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TopicMy opinion on AI search engines is kinda turning around.
CyborgSage00x0
10/31/25 1:47:52 PM
#16
My view on AI as a whole is starkly negative, for pretty much all the reasons stated here. Ai definitely has a place as a tool, specifically for ones that are fine-tuned specifically for fields of, say, medical research. There's plenty of niche cases for specific AI tools to be wonderfully beneficial.

For everything else, it's dogshit.

That's the thing, too - no one is using it as a tool or as an assistant. Rather, people are wholesale surrendering EVERYTHING to AI, and it's startling in just how many forms that has taken place. There's that now infamous case of the lawyer getting in deep shit (disbarred, I think) for using AI to do his case, and it cited past cases that straight-up don't exist. There are stories of people getting busted for using AI to write their wedding vows. People use it to draft their Fantasy Football lineups. Etc. upon etc. Not questioning it, either, just blindly letting AI tell them what to do. Considering the already plummeting literacy rates and overall education scores *already*, what we are having is a whole generation growing up that will have AI in their hands from day one. By the time I'm 65, I'll be talking to 20 year olds that will be functionally braindead.

The worst part is, it's all for nothing. Aside from niche cases I mentioned above, AI taking over everything is helping no one. Silicone Valley has admitted as much, and it's an open secret that the entire thing is a speculation vehicle to make the already insanely rich corporations richer. None of this is supposed to be profitable for 10 years, and it's a tech bubble that's guaranteed to burst. Meanwhile, some of these facilities consume more electricity than the entire state they are in consumers in a whole year, and literally drains rivers with the amount of water they need to run. We don't even have the electricity demand to supply all the hypothetical data centers, and prices for electricity are starting to spike.

In summary, it's a technology that makes almost everything worse, rapes the planet, is making humans dumber and reliant on it, all so the richest entities on the planet can get even richer. As of now, it's an absolute net negative on humanity.

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TopicSega or Nintendo ?
CyborgSage00x0
10/26/25 6:24:50 PM
#11
Didn't know they did the Yakuza series, and forgot they bought Atlas.

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TopicBusiness hours are so weird and all over the place these days
CyborgSage00x0
10/25/25 8:18:04 PM
#15
On top of what has been said, Covid did a number on the hours at the time, and basically reset every business model in 1 year.

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TopicSega or Nintendo ?
CyborgSage00x0
10/25/25 8:15:36 PM
#6
What does Sega even make anymore besides more bad Sonic games and Bayonetta?

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TopicAgesboy: you play AoE4?
CyborgSage00x0
10/24/25 12:26:33 PM
#5
agesboy posted...
Oh no, I was bad at 2 too, I just really loved it (especially custom maps). It was hard for me to plan for the long-term when I was, like, 8, which was when I came up with this brilliant username for neopets and runescape.

I really need to give AoE2 another swing too. I have the old 2013 release on steam, but not the remastered version, which looks to have a ton of good UI improvements.
Have only dabbled very slightly in the DE edition, but the crazy thing is, they are still expanding it. Something crazy like 10 civs have been added since the game originally came out, and it's patched and balanced all the time. I've kinda moved on, but debate tapping back in just to check it out myself.

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TopicHave you ever done Halloween pranks and mischief?
CyborgSage00x0
10/22/25 8:22:09 PM
#2
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1ddbb38e.jpg

Left this in my sister's backyard the other day. She was properly freaked out

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TopicAgesboy: you play AoE4?
CyborgSage00x0
10/22/25 8:20:51 PM
#3
AoE4 plays like a suped up AoE2, so if that clicked, then you'd likely like it. It's much slower than. SC2, tho. Only 3 was close to that fast.

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TopicAgesboy: you play AoE4?
CyborgSage00x0
10/22/25 7:23:37 PM
#1
Thoughts? Been playing it since it came out, but have had a lot of time since this summer to get back into it.

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TopicRemember when Equifax lost like 100 million peoples' PII and nothing happened?
CyborgSage00x0
10/22/25 7:21:36 PM
#2
You could say that about any of the endless leaks over the years.

Or anything else, really. At least in America, there's sadly a collective sense that corporations can do whatever the fuck they want, until they get caught. Then it's a slap on the wrist and away we go. Makes me chuckle when people thought Enron spelled an end of reckless corporate greed.

