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TopicBrett Favre
wpot
10/02/22 11:38:16 AM
#24
I believe everyone posting agrees the answer is nothing. Its the same point they were making: even though I would have a rooting interest and might not be logical about it he should be judged for this.

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TopicBrett Favre
wpot
10/02/22 10:56:42 AM
#22
Revelation34 posted...
What do his playing abilities have to do with the scandal?
I think thats their point: even those from places he played think he should face consequences for this. And Im another Minnesotan for the record.

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TopicBrett Favre
wpot
09/29/22 11:19:04 PM
#13
OhhhJa posted...
People have discussed rebranding halls of fame as museums... which is basically what it is anyway. That way we don't have these arguments about morality of an athlete. This way you could let them in and simultaneously acknowledge whatever allegations
That's really the only choice that makes sense, IMO.

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TopicThose trucker sims aren't very realistic.
wpot
09/29/22 10:24:47 PM
#5
I dunno, Desert Bus was pretty spot on.

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TopicBrett Favre
wpot
09/29/22 10:23:47 PM
#10
streamofthesky posted...
Pete Rose says, "hi!"
Let Rose in, I don't care. The problem is that it's inconsistently enforced, which makes it unclear what the whole point is. If we want to kick out everyone who cheated or was terrible in some way a lot more have to go (maybe including Favre).

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TopicBrett Favre
wpot
09/29/22 8:34:51 PM
#3
Halls of Fame are about "fame". Their mission shouldn't to police whether people are good ambassadors or not (and the voters are clearly incapable of doing so).

If he's a dick/criminal who knowingly defrauded a welfare system...I will judge him as such regardless of the honors he has.

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TopicHave you ever been on a cruise?
wpot
09/29/22 5:33:36 PM
#8
I did an Alaskan cruise once: it was a kind of neat way to see Glacier Bay/etc which I wouldn't have otherwise, but seeing it (and humpbacks/bears/etc) from a giant boat lessened it (and made me feel like I was ruining it). The shore excursions were neat (i.e. taking a helicopter up on top of a glacier) if you got away from the crapshops they wanted you to go to 50' from the gangway.

The rest of the cruise experience was kinda mediocre: attempted organized fun with a director trying to make me bid on art or dance or gamble or something. Drinks were super pricey. Sleeping stunk when we had the open ocean swells (6-9 meters one day). And the germ sharing seems gross in retrospect.

I would 100% prefer going to an all-inclusive resort in the Mexican Riviera to a Caribbean cruise. Food as good or better, way more space, better beach/pools, less pressure to do dumb things, less sickness (apart from Montezuma's revenge), way more flexibility for on-shore activities, probably less pricey at the end of the day, etc. Only a slight chance of drug violence. :)

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Topictrial of the sword was e z
wpot
09/28/22 8:58:14 PM
#9
Real quick: catch a lizard around there and make a fireproof elixir. After you get to the Goron city you can buy gear that protects you.

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Topictrial of the sword was e z
wpot
09/28/22 6:00:35 PM
#5
If it took three days I assume it took multiple attempts?

It's not all that hard if you try a couple of times to figure out what to expect and you take your time/be careful. In my case it took me 4-5 attempts on each level to figure out what was needed. Not too bad, but not exactly peasy.

That said I had one of my most painful defeats ever on the last level. I got to the final battle with a couple faeries and plenty of food to spare and decided I wanted to take out the turret so it wasn't distracting me when I tried to one-shot the Lynel. I climbed up and started beating on it. Unfortunately the Lynel sniped me at very long range and killed me on the edge of the tower, which I proceeded to fall off upon reviving and die TWICE from fall damage (hit the ledge halfway down) or maybe it was another snipe - I couldn't tell. Game over in 5 seconds. Never ignore a live Lynel.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 9:57:25 PM
#45
Maybe so, but I still bet not.

I'm a civil engineer, and as a student I certainly wouldn't have been capable of structurally analyzing a building for the cascading effects of a unique dynamic load.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 9:22:45 PM
#42
I'm going to bet against the terrorists finding the building plans and doing the math. I will instead bet on them saying "hey, the WTC, Pentagon, and Capitol building would make great symbolic targets". If they were trying to cause maximum damage they would have avoided the Pentagon, which is designed specifically to mitigate damage from such strikes. I'm sure they weren't disappointed to see the towers fall, but I doubt they had calcs in the drawer. And if I had to guess I would say the towers were probably the target they were least interested in of the three.

