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KILBOTz posted...

wait until you can afford an OLED.

This. I have one and it's great. It's worth saving your money up for, and they get much cheaper at the end of the year.
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Yeah, watermelon is the only one I like too. Cantaloupe is terrible.
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I don't really care either way. I could do it if my signicant other wanted one, but I would be more than fine to never have one.
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Kill La Kill
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Those conditions aren't dealbreakers for me. I'd even prefer to keep some of our finances separate, but am not against pooling our money for bills and expenses.

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.
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Feline_Heart posted...

Wtf, Amazon was supposed to email me when the pre orders went live and they didn't

Amazon's notifications are absolutely worthless. The one time I even got one it had been too late by quite a few hours.
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DoctorVader posted...

Amazon always cancels limited items. You pretty much can't escape their algorithms to catch it, even across several different accounts. 2 is usually the max if you mix some things around.

I was able to get around Amazon's limit before using different accounts. It was just for yellow Switch straps, though, so maybe they didn't care for such a cheap item. It's dumb to limit it to one per person when you need two for both Joycons anyway.
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5'10 and 172 lbs. March 2016 I was 240 lbs, so I've been losing a lot of weight over the past year or so. I'm still not done either.
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No. I have barely touched my Xbox One and have an awesome PC.
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Social conditioning is powerful.
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What is it about?
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Posting here on my smartphone. Take that, TC!
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No, I wouldn't pay that much. I'd suggest just learning how to make it better yourself.
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Those monsters!
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RebelElite791 posted...

Bajajajaja

FTFY.
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Asherlee10 posted...

I know nothing about this show, but that title is weird. Just seems like 3 random words together.

That's fairly accurate of this show in general. The creators themselves said they randomly threw in Christian crosses just because they look cool.
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What hardware does he use?
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7.2GB personally and we have unlimited data.
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I couldn't care less about a woman's foot size.
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LightHawKnight posted...

100%

Just finished charging.

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ShadowElite86 posted...

I have read about this. I guess it's not necessarily a bad thing if it'll help get rid of the bad apples.

This is for my wife btw. Her current place of employment is pretty good so she has a lot to lose if she were to go somewhere that ended up being less than desirable.

I'm not really sure where Trump lies with the VA, but what would happen if there were budget cuts for that specific department? Aside from the potential layoffs, can they actually cut your pay if that were to happen?

I have never heard of anyone's pay actually being cut, but I imagine Congress could do it if they really wanted to, though. I'd say it's far more likely they just won't give us much of a yearly raise and force us to pay more into retirement.

Also, for a quick crash course on how our salaries work, most employees are paid on the General Schedule (GS) pay scale which goes from GS 1 to GS 15. So, let's use GS 9 as an example. Almost all GS 9s make $43,251 a year as their base pay and depending on where you live, you'll make extra money to account for cost of living. For specifics, you can look here:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2017/general-schedule/

Also, each GS level has different steps and you start at 1. So after one year, a GS 9 Step 1 would become a GS 9 Step 2 and get a small increase in salary. After Step 3 you have to wait two years for the automatic promotion, and after Step 6 it's 3 years. The highest you can go is Step 10. Also, if you get promoted to a higher GS level, they have to pay you more than you were making. For example, a GS 9 Step 10 would make more than a GS 10 Step 1, so they'd increase your Step level until you made more than GS 9 Step 10.

Hopefully that wasn't too confusing of an explanation. Here's an official explanation from OPM:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/general-schedule/
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I work for a DoD agency and it's a pretty good job. The benefits are good, and the pay isn't terrible either.

Regarding the firing thing, it is harder to get rid of federal employees for most things. There's a few things they can throw you out for instantly, like failing a drug test, but most of the time they have to give you about 6 months to improve your performance.

Keep in mind Congress has been trying to take steps to make it easier to fire us, and have been trying to make our retirement benefits not as good as they have been. For example, there's been talk about them changing our retirement annuities to use the average of our last 5 years of service instead of the last 3 like it has been. That will reduce most people's annuity by a little, but it's not like it will break the bank for you. Also, the annual raises have been pretty low (1 or 2%) the 3 years I've been here.

Besides the potential of Congress making the job a little less sweet, I'd say it's worth it. The TSP is a great 401K with low fees, and there's a lot of different healthcare plans available to you. Also, if you work 10 years as a civil servant you can get your federal college loans forgiven if you're still paying on them.
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Bok_Choi posted...

what do you mean

i need a wife man

No, you need a waifu. Pick one, or many, and live life happily!
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boxington posted...

anyway, it's not being closed down; they're just not being hosted by GD anymore, since they violated the TOS.

