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I don't have any strong feelings about Elon Musk himself, it's the lameass fan following he has that eats up every throwaway comment he makes like its the most profound thought humanity has ever had the privilege to record.

Reporter: Hey Elon, what do you think about the universe?
Elon: Well it's big I guess. I mean it would take a long term to travel across it, ha ha
Reddit /r/futurology: Elon Musk says universe is of indeterminate size but humanity capable of time travel
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This topic is sure to end well
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It's ok to be wrong
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divot1338 posted...

Is that bacon in your pocket or is my dog just happy to see you?

Jokes aside this tactic really works.

I remember dogsitting for my friend's dog. She kept telling me it would never work because "princess" (her ferocious shitzu) hates men and people in general.

And yeah, the dog did hate me at first, but a couple of schmakos and 5 minutes later we were old friends.
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Most people won't say it outright but you can bet that for a lot of people if the pets don't like you they'll feel a certain level of apprehension towards you too. Most pet owners seem to believe their pets have a special gift when it comes to judging character.
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It's sad because by my count she still managed to prop up 760lbs which is totally monstrous for anyone let alone a small woman, yet this entire thing makes her a liar.
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Oh, video:

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Basically long story short, this instagram fitness model posted a fake video of her doing a wallsit with 900lbs sitting on her knees for like a full minute. She makes it look easy. There's another picture with another fitness model standing on top of it, so I guess add another 110lbs or whatever.

So basically anyone who has even worked out for like 5 minutes knows this is stupidly fake. Like I'd be impressed if Brian Shaw managed to do that for 10 seconds. A 5ft6 instagram model, planking 900lbs? Just fuck off.

So some guy called her out on it, and here's where it gets weird - she decided to show up at that guy's location and prove she could do it. Obviously she couldn't. Like after 3 attempts she failed miserably. Of course she did.

So I don't get why she showed up there, 1) because she obviously couldn't do it, because she's human, and 2) what the fuck was she trying to prove? She made herself look extremely stupid and the sad thing is she's already clearly a beast. It'd be like a very very strong man showing he can lift a Ford with his pinky, like nobody is going to look at that and be all "wow that's amazing you're an inspiration".
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ItsYourFault posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Turtlebread posted...

pinky0926 posted...

You mean like what almost everyone under the age of 40 in an urban environment is wearing

where do you live? hipsterville?

The city

So Portland

You guys make me lol
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This really feels like they're taking a massive cleaveland steamer all over everything I know, but you know what? Just about everyone in this topic is going to watch this, including me.

I guess that's the lowest common denominator disney is banking on here. It doesn't need to be good, it just needs to be STAR WARS.
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Two_Dee posted...

Round glasses seem to be in now

They are but mostly people should just go with something that suits their face I feel, and not what is necessarily on trend unless they're super interested in being ultra trendy.
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Turtlebread posted...

pinky0926 posted...

You mean like what almost everyone under the age of 40 in an urban environment is wearing

where do you live? hipsterville?

The city
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...

and those stupid buddy holly glasses

You mean like what almost everyone under the age of 40 in an urban environment is wearing

Yeah that is really dumb those dumb hipsters lmao
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This shit is literally available at target, lmao
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Well that's simple, see - the poor are a nuisance, whereas Donny Jnr sticks it to liberals every chance he gets.
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Fatas - an original term invented by pinky0926 to describe trashy tapas, where all the foodstuffs come from various fast food places and are in no way conducive to health.

So we had Pizza Hut, Fried Wings (3 different types), Homemade nachos, pecan praline ice cream, subway cookies, strawberry whipped cream scones, cheese and chips from across the road and a 6 pack of beer each.

Did I make this topic already? I feel I did. But I neglected use of the term Fatas so there you go. Try it sometime. Requires trees.
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I guess next time make informed decisions based on real information and your personal tastes, and not take blanket advice from a forum of dorks like this one?
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DevsBro posted...

You know what I've noticed? It's rare to find someone who just doesn't like spicy food. It's either like or can't handle.

Like, nobody is like "yeah I ate some habaneros, they were ok but I'd rather have a hot dog."

What I have encountered though was a chef who rolled his eyes when I brought this up because so many guys (and usually only guys) are in a hurry to ruin a perfectly delicious meal in the effort to make it so spicy you can't taste anything else. I had to take his point tbh, as I was about to throw some carolina reaper sauce into a curry he made.
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I_Stay_Noided posted...

pinky0926 posted...

I_Stay_Noided posted...

as someone who brews beer for a living

lmao imagine not drinking beer

Ok tell me something for a sec

How is it lagers became so ubiquitous? As far as I can make out (at least at a domestic level), they're one of the most difficult and time costly beers to make. Is it because at a commercial level controlling temp is easy and the ingredients are cheap for this kind of beer?

