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Yeah, Bruce.

Mayweather is still better than that scrawny fuckboy, though. Dude isn't invincible, but he's pretty good.
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This is a shitty Nintendo thing, sure, but I'm also pretty pissed at the scalpers who bought their share of the stock, preventing fans and excited customers from getting their share of the limited stock, so they can mark up the price and feed on nostalgia, hype and desperation. Fuck the arm of Nintendo that promised more SNES Classics than they had, but fuck these parasitic bottom-feeding scalper fucks, too.
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In that case, give Legends a go. I mean, read some reviews to see if it's considered a good port, but otherwise it's a solid game and probably a great addition to the Switch's library. It might be the definitive modern Rayman game, if not the best Rayman game period.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Is it worth $40?

$40 might be a bit much unless you really liked Origins, really like what you see of a gameplay video or have a natural love of 2D platformers.

If there's a demo you can download, you should give that a try. If it tickles you in all the right ways, and you have the $40 to spare, then go nuts. IMO, it's a more sound investment than putting it towards Destiny or anything like that.
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I feel like that's more of a remake/remaster dealie. Probably a hell of a remaster and/or remake, though.
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Probably should have bumped this 8 hours ago, but I was asleep. I'll give it this bump, and then one more later on before I let it die.
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The Christian faith isn't entirely free of fucked up shit happening. But to my knowledge, a Christian has never been pulled out of what basically amounts to a shitty isolated prison complex called The Hole hours before a television appearance, been coached to tell lies about being detained and abused, then taken straight back to that prison to be detained and abused some more.

There's a TV Tropes page for an anti-Scientology book called Going Clear. Feel free to track the book down, but if you're not that dedicated to sniffing out Scientology's filth, then read a few trope entries from this page:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/GoingClear

I recommend the "Bad Boss" and "Blatant Lies" sections of that page.
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I hope this doesn't affect their benefits. Trans or not, they helped defend their country - their patriotism should not be punished because of who they are, whether they discovered how they felt before, during or after their service.

They have served - and continue to serve - because they love their country. Don't pour a heaping gob of spit on them for it.
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Ultraviolet. I never expected a masterpiece, but I expected some decently shitty costumes and stilted choreography. What I got was an overabundance of blurry, shitty CGI, an emotional story that was like stepping in dog shit for my soul, shitty cuts and some serious inconsistencies regarding wounds and blood.

Really, you can stab a white-suited mook in the neck with a chunk of a sword you caught bare-handed and not have him spray out blood - but zoom in on your hand seconds later to show a bunch of oozing, bloody wounds? You cut your hand, sure, but you stabbed that motherfucker in the neck and killed him! He's wearing a white hazmat suit, which would be noticably bloody after its occupant gets stabbed! Yet you're the only one bleeding!
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And if not Rayman Legends, than what?
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You can go deeper.
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Origins has a level of progression to it, and it's cool how the difficulty ramps the fuck up near the end, but without some of the powers right away the game feels pretty stiff. There's a weird heaviness to the characters, you jump high without much distance which can leave your glide without a great deal of momentum to get started. The treasure levels are good fun, and real tests of your skill, but they can be fucking ridiculous with the lengths and the lack of checkpoints.

I'd also argue that the boss-fights aren't too hot. The sea serpent boss is jank personified, the dinosaur chef level is obnoxiously red and a bit repetitive and I wasn't hot on the plant boss. The Wizard chase was cool as shit, challenging as it was - but I'd argue that it was the best confrontation in the game.

Legends has a smooth, buttery flow to it from the first level - Rayman and co have a fucking delicious sense of weight to them, and it feels so good to throw them around at high speeds. There are a lot more Lums, as there are a lot more main collectables in lieu of the Electoons, but there's enough hidden stuff in each level to miss out on a gold trophy or two. Even then, it feels like you did pretty good even if you do miss out on the top spot - as long as you get most of the Teensies and the scratch ticket, completing a level feels good.