This. Unfortunately, I'm sure they'll find another host and be back up soon.
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Fill_Kessel posted...

No pics

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Doom_Art posted...

Find it hard to argue with China on this

The US conducting a unilateral pre-emptive strike would be completely and utterly moronic.

If the US or any allies are struck by NK then that is another story entirely.

I agree, and China has stated in the past they wouldn't intervene on North Korea's behalf if they're throwing nukes at other nations. Let the North Koreans be the aggressor if they want to fight so badly.
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This is how you attract whales.
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It looks good.
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I'd try it if it wasn't that expensive, but it most likely will be a gigantic waste of money.
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No, I went twice about 7 and 8 years ago. I liked that Baltimore was a little closer to me, but maybe I'll go down for the DC one some day.
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28, so close!
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No, this is just stupid.
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RealMenHaveVaginas
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DevsBro posted...

Death of a Salesman

Oh good gracious this. Worst thing I've ever had to read. And what about Glass Menagerie?

I forgot about this one. I couldn't even get through it.

Pride and Prejudice was also another one I didn't like too much. To be honest, I didn't like a lot of the books we had to read the last two years of high school.
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Exhibit A.
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ThePrinceFish posted...

The Great Gatsby was horrible and boring.

Shadowplay posted...

I know of course to avoid The Scarlet Letter

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South Dakota. That sounds extremely boring and the winters would suck, but I'd do it for a billion dollars. It wouldn't be too hard to entertain myself for the rest of my life.
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I started with the SNES. I loved that thing so much growing up.
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frozenshock posted...

And what kind of Dwarf is Tyrion anyway. He should be living in a cave crafting weapons or something

I saw this today and found it interesting. Book spoilers ahead.

https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/6sc9eq/spoilers_main_i_love_how_subtly_tyrion_became_a/
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Red is the best.
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What even is this topic? Only TC would complain about this.
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trappedunderice posted...

GOATSLAYER posted...

Male. I try to make the character look as much like me as possible

This right here, it always confuses me when someone chooses a female character when they themselves are a man. Always thought it was fucking weird.

I think it's weird you'd try to play as yourself in a game. I'm playing games to experience a whole new world via a different viewpoint. I don't enjoy just inserting myself into a story. I want to role play as someone new.

Regardless, it's what you enjoy the most that matters. Both are play styles are valid.
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A large portion of it is a common conjunction.
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Nope, I will gladly pay taxes to keep that from happening.
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I have been and I'm not a fan. It's too hot and humid and the random torrential rain is annoying.
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epik_fail1 posted...

Master_Bass posted...

Yeah, you look way better than I did at 195 and I'm 5'10. I'm 176 now and honestly you still look better than I do. My gut just won't go away.

That is kind of weird, but sometimes I feel like I would look skinny as fuck if my weight was 176, the thing is I used to have a 6 pack like only 3 years ago, got depressed and I ate shitload of junk foods. I recently started taking care of me again. I have my downs, but I started enjoying everyday things like he gym or video games again.

Yeah, I'm not terrible or anything, but could use some muscle or to lose a bit more weight. My problem might be loose skin since I used to weigh a lot more for a long time. I'm not sure.

Regardless, you should be just fine losing just a bit weight and it's great you're going to the gym again.
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Yeah, you look way better than I did at 195 and I'm 5'10. I'm 176 now and honestly you still look better than I do. My gut just won't go away.
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brain_soiled posted...

Why would i want to use my console controller? I could just connect my console to my monitor if thats the only difference I wanted. Dont 99% of people use KB+M on PC? Do most of them use WASD and shit? I really dont know whats the most comfortable or what keys to set as what for fastest reaction time snd shit.

Most people don't use a keyboard for every game type. For example, I'd rather use a controller for 2D platformers. The good thing about PCs is you have the choice to use whatever you want, so use what's most comfortable to you.
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Giant_Aspirin posted...

those obstructionist Democrats are so goddamn powerful and effective they block Republicans from getting things done even when Republicans have control of all three branches of government.

It's as if Obama is still controlling things from the shadows. We must fight the deep state!
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No, I've never even talked to one, as far as a know. I'd have nothing against them, though, if I did meet a transgender person.
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