Lurker > foolm0r0n

Uh we have ertyu, this doesn't even compare
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Is that pic not an axeable offense anymore?
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nokillingmoths posted...

auron hasn't been in a game since what? 2001?

2005

Solid hasn't been in a game since 2001 unless you count Old Snake (which no voters do) or Brawl (which most of the voters do)
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Zelda > Tifa in finals
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Dels posted...

well what do you mean by transaction?

Basically exactly what you just said
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You have to make a trade to get people to listen. It's a transactional game. Give them something they want first. Not sure if Chris wrote that yet.
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Thanks for that, Luster

Seriously thanks
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Undertale
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dey gotta hype down
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I thought this was about Crono > Bowser

I'm upset
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None of this makes any sense without examples tbh. There's archives so it should be possible. It's a lot more work obviously but this is already approaching published-strategy-book-on-amazon territory (if it's not just a platform for Chris rants). Which is actually a pretty cool idea that I don't think exists yet. Not that anyone would be interested in such a book.... maybe? We could convince all those mafiascum nerds to buy it.
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It would be funny if they were the same size as the pooh characters

Or they were normal size and they were contorting themselves into the pooh poses
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Kill all Alaskans
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https://youtu.be/Bk1gMAivD0U?list=WL&t=1206

Referring to no one in particular
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I'm down to play tonight
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As the topic ends, know that both Vlado and I agree with this wholeheartedly:

Nationalism is just as true for this world, as the sun rises in the morning in Alaska
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_foolmo_
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All those things clearly change (ESPECIALLY the Bible, religion, nationalism) and you know they do. So I guess all this falls into the same category as your denial of the sun in Alaska.

If you agree with something - pretend God created it since the beginning of time. If you disagree - it's just just a temporary exception.

I guess this is how easily Trump was made your God Emperor (and how quickly you dropped him). And how easily you cheer the deaths of millions of corner cases (except when you're the 20% of course).

That's all I wanted to show
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Vlado posted...

I already did. "It's on us to fight for our place under the sun."

Alright so you understand when the Alaskans fight you, they are fighting for the truth against your lies. It's God's nature vs your rhetoric.

Vlado posted...

You see, the truths you listed do not change over time

Half the things I listed are human inventions. Immigration, Christianity, abortion. You still don't doubt them at all, because some dude speaks well or draws a nice comic.

You also listed things that GOD LITERALLY CREATED by his own hand and which you can see yourself in reality, which you DO doubt (Alaska, two headed sheep).

It is not relativism to look at the creation of God and scoff. To dismiss nature as a corner case. It is relativism to look at the flawed creations of man (immigration, nationalism, etc) and believe them to have a higher authority than nature simply because you agree with them.
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Vlado posted...

No, I was talking about Trump

Come onnn I know your memory doesn't last long but it was only a few days ago:
Vlado posted...

foolm0r0n posted...

If he was, you would be the puppet. So of course you have to dismiss him, even though he got everything he wanted and still does. He's no genius or anything. He just has a lotttt of puppets.

He didn't get anything significant, sadly. Trump still hasn't done anything particularly significant. Yes, some relatively nice things were done, but he promised much more.

It started from "Bannon is not a puppetmaster"

Anyways, I don't think you care about being a puppet or your ego or anything. I know you're totally fine following people if you get what you want. It just seemed like you really didn't want to be part of Bannon's plan, based on the way you were contradicting the value of his accomplishments. But we've settled on that now so it's fine.
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Vlado posted...

If Bulgaria's welfare was ignored by those making things happen around the world (which, let's face it, it is), it's on us to fight for our place under the sun.

Right, so what do you say to those who treat Bulgaria's existence as "semantics" and a "corner case"? They say it's simply practical and rational to remove it from the map. How do you respond? That's all I'm wondering.

Vlado posted...

Because I have no doubts. It is clear as day

So never every dare say some bullshit like "doubt is healthy" again. Stick to what they told you. Never question yourself. Never visit Alaska in the winter.

And don't ever disagree with me when you 100% confirm what I am saying.

Vlado posted...

But as long as the ruler enacts policies which help 80% of the nation thrive, even if they inconvenience the other 20%, that is a GOOD ruler, and that is a model well worth following.

