example, if we could 100 percent know that a fetus would eventually develop into a trans adult, I bet a lot of people who are pro-trans would be upset if a significant number of pregnant women were aborting for that reason. The discriminatory aspect might violate their principles, but abortion is something they might support, too.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

Zikten posted...

LittleRoyal posted...

This is a threat and an act of terrorism so getting fired is a light punishment for what technically could have happened to him.

What if it was a super important job and they can't even find a replacement qualified?

Can you think of a job that only has one person anywhere capable of doing it?

It's pretty hard to find qualified brain surgeons and maybe just as hard to find an experienced, reliable guide for certain wilderness excursions. The point being is it would be easy to fire (or not even hire) someone who is just flipping burgers, but not all jobs are equal in their standards.

Side note: law enforcement might question this guy and keep an eye on him for his comments, but there's no way they'll do more than that because he didn' actually do anything and wasn't specific with his threat anyway.
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Wouldn't it kind of depend on what the job is? I mean if it's a very specialized job and the applicant is the one experienced and skilled at it, they would be valuable. Not all jobs and their requirements are equal.
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VandorLee posted...

If my daughter ever gets in trouble over something like this i will agree with her that its stupid and shes right but just bear with it and avoid that person and just say whatever doesnt get you in trouble. Ill say its a life lesson because at work i find many coworkers and bosses stupid but I have to call them certain things to keep my job.

Yeah, that is true about the workplace. You could let your daughter choose a new name or gender while she is at school, maybe she could have fun and be creative.
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You guys keep focusing on Trump, while all I'm thinking is this Ivanka we're talking about. She's top tier and I wouldn't give a fuck who is watching.
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ShinyMuffin posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Most people aren't really sold on Ben Affleck.

What the fuck are you smoking? He was consistently rated as one of the few things that BvS did right. His Bruce Wayne and Batman were great, the only issues relating to writing and not his acting.
Jesus Christ.

I never liked him in anything, except maybe that Argo movie of his. Everytime I'd see his stupid ass face on screen, I'd think oh, look, Affleck is pouting because he wants you to think he's super serious right now.

Good riddance.
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I heard he was in a coma, not sure why. He was controversial, but he was definitely passionate about bodybuilding. RIP.
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TrollSlayer11 posted...

https://twitter.com/nontolerantman/status/899993905751617536

That's amazing. They're holding an Oppression Olympics contest, and no one seems to be aware of how absurd it comes across. This is some super First World problems nonsense.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

I'd say that's American culture. America isn't just a white nation. It was created to be a place where many different ethnicities can share their culture while also adopting a common culture. I'm not white. I love football, eat sandwiches and went to home coming dances lol.

While that's true, it would also mean that there is not much (if anything at all) that would be exclusively one group's culture in the US, as well. For example, I would have considered rap and blues to be African American music, but many (millions?) white people, Asians and Latinos also celebrate and emulate those styles, so much so that they have professionals who perform it. One could argue that the history of slavery is African American culture, but even that is not exclusive because all US American students study it and there is no one still alive who can lay sole claim to that experience.
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sondast posted...

Is she naturally small or does the show use trick photography when she's standing next to people?

It's a combination of her being short and often standing next to people like Sophie Turner, who is supposedly 5'9", and Rory McCann, who is 6'6".
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GiftedACIII posted...

Bloodychess posted...

And once you go over seas to actual Asian countries, it gets turned into a non-issue

This is completely irrelevant and pretty damn stupid. Black face is a "non-issue" to people in Africa but that doesn't mean it's not a huge thing in other cultures.

Yes, but are you literally shaking with rage, though? Gotta amp it up. We need to let the world know that this casting is unacceptable.
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Anarchy_Juiblex posted...

Can't blame white people for wanting to see a white guy succeed in the sport for once in the last 20 years.

Good news! There have been and still are several white champions in modern boxing.

