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Topic	Politics Containment Topic 437: The Father of IVF(?) (eugh)
Not_an_Owl 10/19/24 11:33:36 AM #62	foolm0r0n posted... This sentence deserves some sort of medal. or a prison sentence --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 436: Grifter? I hardly know 'er!
Not_an_Owl 10/17/24 1:51:11 PM #487	AriaOfBolo posted... What do you think the odds are he immediately abdicates to Vance if elected? I assume that would be the plan, but, his ego... 0%. The closest you would get is a second term Reagan scenario, where he's president in name and makes occasional public appearances but all the actual decisionmaking is handled by people whose brains aren't completely addled. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 436: Grifter? I hardly know 'er!
Not_an_Owl 10/13/24 12:13:30 PM #103	IfGodCouldDie posted... Why does the American government hate its citizens so much? Your taxes sound so awful to deal with. Because the tax preparation companies lobby to keep the tax code as unintelligible as possible. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I rank 75 fictional characters by how good a friend they would be [ranking]
Not_an_Owl 10/13/24 9:48:47 AM #391	Isquen posted... Also, the Twins have got to be in their 20s by now with time's passage. How have they still not hit the late Elezen growth spurt? Yes, canonically they are just 16, but that was five expansions ago. Just venting, but yeesh. The official explanation is that everything that takes place between ARR and EW happens in the space of one calendar year. With Dawntrail we're finally into the next year. Yes it's stupid, but that's what they're going with. Anyway yeah, I think that's a fair evaluation of Alisaie. I personally would give her a 10 in Backup but depending on how the rest of the nominations fall out there I can see bumping her down. I do think you're underrating her Conversation just a little bit - she's well educated and knowledgeable by her world's standards, though that really only comes out when talking with her friends or planning how to save the world. A lot of the time her hotheadedness does take over - she is by nature a shoot first, ask questions later kind of gal. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 436: Grifter? I hardly know 'er!
Not_an_Owl 10/13/24 12:35:49 AM #87	Forceful_Dragon posted... For people who talk about wanting people to raise families, they really fucked over everyone with kids, particularly poorer people with kids. well of course they did as with everything republicans do, the cruelty is the point --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 432: OK, Loomer
Not_an_Owl 09/15/24 11:46:21 AM #166	Lopen posted... I think Trump is delusional and thinks his base actually is enough to win if they all vote is what it is. Didn't he tweet a week or two ago that if the votes were honestly counted he would win California? Dude is definitely delusional enough to believe he can win no matter what. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 429: Hot Mic
Not_an_Owl 09/01/24 8:41:25 PM #412	UshiromiyaEva posted... Did he just.....did he just admit to election interference? doesn't matter, supreme court already said he can do whatever the fuck he wants with zero repercussions but it would be nice to live in a sane country where saying this shit would actually be disqualifying --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 427: Antisocial Media
Not_an_Owl 08/19/24 6:08:55 PM #266	Seanchan posted... The fucking obsession with Doritos and Diet Mountain Dew... Republicans know they don't have a solid method of attacking Harris at the moment, so they're throwing literally everything at the wall and seeing if anything sticks in the public mind. So far they've been significantly less successful than the Dems calling them weird, but there's still plenty of time to go before election day, they figure they'll find something. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 426: Hacks Getting Hacked
Not_an_Owl 08/15/24 7:41:40 AM #398	Kenri posted... Though imagine if he got therapy for the PTSD and while there they worked on a bunch of the other shit that's clearly wrong with his brain. He might come out of it a completely different person! bold of you to assume trump's machismo-obsessed ass would ever admit weakness by seeing a therapist --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 423: Narcissistic Ass Blames Journalists
Not_an_Owl 08/01/24 4:14:50 PM #33	FFDragon posted... olympics are, and always have been, a global freak show let the freaks freak and give them real beds so they can freak after they freak There's a reason every single Olympic village imports vast numbers of condoms! You get that many (mostly) young, ridiculously fit and attractive human beings in one place and there's gonna be a whole lotta fuckin' going on. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	MCU General 17: Everyone into the Deadpool (and Wolverine) (Marvel)
Not_an_Owl 07/28/24 7:45:36 PM #112	Just got back from DP&W. Absolutely flawless, the Platonic ideal of an R-rated Marvel movie. 10/10 no notes. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	EVO 2024 7/19-21 @1pm ET
Not_an_Owl 07/21/24 11:21:37 PM #87	Momochi was looking so strong I think he wins the set even if Nemo's stick was working perfectly. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	EVO 2024 7/19-21 @1pm ET
Not_an_Owl 07/21/24 6:58:28 PM #75	TeamRocketElite posted... When did the US get so good at anime fighters? The U.S. has been very good at Strive since the game's release. I don't think that skill has necessarily translated to other anime games (GBVS is imo more Street Fighter than anime, though you could argue the opposite as well). --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 418: Conventional Wisdom
Not_an_Owl 07/21/24 2:54:46 PM #453	UshiromiyaEva posted... Seeing multiple sources say Trump is extremely upset. Trump is an idiot, I wouldn't read anything at all into his reaction. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 418: Conventional Wisdom
Not_an_Owl 07/21/24 11:22:31 AM #333	Nominating Mitt Romney is one of the stupidest things the Democrats could do, which means they'll probably do it. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	EVO 2024 7/19-21 @1pm ET
Not_an_Owl 07/21/24 12:26:10 AM #38	Yeah the issue with Healing in SF4 was 1) it was an Ultra, meaning that Elena was guaranteed to get it once per round and could very easily get it twice and in rare situations even three times, and 2) Elena was top 1 in USF4 even without Healing. In Third Strike it's much easier to punish her for using it, plus the character overall is much weaker. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	FromSoftware's next game.
