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| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/05/19 11:20:14 AM #56 | Wow, nicely put, Pumpkin. Thanks for the input and I wish you the best too. |
| Topic | Diablo on GOG now sports the Hellfire expansion. |
| Vertania 06/05/19 11:17:09 AM #3 | Fucking sweet. I always had issues running Hellfire properly on modern PCs, but GOG is really great about fixing issues like that (Jade Empire, for example). Wonder how well the hidden classes will be implemented. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/05/19 11:11:40 AM #53 | Shablagoo posted... RIP, congrats on a beautiful family Thanks. VitalGetPrank posted... Who are you and why should we care? You shouldnt. I dont get why people feel the need to come into a farewell topic for someone they dont know and comment that they dont know the person. DarkChozoGhost posted... What you actually said was still ridiculous though I seriously doubt you remember what I actually said about it. Modifier posted... Is this the pizzagate you're talking about? Not really, no. Like I said many times, pretty much everything surrounding Pizzagate discussion was bombarded with misinformation to make people overreact to any mention of it. Ill expand on it later (for like the 40th time) but in short, it was probably based around a money laundering operation that used art auctions as a front. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/05/19 11:03:10 AM #52 | Turbam posted... What starter are you picking in pokemon sword and shield? I dont usually do fire starters, but I might pick the bunny this time (depending on evolution types and stats). I like the water one too, but Im pretty sure my fiancee is picking that one. Its laughably easy to just breed and trade starters anymore though, so its not like it will matter much. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/05/19 9:18:26 AM #42 | Malfunction posted... Can you explain your views on pizzagate before you go I will, actually, but Ill wait until tonight when Im not busy. Its not like I have anything to lose at this point by sharing it. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/05/19 9:05:01 AM #39 | Bad_Mojo posted... Dont do it FF_Redux posted... Honestly, just stop coming here. I dunno why you need to close your account. If I dont close it, I know Ill just end up getting drawn back in. It will be better for me if I dont give myself the option to come back and read topics. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 7:17:20 PM #35 | FF_Redux posted... I don't remember why you added me as a friend. Why was that? Im sure it had something to do with a drinking topic. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 7:09:34 PM #33 | |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:49:16 PM #30 | Bad_Mojo posted... Dont do it I could still read the boards on closed status, right? I just wouldnt be able to post? And on a side note, how long after the request does the closure usually take? |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:42:44 PM #28 | mattnd2007 posted... Peace dude. I always thought you were alright Thanks. Well, Im gonna go have a smoke and a beer and play some Sekiro or DkS3, but Ill keep checking on this every few hours. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:39:33 PM #27 | Malfunction posted... i like how TC slipped in the pizzagate stuff there lmfao It would have made less sense to try ignoring it. I guarantee someone would have brought it up anyway. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:37:45 PM #25 | Malcrasternus posted... Take care man. Thanks, you too. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:37:21 PM #24 | Vicious_Dios posted... Good luck with your future endeavors, man. You were one of the more reasonable posters on this board that I've seen post, even if you're center-left leaning, you've shown that there's more to you than just politics. Thanks. Im glad that you were able to correctly identify me as center-left leaning, because half the board seems to think Im a hardcore redhat/alt-right. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:34:25 PM #21 | YookaLaylee posted... If you really feel this strongly about leaving then maybe that means that you should just leave your account open and not visit as much MabusIncarnate posted... I do try to avoid anything about the news, politics, race discussion, etc that can get very toxic and vicious, I try to just stick to having fun and discussing lighter topics like tits, beer and gaming. Ive tried that before and Ive tried taking a few months at a time off, but I still seem to get sucked back in. I figure the most effective way is to just prevent myself from coming back. MabusIncarnate posted... It is an AMA, so what was your favorite console and handheld of all time? Hmmm... For console, its probably between the PS2 and the N64. N64 had some of the highest quality games of all time imo (OoT, B-K, SM64), while PS2 had variety and introduced me to sandbox games (GTA trilogy) and online multiplayer (mutherfucking Socom II). Handheld is tricky because Ive always been one to, uh, make the most of the hardware. I think Id actually have to say the PSP was my favorite for its time, because I used that thing to play any game from any system I possibly could. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:23:03 PM #16 | REMercsChamp posted... At the end of the day it's just an internet forum, it shouldn't be a substitute for meaningful relationships or events in your actual life At times in the past, it actually was. Its not like you can go up to your family/friends/co-workers/etc. at any hour of the day and discuss topics ranging from gaming to politics to music in any amount of depth like youd get here. Like I said in the OP, though, I have much more important things going on now. All the more reason to leave. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:16:23 PM #9 | YookaLaylee posted... Conflict posted...Why even make a big, dramatic announcement? Just do it. ...because Ive been a part of the community for more than half my life and want to have a chance for closure before just deleting it? Why bother posting ITT if you think its too dramatic? |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:14:19 PM #7 | REMercsChamp posted... Imagine taking CE this seriously Its a social community that Ive been engaged in almost daily for more than half my life. I guess thats not enough to take it seriously, though. |
