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• NES - Phantom Fighter
• SNES - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
• Genesis - Beyond Oasis
• N64 - Conker's Bad Fur Day (multiplayer)
• GCN - Killer 7
• PS2 - Metal Gear Solid 3 (slight edge over MGS2)
• Xbox - Jade Empire
• 360 - Max Payne 3
• PS3 - Demon's Souls
• Switch - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• PS4 - The Last of Us Part II (slight edge over Bloodborne)
• PS5 - Elden Ring

• GBA - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
• DS - Hotel Dusk: Room 215

The only Ben Shapiro video I'll watch is this one.
https://twitter.com/FerransRichard/status/1635490497044140032

For the first time in three decades, the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club.

Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the nations most prevalent purebred dog last year, the club announced Wednesday. Frenchies ousted Labrador retrievers from the top spot after a record 31 years.

Why?

Theyre comical, friendly, loving little dogs, says French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa. City-friendly, with modest grooming and exercise needs, she says, they offer a lot in a small package.

Yet the Frenchies dizzying rise it wasnt even a top-75 breed a quarter-century ago worries its fans, to say nothing of its critics.

The buzzy little bulldogs have been targeted in thefts, including last months fatal shooting of a 76-year-old South Carolina breeder and the 2021 shooting of a California dog walker who was squiring singer Lady Gagas pets.

Theres concern that demand, plus the premium that some buyers will pay for exotic coat colors and textures, is engendering quick-buck breeders and unhealthy dogs. The breeds popularity is sharpening debate over whether theres anything healthy about propagating dogs prone to breathing, spinal, eye, and skin conditions.

The British Veterinary Association has urged people not to buy flat-faced breeds, such as Frenchies. The Netherlands has prohibited breeding very short-snouted dogs, and the countrys agriculture minister aims to outlaw even owning them.

French bulldogs can be a polarizing topic, says Dr. Carrie Stefaniak, a Glendale, Wisconsin-based veterinarian whos on the Frenchie clubs health committee.

She has treated French bulldogs with breathing difficulties, and she stresses that would-be owners need to research breeders and health testing and to recognize that problems can be expensive to treat.

But shes no Frenchie foe. She owns two and has conditioned them to run agility courses and take hilly hikes.

These dogs can be very fit, can be very active, Stefaniak said. They dont have to be sedentary dogs that cant breathe.

The AKCs popularity rankings cover about 200 breeds in the nations oldest canine registry. The stats are based on nearly 716,500 puppies and other dogs newly registered last year about 1 in every 7 of them a Frenchie. Registration is voluntary.

The most rarely owned? English foxhounds.

The rankings dont count mixed-breeds or, at least for now, Labradoodles, puggles, Morkies and other popular designer hybrids. The AKCs top 10 were: French bulldogs, Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, German shepherds, poodles, bulldogs, Rottweilers, beagles, dachshunds and German shorthaired pointers.

With roots in England and then France, French bulldogs became chic among American elites around the turn of the 20th century, then faded from favor.

That changed, rapidly, in this century. Social media and celebrity owners (ranging from Leonardo di Caprio to Megan Thee Stallion to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) gave the dogs fresh exposure. Still more came last year, when U.S. TV audiences watched a Frenchie named Winston take second place at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show and then win the National Dog Show hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia.

Last year, about 108,000 newly registered French bulldogs surpassed Labs by over 21,000.

As a longtime breeder and a veterinarian, Dr. Lori Hunt sees Frenchies as ideal companions but their popularity as a curse, not a blessing.

Theyre being very exploited by unscrupulous breeders, she said. The Westlake, Ohio-based vet has seen plenty of Frenchies with problems but rejects arguments that the breed is inherently unhealthy. Some of her own do canine performance sports.

Some other breeds are prone to ailments ranging from hip dysplasia to cancers, and mixed-breed dogs also can get sick. But recently published research involving about 24,600 dogs in Britain suggested that Frenchies have very different, and largely much poorer health than do other canines, largely due to the foreshortened, wrinkly face that encapsulates the breeds je ne sais quoi.

With such findings in mind, the British Veterinary Association has said it strongly recommends against buying flat-faced dogs and has campaigned to scrub them from ads and even greeting cards.

The American Veterinary Medical Association is exploring ways to improve flat-faced dogs welfare, President Dr. Lori Teller says.

To animal rights and welfare activists, the French bulldog frenzy puts a snorting, panting face on problems with dog breeding in general.

A lot of the breed characteristics that are bred into these dogs, theyre for looks, not necessarily health and welfare, and Frenchies are probably one of the most exaggerated examples of that, said Dr. Lorna Grande of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, a professional group affiliated with the Humane Society of the United States.

It is a welfare issue. These dogs are suffering, she says.

The AKC notes that its Canine Health Foundation has donated $67 million since 1990 for research and education on many breeds, and the kennel and Frenchie clubs say there have been advances. A new breathing test made its U.S. debut on Frenchies, bulldogs and pugs at a show in January.

Prospective purebred owners should explore breeders history and health testing, accept waiting for a puppy, and ask themselves whether theyre prepared for the responsibility, the AKC says.

Research what goes into owning a dog, says spokesperson Brandi Hunter Munden, and really take an assessment of your lifestyle to make sure that youre really making the best decision, not just for you, but for the animal.

What's the last show or movie you watched where the villain was a corrupt Imam or Rabbi?

Yes, because it's good and actually music

Even with safe search off?

John "Jigsaw" Kramer

Did Hitler ever kill anyone directly?

/hugs

Sorry, man.

I want to look up that one where the guys penis turns into a girl but I feel typing Girl Dick Manga into Google is ill advised.

Well we use anime and manga instead of cartoons and comics. Do Japanese have a unique term for RPGs?

This is why that I hate Abby just gets off. From the things we heard Joel is a horrible person. However he is killed for saving someone.

Isn't this pretty much what Papa Doc in 8 Mile was doing?