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Topicis Xbox dead?
CyborgSage00x0
10/13/25 11:37:48 PM
#39
green_dragon posted...
I'm assuming they mean the price of games, namely mario kart world and that welcome tour thing
Which is silly, since $70 games have already been a thing this year. Doom Eternal, Borderlands 4, etc. It's just the natural and inevitable price increase.

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Topicis Xbox dead?
CyborgSage00x0
10/13/25 2:03:11 PM
#36
HelIWithoutSin posted...
Here's a handy guide.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d1f9b823.jpg
Thanks, I hate it.

MomSpringfield posted...
not looking forward to the Sony/Nintendo gaming duopoly

Xbox sucks now but them dying ain't good
I mean, 905 of the Xbox's library is shared with the PS5/PC anyways. Unless there's something about the Xbox and interface or controllers you just really liked, which, fair. The Steamdeck rising in prominence will be a better Xbox, game wise at least.

Zora_Prince posted...
Yeah. This worries me. We saw first hand with the Switch 2 announcement what Nintendo will do when they think they can get away with it (and thus far they have). Im worried what Sony will do without any real competition
Alright, I'll bite: What did Nintendo "get away with", here?

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TopicUSPS is definitely underrated
CyborgSage00x0
10/13/25 1:12:53 PM
#17
ParanoidObsessive posted...
The problem is more that it's been poorly run for decades (it was shit long before Bush). Because it's essentially a business with very little fiscal responsibility (because it has no motivation to generate profit when it's government funded) and no real reason to ever change (because it's a functional monopoly for "mail").

Eh, depends. It actually *made* money from 1995-2005, until the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in 2006 immediately and idiotically cratered their costs.

One of the best things that ever happened was companies like Fed-Ex and UPS forcing them to step up their game for parcel shipping, but even then they never really improved that much. And the advent of e-mail and digital accounting removed a massive chunk of its purpose as people simply stopped sending mail.

Yes and no. Competition tends to be a good thing, and certainly the service got a boost in cost and innovation adjustments from FedEx/UPS, but USPS still handled a much larger parcel volume than either. Which isn't surprising, since it's usually 2x as much to ship, well, anything with the aforementioned than USPS, domestic or international. UPS and FedEx exist almost solely for the commercial aspects of society, but are an overly expensive option for any other reason. Or unless you really need specific, next-day, 8am rush delivery type of stuff, or freight. And while the nearly 50% drop in routine mail since it's peak no doubt has played a part, far and away the biggest cost of the USPS are bureaucratic and artificially created thusly, and don't really have much to do with the decline of mail or pricing as much as one would think.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
They do a fraction of the business they used to do, mostly fueled by old luddites like me who still insist on paper billing and paying for things by check, and by the aforementioned junk mail spam. It's entirely possible that in another generation or two it will be an almost entirely pointless drain on taxpayer dollars that serves no real worthwhile purpose (as it's only remaining service of value has already been outsourced to private companies anyway).
For mail, yes, which is largely due to the surge of the internet and email, as said. But their parcel service continues to grow year over year. What's more, you basically highlighted yourself why it'll always be needed: cheap mail is an essential aspect to society. Everything from shipping new credit cards, voting by mail, and other certain government related documents only happen by mail. And even where electronic correspondence has replaced it, some, like you, prefer certain documents to be mailed. And that's fine.

But the biggest crux of it all is it serves rural and poor America. Since this country stubbornly refuses to modernize our broadband network, mail service to remote or even simply non-city areas is crucial to keeping these people connected to the rest of society at all. And that's something that likely won't change by the time either of us are dead.

That, and there's also the fact that USPS is actually making money as we speak. After losing $2.1B in the first quarter of 2024, it has now MADE $144M in the first quarter of 2025...a seismic turnaround. This is due to the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, which stripped away the idiotic pre-funding pension requirements from the previous bill, and gave the USPS a modernization plan. Because again, any financial struggles they have had is almost entirely artificially created due to dumb internal bureaucracy.

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TopicWho the fuck is actually hitting their daily fiber amount every day?
CyborgSage00x0
10/12/25 3:40:43 PM
#43
Jkd91 posted...
Im currently at 27.4 grams of fiber for today.

