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Every single building owned by anyone in her church should be turned inside out looking for other such cases

Falls kill a lot of people. It's scary how fragile the human body is

omniryu posted...

And there we go absolving responsibility of the other party.

He has more. Many orders of magnitude more. Authority must demand far more accountability.

omniryu posted...

If you said the officer at driver side, sure but the officer in the front. Just tried to be a barrier, which yes, was a bad move.

Not just a bad move. Escalation of the situation and outright fucking evil.

omniryu posted...

He didn't make the best choice and this is what I am talking about the false narrative of police intentionally wanting shoot any individuals.

It was an evil choice, because he understands that he's putting her in a more dangerous situation.

omniryu posted...

And risk the lives of others?

It's not really doing that. It creates far, far, far less risk to others than him getting in the way creates.

You see that she had disregard for the police officer life.

Now that's a false narrative.

omniryu posted...

The narrative you and plenty of people here carry that the detainees have no burden or obligation to comply and help de escalate the situation and the cops are the only one to require to do so and thus perpetuate the idea of " you don't need to comply because the cops will kill you anyway."

Cops should have literally, literally, literally 99% of the responsibility. Position of power must come with higher standards

I will be blowing up the moon.

I definitely respect what Mark Cuban is doing with perscription drugs. And I really respects that he admits he thinks it will ultimately be a profitable business, and doesn't deny that selfishness plays as much of a role as altruism. But he's doing good here.

That doesn't mean he's a good person overall though. He didn't get there by being decent.

omniryu posted...

And in this situation it takes two. He didn't made her press the pedal.

As an authority figure he assumes significantly more responsibility and should be held to a much, much, much, much, much, much higher standard. His actions were wrongful. Regardless of what she did, his actions were wrongful. He should not have done that. He escalated the situation, which was wrong. If he had taken more appropriate actions, she and her offspring would be alive. He is evil.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

I'd kind of like to try this one.
It really looks like the kind of game where you tolerate a lot of cutscenes and talking on the first go because it's fun, but then when it's maxed out it's hard to revisit.
Like Colosseum though, it's different and being offbeat has kept me revisiting Colosseum for two decades, so I want to give it the benefit of the doubt.

The cutscenes are pretty heavy in the beginning and then again near the end. Otherwise it's not that bad. I definitely recommend it to anyone that likes catching and exploring, it's a high point of the series.

ViewtifulJoe posted...

The fact they make you play as a student made me assume this one was for first timers too.
Being free to ride around the world, grabbing up Rare Candies and a shopping list of items seems like fun though. Gyms in any order is nice too.
Not sure what I think of tera. Seems hard to plan for.
Paradox Pokemon are cool though.

They make almost every game beginner focused. A couple of the higher level (fully optional) classes in the school might actually help people that have been playing awhile. Like, if you're ready to start moving from casual to competitive it could actually be useful.

The multiplayer is also fantastic if you've got friends. If you play together with opposite versions, you can catch their version exclusives in your game.

Most 3D gens were 2 steps forward 1 step back.

Gen 6 suffered because it was still designed with the intention of making Z, a third version to improve on the firsts. So the games almost feel "incomplete."

The remakes of R/S were ok. They implemented later pokemon in a really cool way, the story event with the legendaries caused a migration so new pokemon appeared around the map and you could go hunt them. But it didn't bring back stuff from Emerald like previous remakes had.

Gen 7 improved on it a lot. The pokemon roster was better, the characters and story were better, and the region was better. And it kept mega evolution, but it was only in the post game. The big downside was it had the worst rival in the series, but the secondary rival was one of the best. They also got the awful idea to split the "third version" into two games this time around. There was another horrible change, there was no national dex. You could still import older pokemon, but they didn't have dex entries. This was a 100% negative change, because they could still have limited online tournaments and getting the shiny charm to the regional dex anyway.

Gen 7 rounded out with Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. These were deliberately simplified, and were really well designed and fun for what they were. They added in a couple story beats to tie in with later games, mega evolution and move tutors were available, and the games just looked great. The master trainers and Red were a fantastic challenge. However, these were certainly not a standard pokemon game. If you wanted the next step in the series, this wasn't it. Also, exp share became permanent.

Gen 8 is where the games lost far more than they improved. The region sucked, they lost gimmicks and added a much worse one, and of course dexit happened. They straight up limited the roster, not all pokemon were included. Gamefreak lied and told us this was done to improve models and animations, but both of those things were identical or worse. Nothing of value was gained from this terrible, awful design choice. The DLC improved it a bit, but it's still a low point for the series.

