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It's sort of all explained in the books that have been published since disney took over.
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Drumiester posted...

Hmmm yeah I guess I was wrong on SR 2, my bad.

Do you need to play 2 to understand 3 though?

2 is actually the better game I think. 3 is enjoyable enough. There are a lot of character and world jokes that you'll be missing out on if you don't play 2 before you play 3.
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SenTedCruz posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

It's also cute that people don't understand what stake the Russians might have in an isolationist presidential candidate who spoke against American membership in NATO, the one organization holding back the Russians from expanding into their former Soviet territories.

"Russia has a stake in fewer Iraqs and Afghanistans therefore neocon regime change gung ho full speed ahead must be in our best interests."
"Russia has a stake in more breathable oxygen, so let's dump that toxic shit in the air asap."

You do realize they've openly said they don't believe the Baltic states have a right to exist?
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It's also cute that people don't understand what stake the Russians might have in an isolationist presidential candidate who spoke against American membership in NATO, the one organization holding back the Russians from expanding into their former Soviet territories.
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People are pretty dumb in this topic. It has nothing to do with fox news. This is simply them reporting on the senate intel committee's findings.
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Bio1590 posted...

southcoast09 posted...

One citizen, simply put, should have no right to demand that another citizens constitutional rights be taken away.

Funbazooka posted...

That's unfortunate but you can't strip people of their civil rights just because someone demands it. The judge couldn't have agreed to that demand.

Wrong on both accounts.

Yeah I hope you guys remember that next time the police want to detain you for any reason.
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I don't really think people want all that for minimum wage. The mostly want to not be eating dogfood out of their busted ass car that doubles as their house. TC knows this and is just an incredibly intellectually dishonest sack.
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DuneMan posted...

TerrifyingRei posted...

I had a roommate that believed katanas were primarily thrusting weapons.

I was like... I'm pretty sure they're not

Probably played too much Dark Souls: too much running R1 spam.

To be fair, they can be use to thrust, that is the purpose of the kissaki. Generally most stabs with it would be aimed right at the solar plexus and angled upwards to get under the breast plate. Is that their primary purpose? Of course not.
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Anteaterking posted...

What a weak ass take. Is this what people consider strong intellectual conservatism?

Yes, and then they don't understand why people of actual intellect don't consider Shapiro a serious intellectual.
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Genocet_10-325 posted...

Also

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/?ex_cid=irpromo

INb4 people who don't understand statistics complain that 538 projected Hillary to win.
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Highwind07 posted...

I thought that they don't really draw their katanas out unless they know that they can make a definite quick kill.

It depends really. The katana was the day to day walking around town and carrying around your house weapon. On the battlefield Katana functioned as your back up weapon.
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Spoilers: There isn't one beyond what YOU decide gives your life meaning.
Also, they are both so full of pseudo-intellectual bullshit that I can smell it through the video.
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ScazarMeltex posted...

I don't understand everyone's fixation on super hoppy shit and all the IPAs everywhere now. Personally I enjoy darker lagers and ales.

Thats fine. Just dont tell people your favorite beer is Busch

Good lord no. I like good beer, I just don't like hoppy shit ; p.
Speaking of Natural Light, when I was poor and underage that's what we used to drink, but back then you could get it in bottles. Which now that I reflect on it I feel like that was a waste of perfectly good glass.
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I don't understand everyone's fixation on super hoppy shit and all the IPAs everywhere now. Personally I enjoy darker lagers and ales.
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DarkTransient posted...

Can we start discussing knife control now, then?

We do have knife control, at least depending on the state and county/city you live in. Here it's nothing over 4 inch blade (if concealed) and no butterflys or switchblades.

I think he means we should make places like residential areas a knife free zone

How will I make Sandwiches?

Again I can only speak for my city, but you can have whatever you want in your home. But if you are making your sandwhich in the park and you have to chop it up, you may in fact be out of luck ; p

How do I get knives from the store to my home if I can't carry them?

How do they even get to the stores?

Just have to hope the knife patrol isn't out that day I guess.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

RE_expert44 posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

DarkTransient posted...

Can we start discussing knife control now, then?

We do have knife control, at least depending on the state and county/city you live in. Here it's nothing over 4 inch blade (if concealed) and no butterflys or switchblades.

I think he means we should make places like residential areas a knife free zone

How will I make Sandwiches?

Again I can only speak for my city, but you can have whatever you want in your home. But if you are making your sandwhich in the park and you have to chop it up, you may in fact be out of luck ; p
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Disco is my favorite, just for the sheer absurdity.
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DarkTransient posted...

Can we start discussing knife control now, then?

We do have knife control, at least depending on the state and county/city you live in. Here it's nothing over 4 inch blade (if concealed) and no butterflys or switchblades.
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So then be honest royal. You are essentially stating that due to the lack of 100% effective birth control, that sex should only be for procreational purposes and tough shit if you might die from it.

