Lurker > Mackorov

I don't get why people watch baseball.
I mean...how do you find interest in a bunch of guys running around a field, standing still doing nothing and maybe hitting a baseball bat once or twice a match?

'cos Assassins Creed stole all the settings already

@2:55
cant wait to wingsuit through that landscape

Guyz, where is Singapore?

https://imgur.com/a/5i7G2M9#qwdgcKY

it's hard to tell from this pic... Kim has been smiling all the time since he left his country.

https://petapixel.com/2018/06/11/kim-jong-un-just-posed-for-his-first-selfie/

selfie with two singapore ministers. His security detail is ridiculously tight

was for abortion
now against abortion

says going to jail Hillary
doesn't do it and compliments her instead

agrees to stop trade war with china after high-level meeting
imposes new tariffs on china less than a week later

says he has cancelled the NK summit
says it's back on just a day later

and yknow whats funny? Each time after the flip flop, his supporter base goes silent about it

Roshon posted...

This is going to backfire on Trump supporters the most, but even then I cant celebrate over it. God I hate this man.

unfortunately it may take quite a long time till we see the full adverse effects at force. And even then, will Trump supporters srsly be smart enough to pinpoint the connection? I doubt most even know what the implications of tariffs really are...

the mods have no qualms about anti-religious remarks, racist remarks, xenophobic remarks, downright insults but a single. But make one homophobic comment and you'll be modded immediately.

AlabamaLove posted...

Mackorov posted...

Anisoptera posted...

https://imgur.com/ghdRjyN

lol I knew it. With the direction Bethesda was slowly moving into new dumb trends like VR and online microtransactions, this was eventual.
They've talked alot about implementing multiplayer into their games. This is friggin' it.

The single-player AAA market is dead, people. Dunno why people continue hyping Bethesda and their BS

Literally haven't seen a gameplay video and you're whining like this lmao?

I'm not whining, 'cos I don't care about the game. I'm laughing at you crazed fans thinking this is the next big thing when it's really not what you expect. Of course this is still speculation at the moment but man, i'll really be laughing at you guys months from now.

You people complain about these stuff, yet refuse to spend money on the games so devs have degraded from the early heydays to now resorting to measures such as microtransactions, DLCs and online incorporation into literally everything just to squeeze the most bucks out of every super rare AAA title they manage to dish out.

AAA games are dead now. Go look at how fewer and fewer AAA titles have been released each year and all by the SAME developers (EA, Ubisoft, Activision). The same devs people love to hate on. The rise of indies, mobile games and online freemiums are making for stiff competition.
In Bethesda's case, they're no different. They know the market has shifted so they're changing their demographics.

Only the small proportion of old-school gamers left too blinded to notice the change in the gaming industry continue expecting the same old s*** delievered to their doorsteps. AAA gaming is dead.

Anisoptera posted...

https://imgur.com/ghdRjyN

lol I knew it. With the direction Bethesda was slowly moving into new dumb trends like VR and online microtransactions, this was eventual.
They've talked alot about implementing multiplayer into their games. This is friggin' it.

The single-player AAA market is dead, people. Dunno why people continue hyping Bethesda and their BS

BGS did say they wanted to take the game in another direction.

And secondly, if Bethesda intended to, they would have shown some glimpse of the world outside the vault, but nope. The entire trailer is just centered inside the vault. Go compare it to all their past trailers. This is definitely unusual.

Can't wait to see all the shocked faces when it turns out to be Fallout Shelter, AAA edition.

according to the wiki, the game is set in the vault itself.

wtf how are people getting hyped about this? We aren't getting a wasteland to explore

this game is meant to be an open-world wasteland, right?

...
so why is this game taking place inside a vault?

gamer167 posted...

By what metric are the rankings calculated?

for US, it's ranked not due to restrictions on free speech, but rather, due to a certain president screaming 'FAKE NEWS' at everything and diminishing the credibility of media outlets
https://rsf.org/en/united-states

why is this news on a 3 min informal selfie YT video instead of on formal news sites?

the very first thing

Rob Cesternino posted...

Are women incapable of rape?

tell me how can they get a man's jingle bells up?

Bio1590 posted...

Ammonitida posted...

Trump only wrote this part (after much pouting).

You talk about nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful.

While Bolten typed the rest.

The whole letter has a "Trump" feel to it, like he spoke it out loud and someone wrote it down and tried to make it work?

But that line is definitely his lol.

''--but that to us is totally irrelevant''

pretty sure he wrote other parts of the letter, given this line too. Who the hell uses 'totally' in a formal letter?

_BIueMonk posted...

i dont think people are upset its been canceled

i think its such a "well i told you so" moment.

trump acted so smug and confident going into all of this. he fucking called the guy honorable. fuck me.

not what I see on sites like reddit and fb. Ignorant people going 'well, there goes any chance at peace' and the people that actually believed the summit is some turning point.