Not_an_Owl 07/17/24 11:11:45 PM #14	Armored Core 7 please and thank you. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 417: Alec Baldwin Must Be Stopped
Not_an_Owl 07/16/24 10:22:52 PM #488	foolm0r0n posted... No, it's basically impossible for the justices to strike down a legal law. The reason why they've had a field day lately is because so little in the last few decades (and basically 0 in the last 20 years) is a real law. It's all executive orders and other judgements. A functioning legislature is the ultimate check against executive and justice branches, not to mention the strongest representation of the people, and it has been non-existent by design and popular choice the past 20 years. You're missing the point. The law is whatever a majority of the Supreme Court says it is. If they don't want any checks on their power or ethics codes or term limits, they can just say no and there's no recourse to it short of impeachment and replacement. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 417: Alec Baldwin Must Be Stopped
Not_an_Owl 07/16/24 7:46:37 PM #478	UshiromiyaEva posted... Well.... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/16/biden-supreme-court-reforms/ Pretty sure even if anything could get through Congress the Supreme Court would immediately strike it down (by a 6-3 ruling, naturally). Still, at least somebody in the Democratic Party is thinking about it. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 416: Rishi Sunk
Not_an_Owl 07/11/24 10:45:14 AM #276	Lopen posted... Wow I know yall call me the conspiracy theorist anime plot here but I think "continuation of financial crimes we've seen for decades as parties unite to line their own pockets by fucking over the middle and lower classes" is pretty tame compared to... whatever that is. Have you read anything about Project 2025? It's the blueprint for how Republicans plan to transform the country into a Christofascist apocalypse where corporations have no checks or regulations whatsoever and zero dissent is tolerated. Like, it's not an exaggeration to say that if Trump wins this year we may not see another free and fair election in our lifetimes - that is exactly what the GOP is preparing for right now. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 416: Rishi Sunk
Not_an_Owl 07/11/24 9:23:06 AM #264	Lopen posted... Dems want Trump to win too Pelosi wants to flip her Nvidia calls to Puts Utterly delusional take. There is a nonzero chance that Nancy Pelosi is publicly executed if Trump wins. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	The Acolyte
Not_an_Owl 07/02/24 10:51:38 PM #132	Slow-paced episode with a whole lot of talking, but some absolutely stellar performances by Manny Jacinto and Lee Jung Jae. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Do you guys own a gun ?
Not_an_Owl 06/29/24 9:16:24 PM #4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1fZWx8tS9Q --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I'm starting Cyberpunk soon, what do I need to know?
Not_an_Owl 06/11/24 1:42:51 PM #201	Reed starts more sympathetic I think, but by the end I was 100% Team So Mi. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	The Acolyte
Not_an_Owl 06/06/24 10:39:05 PM #14	A friend and I are speculating the master could be ~~Qimir, Mae's supplier~~, but that's based solely on vibes. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I'm starting Cyberpunk soon, what do I need to know?