14g from a low carb wrap

7g from carrots

4.3 grams from some strawberries, raspberries and blueberries

and the remainder amount is very low from other foods.

should be easy to hit the recommended amount of 30g for me by tonight.

yesterday i was at 32g and the day before 44g, things like lentils are amazing for fiber.
You ate ~ 5 whole (medium) carrots?

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TopicMetroid Prime 4 will NOT have an open world
CyborgSage00x0
10/11/25 9:56:46 PM
#15
ConfusedTorchic posted...
so then gta isn't an open world game?
Not "true" open world, no. If the game progression is linear due to story telling, i.e., you can't go to area A unless you do story plot Z, then it's restricted and not a true open world. It just has a large map.

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Topicis firaxis dead?
CyborgSage00x0
10/11/25 9:45:22 PM
#5
Civ7 is pretty great.

But the amount of games belong released from them is basically the same.pacw as always. Thay said, they really need to do Xcom 3. And a new Pirates.

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TopicUSPS is definitely underrated
CyborgSage00x0
10/11/25 9:39:24 PM
#6
The issue is thinking the USPS as something to be "kept alive" at all. It's government service, mandated by Congress and authorized by the Constitution. But it was in much better shape before the Bush years tanked it in debt idiotically. Luckily, that was repealed a few years ago.

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Topicis Xbox dead?
CyborgSage00x0
10/11/25 9:22:24 PM
#27
I don't even KNOW what the current Xbox console is called.

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TopicMetroid Prime 4 will NOT have an open world
CyborgSage00x0
10/10/25 12:53:58 AM
#7
Damn_Underscore posted...
Well we know that OoT isnt an open world game despite having an area to travel in with your horse.
Maybe I could have used a better example than that, but the regions in OoT are airlocked. I imagine it'd be similar, like taking the bike, exploring around, but then going to a dungeon where it cuts you off from using it hence. Which makes sense, because there's different types of "open world" games, and dungeons are inherently incomplete with "true" open world.

Which is just as well, as I'm certain a true open Metroid would be ass. Tightly designed environments are kinda the whole staple of the series.

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TopicMetroid Prime 4 will NOT have an open world
CyborgSage00x0
10/10/25 12:44:25 AM
#3
Huh? All that means is the bike can't go insides dungeons or buildings, something you cant go in GTA either, despite the article's odd comparison. Sounds kinda like LoZ: OoT, where main Hyrule is open and explorable via Epona, but once you get to a town/dungeon, you can use it. Which is pretty standard.

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TopicWho the fuck is actually hitting their daily fiber amount every day?
CyborgSage00x0
10/10/25 12:31:46 AM
#31
adjl posted...
I mean, medicine doesn't really care what's realistic. If 14g/1000 calories is what's ideal to ensure people get the health benefits of an adequately fibrous diet, that's going to be true regardless of how much people struggle to fit that much into their diet. Those challenges dictate how exactly doctors need to make those recommendations, but they don't change the recommendations themselves.
The question is where they derived this from, since this would.mean evolutionary wise, this is adequate amount of run a human body at its best. Which cannot be right, given the stunning differences in historical diets throughout the ages, many which would never have been able to hit anywhere close to these needed amounts. As we already know there's no such thing as a one-size that fits all bodies for diets, it's interesting how they arrived to that number. The recommended intakes are incredibly broad, after all.

Also, for all suggesting multivitamins/Metamucil, it just proves the point that hitting the needed fiber allotment isn't realistic without a rigorous diet focused towards acquiring it. Which is why I picked fiber for thos topic, as it's definitely stingier to acquire in needed amounts than other vitamins, minerals, protein, etc.

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TopicWho the fuck is actually hitting their daily fiber amount every day?
CyborgSage00x0
10/09/25 7:11:17 PM
#14
ParanoidObsessive posted...
EDIT: I'd also point out that, based on your own link, adults probably don't need much more than 28 grams of fiber daily (give or take). Because it suggests that adults get 14 grams of fiber for every 1,000 calories in the daily diet, and most older adults shouldn't be taking in more than 2000 calories a day anyway, especially if they're relatively sedentary (which most of us are these days). 38g would be on the high end for fairly active adult males.
Whoops. My bad, completely forgot to post another link I was citing. According to the IoM and RDA, it's 38g for adult males.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6124841/

