Lurker > fire_bolt

Lost my father a few years back in a very similar manner. I won't go into details (unless you wanna DM me) but hoping for a better outcome for you, man.

EDIT: Didn't read the whole topic. My deepest sympathy.

Real response for a second.

As time goes by, I've come to realize that I'm not attracted to women so much as the female aesthetic. So genitals matter to me less than looking and acting like a "traditional" woman. Like, there are some YT channels who do skits and despite it literally being a dude in a wig with a 5 oclock shadow I'm like "Oh shit, she's hot" because they do a feminine personality.

So yeah, the "perfect" woman but she has a dick? Absolute win in my book.

hereforemnant posted...

Relevant: Steam just made it so you can hide specific games on your account from your friends list & Public
Use this information as you will

Yeah, an option for FUCKIN' LAMERS who can't be honest about who they are. #horny-on-main

Sexypwnstar posted...

Well, I just queued up a Eushully game after I finish this up.

I'm a huge fan of Kamidori Alchemy Meister: The God Captor, personally. VERY solid TRPG game with several visual novel paths and great scenes. Sincerely, one of the best TRPGs I've ever played. The eroge aspects are just a nice bonus.

Israel as a country sucks (because they consistently treat all Palestinians as terrorists). Hamas as a terrorist organization sucks. The country of Palestine is not great.

Unfortunately you have a shit ton of civilians stuck between the terrorist organization of Hamas and Israel who constantly get caught in the crossfire. It is definitely "both sides" in that everyone with a platform in the region fucking sucks. That does nothing to help the people who just want to live their day-to-day lives.

I made it to like the first boss battle and just couldn't get into the whole human/demon hybrid plot thing. Just didn't click with me. Should I give it another shot or is it just gonna be awkward demon interactions forever? I LOVEd SMT 4, for the record, second only to Devil Survivor 2 in the Atlus library for me

harley2280 posted...

Imagine thinking not throwing a hissy fit is the same thing as shilling and then adding the embarrassment of not knowing what an ad hominem attack is.

Imagine imagining that you can imagine.

harley2280 posted...

Imagine having such a meltdown you think McDonald's is a person and you start reeeeeeeeeing about shills.

Imagine trying to deflect from shilling hard enough you have to make ad hominem attacks.

harley2280 posted...

Imagine having a melty over a fast food place having an app.

Imagine being a shill for fucking McDonald's of all people

Trelve posted...

If you can, try and buy a used revision 1 version of the Switch. For reasons...

PraetorXyn posted...

If you insist on a Switch 1, Id try and get a used revision 1 one so you can dump your games and emulate them better than the Switch can natively run them.

Both of these people know what's up

MatzoTov posted...

Which sucks because their app is the only way to get tolerable pricing from McDonalds anymore.

There is a simple solution to this: Quit fucking shopping at places that are being blatantly grossly anti-consumer. If everyone in the world deleted the McDonald's app over this and stopped shopping there, McDonald's would be forced to pursue a more traditional marketing path instead of trying to force users to use their app. Unfortunately the offer of "free fries Friday" or what the fuck ever is too much temptation for the average person. In exchange for pennies on the transaction McDonald's gets to streamline their ordering, reduce the number of cashiers they need, and protect themselves from liability in one fell swoop. Anyone pitching a fit about self checkout should be far, far more upset by the trend towards app-based sales.

Mystereave posted...

The game's pretty non-linear as you progress, so just saying what fight you're currently on isn't a good indicator of overall progress.

For what it's worth, the Hornet rematch isn't even a required battle to beat the game IIRC, but it is necessary for the better endings.

This. Only about 20% of the game is "required", at best, even without fancy movement tricks. You don't even need all the core movement/traversal powers. Its been awhile since I played but IIRC if you're at the Hornet re-fight then you have double jump and that alone can get you damn near everywhere in the game. If you've got that you can pretty much bee-line to the Dreamers without much difficulty.

Even getting the "good" ending only requires like 30% of the game or so. It basically adds 2 extra sections that are more plot heavy and combat light (no bosses in either one).

Rai_Jin posted...

that sounds nice actually.

This

NittanyLions23 posted...

Thats not a justification.

Its a way to help the uninformed better understand the situation.

The restaurant owner is probably not going to pay anything out of pocket for this.

Its an insurance claim.

Period.

Is this Bevern Rabbit's alt? Cuz that's the only dude I know with takes as consistently bad as Bevern

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angeleyes94 posted...

But why do dat doe?

Aaaand to the Ignore list you go.

shockthemonkey posted...

If youve got quotes blocked then a lot of people quoted #323 to laugh at how dumb of a comment it was

This is probably it

Man, lots of missing posts suddenly. Who is shitting up the place?

Asherlee10 posted...

In what ways are these violations to bodily autonomy rights?

If you didn't catch it earlier, Nin Nin here has no idea what bodily autonomy actually is and has been using it like it was the first time he ever heard a $5 word.

Asherlee10 posted...

Corpses have more rights than women in the US currently. :(

And its fucking stupid. Everyone should have full control over what happens to their body, full stop. There is no extenuating circumstances where that changes

KitKats posted...

