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| Topic | Your First Thought 129: "A legitimately scary horror movie." |
| Yesmar_ 10/10/20 1:26:39 AM #53 | I should see Fire in the Sky again. I remember it terrifying me when I was a little kid, and I always assumed it was because I was so young, but based on the comments here maybe not. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 129: "A legitimately scary horror movie." |
| Yesmar_ 10/10/20 12:43:15 AM #49 | The Exorcist. As scary as it still is today, this is the one movie that I really wished I could have seen in its initial release. Sounds like it was f***ing crazy. I don't think anyone should be criticizing themselves for picking Scream, though. The opening scene is still legitimately terrifying. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 327: Plexiglass Half Empty |
| Yesmar_ 10/08/20 12:34:07 AM #283 | Something interesting in the New York Times report on Trump's taxes that I don't think has been emphasized elsewhere, is that Congress actually probably already has his tax returns. Apparently Trump is under audit for a massive $70 million refund he received ten or so years ago, and any refund over $2 million is automatically reviewed by a special congressional subcommittee, with all of the identifying information scrubbed from the report. So there is a Congressional committee that has reviewed Trump's taxes; they just don't know it. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 127: "Best required reading in High School." |
| Yesmar_ 10/06/20 2:49:18 PM #73 | I like Catcher in the Rye, although it's not a favorite. Not sure why I thought of it first; probably because it's "less dense." The Grapes of Wrath was my immediate second thought, and one of my favorites, so I wish I had said it instead, since it's not getting any representation here. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 127: "Best required reading in High School." |
| Yesmar_ 10/06/20 1:27:14 PM #61 | The Catcher in the Rye --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Best Sonic Character Day 10 FINALS |
| Yesmar_ 10/03/20 4:34:33 PM #14 | Why is her name not Rogue?! She is a Rogue! It makes so much more sense. I will never be able to get over that. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 123: "Waifu." |
| Yesmar_ 10/03/20 4:05:00 PM #62 | Rikku --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | What's the biggest video game series with no particularly iconic music? |
| Yesmar_ 09/21/20 1:31:54 AM #53 | If licensed music is allowed, "I Ran" would count for GTA I guess. That's a different beast I suppose. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 110: "Nintendo's greatest rival." |
| Yesmar_ 09/20/20 10:35:41 PM #69 | Sega --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 104: Strongest non-Nintendo / non-FF / non N9 character |
| Yesmar_ 09/15/20 11:09:05 AM #61 | Dante --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 98: "The 'Citizen Kane' of video games." |
| Yesmar_ 09/03/20 4:49:53 PM #72 | Ocarina of Time I spent way too much too time trying to come up with corollaries for classic films though, and OoT feels like more of a match for The Godfather. An updated, albeit not paradigm shifting, entry in its genre, that was a huge commercial hit, and has been considered the greatest of all time among both general audiences and "serious" critics to this day. I don't think there really is a Citizen Kane corollary for video games. I considered Chrono Trigger, but that feels more akin to Casablanca. Well received upon initial release, but considered one of many in its genre at the time. Over the years, it eventually grew to be considered the definitive work of that genre/style. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 97: "Disney villain." |
| Yesmar_ 09/02/20 1:25:26 PM #99 | Jafar --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | I just realized "The Beatles" is a pun. |
| Yesmar_ 09/02/20 12:38:13 AM #1 | I can't even...How did I not figure this out before? I thought it was just misspelled for effect. I'll see myself out. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 92: "Most VISCERAL game of all time." |
| Yesmar_ 08/27/20 5:06:44 PM #30 | Manhunt --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 316: Goodyear in a Bad Year |
| Yesmar_ 08/26/20 12:04:39 AM #433 | I also have to include: Tye quotes the pollster George Gallup, in 1954: "Even if it were known that McCarthy had killed five innocent children, [his supporters] would probably still go along with him." --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 316: Goodyear in a Bad Year |
| Yesmar_ 08/26/20 12:03:24 AM #432 | From a recent New Yorker article about Joseph McCarthy. Presented without commentary: [He] lied all the time. He lied even when he didn't need to lie, as Tye thinks is the case with the war record. When he didn't have any facts to embellish, he made them up. He found that, if he just kept on repeating himself, people would figure that he must be onto something. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 90: "The definitive 90s video game." |