The Klitschko brothers, Vitaly and Wladimir, ruled the heavyweight division from 2004 to 2015. They are very tall (both at least 6'6"), so easy to tell from far away that they are white. Sadly, they retired but they deserve to be on a list of recently successful white fighters. Right now, Vasyl Lomachenko is probably the most exciting boxer because of his speed and dominance at featherweight. He is Ukrainian, which has less than 5 percent non-Russians and non-Ukrainians, so I'm pretty sure he is white. Speaking of Russians, Gennady Golovkin holds the middleweight belt and his father is Russian and mother Korean (I guess that still counts). And last but not least, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is another champion who is white. Yes, he is from Mexico and speaks Spanish, but he can't really fool anybody because he has red hair (hence the nickname) and you wouldn't doubt him if he said he was from Ireland, except maybe for his Mexican accent.
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He needs to be wielding an axe.
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I do not own that shirt. I've never seen it before, although the design supposedly appeared in the Seventies. I'm not sure I understand its meaning. If female is the future, then what happens to all the men? Soylent green or something?
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I think some people are conflating Black Lives Matter (the group) and the actual lives of black people. Some of the posts here imply that if you don't support the group then you don't support black people. I disagree. My life would be worse without my black friends. They've helped me a lot in different ways, and I like to think they feel the same about me. They never bring up BLM, though. I don't either. No real reason, except that politics just isn't on our minds much when we're working, hanging out or whatever. Maybe we're just too far removed from what's going on in the US. I see BLM on Tv or the Internet only, so their recorded actions and words are all I have to go by.
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Demetrious Johnson is quite possibly the most skilled fighter in the entire UFC roster, especially now that Jon Jones reclaimed the title of Greatest Of All Time Fuckups.

It's true that Johnson is smaller than the average male, but I would bet money on him beating any regular guy on the street, up to around 210 lbs. He is a professional. He beats people up for a living, and there are very few people near his level of expertise.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

Master_Bass posted...

I can see how having no kids can be a dealbreaker, though. It's ok if she doesn't want kids, but your relationship won't work in the end if you do absolutely want them.

Lmfao why would you though?

Lol, kids are awesome. Every species on the planet is designed to survive and procreate. What kind of edgy point are you trying to push?
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Bio1590 posted...

cuttin_in_farm posted...

All these guys bashing Hash sure as hell aren't coming up with better ideas.

Just moral exclamations like people who don't want to come up with solutions.

Literally any idea is a better idea than "blow up all Muslims".

If they really wanted to blow them all up, the Coalition forces would not bother with surgical strikes.
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The odds are not in your favor. But, if you win, you can make fun of everyone who laughed at you for playing. You could be vengeful about it too, like paying those naysayers to do a dance in public and then sing about how you're a champ and they'll never get to sex up super models like you will.

You gotta win first, though.
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ShiningFetus posted...

If the hostages were America/Euro, would America be so easily trigger happy? Doubt it.

Lol, did they skip the entire Europe campaign of World War II in your History classes? The Allies bombed and shelled the fuck out of white civilian populations.
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Mernardi posted...

There would be no debate on whether abortion would be legal or not.

How do you explain all the women who are currently against abortion?
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gamepimp12 posted...

it's all been waaaaaa this is segregation, you have to give white people attention at all time

You should have just opened with this in your original post. It would have saved everybody their time, instead of them thinking you wanted a sincere discussion.
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It should not be hard to understand. Fighting against segregation and the effects of segregation by using segregation is not a good look.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

So a man married a medicore woman when he was just a normal guy.

But then when he was rich and famous he fucked sexy young girls.

And we're supposed to act surprised?

Feel bad for his ex but come on... What were you expecting?

