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| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:46:16 AM #38 | CARRRNE_ASADA posted... Yeah but even if she wins, Trump wont go down without a fight. We can only hope something worse than jan 6 doesnt happen. Precedent was set. Remember last time when the conversation was "Trump isn't going to leave quietly" and his cultists responding "of course he will, tinfoil hat lefties?" Even if his cultists throw another tantrum it won't accomplish anything. The authorities will be ready. Because it's happened before. (That said, people will get hurt, and that's unfortunate.) --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:45:12 AM #37 | bluezero posted... It really is. No one could have ever foreseen the candidate that is Donald Trump. Even then, there are some loopholes going on here that surely the founding fathers should have seen coming. Being able to pardon oneself, for starters. Hell the presidential pardon as a concept in itself shits all over the concept of separation of powers. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | How much of your career have you worked in your field? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:43:20 AM #16 | Sariana21 posted... was a mom for a while, That isn't something you stop being! --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:39:51 AM #32 | bluezero posted... He can't even vote for himself since he's a convicted felon. I know it's way late to bring this up but isn't it ridiculous that convicted felons can't vote but can run for the fucking office they can't vote for? --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:38:55 AM #31 | LonelyStoner posted... I have full faith that Kamala will win. That won't happen unless the GOP actually falls apart and the Dems split into two new parties - the progressive and the establishment. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:38:12 AM #28 | GhostFaceLeaks posted... There's also the possibility that even if Harris wins in a landslide, the Electoral College will ignore it, be undemocratic and hand the victory to Trump anyways. Surely anything that qualifies as a "landslide" would be more than the margin for EC fuckery, right? It's more likely for the Supreme Court to simply refuse to swear her in, which is something I can't see happening either. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | The anxiety of this election has me dooming |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:33:05 AM #24 | Trelve posted... You can't change anything about the election and the events leading up to and after it other than casting a vote. This is what I was told when I was facing the possibility of going to prison. As it turns out- LeTigre posted... That's literally not how stress or anxiety works tho? That said, there is logic to the idea that spending energy on things out of your control is fruitless. As long as there are constructive things that are within your control in the meantime to spend that energy on instead. In both this case and mine, focus on preparing for the worst. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Can't wait for DST to end, actually |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:27:27 AM #2 | Abolish the concept, it's stupid. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Daily Thank You Mods topic |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:24:33 AM #24 | Dakimakura posted... Thank you Skyrim mods. You made a mid to good game one of the best ever. You could say this about Bethesda games in general. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | ALERT: Jenova has landed. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:22:50 AM #13 | Honestly could Jenova really make things worse at this point? --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Daily Thank You Mods topic |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:20:33 AM #22 | ooger posted... How's that challenge going? Heh, I already failed it by daring to insult America. Funnily enough the hypocrite who marked my post for it probably thinks they believe in free expression, and since the mods won't tell me who that person was, I'm denied the chance to give them the ripping into they deserve. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | WSJ: Elon Musk in regular contact with Putin since 2022, did favor for Xi |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:18:14 AM #13 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Unless Dems do the usual Dem thing and hold off to "help the nation heal" because they don't want to "look like they're weaponizing the office." --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | How much of your career have you worked in your field? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:16:41 AM #12 | I lack the intelligence to have a "field", so none. PMarth2002 posted... I don't have a career, just a string of jobs. Basically, this has been my history. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Lawrence O'Donnell: "A Vote for Jill Stein Is a Vote for Trump" |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 11:15:49 AM #16 | steve_madsci posted... Some people sure do hate democracy. Vote for whomever you want, that's how voting works. "Even if that means not helping oppose a party that wants to end democracy." When the system itself is under attack, it isn't business as usual. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | ITT: We post comic covers |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 9:34:23 AM #14 | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/COIAAOSw5cVjidr1/s-l1200.jpg --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | There needs to be more people talking like this about Trump. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 8:32:42 AM #12 | Unknown5uspect posted... And since that is the case what we the people need to do is remove as many Republicans from office as possible. Every election. Every level. No Republican. Amendment 28: The dissolution of the Republican party and banning of its likeness. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | What's your favorite type of villain in different media? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 8:29:07 AM #2 | I empathize most with "the system/world has screwed me, so I'm going to bring it down and be morally justified in doing so" types, so I guess the tragic villain. My own personal favorite being Clyde from Law Abiding Citizen. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | NYPD's subway gun scanners detected zero guns |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 8:11:40 AM #8 | Will the sensors pick up a black kid with a water pistol? Thats the real stress test. