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Because actual science is hard.

Money, because I don't have any penile insecurities.

I ask them not to shout. If they keep shouting, I walk away. It's not just a dignity thing, but I really cannot stand unnecessary amounts of noise to the point where I have trouble concentrating on what's going on.

Yes? Obviously I'd hire a cleaner to deal with that shit, problem over.

which CEgal is dis

It's still kind of an issue, but I get the feeling not so much as like 15-20 years ago. My guess is gullible voters who totally fell for the populistic ramblings are getting bored with the same old rethoric and realize there are more important things to worry about.

Unpopular but objectively true facts:

GAMES

Characters dependant on critical hits (a.k.a. rogue class) are inferior to tanks/fixed DPS. Better to have the certainty of knowing how much damage youre going to cause than hoping for the best.

Mass Effect 3: The extended ending was fine and satisfying enough. I feel like people who complain about lack of seeing the result of your choices throughout the trilogy have been skipping/sleeping through the story during the game itself.
Also, Paragon Control is utilitaristically the best possible ending, both at that moment and long-term.
Also also, the indoctrination fan theory is silly and even more ridiculous than the original ending.

Silent Hill: The Room is the best of the series.

Metal Gear Solid 4: The first two acts were easily the best part of the game and pretty much the sole reason why I replayed it at all. Although I was initially turned off by the active warzone atmosphere, I eventually grew to love how expansive the possibilities were of being able to move your way through and influence the battle, or just ignore all that and sneak your way past the battlefield entirely.
The final bossfight however was barely mediocre at best and mostly just memberberries. It wasnt even half as exciting as any of the final boss fights of MGS 1, 2 or 3.

FILMS

Godfather 3 > 2. Although 2 wasnt bad or anything, it just doesnt stick with me nearly as much as 1 and 3.

Cloud Atlas is an amazing work of art. Easily the Wachowskis masterpiece.

Watchmen is the best movie based on a comic book ever made and its not even close.

Return of the Jedi: the song Jedi Rocks was alright and nothing to get upset about. Yub Nub however flat out sucks.

Although the generally unpopular combination of sci-fi/horror/action is a guilty pleasure of mine, I hate the movie Aliens. Mostly because of Newt. I hate little children in survival horror, usually because their helplessness results in all the cool and useful characters getting killed. The fact that Newt screams all the time makes it even worse.

There's no such thing as a movie being so bad that it's funny. You either like it, you don't, or you just don't care for it all that much.
People laughing at how 'bad' movies movies are either just enjoy it (because something doesn't have to be intelligent high-level genius quality to be good enough to watch and enjoy), or they never got out of that teenage phase where they force themselves to laugh overly loud at everything they think they're supposed to laugh at, even when there's nothing lolworthy about it.
The latter are usually the same people who think a movie is either the best or worst thing ever before even having seen it.

SERIES

Star Trek: although I love VOY and cant get enough of it, its major downside (aside from being episodic) is the lack of character growth: the Doctor is pretty much the only main character that clearly develops as a character. All the others are pretty much the same person they were as when they first appeared. And yes, there have been many episodes focusing on Seven Of Nines development, though in the next episode the series seems to disregard any developments and shes just as robotic and antisocial as ever. Even Icheb and almost any other named minor Borg character show more personality.
Also, ENT season 3 & 4 is some of the best Star Trek stuff ever made.

Breaking Bad is mostly bland and depressing (and not in a good way).

Game of Thrones season 7 is great, one of my favorites even. I really liked that the pace was ramped up, as I felt that the series was progressing very slowly, which was nice at first, but eventually became monotonous.
I agree that season 8 was not good and way too rushed, though I think the ending in general is fine. Also, there is plenty of foreshadowing of Danaerys potentially giving in to the Targaryen madness throughout the season.

MUSIC

Rap has categorically sucked ever since gangster rap was invented and somehow managed to infect the entire genre with its violence, misogynism and materialism, not to mention the infantile moves, clothing and way of speaking really limits it to childish/adolescent phases.