Anyways, yes, we have vulnerabilities...but skyscrapers aren't the biggest. A packed stadium would cause more carnage...and this will all look like nothing once some nut gets their hands on a nuke. It's inevitable that will happen sooner or later. Maybe sooner rather than later if you count Putin.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 8:49:16 PM
#40
KodyKeir posted...
I have seen evidence to suggest they were planning to strike Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago to further demonstrate the engineering flaw exposed by the collapse of the twin towers in New York.
Ah yes, terrorists who sacrifice their lives and kill hundreds to highlight structural design flaws: makes perfect sense.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 12:45:55 PM
#33
KodyKeir posted...
There is a Major General Stubblebine (think I spelled it right) while spent his entire career analyzing photos to determine and identify a wide variety of objects of interest to the military; it is his claim that the object that struck the Pentagon was not a plane but a missile. The implication being that the passengers listed as being aboard the flight were intelligence operators, publicly disappeared to hide covert operations.

This trope dates back to a movie from the seventies or the eighties about a TSA agent investigating crashes were he believes the passengers were swapped out for corpses just before the crash, and uncovers a time traveling Noah's Ark to save humanity. Sherlock did an episode (and a few that led to it) with a similar plot, empty passenger plane, passengers already dead... Couple of other instances I think. Even some of the Malaysian Airlines crashes had some theories along those lines. It props up with air crashes from time to time quite frequently.

Based off the general and just the security footage of the impact, I can understand the desire to believe, but when you look at the photos of the impact site and inspect the damage during the fire and after, it's clearly a passenger plane that impacted.
Yeeeaaah...I suspected something of this sort. To say nothing of, you know, the several other identical attacks proceeding at the same time.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 10:20:23 AM
#24
Hmmm: it would be a high hurdle to convince me of something else there. You think it was something different than the other attacks ongoing that day? And that it was either preplanned (implying all of the attacks were staged) or manufactured instantly as the crisis was unfolding such that every witness could give the same story? And what would the motivation be?

GanglyKhan posted...
It's all based on trust from accounts of people who lived during that timeframe.
I know what you're trying to say, but if you discount every reliable source then you know nothing other than what you have experienced and history is 100% unknowable. Occam's razor isn't perfect, but you need to use some tools to figure out what is most likely true: there is disinformation out there but giving up is the wrong approach.

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/27/22 10:12:06 AM
#21
GanglyKhan posted...
how can any of us prove it was real?
Using the scientific method and Occam's razor.

It is consistent with my other hypotheses regarding which information sources, authorities, and elements of my education appear reliable...and I DO continually recheck that. It would also violate Occam's razor to believe that all of those sources could be untrue AND that multiple large government entities could successfully keep a secret that large for sixty years (or minutes).

OhhhJa posted...
But just because one or even most conspiracy theories are bs doesn't mean all of them are unfounded.
No, but in general the wilder the claim the less likely that it's true.

OhhhJa posted...
pentagon being hit
What's this one now?

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TopicDo blood veins look GREEN or BLUE to you?
wpot
09/27/22 8:36:59 AM
#13
They are kinda blue-green, especially depending on the lighting, but blue is the color that we've chosen to use. Kinda like red (orange?) hair.

Some of those blue boxes are hard to pick out for anyone.

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TopicThoughts on Hollow Knight... MAYBE SOME SPOILERS...
wpot
09/26/22 10:03:01 PM
#10
Mensis posted...
Nightmare Grimm might be the most challenging boss Ive ever overcome, which is saying something.
I tried a couple dozen times and gave up: well done!

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TopicOh hey one person in Russia has balls.
wpot
09/26/22 9:23:42 PM
#3
Adding some brains would have helped.

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TopicThoughts on Hollow Knight... MAYBE SOME SPOILERS...
wpot
09/26/22 9:21:41 PM
#7
Twiroach posted...
The gameplay is phenomenal.

The checkpoints are a bit too sparse for my personal taste, or at least positioned oddly, I don't like having to run back to bosses from far away.

I don't like the style of story telling as far as the main plot is concerned. But that's more of a general complaint towards an overall trend in gaming.
Generally agreed with all of that. It's a unique and fun play: they get a lot out of a simple jump and slash game. It's generally possible to find a lot of the secrets on your own if you're good at looking around, and I like that.

But I agree the storyline is presented poorly...or not at all. The world seems cool, but I couldn't bring myself to care about a storyline that I had to look up to piece together (and even then it was kinda gobbledygook).

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TopicIt's disturbing how common it is for people to think the moonlanding was fake
wpot
09/26/22 9:09:48 PM
#3
Mensis posted...
I thought people said it as a joke but I have multiple classmates that truly believe it was a coverup. I also heard a dj on a popular local station question it on air a few weeks ago (station probably got some calls about that one)
Many (possibly 'most', although I hope not) people either aren't capable of thinking or they choose not to think and just believe whatever is most amusing at the time. The more ridiculous the claim the better. See Trump and everything related to Trump (although the left isn't free of this).