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Federal Judge clowns Florida:'To keep it simple, it's the 1st Amendment, stupid' |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 8:06:55 AM #26 | EPR-radar posted... It's not amazing at all. Conservative "freedom" has always been about their "freedom" to oppress others. This. Its astounding how theyve managed to get away with projecting this image of small government and personal freedom for so long. Kinda like how the US has been considered the leader of the free world for decades despite fucking with more foreign elections than Russia, China and the (present day) UK combined. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | People keep estimating my age wrong and I don't like it. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 7:48:53 AM #9 | Lokarin posted... So... GT Vegeta? More like Super Goten and Trunks. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | NYPD's subway gun scanners detected zero guns |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 7:47:21 AM #4 | Is this because there were none to find or because the scanners are bad? --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | There is only one other person in my game class next semester |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 7:39:55 AM #10 | RasterGraphic posted... So what you're saying is that the average game developer has the workethic of a lazy college student who refuses to come into work and that it's expected that I actually do their job for them? No. Also my website design course has seen like 2/3 of its membership drop out over this first half too. That statistic should include me at this point when even basic programming logic like make a simple version of Wordle is completely beyond me, but for some reason I have yet to do so. And I cant call back on the web design element either, since Im still struggling with CSS functions that I should have memorized and mastered two months ago. This is why parents need to drop this damaging propaganda you can do anything you want to. Completely disproven right here. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | AI detection software used by professors generates false positives |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 7:35:08 AM #17 | FL81 posted... AI will be the death of big academia Im curious. If theyre worried about programming students submitting AI-generated code, and that code works, why even bother training the students? --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Musk's super PAC skips daily $1 million swing state giveaway after DOJ warning. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/25/24 7:28:53 AM #15 | [LFAQs-redacted-quote] but hes white and rich, how can he be an immigrant?! --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | JD Vance pronounces GIF with a hard G |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:41:36 PM #19 | Graphical. Soft "G." --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Should we have a hard ban on actors becoming presidents |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:35:36 PM #18 | NoxObscuras posted... No thanks Enjoy the continued existence of parties based entirely on conspiracy theories and science denial. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | I wonder what NeonOctopus is up to. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:30:45 PM #50 | No gimmick poster should have a fanbase the way Neon or Vegy do. For some reason the latter had such support as to come back after being banned, but that will never make them legitimate. It's like a smaller scale equivalent to Reagan and Trump's support for the presidency. People are so fucking pathetic as to attach their identities to "celebrities." --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Should we have a hard ban on actors becoming presidents |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:27:49 PM #14 | Voidgolem posted... I think there should be some kind of basic competency test that isn't "you are rich and charismatic", but that shouldn't preclude actors if they want to run I'd rather there be some kind of basic competency test for voters. If you can't name a single policy of the person you are voting for, no, you have no business voting. For the same reason someone with no driving lessons has no business having a driver's license. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Should we have a hard ban on actors becoming presidents |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:20:50 PM #4 | DrizztLink posted... Be more effective to just ban the Repubs. 28th amendment. Ban the Republican party and its likeness. It's time we got over this "if we sink that low we'll be just like them!" rhetoric. Fight fire with fire. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Did you ever think when you saw Home Alone 2 as a kid... |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:18:20 PM #7 | On one hand, he hasn't destroyed it yet. On the other, the electoral college was never democracy in the first place, so he kinda can't destroy a system that was never in place. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Why is it such a trope for daughter and mother in laws to hate each other? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 12:07:18 PM #3 | Solid_Sonic posted... Mother-in-laws in general are a trope in and of themselves. It's an anagram of "woman hitler" for a reason after all. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | We agreed dere would be no fact checking |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 7:24:26 AM #3 | Id review our agreement but that would be fact checking. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | I start going back into the office next week. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 7:15:32 AM #6 | PeteyParker posted... Even in at will states it's illegal to fire someone for medical conditions,taking medical leave or disability so they'd have to make up bullshit reasons otherwise it definitely appears to be retaliation. Which they will do. The power dynamic between employer and employee is, and always has been, massively imbalanced. Thats why I dont understand how any employer can ever get caught discriminating. They do what they want without giving a reason at all. The only way to get caught is to admit to it. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 7:13:32 AM #46 | Phanir posted... If I could somehow confirm getting my current cat again in the new life, yes. She's too precious to me to lose for any amount of money. :( Yeah, understandable. My cats are the only reason I would consider not taking the deal, being the only two good things in my life at present. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year, nature's carbon sink failing? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 6:53:18 AM #44 | R_Jackal posted... We're fucked and it doesn't matter, is the long as short. Our governments are absolutely useless, corps are enjoying a golden era of recycling money with investment/wealth management firms for infinite money so they barely need consumers, and the environment is dying for this glorious moment of line go up. This is 100% correct. Im even tempted to just pack in my study (that Im already failing anyway) because what future is there to lose? Just sit home and drink alcohol. And the worst part is boomers have the nerve to call us lazy for saying that despite being the fucking assholes who screwed our future in the first place. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 6:48:31 AM #41 | Glob posted... At which point, the trajectory of your life changes entirely and all bets are off. I know your life is perfect and you wouldnt trade anything but in my case Id probably benefit from just folding and rolling a new hand. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | "If I didn't have to work I'd just be bored" |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 6:45:55 AM #3 | Must be nice for those who could find a way to get paid to do something they enjoy. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 6:43:59 AM #39 | LeoRavus posted... Going through 13 years of public school again sounds like torture. As per my post above, youd be walking in to first grade with the mind and knowledge of an adult. It wouldnt take long for them to take you out of public school and put you in some kind of program. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year, nature's carbon sink failing? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 6:35:57 AM #42 | CreekCo posted... CO2 itself isnt really some duper bad substance. Its naturally occurring you drunk some in any carbonated beverage you had this week. The problem is people being stupid. Plant more trees to replace the trees you chop down problem solved. Trees dont release some large harmful amount of gases into the atmosphere when they die. You know what produces large amounts of greenhouse gases? LARGE MANUFACTURING PLANTS do and I almost never see that actual problem pointed out in these conversations. Trees SOLVE THE PROBLEM when left alone! The solution isnt hard, just regulate late-capitalism! Folks, finally someones figured it out. How did the rest of us miss it? Its dead simple. Just get the rich and their pocket governments to stop. Im sure theyll follow up with exactly how the peasantry can do that. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:15:29 AM #28 | Baron_Ox posted... when I was younger, a scenario like this would have sounded good, but not so much these days. Fair point. One of my biggest mistakes has the silver lining of indirectly leading to adopting one of my cats. Should I undo that? I dont know. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Unpopular opinion: Getting to the Great Bay temple is the lowest point in Zelda |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:04:51 AM #41 | Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... No it's not! Majora's Mask doesn't even have a forest in it! https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Woods_of_Mystery --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 2:00:03 AM #23 | ROBANN_88 posted... Yeah of course. I wouldnt know, I never got into that scene. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Would you be able to sing at least 80% of your country's national anthem? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 1:55:54 AM #19 | buddah86 posted... Yes. Unless they ask for the 2nd verse of the Aussie anthem. We never sing it and nobody knows it, yet for some reason there's a 2nd verse Was gonna say this exact thing. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 1:35:24 AM #19 | ROBANN_88 posted... Yes, of course On the contrary Ive sometimes imagined what it would be like to send my mind back in time and be able to appear super intelligent. Imagine the looks on peoples faces when a 5 year old starts listing every US president in order or talking about how nuclear weapons work. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year, nature's carbon sink failing? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 1:12:12 AM #29 | GhostFaceLeaks posted... There is a good possibility all of us will watch the human race go extinct in the next ten years. Humanity wont go extinct, but expect a massive die off in the hardest-hit parts of the world. Australias already barely habitable as it is. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Why don't you vote early? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 1:01:57 AM #19 | Diceheist posted... I'm not voting at all. I'm generally neutral on US elections. You'd have to nominate someone populist like Bernie to get me to vote. Good news then. If this one goes badly there wont be another. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | $100 billion, but you must relive your life again up to your current age. |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 12:48:57 AM #5 | buddah86 posted... Sure, with the little bits of knowledge that go back with you, I would have a very, very different life --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | You taking off work Nov 6? |
| Dark_Arbron 10/24/24 12:06:42 AM #8 | Might be a good idea to keep your kids home from school the following week. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | Unpopular opinion: Getting to the Great Bay temple is the lowest point in Zelda |
| Dark_Arbron 10/23/24 11:41:02 PM #34 | darkknight109 posted... 2) As above, Zora Mask owns bones (at least in the N64 version). Playing around in Great Bay with that mask is probably my favourite gameplay element of MM in general. I am not a fan of what the 3DS version did to that mask. Specifically nerfing the fluid animations. I'm also not keen on the changes made to the bosses. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
| Topic | I honestly don't give a fuck if CE gets mad at me for saiyan dis but |
| Dark_Arbron 10/23/24 11:29:36 PM #2 | Purple hair and some actual muscle Trunks > blue hair skinny awful DB Super animation Trunks. The one in DB Super must be from another alternate future, because the real Trunks wouldn't have tolerated Goku Black's shit for a second. --- If something is hard, you weren't meant to do it. |
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