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LeonhartFour posted...

well most of the cases above it in terms of playtime are ones I haven't gotten to yet or are actually epic cases

5-2 and e2-3 are, right?
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

4-3 is the longest non-epic case so far by line count?! it wasn't near the top in terms of play-time!
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i didn't have a wii u, so i'm bummed i missed out on ssb4

looks like this will make up for that pretty effectively?
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

almost certainly not, but i suppose you can't know 100%
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

baubeta posted...

Jack Bauer (24)

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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i think i'll get through a slew tomorrow and have writeups to go by sunday or monday

but i've been wrong before
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i might like kawhi in boston - jaylen + salary filler + 2 picks? but i love jaylen brown so much.

tbh the best exit option is gordon hayward, but that would effectively end any possibility of us EVER signing another FA

granted after IT we might never sign another FA anyway
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

RIP spurs :(
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

banananor posted...

I hate to be that person, but isn't this the line of reasoning that physical abusers use?

"You made me so angry i lost control of myself"

yeah except that her weakness/lack of self-control don't result in hurting another person
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

Gatarix posted...

If she stayed because she was afraid of career sabotage, that would be fair. But that's not how it sounds from the article. Based on the article, she stayed because (1) she still craved his approval and (2) he abused her to the point where she didn't have the self-worth to realize "I deserve better than this kind of life."

I think that people can have gut reactions about how people will respond to being dumped, even not knowing specifically what will happen. In this case, that gut reaction was borne out and basically proved her right to be afraid of leaving.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i figured you did if you were defending him!
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

neonreaper posted...

Id say it depends on if he was actively taking advantage of it. He could just be a crappy insecure guy who had some person give him too much power over her. I mean, he is totally abusive. But a little sympathy for the devil here, he might just have his own set of relationship issues that need help and not just people hunting for justice.

he forced her to work for him, lol
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

the weird thing is, i can understand victim-blaming here and i'm almost inclined to do it in this scenario (the writer jokes about her daddy issues, but she obviously needed to policeh er own decisions better)

but to absolve an abuser of blame because essentially, they can get away with it, is so fucking warped
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scumbag of a human for sure.

it's a weird article since it refers to the rose-colored glasses, but literally the only thing in this article is how much of a controlling shit the guy is. so it actually makes it harder to sympathize with the writer.

Panthera posted...

Nanis23 posted...

He did nothing wrong
Besides she sounds super mental and I take everything she said with a grain of salt

I've always wondered what it felt like to be a complete imbecile. Maybe you could enlighten me?

it feels good and you feel empowered. you have less self-doubt and are more confident about your own intelligence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

crono, goku
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i think the qualitative definition of upper class needs to be established before the actual monetary threshold
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

always

also, still having uncooperative internet, will update when i do manage an episode :/
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

damian being the amazing ninetails is so, so good

vies with 5-4's moving station for the best twist in the main game!
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Weakupedia posted...

SeabassDebeste posted...

colliding posted...

did they think you meant like shredded cheese and green peppers on the side or something

this is what i thought you meant, except as actual toppings, FWIW

have you guys never ordered pizza

nah i've ordered pizza before but not often, and i don't usually use parmesan cheese

if i were to ask for these items, i would always call them 'parmesan cheese' and 'red chili flakes' instead of 'cheese' and 'pepper'
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

yeah, by far the worst buffyverse season. S5 might be the best buffyverse season, though, so push hard!
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

internet last night was very uncooperative, so no progress :(
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

colliding posted...

did they think you meant like shredded cheese and green peppers on the side or something

this is what i thought you meant, except as actual toppings, FWIW
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I watched Supernatural starting relatively early on, before Buffy.

During the myth arc of Supernatural, which spans the early seasons, it's comparable to B/A in terms of really strong story arcs, the mix of MOTW/mythology advancement, humor, and creative unique one-off episodes. In its two best seasons, which cap off the myth arc, I'd say the episode-to-episode quality is better than Buffy's, and the dynamic between the main characters is at its absolute best. I'd highly recommend watching those seasons (and while I won't spoil where the myth arc ends, it should be fairly obvious, IMO).

Since then it's been past its prime and incredibly sloppy - especially with consistency in mythology - and but I don't let these seasons (which still have good occasional runs and usually really good finales) taint the earlier ones.

Supernatural has some of my favorite "Previously on" segments ever, particularly the finales.