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TopicApples
wpot
09/26/22 1:20:02 PM
#6
VampireCoyote posted...
easily honeycrisp


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TopicWell PotD, I turn 30 today
wpot
09/26/22 1:18:48 PM
#6
That ain't old

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TopicWhat are your thoughts on educational videos?
wpot
09/24/22 11:32:38 AM
#13
KJ_StErOiDs posted...
Usually reading an article. Videos too often annoy me for not getting straight to the point, or too slowly to the point.
Indeed, which is why I hang out on GameFAQs instead of YouTube. If I want to know how to get to the treasure chest on level 9 I want to Ctrl-F it in a text FAQ and get an answer in a minute...not watch a 30-minute video.

That said, if I need to do a plumbing/car repair YouTube is useful.

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Topic4 day work week
wpot
09/23/22 9:14:45 AM
#5
I technically work a nine-hour schedule: I take every other Friday off and work 8 hours on my 'on' Friday to get to 80 for the pay period. That was great back when I drove in to work; the long weekend felt more special when it didn't happen every week. I am technically still doing that (today is my off day) but - now that I'm working remotely - it's more hypothetical. I'm more likely to leave the house to do something on my off day, but either way I mostly just make sure the work is getting done: Friday or otherwise.

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TopicIf you won $1,000,000 what's the very first thing you would buy?
wpot
09/23/22 9:10:53 AM
#38
Count_Drachma posted...
Ten tacos.
You're no fun.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/22/22 4:13:50 PM
#53
Muscles posted...
If you are a world leader then your glory comes from your country though, if you don't have some sort of positive impact you are a failure, sometimes you are still a failure even if you have some positive impact
Of course. But dictator's definition of 'positive impact' is quite often different from real success. Dictators are prone to thinking that bigger is better in regards to their country and want to capture or lead more territory/play geopolitics (like good Caesar/Napoleon wannabes). In reality, especially in today's world, that just turns everyone against them and - even if they succeed - all they're going to get is a simmering insurgent problem that's not worth the trouble. It has relatively little to do with the living conditions of people in their country.

Conquerors get first billing in the the history books, not the quality administrators.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/22/22 2:28:12 PM
#50
Muscles posted...
Why do they never learn?

They tend to have a great disdain for the intelligence of anyone else (including historians) and eventually everyone just tells them what they want to hear so they don't have any info to base decisions off from in the first place. They also tend not to care about their country anywhere near as much as their enduring glory, so they try to do things they think are 'great' regardless of the costs. Power is intoxicating.

That said, the original dictators (Caesar and especially Augustus) seemed to be rather inspired. An inspired dictatorship (thoughtful person with the power to act) can be a good thing...for a while. Unfortunately, the transfers of power are often terrible and there's almost never a way to ensure anyone good follows them up...if you're (highly) lucky and get someone decent in the first place, which is rare.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/22/22 11:21:43 AM
#41
Ferarri619 posted...
Your name backwards is "TopW". I think I'll use that tbh
That's the spirit. :)

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TopicDo you generally have a positive opinion of Unions?
wpot
09/21/22 11:39:48 PM
#16
Judgmenl posted...
I have no opinion on a social construct that will never have a role in my life because I work in a merit-based field.
To be realistic, this isn't fair either. The worst unions have given themselves bad names by defending workers who shouldn't be defended (to the detriment of their coworkers) and championing the wrong causes at the wrong times. There is still a need for unions, however, if there is a large power imbalance between management and workers OR if "management" isn't truly motivated to succeed (i.e. it's a government legislature). I work in a merit-based field (engineering) but I work for the government so the salary for the position I achieve is still determined by legislative whim. We need a union to navigate that, like it or not.

Likewise, I have seen my wife's school union protect from some abusive (or at least negligent) practices: they do some good things when fighting small battles. They just need to pick better battles on big stages.

If unions didn't exist the gap between big and small would be even larger than it currently is.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/21/22 11:27:37 PM
#33
Nichtcrawler-X posted...
In part because of the veto rights in the security council. Russia ceasing to exist, while not the best solution, is still a partial solution.
That's not realistic, though. None of the current scenarios are going to result in Russia falling THAT far apart: they could lose some minor border territories in their worst case scenario ('worst' at least as far as territory is concerned) but they're still going to be Russia and still be on the security council like it or not.

In the big picture, however, we agree: Putin needs to go even if it results in a mess as things are getting figured out over there.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/21/22 10:14:37 PM
#31
Nichtcrawler-X posted...
And if it were to fall apart and cause problems in those regions, do we not have UN structures and other organizations in place to try and deal with that?
I was making the point that Putin is worse than local destabilization, so I generally agree. That said, it's never good to have an unstable nuclear-armed country (breaking up or otherwise) and the UN is of limited effectiveness in most ways.

