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TopicBernie Sanders introduces legislation for 32 hour work week
Muscles
03/19/24 3:42:12 PM
#58
captpackrat posted...
I don't think a "32 hour work week" means everyone starts working only 32 hours a week. It means the definition of "full time" becomes 32 hours, so if you only work 32 hours, you still get all the benefits you currently have to work 40 hours to get.

It might also change the definition of "overtime" to anything over 32 hours, instead of anything over 40 hours. So you may still have to work 40 hours, but you'll get time-and-a-half for 8 of those.
My job gives benefits for "full time" which is 32 hours but they don't start ot until 40

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TopicBernie Sanders introduces legislation for 32 hour work week
Muscles
03/19/24 1:45:55 PM
#52
I don't mind the hours, I would rather companies and employees care about each other more. Like how about better pay, better insurance/benefits, better management, etc. and in return employees work harder? I already bust my ass, it would be nice to have some harder working coworkers and better pay to go along with it.

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TopicIf an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened
Muscles
03/19/24 1:31:02 PM
#43
ConfusedTorchic posted...
no, stadiums should not involve taxpayer money at all.

take those billions and fix the fucking roads instead.
They already tax you for the roads, politicians just take from that revenue and fill their pockets or spend it on other things instead of fixing the roads. If they spent tax money the way it should be spent we wouldn't have these problems, hell we could cut taxes and still have improved roads, infrastructure, programs, etc.

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TopicIf an owner of one of the major sports teams in your city threatened
Muscles
03/19/24 4:03:45 AM
#15
If it was a team not on my sig (Sox or non big 4) I wouldn't care but I would be pretty pissed if they let one of my sig teams go, they take enough to afford it, I would rather it go to one of my teams than a politician's pocket

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TopicIs there any game where you play as a cop and actually help someone?
Muscles
03/17/24 10:47:08 PM
#4
Why would you want something so unrealistic?

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TopicTo be honest I have never had sex plz dont judge
Muscles
03/16/24 3:57:33 PM
#14
It's not that big of a deal, it's been like 8 years since I last got laid and it's not because I couldn't get laid in that time it's just the options I had were options I didn't want

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Topici still don't understand why carbonated juices are sold in wine bottles
Muscles
03/15/24 12:53:16 AM
#5
Jen0125 posted...
Or people who don't drink alcohol? Tf?
I worked at a banquet hall, we gave it out to kids for toasts while people 21+ got champagne, so that too

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TopicIs it okay to not eat anything for an entire day?
Muscles
03/10/24 8:13:09 PM
#5
Yeah, some people do that regularly, it's healthy, just don't start starving yourself

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Topicpost a picture of yourself
Muscles
03/08/24 8:11:10 PM
#13
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d6b3931e.jpg

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TopicHey, are you voting for trump??
Muscles
03/07/24 7:44:19 PM
#7
That's a no from me, dog

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TopicIt's a good feeling when your nieces/nephews/younger cousins get into something
Muscles
03/07/24 7:42:40 PM
#1
That you like. My cousins kid is 9 and really getting into reading (and dragons) so I'm gonna lend her a copy of the hobbit to help get her into the world of Tolkien.

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TopicAMP doesn't purge anymore?
Muscles
03/06/24 11:51:32 PM
#12
My oldest is from 2017 on dogefaqs

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TopicSoo is Trump going to win again?
Muscles
03/05/24 3:11:33 PM
#30
GameReviews posted...
I would put it this way. Who are you most opposed to? A vote for a third party is most likely to benefit whoever you least want to win.

Let's say you're a Trump supporter. You like his policies, but maybe you don't like his rhetoric or you think he's going about things the wrong way, or the criminal charges bother you. So you say hey, I hate Biden, but I can't bring myself to voting for Trump, even though I agree with him on most things. So let me vote for a third party candidate whom I find more palatable than Trump, but doesn't have his baggage. This basically takes a vote away from the guy you kind of like, Trump, and gives a vote to someone who has zero chance of winning. Essentially reducing Trump's vote count by one. And thus making it more likely for Biden to be elected.

Let's say you prefer Biden over Trump, because Trump wants to end democracy and has fascistic tendencies that you just can't get on board with. You find some of Biden's policies okay, but you just don't like Biden. Maybe you are concerned about the Hunter Biden laptop stuff, or maybe you think his handling of Israel just makes voting for him a non-starter. Even though you think his policies are most certainly better than Trump's, or you're at least closer to him than Trump on policy. You decide to vote third party. Again, this essentially takes a vote away from Biden and increases the likelihood that Trump, the person you despise much more, is elected.