No...no, it's not. NK is known for putting up facades just to get their way, from the same old ridiculous empty threats of war every time KJU feels even the slightest bit threatened. This is also not the first time they did a fake demonstration.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44240047

Destruction of the nuclear testing tunnels at Punggye-ri is a demonstrable, tangible step toward the denuclearisation goal that leader Kim Jong-un agreed to at the 27 April Panmunjom Summit.

However, North Korea should have allowed experts from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization to observe the tunnel collapse. Not doing so signalled disinterest in verification standards that will be required for any denuclearisation agreement with the US.

This harks back to the situation in mid-2008, when, with cameras rolling, North Korea destroyed the cooling tower of its plutonium-production reactor in Yongbyon, but a few months later refused to accept verification requirements to prove that its declaration of plutonium production was complete and correct.

Negotiations collapsed and North Korea went on to re-use the reactor after installing a different cooling system.

Similarly, North Korea could easily construct new tunnels to resume nuclear testing. Still, the collapse of three existing tunnels, two of which appeared to still be operable, is a welcome first move. It will undoubtedly want something in exchange before it takes more steps.

Also I hate how the South Korean president is sucking up to KJU at this point. The South deserves better than conceding to this kind of BS.

Now I'm not a Trump supporter at all, but I actually have to agree cancelling the summit was for the better.
The demands by the US were not met. NK never had any intentions to really denuclearise. The destruction of their nuclear test site already useless and crumbling was just for show and just months earlier before the whole 'opening up to the world' movement, NK announced they had completed a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US. In the other words, they've already achieved their target.

If anything, this peace movement is prob just some attempt to boost back up their economy while the amazing Kim dynasty and dictatorship remains while millions continue suffering in prison camps. The country may just be aiming to model itself after China at this point.

Although to be fair, Trump mentioning the 'Libya model' was also a really stupid way of aggravating the situation.

it's funny how I see even republicans complain about guns yet they vote for their party that's fully riding the dick of the NRA

Squall28 posted...

It's because being an introvert is seen as smart and deep now.

"My favorite activity is clubbing! Wooooooo! But I'm introverted cause I get tired if I stay out all night drinking and partying"

when applying for job:

''are you introvert or extrovert?''

''extrovert, totally''

when introducing to friends and describing yourself to others:

''hi, look I may be clubbing with you but trust me, I'm totally a very modest and reserved guy. I'm totally introverted.''

Asherlee10 posted...

Mackorov posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

Mackorov posted...

what I meant by that are people that don't give two hoots about being judged and talk wherever they feel like it. Remember that classmate in school who always shouted loudly in the middle of a lesson without even raising his hand? The classmate that always tries to be the class clown? The friend sitting next to you in lecture who has to keep making snide remarks here and there? I'm sure we all know people like that. They just can't keep quiet throughout.

That isn't so much an extrovert quality as it is poor social skills.

poor social skills? these are the same people typically hanging around with large groups of friends. They're NEVER alone.

That's fine, but your example doesn't point to an extroverted quality, it points to someone with poor social skills.

wikipedia:
Extraversion tends to be manifested in outgoing, talkative, energetic behavior, whereas introversion is manifested in more reserved and solitary behavior.

it has less to do with social skills than it has to do with being attention-seeking and loudmouth. And it is exactly this, which is why they get so many friends.

Asherlee10 posted...

Mackorov posted...

what I meant by that are people that don't give two hoots about being judged and talk wherever they feel like it. Remember that classmate in school who always shouted loudly in the middle of a lesson without even raising his hand? The classmate that always tries to be the class clown? The friend sitting next to you in lecture who has to keep making snide remarks here and there? I'm sure we all know people like that. They just can't keep quiet throughout.

That isn't so much an extrovert quality as it is poor social skills.

poor social skills? these are the same people typically hanging around with large groups of friends. They're NEVER alone.

just means that you aren't socially awkward. Introverts definitely aren't boisterous, but they can be expressive in social settings.

what I meant by that are people that don't give two hoots about being judged and talk wherever they feel like it. Remember that classmate in school who always shouted loudly in the middle of a lesson without even raising his hand? The classmate that always tries to be the class clown? The friend sitting next to you in lecture who has to keep making snide remarks here and there? I'm sure we all know people like that. They just can't keep quiet throughout.

Introverts can be expressive too, and they need to be anyway, in the working world. But they know when is the time they really need to talk out loud and when they shouldnt with fear of coming off like an asshat. Extroverts? They don't care about being judged, because they crave the attention.

Sphyx posted...

What do i care? They probably won't be able to maintain the facade for long if they're not.

