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Russman posted...

How slow are you running?

How fast are you running to think you can outrun a dog, lmao

kingdrake2 posted...

the news stigma still causes me to fear german shepherds but not so much rottweilers. i have met one of those in real life and had a positive experience they're massive dogs.

They frighten the hell out of me. Border Collies too. I used to have 2 and now I don't trust them at all.
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KILBOTz posted...

running in the city i only come across the small yappy dogs you are afraid you will step on and kill or well trained dogs on leashes.

as a kid i grew up in the country where a lot of people didn't believe in fencing in their dogs. i ran with a small club i had to use a couple of times to get a dog to back off.

Yep this is the country, so most of these dogs are off their leads. I definitely don't want to get close to a German Shephard to find out if it's friendly or not.

Not that 130lb Sally can do sweet fuck all even with a lead if a dog that size loses it...
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There's either the little shit dogs that get super excited that you're running and think it's a game and you're worried about stepping on them

Or there's the labradors that get just as excited and block the path

OR, and this is my personal least favourite - there's the scary dogs. Yesterday this single mother with her baby in a pram was taking her two german shephards for a walk. Soon as I rounded the corner they stopped dead in their tracks, ears went up, tails went deadly still. I guess a man running towards their cub or whatever was a threat. I turned the fuck around and went back the way I came.

I'm cool with dogs and all but fuck dogs during running time
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Squall28 posted...

I'm not really familiar with what dog whistling is, but after reading the wiki article, how is this an example of it? It's pretty blatant for racists. Is there an additional coded message,or is it a parody statement so the irony is the message.

In this context it's saying some straight up bullshit to justify your prejudice. So, "immigrants" and "settlers" are understood to be inherently different things, without explicitly having to say "arab terrorists" and "the original white people".
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lmao
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Russman posted...

Its fascinating to look at past cultures

Past cultures? Stuff like this still happens in a lot of countries. You can still get necklaced in much of africa for being gay.
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Risky fucking move trying to rehash one of the most legendary and brilliant shows from the late 90s. Even if it's great it's going to pale in comparison.
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Bacon_Pancakes posted...

Half of America is under the mindset that their starchy, sodium filled foods need just a bit more salt and it'll be a 5 star meal.

When I feel like self-harming I look up youtube videos of michelin star meal preparation and read the comments
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Can't remember where I read it, but I remember this quote: the overabundance of cheap grains is contributing to humanity's biggest health crisis.
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Once you date a couple of hot chicks you realise that sometimes the booty really is not fucking worth the rest of the shit you have to put up with
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I think that's a very good reason to make resigning from your job your number 1 priority. I would seek help first though, if you can afford it.
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StucklnMyPants posted...

Dunkey is hilarious.
The game has legit faults.
But it's still good and I'm still going to play it.

Him dumping on the game doesn't change the fact that I like his videos, nor does it change the fact that I like the game. People are way too touchy nowadays.

Unfortunately this is a case of nintendo fans living up to the stereotype. Not a doubt in my mind he's receiving death threats from overgrown 9 year olds right now.
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Conflict posted...

Good lord there's a 300 post topic about this video on the Octopath board. And it reminded me of why I generally avoid game boards

Only thing worse than the game boards are the anime boards. So many emotionally stunted invidivuals.
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Conflict posted...

Ys VIII also does that. It's basically a "you shouldn't access this area yet" warning sign.

unfortunately in XB2 it's a "you have to run through here so you'll need to take a really creative route and maybe give that big guy a 1km berth"
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Conflict posted...

I fully understand the dislike for random encounters too, I find myself fleeing battles at times when I'm just trying to get from point A to point B

That being said y'all should know by now there's a bunch of JRPGs (mostly action) that don't have random encounters. Radiant Historia is a great example of one

Xenoblade Chronicles series doesn't have random encounters, but it does have this other problem of accidentally aggroing a level 90 Boss from really far away when you're like a level 5 noob. Dunkey also touched on that in his XB2 review.

I do think it's a cool feature to see these behemoths from the start though. Gives you a sense of scale and how far you have to go.
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I agree with him.

People are falling back on the "Dunkey just doesn't like JRPGs" argument, but I don't think that's the takeaway. Dunkey doesn't like these particular elements of JRPGs that haven't changed at all in like 20+ years.

Entertaining game and if that's exactly your kind of game then cool, but don't be surprised about the criticism. If someone says they don't like JRPGs that doesn't mean any opinion they have on JRPGs is irrelevant. It probably just means that they don't like JRPGs for certain tropes in JRPGs and are therefore criticising this game for adhering to them.
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SpiralDrift posted...