The addition of the princesses fills out the roster nicely. Rayman Origins' cast of four - Rayman, Globox and two Teensies - felt a bit rough? It had the same problem that New Super Mario Bros. had - two series mainstays, and two unremarkable mooks. One Toad? Awesome. It's Toad.You're unique. Two Toads? Feels a bit rushed, and why would you want to be one of two identical lackeys instead of Mario or Luigi? IMO, Teensies feel weird to play as, so having a handful of Rayman and Globox skins and having the rest of the characters as Teensies rubbed me the wrong way. But with the addition of Barbara and her palette swaps, there are four unique characters - and the princesses have very weighty animations that makes it satisfying to play as them. There's more character diversity, and more skins.

There are more levels, more collectables, basically the entirety of Origins' levels updated to play like Legends and new gimmicks like musical levels and platform manipulation. Combined with the new physics, the entire game comes across as a more finely tuned version of the first game, with at least double the levels and a lot more side content than the first game. It's the same style of gameplay, but everything has been tweaked a little and there's much more content.

Rayman Legends knocks Origins out of the park, and I think that's the mark of a great sequel - build upon the groundwork left by the first game and fucking crush it in every category you can. Ridge Racers 2 was a mission pack sequel to the first game, with a handful of new cars and tracks - but because it was essentially the same great game as the first one but with more content, it was just as good if not better than the first game. The gap between Jak and Daxter and Jak II is why I'm not so hot on Jak II, the gameplay felt a lot more restrictive and janky as opposed to how free-flowing and open JnD felt - and I like Jak 3 over Jak II because it built upon Jak II's features and improved them (better Hoverboard, better guns, better vehicle physics). Rayman Legends is one of those sequels that, at face level, falls in line with the first game and doesn't do much else to distinguish itself - but it feels better to play despite following the same conventions of its predecessor, it has a shit-ton more levels, collectibles and things to do in general, the art-style is gorgeous and the gimmicks and innovations of the game feel as fresh and bouncy as the gameplay itself.

I haven't been very active in this generation, I've been involved as far as Gen 7 ports of Gen 8 games have been involved. But that's why I ask - is Rayman Legends the best sequel of this decade?
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PoopMcgee420 posted...

Bok_Choi posted...

PoopMcgee420 posted...

Cause Italians arent little bitches that cry over everything. They realize everything isnt racist or offensive. Unlike some.

a) are you italian yourself?
b) what makes you think (even if you are italian) that you can speak for everyone else that's italian?
c) do you realize you're perpetuating racism even as you deny its existence
d) do you like using disparaging words toward women because you have no respect for your mom
e) jerk it with luigi

F) you're fucking reaching
G) go protest

See, adding F and G onto the end of the initial list makes it look like you're adding points to the list, essentially mocking yourself. Should have gone with an a) b) structure, or maybe 1) 2) instead.
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales

When people of a particular culture, nationality, or any other demographic embrace a (sometimes unflattering) caricature of them concocted by another (often, but not always, an Ethnic Scrappy), this is the result.

Occasionally it can be a case of Insult Backfire, though it happens most often when the caricature in question is clueless rather than intentionally offensive.

It may help if:

* The allegedly offensive character has strong sides — for example, Speedy may be somewhat stereotypical, but note that he is shrewd, energetic, determined, and always wins.

* The other characters aren't portrayed as any better — for example, Axis Powers Hetalia has an All Stereotype Cast.

* The stereotype is carried so far as to be clear parody even to a casual viewer — for example, The Mikado and Borat.

* The stereotype is so unintentionally ridiculous that members of the stereotyped demographic can't help but think, "It's hilarious that this is what they think about us" — for example, Tintin in the Congo and Reefer Madness.

* The stereotypical aspects are exceedingly Fair for Its Day — for example, Charlie Chan.

* The demographic rarely even appears in the media, so they embrace any representation they receive — for example, the title character in Borat (again) and Khan in Star Trek.

* The stereotype exists in the targeted culture itself, often as something positive or mildly self-deprecating. They may even agree that there's enough truth to it that it's not offensive — for example, the humor of Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy.

