Lurker > Polycosm

Jacob Wohl doesn't come across as a very nuanced thinker... and this is coming from someone who isn't a fan of Democratic Socialism.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

It's a mixed bag. When it's working, it's great. But it has a variety of little hangups, where it'll stop responding and then you've got to slog over to your PC and restart Steam. It's a pain in the ass for me because my PC is in my office upstairs.

Also, some games without FOV options literally make me want to vomit.

Steam Link sure is a hell of a lot cheaper than building a home theater PC though.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

pauIie posted...

Polycosm posted...

My options are:
1. 1 hour 40 minute commute at 3AM and sleep under my desk; or
2. 4 hour commute at 7:00AM and spend more time in the car than I spend at work.

Either way, the drive home is a bitch. It's only twice per week for me though. I can't imagine someone living with this 5 days a week. There aren't enough podcasts in the history of mankind to fill that kind of time.

which one do you do? what city do you work in?

I sleep under the desk most days that I drive in. Luckily it doesn't bother me too much, comfort-wise, so I'd rather do that than lose 2+ hours in the car. I commute into Los Angeles.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

My options are:
1. 1 hour 40 minute commute at 3AM and sleep under my desk; or
2. 4 hour commute at 7:00AM and spend more time in the car than I spend at work.

Either way, the drive home is a bitch. It's only twice per week for me though. I can't imagine someone living with this 5 days a week. There aren't enough podcasts in the history of mankind to fill that kind of time.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

HylianFox posted...

He'll have established himself as dictator-for-life before then

...assuming that he makes it to 2020 while binging McDonalds and pounding down buckets of KFC. I'm... let's say "skeptical" of his doctor's prognosis that he'll live to be 200.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Final Fantasy VII Remake is in development for PlayStation 4.

Nah, let's not kid ourselves. We'll be lucky if this makes it out during the PS5 lifecycle.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Coffeebeanz posted...

People should be free to say whatever they want on Twitter without a freaking mob coming to end their job and livelihood.

And this is true for anyone on any side of the political aisle.

I was bothered by this when leftists did it to conservatives over the past few years, and I'm equally bothered now that the tables have turned.

That said, leftist blogs coming to her defense are exposing some truly blatant hypocrisy. If you're gonna dish it out, you'd better be willing to take it.

I mostly agree with this, but it gets a little more nuanced when that person's job involves editing a newspaper. There are certain professions where credibility and decorum matter (or should, despite the results of the 2016 election). A journalist who tweets things like this in her time off is a journalist who doesn't inspire the benefit of the doubt. That could be a problem for many of her readers. It's a problem for me, in any case.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I can understand how hurtful these posts are out of context..."

weak

3 years is long enough ago that I would have been satisfied with a simple "I've changed" statement. But the way she's trying to excuse herself isn't winning me over. There's every indication that she's still a bigot.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

This is the song that plays 20 minutes into Gitmo.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

X1-3 are all solid, although X3 is the weakest of the three.

X4 used to be my favorite, but revisiting it recently I was slightly disappointed by how easy it is and how cringey the story gets at times.

X5 and X6 are a mixed bag. There are some real bad mechanics in both, but also a lot to enjoy if you can somehow ignore the low points.

X7... woof.

X8 really made an effort to shake up the gameplay but again with the story cringe... it's painful. And the graphics are an eyesore.

Recommendation: play X1-4.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

This isn't a 1st amendment issue. It's a social media issue. Social media is perilous to democracy because it enables people to live in isolated information silos and feeds our tribalist instincts. These tools (and the abundance of information they provide) aren't inherently bad, but people are inclined to use them in ways that are harmful. If we don't get smarter about the way we use social media, it will continue to amplify our dumbness.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

QAnon is like the opposite of Occam's razor-- when trying to answer any question, go with the most convoluted, batshit explanation.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Confirm, for me. I play Metroid for the exploration. Prime 2's levels feel gamey and over-designed. Prime 1 has more organic level design and a more convincing world.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

It's not the end of Trump's presidency, but you can see it from here.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Manafort is literally a "cuckservative."
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Holy fuck these are dark.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Pulling the ol' Dennis Miller routine, I see.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Despite the constant negative covdrage, covfefe
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

X6 is literally the completionist's nightmare. Missable reploids getting nabbed after spawning off-screen... fucking terrible.

Other than that, it's okay.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

We also nuked Japan, so I guess it would be kind of hypocritical to get upset if North Korea nuked us back. Just have to accept it if it happens. /s
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Glad to see the President finally embrace the concept of "safe spaces."
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

There are some gamefaqs posts from 18 years ago that I'd be pretty worried about if anyone dug them up and connected them to me IRL.

Okay let's be real, there are some gamefaqs posts I made last year that are pretty iffy.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Sayoria posted...

What happened to pizzagate

Pizza Rat absconded with the evidence.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

I always thought it had more to do with gaming starting out (or re-emerging after the crash) with a relatively narrow audience of males. Video games were, at one point, primarily a refuge for socially awkward / scorned boys. The industry has exploded into the mainstream over the past 20 - 25 years, but there's this underlying culture, held over from the early days. Those boys (who are now adult men) feel a certain ownership over the domain of games because they bought into it early, were teased about it during their formative years and now it's become a hardened part of their identity.

But that's just my own half-baked view, based largely on personal experience. I haven't read the article yet; tag for later.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

He'll probably just order them to print more money for the wall.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Trump will be impeached if Democrats win the house, although it's not a 100% sure thing that they'll file right away after the election. They might wait until the Mueller probe is complete. Who knows... we can't even be sure who the house leader will be.

The likelihood that the Senate convicts without Mueller's report has got to be in the low single digits. With the report, maybe there's a real chance. Depends on what Mueller can prove.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

No, not at all. Disney made a hasty, poor choice in my opinion. Meanwhile, thousands of people are still putting everything they have into the continuing production of the MCU. Maybe Guardians 3 will be worse off without Gunn... or maybe not. But aside from that, Disney's choice, considered in isolation, doesn't diminish my enjoyment of the MCU.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Coffeebeanz posted...

I read the title as "librarians have such extra and annoying dating profiles" and I was all "well what did you expect?"

shhhhh...
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

x0 multiplier for attacking from behind
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

you should chadwick less imo

lol
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

The rumored modular Mac Pro is our last hope, tbh.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Rika_Furude posted...

Forgettable posted...

video editing

windows does that

Windows ain't the (near) universally adopted industry standard though.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

Once you join the Night's Watch, you don't go back.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted...

Polycosm posted...

There was a coordinated effort by people in the UK to get Green Day's "American Idiot" to the top of the charts during Trump's recent visit. The numerous stories generated by the stunt is almost certainly what did it.

dunno man... google moron. It doesn't look much different.

oh, good point, lol. I dunno either then.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)

There was a coordinated effort by people in the UK to get Green Day's "American Idiot" to the top of the charts during Trump's recent visit. The numerous stories generated by the stunt is almost certainly what did it.
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BKSheikah owned me so thoroughly in the 2017 guru contest, I'd swear he used the Lens of Truth to pick his bracket. (thengamer.com/guru)