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You can replace a button, but a zipper, that's game over. Do you know anyone who ever replaced a zipper? I don't.

One, because my bedroom is so small and poorly laid out that if I moved my bed to a corner I'd either be blocking my power outlet, my heat/AC vent, my closet door, or my bedroom door.

I'm glad you put the asinine ratings in spoiler tags, ruins the jokes otherwise

89 Gotham looks like a fake city. It's why I like the Bale Gotham. 89 Gotham borrows alot from the 40's and 50's being set then might work better.

Yet another poll reminding us that CE is old. The average age has to be over 40 at this point.

It's easy to forget how white CE can be sometimes

Too bad you don't tho

Philosophers, like Hobbes, believe war is necessary and is part of nature; other philosophers, like Clausewitz, believes that war only exists as states and politics exists. This leads to the just war doctrine, which states that war is morally justifiable (i.e., in some situations, war is not always the worst option). History has also shown that war is inevitable, with countless that get killed on both sides of a conflict.

Given that, and the belief in utilitarianism, the best way to come out ahead on a terrible tragedy of war is to reduce the total amount of suffering and maximize the total amount of happiness. How do you do that? By limiting what can be done during a war. This is the basis of the rules of war; some forms of rules have been in effect for thousands of years, to ensure civility between the two sides, and to ensure humanity doesn't go scorched earth, since that just hurts both sides.

Practically, who polices these rules of war? States can accuse other states of war crimes and invoke the international courts, most commonly known to be a part of the United Nations. Based on the gravity of the situation, many consequences could be faced by the member state, up to and including ejection from the UN and the lack of diplomacy and help from others (as well as punitive measures, like blockades).

But what if the five permanent members (e.g., US, UK, China, Russia, France) commits war crimes? Well the other member states will just denounce the crimes and everyone will just go about their day/business, since you can't really punish the big five. Part of this unfairness was also what lead to the dissolution of the League of Nations and to the start of WWII... so if the five members go crazy, maybe we'll have another WWIII and a dissolution of the UN.

Wasn't the first one (only attractive person) essentially a Twilight Zone episode? Basically, beauty standards were so skewed that what we see as beauty was actually seen as ugly and repulsive in that world, and the surgery that the main character tried to get to "beautify" themselves failed when they came out looking like a regular, attractive by our standards person.

The Force Awakens was such a disappointment. A lot of folks wanted more Star Wars and what we got was mostly fan service rehashing of old plots and characters. It only went down hill from there.

Considering that you haven't even looked at the game enough to know it's multiplayer, why are you even here?

there is something interesting being said about them

each of those components provides a different texture. like, i'm not big on chocolate either and would never order a double chocolate cookie or anything, but the chips within the cookie definitely serve a purpose.

Now you lost me because you don't make any sense at all.

Wtf are you even talking about now?

Again, what?

...but THAT is following a rule. That you have to have a magic lamp with a genie for the magic to occur. It's just a different rule that you seem to not mind. Also, it's pretty well established that genies are always handing out rules on what can and cannot be wished for.

Oh wow I missed that TC used a genie in a lamp as an example of magic with no rules when it's one of the most rule based pieces of magic lmao

Do you also get upset when something has multiple kinds of cheese?

does things differently compared to most fantasy stories.

Should authors be pulling out woulds unlike anything ever seen or written about from their heads?
It's kind of like pointing out that sci-fi alway mirrors modern technology, and not some new technology no author or scientist has ever thought of.

No, but it does completely invalidate your point about magic systems, as LotR didn't really have one. Or European castles for that matter, as the architecture was much more grandiose and fantastic than that...or even any European towns even...not to mention that unique weapons are as old as fucking Gilgamesh.

Again, your topic is moot and dead.

So, TC just admitted to never reading Lord of the Rings in this post. /topic?

Why do so many sci-fi books focus on robots and space travel? From Earth to the Moon was 150+ years ago people, and like, Philip K. Dick completely covered everything to do with robots even remotely possible.

huh?

But I like all of those.

Given that children are the only retirement plan outside of just getting ridiculously rich, it's a pretty good bet most of these people aren't willingly avoiding marriage and having kids.