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YookaLaylee posted...

OctilIery posted...

SSJCAT posted...

OctilIery posted...

SSJCAT posted...

ive never had any withdrawals when i stopped smoking and ive been smoking weed for over 12 years.

sure sometimes i would want it, but thats not addiction

I'm sure your anecdotal evidence matters here.

how is it anecdotal. this is what we are arguing about.

and i used to be a heroin addict i know what addiction and withdrawal is

Do you not know what anecdotal means? Let me help you.

anecdotal
/ankddl/
adjective
adjective: anecdotal

(of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.
"while there was much anecdotal evidence there was little hard fact"

Your individual story is not evidence for this discussion.

He said he has experience with addiction, so I think he can tell when he is and isnt addicted to something. You couldve worded your post in a less condescending and antagonistic way

Well first off, no, having experience doesn't necissarily make you the best judge of your own addiction. Second off, he's using that anecdotal evidence to argue that it isn't addictive, which is objectively wrong.

SSJCAT posted...

OctilIery posted...

SSJCAT posted...

ive never had any withdrawals when i stopped smoking and ive been smoking weed for over 12 years.

sure sometimes i would want it, but thats not addiction

I'm sure your anecdotal evidence matters here.

how is it anecdotal. this is what we are arguing about.

and i used to be a heroin addict i know what addiction and withdrawal is

Do you not know what anecdotal means? Let me help you.

anecdotal
/ankddl/
adjective
adjective: anecdotal

(of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.
"while there was much anecdotal evidence there was little hard fact"

Your individual story is not evidence for this discussion.

SSJCAT posted...

ive never had any withdrawals when i stopped smoking and ive been smoking weed for over 12 years.

sure sometimes i would want it, but thats not addiction

I'm sure your anecdotal evidence matters here.

saspa posted...

Yeah I don't get the spiderman meme. Were people like, shocked or something at that scene? They literally announced a movie of his right after avengers didn't they? Kinda removes any suspense, at least if anyone actually had any suspense in the first place and didn't immediately think "oh, they'll be brought back next movie through some... plot or other"

Since when does knowing the outcome mean the story lacks impact?

Guerrilla Soldier posted...

anyone can be addicted to anything, but that's on the person, especially if they have some kind of chronic addictive tendencies

does pot have any actual addictive properties? i don't know, i don't think so.

Yes. Long term use can create definite cravings, and it has distinct withdrawl symptoms.

SSJCAT posted...

OctilIery posted...

SSJCAT posted...

nobody is sucking dick for their weed addiction

nobody is going homeless for their weed addiction

nobody is begging, robbing, and stealing for their weed addiction

and if they are they clearly have other problems lol

i cant believe people still argue about this jeez louise

Just because it isn't as serious doesn't mean it isn't serious, or an addiction.

and i wont suffer from physical withdrawals if i stop smoking either

please give me any evidence you have that weed is addictive

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=marijuana+addiction+effects&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

I'll just go with that. It isn't physically addictive, but mentally it definitely is, and it has distinct withdrawl.

jeffhardyb0yz posted...

Darkfire posted...

You'll be confined in solitary

Stopped reading there. Nope.avi

Seriously, you would literally be insane after even a year of that.

SSJCAT posted...

nobody is sucking dick for their weed addiction

nobody is going homeless for their weed addiction

nobody is begging, robbing, and stealing for their weed addiction

and if they are they clearly have other problems lol

i cant believe people still argue about this jeez louise

Just because it isn't as serious doesn't mean it isn't serious, or an addiction.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

That's still not what people refer to as physical dependency. Again, most things in life will have some effect on your brain. That's how brains work. You're not gonna suddenly have hot flashes or stuff like restless leg syndrome when you quit. You get physically sick from quitting actual physically addictive drugs. What are you not getting...

Fair enough. Yeah, in that sense, not physically addictive.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

Awesome posted...

Genocet_10-325 posted...

TC getting rekt in his own topic once again

ignored, that makes 3.

feels good when not having to read your posts anymore. take care.

Was The Donald not enough of an echo chamber for you?

Damn_Underscore posted...

Guide posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

Anteaterking posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

BTW it seems her twitter use is as annoying as Trump's but the opposite political views.

Only if you squint really hard and have an innate desire to both sides everything.

More like you agree with her and disagree with Trump.

It's always stupid when people say this. The reasoning for the agreement is important, not just that agreement exists.

She makes multiple posts every day on twitter calling people out. Same as Trump.

Except, like now, she's typically accurate.

She's gonna pull through, just gotta have faith. Best of luck <3

Wetterdew posted...

The animation is great. I don't like staying for end credit scenes, I'll just google that in a few months when it's online

Do it. It's not plot sensitive or anything, just goddamn hilarious.

glitteringfairy posted...

Well fuck. I may have to watch it

You really, really should.

Hairistotle posted...

tc why do u always post bump with an exclamation point

I'm a man of habit

Blue_Inigo posted...

The best Spider movie

Arguably the best comic book movie of all time.

Bump! The fucking end credit scene was amazing too

Good god the animation was amazing(and I haaated it in the trailers), and the story was pure Spider-Man goodness. Probably the best Spider-Man movie of all time.