Don't think you've ever typed something like this out before! Others should take this and run with it in the next topic.
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Vlado posted...

Wrong. I have no doubts about obvious truths like the things you listed.

So, right. Again, agreeing with me immediately after disagreeing. I don't get it.

Most of the things I listed are human inventions anyways, so why not list the doubts you have there? God didn't invent immigration.

Vlado posted...

Cherry-picking does not change a natural truth.

But God DID invent Alaska (and Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Antarctica which have the same effect). And He made it so that the sun doesn't rise or set for 3 months at a time, consistently for the past 6000 years of its existence. So if you don't believe in God's own creation, which has been around since the start of time, then what do you think is a "natural truth"?

Looks like rejecting reality is your option in this case. Sad.

I KNOW you understand what an exception is. If I told you an obvious truth - "all prime numbers are odd", you would call me an absolute idiot and point out that 2 is even and it's prime. That's 1 out of infinity prime numbers, and yet you still understand that the exception invalidates my truth.

But your statement is wrong for about 10% of the area on Earth, and you have no problem ignoring it just to avoid admitting you were a TINY BIT wrong. It would be like leaving Bulgaria off the map because it only contains 0.1% of the world's population. Acknowledging your existence would be cherry picking.

And yes, books should say that SOME sheep have 2 heads, just like SOME humans are Bulgarian (two head sheep are more likely, actually). Obviously not "usually" because that means over 50%.
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Vlado posted...

Where is the contradiction? As president, so far he has failed to make significant changes to US policy.

When you said "He" in that quote you were talking about Bannon. You were trying to separate him from his accomplishments.

But he got Trump elected. You are saying that is very significant, and also that it's totally insignificant. That's the contradiction. Which is it?

Vlado posted...

Are you expecting Bannon to try to become God-Emperor of Mankind or something?

Yes, that's absolutely what he wants. Obviously he's just another angry old dude trying to leave a shitstain mark on this world, but that's how he operates. But YOU are the one following his plan. I am explicitly rejecting it.

Vlado posted...

Nationalism was never Trump's

No shit. Nazis, the British Empire, Japanese Empire, even the Romans and further back, all had nationalism.

But like you said, he was the medium for it. Bannon used gamers (yes, they attacked GAMERS!!) to get young nerds into nationalism, that doesn't mean gamers invented nationalism (as much as GGers wish it were true). And then he used the same techniques to get statists (Republicans, Democrats, socialists, etc) into nationalism through Trump. Then he threw away Trump and is now broadening that Trump appeal to a more global nationalism, through Breitbart.

You're agreeing with everything I'm saying. You just don't want to admit you were a part of his plan during GG and the election.
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Tadtones were so badass

Never seen any shit like that in a game before
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Just Cause 3 $5 on steam right now
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The sky was fine. It could definitely use more stuff but it doesn't NEED it. The main town was awesome and there were a few other cool islands. The connection with the ground (cubes) was cool too. The vast majority of the game is on the ground, which is great. The sky is more comparable to the little minigames that occur in between islands in WW, not the islands themselves. And those minigames were completely useless (along with like half the islands too), so at least the sky has something more than that.

The imprisoned fights just need to be turned into a big QTE or something. I'm not against repeated boss fights, but the lamest most boring boss 3 times?
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_foolmo_
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Yeahhh this is why buying a house sucks. It's not really a big deal in your situation though, seems like it works out.

Punnyz posted...

you're gonna be someone's tool no matter where you go unless you run your own shit or you worm your way to the top and get people fired and killed

Uh that escalated quickly and is clearly more propaganda that is meant to keep you scared of getting higher.

You can run your own shit and make a lot of money without getting people killed. You can choose to be an employer that empowers people with jobs and gives them an opportunity to express themselves that no one else could, for a salary that values their skills. Basically what you feel gamestop is doing for you, but for REAL.

Like look at how easily you're shitting on your dream arcade right now, just to justify your work at gamestop. You really think getting to your store requires cutthroat clawing up the food chain? You don't think your store would make people happier than that gamestop?