Not_an_Owl 06/02/24 12:46:28 PM #172	FFDragon posted... Oh I'm guessing this visit to the club does not go as smoothly if I didn't ~~"Bang." and save Brick~~ earlier? There's a lot of ways that can go, all depending on how you dealt with those characters earlier. In general, if you played nice with any of the Maelstrom folks and they survive they're pretty happy or at least neutral to see you, whereas if you went in guns blazing or sold them out to Militech they are very not happy to see you. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Final Fantasy 14 topic 7.0 - A Brand New World With New Friends
Not_an_Owl 06/01/24 11:59:16 PM #10	Radix posted... and is ilvl 610 stuff good enough for the patch stuff? i dont want to waste too much gil since whatever i get will be replaced with the poetics come DT It'll be fine for a while, but the highest ilvl requirement for MSQ duties is 625 so you'll need to upgrade at least a few pieces here and there. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Name a musical and I'll talk about it
Not_an_Owl 06/01/24 4:31:48 PM #20	Hello, Dolly! --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Final Fantasy 14 topic 7.0 - A Brand New World With New Friends
Not_an_Owl 05/30/24 10:29:54 AM #3	The Dawntrail promotional site is up: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail Nothing particularly new there if you've been paying attention, although there are a few fun lore tidbits ~~(the new raid series is going to be a tournament arc; Relm was the original Pictomancer; the new Eureka zone is literally the Bermuda Triangle)~~. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I rank fictional characters by how good a friend they would be [nominations]
Not_an_Owl 05/28/24 8:52:56 PM #7	Alisaie Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV) You can probably get away with just reading her wiki article, but I can recommend some specific cutscenes to watch if necessary. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I'm starting Cyberpunk soon, what do I need to know?
Not_an_Owl 05/19/24 1:22:52 PM #139	KamikazePotato posted... How long is the DLC area? That's about all I have left. If you mainline the story it's about as long as any of the three major branches, maybe a little longer. There's a bunch of really good sidequests you'll want to do though. It's worth taking some time with the DLC. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	It's time. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker playthrough topic
Not_an_Owl 05/09/24 4:22:14 PM #68	I think Fandaniel is very well written and well acted, in that you're supposed to despise him and I do. Zenos is just boring imo. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	It's time. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker playthrough topic
Not_an_Owl 05/05/24 8:32:18 AM #15	Do note that you can do up to all current content with just 640 crafted gear. It should be pretty cheap on the MB, or if you have friends who craft you can probably get a deal from one of them. 650-660 is nice to have but you can absolutely hold off until DT and spend your Poetics on it if you don't feel like grinding right now. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I'm starting Cyberpunk soon, what do I need to know?
Not_an_Owl 04/15/24 5:54:15 PM #70	Melee gets absolutely bonkers the moment you put a Sandevistan in your head. The ability to actually do the "anime samurai runs past all the bad guys, swings once, and they all fall over dead" is one of my favorite parts of CP2077. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 412: A Bad Deal on the Good Book
Not_an_Owl 04/13/24 8:18:57 PM #233	https://twitter.com/lbjfancamcoop/status/1779262898314903675 --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I rank 300 VGM (2024 edition) [ranking] [the top 25!]
Not_an_Owl 04/07/24 6:40:49 PM #40	rwlh posted... 8/172 @Not_an_Owl Cyberpunk 2077 - You Shall Never Have To Forgive Me Again P.T. Adamczyk I was kind of hesitant about nominating this at all - it's easily my least favorite of my noms, and I mostly picked it just because I was in the middle of a CP2077 replay at the time and I wanted the game to have some representation. I'm glad you enjoyed it though! Without spoiling the game, this track plays during a pivotal part of the plot and it really amps up the anxiety of the accompanying scene. Cyberpunk can be criticized for a lot of things, but I think the soundtrack is extremely solid front to back and does a fantastic job of fitting into the game. Also: rwlh posted... 8TH PLACE: Not_an_Owl Average rating: 6.9 Ni.ce --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	What is the most technically impressive SNES game? (Day 2)
Not_an_Owl 04/04/24 12:13:09 PM #31	Star Ocean --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail releases 7/2, early access 6/28
Not_an_Owl 03/30/24 8:32:31 PM #15	MacArrowny posted... What's your ranking for the Xs? With the disclaimer that I did not do ARR or HW while they were current: MSQ: ShB >= HW > StB > EW > ARR Everything else: StB > ShB > EW > HW > ARR --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail releases 7/2, early access 6/28
Not_an_Owl 03/30/24 7:36:34 PM #13	LightningStrikes posted... So how is FFXIV now? Worth getting back into? I heard some people are not super happy with the 6.x content. Whats the story with that? 6.X is fine. The MSQ is kind of its own self-contained story, rather than being connected to anything (until the 6.55 stuff, which is a direct lead-in to Dawntrail) and it doesn't hit anywhere near the same highs that 6.0 did. The non-MSQ stuff is okay too. I think the biggest complaint people have is the relic grind is too easy/not engaging enough (which I find utterly insane - I think this is the absolute best relics have ever been). Raid design is fine-ish, outside of a few personal gripes. Overall I'd say 6.X is a solid C. Not outstanding, but it gets the job done. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Do you turn on your phone's ringtone/notification sounds?