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TopicWho the fuck is actually hitting their daily fiber amount every day?
CyborgSage00x0
10/09/25 7:07:49 PM
#13
adjl posted...
Uhh, 3 cups at 14g per half cup would be 84g total. You mean 1.5 cups.
Yep, typed to fast and mathed wrong.
adjl posted...
Instead of thinking of it in terms of how you'd get all your fibre needs out of the way in one go, consider how to distribute that among your meals. 1/2 cup of cereal (14), half a cup of mixed berries (~3), a sandwich with two slices of whole wheat bread (4), half a tomato (0.5), half a cup of lettuce (0.5), and a cup of baked beans (14) will bring you to 36. Toss in a banana or half an apple as a snack, and you break 38.
The thing is, you'd NEED to do cereal and this amount of beans every single day. Even doing cereal one day but not the beans means one wouldn't come anywhere close, since the other food groups are poor sources of fiber. Also of note that very few eat beans that way, and it'd have to be a full cup of baked beans. Baked beans in a can don't come anywhere near close to the same values.

It's unrealistic for the sheer monotony of it all. People tend not to like to eat the same things every day. But for a very specific amount of cereal and beans, from a specific type/prepared a certain way, every day? No one is doing that. Hence my question of how they came up with this amount. It's not useful to say this is what people *should* at when it's crazy unrealistic.

ParanoidObsessive posted...
And there are definitely sources of fiber in other things (the link you posted even points it out). Certain green vegetables. Nuts. Whole wheat breads and pasta. The whole idea is that you're supposed to be getting a little bit from a lot of different sources, not all of your fiber from a single source.
Right, but as mentioned, all the other sources only add up to miniscule quantities of fiber. Eating beans/cereal would be a requirement to hit the number.

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TopicWho the fuck is actually hitting their daily fiber amount every day?
CyborgSage00x0
10/09/25 1:54:28 PM
#1
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/high-fiber-foods/art-20050948

The average adult male needs to hit 38g a day of fiber a DAY to be get the "needed" amount of fiber. I have no idea how this was calculated, as it's basically impossible without an extremely strict diet. Mostly because, fiber is not richly found in most foods.

https://www.med.umich.edu/mott/pdf/mott-fiber-chart.pdf

Fiber One cereal looks to have the most amount at 14g per 1/2 cup. But that still means you'd need to eat nearly 3 cups of this cereal a day ti hit the amount. Or 5 cups of raspberries. 10+ apples. 3 cups of baked beans or boiled lime beans. Etc.

No one does this.

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TopicIf someone said in a evil manner "Tell me about Ohio?"
CyborgSage00x0
10/08/25 9:18:32 PM
#15
Now I want to watch The Patriot.

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TopicI spent 75 dollars on alcoholic drinks
CyborgSage00x0
09/21/25 2:09:24 PM
#8
That's all? I cant even leave Total Wines without dropping $100

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TopicSwitch 2 acquired!
CyborgSage00x0
09/21/25 2:08:23 PM
#101
3H definitely had the better story, and the split between 3 storyline was cool. Engage had a weaker story but a really fun and cool combat system. Invoking past heroes was super fun and better than the army system of 3H.


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TopicSwitch 2 acquired!
CyborgSage00x0
09/13/25 6:52:23 PM
#93
papercup posted...
Watched the Fire Emblem trailer. Looks really good! Dig the ancient Rome theming
Looks like there are Chariot units now, something I've been wanting for a while.

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TopicHave you ever met anyone who shares a birthday with you?
CyborgSage00x0
09/13/25 6:48:03 PM
#17
Twice. Once was a cute bartender, the other was a co-worker of mine.

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TopicWhat is pepe?
CyborgSage00x0
09/13/25 6:47:27 PM
#21
Muscles posted...
How is there no option for skunk?


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TopicSwitch 2 acquired!
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 7:10:10 PM
#90
Good direct. MP4 date, new Fire Emblem, new Yoshi, etc.

Got a birthday about a month before MP4 comes out, so I'll move to get a Switch 2.

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TopicNintendo has lost their mind with the new amiibo prices.
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 7:07:51 PM
#10
keyblader1985 posted...
Anywhere from 15 to 30, from what I've noticed.
Like I said, all on Amazon are $30, although seems drastically cheaper on other sites. That said, the more expensive ones TC are siting are big, "deluxe" types.

