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TopicBrook from One Piece needs more depth I feel *spoilers*
averagejoel
02/05/21 3:03:55 PM
#11
CableZL posted...
It's not just Luffy.

Zoro got a huge powerup when he got Enma in Wano
Sanji got a powerup when he was given the Germa suit (can't remember what it's called)
powerups are not character development

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TopicBrook from One Piece needs more depth I feel *spoilers*
averagejoel
02/05/21 2:42:44 PM
#7
YookaLaylee posted...
I feel like Zorro is actually the Strawhat who needs more depth. Hes been with Luffy from the very beginning but hes never had an arc that was dedicated to him and helping him develop. We know that the girl who was his rival died when he was a kid but thats literally all that we know about his back story. Hes always learning new sword skills but he hasnt really changed as a person much since he joined the crew
I get the feeling that he's going to get more character stuff in Wano

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TopicNintendo's artificial scarcity is bs
averagejoel
02/05/21 2:40:57 PM
#33
they do know that this is just going to encourage piracy, right?

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TopicOne Piece 1003 *Spoiler*
averagejoel
02/05/21 10:21:00 AM
#19
I've actually been wondering about Kaido's fruit -- given that it's a carp fruit, not a dragon fruit, I thought it might be a paramecia rather than a zoan. in which case he might not even have a hybrid form

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/05/21 12:44:21 AM
#162
Thighon posted...
also ive been stuck in crystal cove for hours
the platforming in that section is superb

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 8:55:22 PM
#142
yeah that's the Brooding Mawlek. the name of each boss gets displayed at the bottom of the screen at the start of the fight

it's actually one of the easier bosses -- just dash over its head to dodge the big goo attack.

you're right though, it is a tedious one

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 8:51:32 PM
#140
are you talking about the Brooding Mawlek? is that the fight you're doing?

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 7:29:55 PM
#119
okay dude if you fought the mantis lords and you still think the game sucks then it's definitely not for you

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 1:39:32 PM
#108
oh also: don't farm for a lantern. it becomes very easy to get geo later on

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 1:39:01 PM
#107
Thighon posted...
No, I lost track of her in the maze that is this dumbass game. Currently farming for a lantern. Thought I explored everywhere I could in greenpeace but maybe not tho
if you haven't encountered her again then you definitely have not explored everywhere

also, it's worth noting that Vengeful Spirit causes you to be pushed back a little bit. if you time it well, this can be used to augment your jumps

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 1:20:14 PM
#104
Thighon posted...
I feel like I haven't fought any even though people said I have. Everything thus far has been easy
did you fight "the tall lady hollow knight" yet?

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 8:33:32 AM
#95
CyricZ posted...
That's so interesting because honestly I view the Dream Nail as a bit of a crutch narratively. It becomes a lot easier to figure out the characters in the game when you can just look directly into their brains and learn their motivations. :-P
I can see that

it was more the circumstances around getting it that did it for me. and the aftermath (like what happens to the Crossroads)

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TopicIs there a way to accurately rate intelligence?
averagejoel
02/04/21 8:31:01 AM
#15
I'm not even entirely sure I believe in intelligence as a concept, let alone the idea that it can be measured

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/04/21 8:27:21 AM
#93
CyricZ posted...
It's interesting to read about peoples' opinions on the aesthetic. Quite frankly I think one needs to have an enjoyment of twilight and dark places that have been artificially lit, because that's pretty much this game. Every zone is its own unique type of darkness lit by something, whether it's deliberately placed lighting, phosphorescence, shiny crystals, or a glowing blue lake far above that's raining down.

And then, of course, there are the areas that are truly dark...

You also need a sense of mystery and exploration, with a little bit of love for archaeology. Going along with what has been presented already, what the game flat out tells you doesn't amount to much. There are several things you'll want to note in the details: things like corpses strewn about, statuary and who it represents, the function of an area before it fell to ruin, who is still alive and why.
yeah honestly I really enjoyed the slow exploration at the beginning. getting the Dream Nail was when it went from "this is a fun and beautiful game" to "holy shit this game is amazing"

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TopicWould you get angry at a stranger scolding your child?
averagejoel
02/03/21 11:42:12 PM
#18
mattymad posted...
Scold away if the reason is justified. Kids need to learn their actions have consequences.
yeah this is my thought

the issue is that the stranger might have a different idea of which actions justify scolding

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TopicWhy wont you date transgendered people?
averagejoel
02/03/21 11:24:35 PM
#48
I literally talked to a trans woman earlier today and asked if she wanted to hang out

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 11:21:50 PM
#72
Thighon posted...
it needs to kickoff with it
why? to make it easier for you, personally, to follow?