This is a very good point, and it tends to be a problem in topics surrounding basic human rights.

Well, at least when a person is discussing someone else's basic human rights. I can assure you with 100% certainty that if the issue was about whether or not men should be forced to be organ donors virtually every bad faith troll would fully support men's right to choose what to do with their extra kidney.

Funkydog posted...

I feel silly in 'coming to the defence of ninjalover' and will bask in my shame of not reading through more of the topic as arguing pedantry should be beneath me.

This is a respectable way to hold an L. Props

Ninjaluver posted...

No. I'm pro-choice, but I'd put the cutoff right at about 20 weeks.

That's probably where I would grant it personhood because that's when research tells us it has developed enough. Once you grant the child personhood, then you have to accept that termination would be murder.

Unless it's necessary to save the life of the mother, then there shouldn't be a restriction.

So not actually pro choice, got it

sabin017 posted...

https://youtu.be/o3SZee4YZX8

Jesus, bringing the big guns. Guess I gotta dig deep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7fU99tAGyQ

Shotgunnova posted...

You're welcome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcmduaPX1BA

We have a winner, folks. Pack it in

DrizztLink posted...

https://youtu.be/mSNKnMJ4A_g

Excellent taste as always, bud. I'd offer you some Acid Bath as a contribution in this vein but finding it online is a goddamn CHORE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR0vk-1vRGk&list=OLAK5uy_kDBIr6sL5VF0VToQzDcO_2So-bL3qjXOY

This entire album maybe

Odds of winning the Powerball are 1: 280M. Cost of a ticket is $2. If the payout, after taxes and taking cash up front, is greater than $560M then at that point you are not gambling, you're making a long shot investment because the on average ROR on a ticket is greater than the $2 cost.

Option to use OG translation or RIOT

I've played a few games where it made sense and didn't feel as obtrusive as a popcorn kernel stuck under your gums. Don't Starve/Together comes to mind, where virtually everything has durability. The game labels it self as an "Uncompromising Survival" game and follows up on that pretty well. A core philosophy of the game is making due with what you can find so you can build up to better things. The game very deliberately does not want players to get comfortable and pushes them to not become complacent and item durability is a big part of that. Your tools WILL break so you need to keep looking for more crafting mats. Your weapons and armor WILL break as you are being hunted so you better find new sources of gear. You WILL run out of food unless you keep going further afield to forage or start farming.

shockthemonkey posted...

If there was no caste discrimination going on then no one would have fought to keep it legal.

[Citation Needed]

Kradek posted...

Or does the U.S. have some sort of caste discrimination I'm unfamiliar with that is similar to such?

It doesn't. This is literally a nothingburger. Somebody dug out an ancient alt to post a rightwing dog whistle

2r1aqueroso posted...

We are talking current gen... what cope are you talking about? I literally never had an issue. Own all platforms. Why would a D-pad from 1985 drift?

You said "All controllers no matter the platform", not "All modern console controllers no matter the platform."

MrCokeacola posted...

Semantics are very important to modern Nintendo fans.

2r1aqueroso posted...

Or to anyone who follows logic.

Try to at least be consistent in your trolling.

R_Jackal posted...

8bitdo ultimate

DIdn't even know this existed. Been looking at a replacement for my busted Joycons for a couple of days and a wireless option for my PC for a couple of years. Thanks bunches!

HOON posted...

Ive been saying that its a training issue for decades. Every time I hear unarmed black man shot by cops I reiterate that rules of engagement and trigger discipline enforcement like we had in the military would have prevented this. But those kinds of things require training. Letting cops patrol without ANY training is just irresponsible!

Like, US Armed Forces basic E6's have better fire discipline literally just out of basic in active war zones at 18/19 years old than veteran cops have dealing with unarmed civilians. Training fucking matters

I did a paper on this exact thing in college about a decade ago and that first section of the meme is *extremely* misleading.

... It shows the average number of training hours in the US is 500. That means tallying up every police department in the country and averaging them out it works out to 500. What it *doesn't* show is how big a disparity inside the US it can be. For instance, on the upper end Connecticut requires over 1100 hours of training. Hawaii requires 0. Many states allow you to work between 6 months and a year as a beat cop before you are required to complete basic training. Many states require 0 field training shifts. Here's a site that breaks it down state by state:

https://www.trainingreform.org/state-police-training-requirements

Looking through them, you can see a direct correlation between higher training standards and lower deaths for both civilians and police, with a few outliers (Hawaii is justified in their 0 training hours, lol. Ain't nobody dying out there).

Naturally, Mississippi is leading the charge in fucking this up with well below the average training hours, 0 field training hours, well below the average training hours required each year for officers out of basic, cops can work up to 2 goddamn years without finishing training, and obviously the highest deaths per capita of any first world country. Honestly, I know people kinda joke about the police being the largest gang in the country but with those shitty training stats in Mississippi it isn't really joking tbh

8BitDo Pro controller, hands down the best controller I've ever held

2r1aqueroso posted...

all controllers drift no matter the platform.