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TopicIs no one talking about how Nintendo Patented more Summoning mechanics?
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 7:05:07 PM
#8
adjl posted...
I suspect the actual text of the patent is significantly more specific than that article makes it sound. A patent that broad likely wouldn't have been granted in the first place. Even if it is narrower, though, there's enough precedent for other games using summoning mechanics that there's no way this would actually hold up under any real scrutiny.
Basically had this same thought. They've had the terror bar/system patented from Eternal Darkness this whole time, and there's been a billion games that use the same system.

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TopicPrime 4 coming Dec 4th 2025
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 6:55:51 PM
#5
About time!

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TopicNintendo has lost their mind with the new amiibo prices.
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 5:51:21 PM
#5
What were "normal" amiibo prices up until now?

Edit:
Checking online for GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon, prices are all over the place. All amiibos are more or less $30 on Amazon, significantly more expensive than on BB or GS. Not sure why.

I'm not sure what a "normal" initial retail for amiibos are, but it wouldn't be surprising for prices to eventually increase, seeing how they first came out 11 years ago. Inflation + accelerated inflation/tariffs due to the current administration and new console, and viola. Kinda like how controllers aren't $25 anymore. For what it's worth, the 2 $40 ones for MP4 are the extra-large types.

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TopicWhat is your favorite Metal band?
CyborgSage00x0
09/12/25 5:49:42 PM
#155
Entity13 posted...
Ghost has been rising in my personal ranks for a while now.
Ghost is great, saw them live, too.

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TopicWhat is your favorite Metal band?
CyborgSage00x0
09/11/25 8:43:12 PM
#138
captpackrat posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/68c56714.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4b39872b.jpg
This has to be satire. You can't read any of those band names.

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TopicWhat is your favorite Metal band?
CyborgSage00x0
09/11/25 10:48:29 AM
#122
Rammstein

ParanoidObsessive posted...
I will acknowledge that Rammstein are really good.

And they're right up there with Nine Inch Nails for having the best live concert performances ever.


Seen them live twice. They really make other concert experience as seem mundane by comparison.

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TopicPrepare to have your mind blown: Artists use AI. And we don't all think its evil
CyborgSage00x0
09/11/25 10:46:39 AM
#21
Stimpy posted...
The rub is in how its used, not its use in general. For instance I have trouble drawing newly created characters from different angles. And since I draw comics I have to get them down quickly. So Ill hand draw a character like so:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/da7498c0.jpg
And then Ill use ai to turn the illustration into a video with a command like the camera rotates around the character and it shows me my own character from all the major angles. I simply screenshot and Voila, instant model sheet!
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/05d435ce.jpg
I mean, I think most would agree that this is how AI SHOULD be used: as a tool, not a whole sale replacement. In this way, I'd equate it to an autoshader or such.

Problem is, most are completely surrendering to it, not using it as a tool.

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TopicGuys don't pull we have no AoE!
CyborgSage00x0
09/05/25 8:04:08 PM
#5
I actually have all the Age of Empires

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TopicI feel like America has become a very mentally unhealthy country
CyborgSage00x0
08/30/25 4:38:16 PM
#100
pedro45 posted...
Or! And hear me out...why not both?
Respectable gun legislation and respectable funding and research into mental health
Won't get an argument from me here.


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TopicIs it me, or does our healthcare system leave something to be desired?
CyborgSage00x0
08/30/25 4:30:23 PM
#25
Saying the US healthcare system leaves "something to be desired" is hilarious underselling the terrible problems all throughout the US health system. PO's post is also thoroughly ridiculous, riddled with falsehoods and generalizations. "...endless waiting list, only to eventually get substandard help when they finally get to you" literally also describes the US healthcare system. Not only that, the NHS is currently suffering BECAUSE of the right-wing attempts there to chisel away and weaken it that have been going on slowly for decades. And absolutely no ranking system has the US even in the top 15-20, let alone top 10 in the world. The "quality of care' claim is a myth. Just a really poor post from top-to-bottom.

Let alone the issue of how uneven healthcare is throughout the US is, with some states and municipalities being healthcare deserts, and others flush with care. The entire South has been in a healthcare crisis since forever. Never mind bankruptcies due to healthcare is a uniquely American thing, and no amount of mythical "elevated care" can making up being put on the street for care that other countries take care of for free.