It really depends on what was actually refurbished.

OS/reinstall - Sure
Motherboard - Hell fucking no
Hard drive - This probably just means it was replaced, so sure.
RAM - This probably just means it was replaced, so sure.
Screen - Sure
Keyboard - Sure
Power supply - Sure
DC jack - Sure

Of course, if the HDD or RAM were actually refurbished then that's a big hell no to both of them.

Makes sense I guess. Is there some kind of industry certified refurb standard or something?
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I've become a big believer in refurbished electronics but I don't know the state of the laptop industry to comment on this.
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Kaiganeer posted...

i really liked the voice acting for the most part. nia's voice is great

It's really hard for me to suspend my disbelief when Nia sounds like a Kelcy from the valley on her way home from a bangin' night down at the local, chips and cheese in one hand and heels in the other

WonkyKong posted...

What chapter are you on?

Uh chapter 4 I think? Just got Roc
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Sorry, meant to say Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

First game had basically none of these problems.

The environments in this are amazing though.
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My tastes for games have changed to what I can find time for. As much as I'd love to play all the balls deep RPGs, honestly a round of two of mario kart works out better most of the time. I get too much guilt now if I spend 4 hours on a saturday getting sunk into a JRPG.

The unexpected bonus is that because I'm so fucking behind on my backlog and barely find time to play games, I'm still absolutely blown away by games or mechanics that are basically 10 years old at this point. So I can pick up games for cheap and absolutely adore them even though they're already really old news.
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Between the grating accents and some cringe VA performances, the excessively overcomplicated item/modding system, the far too many different steps you need to make to upgrade your characters, the annoying tutorials, the boring sidequests that take far too much time and require too many rare item drops, the slow-ass combat and the fanservice that surely only appeals to 6 year old boys, it was maybe the worst start to a good game I can remember.

But it's coming together now. Combat is starting to get a good flow to it that reminds me of the original Xenoblade. I've got some half decent blades finally so I can actually perform combos. The story is genuinely good. I've realised this is basically pokemon but instead of collecting animals you collect anime girls.
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Ever have one of those moments where someone makes an offhand, inoffensive comment but it hits a big ass nerve and ruins your fucking week and you still think about it from time to time?

I was talking with a friend and mentioned how I couldn't go to X party and it's a shame because a few people wanted me to go, and he said "haha, I wouldn't worry about it [pinky], not exactly like you're the lifebread of the party". Lowkey telling me I'm a boring uncharasmatic person. Fucked me up for a long time.
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I hate when this happens and it's happening in every fight in xenoblade chronicles 2.
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50 % is a fucking lot. 3.35 billion titans kicking about. The fuck we gonna do about that
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Seriously this is a really niche trolling subject, who decides that's going to be their thing to shitpost about?
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it is kinda entertaining tbh
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CharlesBronson posted...

because if you keep $100 in your checking account, your only out $100. If they skim your credit card and your card has a $10,000 credit limit, then you could be out $10,000.

This never happens, lmao

Meanwhile something that does happen is people having their debit cleaned out.

Let's recap on some basics:

- when someone steals from your credit card, they're actually stealing from the bank, not from you. The bank takes this really seriously.
- when someone steals from your debit card, they're stealing directly from you. The bank might be sympathetic but also entirely unmotivated to help outside of basic support.
- there are literally different laws that apply in each case that mean that credit cards are categorically safer for consumers than debit cards.
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darkjedilink posted...

I doubt ISIS or the EU think he's a pussy.

Just saying.

The EU is not intimidated by him if that's what you mean, mostly we're all just very embarrassed on your behalf and hope the problem gets resolved in a couple of years
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CharlesBronson posted...

You don't understand. The refund they gave you was only provisional credit. You have to wait for them to investigate the fraud and make a decision before you know whether or not they will take the money back.

Please explain in 100 words or less how this is worse than having your debit card skimmed and the bank shrugging their shoulders at you.
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Remember that clown in your previous topic that was telling you that credit cards are a scam and that you'll never get that money back and that debit cards are better in every way

lol indeed
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

pinky0926 posted...

I don't think Call of Duty and online FPS games are that casual tbh. You start these games and you suck, and there's a lot of not very intuitive stuff to learn. You play online and you always suck. Sure, they seem to attract people who are not "gamers", but they still seem to sink in an enormous amount of time into these games even if they also seem to be gym-going non-nerd bros.

Call of Duty actively introduces mechanics to make the game easier to play.