Buffy is way above Supernatural as a whole in its dialogue, characters, and grand themes, which are really important to me.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

On the contrary, I often push through slow arcs swaths of episodes at a time. The bigger constraint has been that I've been watching a lot of Supernatural lately.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

Episodes 63-64

Recap: Under Biscuit's tutorial, Killua and Gon beat up on a serial killer, but up rocks, become better about using Gyo, and formalize the techniques of Ko and Ken. Meanwhile, other parties also gather.

Glad to see these episodes here. I think that it sounds pretty corny a lot of the time when the kids state exactly what they're doing during training, but I probably can't afford to be too nitpicky here - at least they're showing it. That serial killer is a painful opponent - he doesn't hit cleanly once, and within a matter of days, G/K are just way above his level, and his character design is miserable (especially as a kid).

The digging is the best part. Super-old-school, clear progression why this makes them stronger, room for error, no need to come up with a patsy opponent, room to discover specific technique with Nen to increase speed.

Also super-fun - when G/K are getting good enough at Gyo that they can instantly identify when Biscuit is showing a Nen number. The loser of the race to identify it is supposed to do a thousand pushups, which they dread... until they start tying every time. After this, the duo is so bummed that there's no winner/loser that they just play rock-paper-scissors, and have the loser do a thousand pushups. Love their enthusiasm for training - that's what this is about.

I appreciate the nod to the idea that Greed Island is basically an idealized training ground.

Three months pass in the flash of an eye and I am ready for some plot!

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* The loli thing is that much more annoying since Ging is depicted as looking around his age.

* Another Condition has been revealed - the Bomber's. And his small tribe is smart enough to take people into real life to kill them before getting their rings.

* Four Troupe members are approaching from outside Greed Island, proving Shalnark's hypothesis correct - hype!

* FISTFUL OF GUNPOWDER - LITTLE FLOWER... SECOND OF LIFE - COUNTDOWN
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

how do you feel about this?
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

ScareChan posted...

I can not think of one player that could be added to the cavs to make them compete with the warriors

There's a couple of duos. I think McCollum and lilliard would close the gap with LeBron

But my favorite is rondo and cousins. I think that nastiness would balance out and be fun

Leonard or Davis. Kawhi was up big mostly without help in 2017 - and he's maybe the best matchup for Durant in the league.

LeBron-Love-Davis would be the most unguardable front-court of all time.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

ali is the GOAT heavyweight, which is approximately equal to being the GOAT overall.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

well ok then

guess i'll just power through too then!
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

no, but it might give me the means/time to focus on the problems it doesn't solve.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

yeah, i'm enjoying the brief ertyufaqs, though i haven't actually clicked on a topic he's made yet

there are many more people whose posts are actively bad
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

klavier is just there, mostly. he doesn't have a commanding or even frustrating presence.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

Nelson_Mandela posted...

Steph gunnin for MVP hard

durant tryna enable it too what a beta
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

and no, that thanos line wasn't in the film either.

too bad, it was incredibly badass :(
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

LeonhartFour posted...

Also, I'm wondering if Klavier stepped away from prosecuting after 4-0 until 4-2.

this seems to be implied, i think.

also, this is one of the best post-timeskip investigation segments period.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

I think the 2018 Warriors could easily defend the 2016 Warriors if we're talking the Finals version of 2016. The 2016 team didn't have anyone who could put up LeBron-esque points. I think with Curry and Klay guarding each other, their production would be similar - but Barnes shot like 21% in final 3 games of '16 while KD on a bad night gets 25 points.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

LeonhartFour posted...

so who wins between the 2016 Warriors and the 2018 Warriors

2018 in a landslide. Unless this is a joke I'm missing.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i'm ride or die with jaylen brown
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/klay-thompson-gsw-future/

klay has never really expressed the desire to leave.

if the owners start cheaping out, durant and green are far more likely to be the other guys, i'd expect
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

the warriors title window is not closing unless the ownership cheaps out. klay thompson is not leaving for a bigger role.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

Episode 62

Recap: Gon and Killua win a rock-paper-scissors tourney to get the SWORD OF TRUTH, but it's promptly stolen from them by a gang. Vowing to protect themselves, they set off for a town where they might find some defensive Spells, passing through bandits (who just want some money and clothes, man) and monsters (including some giant ogres) until finally they become the students of Biscuit Krueger (...)

Gon and Killua are such a great pair, and the most surprising part of this dynamic is Killua's wholehearted acceptance of Gon. While he is cunning, Gon is obviously far more idealistic than Killua - but Killua, while grumbling at times, never begrudges his friend that viewpoint. It's great.