The second half of the twentieth century was truly the golden age for music in general. There is just so much good stuff to be found in various genres, and the fact that every era has moderate and minor hits that are mostly forgotten ten years later means that there are always more shiny jewels to be unearthed.
After the early 2000s though, music in general took a deep nosedive. There are still decent songs made every now and then, but very few artists these days are consistently good.

Paul Rodgers > Adam Lambert. Dont get me wrong, I think Adam Lambert is an excellent singer. I just think hes not a good fit as lead singer for Queen.

POLITICS

There should be an obligatory test for every person who wants to vote, in order to ascertain how aware they are of political/societal/scientific developments. The results of that test should determine how much value someones vote has. That way the electoral process is less susceptible to fake news, clickbait and other misinformation influences, and its both more fair and effective than censoring unfounded claims or adding something like this claim about election fraud is disputed.

Although Im all for durable and environment-friendly developments, electric windmills and solar panels are going to be nowhere near enough to meet humanitys energy demands. For now, the best course of action is to generate more nuclear energy. The fact that fission and eventually fusion energy can be developed through this means there is a lot of potential for industrial development. Yes, it is not a 100% without risk, nor is it 100% environment-friendly, but it is significantly more so than sticking to our current dependency on fossil fuels.

We should focus much, much more on the development of space travel and alternative habitats for humanity. If we wait for humanity to get its shit together, itll be too late and well have too few resources to get out there, basically dooming humanity as sooner or later giant meteor is going to hit Earth, if any of the other thousands of doomsday scenarios doesnt wipe humanity out first. Spreading out into space and creating new colonies at the very least increases humanitys chances of survival.

SOCIAL

Cheek-kiss greetings are weird and awkward, and I hope they go out of fashion thanks to the Covid era.

Sex: I dont get sub/dom powerplay. It makes no sense to me and I dont associate with either. While it's fine that people have their kinks, it makes me sad that so many people seem to be so fixated on this when it comes to sex.
Same goes for butt stuff, whether it's giving or receiving. As far as I'm concerned, that place is exit-only.

Cultural appropriation is a silly thing to get worked up about. Theres nothing wrong with adopting another cultures habits or traits if they appeal to you. Forbidding people from doing that is basically no different than saying one gender cant do something because its associated with the other gender.

Traveling by car for a <5-mile distance = lazy, spoiled and wasteful.

Who the hell still gets e-bullied in this day and age? Even 20 years that shit could be solved by just blocking someone or going somewhere else. As someone who was bullied alot irl as a kid, I say that e-bullying is a non-issue.

My life is actually the Truman Show. Literally everything in my life, the people I encounter irl, the people I interact with online, the things displayed on the news, the places I go to, the things happening everywhere I perceive something, it's really all one big elaborately staged performance for the benefit of the audience watching my life unfold.

Everyone here actually being alts of the same person would further support that theory.

Buttnautica

...I'll never look at the Blood Kelp Trench the same way ever again when diving in there.

DespondentDeity posted...

Im in a crisis

teep_ posted...

bruh

Ivynn posted...

Stop making us feel old!

*looks it up*
Looks like I was already 'old' myself by the time this was a thing.

The fact that the bag contains a remote explosive but no remote makes it even more random.

Also wtf is Club Penguin?

Although rationally I don't care what someone's boob size is, physically my body tends to react more positively toward C/D/E cup.

I wonder how many votes are from ass-virgins who just say they like it because they think it's 'awesome' and 'hilarious' to say so.

Do you suck at a game (or life, for that matter)? Git gud.

Wish people would stop fucking around with animals in ways they shouldn't (be it literally or figuratively) so we don't have to do this whole song and dance every year.

inb4 hurr durr i'm gonna do whatever the fuck i want

Double scotch neat and a mic, please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCf6tAO19g

You mean like this?