It's also incredibly dishonest of you to claim that any problems in a pregnancy can be caught early. There are plenty of problems that don't develop till mid to late pregnancy that are very dangerous.
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LittleRoyal posted...

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I mean I truly am not a fan of abortion and dont like the its her choice argument because it does that does not make sense.

It makes perfect sense unless you legit think women have no right to their own bodies

Obviously we have rights to our bodies
But its literally not JUST our body at that point.

And when sex is our decision, thats the consequence

So your argument then is that people who don't want children should never have sex ever. There is no 100% effective form of birth control short of not having it.

Don't give me the shit about getting sterilized. If you don't already have children, aren't over 30, or aren't married, good luck finding a doctor to perform your procedure. I had to wait till I was over 30 and already married and even then I had to go to multiple doctors to find one that would perform my vasectomy.
Also good luck with the state of healthcare in this country being able to afford it. If you don't have insurance you aren't getting one, and since it's a voluntary non medically necessary procedure there is a chance that your insurance won't cover it.

Women still die in child birth. In the US at a much higher rate than anywhere else in the developed world.Fuck you for demanding that my wife run the risk of dying because we want to enjoy a bit of pleasure every now and then, so that a tiny clump of cells, that may end up becoming a person or just as likely as a miscarriage before the women even knows she's pregnant.
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BLAKUboy posted...

The 22nd amendment only talks about being elected President. There's really nothing stopping a two-term President from running as VP, nor from becoming President through succession should they be elected on that ticket. Though should they become VP then become President through succession, they couldn't run for reelection.
At most it would just be a bad look.

This. Thank god someone here actually knows what the fuck they are talking about.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

Anisoptera posted...

Has Trump ever experienced being poor?

Yes, he started out in life poor and worked his ass off to build his real estate and business empire.

You know that isn't true. I get that you are a gimmick but you need to try harder.
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the_freak posted...

Funbazooka posted...

*ignorant genocidal lunatics

Lets not forget swindlers, liars, and cheats, as it relates to our dealings with the native americans.
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It's generally considered bad form for the former president to criticize the new one.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

Right wing terrorism, of which racism pretty much always plays a role, has been a growing problem in this country since the Oklahoma city bombing. Here is a detailed list of their actions.
https://www.splcenter.org/20151101/terror-right

SPLC listed Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Maajid Nawaz as extremists. As far as I'm concerned the SPLC is garbage that once used to be respectable but has now collapsed into left-wing bias. So no thanks.

Read as "i'm going to ignore a source detailing dozens of murders and terror plots from neo-nazis, klansmen, and white supremacist militias because I can"
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Right wing terrorism, of which racism pretty much always plays a role, has been a growing problem in this country since the Oklahoma city bombing. Here is a detailed list of their actions.
https://www.splcenter.org/20151101/terror-right
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Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

dameon_reaper posted...

Y2J0_sHBK_Blue posted...

I think its actually that democrats(and republicans) are fine normally, its just that the internet brings out the worst of everybody and behind a keyboard, the left just villifies everyone(even their own kind). In that way, technology has made things worse because the extremism in conservatism isnt nearly as annoying and pedantic as the extremism in liberalism and people as basing their opinions on things like what they see onlind

But even the regular conservative is worse than the regular liberal nowadays.

Smashingpmkns posted...

I think the party that's supporting child imprisonment is the one committing political suicide tbh. Then again, that's the kinda shit that attracts those people to that party to begin with.

Honestly, I feel like its a lot of it to do with the Trump supporters. I, sadly, live in Louisiana, in which a lot of the Republicans agree with him so sitting down here, listening, its downright terrifying.

Conservatives are pretty chill. Its the liberals setting up meetings to yell at the sky

Tell that to the klan and the Neo-Nazis that marched in Charlottesville last year carrying tiki torches and chanting "blood and soil".
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DarkTransient posted...

It doesn't take a genius to see the outcome of the way a lot of Democrats are acting. Their party is becoming more and more unpopular every day owing to their platform pretty much being reduced to "call the other guys and their supporters evil".

If you're only in this topic to deny that, I suggest hitting "Topic List". For those who realise that that's the case though - your thoughts on what exactly is going through their minds when they continue the same thing that's eating away at their popularity?

I mean this in a legit way, i'm not a "whataboutist" guy. I would love to see the dems actually stand for something again. That aside though, it literally worked exactly like your initial post for the Republicans the entire 8 years Obama was in office. They demonized him as a secret muslim socialist and his supporters as unamerican communists. Their entire legislative platform was obstructionist, for his first term it was stated by the party as "lets make sure he's a one term president".