This could be a factor as to why it isn't considered a great offense to Italian-Americans. Mario is unequivocally good, determined and heroic. The accent is face-level, and mostly consists of grunts, cries and whoops - outside of that, you have a handful of soundbites per game. If Mario spent a whole game speaking with a broken English accent and talking about his love for spaghetti, meatballs, ravioli and different foods to constantly play up "hey guys, i'm italian, look how italian I'm being", that might be a problem - but his heroic qualities mixed with the relatively low frequency of stereotyping doesn't make Mario such a big deal.
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And while the adults are fighting and throwing blame and hate at each other, the kids are looking out for each other.
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Local expecting mother finds JESUS in her UTERUS!!

Is She Hot?
* Yes
* No

27 year old Heifer, Blah deBlahblah, went in for an ultrasound one day and...
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Caution999 posted...

Didn't this show debut with Chalk Zone?

I think they both stemmed from the Oh! Cartoons block or something.

I'm surprised ChalkZone hasn't been milked to death. They could have sold branded chalk, and the idea of a universe where you can make anything with a piece of chalk is rife with ways to stay fresh. Instead, Fairly Odd Parents got a baby, a dog and a deuteragonist, all of which were received poorly and generally accepted as an artificial way to keep a dead show afloat.
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Milkman5 posted...

I think I didn't care when I first got it in 2006, but there was a turning point, maybe 2009 idk where it just became incredibly apparent that the wii was hot garbage hardware wise

I was a teen who skipped PS3 and Xbox 360 and got a Wii late into the console's life-cycle, and I went straight from PS2 to Wii. Because of that I spent a lot of time defending the Wii, but I totally see what you mean - now I main PS3, well into the PS4/Xbone era.

The wii at least had interesting games. There's a lot of shovelware and shitty PS2 ports with waggle controls implemented, but the exclusives are still pretty rad. Nowadays there are more cinematic sea-life games like Abzu and Subnautica, but Endless Ocean was a one in a million game series that was exclusive to the Wii.

Nintendo fluctuated with their console hardware for a while. the N64 was a bit unwieldy compared to the PS1, despite being capable of more (the cartridge tech being inept compared to CD was only one of its problems), but then the Gamecube turned out legitimately more powerful and tighter than the PS2... which won out anyway, because it had the most games and was advertised as a media machine, being around the same price as a DVD player on launch and coming out before the Gamecube and Xbox. Then Nintendo decided to daisychain 4 Gamecubes together and add motion controls, meaning the Wii wasn't powerful enough compared to PS3/X360 (though it did sell much better than both consoles), and while it was a decent catch-up effort the Wii U was outclassed by the PS4 and Xbox One within months of its launch. Now Nintendo rarely has the most powerful tech, but I'd argue their stuff is still the most fun to play with regardless of power.
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Storage space. You can fit more textures, text, script and coding onto a 700mb disc than you can a 128 mb cart. Which was only ever used for like Donkey Kong 64 and maybe another couple of games - I think cartridges usually spanned from 16mb to 64 mb cartridges.

A Playstation disc - aka your regular garden-variety CD - held 700mb natively, from day one. It was always more suited for longer, more ambitious games, even if it was underpowered.
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-Gavirulax- posted...

MrMallard posted...

There are people in the community who feel the same way, to my knowledge. TERFs, or trans-exclusionary radical feminists, are one such group.

I'm not big on the gay community in general.
Besides the extremely obvious (sucking dick and taking it up the ass) I don't really "act" gay though lol.

That's cool. I talk insistently and incessantly about the community, but it's not a requirement to like or talk about it and it comes with its own stereotypes and unwanted labels that I can see people disliking. I kinda talk about it like it's the be-all end-all, sorry if it got super heavy-handed and presumptuous.
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pinky0926 posted...

*Googles*

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd3vJwJUYAENbgo.jpg

He looks even more like what I thought he would look like

He looks like a Mii.
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-Gavirulax- posted...

Agree with most of what you say except the whole LGBT(blah blah blah) labels.

Hell if I had my way the gay and trans community would be completely separate.

There are people in the community who feel the same way, to my knowledge. TERFs, or trans-exclusionary radical feminists, are one such group.