In our current system, voting for a third party is equivalent to taking away a vote from the person from the two main options who you are more closely aligned with, but aren't fully on board with, thus making the other person who you dislike even more, more likely to get elected.

adjl posted...
Voting third-party works in favour of whichever candidate has the fewest third-party alternatives to split the vote. Philosophically, that's more likely to favour conservative/regressive candidates over a progressive one, by simple virtue of there being more ways to progress and try new things than to stay the same/revert to a past state. In practice, of course, it really depends how many candidates there are and which main ones they most closely align with, since that affects whose votes they split.

In the US, the observed trend is that lower voter turnout favours the GOP, especially when looking at more politically educated demographics. Voting third-party is functionally comparable to not voting at all, and given that those voting third-party tend to be more politically educated (instead of just voting for whoever their parents/peers do like so many voters), it can be expected that a higher third-party turnout will favour the GOP.
You 2 are forgetting 1 very important thing. A vote for Trump in Illinois is a wasted vote, and a vote for Biden in Texas is a wasted vote, to an even bigger degree than a 3rd party. 3rd parties need to get to 5% of the total vote to be invited to next election's debates and shit, but the 2 big parties need to win the state to meet their goals, or at least get enough electoral votes in states that can split. I live in Illinois, my vote already doesn't matter because it'll go blue regardless of who I vote for, but I can help a 3rd party get to the debate stage next cycle.

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TopicAre you a violent person?
Muscles
03/05/24 3:00:11 PM
#4
Naw, I've never even been in a fight

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TopicSoo is Trump going to win again?
Muscles
03/05/24 3:19:30 AM
#19
adjl posted...
choosing not to vote at all because people don't want to vote for Biden is half as effective for electing Trump as voting for Trump over Biden.
This kind of thinking always bothers me, a non vote or 3rd party vote isn't the same as vote for *candidate you don't like*, I have been told a vote for 3rd parties is a vote for either candidate depending who I'm talking to.

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TopicWhy can't people just be smart?
Muscles
03/03/24 3:45:27 PM
#6
captpackrat posted...
50% of people are of below average intelligence.
Not exactly, there has to be enough people that are exactly average that below average and above average are <50%

Also averages don't need to be evenly split, you could have 60% above average if below average have bigger outliers

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TopicDid Donald Trump make America great again?
Muscles
03/03/24 3:42:34 PM
#15
IAmNowGone posted...
America was never great.
I guess it depends what you consider great and what you consider America, like are we just talking about the American government? The American people? American culture? What how good does something have to be to be great? And how long?

A lot of great things have come from America, and I think generally Americans can be really good people (obviously not all, since there is no group that is 100% good) but the government has been trash for a long time, and American culture isn't what it used to be either, but I don't think that disqualifies it from being great. You can be great without being a paradise. I also don't think the government should be what you judge a country by, since they're all shit and it leads to negative world views.

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TopicHappy wife, happy life.
Muscles
03/03/24 3:24:14 PM
#17
Jen0125 posted...
i've read some studies that say married men report the highest rates of happiness.

probably because they turned their wives into their mommies.
I haven't been in a relationship in a long time but I can't imagine wanting your gf/wife/whatever being like a mom. I can do my own laundry, cooking, etc. I don't need to be babied. Like how are guys ok with being treated like children?

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TopicWhat's the first major event you remember?
Muscles
03/03/24 2:30:57 AM
#1
Mine was the columbine shooting, I still remember that breaking into my cartoons and being really confused, I wasn't even in school yet so it was also one of my first lasting memories in general.

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TopicSony closes London studio, 900+ employees laid off with no warning
Muscles
02/28/24 2:35:11 PM
#49
adjl posted...
I'd say it applies across the board. If crunch was ever on the table, having AI tools that supposedly speed things up will probably make it worse. In cases where the tools don't make crunch worse, crunch was probably never on the table to begin with. Either way, AI tools aren't likely to impact abusive crunch.

I'm also not sure I'd go with dumb/smart companies so much as companies that do/don't suck. By and large, the "dumb" companies are quite successful and have made/are making tons of money. It's unlikely that that money is sustainable, but they're engineered such that if the bubble does burst, the executives and board members will get their golden parachutes and the only people really suffering for their myopic greed will be the employees. They may have a few high-profile failures as a result of being out of touch with what it takes to actually make a good game (Anthem being one of the more notable recent examples), but generally speaking, they're quite competent when it comes to the overall goal of making a lot of money quickly. They just suck, from our perspective, because we place more value on having good games and not compromising employees' quality of life than on giving shareholders nice returns.
Companies are so short sighted and stupid. They build a house of cards with no foundation and ruin everything when they could build a strong foundation where product/service quality and employee quality is a higher priority than profits. So they are willing to trade away their foundation for a couple record breaking quarters/years and then let their company dwindle away to nothing instead of being smart about it and building up a system that works long term and will make more money overall while also being better for their customers and employees. It's stupid, these guys shouldn't be running a car wash, let alone a multimillion dollar company.

