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Full Throttle posted...

and to never buy their kids a magnifying glass again!

Of course the moral of the story isn't to supervise your children. A woman, let alone a mother is the last person who should be expected to be bothered with child supervision. What do they think women are, animals? Animals supervise their children! It's benieth a modern civilized woman to reduce herself to living like an animal and watching over her child!!

At least that's what I get out of that.
To the point of the question though, if the grass is dry enough, all it can take is a spark.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

It'd be weird, but weird is just another kind of cool, so I wouldn't have a problem with it.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Cacciato posted...

Why do you consistently say so much stupid shit

It's either a gimmick account, or... that's honestly how he is. While we're all free to judge one another, there's not really much point expecting what one random internet guy thinks about another random internet guy to change the way someone thinks/feels/acts/lives/whatevers.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

No Man's Soy? Better avoid it, at any price. At 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 calories per serving, it simply isn't possible to even come close to finishing and live.

No Man's Sky though, yeah, I've had a lot of fun with that. The only reason I wouldn't recommend it is if you're trying to whittle down your backlog.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Legal or otherwise, I've never had any chemical addictions.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Coke certainly tastes evil enough. I've always been more a Pepsi guy, dew or die.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

And here I thought you were going to say you tossed a freshly lit cigar into the propane cages and sped off like a bat out of very-near-future hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f-F483X0JM

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

_AdjI_ posted...

Xenoblade X was more sci-fi-ish, though it would have been really nice if they actually finished its story.

I'd love a sequel, but I'd also be really happy with a port on Switch. X was my favorite of the Xenoblade games.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

BobbyButthurt posted...

You did the right thing by standing up for yourself, TC.

Agreed.
If she had simply behaved like a civilized human being, no doubt she would have been treated like one, instead of an ugly old bitch inside and out.

Doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from, how you dress, or what you believe in, if you act like shit, you're going to get treated like shit.

In situations like these, the cause tends to be an inability to perceive the difference in scope between one person's awareness and reactivity, and one's self's. It doesn't make any sense for a young person to have the exaggerated safety zones that are vital for an elderly person to compensate for weak muscles and dull nerves, yet since it's natural to default to using one's own perception of the world to judge others by, it's easy for an elderly person to mistakenly perceive a problem from the behavior of a healthy and alert young person.

Due to the hostile nature of the initial exchange, and the apparent attempt to avoid the repercussions of her actions, the stern reprisal is entirely justified IMO.


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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

The holographic projector on that scout disk is malfunctioning. Looks like we're picking up some of their bad habits.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

What do you think the bigger joke is, our president, or our electoral system that had him take office despite more people voting for the other candidate?

Either of those things is a travesty if you ask me, but for both of them to exist is a hard pill to swallow. Harder still to swallow and remain sane.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

This is a terrible shame and a truly heartrending tragedy.
When will people learn? Speeding through suburbs in expensive cars can only end in regret.
If only instead he had built himself a giant slingshot to shoot himself halfway across the county before crashing violently into the landscape, a good building and vehicle could have been spared.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

It is a disgrace to their sworn oath of service and protection for a man or woman of law enforcement to create a potentially life-threatening situation in an event that is not otherwise life-threatening, let alone to take a life in response to the life-threatening situation he or she created.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Krazy_Kirby posted...

that deer most likely has broken bones, probably will die.

i was hit by a car only going 5 mph, still hurt like hell

While possible, considering that the deer was able to get up and take off, and that the car was undamaged, it seems unlikely that the damage was severe. Even broken bones, so long as it doesn't include 2 legs, can be survivable, even if it does put the animal in a significant disadvantage.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I can't really say as I have no knowledge of the observance of Boxing Day. I don't know if it's a day to celebrate the sport of 1 on 1 fights in a ring, which ironically enough, is square, or for putting all the Christmas stuff in boxes and putting it away, or whatever else.