My point here is that if it worked for GOP it could potentially work for the dems. Again i'd rather see them run on a platform of workers rights and social programs, but if being crybaby bitches for 4-8 years can work for the GOP it can certainly work for their opposition.
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eggcorn posted...

sounds like fake news

Yeah, go ask the douchebag farmers who rely on illegal labor, and the well below poverty wages that come with them, who are now crying that their crops aren't getting picked.
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Kind of like that time he said forget due process and just take people's guns away.
Also remember that with no due process or constitutional protections there is no habeas corpus. Which means they could effectively do whatever they wanted with these people.
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She serves an administration that believes it's ok to refuse to service to gay people and now wants to complain when someone refuses to serve her. Fuck her.
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

DifferentialEquation posted...

Donald Trump doesn't blame the poor. He started out his life in poverty and worked his ass off build a successful business and real estate empire.

"A small loan of one million dollars"

After using his daddy's money and influence to dodge the draft 5 times.
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frozenshock posted...

Mussolini also changed his minds completely on issues from one day to the next. And no one complained.

It's just the way it is. As long as he always looks strong, the meaning of the message itself means nothing.

That's pretty much how dictators have always been.
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Slayerblade11 posted...

Who steals AC units?

AC units have large amounts of copper in them. Copper is very valuable.
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My wedding was 7 or 8 grand (in 15 years ago money) and I thought that was super expensive.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

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Liberals, if you were actually watching this rally, you'd hear the crowd cheering for the Space Force.

Get fucking rekt.

"We need the space force!"

......... for fucking what.

There was point in time where people would have asked this exact same question about the need for satellites and drones.

We will have the Space Force. If you want, you're welcome to sign up and serve your country in space, but you're not going to stand in the way of progress and Trump's great vision.

No, the need for satellites and drones was pretty self explanatory. Now answer the question, what the fuck do we need it for other than the great orange overlord says so.

For starters, if we let space fall into the wrong hands it would be huge national security risk. We can't let a hostile country like North Korea or Canada beat us to the punch. Also, there will be tons of great technological innovations that come from the development of Trump's Space Force. Third, maintaining weapons systems in space will be a crucial first line of defense against any intergalactic threats that discover the location of Earth and seek to destroy us.

So....we need a space force to protect us from Canada. Ok, got it.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

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Liberals, if you were actually watching this rally, you'd hear the crowd cheering for the Space Force.

Get fucking rekt.

"We need the space force!"

......... for fucking what.

There was point in time where people would have asked this exact same question about the need for satellites and drones.

We will have the Space Force. If you want, you're welcome to sign up and serve your country in space, but you're not going to stand in the way of progress and Trump's great vision.

No, the need for satellites and drones was pretty self explanatory. Now answer the question, what the fuck do we need it for other than the great orange overlord says so.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

Liberals, if you were actually watching this rally, you'd hear the crowd cheering for the Space Force.

Get fucking rekt.

Oh goody, morons cheering for a branch of the military that we don't need and don't have the money for. Pretty much what i'd expect from a Trump rally.
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DifferentialEquation posted...

John_Galt posted...

M_Live posted...

Why is he still holding rallys why doesn't he just actually do something useful ever

Get real, dude

The man spends 18+ hours a day MAGA

This. And he's most likely strategizing in his dreams as well. So the second he wakes up in the morning, he has a plan ready to go and gets right to work.

Lol, a plan. The guy can barely form a coherent sentence and i'm supposed to believe he has a plan?
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REMercsChamp posted...

People look at America to babysit other countries. Why should they take responsibility for their crime, poverty, corruption etc when Mommy America can just take care of them, right?

Your ignorance of the fact that we caused a large part of those problems is showing.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

This guy has a lot of influence. Why doesn't he work to change the Republican Party instead of leaving?

Maybe he realizes that it isn't worth saving if it's been allowed to reach this point.
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Like most law enforcement in this country, its really just about them jerking off to the authority they have. Anyone with any real concept of morality, ethics, or justice doesn't last real long in that line of work.
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As though our military spending wasn't bloated enough.
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I've always to do a low intelligence game just for the dialogue options. The problem is the lack of skills that comes with that.
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As far as Im aware Indonesia is a muslim majority country. Homosexuality is against Islam. Im not sure how you can call them homophobic when homosexuality is incompatible with their beliefs and way of life.

I dont see how a homophobic belief that is religous is any less homophobic than any other anti-gay belief.

Hompohobia is relative. Here in the west we are thankfully more tolerant and accepting. Our laws allow people to be homosexual. We are homophobic if we discriminate against gay, lesbian, trans etc people.

In a country/religion that does not recognise homosexual partnerships you cant be homophobic if you follow the law or religion.

By that idiotic logic the nazis weren't anti-Semitic because they had laws making judasim illegal.
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Basically butthurt genre nerds that feel like darkness and rain are the defining characteristics of the genre.
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CE, Wolf Pack in the Hizzouse!!!
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I feel like Trump is basically trying to make George W. Bush look like Marcus Aurelius.
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