| Topic | After 16 years on CE, I'm closing my account. AMA |
| Vertania 06/04/19 6:10:02 PM #1 | Ive put a lot of thought into this and decided its finally time to part with CE. Ive been posting here since my early teenage years and, for better or for worse (mostly for worse), this community has been a huge part of my life. Ive learned a lot here; like the importance of research and of considering others opinions, how to argue more effectively, and how to practice and improve my writing. There are quite a few things factoring into my decision, but the main thing is that Im now 30 years old and value time with my family much more than time arguing over insignificant things with online strangers. Im engaged, I have an 18-month-old daughter, and I have another baby girl coming next month. Another main factor, for those of you familiar with me, is this whole bullshit Pizzagater reputation thats been following me around for the last three years. I do actually enjoy having political debates on this board, but its gotten to the point where I cant even do that anymore. If someone doesnt like what Im saying and/or doesnt want to argue against any actual points I make, theyll just bring up Pizzagate in an attempt to insult and discredit me. Certain users (you know who you are) played a larger role in spreading misrepresentations of what I actually said about the topic than others, while the mods continuously allowed it to occur. Lastly, this board has just grown unbearably toxic since the 2016 election. Users I used to respect and get along well with have seemingly become miserably obsessed with arguing for their side and ganging up against anyone who disagrees with them. They dont seem to realize that this behavior, whichever side it comes from, just pushes the other more towards the opposite extreme. My account turns 16 on Thursday, June 6th, so I plan on submitting the request for closure that morning. Ill keep this thread alive until my account is closed. |
| Topic | One of my wife's family members fell for the Vector Marketing scam |
| Vertania 06/04/19 5:34:38 PM #84 | I was desperate for work and got suckered into driving an hour for a job interview that ended up being a group presentation for a life insurance sales pyramid scheme. I was one of like three people that hadnt left by the end, so the guy tried to get $200 out of me to get me started. Within a couple weeks, I moved ~3,000 miles across the country to job hunt there instead. |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 5:16:36 PM #156 | karlpilkington4 posted... Facts like this aren't permitted. Please stop Im just trying to let him get his fill of b-b-but Pizzagate! deflections while Im still around. |
| Topic | NY Democrats will likely put off pot legalization for another year |
| Vertania 06/04/19 5:09:01 PM #39 | SiO4 posted... LOL Granville? Something like that. I... actually dont even know any of those towns >_> Mine is like right on the Pennsylvania border. |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 5:06:18 PM #153 | King_Hellebuyck posted... Detained someone and refused them medical attention until it was too late She didnt ask for an HIV test or mention the chest pains until May 28; the same day they released her. The only apparent proof that they refused medical attention is from a Twitter user claiming her friends and advocates said she asked for medical attention. |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:39:40 PM #150 | Questionmarktarius posted... The key points are there. lol ffs ICE didnt physically abuse the person to cause the health crisis and they released her the very same day she asked to have the HIV test. |
| Topic | NY Democrats will likely put off pot legalization for another year |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:35:52 PM #33 | SiO4 posted... the amount of jobs that come from 'correctional' facilities, and general law enforcement Oh, I know all about that, unfortunately. My city has two of the biggest prisons in the state and has a former sheriff for the fucking County Executive. Its no surprise that the county has already come out and said theyd opt out of any recreational legalization. God, I fucking hate this town sooooo much. |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:29:49 PM #148 | Questionmarktarius posted... More or less pulled an Otto Warmbier with an AIDS patient. I dont think you could be any more dishonest if you tried. |
| Topic | NY Democrats will likely put off pot legalization for another year |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:27:54 PM #29 | s0nicfan posted... Which is why my first post was: I want to believe voters would wise up to it, but... well, I know a lot of people who vote and they dont pay attention to politics for shit. |
| Topic | Is America really full, though? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:25:16 PM #36 | DarkChozoGhost posted... We most certainly can take care of them. But we won't Isnt that even worse? We could help our own citizens in need, but wed rather help people that are coming here illegally instead. |
| Topic | NY Democrats will likely put off pot legalization for another year |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:21:27 PM #27 | s0nicfan posted... Yes, a lot of the population lives in NYC, but if your job is to represent the entire state, and the vast majority of the state is red, you're going to see politicians do things that appeal to people other than those living in a 300 square mile section of a 54,000 square mile state. Balrog wanted to know why NY was less progressive than other states. I'm pointing out that outside of NYC it's not a progressive state. Most people in the red counties still want weed legalized though. |
| Topic | Youtube has a pedophilia problem |
| Vertania 06/04/19 4:08:19 PM #3 | This has been a known problem for years. Tosh.0 even did a segment about it in like 2016 or 2017 iirc |