Your promotions and such are great, but unless you're getting equity in the company for when they die and sell off, you should invest your passion in your own things.
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SS is awesome but it's too hard for lots of people. Also it's a bit too slow. But nothing as bad as TP.
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_foolmo_
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If it's temporary and very well worth the extra time, then fine. But so many people think they just have to deal with long commutes because there's no other way. They don't consider the extra cost on their life

Moving so that you don't have a 2 hour commute is MUCH better than just gritting your teeth and burning a huge chunk of your life away every day. If it doubles your salary then obviously that's good. That's the difference between a sacrifice that invests in your future and one that steals from it.

Like Pun is saying he has to be stuck at the most dead end retail job possible (at least Best Buy etc aren't going bankrupt in the next 10 years), because the only alternative is a stupid long commute. Moving, trying different industries, widening prospects should all be tried first. Not to mention remote work which is possible for a lot of people. Even Pun, in addition to in-store work probably.

(Although moving for a job has its own set of risks, namely rebuilding your leverage. You can end up at the employer's mercy since they know you have no other options in the new city. But since Pun could work at literally any store with a door he would have a lot of leverage.)
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That doesn't look like a Darksiders game at all lol. But not sure what people expected considering there's really no connection between this and the previous ones other than the IP which they HAD to use cuz they paid so much for it so might as well.
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Peridiam posted...

I think I'll try watching the show alone. I've been watching it with my wife who hasn't enjoyed it for a second. Maybe that'll change my thoughts in some way.

That might work. You need to REALLY give the show the benefit of the doubt to try to enjoy it. There's too much bad stuff in it to ignore if someone is pointing even the littlest thing out.

Jason is a good example. Totally broken character but if you don't think about it at all, he's pretty fun.
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I hated the show completely when I first started watching it. For the reasons you described, but also the plot writing itself is just too stupid. People told me to continue and I did, and it doesn't really ever get good in those regards. It DOES get better though, I would say give it through 3-4 episodes into S2, which I would say is its peak.

I didn't know he also wrote Nosedive but it makes a lot of sense. They both definitely have the forced kinda writing you're talking about, but the plots themselves are also way too shallow for the amount of time and gravitas they pretend to have. It feels pretentious more than anything.

Like, a Community episode did Nosedive much better and with 1/3rd the time. That's how The Good Place feels too, even at its best. Like, did this really need to take this many episodes?
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Vlado posted...

What part of "Trump getting elected is the most important" didn't you understand?

Nothing. What part of the contradiction expressed here don't you understand:
Vlado posted...

What matters is that the US voted for nationalism

Vlado posted...

He didn't get anything significant, sadly.

You try to reject Bannon's success even though you praise his work in turning the US nationalist. And even today, you're a pawn for his current 3 goals:
1. Let Bannon hide out of the spotlight, absolve him of guilt
2. Broaden the appeal of nationalism in the media (using Breitbart etc)
3. Decouple nationalism from Trump, so someone else can replace him easily

Vlado posted...

What doubt is there to be had about obvious, natural truths?

You were the one telling me that some doubt is healthy. But fine, you have no doubts about what you believe, like I originally said. Next time don't disagree with me if you're just gonna agree again immediately. It's a waste of time.

Vlado posted...

You do not doubt that the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening

Alaska

Now what? You gave an example of an obvious, natural truth, that isn't actually true. There's an undeniable counter example. What do you do now? I am genuinely curious.

Do you revise your obvious truth? Do you reject the reality of the counter example? Either option requires you to admit you were wrong, in your path to truth (which is TOTALLY NORMAL AND OKAY btw, everyone does it). Are you able to do that?

Do you, in the future, consider that an absolutist statement like that might POSSIBLY have a counter example?
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

I take a bus for an hour into the city to and back everyday. My girlfriend drives an hour to work every day for her job she hates every day. I don't have any sort of sympathy for people not willing to go a distance for a better job.

This stuff sucks though. The commute is a big deal and saps your life. This is why being open to moving is really important too (not to a big city or anything, that's a fallacy too).
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Punnyz posted...