Anyway, if it's a big deal, it should be voluntary, but would require enough people to sign on or the store would have to be closed anyway for lack of people to run it.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I'd call it more an anomaly than illness. For someone like me to be called normal? I don't know whether to cringe or burst into uncontrollable laughter.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

"Do you want me to open it on Christmas badly enough for you to go back and get it?"

PK_Spam posted...

Im not that upset, I just hate when people do stuff like this.

This is why people exchange at the same time. One side is unwilling/unready/unable, the other side withholds.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Both should retain voting rights. The only difference between violent and non-violent offenders should be what considerations, if any, should be taken to ensure the public safety.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

As irreligious as I am, I'm against that. It sounds like the act of a tyrannical dictator to prohibit people talking about the things they want to talk about in certain places.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

We probably should be too. Prison would probably be less popular and more productive if people knew they would have to work off their public debt instead of just lounge around for a decade or two.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Far-Queue posted...

without running the risk of dividing and diminishing our forces to do it.

Isn't that exactly what we just did?

Far-Queue posted...

If say Russia launched a full-blown campaign against the US, including an attack against our assets in orbit, would our Air Force alone be capable of handling both air and space?

The Air Force in its previous configuration, combining Air, Space, and Cyberspace fields, would likely be better able to counter the treat than a fractional specialized Space Force.

Far-Queue posted...

I'm advocating for the future. For planning ahead. For having an understanding that other nations are developing their capabilities as we speak, and we have to prepare to meet and exceed their capabilities

How do you plan an infrastructure for what we don't have yet? How do you set guidelines and precedents, protocols and procedures, plans of attack and defense, without even having that technology, let alone understanding all the nuances of how it will work when we do have it?

This really sounds to me like a "haste makes waste" sort of situation. To stay ahead of the curve, we need to develop our technology, that comes first, before we split off branches that support existing related endeavors and give them a defined and independent purpose.

When we have those things that we can use to protect ourselves in such situations, when we have the understandings of how they can be used, how similar foreign technologies can be used against us and how best to fight back, that's when we can intelligently put together an ironclad infrastructure to maximize the strengths of such technology.

Until then, it seems to me that we're better off using existing infrastructure in related fields from which to base our emerging forces, rather than a slipshod mishmash of nonsense thrown together at a whim without the full understanding of how things will develop going forward.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Still seems premature to me. We do have space as part of the AirForce already, and until it's such a specialized, independent field, I really think our space-related endeavors would benefit from having the united cooperation that comes with being part of the AirForce. After all, until we have orbital bases and such, anything going into space will be going through the air to get there.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Immediately identified as toward the camera (had volume off).

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

If it's an open scene, and routing the enemy isn't required, sleep is sometimes a nice alternative. Otherwise, petrification tends to fill the "defeat enemy" condition nicely. If the enemy is more dangerous, and absolutely must die, slow is a nice one for making dangerous enemies more manageable. If it's not especially dangerous, but more of a meat shield, yeah, a way to get through its defenses is ideal.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Already voted for 3, but under those conditions, I would go with 1.
To be a perfect crime/kill, disruption would have to be absolutely minimal, like a dive with no ripples. Riling up the community, alerting the authorities, even involving a single additional life would be an imperfection.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Assuming the second party is also an objective to be eliminated (albeit through indirect means), 3 would be the perfect crime. On the other hand, if the second party is just an otherwise innocent bystander, my choice is 1.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Pretty much anyone can join the armed forces, that doesn't make you anything but a piece on someone else's game board. The "real men" are the ones that make it through hell with their minds and souls intact, whether their bodies make it through or not.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Finding a way back home may be easier from a position of power. Do my best to make their world work, and with whatever reserve workforce explore the situation of returning home. Between those, consider a successor for if/when I find a way home. Also, consider things that I'd be able to bring home, especially things I'd have special access to as a ruler, that would be of benefit to me upon my return.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Sounds like your ability and clear thinking saved both your property and a life. Just my opinion, but I think you should be proud of how well you handled that.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Calling it now. They murdered their daughter and are using this stunt to paint themselves as madly bereaved and ultra devout so that no one will suspect them. The money is for fleeing the country and escaping judgement.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

B sounds more logical. Vacation time you get paid for. Closings due to inclement weather in which case you don't work, you don't get paid, but nor is your absence counted against you. In the B situation, the day you're on vacation for and the office closes, you're getting paid for, while those not on vacation aren't, so it's not like you're getting nothing out of it.