The only thing American care does well is for high-end cancer care, or diseases, or life-saving operations. We have some of the best facilities in the world for really specialized issues, but that's basically it. Hell, our infant mortality rate is akin to African countries.

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TopicLego will no longer ship individual bricks to the US.
CyborgSage00x0
08/30/25 4:11:48 PM
#12
adjl posted...
I would guess it's because the US has killed the de minimis exemption for small shipments. Paying duties on larger shipments isn't a big deal and they've already budgeted for that, but for tiny individual shipments it's more of a problem, which is why de minimis exists in the first place.
Yep. Most of the world shippers/carriers, like DHL, have now ceased ALL shipping to the US.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/de-minimis-exemption-ending-canceled-orders-shipping-us-what-to-know-rcna227794

We live in a world where shipping into the heart of Africa is now easier than America.

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TopicI feel like America has become a very mentally unhealthy country
CyborgSage00x0
08/30/25 4:05:04 PM
#98
Midnight_Hammer posted...
I'm absolutely fine with opening up asylums again and getting people help.
Problem is, beyond what others have said, this wouldn't fix shootings. Even in this magically world where the US throws it's entire weight into a full, comprehension, sea-to-sea mental health reform and treated it with the urgency of a national crisis, you can't compel or force people to get mental help. But what's more, mass shooters don't tend to be "mental" - plenty pass mental health passes with flying colors, before or after said shootings. This is because people assume something *must* be mentally wrong with you to shoot up people, but it's circular reasoning.

Going after the guns themselves would be FAR more effective and easy to do, and we already have proof of this. The mental health angle has always been a red herring.

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TopicAnother day, another shooting
CyborgSage00x0
08/29/25 2:26:12 AM
#28
SunWuKung420 posted...
The only thing I'm going to say is that this is tragedy and the fact that the news is focusing so much on the gender of the shooter is unsettling.

The newspaper headline I read today said "Monstrous transgender" and that really bothered me.
That's kinda been a tactic for a long while, now. Anything to distract from the gun(s) itself will be jumped on.

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TopicWhat are you reading?
CyborgSage00x0
08/29/25 2:12:52 AM
#21
Just finished Batavia's Graveyard, a fantastic account of the bloodiest mutiny in history. VOC ship that ran aground outside Australia in the 1620's, and the heretical upper-merchant left behind has about 120 people murdered, with a lot for no reason at all.

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TopicBoycott Youtube
CyborgSage00x0
08/29/25 2:10:16 AM
#106
Yellow posted...
The shareholders *might* be liberal, but I doubt it. Google donates to both the GOP and the DNC because it doesn't matter to them either way they just want their hands in their pockets. Their policies of "don't be racist/homophobic or your fired" don't make them liberal, that's just good business.
Google has.more or less abandoned their "don't be evil" mantra a while ago.

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TopicI feel like America has become a very mentally unhealthy country
CyborgSage00x0
08/25/25 2:28:30 AM
#19
BADoglick posted...
I could more readily buy the argument from the right that shootings are a mental health issue and not a gun issue if they wanted to take broad steps to address mental health in this country but instead it's more of an attack against those with mental health struggles.
We both know they aren't serious about this idea at all. They just want people to stop looking at the guns.

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TopicThe Cost of Living Keeps Rising
CyborgSage00x0
08/22/25 11:09:30 AM
#282
Sony just raised the prices of all their PS5 models. Wholesale produce prices are up 40%, meat prices are now at record highs, Hoke Depot and Walmart are publicly announcing price hikes due to tariffs, virtually every board game Kickstarter has an American tariff charge warning...

Tariff plus trying to deport every brown person is causing very predictable consequences. These prices suck ass.

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TopicWill humans ever make self-sufficient space colonies?
CyborgSage00x0
08/22/25 2:49:36 AM
#27
Shadowbird_RH posted...
It's inevitability vs inevitability. It's bound to happen eventually, so long as we don't all die first.
This. Or also, "no."

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TopicBoycott Youtube
CyborgSage00x0
08/22/25 2:47:02 AM
#91
Flappers posted...
Yeah. Youtube might as well have a monopoly, just like Google. It's sickening. Sometimes I feel like companies have more right that people in America. Can't go a single damn month without one ruining something.
That's been true for a long while now.

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