Funkydog posted...

ultimate reaver posted...

and just have their jaws floored at how dumb Stephen King can get

He wrote himself into one his books (admittedly poking fun at himself) so already very dumb at times.

And yet when he did, it was still a great story.

ultimate reaver posted...

That was far and apart the least interesting aspect of the book and handled terribly time and time again throughout it.

No.

RiderofHogs posted...

BettyB0op08 posted...

OctilIery posted...

BettyB0op08 posted...

OctilIery posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

Hopefully reported them to the relevant authorities as well

Unfortunately typically not actionable :/

Why not

Usually, grooming doesn't involve any illegal actions. There may be other legal things going on in addition, but the grooming itself isn't enough that they can do more than observe, and often isn't enough to even justify observation.

It could fall under child endangerment or corrupting a minor.

Only if illegal things are known to be going on. Look at Drake, he has been grooming but they can't do anything about it.

This. Most grooming, when you look at the actions and not the intent, is pretty tame. They couldn't make it illegal without putting innocents at risk.

BettyB0op08 posted...

OctilIery posted...

Vyrulisse posted...

Hopefully reported them to the relevant authorities as well

Unfortunately typically not actionable :/

Why not

Usually, grooming doesn't involve any illegal actions. There may be other legal things going on in addition, but the grooming itself isn't enough that they can do more than observe, and often isn't enough to even justify observation.

GoodOlJr posted...

OctilIery posted...

GoodOlJr posted...

BeyondWalls posted...

GoodOlJr posted...

Raimi movies were the best ones

Really? The 3rd was pretty awful. And am I the only one who hates Tobey McDofus? #notmyspiderman

Yeah but it's so bad it's good, and the first one, for whatever reason is super rewatchable for me.

I've seen all of them except homecoming, and spiderverse

Homecoming is fantastic, well worth watching.

Also, while 3 sucked, it had imo the best scene in the Trilogy with Sandmans rebirth.

I will watch homecoming at some point, I always go into mcu movies with low expectations, a lot of them of been safe and sterile

I prefer the sillier ones like ragnarok and guardians

Homecoming is among the better ones. One of the best depictions of high school ever in film, a great lead, and the villain is someone you can actually sympathize with, while still being ruthless and terrifying because he's just trying to provide for his family.

GoodOlJr posted...

BeyondWalls posted...

GoodOlJr posted...

Raimi movies were the best ones

Really? The 3rd was pretty awful. And am I the only one who hates Tobey McDofus? #notmyspiderman

Yeah but it's so bad it's good, and the first one, for whatever reason is super rewatchable for me.

I've seen all of them except homecoming, and spiderverse

Homecoming is fantastic, well worth watching.

Also, while 3 sucked, it had imo the best scene in the Trilogy with Sandmans rebirth.

Zikten posted...

GoodOlJr posted...

Raimi movies were the best ones

while it had it's flaws, the Amazing movies are closer to the comics than the Raimi movies were.

No, no they were not. The Raimi movies were super accurate to the silver age, other than the too quiet spidey and the more fleshed out villains.

The amazing movies were just crap. They had some things done better, but most of it was way worse.

Holland is amazing, and the closest to the comics, though.

ultimate reaver posted...

Kubrick got everything that mattered about The Shining right. Jack being manipulated by ghosts in the book isn't massively different than the movie, just in the book everything about it is obnoxiously on the nose whereas the movie portrays a man being pushed towards his worst urges much more interestingly. The original ending is also incredibly hammy with Jack's last minute redemption before the hotel blows up too.

The only thing I didn't care for was killing Halloran. It seemed needless

Everything except the important themes. It's supposed to be about a good man struggling with and falling to his demons.

ledbowman posted...

I'd be happy if a genius took my mediocre book and made an iconic film out of it.

"mediocre"

SSJCAT posted...

lol stephen king

kubricks shining is amazing and anyone who says otherwise is a maroon

Kings opinion is correct. It's a great movie in its own but a horrendous adaptation.

Paper_Okami posted...

SideshowBob311 posted...

That film was a flaming pile of shit. Nothing's quite as irritating as seeing a great story ruined by an asshole egomaniac director who decided he can tell a story better than a best-selling author.

i mean, he did tell a better story.

Not even close.

Vyrulisse posted...

Hopefully reported them to the relevant authorities as well

Unfortunately typically not actionable :/

Smashingpmkns posted...

OctilIery posted...

Smashingpmkns posted...

Overwatch is far from dead. HotS doesnt have the same pull as League or DotA. Overwatch doesn't even have any competition unless you count Siege.

Seige and csgo

Siege and CSGO dont really pull from the same crowd though the same way HotS did with League and DotA.

It's actually very similar. CS is the long standing hardcore game, Overwatch is the much simpler casual friendly gane(I don't mean that as a negative), and Seige is a middle ground between them.

Shotgunnova posted...

Overwatch'll be done if it keeps doing these lazy-ass rerun events, haha. Everything since Retribution (I think that's the archives one) has been 99% copypaste.

