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Shinebolt posted...

Let me put this in perspective. Romeo & Juilet is about two people that see each other at a ball and instantly start obsessing over each other despite not knowing a f***ing thing about each other. They spend the rest of the play obsessing but doing nothing with each other and the guy ends up killing Juilet's brother yet she still wants his f***ing dick. Then, the two hormone-crazed, obsessive teens commit suicide and its considered one of the greatest romantic tragedies of all time.

I'd argue that the only people that consider Romeo and Juliet to be one of the greatest romance stories ever don't actually know anything about the story beyond the fact that it's a well-known classic and romance happens. It's not even really a romance story, given that the actual focus is on the tragic consequences of clinging too closely to tribal pride. Romance is just a tool for creating those tragic circumstances.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

adjl posted...

Yellow posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

*implying porn hub doesn't have some gross sights*

Maybe so, but not on average.

And regardless of the average, it's so easy to move on to somebody better-looking that there's really no reason to let them affect your overall impression.

The fuck kind of logic like this? It's easy to look away from morbidly obese people on the street, so I logically shouldn't let them affect my overall impression of the population? If your argument is people are socialised on porn, then at least apply social logic to the porn.

It's not really supposed to be logic. Poor phrasing on my part. The point is that, because it's so easy to say "eh, they're ugly" and click another video, the ugly ones don't make a particularly memorable impression. It's not a matter of "you should forget them and not let them colour your impression" so much as "you're probably going to forget them." Comparatively, you don't really have that option in the real world, since even looking away from ugly people on the street means you're continuing to think about them for as long as you're looking away.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

It's not exactly high end if you aren't keeping it up to date now is it?

Again, depends on how you're defining "high-end." A $2000 computer that's updated every five years is going to offer performance that would definitely qualify as high-end, given how slowly games are advancing (due in part to console cycles), and spending $400-500 per year (depending on the number of games purchased and how many sales were taken advantage of) on entertainment is not inconceivable even in a lower income bracket, if that's all you spend. Spending $3-4000 a year on top-of-the-line parts, however, is much less affordable.

Basically, it's the difference between "high-end" in terms of practical application and "high-end" in terms of e-peen stroking. The former is surprisingly affordable. The latter isn't, by the very nature of defining your self-worth based on how much money you've spent.
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JebronLames posted...

Maybe the cop "feared for his life" like always. Maybe it looked like he reached for a weapon

This is what they always say, regardless of the reality of the situation.

They're coming right at us!!!

Never mind that it's because we knocked on the door!
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That sounds like it's going to end up being more trouble than it's worth, given that people are going to be demanding compensation when a cleaner inevitably walks in on something compromising. A more moderate policy would be more sensible, such as saying they guests will be disturbed after having the DND sign up continuously for a certain length of time (maybe 3-4 days), as well as taking steps to minimize how disruptive that disturbance is (such as knocking first, then calling the room to give notice that somebody's coming, then going in). An absolute removal of DND signs isn't going to help that much, though, and will end up pissing a lot of innocent people off.
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rexcrk posted...

Ill have to see if any of my coworkers know how to get in touch with her. It feels stalker-ish lol but idk, I felt like we had kind of a spark between us, and Im in no position to be turning a possible relationship away.

If you want to avoid being stalker-ish, you could always find a co-worker that knows how to get in touch with her, and then have them send your number to her. That puts the ball in her court, rather than leaving her feeling like you tracked her down.
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Yellow posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

*implying porn hub doesn't have some gross sights*

Maybe so, but not on average.

And regardless of the average, it's so easy to move on to somebody better-looking that there's really no reason to let them affect your overall impression.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

high end PC gaming is not something poor people can afford

Depends what you mean by "high-end." If you're talking about upgrading annually? Yeah, that's a bit too much for anyone on a budget. If you're content with doing it every few years, though, and don't spend any other money on entertainment? It's still potentially cost-effective to be viable (disregarding the fact that living in a higher-crime neighbourhood with a high-value PC leaves one particularly vulnerable to a break-in).
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Muffinz0rz posted...

adjl posted...

Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.

QFT

I'd probably say "single alarm" since it only sounds when you get hit.