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TopicAlltime favorite Comfort Food?
wpot
09/21/22 9:47:11 PM
#13
I am disturbed that Other isn't the last option. I can't answer.

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TopicIf you won $1,000,000 what's the very first thing you would buy?
wpot
09/21/22 9:44:52 PM
#11
One million tacos.

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TopicDo you generally have a positive opinion of Unions?
wpot
09/21/22 9:43:16 PM
#9
jsb0714 posted...
No. The unions of today are not the unions that gave workers important benefits.
Mostly this. There is a need, but most aren't making significant differences and/or are fighting for the wrong causes.

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Topici cannot for the life of me find kakariko village
wpot
09/21/22 5:36:37 PM
#9
Make sure to talk to the big white tree-ish...thing along the way. He's surprisingly important (and surprisingly missable in the sense that there's not really any reason to walk by there again).

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/21/22 3:23:48 PM
#25
KodyKeir posted...
Former Soviet Bloc states and regions within Russia itself could see this as an opportunity to push their own domestic agendas that could further destabilize the region.
True: Putin used to be somewhat valuable as a relatively stable thug in comparison to other post-Soviet bad options. But as an unstable, war-starting, nuclear-war-threatening thug he has to go: regional destabilization be damned.

KodyKeir posted...
Putin was never the mastermind
Agreed

KodyKeir posted...
former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was
Um...well, that's a stretch. I can agree he added to the trend.

In the big picture what happened is that the world forgot the lessons of WWII and became lazy and less vigilant in guarding against authoritarian/other threats. It was/is unfortunately inevitable as nobody bothers to understand human nature or history; people unfortunately need to learn the hard way once per lifetime or so. It's mostly a matter of how bad it gets...

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TopicIf you saw Andrew Tate fall down from a ladder and breaking his leg
wpot
09/21/22 3:15:31 PM
#5
I'd have no idea who he is and ask if he needs help.

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TopicWe not gonna talk about how Putin just mobilized 300,000 against Ukraine?
wpot
09/21/22 11:21:58 AM
#17
The only way this conflict ends is with Putin falling from power. He (nor Ukraine, it seems) will never give up.

In that sense calling up reservists might be a good thing, because Putin is only going to fall from power once the public is clearly tired of him. (At least tired enough to allow a 'palace coup' to succeed - a full revolution is unlikely) Calling up reservists is going to bring this home to the public more. (And likely not go well, as stated)

The Russian public is in a tough spot, but they aren't innocent here: they've been enabling Putin. It's their responsibility to get rid of him.


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TopicI was thinking about that PotD where most people voted their RPG stat to be INT.
wpot
09/19/22 8:34:02 AM
#2
I doubt most regular video game players excel in the physical stats (or charisma) and people had to pick something... :) Same reason "perception" came in second.

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TopicDo you consider GTA6 to be a must buy game?
wpot
09/18/22 8:30:05 PM
#26
Not my style, no.

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TopicI ate expired breakfast sausage yesterday and now I have this cool ability
wpot
09/18/22 4:15:53 PM
#4
It might not even have had anything to do with it being expired. :)

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Topicgoodbye
wpot
09/18/22 4:01:53 PM
#5
Say it ain't so.

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TopicIs there any game you are playing that you have overplayed way too much?
wpot
09/17/22 9:59:52 PM
#5
Ummm...most of the games I truly enjoy. I tend to suck every ounce of enjoyment out of them.

Of late DQ11, BOTW, Star Ocean 3, and Twilight Struggle on iOS...should that count.

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TopicGet a message from parents: someone was shooting a gun at their yard :/
wpot
09/17/22 11:34:37 AM
#5
A live next to a largish road. There are houses with fences across the road.

Apparently 15 years ago some kid decided to shoot cans off his fence with his .22 and placed a few holes in my neighbors' house. They...weren't happy.

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Topichello
wpot
09/16/22 8:21:49 PM
#2
Whaddaya know?

...and how was the username 'joe' available?

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TopicWhen do you think you'll stop playing video games for good (POLL related)
wpot
09/16/22 12:46:46 PM
#4
Yeah, I don't see any reason to think that people will stop playing video games as they age. Older people don't now because they didn't grow up that way, but I can't imagine our current generations sitting in nursing homes and NOT playing video games (at least until we're pretty far gone).

The industry will struggle to adapt to older gamers' interests (as they do now for merely middle-aged gamers) but there's enough money to be made that they'll gradually figure it out.

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TopicIf you went on a cruise, what kind of room would you get?
wpot
09/15/22 9:45:14 PM
#2
Inside, probably. Less rocking and I would be hoping to do nothing other than sleep in there. I dont really understand expensive room upgrades: Ill spend that money on food or excursions.

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TopicI literally own a school bus now
wpot
09/15/22 4:54:21 PM
#12
Bury it in the backyard for an underground bunker.

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