I'm trying to work this out because when I make homebrew lager is absolutely the last option because it's never the most interesting AND it's one of the most difficult to make even slightly pallatable.

lagers are cheap to make

yes they take longer to brew/ferment but as far as the material cost goes they are the the cheapest beer

Figures. And the temp control is easy and cheap when you have big industrial vats right?
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I_Stay_Noided posted...

as someone who brews beer for a living

lmao imagine not drinking beer

Ok tell me something for a sec

How is it lagers became so ubiquitous? As far as I can make out (at least at a domestic level), they're one of the most difficult and time costly beers to make. Is it because at a commercial level controlling temp is easy and the ingredients are cheap for this kind of beer?

I'm trying to work this out because when I make homebrew lager is absolutely the last option because it's never the most interesting AND it's one of the most difficult to make even slightly pallatable.
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Her husband runs away and leaves her to raise their child by herself almost all the time - not out of a selfless desire to save the world, but mainly because he finds it fun and wants to see how strong he is.

Goku is the asshole.
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Having conversations about politics at work. Bold strategy cotton, let's see if it pays off.
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DragonGirlYuki posted...

charey posted...

If you want to get sick undercook chicken on your own time, a restaurant could get shutdown for doing that.

Both of you need to tag TC as a troll and be done with it
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Different strokes I guess, I never used to be a fan of the guy but these segments have been enjoyable. His Neil Young one was great.
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Asherlee10 posted...

I've been considering buying a Switch only for Zelda.

The way I reason it, a console having 5 good games or 20 good games makes no difference to me when I'm hardly going to have time to even get into 1 or 2 games properly.
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I stopped watching around the end of the dressrossa arc. I just couldn't make excuses for the pacing anymore. Luffy literally fought Bellamy for 30 episodes and in the manga it was like one chapter and barely relevant.

I'll maybe pick it up again (in fact I most definitely will) but it's not really the One Piece I remember anymore.
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I mean I'll also play Mario Kart and I'll probably pick up Skyrim because I never bought any of the DLC the first time around, but I still already have a bit of buyer's remorse and I haven't even purchased it yet.

Thoughts
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I really don't care to make any prior judgments until I see it. Heath Ledger as the Joker taught me that.
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My old housemate took a few years living in Mexico and came back speaking fluent spanish with a serious taste for all things chilli.

He then met the most gorgeous french girl...who couldn't even handle cracked pepper on her food without crying. That relationship didn't last long.
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"Ok sir, please fill out a F345AB12A form and submit with companion form F345AB12B form with a certified copy of your mother's left breast and a scanned copy of the necronomicon signed in the blood of your father. Please ensure you include colour scans of all 4001 pages of each document, including the 3999 that don't inform us of anything. Also we want all of your payslips going back to the time you were 16 and worked in a chip shop."
"Where can I get those forms? Are they on the website?"
"No, you'll need to visit head office, which is exactly in the centre of the the cbd with no parking anywhere nearby, on floor 37 but with no clear signage anywhere and a thoroughly miserable doorman. Also our office hours are 11 to 3 but we close for lunch for an hour."

Thanks government.
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She's from Hawick, one of these small insular little towns in the borders that had somehow remained largely unchanged for centuries.

She says everything so strangely. For examples, "glasses" is pronounced "glay-sees". "Do" as in "do something" is "dae", so "gonnae dae it". But added confusion because "dae ken" also means "don't think so
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Long story short she could say a sentence like "ah had a pure barry taem doon spoons las sa'day, but ah dae keen weir mah glaysees fae seen to" and it would mean "I had a great time at the pub last Saturday but I lost my glasses and I've no idea where they've gone".

Also she's a senior accountant.
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CEs_EFG posted...

is FF_Redux that Swedish apologist? Him and I think that scar the 1 fella are super in denial about their refugee problem

Strikes me less like swedish apologist and more like actual swedish person living in sweden able to give a localised perspective fairly unique on CE. Which doesn't automatically make him right, but at least warrants some respect.

Not dissimilar to how often I see pretty laughable viewpoints expressed about what it's like to live in the UK. You know, I have a lot of opinions about American politics and ideologies but I don't really claim to understand what it's like to live there.
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metro.co.uk

Ok so maybe 15% of this story is based on real life events
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I'd say then that that's either something you drop into conversation casually to see what the response is or confront directly before it's potentially a problem, since you don't want to get married ever I'm assuming.
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Well couple of things -

1. How often does she stay over? Do you at least have an idea of what it's like to have her stay the night and go through her daily routine?

2. Even if it works out cheaper in terms of bills and contributions, I can't say it feels that way. Depending on what kind of person she is, you may end up pressured to spend more money on activities. I feel like most guys can just happily sit in their underpants with a beer and do very little, but nothing upsets women more than seeing this. If she's remotely normal she'll be wanting to go out and do shit like every weekend.

There's also the shitload of heating and energy women seem to use for everything.
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On story vs gameplay -

I think a balance is needed. If a game is all gameplay but no story - e.g. Kingdoms of Amalur, you failed to get dragged in and immersed in the game at all. It had terrific combat but there's only so many "go find my magic ring" fetch quests for NPCs that all look exactly alike you can do before it's really dull.