Not_an_Owl 03/23/24 6:01:18 PM #22	pjbasis posted... vibrate for calls, nothing else --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
Not_an_Owl 03/23/24 7:36:16 AM #477	PeaceFrog posted... Seems to me that mtg is mad about Johnson for the same reason as last speakers... he passed a budget? Republicans hate it when people attempt to govern. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I'm starting Cyberpunk soon, what do I need to know?
Not_an_Owl 03/22/24 1:40:26 PM #3	As far as your stat build goes, at character creation put at least 4 into everything and then with your first levels beeline to 15 in Reflexes and pick up the air dash talent. It makes a huge difference in how you move around and is pretty much essential imo. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I rank 300 VGM (2024 edition) [ranking]
Not_an_Owl 03/21/24 8:54:37 AM #376	rwlh posted... Guilty Gear -Strive- - The Roar of the Spark Fun fact - this is Ky Kiske's theme, and Ky being a longtime Guilty Gear character has had multiple other themes throughout the series, probably the most iconic of which is a tune called Holy Orders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGetImTgyFA Daisuke included a musical throwback between these two - the guitar riff that appears at 1:36 and 3:15 in Roar of the Spark comes directly from Holy Orders (first appearing at 0:16). To the best of my knowledge none of rest of the Strive soundtrack includes this sort of thematic link; it's just a fun little nod to the series's history. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	What's the best eports game to watch?
Not_an_Owl 03/17/24 5:05:37 PM #2	Honestly? Probably Tekken. Fighting games are already good spectator sports because of their relative simplicity compared to other esports, and Tekken is probably the easiest to comprehend out of the genre - just about anyone can grasp the core concept of "person 1 punch, person 2 kick, when lifebar empty that person lose". Yes there's a lot more going on under the surface, but a) that's not always relevant to someone just looking for something to watch and b) at big tournaments commentators are usually pretty good about breaking down the hypest moments in simpler terms. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
Not_an_Owl 03/10/24 9:22:15 PM #342	tbqh at this point any woman who was going to vote republican in november wasn't going to be dissuaded by anything the party could possibly do --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Politics Containment Topic 411: Presidential Election MMXX Rebirth
Not_an_Owl 02/29/24 9:40:58 AM #91	Forceful_Dragon posted... even if they don't give him immunity (and how can they?) I think there's a very good chance they give him immunity just based on the math of the court. Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett are Trump appointees and Clarence Thomas is Clarence Thomas, so really it just comes down to Roberts and Alito. I think Roberts probably sides with the liberals on this but I can't even be sure of that, and I'd give better than even odds Alito votes for immunity, even if it's in a very limited "Trump has immunity but no other president does or will and this does not set precedent" kind of way. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	I rank 300 VGM (2024 edition) [ranking]
Not_an_Owl 02/27/24 5:25:59 PM #98	rwlh posted... Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising - Deathbound Love This is a weird one. There are these Friday Night Funkin-esque vocals throughout but then other parts of the song sound like theyre missing a vocal component. Its like the song doesnt want to commit to being vocal, non-vocal, or weird Vocaloid hybrid. I had a hard time getting into this for that reason. For character themes, the GBVS soundtrack primarily uses arranged, usually non-vocal versions of those character's songs from the Granblue Fantasy soundtrack. In this case, what you're listening to is an arrangement of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5tBdv2_h6s So if you're hearing a void that you think ought to be filled with vocals, that's probably because there is! --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising - 2B trailer (out Feb. 20)
Not_an_Owl 02/19/24 7:29:03 PM #4	Character guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdvbUpGJjOE Holy shit she looks like a problem. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Avatar: The Last Airbender fighting game in the works
Not_an_Owl 02/15/24 12:53:36 PM #7	I have been a Toph main since Third Strike. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
Topic	Think of a video game developer before clicking this topic
Not_an_Owl 02/03/24 4:59:13 PM #23	Square Enix Basically just the Dissidia cast, I guess. --- Besides, marijuana is far more harmful than steroids. - BlitzBomb I headbang to Bruckner.
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