The pairing also works because hyper-talented though they are, they're still kids. Here, G/K easily stop the one dude trying to steal their card, but recognize how badly they're outgunned by the gang. When they go on to the RPG portion, they're actually very hit-or-miss versus the array of monsters that assail them. They're able to HIT THE WEAK SPOT FOR MASSIVE DAMAGE, but they also get chased around by what looks like a FROG IN WAITING. They're still too inexperienced to remember to use Gyo, even when it seems obvious that by default you should be using Gyo to suss out your enemies - so you can believe it wholeheartedly that they'll accept help from Biscuit.

I cracked up at everything about the bandits. The net effect of G/K's sojourn with them is that they got robbed - literally giving up the clothes off their back. They wind up feeling bad (as who wouldn't expect a reward in an RPG for helping the sick people?!) but it's a hilarious subversion of the bandits who rob them by force.

On the flip side of things, we get to see Shalnark's strategy. The guy is always smiling, and his delight is contagious. Here, he's excited to be establishing the rules of the place - for example, that Kotopi can't replicate a working copy of a restricted card, or that NPCs will respond mechanically to unexpected questions, or that Nen cannot be used to harvest cards, or that the players' bodies must be in a real-world location (based on some clear hints). His decision - to get the God Eye card. I love it.

Meanwhile, Feitan and Phinks's strategy is to kill lots of dudes. The contrast is really amusing.

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* the loli is actually 60 years old god damn it japan

* She's aight though. I like her SWEARING VENGEANCE FOR THIS GREAT HUMILIATION - the great crime of being told "no thanks" for her offer to accompany the duo.

* Really like that Gon learned his lesson - when the scrub pulls out his Book at the start of the episode, Gon immediately responds by bringing out his own as well - it's a bluff that his opponent sees through, but it shows Gon is learning.

* It's subtle, but Shizuku got dat ass.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

The Real World started in 1992, and that's in the same vein as the Kardashians. Truman Show came out in like 97 or 98.

I think that there's something to be said about the social media takeover turning individuals into "content creators" though.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

"I passed the Hunter Exam forty years ago" GODDAMMIT JAPAN
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

i haven't had most of these. fucking love NY style though. now i'm starving.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

Episodes 60-61

Recap: Gon and Killua, after training, pass the Nen test and enter Greed Island. Killua gets zapped by a tracking spell, and Gon declines an invitation for the pair to join a Guild.

Lots of infodump these episodes to set the scene for the action to come, so not al ong writeup.

Like I said, it's kind of hilarious how we find out we've been epic-trolled by Ging the moment Gon enters the game. It does put a limit to my enthusiasm for the arc - I don't need to see immediate progress on Gon's quest to find Ging (and was fine tabling it entirely during the Phantom Troupe arc). But for this particular arc, this is Gon's only clue, and it sucks that it's stated to be a dead end. (I guess we can be surprised later, but I have my doubts.)

Greed Island as a setting looks fun. Love the rando neko NPC chef who's impressed by G/K's eating prowess. I'm not sure how well-conceived the card system is yet - like Nen, it feels like a framework that was put together spur-of-the-moment by the author and will be kind of vaguely filled in. But so far, it hasn't painted itself into any corner, so we might as well be optimistic about it. It's fun watching characters have access to powers that they don't always have.

The girl following G/K is super-excited about their relationship. Killua's eyes get super-watery when Gon says he's lucky to have Killua as a friend. "Such a beautiful thing, the friendly innocence of two boys." D'aww.

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* I loved Kurapika leaving early. I also always like it when Melody compliments someone else's heartbeat, or footsteps. Earlier, she told Killua that he had the quietest footsteps she'd ever heard. Here, Leorio would be a good doctor/teacher. #wholesomemelody

* That gigantic-underbite redshirt who claims that no one lined up will pass the exam... lol.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

thanks! didn't get a chance to watch last night because internet was having issues.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

I don't think commonness means boringness. I know plenty of Katelyns/Katherines, but a name is just a name. The name that instantly jumped to mind at the question of being boring was Ashley.
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neonreaper posted...

I liked S5. It isnt what it used to be, but it was good enough. I have some complaints but i got a lot of stuff that I liked

I'm with you here. There were definite stretches where the show was making me laugh like the old AD, and some stretches/subplots that just disappointed me. The character who's suffered the most is almost certainly GOB, who was arguably the best character before and arguably the worst now.
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

ssj goku
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness

also, we've already learned this arc won't give us any ging clues :(
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yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness