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There is a lot of questions surrounding it, yet so many take it for granted.
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RDR2 is the best game I've ever played. Prove me wrong.

hockeybub89 posted...

shanefu22 posted...

He's the only Democrat that I would vote for.

What is unique and good about him compared to literally every other Democrat in the country? What is Joe Biden's X-factor?

Experience and grit.
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PhazonReborn posted...

Outrage culture is out of control

It really is. Even Rudolph is under attack by the left now:

https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1067972666622189568?s=19
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EnragedSlith posted...

I feel like anyone upset has never been in a sexual relationship. This wasnt an exertion of force or power, its playful banter between a guy who wants to fuck and his partner whos being coy. It happens all of the goddamn time.

That kind of banter doesn't happen these days because no one has a life outside of social media. It's foreign to these people. Just like talking on the phone or writing a letter. Therefore, if it doesn't fit their pov, it must be bad.

No, these conversations don't happen nowadays because social norms have changed from what they were at the time the song was written. There's really no reason for a single woman to invent an excuse to stay over with a man anymore.

Who is she making the excuse for? Her mom? It's just flirting.
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He's the only Democrat that I would vote for.
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EnragedSlith posted...

I feel like anyone upset has never been in a sexual relationship. This wasnt an exertion of force or power, its playful banter between a guy who wants to fuck and his partner whos being coy. It happens all of the goddamn time.

That kind of banter doesn't happen these days because no one has a life outside of social media. It's foreign to these people. Just like talking on the phone or writing a letter. Therefore, if it doesn't fit their pov, it must be bad.
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RDR2 is the best game I've ever played. Prove me wrong.

Just another thing for liberals to be outraged about. It keeps them busy.
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RDR2 is the best game I've ever played. Prove me wrong.

NFL>CFB>MLB>March Madness>NBA playoffs
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Darmik posted...

shanefu22 posted...

Looks OK. Should've got a known actress though.

I don't know if this post is serious lol

Literally never seen her before.
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Looks OK. Should've got a known actress though.
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Can't even die in peace these days. Sad society liberals are trying to create.
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Probably Arthur.
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Saw a tweet this morning that made me question everything I know about the safety of vaccines.
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CharlesBronson posted...

EndOfDiscOne posted...

Bad idea to react to market changes and make emotional decisions. No one here is retiring any time soon. Stay in the market and dont make changes to your allocations too often.

Terrible advice. Markets are in freefall. I sold everything in June and put my 20k profit in the bank. I'm happy collecting my $300/month bond coupons, thanks.

Selling in June is a lot different than selling today.
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hollow_shrine posted...

shanefu22 posted...

Wut... Politics are the last thing on my mind when I'm playing RDR2 or GoW.

You're right about the media though. It's repulsive.

The first thing on my mind when I play anything set in the southern United States in the 1800s are the racial politics of the era. I can't help but pay attention to that, and it's treatment in the media I consume, because it was so visceral.

So lets jump back a handful of weeks when RDR2 drops, and hours later on twitter we're seeing videos of players cackling while throwing a Molotov cocktail into a middle of Klan gathering to the expected fireworks. I see this and I'm immediately aware that game is trying to comment on one aspect of the era's racial politics but only the part you can murder, and only through the lends of revenge fantasy.

In many ways punching Nazis, or in this case Klansmen, are the least challenging aspects of talking about racism in pre-progressive America, because almost everyone agrees that the Klan is bad. They're little more than acceptable targets of violence for the player's schadenfreude. 'Test your magnifying glass out on these ants.' The acceptable target of violence in interactive media is a whole other discourse fraught with political implications, but I clearly can't follow that tangent here.

Suffice to say the content acknowledges the existence of a certain kind of injustice and empowers the player to engage in a heroic bit of historical revisionism. But this does little to address the more constant and pervasive expressions of racial injustice present at the time, stuff that is generally more contentious to discuss that you can't necessarily punch in the face, and the kind of racial injustice whose echos are more likely to relevant in the lives of people living today.

That skims a single political topic that's kind of inescapable in the decision to locate RDR2 where we have geographically and temporally. And there are other topics here to be explored politics all over what the game does and doesn't say. The Randian superman in the western protagonist. Reconciling the 'honorable south narratives' of the genre with our improving awareness Americnan historical revisionism.