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 11:09:41 PM
#69
Thighon posted...
but the way hollow knight is presented, it needs a narrative.
it has a narrative. it's just not always obvious what that is

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 10:58:15 PM
#67
SrRd_RacinG posted...
After all, what kind of creature is the Hollow Knight anyway for fuck's sake?
a vessel

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 10:54:08 PM
#64
CyricZ posted...
I'm on my third run through now. I might finally on this run give the red guys an honest try.
oooooh they're a lot of fun. the final boss for them is really hard

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 10:48:43 PM
#63
DD Divine posted...
actually Ive 76% game and have no spells.
there are 3 spells in the game
vengeful spirit -- the one that basically shoots the horizontal fireball
desolate dive -- the ground pound one
howling wraiths -- the one that shoots up

then there are the upgraded versions of those spells

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TopicHollow Knight isn't for me I think
averagejoel
02/03/21 8:31:23 PM
#30
Thighon posted...
i have a map already but it looks like it's just for this dungeon. just killed mama gruel
did you get the spell from after False Knight?

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TopicAnyone else playing Plague Inc lately due to Covid?
averagejoel
02/03/21 8:28:37 PM
#4
I was playing it a lot back in like April

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TopicIs there an extreme end where liberals become TOO liberal?
averagejoel
02/03/21 3:02:07 PM
#38
Turtlebread posted...
being liberal means youre being a good person
no it doesn't

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Topicprolly gonna have to cancel a date, fuck
averagejoel
02/03/21 2:24:45 PM
#48
Mr_Karate_II posted...
Topics like these show how immature and irresponsible some people can be.

Sure,go on a date in the middle of a pandemic that's cost hundreds of thousands of lives...how fucking selfish can people be?
maybe you should talk about this to some of the people who actually bear some responsibility for the escalation of the pandemic, such as elected officials

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TopicIs there an extreme end where liberals become TOO liberal?
averagejoel
02/03/21 2:20:35 PM
#34
Turtlebread posted...
no, you can never be too good of a person
liberalism is not synonymous with being a good person

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 1:11:44 PM
#61
g980 posted...
So? Doesnt negate my point.
it does show where the analogy fails though

Nature is coercing the system.
that's not how it works. capitalism was intentionally designed. it is not a natural system.

People have to work just like any living thing does. If there is consent to the terms of that work, it isnt slavery.
and if there is coercion, it's not actual consent.

Why cant you just argue a sane position?
I am. why can't you just listen to what I say instead of making things up?

"Society would benefit if workers had more bargaining power"
it would indeed.

Comparing the modern economy to actual slavery is absurd and downplays the horror of real slavery
rejecting the legitimate comparison between slavery and the modern economy downplays the horror of the modern economy

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 10:19:59 AM
#46
g980 posted...
Work is naturally necessary for survival until farms learn to farm themselves. Are bears slaves because they need to forage for food?
bears don't have a 3rd party stealing most of their food from them

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 10:13:58 AM
#44
g980 posted...
Who is coercing them? Not the employer.
the system is coercing them. the employer is the beneficiary of that coercion though

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 9:45:44 AM
#41
g980 posted...
Slavery is measured by consent, not compensation
most people are dependent on their job for survival. that's a type of coercion

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 8:58:15 AM
#36
LincolnDuncan posted...
Ok.
if slavery is the owner taking 100% of the value that someone produces, at what point does it become not slavery? 90%? 75%? 50?