I especially take pride in making it the best damn gamestop ever

Yes, and I'm saying this is 100% charity to your bosses

What do you get for this pride? I'm talking about a real reward, not the pride itself. Spoilers: you can have pride in anything that you do well. Like your dream arcade concept. Would you have more love and pride for that, or for your gamestop? If it really is the gamestop, then fine, but I doubt it...

So your goal right now should be to get to your dream concept where you can feel TRUE pride Not so your energy and love can be mined by the bosses to keep their business going and their yachts fueled. To do that you need capital. Lots of money to open a new shop. $12 at gamestop will never get you there. But if you take the next step to a $20 job, and then another step, and then another step, and soon enough you will actually have the money and the knowledge to run a store. Barcades and such are totally growing in the US now so it's really a viable goal.

All you need is to look at your current job as a STEP in your career. Not as the peak.
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Vlado posted...

Hardcore_Adult posted...

Why does this line sound like something out of a mid-budget film that tanks at the pictures but mops its losses back up on Home media?

Because foolmo has interacted so much with me, he starts to adopt my way of expression. Stare into the abyss for too long, and it stares back into you. :)

I know very well how sensitive anti-sjws to discussion. I've been blocked by many a snowflake-hating defender of free speech for not following the book. This is a rare time when I actually want to talk with vlado and not have him shut down, so it's incredibly easy to just copy the recipe here.
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Globalist media is too focused on the US and Russia defending their borders from Mexican and Ukrainian invaders right now
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Vlado posted...

He didn't get anything significant, sadly. Trump still hasn't done anything particularly significant. Yes, some relatively nice things were done, but he promised much more.

Trump getting elected was the most important thing, but also it's not anything significant? You're lying about one of those.

You are so willing to throw away anything you say/believe to try to win an argument. It's a technique that works for Trump and other statists to convince the public to follow their authority, but you are just a regular dude trying to win an argument. It makes no sense for you to throw away all your principles just to defend your leader.

Vlado posted...

Doubt is healthy, no doubt. :) But if you succumb to doubt too much, you'll never get anything done.

What doubts do you have about any of your beliefs? Nationalism, christianity, homosexuality, abortion, immigration - list 1 doubt you have for each.

You in fact have NO doubts about ANYTHING you believe. 100% of your beliefs are based on the idea that it would be OBVIOUSLY RIDICULOUS to disagree with you (i.e. "imagine believing _______"). Anything less than complete confidence in what you're saying is a weakness, an obstacle that needs to be ERADICATED.

I know you genuinely WANT to believe it when you say "some doubt is healthy :^)", but you can't. Doubt has hurt you too much in the past for you to give it a chance again. The redpill is irreversible.... isn't it?

And so you will continue to be soft putty in the hands of those who, with absolute certain confidence, reject reality and preach their own. Until the next, more confident guy comes along.
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Same thing I would have said 6 years ago. Get a new fucking job. You have more than enough experience, connections, references etc to do it. Yes you're doing a good job and getting a lot of impressive shit done. But it's all 100% charity to your bosses. You aren't rewarded at all. Best you get is a missed Thanksgiving where your mom is alone. It's a drain on your life. Even if they gave you equity shares in gamestop, it wouldn't be worth it cuz that company is going down for sure soon. You need to take your skills to a better place.

The less you value yourself the more they can and will exploit you. Obviously there's no chance you would ever be fired in cases like these. You are prob a top 1% employee nationally. The only way they will keep you working is by keeping you ignorant of your value. They even made this chick a god damn manager, how could you possibly be at risk?

tl;dr upgrade your career already
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Gone Home
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I can imagine that. But that just means it tapped into your bloodlust and negative competitiveness. Basically what Goku does in DBZ, letting the world get as close to destruction as possible just so he can have a good fight. You enjoy it but it's a really bad side of humanity.
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They're not an exception because they induce frustration/despair/rage. It's all just trying to bring the worst out of you, and it works whether you realize it or not.
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Suprak you 100% missed the point of genocide
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Honestly I'll get mad at anything the internet tells me to haha GAMER PRIDE you know?
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Why do waiters need to buy bombs for the government to avoid being hypocrites?
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redrocket posted...

Wait, what has Nintendo done recently that was sex positive?

squid kids
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