I'd like to see more self-aware coverage of the LGBTQIA+ crowd, personally. People do bad things and are shunned and ousted, and there are splinter factions who identify with the crowd even though internal groups condemn or refuse to affiliate with the actions of those factions, but the community is presented as an entirely inclusive group for all stated walks of life. Meanwhile, lesbian TERFs call asexual/demisexual people "hetero invaders" and want them out of the acronym (and replace the A with "ally", which other people detest), and stuck-up gay dudes are known to call transgender people slurs and mock them in the same way traditionally straight people have been known to do. There's a lot to say about the LGBTQIA+ community that goes outside of "Love Everyone" and "We're Fine".
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fenderbender321 posted...

If you think about it, scalpers are doing a service. Let's say I really wanted a Nintendo Switch when it came out, but my work schedule didnt allow me to wait in line or refresh my internet browser. Because of scalpers, I can still buy one, because they did the work for me.

I genuinely want to go off at you, but I realise you spew the most mind-numbingly asinine shit for the sake of attracting negative attention. Your gimmick preys on the desire that most people have to correct flawed or blatantly wrong information, in order to attract attention to yourself and become a recognized name, even if it is displayed in a negative light. It's fucking parasitic.

I would honestly prefer to starve you of at least one source of attention, because in my mind it's like starving a leech. I'm putting you on ignore, and if anyone genuinely dislikes fender rather than feed him to observe his behavior, I suggest you do the same. This post is mostly for my sake, writing it out gives legitimacy to my thoughts because it reads just as right as it does to imagine it.
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(cont'd from post #34)

That last part is the most important part of what separates the two categories - it doesn't hurt people outside of the definition.
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Gay, Bi, Trans, Ace etc. people want to feel good about how their lives and bodies work. A gay dude wants to love dudes without being called a bunch of slurs or have his behavior labeled as "disgusting" or "immoral", and a gay dude most likely wants to love him back to the same effect. A Trans person wants their body to display how they feel inside, and the backlash against MtF people boiling down to "we think trans women are predatory men who will use restrooms to molest and ogle women" shows that people see them as men pretending to be women for a sexual thrill. A lot of this backlash serves to make people unhappy with how their shit was wired, and it leads to them hating themselves and how they feel, when they're no more likely to be creepy, predatory people than the next asshole.

A gay person loving another gay person, given that they have mutual feelings for someone within their age range, or a trans person expressing a gender that they were not born as, harms no-one. It has to do with body image and feelings of happiness/satisfaction. The reason sexual indecency like a grown man or woman feeling romantic or sexual attraction towards a child isn't comparable is because we acknowledge children as having wildly different brain make-up than adults, that their existence as children makes them less prepared for adult experiences - to the point that pedophilia fucks with how their mind works and scars them. It also works via manipulation, using societal concepts and pubic hormone shit to manipulate someone into doing gross shit for an adult. It's ethically wrong for several major reasons, and there's more to add to that list if pedophilia is executed as physical force against an unwilling person.

A gay adult loving a gay adult doesn't have that stigma, because two gay adults are distinguished people who have grown into people and have an understanding of how other people work. You generally can't manipulate an adult with "i love you"s and inappropriate customs becoming the norm behind closed doors in a similar sense as how pedophiles prey on children, because gay adults have more sense and are aware of how worldly shit goes. Trans people being allowed to ID as another gender is a personal choice that affects the people around them, such as family members and the like, but it's rooted in self-image and self-actualization - its existence doesn't tread on anyone else's shit, unless you consider it an affront to God and His way (in which case you're kind of a sanctimonious asshole, butting your way into other people's business). On a different note - different fetishes and shit? Again, done with like-minded consenting adults who have more often than not been around the block enough times to behave appropriately to the world around them and to each other, to the detriment of very few.