Do you realize how many men would cheat on or dump their wives if they became millionaires with women falling at their feet? Probably most of them

Sure, what you say is true and we don't really have a problem with that. Good for Joss Whedon and bad for his ex-wife, I guess. The reason why I'm a bit disgusted is this is the same asshole who frequently lectured the rest of us about how we were bad for not putting women on a pedestal, and somehow he was the enlightened one. Now we find out that he was abusing his position of power to take advantage of women in need, at best, or coerced them into sex, at worst. That is the stereotypical casting couch cliche that feminists loathe. This guy was a wolf in sheep's clothing, who liked to bitch at the other wolves for being wolves. Fuck him.
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chill02 posted...

Nazi scientists are part of the reason NASA even exists, but that doesn't make their war crimes less abhorrent.

Tear down NASA! Stupid scientists and their Nazi rocket program. I never did like their beady eyes, calculator watches and pocket protectors.
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Glass_Phantom posted...

Islamic extremism was not to blame because it did not become widespread until recently.

You mentioned achievements (I don't dispute them), though I'm wondering why you did not mention the Arab (i.e. Islamic) slave trade that brutalized millions of Africans and you did not mention the Muslim invasions of Europe through Greece and all the way to Portugal. I suppose we would not count those as extremism because it was a rather normal state of affairs for Islam at that time.
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_Kowalski_ posted...

I've worked with him before for a few days and he was nothing but an affable gentleman. There's probably some truth to what his ex wife is saying in the wrap article, but remember it's coming From the most biased source possible.

Do you have a vagina? Are you as good looking as Eliza Dushku?

I'm just kidding... but not really.
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CountessRolab posted...

If they are making more than heart surgeons, then they are horrifically overpaid.

What are you basing that off of? Keep in mind that Youtubers and content creators of most kinds (e.g. novelists, musicians, etc.) usually charge very little to their customers (i.e. paying audience), as opposed to what a heart surgeon charges.
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Axiom posted...

I mean both of those guys were assholes. If you're going to take statues of people involved in shitty things down then they're definitely not safe

To be fair, it would probably be a challenge to find an authority fighre who did not commit some type of atrocity or crime or did not hold bigotted views of some sort, while also performing some signifcant service or accomplishment. Humans are just flawed that way, especially if we're talking about leaders who ruled over millions of people and had influence over military forces and large economies.

It's probably a safer bet to erect statues of a bunch of scientists, or just tear down all statues everwhere.
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Aelia posted...

The Red Woman

badwinkles posted...

the red woman is also hot as fuck, good call

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. The show hid it for the most part, and then (Boom!) nekkid and glorious.

Dormer will also remain top tier.
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The Deadpool posted...

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Now, please let us know, in your honest opinion, how much the West (specifically the US) should trust Russia today.

Current Russia and white supremacy is a distinction without a difference...

Right, so the point is that we can distrust Nazis and distrust these Antifa clowns. And just for clarity and perspective, the Soviets of the past committed horrific crimes of murder and rape against millions of people. The Nazis acting as monsters and the Soviets being allied to the West for a time didn't make the Soviets not terrible as well.
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The Deadpool posted...

Inferno Dive Dragoon posted...

Correction, the other side is Antifa, and I have no reason to trust them any more than the Neo-Nazi.

I think the holocaust is enough reason to trust ANYONE over Nazis...

You are forgetting that Russian forces played the biggest role in defeating the Nazis during World War 2.

Now, please let us know, in your honest opinion, how much the West (specifically the US) should trust Russia today.
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BombermanGold posted...

So... anyone besides the ex can give corroborate the story?

Otherwise this is seriously 'jilted ex-wife' spin here.

It's why people were in disbelief about Cosby's shit until multiple women came forward unrelated to one another and corroborated similar tales.

I'm sure any minute now Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter and Scarlett Johansson will be demanding a press conference where they can announce to the world Oh, yeah, Joss made me suck his dick and take it in my butt, but at least I got that sweet studio gig.

Yep, any minute now...
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NibeIungsnarf posted...

This giant memory stuff is bullshit. It's really hard, which is fine sort of-ish, but it also has a low as fuck time limit that resets my progress.