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Topic"I got 60 hours this week!" Congrats, you're a slave.
averagejoel
02/03/21 8:34:38 AM
#30
LincolnDuncan posted...
Um, slaves weren't paid.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_slavery

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TopicIs a hot dog a sandwich?
averagejoel
02/03/21 8:30:20 AM
#8
BloodMoon7 posted...
No it's a taco.
a taco is a type of sandwich

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TopicAre those Beatles movies worth watching?
averagejoel
02/02/21 5:13:55 PM
#5
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is awful, but it has great music

honestly if it had been a series of unconnected music videos instead of an attempt at a continuing story, it'd be pretty great. but it's not that

it's worth watching for the music though. especially the Earth Wind and Fire version of Got to Get You Into my Life

edit: also, does it even count as a "Beatles movie" in the first place? I'm not sure

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TopicWhy do some cisgender people hate the term cisgender?
averagejoel
02/02/21 5:10:52 PM
#52
Human_Username posted...
Considering the majority of people are "cisgendered", I'm gonna wager it's a very high percentage as your average person is either supportive or indifferent to the trans community, not transphobic. I'm not sure where you get less than half tbh.
I don't think the majority of people who take issue with being referred to as "cis" are supportive or indifferent to the trans community

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TopicWhy do some cisgender people hate the term cisgender?
averagejoel
02/02/21 4:50:21 PM
#21
refmon posted...
Is this just something transphobes and TERFs consider a slur?
yes

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TopicDo you put all of your old jobs in a professional resume?
averagejoel
02/02/21 3:14:13 PM
#6
my resume would be too long if I included all my past jobs

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TopicAmerica wastes 40% of produced food.
averagejoel
02/02/21 1:23:57 PM
#27
grocery stores are a horribly inefficient use of resources

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TopicLiterally da greatest battle ever is going on in da One Piece manga and*spoiler*
averagejoel
02/02/21 12:56:55 PM
#5
V-E-G-Y- posted...
netero vs meruem
key difference here is that the weaker combatants, while still obviously weaker, are actually able to put up a fight

anyway, as I've been saying for a few weeks now, it really reminds me of Luffy vs Crocodile -- Luffy got destroyed first time. then he put up a fight but lost second time.

I still don't think this is the actual final showdown between Luffy and Kaido

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TopicIm done being a landlord.
averagejoel
02/01/21 9:50:36 PM
#4
good. no one should own more than one home

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TopicSex is an investment.
averagejoel
02/01/21 12:10:44 PM
#4
im 13 and this is deep

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TopicPick [1][2][3][4][5] [6][7][8][9][10] before clicking topic. Ur new roommate is
averagejoel
02/01/21 9:08:04 AM
#6
oh no

i got wario

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TopicIs owning stocks just socially acceptable gambling?
averagejoel
01/31/21 10:34:26 PM
#5
yes, it's gambling

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Topic?Your opinion on people who don't vote at all
averagejoel
01/31/21 4:31:54 PM
#49
Crono99 posted...
Imagine if you have a candidate for president who has completely ignored a particular disadvantaged group that is part of his base during his campaign, because he takes their vote for granted.

Then, he ends up losing the election by a razor tight margin. And in the statistics, they see that only about 30% of people in that group voted at all. If more of them had voted, he would've won. But he didn't win, because he took them for granted.

Wouldn't that particular scenario encourage the candidate's party to pay more attention to that particular group in order to keep them interested in actually voting?
it probably should. but... well, it doesn't.

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Topic21 men accuse Lincoln Project co-founder of harassment
averagejoel
01/31/21 3:51:57 PM
#7
Autocraticus posted...
Remember that these were the champions of the left during the 2020 election cycle
I don't think I saw a single positive word about them from anyone on the left

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TopicAnti-homeless people* measures may be the single greatest civic failing of usa
averagejoel
01/31/21 9:35:12 AM
#95
CanuckCowboy posted...
The rise of meth heads here really destroyed public empathy and tolerance for the homeless as a whole unfortunately.

I mean i get it. Needles everywhere and theft has skyrocketed. And the meth heads are often the most visible of the homeless population.

But it sucks that people largely seem to have forgotten that there are decent people in that population too.

"the rise of seriously mentally ill people here really destroyed public empathy and tolerance for the homeless as a whole unfortunately."

"I mean i get it. Needles everywhere and theft has skyrocketed. And the seriously mentally ill people are often the most visible of the homeless population."

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TopicAnti-homeless people* measures may be the single greatest civic failing of usa
averagejoel
01/30/21 7:13:23 PM
#48
Prismsblade posted...
Moving certanly is a solution with we're talking about the most expansive citys in the country. And if someone wants to argue for housing them, but NOT relocating them then the discussions are over before they've even begun.

Everyone wants to live in those citys and trying to house thousands of homeless in or anywhere near them is neither viable nor fair to the average citizens who either want to, or are paying a arm or a leg to do so.
then maybe housing should be a public service rather than a for-profit enterprise

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