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Topicthe goonies is probably my favorite movie
Muscles
02/28/24 2:14:35 PM
#8
I can watch LotR over and over, it's the greatest story every written

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TopicReps and Dems banned; Which third party are you voting for?
Muscles
02/27/24 12:09:11 PM
#6
Libertarians, like every other election

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TopicSony closes London studio, 900+ employees laid off with no warning
Muscles
02/27/24 12:07:58 PM
#2
What dick bags

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Topicgod they're really going to make me vote for joe biden again
Muscles
02/27/24 12:07:31 PM
#68
You could always vote 3rd party if you don't like Biden

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Topichow do you experience happiness/euphoria without drugs/drinking or exercise?
Muscles
02/25/24 5:15:32 PM
#11
Reading a great book, listening to a great song, sure drugs might enhance those but they bring me happiness either way.

I would like to say sports too but it's been a while for that.

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TopicWhat would you say is the most influential book of the 20th century?
Muscles
02/24/24 3:12:27 PM
#21
DeathMagnetic80 posted...
It's kind of impossible to say, you'd have to break up genres. Tolkien basically codified modern fantasy with The Lord of the Rings for example. Almost everything after is inspired by or a reaction to it in some way. When you think of fantasy elves, dwarves, etc, that's kind of the starting point.
Tolkien also had a huge influence on other things, like music. Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, 2 of the biggest bands ever, had songs inspired by LotR, among others. And you can't downplay the impact he had on storytelling in general, not just in fantasy. He had an impact on other genres, and other mediums, as well. Pretty much all fiction post LotR has, at least subconsciously, been influenced by Tolkien.

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TopicWhat would you say is the most influential book of the 20th century?
Muscles
02/23/24 8:00:43 PM
#13
captpackrat posted...
Probably Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, aka, the Little Red Book. There were literally billions of copies printed.
But how many sold?

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TopicShould you not accept work if you feel like you're going to be lazy?
Muscles
02/23/24 3:32:14 PM
#10
The biggest problem is you can't fire lazy people, that should be a fireable offense. A few lazy people will make the good workers hate their job since they have to pick up others slack and runs them ragged. It hurts the employer, other (good) employees and ruins productivity. And I'm not saying people can't have lazy days but if it becomes a regular thing they should be fired for everyone's sake.

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TopicWhat would you say is the most influential book of the 20th century?
Muscles
02/23/24 2:32:16 PM
#3
Nichtcrawler-X posted...
As a true global phenomena? I would include Harry Potter as a contender.
Was that in the 20th century? I always thought it was a 21st century thing, but I never read/watched it so maybe that's just the movies

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TopicWhat would you say is the most influential book of the 20th century?
Muscles
02/23/24 2:15:00 PM
#1
There is so many of the most well known and influential books from the 1900s, what would you say is the biggest of them? Lord of the Rings? 1984? To Kill a Mockingbird? Catcher in the Rye?

I would probably have to go with Lord of the Rings since it not only created a genre it also had massive influence in music, film, and storytelling in general.

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TopicUS Rep wants to raise Minimum Wage to $50 Bucks an Hour...
Muscles
02/23/24 11:09:56 AM
#2
They need to have it rise with inflation

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TopicYour favorite old school video games
Muscles
02/23/24 12:37:59 AM
#41
Zareth posted...
My line is 20 years.
Is that for every form of media? I feel like most 20 year old stuff is still fairly new, like Lord of the Rings is still feels a new movie to me, I guess my line is anything I can remember coming out is still newish at the very least

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TopicFinished reading the Great Hunt
Muscles
02/22/24 9:27:59 PM
#8
Greenfox111 posted...
You can get the box sets off Amazon for like 15 bucks each. That's 3 books per set. That's what I did
I got the 1st set for Christmas that's why I only got through the first 3, and I generally avoid using Amazon, I'll get the next set off Barnes & Noble, they have it too

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TopicFinished reading the Great Hunt
Muscles
02/22/24 5:49:59 PM
#6
Archgoat posted...
The 4th book is a lot of people's favorite. There is an infamous slog for the series that takes place from book 7/8 through book 10. For me 8 and 9 had some good moments, but were just okay and book 10 was bad, but it gets back on track and finishes strong so don't let it deter you. I had a blast reading through this series and it is in my top 5 now.
I'm going out to see if I can find the rest at half price books, hopefully I can otherwise I'll go to Barnes & Noble and see if they have it

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TopicDo you change your own oil?
Muscles
02/22/24 5:47:15 PM
#44
No, it costs just about as much to buy the oil as it does to get it done at shops near me, though it could have gone up recently, last time I got it changed my mechanic just did it for me when doing other stuff.