Nothing makes me shit my pants more than the "severely low health" sound it makes.

It's a little more than that, though. There's the increasingly frantic single alarms, there's the smoke coming out of the ship, there's the rumble, there's the impairment to flying if you've lost a wing... Taking heavy damage in that game was an immersive, visceral experience, which was amazing.
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I've brought it up. The last wine kit I bought was listed online for $59.99, as well as saying that on the sticker, but it rang up as $50.99. I questioned it, and the cashier said the price it rung up as was the correct one, so I took my $9 savings in good conscience.
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bulbinking posted...

The reasons listed were like somebody with ocd talking about sex fluids will float everywhere, you could bump your head.

Uhh, that's pretty true about >0G sex, too. Just gotta be careful.
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Zeus posted...

Given that he was responding to a call where the suspect was claimed to be armed and extremely dangerous, I'm not sure it warrants criminal charges at all.

If they were so afraid of the how dangerous the guy was that they felt the need to shoot as soon as he opened the door, then they shouldn't have let him open the door. If that response can justified, then the team's approach was a gross tactical failure and the whole team should be facing charges of negligence causing death.

wwinterj25 posted...

The cop did his job so no.

Shooting people is not a cop's job. It's sometimes (often, even) a necessary part of their job, but it should never be thought of as actually being their job.
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Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.
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If you know her name, you can add her on facebook. No guarantee that anything will come of it, but it's at least something you can try.
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streamofthesky posted...

This bastard is only 25 years old. If he's executed by age 35 vs. living in prison on the taxpayer dime till he's potentially 90 or so, would it really still be more expensive to execute him?

The appeals process is very, very expensive.
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

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Nightengale posted...

"unnatural" is a meaningless distinction. there is more to the universe than Heaven and Earth

tbh, it's not so much "unnatural" as it is "abnormal." Normalcy is a more meaningful distinction.

well since humans have both types of teeth, it is unnatural. we are meant to eat meat and plants

Evolutionarily, humans are scavengers, which amounts to eating whatever one can find. Accordingly, we have teeth that can process a wide variety of foods. The development of agriculture (which is unnatural), however, means that's no longer the case, and we have a vastly greater degree of dietary choice available. To that end, what we evolved to eat doesn't really matter anymore.
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Muscles posted...

I'm pretty sure that's the sign for smoking weed, but ok

Leave it to Muscles to bring up pot where nobody else would ever think to.
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Troll_Police_ posted...

I am, but I'm also disabled, so I'm legally protected from people hurting my feelings.

On the basis of your disability? Yes, actually. On any other basis? Not so much. Nobody is saying you can't refuse to bake a cake for a gay person. You just can't do so on the basis of their sexuality. Don't like it? Take it up with the assholes that made gays a disadvantaged class in the first place, because it's mitigating that damage that necessitates protecting them against further damages. Don't blame the people who just want a cake for what's supposed to be the happiest day of their lives.
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And they call the people kneeling "fragile snowflakes"...
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Questionmarktarius posted...

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OhhhJa posted...

There are viable alternate solutions to this issue but I'm sure most people here will just go, "LOL just let the government do everything you capitalist idiot"

Letting the government manage the infrastructure does make a fair amount of sense. At the very least, treating it as a utility (since it really is one) would alleviate a lot of the problems.

After all, nobody seems to care much about government run water.

Except when it's horrifically botched, but there are ways to prevent that. Namely, mandate some sort of minimum standard at a higher level of government to ensure municipalities handle it well enough, and providing subsidies to help them meet those standards.

Now, the end result of such a shift would probably be metered Internet, bringing it more in line with other utilities. Really, though, paying more for using more just makes sense. People don't like the idea because they're used to a flat monthly rate, and also because metered connections tend to be pretty badly price gouged such that they end up being substantially more expensive than a flat rate. Price it such that typical customers will end up paying about what they are now, with higher- and lower-use customers paying more/less, and that's pretty justifiable.
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helIy posted...

it had 268 posts in it.

Most of which probably came from like 5 people.
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OhhhJa posted...