The thing that separates LGBTQIA+ stuff from these heinous, shitty offences that anti-gay types like to throw around - like pedophilia and beastiality - is consent and manipulation. Gay people want to be together, and that harms no-one. A trans woman wants to be a woman, and it harms no-one. Other alignments and identities exist in a way that makes it hard for people to be happy compared to "the norm", and it links them to people who feel similarly to the mixed bag that is sexuality - it's how people intrinsically feel. Developed people, coming together to make each other happy, or individual people altering their physical forms to please themselves. Pedophilia and beastiality require a person to actively harm a living being who is not ready chemically or emotionally for what they are made to experience - LGBTQIA+ behavior is about people who are chemically or emotionally drawn together by how their minds are intrinsically wired, and who express happiness and togetherness in a way that isn't socially acceptable to some, but in a way they were born with, can't help feeling and doesn't harm those around them.
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Christ, Florida Woman. Go fist-fight an alligator or some shit, this is way too real for the Florida Family.
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It'll probably be okay, but I really wish the previews didn't spoil Eleven's return. If it's a plot thread that's present from the first episode, then cool, and it was also hinted at in the end of season one. But something puts a shitty taste in my mouth when a show goes and spoils something massive about the next season for the sake of hype. It's a massive problem in the world of "geek culture".

If BvS hadn't spoiled Wonder Woman in the trailers, it would have been a cool surprise in an otherwise 5/10 movie. It was still cool, and people might have been calling it all through the movie, but I hate how one of the trailers was like "Woah, hey guys! Wonder Woman! Look at this hype shit!" when it takes the whole movie to build towards her actually being Wonder Woman. I would have preferred to not know about Peter Parker losing the Stark Industries spider-suit unless I actually watched Spider-Man Homecoming. And now I'm pretty sure Justice League shit is spoiling Superman's return, which means that Superman has been manhandled, killed off and resurrected in the span of three movies. That sickens me. And now you have Stranger Things pulling the same shit.

Will the over-exposure of Eleven's return make S2 any worse? It might, if it takes more than 2 episodes to bring her back into the show, because you'll be expecting it and the show will keep building up to this thing like you're not expecting it. The show might be great, but leaving that shit in the back of your mind for too long can affect how you see the show and make you impatient. But that's not necessarily a barometer for the show's quality. I'm not sure how the show's going to shape up, but I hope it captures the same feel as the first season.
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Thanks for listening, guys. It's midday over here, and she's made a full recovery. Honestly, I thought she was going to stay drunk into the afternoon - it's happened before - but she's alert and we're going to Wagga so my sister can get a tooth or two removed by a dentist.

The reason I came to CE in particular to bitch is because there are enough friendly people for me to feel comfortable opening up, with enough relative anonymity to actually let loose with some shit. I feel like I'm a name to you people, a familiar dude who you might know a little but otherwise just a friendly-ish guy with a kooky name. I don't post that much on other forums, and the only social media I do use has been picked up and skimmed by my real life friends to poke fun and have a laugh. I once posted something a little melodramatic when I was feeling pretty awful, talking about how I had "the despair again" - cringe or not, I wrote it because I was not in a good way - and the next time I saw my friend he kept dropping the word "despair" in really telegraphed ways to make fun of it. So GameFAQs is the only active platform I use where I felt I could really cut loose.

Among the political circlejerkers, all-around dense nuthuggers and shithead doxxers, there's a core of chill users on CE. Some good dudes posted here last night, and I appreciate the comments because I was stressed and fucking scared. I legit thought my mother was going to choke on her vomit and die in her sleep if I didn't stay awake and watch over her, and the couple of comments of sympathy really kept my tank filled. I really want to thank @Gen_Lee_Enfield and @KiwiTerraRizing for that. And again, I realize that foisting these personal problems onto a forum when there are a bunch of real life actions I could have done comes across as pretty useless, maybe a bit attention-seeking and cringy - but I was handling it physically, I just needed the outlet to vent about it while I stayed up most of the night.

That's the post-mortem on this topic. Again, thanks for listening.
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Jesus Dude, that isn't your job. You have to get out of that environment.

I know. But I'd rather deal with this shit than leave her to her partner.