I care as an actual introvert myself, it's pretty darn insulting. There's people out that spend most of their life alone, bullied and discriminated and without friends. And there's those (less serious ones) that only have 1-2 best friends and prefer studying alone etc.

Those are the real introverts. Not these fake s***s extroverts claiming to be introverts. I get it, claiming to be an extrovert makes you sound like an arrogant snobbish asshole while claiming to be an introvert makes you look really modest and humble.

they arent afraid to talk loudly, only hang out in large groups but you ask them to describe themselves, they'll be like 'oh, im actually very reserved and quiet. I'm an introvert.''

I've honestly almost never seen a person claim to be an extrovert before, but introverts? Seems like every millennial is an introvert apparently...

oops, forgot what this topic was about. Must have got it confused with my other topic.

Mackorov posted...

gamer167 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

gamer167 posted...

MrBigly posted...

Drone strikes arent that big of a deal. He was only using the technology he was given.

The technology isnt the point, special one.

indeed, the point is more that leading the world hegemon somewhat inherently means making a choice with no right answer:

do you:

1) order a drone strike that will result in the deaths of 47 foreign civilians, but also kill 6 terrorists with a known plot to kill 46 american soldiers?
2) not order the strike, and risk the lives of those american soldiers, knowing you have no guarantee of quality intel about their plot and how to stop it?

no american president in the last hundred or so years has been innocent.

obviously many of the choices are less grey and grey and more black and grey, with the black answer being tied to financial interest and corruption, and it being chosen.

we should still demand better, of course.

You pull the US presence out of the area altogether.

But of course Obama didnt do that. Hes the same as all the other politicians, playing at the interests of companies and CEOs.

Im not saying Obama is worse than other presidents, Im saying hes trash like all the others.

sometimes foreign intervention IS needed. If US didnt intervene in post-WWII, we'd have a world mostly run by communists. South Korea would be communist, Germany would be communist. The US intervened similarly in Syria to overthrow the Assad regime, just like how Russia is intervening in Syria (and the only foreign country still to do so) just to keep Assad in power. All countries only intervene when there's political interests involved, and rightfully so.

If USA doesn't intervene at all and keep to themselves like some isolationist nation, their influence in other parts of the world would spread thin and give way to influence to OTHER rival countries and this ultimately affects your own home country.
If US hasnt been putting pressure on China over the South China Sea, China would have won by now (and they alrdy are anyway). Taiwan is another example with US standing in the way. China will be sparking an annex over Taiwan one day, but it's been stalled only thanks to US intervention.

this is geopolitics. Learn about it kid.

gamer167 posted...

Darkman124 posted...

gamer167 posted...

MrBigly posted...

Drone strikes arent that big of a deal. He was only using the technology he was given.

The technology isnt the point, special one.

indeed, the point is more that leading the world hegemon somewhat inherently means making a choice with no right answer:

do you:

1) order a drone strike that will result in the deaths of 47 foreign civilians, but also kill 6 terrorists with a known plot to kill 46 american soldiers?
2) not order the strike, and risk the lives of those american soldiers, knowing you have no guarantee of quality intel about their plot and how to stop it?

no american president in the last hundred or so years has been innocent.

obviously many of the choices are less grey and grey and more black and grey, with the black answer being tied to financial interest and corruption, and it being chosen.

we should still demand better, of course.

You pull the US presence out of the area altogether.

But of course Obama didnt do that. Hes the same as all the other politicians, playing at the interests of companies and CEOs.

Im not saying Obama is worse than other presidents, Im saying hes trash like all the others.

sometimes foreign intervention IS needed. If US didnt intervene in post-WWII, we'd have a world mostly run by communists. South Korea would be communist, Germany would be communist. The US intervened similarly in Syria to overthrow the Assad regime, just like how Russia is intervening in Syria (and the only foreign country still to do so) just to keep Assad in power. All countries only intervene when there's political interests involved, and rightfully so.

Darkman124 posted...

gamer167 posted...

MrBigly posted...

Drone strikes arent that big of a deal. He was only using the technology he was given.

The technology isnt the point, special one.

indeed, the point is more that leading the world hegemon somewhat inherently means making a choice with no right answer:

do you:

1) order a drone strike that will result in the deaths of 47 foreign civilians, but also kill 6 terrorists with a known plot to kill 46 american soldiers?
2) not order the strike, and risk the lives of those american soldiers, knowing you have no guarantee of quality intel about their plot and how to stop it?

no american president in the last hundred or so years has been innocent.

obviously many of the choices are less grey and grey and more black and grey, with the black answer being tied to financial interest and corruption, and it being chosen.

we should still demand better, of course.

the funny thing in today's military context is how we still train infantry but when it comes down to real operations, unmanned drones and machines are used to do the job instead.