There are viable alternate solutions to this issue but I'm sure most people here will just go, "LOL just let the government do everything you capitalist idiot"

Letting the government manage the infrastructure does make a fair amount of sense. At the very least, treating it as a utility (since it really is one) would alleviate a lot of the problems.
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JanwayDaahl posted...

See this is one of those clear examples that shows how hypocritical most liberals are. You're against stuff like "fat-shaming, slut-shaming, etc." yet the moment it happens to someone you don't like (even if they're for things like fat-shaming), you resort to those very same tactics. Just goes to show that no one *really* likes fat people, slutty women, etc.

I think it's more that people accept that duckbear's his quirky, duckbeary self, and don't take anything he says particularly seriously.
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Callmege posted...

Mead posted...

I was just saying that to my dog

What was his/her thoughts on the matter?

Probably something along the lines of "woof bark woof."
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

adjl posted...

Having somebody do everything in their power to deprive you of cake because of who you are is emotionally damaging.

I should've used that as a kid at people's birthday.

"I WANT CAKE!"
"It's not your birthday, no cake for you."
"I'm suing you for 100k then."

I don't know what crappy birthday parties you went to, but the guests all got cake at every one I've been to.
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OmegaTomHank posted...

They should have just made them a terrible cake instead

That'd just end up being bad publicity all around, since they'd get a poor review of their cakes' quality (and "this cake sucks" isn't exactly a contrversial, partisan issue). At least this approach gets them support from their fellow bible-bashers.

Zeus posted...

Give the 0-loss associated with an upfront refusal to serve, the judgment is even more egregious.

The judgement is based on emotional damages. Having somebody do everything in their power to deprive you of cake because of who you are is emotionally damaging. Consider this a lesson in not being an asshole.
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ZiggiStardust posted...

that ededdy guy, for example, came out of nowhere this year and just despises me more-so than most, and i have no idea why, ok?

He hates a lot of people. Don't take it too personally.
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TES_Nut posted...

There's maybe four irl females that post regularly here that I know of. They tend to get called on their bulls*** as often as anyone else.

If anything, I might say they get called out more often.
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I'll second Dark Souls, since those are interesting to see different builds at play. I also enjoy watching Factorio ones, but I don't know if they'd be as interesting to somebody without the game (though I'd also recommend getting Factorio because it's awesome).
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I think I'm going to reprise last year's failed one of biking more than 3000 km total. I should try to get back into flossing regularly, too.

Smarkil posted...

new year's resolutions are stupid, why not always try improving yourself

Improving yourself is usually a matter of setting goals, and the start of a new year is arbitrarily a reasonable time to set some new ones.
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You know, I've never actually seen stats comparing gamers' relationship statuses to that of the general populace. I'm not sure how much truth there really is to that stereotype.
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Mead posted...

Why should it be a crime?

Because it causes environmental harm. It's conceptually similar to limiting what companies are allowed to dump into bodies of water, in that such regulations are meant to limit the harm done to the local ecosystem. That's not to say that companies should be held responsible for all bird deaths that result from their operations, but requiring a certain degree of due diligence isn't particularly unreasonable.

Basically, the comment that the previous interpretation was too broad and this one is too narrow seems right to me.
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ImmortalityV posted...

Not to mention that but an all black casted movie moonlight won best picture (great movie) but why can't whites make an all white movie?

Why do you think they can't?
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This shouldn't be this exciting.
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xjayguyx posted...

I didn't mind it, always something to use. But it would have been nice after you beat the game to make a weapon never break somehow. Or mastersword never run out of energy.

I believe completing the major trial in the first DLC pack makes the Master Sword last forever.
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I feel it worked well for the survivalist atmosphere they were going for, and there were enough new weapons pouring in that I never felt like it was a major hurdle to overcome, but it did feel a little implausible to have them breaking so quickly, and it did result in me never using a number of rarer ones I picked up (just in case I really needed them later, of course). I'd say it worked just fine, but I wouldn't ask to see it come back.
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Solid Sonic posted...

I'd at least like to do it with a girl who's still interested in me after the deed. One night stands just don't sit right with me.

Then look for a relationship first, and let sex follow from that. If you're looking for sex first, you're going to get a whole lot of people that only want that.
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CaptainStrong posted...

helIy posted...