So does the Devil May Cry series. Die too many times you get an easy mode. Not uncommon for games to have mechanics that allow them to be more beginner friendly.
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bknight posted...

Any super popular phone game, can't get more casual than not needing a dedicated console or a PC of some kind, which can be played in spurt on the toilet.

Most of those games don't even have gameplay in them. Just jump on, tap the screen a few times and sign out.
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I don't think Call of Duty and online FPS games are that casual tbh. You start these games and you suck, and there's a lot of not very intuitive stuff to learn. You play online and you always suck. Sure, they seem to attract people who are not "gamers", but they still seem to sink in an enormous amount of time into these games even if they also seem to be gym-going non-nerd bros.

On the other hand, much of what Nintendo puts out is super casual and lends itself to being able to pick up and play regardless of age or ability. A beginner can pick up Mario Kart or Kirby and be pretty decent at it (at least enough to play and enjoy) in like 5 minutes.

You can play a few matches of smash on your lunch break with people who have never played it before.

That to me is true casual gaming, not the idea of gatekeeping certain videogames on a more cultural lvel because they're not dorky enough for your tastes.
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COVxy posted...

This is a pretty unfunny gimmick account.

He sounds a lot like hoth
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I can give you a laundry list of bad things he's done without even trying
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AvantgardeAClue posted...

I've literally never had to yank the HDD out of any of my computers or otherwise hard retrieve data so this seems like accentuating the negative

You have plenty of reliable backup options on Mac just like other Apple products

This is also a compelling argument

Backup options are a hell of a lot smarter and more easily automated than they used to be, really we should be moving away from the hell that is waiting for an epic system failure and then relying on a last resort data retrieval like this.
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Le__seul_dieu__ posted...

people still using apple products in 2018?

Why wouldn't they be
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Godnorgosh posted...

treewojima posted...

oh yeah, and these things have an Intel i9 with inadequate cooling, thus increasing the odds that your logic board will get cooked

Your logic board was already cooked if you decided to buy and use an Apple product unironically

It would be handy if they were just a universally worse product but unfortunately they're still better at certain things
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This is just another move to stop you from being able to do any kind of maintenance on your tech. Typical apple.

Sooner or later you won't even be able to wipe the fucking screen on your iPhone unless you use a certified Apple iCloth
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^I was quite tickled to see some sites contributing to the effect in on the meme by reporting on it, like The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/trump-idiot-google-images-search
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From a technical point of view it's not really that hard. You tag an image with the word that people should search for to find the image, plus some other SEO related tricks. The hard part comes in coordinating enough hit results to warrant google putting it at the top of the list. That's actually near impossible in any other circumstance when talking about a word as generic as this.

Like if you came to me as a client and said "Ok, we need the word Idiot to come up with this picture as the first 10 results on google image search", I'd be like "Ok, we're gonna need a million dollar budget at least".
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There are certain inherent advantages to buying a robust system over a customisable one.

I don't like macs particularly but there are way more reliable if you don't like having to spend time configuring and troubleshooting your setup.

Further, "OSX sucks" is an opinion, not a fact. If you want to discuss hardware that might be a factual conversation, but preferences on OS systems is always going to be about perception.
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Verdekal posted...

Well Trump has been in the public eye for many years, years before I was born and probably you too.

Obama was very careful about his words, his stuttering was worse than Ian from Jurassic Park. Trump, of course, hides things as necessary but his face is one that is willing to spit in anyone else's which is why I like him.

Why can't he he do these things? People call him a crybaby, people forget he's a showman. It's what he does. Politics is full of superficial bullshit and Hillary lost because people don't trust her. She's more like Obama in that regard. Trump, to his fans, doesn't play at an angle. He's not pretending to not be an asshole.

Oh I fucking love this

To recap

Trump is a straight-shooter. He says what he means and means what he says. Except when he doesn't. That's Trump the showman, Trump the celebrity. Everything comes with a wink and a smile, you can't take him at face value.

Trump does exactly what he says he's going to do, because he doesn't mess around and gets things done. Except when he doesn't. Trump says a lot of things but you can't take him seriously on every single one, he's just a boisterous guy.

Did I just about sum it up?
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metralo posted...

the opposite of every single thing he is doing or has done

I can't tell if you agree with me and are satirizing the haters but if you're serious, haters on Trump seem to put forth dead opposite complaints every day.

"haters on trump"

He's the president of the united states, not a youtube celebrity teenager, jfc
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metralo posted...

the opposite of every single thing he is doing or has done

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A Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, that's not a big deal.
And if it is, that's not my fault.
And if it was, I didn't mean it.
And if I did...
You deserved it.
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