On the other hand too much story and not enough gameplay is a trap a lot of games fall into and creates a frustrating "just let me fucking play already" experience. How I felt about most MGS games.

I think more than just the story it has to be an immersive, engaging experience. I think that's what made Skyrim so gripping. It wasn't an original story by any means but it did an immense job of dropping you into it and making a cinematic experience you actually got to play rather than simply watch.
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

pinky0926 posted...

What is it you take issue with here exactly?

The idea that models are outdated.

I'll believe that's a genuine idea when the fashion industry folds.
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I used FFX as an example because despite being perhaps the most perfectly balanced RPG I've ever played it still runs into this issue of having to choose and feeling slightly strongarmed into giving everyone a shot, i.e. the problem is fundamental and not something you can escape even with very good game design.

Maybe it's just me. I'm that guy that hordes items I'll never use and feels like everyone has to level up their EXP otherwise I'm not playing the game properly.
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medzz posted...

and they wonder why Trump was elected

The profile descriptions are comforting. These people are all like 20-22, probably unemployed, studying their way through a liberal arts bachelor. Now there's nothing wrong with being any of those things but give it a few years and some genuine responsibilities and see how much time they'll have to shitpost about stuff like this.
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I think a lot of it is a weird sort of nerd identity thing going on.

I dislike Apple as a company and I don't want to give them any more money, but I have to admit Macs are simply better in a number of ways that makes them a dealmaker for most people, if they can afford it.

I'm a PC guy, but you spend so much goddamn time customizing and fixing and patching your PC. Yes, you get more hardware for less money, and you get more freedom to use the product as you see fit, but on the other hand, it's a constant battle with bugs and issues and unpredictability.

In all the time I've used macs (mainly for work, or other people's) I've never really ran into any major issues beyond trying to relearn the UI. You turn it on and it boots up instantly and everything runs predictably and quickly. It's a setpiece.

I see the appeal but I balk at the pricetag and the lack of game support. And also the general cultiness of it all.
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We should get one of those "emoji blackface" SJWs to chime in on her use of memes and watch them destroy each other, like some very shitty episode of battlebots.
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I'm sort of a hybrid and have done both, so certain things amuse me about both city folk and town/country folk.

City Folk tend to have better things to talk about, but they never want to talk to you and everyone sort of lives in a default state of suspicion and weariness. But there is at least a sense that people are doing things with their lives and you can go out and see interesting stuff at any time.

Country folk tell you the same shit stories every day in the pub, but at least everyone is friendly and willing to help out with small things. For example, I mentioned to a guy that worked at the butchers that I was going to put together some pulled pork sliders and the next day he just turned up at my doorstep with a 4lb bone-in pork shoulder. That never happens in the city.

There was an anecdote on QI that explains the difference perfectly. A guy and his city friend were doing a roadtrip around the UK and stopped off at Hadrians wall (country area). They passed someone else at the location and the country guy (the one telling the story here) said "hello" and the stranger said hello back. Then after they walked away city guy asks "did you know that guy?"

Overall I prefer the city but there are some things I certainly miss. Space, and peace, and a sense of familiarity and belonging is all very much a town thing.
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

shockthemonkey posted...

How many the free market is wrong if I dont like where it leads topics has Mal made over the years?

Where did I even once suggest that shouldn't be allowed to do this

Supporting the concept of a free market doesn't mean supporting everything that happens in it, just like supporting someone's right to free speech doesn't mean you support anything they say.

What is it you take issue with here exactly? A company deciding to gut out obsolete arms of the business, or not being able to stare at some clad T&A in 2018 when infinite T&A is one google search away? Like what is it that's offended you so badly here, I don't understand.
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This is clearly 100% a commercial decision. I thought you were a fan of free market practises mal?
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au_gold posted...

How fat are you?

6ft1, 170lbs. Right now I feel more like 190 though.
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Last night I ate:

- half a pizza
- 3 boxes of hot wings (maybe 12 pieces)
- a plate of nachos
- an entire tub of ice cream
- some cake and cookies
- (drank) 4 high ABV beers

I felt so sick but I just couldn't stop
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This topic is very enjoyable.
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Say a game that gives you 8 people to switch out in a 3 person team. And only 6 of those are good choices, and of those 6 at least 3 of them are redundant because the other 3 are better. But then you feel like you have to keep using them all anyway to keep their levels up. And towards the end when you have all of those characters inevitably you just start shunting the ones you don't like as much to the side and forgetting about them.

FFX is an example where you felt compelled to make sure everyone got a turn but really there were only like 3-4 people you consistently used. Xenoblade Chronicles was an example where you just straight up forgot about 3 of the characters.

I'm not sure it's a good mechanic. I think I'd just prefer 3 permanent characters that can have more variety to their build choices.

Thoughts?
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J E S U S posted...

Nowhere near as likeable

Are you fucking joking? Michael Jordan is maybe the worst person ever. It's a case of "well he's a next-level asshole, but I guess he gets a pass because he was such a god-tier athlete".
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