| Yesmar_ 08/25/20 7:14:11 PM #45 | Sonic the Hedgehog --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 88: "A Board 8 user (that isn't you) (or Zen)." |
| Yesmar_ 08/24/20 2:16:07 AM #59 | Leon --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 80: "Best movie from the 1980s." |
| Yesmar_ 08/16/20 12:04:18 AM #54 | Raging Bull --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 78: "Best game based on an anime." |
| Yesmar_ 08/13/20 7:36:09 PM #13 | Pokemon Puzzle League --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 77: "Worst Pokemon." |
| Yesmar_ 08/12/20 11:01:28 PM #25 | Jynx --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 74: Visually stunning game that is overall not good |
| Yesmar_ 08/09/20 10:03:56 PM #54 | Crysis --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | I learned that a Sonic OC (do not steal) made it into an official Sonic game. |
| Yesmar_ 08/09/20 4:17:53 PM #46 | Where's Daveykins? --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Worst Alien movie? |
| Yesmar_ 08/09/20 4:10:42 PM #15 | Covenant was so nasty and meanspirited. The ending, while predictable, made me actually angry. It wasn't enough that the movie --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 70: "Generic McDude." |
| Yesmar_ 08/03/20 12:14:31 AM #70 | Jay Solano --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | [B8FNAS] Board 8's Favorite North American Subdivision: CA/NU+OK/CT+AZ/MT+MA/SK |
| Yesmar_ 08/02/20 2:55:57 AM #17 | CA CT MT MA (caps) --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Sad to see tik tok going away |
| Yesmar_ 08/02/20 2:48:10 AM #84 | 5tarscream posted... On a more serious note I am yet to hear any American actually be able to explain what is happening with the reported Chinese genocide. I hear people mention the Uyghurs, but when asked for more info all I get is repetition and Wikipedia stories. https://believermag.com/weather-reports-voices-from-xinjiang/ This is a very long article, but it's made up of many individual stories, so it's not necessary to read the whole thing. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Sad to see tik tok going away |
| Yesmar_ 08/01/20 5:29:53 PM #22 | On a micro level, sure there might not be much difference for the average user between Facebook or China having your personal info, however on a macro level, China having access to tons of personal information is worse. They are more powerful, less responsive to external factors, and are more committed to anti-democratic expansion. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 69: "Video game character that has the most sex." |
| Yesmar_ 08/01/20 3:45:57 AM #94 | Snake --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 313: August and Everything After |
| Yesmar_ 07/30/20 2:14:35 PM #6 | I mean, yeah, probably. Although for the same reason as why I kind of fled from the "interim House appointments" is because methods can vary by state and you could potentially see battles between governors and state legislatures in states where there's divided government. Depending on how inaugurations line up, some of those governerships might be vacant as well, although I suppose that maybe the handful of governor elections that are up in 2020 might go forward for continuity of government purposes. That being said, I would be relatively optimistic in regards to chicanery regarding temporary Senate appointments. Not because I have any faith in politicians' moral compass, but just for political reasons. There are several states listed, such as KY, KS, and MT, where playing games with the appointment would seriously hamper future election chances for the Democratic governor doing so (I think that Cooper and Edwards are term limited?), cases like VT and MA, where the State Houses would just overrule the Governor most likely, or a case like CO, where it doesn't make sense to antagonize people for a Senate Seat Dems are heavily favored to win anyway. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 312: The Stimulacrum |
| Yesmar_ 07/30/20 12:39:51 PM #491 | In regards to the Vacant Congress issue, let's say that the 2020 General Election is postponed until June 2021 or something. The entire House should become vacant ii the beginning of January, but 5 Special Elections are allowed in December to allow for some members. These 5 appoint a "neutral third party" like Colin Powell as Speaker of the House, who will accede to the Presidency on January 20th and serve as Actin President until the election. While the House technically only has 5 members, the rest of the previous Congress returns to Washington and continues their business as before until the election, with the 5 Actual House members honoring the votes of the Shadow Congress. This is all insane and involves levels of trust that don't exist, but it is possible! --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
| Topic | Your First Thought 60: "Best dog in video games." |
| Yesmar_ 07/21/20 11:36:53 PM #68 | Missile I haven't even played his game, but he's what I think of when I think of DogFAQS. --- Congrats on Advokaiser for winning the 2018 Guru Contest! Yesmar |
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