I tried the yeti hunt mode and Jesus it's so bad. Slanted badly towards the yeti, I switched to playing the yeti and just face rolled with no effort.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Overwatch is far from dead. HotS doesnt have the same pull as League or DotA. Overwatch doesn't even have any competition unless you count Siege.

Seige and csgo

Mystery_Mission posted...

OctilIery posted...

Mystery_Mission posted...

overwatch is still very popular dont know what you're on about

So was heroes of the Storm.

uhhh no not really

Yes, it really was

Squall28 posted...

Fuck Activision

IIRC, this is a different company influencing them.

The raimi movies have a distinct design

Alpha218 posted...

Just because people that got bored with Overwatch say its dead doesnt mean that its actually dead

I'm not saying it's dead, I love it

I'm saying Blizzard is incredibly stupid

Mystery_Mission posted...

overwatch is still very popular dont know what you're on about

So was heroes of the Storm.

Diablo killed, now HOTS, Overwatch and Wow are probably next

ChainedRedone posted...

MC_BatCommander posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

OctilIery posted...

Everyone deserves equal representation, guilty or not.

As long as the lawyer doesn't hide evidence or violate the law in other ways, he shouldn't be punished.

Hide evidence? Lmao what? Why would a lawyer ever admit to inculpatory evidence? So many armchair lawyers on CE.

why are you always so antagonistic, chill out man

Look at who I'm responding to.

Someone correct.

Everyone deserves equal representation, guilty or not.

As long as the lawyer doesn't hide evidence or violate the law in other ways, he shouldn't be punished.

Burden of proof is on you to prove it true, not them to prove you wrong.

HowardStern69 posted...

mattnd2007 posted...

I feel for people hooked on narcotics. A lot of that starts as a legit prescription for a pain problem of some sort. But someone that is a Coke or meth head I find a lot harder to understand

I moved on to meth from prescribed adderall. Its not quite as common, but it happens. I had a little AMA here on an alt account a month or two ago about it.

I haven't heard of that happening through prescribed Adderall, but it's definitely possible. Sucks, man, I hope you're doing well now.

So many of my coworkers here are recovered addicts as well, cool to see them going back and putting more work into helping others recover the same way.

P4wn4g3 posted...

LordFarquad1312 posted...

EndOfDiscOne posted...

The Secret History was awesome. I can't wait for the final sci-fi Mistborn trilogy when Brandon is like 90 years old. I hope it's a full on crossover.

My dude, what are you talking about? Sanderson publishes a new book every 5 minutes it seems.

This much is true, I am amazed how fast this guy goes. And he's not garbage, like some prolific authors...

Has yet to write a bad book, even! One of the best track records out there.

Cleo_II posted...

I read both trilogies. I loved the first trilogy and Vin. Yeah there are some parts that are kind of eh. But great characters and ending.

Second trilogy was pretty meh. Last book comes out next year so Ill see how it ends. But so far pretty average.

Stromlight Archive is my favorite so far.

Tbf, the second Trilogy wasn't meant to be a series originally, and does have the most emotional scene in the series imo. But mostly it's just light fun like old serials.

Also, if you want fantasy, Robert Jackson Bennett is easily the best New fantasy author around.

Jeff AKA Snoopy posted...

Holy shit, Stormlight books are 1200+ pages each. That seems... excessive? LOL

They're extremely well paced and some of the best fantasy around period right now, though.

Also, though it's a 10 book series, 1-5 and 5-10 are supposed to be fairly self contained, and there will be roughly a five year wait between books five and six

P4wn4g3 posted...

OctilIery posted...

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LightHawKnight posted...

The magic system is really deep and interesting.

I mean, this is one of the issues I had. It's neither deep nor interesting. Eat lead gain super powers. >_>

How far into it did you read? It gets more and more in depth.

The whole thing, like I said. The deus ex machina of it all is dumb... I guess I can't really get into many details there without spoilers. The most interesting thing is hemallurgy. Also the evil guy's powers in the first book was pretty cool. The series had potential and like I said had some engagement, but falls flat in important places.

There was no deus ex machina

uh, how about.
Vin becoming a god so she could destroy a horde of magical orcs
or maybe
Sazed literally becoming God and fixing everything in the series

There are many moments like these and they are lame as shit

Deus ex machina refers to things being very sudden and generally unexplained occurrence, that doesn't apply here. Everything in Hero of Ages was well established within the entirity of the book, and we'll explained. There ARE things that happen in the books that aren't fully explained yet, but they're pretty minor things

P4wn4g3 posted...

OctilIery posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

The magic system is really deep and interesting.

I mean, this is one of the issues I had. It's neither deep nor interesting. Eat lead gain super powers. >_>

How far into it did you read? It gets more and more in depth.

The whole thing, like I said. The deus ex machina of it all is dumb... I guess I can't really get into many details there without spoilers. The most interesting thing is hemallurgy. Also the evil guy's powers in the first book was pretty cool. The series had potential and like I said had some engagement, but falls flat in important places.

There was no deus ex machina

P4wn4g3 posted...

LightHawKnight posted...

The magic system is really deep and interesting.

I mean, this is one of the issues I had. It's neither deep nor interesting. Eat lead gain super powers. >_>

How far into it did you read? It gets more and more in depth.