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TopicYour favorite old school video games
Muscles
02/22/24 5:36:24 PM
#36
Where is the line for old school games? My answer changes based on where we draw the line. Are the 90s old school? Are the 00s?

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TopicThose of you who have ever worked in fast food or retail....
Muscles
02/21/24 12:25:58 AM
#7
I worked at Walmart for 2 years over a decade ago and a very small minority were unreasonable or terrible but there were a lot of idiots.

I also worked at McDonald's for like a month at one point and they were worse but not especially bad either. Management at both were way worse than the customers.

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TopicMAGA Trucker Dude wants to boycott shipments to NYC...
Muscles
02/20/24 9:24:24 PM
#30
DeathMagnetic80 posted...
You're such a candy ass. oh, cities are SCAAARY.
They aren't scary, they are just overcrowded and have ridiculous taxes and corruption

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TopicMAGA Trucker Dude wants to boycott shipments to NYC...
Muscles
02/20/24 1:38:14 PM
#15
teddy241 posted...
Damn. Feels like time ran out on America. Everythings all downhill
There's a lot of great things about America and cities aren't one of them, they have have some cool shit in some cities but mostly they suck. Like I love Chicago food, and you can't have sports teams without cities and you probably won't be getting any cool concerts near you without cities, etc. but they are also overly taxed, crime ridden cesspools that will try to take all your money, whether it's the politicians or the fellow people.

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TopicMAGA Trucker Dude wants to boycott shipments to NYC...
Muscles
02/20/24 1:32:10 PM
#12
teddy241 posted...
Lol they love this country enough they're willing inflict self harm to it.
Tbf NYC is an overhyped shithole, like most cities, and getting rid of it would be a net gain

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TopicWhat should I read next?
Muscles
02/19/24 11:06:56 AM
#11
Humanish posted...
Gaiman's stuff is good. If you're looking for something outside of your collection I recommend the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, etc.) series and Zero World by Jason M. Hough.
Inheritance Cycle is part of my collection, though I haven't read it since the last one was released over a decade ago, but I'll look into Zero World

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TopicChoose the move i see next
Muscles
02/19/24 10:28:18 AM
#9
Halloween II assuming it's the original and not the Rob Zombie remake

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TopicYou think it's ok for dudes to celebrate Valentine's Day by themselves?
Muscles
02/19/24 10:24:14 AM
#25
Sonicplys posted...
Valentine's Day is a fake holiday just like President's day and Halloween.
What's with this Halloween slander? It's the GOAT holiday

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TopicWhat should I read next?
Muscles
02/19/24 10:19:32 AM
#8
Metalsonic66 posted...
Which Crichton books do you have? I've read most of his
Lost World, Rising Sun, Eaters of the Dead, and the Andromeda Strain

I have read Sphere and Jurassic Park

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TopicWhat should I read next?
Muscles
02/19/24 2:03:47 AM
#3
ItIsSoOver posted...
Dune went downhill after the first book imo.

If you want something lighter, try Hard Luck Hank. I particularly enjoyed the audio books, but the text versions were good too.

I'm usually reading 2 or 3 series at a time.
How do you break up different books? 1 each day in rotation? 1 each session? Read a chapter or 2 then switch?

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TopicWhat should I read next?
Muscles
02/19/24 1:15:58 AM
#1
I finished the Wheel of Time books I have and don't have time to go pick up the rest of the series yet so I'm going to start something else in the meantime

I have Frank Herbert's Dune saga I could continue (just read the first one so far) or I could go into the storm light archive

I also have a couple Crichton, King and Gaiman books I haven't read yet.

Also on a semi related note do you ever read multiple books at once or do you keep it to 1 at a time?

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TopicFinished reading the Great Hunt
Muscles
02/19/24 1:09:43 AM
#3
Now I finished the Dragon Reborn. I think this one might be my favorite so far. This series is so great that I just fly through the books.

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TopicTV shows that make you a bad person for watching?
Muscles
02/17/24 10:26:05 PM
#41
TonySmark posted...
Probably cause he's a transphobe?
Not really but even if he was how would that make you a bad person for enjoying his show?

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TopicWhen someone tells you to say hi to someone, do you?
Muscles
02/17/24 5:37:57 PM
#2
It depends, like if they would actually care I would, such as 1 family member saying it for another but if they never met then no

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TopicTV shows that make you a bad person for watching?
Muscles
02/17/24 5:35:02 PM
#37
Devil_May_Cry posted...
Anything Dave Chappelle

How did you get to that conclusion?

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