Oh, I remember that. Yeah, it was not fun. IIRC, I was decently levelled and geared for it, but it was an area I tried not to spend too much time with. Heh, time.
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CrimsonRage posted...

Shouldn't you like him more now that he's an "alpha" who slept around with multiple women?

No. That's not how it works. Assuming the ex-wife's accusations are true, Whedon was being a dishonest hypocrite while he attacked other men for not being a "woke" feminist like him. I don't care about any women he slept with, except you can't act morally righteous about not objectifying women and being sincere about your relationships, but then cheat on your wife on the down low and apparently not believe the things you've been preaching about. But again, to be fair, maybe his ex-wife isn't being honest.
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Bok_Choi posted...

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

How hard is it to learn to speak Korean?

What are some easy ways to get along immediately with a Korean person, considering the culture? (I guess you could change this to a what should you never say or do instead.)

Korean is a completely different language structure to learn so it'll take a while for American English speakers to pick up, especially if you've never learned another language before. That being said, the writing/reading system is VERY easy.

Korean cultural/social interactions are quite nuanced, but one of the main things you should always remember is shake hands with strangers with two hands, bow when they bow, and when it's like an honored guest you accept and give things with two hands.

Thanks! I'm going to work at the language because I've been really liking a lot of the Korean movies lately.

I heard about the shaking with two hands before, but I'll have to remember using two hands generally for guests.
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Hexagon posted...

1. Who mentioned the "world"?
2. This "cultural value" you mention is circular logic, you don't ban them because they have cultural value, but they have culture value because they aren't banned.
3. It's your opinion that making it illegal to be in possession of firearms wont make people turn them over to the government. I'd wager there are many people that are willing to follow the law than risk being fined and go to jail just so they can admire their gun collection that they can't show most people and can't bring out in public.

1. Are we only talking about the US? It seemed an open-ended question, but confining it to just the US makes the case of a hypothetical ban more clear that it won't ever be accepted and wouldn't work even if it was.
2. Nope. The US has a culture of firearms because of the historic significance firearms played in both securing its independence and expanding its borders westward through the New World. Surely you've noticed the romanticization of the Wild West and both mob and modern gang violence in American movies, songs, books and so on. The right to keep firearms is also written into their constitution as a means of self-defense, defense of the nation and a safeguard against oppression. It's not impossible to remove that right, but with an issue that near and dear to a lot of people, the US might need another big violent conflict to resolve it. (Good luck to you, if you're the one assigned to searching people's homes and removing their firearms by force.) We should also consider that the US develops and sells various types of firearms and ammunitions, so it's a dynamic part of their economy.
3. My opinion? Of course it is, just like it's your opinion that "many" people will surrender their firearms. I don't have a problem believing that some will and others won't. Even now, there are many citizens who do not own guns although they have the means to get one. I guess we will never know exactly how many will go either route. But just as Prohibition in the 20's failed to stop alcohol distribution and consumption and the drug war failed to stop people from smoking marijuana or cocaine, I seriously doubt a ban on firearms will have the effect you might be hoping for. Jailing all those people has also been extremely expensive for the government (in other words, taxpayers) and has had a huge negative impact on many communities.
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Hexagon posted...

How does 100% banning guns not work? I mean it works for Canada. You can't carry a gun for self defense here and we're not a heaping mess overrun with criminals that do have guns.

Canada is not the world. Canada is Canada. They don't have the same number of firearms in private possession as the US, for example, and they don't place the same cultural value on them either. Assuming you could ban them, that won't make the hundreds of millions of firearms disappear and it certainly won't automatically make owners turn them over to the government. Something to consider is that the costs to enforce that law would probably be quite high.
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There's something about people wearing masks during a confrontation that makes me want to run an English longsword through them. It's like a primal distrust of bandits, I guess.
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_Goggalor_ posted...

Mine:

https://goggalor1990.deviantart.com/gallery/

@_Goggalor_

Impressive. I can see your style making for a real nice graphic novel.
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