Holy hell!
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Mine is 804 and I literally just pay my credit cards off every couple of weeks. Same cards for years and no other debt.
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The issue I have is that Bill Maher is assuming Trump is bad for America. Maybe for some, but certainly not for all.
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Turn off the news maybe? He literally has had zero affect on every day life.
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Should've just flunked her.
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hollow_shrine posted...

shanefu22 posted...

DanHarenChamp posted...

politics, entertainment, and the circus have all meshed into 1 these days, so it makes sense why they only cover 1 topic

This is a great point actually. Everything has to be a statement. I think it's why I'm enjoying video games more these days than I did five or ten years ago. They are a great escape.

Because you believe they are apolitical?

They're not. It's increasingly apparent they never were. You just don't notice that, because on the whole their politics have largely always agreed with yours, so there's no friction there.

And ham-handed or not, the current media climate is making it increasingly difficult for people to claim ignorance for their missteps. We can skip the hand-wringing about intent and move right to the more useful and in-depth conversations that actually change how people think about stuff.

Wut... Politics are the last thing on my mind when I'm playing RDR2 or GoW.

You're right about the media though. It's repulsive.
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DanHarenChamp posted...

politics, entertainment, and the circus have all meshed into 1 these days, so it makes sense why they only cover 1 topic

This is a great point actually. Everything has to be a statement. I think it's why I'm enjoying video games more these days than I did five or ten years ago. They are a great escape.
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Holy hell I don't remember it ever being this bad in the past. CNN is basically a dedicated politics channel now and even the nightly news on NBC, ABC, etc is full of politics. Online is just as bad. Who cares about this crap day in and day out??
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Broccoli-head

I mean the leader
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catboy0_0 posted...

shanefu22 posted...

It's incredible.

how shameless Trump is? absolutely. it's despicable and unfit for the stature of a US president

Agreed. And his use of the word is a little disturbing.
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It's incredible.
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CloneTheHero posted...

shanefu22 posted...

Anyone who let's a kid have a phone before the age of 18 is a damn fool in my book!

id love to hear you explain why lol.

Cell phones and social media have ruined society no need to egg on the next generation.
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Anyone who let's a kid have a phone before the age of 18 is a damn fool in my book!
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Flockaveli posted...

Have fun raising a LOSER who hates you.

At least you two will have that in common.

So you have to own a cell phone to not be a loser today? Sad
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Silver Bearings posted...

And how old to spend their own money on things that they choose?

As long as it's something I approve of, they can spend their money on whatever they want.
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GiggetySplicer posted...

You'll never have a child

Jokes on you. I have sex.
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Tell me why I'm wrong.
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Pikablu
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Darkman124 posted...

shanefu22 posted...

For anyone who lists their credit card as a bill... You really should try to have that fully paid off as soon as you use it.

there's no reason to do that

revolving debt is a 1 month loan. so long as you pay your balance in full before the due date you pay no interest

Yep exactly. If you can pay it off then it's not really considered a bill. You're essentially just substituting one form of payment for another. Like, I wouldn't list credit card as debt unless I wasn't able to pay it off in full.
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What was her platform?

I'd put Abigail Adams ahead of her.
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For anyone who lists their credit card as a bill... You really should try to have that fully paid off as soon as you use it.
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The only one of those that I could see causing a war would be a gun ban.
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Electricity is natural? News to me.

Also, you can gather your own rainwater.
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Rent w/utilities, internet, cable: $1900
Phones: $132
Car insurance: $96
Food: $280
Fuel: $300

So about $2700 a month
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Rofl. Will never happen.
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How do you differentiate between trolling and real life nowadays? A lot of peoe actually believe what they say.
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So he still likes it 75% then? That's pretty good. That's about his chance of winning re-election in 2020.
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Half of America doesn't have to imagine it.
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

shanefu22 posted...

YoshitoKikuchi posted...

In the episode with Lois, George gloats about the fact that in high school he had sex with one of the teachers. He likely would've been 17 or younger when that happened.

So?

You can't have sex with underage people.

And?
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YoshitoKikuchi posted...

In the episode with Lois, George gloats about the fact that in high school he had sex with one of the teachers. He likely would've been 17 or younger when that happened.

So?
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

shanefu22 posted...

It's his opinion and he's entitled to it. Just like everyone.

Apparently having an opinion is worse than actually doing the crimes to TC

That's the way it is these days.
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It's his opinion and he's entitled to it. Just like everyone.
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