CaptainStrong posted...

helIy posted...

besides ffx/x2, they added fastforward to all their remakes/remasters

The X remaster has fast forward.

on one platform that no one even cares about, sure.

https://steamspy.com/app/359870
"Owners: 534,077 22,168"
Yeah okay dude.

Helly likes to think consoles aren't objectively inferior to PC's. It's sad, really, but what can you do with a peasant who refuses enlightenment?
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ReggieTheReckless posted...

Game is great except if you want to get all the outfits and buy up to 999 moons. The coin grind is the only not fun part of the game. Everything else is good though

It's not even that it's that bad of a grind, it just feels worse when it's put next to how utterly delightful the rest of the game is. It's just so out of place, quality-wise.

Protip: Some time, when you've got the dog following you, let Mario idle for a while. Something good happens.
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Ideally, nobody would think race or gender or anything else of the sort were relevant (outside of the fairly narrow fields where they have to be, such as medicine and reproduction). In practice, a whole lot of people do, and cause considerable harm by doing so, which makes it necessary to oppose that.
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Oh look at that. How delightfully convenient.
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If they don't want you to slap their butt, yes.
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Personally, I think that
Moderating the other topic was very unreasonable.

Maybe they were concerned about it being a scam, but
Even so, I think this is a good enough cause to look past that.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

TC: You're a girl. You'll like this styling game and this DS.

Co-worker: WTF dude.

TC: Why did my assumptions not go well?

Pretty much. Protip: Women aren't automatically interested in anything to do with fashion. More protip: $200 is WAY too much to spend on a gift for a coworker you don't even really know, unless you're so loaded that you won't even notice losing it (which is obviously not the case, given this topic).

Next time, I'd suggest making cookies and handing them out. Everyone likes cookies, so you don't have to know much about them to be able to make them happy with that.
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Mead posted...

I dont hold the opinion that being mentally unwell means you are not responsible for a crime.

It does, however, mean that your criminal inclinations can be fixed. Why jail someone who's no longer dangerous?
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

How is poor impulse control at odds with reasonable, moderate views?

Because forming reasonable, moderate views involves thinking, and having poor impulse control means having difficulty thinking before acting.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

The guy lost his gf due to these people meddling. It looks like due to poor impulse control, the emotional teenager flipped out and commited a crime of passion, and due to not having a callous disregard for life and not having extreme views, tried to kill himself over the horror of what he just did.

Are you really trying to paint a double murderer sympathetically? And not even a double murderer for any sort of potentially-just cause, a guy who murdered his high school girlfriend's parents over her dumping him?
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I won't ask you anything, actually. I hope you can get some rest and feel better.
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Zeus posted...

The fact that he murdered two people is independent of whatever beliefs he may hold.

Actually, it isn't. Committing murder means one of two things about one's mental health: Either one lacks impulse control, or one carries a callous disregard for human life. The former would be at odds with holding reasonable, moderate views, and the latter would be at odds with any sort of governmental policy that attributed intrinsic value to human happiness. Neither of those traits scream "moderate republican."
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Golden Road posted...

Either be honest and give the money back to the bank, or pocket the money. Punching the ATM is such a bizarre response.

By how ducky's telling the story, I think he was in a rush and he panicked when he was faced with the possibility of needing to take time to return it. It's still stupid, obviously, but I can at least see where he was coming from.
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Dreaming_King posted...

It's hilarious because what I got her is something I'm sure many of you own and have enjoyed over the years, something completely normal to you.

Was it porn?

Dreaming_King posted...

Veedrock- posted...

He clearly worked labor costs into the price, and a born noble and guild leader does not work for a pittance! The difficulty he faced in wrapping that thing easily multiplied the base value but this wench didn't consider that in her discourteous show of gratitude.

Seriously though, whoever decided gifts needed to be wrapped in paper before being given needs to get a thousand paper cuts. I was this > < close to just cutting out six separate rectangles to put on each face of the box, since using one piece was so confusing.

Supposedly an expert swordsman, yet lacks the dexterity needed to wrap a box in paper. Huh.
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