It would be nice if you could retroactively delete that day's vacation request and have it go back to your time pool, but it would also need to cancel the money you would have gotten that day.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Keeping my birdfeeders stocked is the most charitable thing I do.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Kyuubi4269 posted...

You're a bad person because you vape.

I wouldn't go that far. Vaping only makes you a bad person if you do it in crowds or near the entrances to buildings, same as smoking.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

It doesn't make you a bad person, but it could make you a dead one.

I've heard numerous cases of vaping related deaths on the news, that the mortality rate is concentrated among those using cannabis vapes. Just guessing here, but it might be on account of the practice of holding a hit, which may or may not be effective with vaporizers. It may be in your best interest to consume naturally.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Precious and rare, sure to save my hide in a tight spot. Must not use frivolously.

Tight spot never comes.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Coming into the topic I was going to say it sounded somewhat excessive, as though he's being made an example of, but after learning that the flag wasn't his, that not only did he steal it, but he stole from a church, and his reaction, no. He deserves no leniency.
God does not live in the hearts of those who would would use His name to sow fear, hatred, and disunity. This one is a hopeless fool. Best to keep him on ice, at least until his more able years are behind him.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Reboot/Marathon crossover

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Sounds like the utterance may have been inspired more by the person's quality of character rather than their skin color, in which case, while probably unacceptable professionally, I personally wouldn't fault it. That you seem to be really concerned about this makes me think you may be overreacting/oversensitive.

I had to deal with a racist manager for a span of time starting a couple years ago. Always aggressive/hostile, accusatory in all situations, to the point of making things up to tell you that you did something wrong to yell at you for, unwilling to compromise or cooperate effectively, even with other managers, and always putting the rush on yet talking in circles, taking at least 3x the time it would take anyone else to make a point are just a small sample of his traits.

My first impression was that he was just a hardass, later I figured he was just a total asshole. It wasn't until much much later when I saw him acting jovial, even submissive around others, which was EXTREMELY out of character for him. Then later he was back to his usual insufferable self, then a while later, I saw him in sunshine mode again. That's when it hit me, like a ton of bricks. The only time he bore any semblance to a pleasant individual was when he was around people with the same skin color as himself.

The next time he brought me back for coaching (berating, humiliation, assertion of dominance) under shaky at best pretenses, I maintained my composure during his treatment for some 10+ minutes, then after a particularly scathing bit of treatment, I went total dread-rage. With all the stress that had built up over the last year and a half, I came THIS CLOSE to smashing that guy's head open against the door, bursting it like the worlds ugliest water-balloon. But I kept it under my skin (I'd be surprised if anyone in the room didn't feel a wave of dread though), I swallowed my rage, and maintained physical and verbal composure, then I let it fly about how the bastard harassed me at every encounter. I never once called him a racist, but because I knew he was one, I no longer felt compelled to tolerate him.

He was investigated, and later terminated.

Anyway, my point is, you should worry less about what a person says, and more about what they do. While certain words may be unpleasant for some people, and you should be upfront about that, merely using certain words isn't as important as how they're used, and nowhere near the worst an actual racist will put you through.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I'd like to say that religion isn't doing these freaking crazys any favors, but they're making hella bank off that nonsense. For as loony as these guys are, they're at least not as delusional as the people they're fleecing.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

6-7hrs usually. I'll wake up without an alarm before reaching 8.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

darcandkharg31 posted...