The last time she got super drunk and fell down, he bent down and yelled in her face. He dried to drag her to her feet by the laurels of her dressing gown. There have been times where he's slammed cupboard doors and shit because she's drunker than him and he hates when she gets like that, but he'll tell everyone not to worry when he gets as fucked up and acts like a dickhead. He doesn't hit anyone, but he's a fucking redneck alcoholic narcissist who can't bear to be wrong about anything - I'd rather be here to help my mum when this happens than deal with him reacting to it.
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She rolled onto her back and started retching, that was terrifying. I got her up and in front of a bucket, then got her some more blankets and made something of a bed for her.

The light is off in the kitchen, but the laundry light is on and I've got my laptop here.
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type in "Madden 18 longplay". See if that works
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I went to see some friends earlier, my mum had some drinks because it was her day off and she'd already had a couple too many. Regardless, she had someone to chat to, so I thought she'd get a bit wasted and go to bed.

I come home about 5 hours later, because the plan changed and I ended up spending 3 hours driving around in a shitty cramped car. My mum's passed out near the bathroom, and we can't get her to bed.

I get her some water, she pukes a little, then falls asleep on the floor. We get her a pillow, which she isn't responsive enough to put her head on, and I grab a blanket to make sure she's warm.

Now I'm sitting in the kitchen, listening to my mum snore. I'm staying awake until she gets up, because if she has to puke halfway through the night I don't want her to choke. The bucket is next to her and I'm prepared to get up and handle the situation if I need to.
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John McCain is diagnosed with brain cancer, comes back to vote on TrumpCare. Trump welcomes him with open arms.

McCain casts one of the very few votes needed to block TrumpCare. Trump sends a military vessel named after McCain out to sea, where it crashes and causes a ruckus.

I don't seriously believe that's what happened, but it's always a laugh to make Trump out as this disgustingly petty asshole. Well, moreso than usual.
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Ehh. It's nothing worth getting worked up about, it's like 20 years old and the punchline they went with is still decent.

If the scene ended with everyone shaking hands and going "we're friends now! tolerance wins again!", that'd be a bit suss. Punishing a dude for being a pig by putting his body on display like a piece of meat? That's the sort of late-90's edge that survives.
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You have the capacity to nurture positive feelings, even if you're full of weeds right now. There will come a day where, whether it be through a sudden realization, vigorous self-improvement or the presence of someone else, you'll catch enough sunshine to thrive and you'll be able to yield a good crop.

You're not made up of barren soil and weeds, even if it feels like it right now. You have the capacity to grow and feel love for yourself and others.
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When the doctors of Iceland are instructed to forcibly abort handicapped fetuses against a mother's wishes, and the women carrying them are drugged, beat or otherwise made to miscarry due to the will of the government, then we'll talk about Nazis.

According to the article, "many opt to end the pregnancy" when they detect developmental issues - like they can choose to end the pregnancy, which is the opposite of this Nazi forced abortion angle you're taking! A woman choosing to abort a fetus is a far cry from Nazi Germany forcing abortions. Call it a cultural crisis, or an eradication, or whatever alarmist terms you want to compare abortion to Nazi horrors - but this is nowhere near what Nazis were doing, and you're a moron if you think the two situations are equivalent.

Again - when Iceland's government sponsors eugenics, to the point of mandatory abortion for unwilling mothers, then we'll talk about Nazis. This is not the same, because there is choice involved and it's all entirely above board.
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Rika_Furude posted...

literal garbage and his alt whooshes again

First of all, Bok's account is two years older than yours (though for all I know, you've been here longer under some other name). literal_garbage's account began this year in January. If anyone's an alt of anyone, LG is an alt of Bok.

Second, Bok has never shied away from a shit-show. He'll happily let his account go into Purgatory if he gets to go out calling people out, and when he does make alts, they tend to have the word "bok" somewhere in them or he'll gladly reveal that he's Bok_Choi under another name. Whether he outright says that' the case, or by relentlessly mocking people via his new account's gimmick. "err err umm ALT, BOK IS ALT" means nothing.

Your argument is as hollow as your reputation on CE. Come back when you have something to offer to everyone else, whether it be a post to laugh at because it's actually funny rather than mad and short-sighted, or actual substance to your posts.
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Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Hey!

I'm not a virgin!
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Y'all spoiling what makes the game special as soon as TC posts. Be coy and react to their actions as a passenger, don't tell them the whole route and backseat-drive the entire time.
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Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

...How is this an "SJW" thing? It's a 30 second teaser trailer with no fucking details about the game itself or the plot. The only way to pin this as an "SJW" thing is to make several massive leaps of logic and run it against some SJW strawman to justify yourself - e.g. "reboot of a 90's game series with a female character, point out that she's a badass action girl, hence it's probably going to feature 'girl power' themes and/or the executive producer will discuss feminism in upcoming interviews, making it an SJW game. If not, SJWs will embrace the game and co-opt it to turn it into a feminism thing, hence making it an SJW thing."

That line of reasoning, built on assumptions and cynicism over a 30 second trailer, is the only way I can see someone honestly opposing this as an "SJW" game.

That's what I jumped to. How do you figure this will be an "SJW game"?
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

That's no good.
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

I think I broke the bot's script, I mentioned it being sketchy and it replied with "lol its not sketchy, your actually kind of sketchy". I went through way too much effort pointing out how fucked up the situation was on her part, tracking me down on a platform where she doesn't have an account and trying to sell me on a streaming service in the span of 30 minutes, and she mentioned being from california and the website needing a credit card number "to keep out the kids".

I have to say, it was a fun and interesting experience. I was just gonna start playing South Park: The Stick of Truth, but I got accosted by a bot instead. Now I'm sending words from Zork to it, and attaching photos from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker of a guy doing squats. Also, "can you pass the turing test"
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Esrac posted...

Come to think of it, the past few weeks I've been getting messages on my PS4 from people I don't know. It might not be unusual, except I've never had PS+, so I haven't actually played online.

o you use PSNprofiles.com?
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

This is the first time I've been accosted by a camgirl bot, "FREE PSN CODES!!!" messages have been a thing but this is new.

They're offering free passes. Should I take the bait and get the link, or start fucking with them?
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Just sent back "That's cool, but I don't really pay for cams. I take it that's how the platform works?"

If she responds with a bit.ly link, I'm gonna ask "But do you play PS3, though?"
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Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Darklit_Minuet posted...

Ask for nudes

Well, she just pulled this webcam story on me, so I think she's trying to bait me into paying for cams.
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

I got a message from this random account out of nowhere. I have a PSNProfiles account, so I get friend requests and play games with randos, but this was just "Hi, I got your PSN name through this app and thought I'd talk to you, what's up? How old r u?" Obviously pretty suss, but I'm genuinely interested about what the fuck is going on.

I send back "22." and I get an instant response: "22/f... whatcha doin". I'm now talking about Overwatch and shit, and I think they're about to try and phish me. Will keep CE updated.

Obviously gonna bail if shit gets creepy. The specification that they're the same age as me and female, only specified after getting my age, gives me an uneasy feeling in my gut.
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Depends on what fanfiction you find yourself in.
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We kept our friends at bay all summer long, treated the days as though they'd kill us if they could
Currently playing: South Park:SoT, Okami

Sounds freaky and a little bit pagan. You should apply, TC. It's not every day you get to engage in weird shit like this.
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Milo_Yiannopous posted...

GOATTHlEF posted...

You were posting on here all night though

Prove it

It seems pretty suss that your first response is "Prove that I was posting on here all last night", and not something like "What? I was getting drunk last night, I might have come on after I got home but there was a good 5-6 hour gap where I was out with friends. The hell is wrong with you?"

Jumping to "Prove it" instantly comes across as defensive and insecure. It feels like Goatthief isn't entirely wrong, and if there's enough doubt towards your story it can nullify the point you're trying to make. Which is otherwise a pretty sound point - but if it is a fabrication, or a less than positive response right out of the gate makes you pissy, your point is going to suffer.
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And we play lover's reggae, on accordion and banjo when the moon is high
Currently playing: Yakuza 4, Rayman Origins