| Topic | NY Democrats will likely put off pot legalization for another year |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:57:23 PM #10 | Been calling this for months. Vertania posted... Cuomo is all about legalization when election season rolls around and for a couple months after, but then its right back to were just not ready yet. Those pharmaceutical lobbyists and police unions sure know how to keep him in check. |
| Topic | Is America really full, though? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:52:40 PM #29 | Veggeta X posted... Immigrants are more than likely able to fill in low level skilled jobs while taking minimal pay. I mean, isn't that how most immigrants did it when they first arrive here in America? Which would include the Irish and Italians. So youre proposing we take job openings from competing US citizens who are already struggling to make a living wage and fill them by paying immigrants even less? HylianFox posted... Vertania posted...And youre assuming that theyre not going to be like that, which isnt exactly good logic either. Yes, and its also wrong to assume all immigrants would need long-term assistance, but its not like I was saying that. |
| Topic | Is America really full, though? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:39:38 PM #26 | Veggeta X posted... Vertania posted...Veggeta X posted...What's the issue now? Because the narrative keeps on changing. And youre assuming that theyre not going to be like that, which isnt exactly good logic either. |
| Topic | Is America really full, though? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:35:18 PM #24 | Veggeta X posted... What's the issue now? Because the narrative keeps on changing. dethdragon posted... we can't adequately take care of the people already here |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:33:01 PM #141 | Machete posted... Did you change your mind about closing your account? I don't recall the exact timeline you gave about that >_> I said when my account turns 16, which would be Thursday. And yes, Im still planning on going through with it. The Trent posted... i can read and i think king_hellebucyk seems like he's posting stupid things ^^^ |
| Topic | Reminder: Cannabis prohibition is rooted in racism |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:30:13 PM #11 | Also, reminder that Cuomo did just what I said he was gonna do about legalizing it in NY. Hes all about legalization when election season rolls around and for a couple months after, but then its right back to were just not ready yet. Those pharmaceutical lobbyists and police unions sure know how to keep him in check. |
| Topic | Reminder: Cannabis prohibition is rooted in racism |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:26:33 PM #9 | It wasnt just racism. It was targeted at both racial minorities and anti-war hippies. Theres also corporate greed from big pharma, but I think they have more to do with keeping it illegal than with making it illegal in the first place. |
| Topic | What game are you looking forward to seeing most at E3? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:22:17 PM #12 | Demons Souls remake Im still surprised they did Dark Souls Remastered instead of this. The online was shut down last February iirc and there are plenty of PS4 owners that never had a chance to play it on PS3. Bloodborne sold just fine as a PS4 exclusive. |
| Topic | do you enjoy Ancient Aliens tv show? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:07:02 PM #5 | I love it, but not because I necessarily believe anything on the show. Ironically, Ive learned more about legitimate history and about other cultures from it than from any other current show on The History Channel. |
| Topic | Is America really full, though? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:02:17 PM #20 | Theres plenty of open land, if thats what youre asking, but thats not the issue. |
| Topic | If I got an alt what should I call it? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 3:00:19 PM #22 | Alucard188 posted... DuncanWiiU |
| Topic | All the crying over SONIC, when Chucky looks HORRIBLE |
| Vertania 06/04/19 2:57:55 PM #2 | Chucky should have just ended after Childs Play 2 tbh |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 2:54:11 PM #136 | King_Hellebuyck posted... Youve already been proven wrong in this topic. We can all read. Oh, really? When? btw youre still dodging the point |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 2:51:12 PM #134 | King_Hellebuyck posted... Go back to talking about Pizzagate, its somehow less moronic then your posts ITT Oh shit, he made a point I cant argue... Time to stir up misinformation again as a distraction! |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 2:46:53 PM #132 | King_Hellebuyck posted... This topic is such a shitshow considering how blatantly indefensible this death is. Yeah, how dare everyone not blame ICE for giving this person HIV and how dare ICE not have her tested for HIV until the day she first asks to be tested for HIV. |
| Topic | ICE refuses to let trans asylumer seek treatment. Releases her near death |
| Vertania 06/04/19 11:21:06 AM #7 | Im sure a Twitter post is going to give a 100% objective summary of this. |
| Topic | So Disney doesn't have an English princess yet? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 10:56:48 AM #99 | Turbam posted... Right on. I could have sworn that I read or heard that Russia had something to do with it, guess I swored wrong To be fair, the island wasnt claimed by Norway until a few decades after the story was published, plus it still has a decent Russian population. |
| Topic | Favorite public "intellectual"? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 9:05:48 AM #11 | Peter Jordanson |
| Topic | What's the best thing to put on French fries? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 9:04:56 AM #16 | Campfire sauce (barbecue and mayonnaise) |
| Topic | So Disney doesn't have an English princess yet? |
| Vertania 06/04/19 1:52:55 AM #87 | Turbam posted... I suppose you're right, we'll add Elsa. The Snow Queens palace is literally in Norway. |
| Topic | Avengers: Endgame directors are adapting Magic: The Gathering for Netflix |
| Vertania 06/03/19 2:06:13 PM #12 | BuckVanHammer posted... is the mtg lore even good? I only really paid attention to the Amonkhet blocks story, but I thought it was pretty damn good. They basically |
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