If you think you're smart, you're probably stupid, and if you think you're stupid, you're actually above average.

smart enough to ftfy

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

BotW2. There hasn't been enough news about Metroid Prime 4 for it to be relevant enough to look forward to.
Not on the list, but I'm also very much looking forward to Rune Factory 4S.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Nope, no allergies to anything.

Semi-relevant, I remember hearing something about an experimental therapy designed to cure food allergies.
The report had something about a young child deathly allergic to nuts, and in a controlled environment where any emergencies could be handled to maximum effect and without delay, they gave him the slightest exposure to nuts, and over numerous visits in the course of weeks (or was it months?), slowly increased his exposure.

The idea was to teach his immune system that nuts aren't a danger to be guarded against, and by the end of the therapy, he could eat nuts without any allergic reaction.

Something like that may have been able to save Logan, and may be able to save those like him in the future.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I generally have a strong dislike of pretty much anything Disney. There has however, been a single exception.

Gargoyles.

Edit: Ah, my bad. Mentally inserted an 'or' in the topic title. So, nothing.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I don't care for piercings or tattoos myself, but I don't see any reason why my own preferences or anyone else's should be held against another person's choices of self expression. So long as it doesn't pose any safety risks relevant to the occupation or environment, they should be able to do as they will in that regard.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

Haven't played it myself, but it sounds like taking notes from Xenoblade Chronicles X would have really helped.
Half way through, get giant robots with vehicle transformation. Near the end of the game, giant robots learn to fly. As you explore the map, install probes (the basic/default ones you have no limit of) at designated locations to be able to return to that location from anywhere at no cost.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

That does sound particularly nasty. I use the oldschool traps. Quick and brutally effective. Bar usually smashes their skulls. It's a grlizzly sight, almost sickly amusing with their little eyes bulging out like that. I've seen them die. They live for a few dozen seconds even with such damage. As awful as it is, it's preferable over playing host to the little pests, and if I were in their situation, I think I'd prefer going out that way than via glue trap. Once dead, I toss them outside for whatever's lucky enough to find the little morsel, which might not be so appetizing if prepared stone-age pancake style.

I read a report a while back that someone who caught a mouse in a glue trap tossed it into a fire. That one ended in poetic justice, as the fire melted the glue, and the mouse, still ablaze, ran back inside the house. I can only guess who was more horrified, the mouse as it burned to death, or the sad oaf who thought it would be a good idea to burn an animal alive, only to end up burning his house down.

One time I caught a particularly lucky mouse in one of the oddest of ways. If it had happened to someone else, say the guy in the above story for example, things could have turned out quite badly for the little rodent. See, I was in bed trying to get to sleep, when I heard the noise from the toaster-oven. I got out of bed, crept over, and gave the door a little nudge. The springs did the rest, slamming shut and trapping the mouse inside. Tired, I went straight to bed after that, but the next morning I released the mouse outside, a fair distance from the house, alive.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

He shouldn't have been blacklisted, but only because he shouldn't have been pardoned in the first place.
He was doing serious time because he committed a serious crime. Getting out of jail early doesn't erase the bloodstains on his hands, and acting so vindicated only shows a lack of reflection or acknowledgement of his crimes. It's only sensable that he'd have trouble finding anyone who wants him in their midst.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I upgraded from a 37" to a 55" 4k, both Samsung, last year and I've never had anything like motion sickness from playing anything on anything not actually in motion.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I think it's understandable to keep their names under wraps. At that point in time, it's more likely to draw those who are only involved by relation into the media circus frenzy, and they probably don't need anyone to make things even more troublesome than they already are. This law seems more likely to be less about protecting criminals because they're still little kids, and more about protecting the safety of their (probably) innocent family and friends.

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Fail, and we all face a tyrannical age of pizza the likes of which sentient life has never known. - Sun'barac, Xenoblade Chronicles X