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| Topic | Rockstar Games accused of union busting after dozens of firings |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/31/25 7:48:47 PM #13 | Quorthon109 posted... I don't know what the laws are in the UK but I imagine it's harder pull something like this over there than it is in the US, so maybe they can prove whatever misconduct that they allege. Firing someone for being in a union is illegal here, so if what the IWGB says is true, this could end up being very embarrassing and expensive for Rockstar. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Kamala Harris wants to lower da voting age to 16 |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/31/25 4:35:41 AM #17 | GGuirao13 posted... No. At that age, people lack the maturity to make informed decisions with such important consequences. So what? So do many people aged 18, or 48, or 88. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Kamala Harris wants to lower da voting age to 16 |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/31/25 4:35:17 AM #16 | This doesn't go far enough. It should be lowered at least as far as 13. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | I kinda* dislike** puzzles and riddles. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/29/25 1:29:31 PM #5 | But how many were going to St Ives? --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Do you think Obama would easily defeat Trump if they ran against each other? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/27/25 5:43:03 PM #28 | Akuryu posted... In a fair election, Obama would win easily. 2028, however, will not be a fair election. This. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Do you like mayonnaise? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/27/25 2:17:47 PM #49 | thronedfire2 posted... No its disgusting --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | So do we owe Libertarians an apology? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/27/25 5:02:42 AM #63 | Guns_of_Verdun posted... There's a big difference between Libertarianism and anarchy dude Actually there's a lot of overlap between anarchism and libertarianism in the latter's original (and correct) meaning. But yeah, modern US-style "Libertarianism" has nothing to do with anarchism. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Donkey Kong Country |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/27/25 5:01:11 AM #25 | Evolician posted... I think people forget how brutal / unfair DKC2 gets Which bits are you thinking of? The only one that occurs to me is the Squawks section of Animal Antics (with the wind and the brambles), and even that just takes practice (a lot of practice). Other levels like Toxic Tower are tough but I wouldn't call them unfair. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Trump should've won in 2020 |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 8:53:37 PM #28 | If you really want to choose an alternate history divergence point, how about if Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey hadn't concealed Nixon's treasonous sabotage of the Vietnam peace talks from the voters. Or, better still, if Johnson hadn't invaded Vietnam in the first place. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Trump should've won in 2020 |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 8:10:24 PM #14 | PowerOats posted... Biden should have thrown Trump and the Jan 6ers in prison This. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | If you can choose the power of any X-Men member what power would you choose? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 8:09:15 PM #16 | Kitty. The power has no downside, and I get a dragon! --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Donkey Kong Country |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 8:04:25 PM #8 | 2 > 3 > 1 Haven't played the more recent ones. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | So do we owe Libertarians an apology? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 5:54:02 AM #7 | Guns_of_Verdun posted... So then what are Republicans? The other cheek of the same arse. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | If this polling holds until midterms, this is a total catastrophe for the GOP. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 5:51:11 AM #8 | What midterms? --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | So do we owe Libertarians an apology? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/26/25 5:50:11 AM #4 | Libertarianism, at least in the modern American sense (libertarianism was originally a socialist ideology), was never about limiting the power of the government - it was only about limiting the power of the government to make life better for anyone outside the ruling class. Libertarians never had a problem with the power of the state being used to maintain the class system. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Remember David the Gnome? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/25/25 1:08:36 PM #24 | nocturnal_traveler posted... Know what the sequel series is called? There were two - Wisdom of the Gnomes which I mentioned earlier, and another one called The New World of the Gnomes which I also never saw. Though I think they were both more spinoffs than sequels. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Remember David the Gnome? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/25/25 9:54:19 AM #5 | I never saw it, but I do remember Wisdom of the Gnomes, which I found out years later was a spinoff of David the Gnome. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Does homophobia get us a Platner bigotry bingo? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/24/25 1:35:55 PM #239 | For once I agree entirely with LightSnake. Even if we assume Platner has genuinely abandoned his past abhorrent opinions and actions and should now be accepted as a decent person (and, from what we've seen, that would be an extremely generous assumption), it's far too much baggage for him to be accepted as a viable progressive politician. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Should Biden go to jail for his handling of Israel one day? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/21/25 1:44:20 PM #176 | K181 posted... Bombing cities wasnt a war crime in WWII, all sides did it on the regular. The second bit may be true. The first is not. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Should Biden go to jail for his handling of Israel one day? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/21/25 1:20:50 PM #169 | LightSnake posted... If it ended the genocide in Palestine, bombing Tel Aviv to force them to stop would have been justified. I hope you realise you've just justified the 7 October 2023 attacks. LightSnake posted... There's also a misconception these were civilian targets when they weren't. Hiroshima was an army HQ and Nagasaki was a military port. No, there was an army HQ in Hiroshima and a military port in Nagasaki, which is very fucking different. LightSnake posted... Yeah, THAT'S an interpretation. No, it's the only possible meaning of what you said. No interpretation needed. LightSnake posted... I'm sorry, while they were waffling on their conditional surrender, the Imperial Japanese Army was massacring civilians on a daily basis and yeah, the US was NOT motivated by care for those people but it doesn't change the fact it was happening and Ssj either pretends it wasn't happening or deflects. FFS, you're the one deflecting - every single time you deflect from the actual point by bringing up something that you keep pretending Ssjevot is saying or believes. LightSnake posted... probably because hes making actual discussion very difficult. Oh my frigging god... --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | The White House is actively being torn down |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/20/25 4:52:46 PM #49 | Dark_twisted posted... He doesn't plan on leaving, ever. He'll probably give orders that when he dies the White House be turned into his mausoleum so president can have it after him. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Any of you like the Tesla cyber truck more than the new Hummer? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/19/25 6:59:07 PM #18 | I wouldn't touch either with a bargepole. PMarth2002 posted... the cybertruck is the ugliest car I've ever seen by a mile. I don't entirely agree. I mean, it is very ugly, but it has a hint of what could have been a kind of cool retro-futuristic design, if it were a sensible size and shape. And not a pickup truck. And not designed according to the whims of a Nazi man-child. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Should Biden go to jail for his handling of Israel one day? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/19/25 6:52:33 PM #6 | The first three replies are all correct. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Which Disney cartoon movie had the best collection of songs? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/19/25 1:43:20 PM #26 | Aladdin is the clear winner IMO, with The Lion King a clear second. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Who is canonically the most powerful character in gaming? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/19/25 9:58:45 AM #6 | The player character in any god game. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Lmao. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/19/25 9:24:30 AM #6 | "LOL". But only if I actually did laugh out loud. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | First NYC Mayoral Debate |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/16/25 7:17:33 PM #6 | legendary_zell posted... Mamdani has the juice, but Trump is gonna do some crazy stuff if he wins. Trump is gonna do some crazy stuff whoever wins. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | What's your favorite Diablo game? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/15/25 3:25:27 AM #21 | PMarth2002 posted... Diablo 1. I liked the simplicity of it. 2 didn't grab me as much and I never played 3 or 4 This. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Daily reminder that Trump 2028 is not a joke to Republicans |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/14/25 8:16:47 PM #28 | Trump won't run for a third term - he'll just extend his second term indefinitely so he doesn't have to. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Cuts impacting disability |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/14/25 1:50:31 PM #19 | It's not reckless, it's deliberate. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Republican bill HR 5518 would allow US agencies like ICE to operate in Canada |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/14/25 1:48:59 PM #8 | If Trump tries this, Canada should treat it as an act of war. And given the idiots who are now in charge of the US, including its military, Canada would probably win that war. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Most people lose their health insurance coverage except the rich, what happens? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/13/25 6:49:07 PM #26 | Everyone should lose their health insurance coverage - because there should be universal healthcare in which insurance does not feature at all. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Would you be ok with da democrats going after dese ICE agents when dey get power |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/12/25 4:08:59 AM #18 | 008Zulu posted... Domestic terrorists must be held accountable. Stop calling ICE terrorists - they're much worse than that. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | How did Disney get away with doing a blatant Harry Potter knockoff |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/09/25 12:48:18 PM #25 | mercurydude posted... Here's Tim Curry playing a Dumbledore-like character in a Potter predecessor called The Worst Witch. Yes, even when I read (and very much enjoyed) the first Potter book as a child, I noticed the similarities between the two - magical boarding school, kind headteacher, strict and nasty potions teacher, nasty rival student who's the potions teacher's favourite... --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Can I get a very simplified definition of 'antifa' that I can use for my family? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/08/25 7:20:24 PM #19 | GameGodOfAll posted... "What's antifa?" "A political movement that opposes fascism, racism and violence by the government against the people." GameGodOfAll posted... "Why are antifa attacking random people downtown? "They aren't - you're thinking of ICE." GameGodOfAll posted... "How come they all dress the same and wear masks?" "They don't all dress the same. Some of them wear masks because the people they oppose are bad, violent people and they don't want those people to be able to find them." GameGodOfAll posted... "How come rich people fund them?" "They don't - rich people hate them." Also consider trying "Your grandfather [or other appropriate relative] joined an Antifa organisation in 1942 - it was called the United States Army [or other applicable armed service]." --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | What does Arnold Schwarzenegger call a colonoscopy? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/08/25 6:23:48 PM #10 | thenotoriouscat posted... idgi "Cameron Diaz", in Arnie's accent, sounds a bit like --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | What does Arnold Schwarzenegger call a colonoscopy? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/08/25 5:58:29 PM #5 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DC9xez5pxU --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Obvious things that took you forever to realize |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/08/25 12:48:34 PM #11 | ai123 posted... The numbers on a toaster setting indicate the number of minutes the toaster is on for. This is actually mostly not true, though it is true for some fancy expensive toasters. Most toasters don't use actual timer circuits because there are cheaper ways of varying the time - less precise, but toasters (especially cheap ones) don't need to be precise in that way. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Crazy how this almost ruined Pokemon's reputation |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/06/25 7:58:45 PM #35 | What I don't understand is why they haven't just edited out the seizure-inducing bits for repeats and international broadcasts. From what the Wikipedia says, the offendng parts only lasted a few seconds at most, and it seems like they could easily be replaced with something different and safe, maybe even cut altogether. I get that they wouldn't have wanted to show any version of the episode any time soon after the original broadcast, but it's been 28 years now. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | You must choose a fictional fantasy death that will happen one day |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/06/25 4:03:49 PM #13 | The petrification sounds like the least painful. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | What's the difference between Trump and a steaming pile of shit? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/05/25 6:29:18 AM #11 | Trumble posted... You could theoretically flush Trump too, you'd just need a big enough toilet. Well, he seems intent on turning America into the world's biggest one. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | What's the difference between Trump and a steaming pile of shit? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/05/25 5:48:55 AM #8 | The steam. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | I bought myself a Sega Master System today. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/04/25 3:45:20 PM #39 | CRON posted... I used to love CGR back in the day and it's so sad how that guy's career turned out all these years later. Why, what happened? --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | J.K. Rowling slams 'ignorant' Emma Watson |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/04/25 5:19:07 AM #83 | If you have the patience for a 72-minute video essay on the subject (and I really don't blame you if you don't), you can hear the details of Rowling's pre-Potter life, and the contrast with the version of it put about by Rowling herself and by a biopic about her, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFUqCrmPC0 --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | J.K. Rowling slams 'ignorant' Emma Watson |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/04/25 5:13:49 AM #81 | Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... If I had a time machine, I would, among other things, make sure Rowling remained in poverty as she deserved. To create a rags-to-riches image, Rowling often implies that she grew up, or spent a large part of her life, in abject poverty. She didn't. She had a comfortable middle class upbringing and lived in those conditions for most of her life before Harry Potter made her rich. She was broke for a short time after she left her abusive first husband, and that can't have been nice, but she's greatly exaggerated the extent of her poverty even then - she's said she was "as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain without being homeless", but in fact she had support from family and friends that meant her living conditions were a lot less bad than that. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | I bought myself a Sega Master System today. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/04/25 4:25:00 AM #23 | Technologically the Master System was undoubtedly superior to the NES. While globally the NES was obviously far more successful thanks to dominating in Japan and North America, the Master System outsold it in Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand. In Europe it continued to sell decently as a budget alternative to the Mega Drive well into the latter's lifetime. In particular it was huge hit in Brazil, remaining popular for years after not only it but also the Mega Drive/Genesis had been discontinued everywhere else. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | In your memory which President was the best public speaker? |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/03/25 5:37:06 PM #19 | Obama >>>>> Clinton >>>>>>>>>> any of the others For British Prime Ministers, Thatcher. I hate her and everything she stood for, but she was (unfortunately) a very capable orator. Some people would probably say Blair, but I found his oratory superficial and offputting even before everyone hated him. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast, killing four. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/03/25 4:43:04 PM #14 | EPR-radar posted... It's pretty clear that one of the purposes of this is to habituate the US military to committing war crimes. That task was accomplished decades ago. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Democrats winning the House in the midterms. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/02/25 7:11:36 PM #32 | Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... You didn't answer my question. This statement is incorrect. --- Re-open board 261. |
| Topic | Democrats winning the House in the midterms. |
| Thanatos_the_Great 10/02/25 6:56:01 PM #30 | Metal_Gear_Raxis posted... How is it reckless? The Republicans aren't exactly making a secret of their intention to abolish elections, or to rig them so thoroughly that it comes to the same thing. --- Re-open board 261. |
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