This is some fucking cope lmao. Never even heard a rumor of an NES/SNES/Genesis/PS1/PS2/N65/GC/Etc controller doing anything except working pretty much perfectly. It is only with the most recent gens that "drift" has ever happened, and while I hear about it happening occasionally to Sony/Microsoft controllers it seems to happen to every pair of Joycons ever made. I'm on my third iteration of drifting joycons at this point. The OG ones with my first and second Switch, and now the repaired ones from my first Switch are failing. There's a reason Nintendo offers to fix them for no charge, even paying the shipping to do so. Otherwise they'd risk a class-action lawsuit.

Godnorgosh posted...

After I took my joy-cons in for repair at Nintendo years ago I haven't had any issues with drifting. Originally they started drifting after like... a year. I think Nintendo's fine-tuning their repairs or something because they seem more durable than before.

I had a set repaired and after about a year of use they've started drifting worse than ever. It sucks because atm I don't have another controller with gyro in it and aiming stuff in TOTK with just the stick is a BITCH

Voted for Vincent but honestly it is really easy to get around his "downside". His Limit is not-great most of the time? Cool, slap one of his 255% accuracy weapons and a Deathblow materia on him for 100% accurate guaranteed crits, completely bypassing the need for the Attack command. But still, mechanically his tool kit is super limited and plotwise he's the odd man out. Getting Yuffie adds a lot to the world. Getting Vincent adds a tiny amount of context for the Turks and toys specifically for Vincent.

Nosferatu_Zodd posted...

I do believe the dems would have been better off keeping McCarthy in than potentially having to deal with Jim Jordan or someone of his ilk as speaker.

Nope. People pearl clutching over an alt right idiot possibly getting the Speaker position do not understand how this works. McCarthy was allowed to appoint his own pro temp stand in if this scenario (or any other scenario where he was unable to fill his role of Speaker) happened. Unless a successful election happens that gent will be acting Speaker for the forseeable future. "Moderate" GOP members have literally no reason to vote for someone crazy just to fill the seat because one of their men is already filling it, and the Democrats would light themselves on fire before they voted for a domestic terrorist. So what will happen is largely business as usual except the MAGA crowd will now be putting forth motions to let Trump be Speaker probably every single day and those motions will fail. Its gonna be hilarious.

Shadow_Don posted...

everyone should stop right there

I sure did. What the Democrats did was speed up the process of the GOP eating its self alive and "moderate" conservatives are absolutely *seething* as they lose more and more power.

sabin017 posted...

Loop Hero has base-building as its roguelite element....

God I played the living SHIT out of Loop Hero when it first came out. Amazing game. Unless they've added new content, though, I've long since maxed it out. I was either the first or at least among the first players to route out an infinite-loops build.

Naysaspace posted...

civilisation series

This is actually a great recc but Civ games tend to take longer than my attention span can last. Looking for something I can play in 30-60 minute sessions where a full map of Civ takes several hours in my experience

Looking for something kinda Warcraft 2/3 ish but hopefully the base carries over between chapters rather than starting fresh each time. Bonus points if it is more on the turn based side rather than the RTS side

MrResetti posted...

I was maybe 13 or 14 and went with my sister, her sister in law, and niece.

The sister in law has a twist tie in her fettuccine. She told the server who apologized and said "the meals come prewrapped in plastic with those twist ties on before they're reheated". They gave her another serving and let her keep the original.

The food is made, twist tied in plastic wrap, and reheated when ordered.

Chef here. Let me preach on it.

Short version: Authentic pasta dishes take FOREVER to prep and do not hold well. Noodles aren't too bad (good italian places use something that looks like a deep fryer but filled with water to fast-cook noodles) but anything like lasagna etc is definitely gonna be pre-made or have a VERY long wait time compared to most other entrees. As a result, most dishes are in fact pre-made. This is a very common industry practice.

That said, there are different levels of "pre-made". On the worst end of the spectrum, the entire dish is fully assembled and frozen, then microwaved to thaw it out and ran thru an oven to "finish" it before it is plated. The middle of the road is what is described here. The dish is fully prepped at the beginning of dinner service and held chilled (but not frozen) until ordered at which point is it reheated and served. The best way of doing it, and the way most high end places do it, is all of the ingredients are pre-prepped but not assembled. So for a lasagna the meat is fully cooked and held hot, noodles are par cooked (IE cooked al dente where you would normally cook lasagna noodles til soft), sauce is cooked and held hot. Then when ordered the dish is assembled and slapped in an oven until the cheeses melt and the noodles finish softening.

The reason more places don't do this is because if not enough of the dishes are ordered than are prepped then you have to waste out the ingredients at the end of the night. The first method, freezing dishes, you can keep the dish for weeks until someone orders it. In the second case it can be frozen at the end of service or even held for a day or two. The final method, however, the hot-held ingredients can only be kept for about 4 hours before they have to be trashed. Corporate kitchens DO NOT like wasting out food

Blame Chef Mike

AceMos posted...

you do know you guys are just giving more work for the moderators with these stupid joke topics

Are the poor mods having to do their job? How unfortunate.

Alexa, play Despacito