If you look at battles conducted these days, it's usually just spamming airstrikes left and right. Soldiers hardly fight as much anymore (unless it's a rescue operation or specific target mission eg. kill Osama)

or saying how he wants to jail hillary yet now he doesn't want to yet supporters suddenly don't care. I digress, his supporters are worse.

i don't want to get into an argument with you since we both agree on the same point but what ultimately affects the country are the policies made and less on the matters that just affect the president's reputation. Anyway if you wanna talk about bad matters within the country, there's better examples like him wasting taxpayer's money on his lifestyle and building an unnecessary wall or saying how he wants to 'drain the swamp' only to fill his cabinet with the swamp.

Darkman124 posted...

mackoral, those are weaker examples of legal things that are just kind of shitty

the stronger examples are the subjects related to violations of the enoulments clause and the cascading series of overt abuses by his cabinet (many of which have led to resignations), for whom a president is typically held responsible

but also the allegations that he's raped a bunch of women and paid escorts to shut up about his affairs while running for president, possibly with money from a russian corp

just kind of s***ty? Foreign policy matters alot more than just internal affairs in today's world, especially and ultimately, on the country's economy. The trade tariffs is probably the stupidest thing so far. Anyone in the right mind wouldn't even think twice of not voting for Trump when he touted his trade policy during elections.

Youngster_Joey_ posted...

get them all in a post?

The fact that some guys act like every thing Trump has done is a scandal, and then post the horrible scandals Obama was part of and just shrug their shoulders like they were nothing is a horrible look.

That's why I literally said "post Trumps now"

And instead of doing that, you guys make excuses and jokes, cause you know if you post the stuff you want it will look awful compared to Obamas, and if you post the real stuff, the list will be comparable in size.
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-pulling out of the paris accord and making people believe global warming is a lie
-encouraging more business in the coal industry while slapping tariffs on solar energy
-starting unnecessary trade wars that puts essential farming industries at risk and only ending it when he got his personal bribe
-tax cuts that only benefit the rich and rip off the poor and middle class
-moving the US embassy to Israel which does nothing practical but just caused immense bloodshed from the protests
-gave russia classified intel
-pulling out of TPP and wanting to get back in when it's too late
-making false claims and starting this stupid mindset that everything that he disagrees with is 'fake news'

and no, his dumb remarks are not for nothing. For all it's done, it's been a darn good encouragement for more racism, xenophobia, ignorance and increasing the stupidity of the general populace whilemaking USA out to be a total embarrassment to the rest of the world. Even countries that once supported the USA are now turning to China (esp. with the TPP move, the US just brought China a step closer toward an Asia influence)

Cal12 posted...

I dont hate Obama I just dont like the insane amount of praise he gets for doing literally nothing. If he had been white wed be calling him one of the most ineffectual presidents of all time.

he already did something good: being better than Trump.

oh, I forgot this one.

His name is Barack Hussein Obama. Republican hate intensifies.

srsly, what did he even do?
the only common criticism I ever see is the vague lashing of him being responsible for bombing citizens yadayada in the middle east, something that was already existing before he was president and yet when Trump intervenes in Syria, republicans suddenly go crazy on he's helping to flush out ISIS.

issit evolution then

well still, shouldn't like, 90% of the population --our grandparents and whatnot-- have died off from cancer by now and our life expectancy shouldn't have been increasing instead?

always wondered this

Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Don't worry about it. Just like it was considered racist and wrong to generalize the violent actions of religious extremists because they don't represent the larger group, we also need to recognize that school shootings are a really, really small statistic compared to the millions of people who own firearms. I mean the former is called fear mongering, so the latter isn't something to get too worked up about either. Or is this the point when we cherry pick what we can generalize, mainly based on which socio-political groups we like and don't like?

except the government does alot about fighting terrorism. They don't for the latter

It's so exclusive to America and a by-product of what is perhaps the dumbest law in history and have become so common, one day these exclusive events will stop appearing in the news altogether.
What defines America?

oh y'know, students killing masses of other student with lethal weapons and no one cares anymore...

because school shootings have now become such a staple event in America the media doesnt bother anymore?

like the bombings in pakistan?

orcus_snake posted...

do they also know they are the only 1st world nation with cops killing people in multiple isolated incidents?

sadly but surprisingly true. You hardly get cases like that elsewhere. If you observe cops/police in other countries, they're far more mild-mannered in their dealings with people. Even with an armed person, they'll try to find some way to disarm, then arrest.

Meanwhile in America, it's shout at the person like some military sergeant about to torture his recruit, start screaming like a mad dog if the person continues to resist, immediately shoot the person if he so much as even puts his hand in his jacket pocket.

At this point it should be the next normal to have us all walk around clad in body armor and helmets since no one can trust anyone with a gun. Look at the cops and their paranoia already.