Dragon Age, and you'd be right.

pegusus123456 posted...

Oxymoron

Well, it's some kind of moron.

I would put Seth MacFarlane in charge.

ColdOne666 posted...

His songs have billions of views on Spotify but they are all just slop. Is his fanbase just teen girls with bad taste and low standards?

This is how I feel about literally the entire genre of rap.

A lower birthrate in a world that procreates like there is no tomorrow is not a bad thing. More countries should follow Japan's example.

"Ah, after 10000 Karma I'm free! It's time to conquer CEarth!"

Alright, let's have a poki bowl...heheh...get it...?

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

And if you were born between 1990 - 1999 you are also a '90s kid.

Nobody post.

You know, I'm something of a Justice League myself.

Poorly posted...

Enjoy the bride, u may kiss the white girl

"Thanks, I already did!"

Russia: "Hurr but if we behave like assholes to everyone and threaten to annihilate them, surely they will respect us more, right?"

pegusus123456 posted...

If you go into it with the expectation that it's DLC - which is what it started out as - it's quite good. It doesn't hit the heights of the original game and some of that is its own fault. A voiced protagonist slightly tanks the atmosphere and it went pretty hard on the land segments which isn't really what you play the game for. The biggest issue isn't its own fault: you've already played Subnautica, so you're used to the atmosphere and the tension.

This pretty much. Also, the layout wasn't didn't feel as open/vast/deep as Subnautica, so there less of that delightful sense of thalassophobia.
What I did enjoy is that it expands on a lot of gameplay elements, especially when it comes to crafting. Furthermore, a lot of things that were fun about Subnautica are pretty much the same in Below Zero, which I consider a plus if you're hungry for more Subnautica.

Overall, if you were to consider Subnautica 10/10, then Below Zero would be about 8/10. Not as mind-blowingly amazing, but still good and worth playing.

Tag for recommendations. I can't get enough of Subnautica, and I need more now that I've played both that and Below Zero inside out.

I don't really get it when people complain about non-realistic looking CGI. Like, do you also complain about that during video games? I don't think I've ever seen CGI that looks 100% realistic, but that's ok, since the human mind is capable of filling in the blanks using imagination.

No matter how good or bad it is, one thing is for sure: it'll be the HIGHEST-GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME!
(Not taking inflation into account, as usual)

PatrickMahomes posted...

anyone who clicked on this topic should be put on a list

By your own logic it sounds like you just made a confession.

*rubs face in soft belly*
*probably gets mutilated as a result but worth it*

There are people on CE who a lot more ban-worthy. Vegy's not so bad.
Getting repeatedly upset about him when there's an Ignore/Block function is like complaining about being bullied online.

What flavor is it?

Karaoke regular here. Although my singing voice isn't great, people generally love my Freddie Mercury-esque stage performance. I really get a kick of being onstage and perform in front of a random audience. Don't even need to get drunk. Just stick to the rythm and have an awesome time.

spikethedevil posted...

I just hope Rowan Atkinson never goes old man yelling at clouds like John Cleese.

John Cleese has always been critical at random societal stuff. I don't mind though.

Also, I thought I remember Rowan Atkinson saying being done with the character of Mr Bean after the last Bean movie. Understandable, especially since a lot of his other material is so much more amusing and impressive.

Musk, and one thing I'd do differently is never use Twitter.

How unreasonable of them. Next thing you know they'll actually expect you to do something for your money, aside from coming all the way to work in the first place.

Choco posted...

the megatech meme is annoying

Smells like someone's jelly.

Megatech because we've already seen Harpie soft goth.

Only 4%, that'll teach you!

Is that...is that hairgel?

The average classic rock band/song is definitely miles better than the average thing the music industry coughs out these days. There was also more stuff that was consistently good back then, as opposed to someone scoring a lucky hit every now and then.

*rubs face in soft fur*

No specimen of the female species does this.