BDSP is weird. It was excessively "faithful" to the originals in bad ways, and brought up to modern standards in bad ways. Took nothing from Platinum, the same sin ORAS made. There was a couple cool new things, like the new underground, but they don't mean much. Ironically, there was a menu storage glitch that made the game infinitely better. If you can somehow find someone with update 1.1.1 to match versions with, it's probably the best Pokemon game on the Switch.

Legends Arceus was finally good. The single player is the best the franchise has ever been. The region is so much fun to explore. We're already used to a limited roster, and this is the game where there was finally some payoff for it: Pokemon have actual behaviors programmed in. The downside is that multiplayer is scrapped.

Scarlet and Violet are a mixed bag. The world, characters, story, pokemon roster, basically everything remotely related to gameplay is dramatically improved from SwSh. Terestalization is a good gimmick. But it's a glitchy mess. It just straight up runs bad because of time constraints. But underneath all of that is a really good game.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Looks like the cop deliberately stood in front of the vehicle in an attempt to block the car with his body in case she fled. Then when she did try to flee he immediately realized he was in the middle of a dangerous situation and shot the pregnant woman to stop himself from getting ran over.

It doesn't look like that at all, except according the the falsified, dishonest telling by the police. Which is inaccurate because these particular officers, as well as any in their department that know the truth and are defending them, are evil pieces of shit.

The "she was driving towards the officer" statement is clearly such an extreme misrepresentation of the situation that it should only be called a lie.

If you're at an interview you should have at least done a little research into the company. I've had actual answers to that question for the last few places I've applied.

He's an evil piece of shit, so he doesn't deserve an easy life.

This is wrong, period. Landlords should not be able to force people out just because they want to use the property differently, even if it's for family members. The leases should be honored. Even if they are legally able to do so, it is outright evil.

Truly, these people need to be stripped of all power and influence.

pnut027 posted...

Dont do this.

You wear glasses in the water? Get them all messy and probably have bacteria build up in the joints?

I don't open my eyes underwater

• I look better
• My vision is more consistent, with peripheral, no frames or anything in my field of vision, and everything else
• They don't get dirty and blurry over and over and over. I work in a kitchen so it's especially bad
• I can freely swim or go out in rain without inconvenience
• They won't get fogged up if I come out of a fridge, or inside from winter air, or outside from AC, or if I'm sitting over hot food
• Sunglasses, binoculars, VR headset, goggles, all work a million times better and more conveniently
• Can fall off or get lost
• My near vision is spectacular, so if anything glasses are inconvenient. Not a problem with contacts
• Glasses can be uncomfortable. Often are.

The only downsides of contacts are the slight inconvenience of putting them in, they can be a little irritating by the end of the day if my eyes are getting dry, and I can't rub my eyes (which I probably shouldn't be doing anyway). Oh, I guess I need to bring glasses or a backup pair if I stay somewhere overnight, but I keep both in my car anyway.

TodorokiHayato posted...

But they still fired him? Seems like he would have cause to get his job back.

That guy has a terrible take. It does not "seem like it was made up." There's probably insufficient evidence for a criminal trial which has an extremely high standard of proof (for good reason). For that reason they decided it probably wasn't worth putting her through the stress of it for low odds of success.

He'd probably be found liable in civil court though. And considering his other behaviors, it was the right call to let him go.

CableZL posted...

Edit: Topic title should say "Ohio Trump supporter," not "Ohio Trump supporters."

Not according to his voting record

That's sad

MrResetti posted...

Is this about Alice Cooper?

There are others, but this one is probably what triggered it.

I actually think Alice Cooper could come around. That doesn't make what he's saying ok, but someone close to him could probably break that ignorance

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You subverted the disingenuous arguments he was planning. Didn't give him any good key phrases to latch onto and pretend there was an actual back and forth. He couldn't take being so openly exposed for so long and freaked out

Think of someone old and very evil

Prince Phillip too

If you're not fundamentally opposed to rebuying games you already have, having stuff like Towerfall Ascension or Crypt of the Necrodancer are great to have on the go. Or if you were interested in something like Spelunky on Steam, but never pulled the trigger, you could fill up your Switch with that stuff.

Plus like, Mario Kart and Mario Party.

Switches aren't that expensive. I've bought a couple for my friends at times to have people to get into a game with.

It's a damn shame that they'll cause it to mutate further and hurt even more people.

I'd be somewhere between Iron Man from the beginning of Iron Man 2 and Magneto from the end of First Class.

Man, we pay part time high schoolers $16 an hour if they're a good worker after 2 months. Suck you can't find decent wages in your rural area.

I don't modify very often. If I do ask for something taken off I usually don't mind doing it myself if they mess it up

Questionmarktarius posted...

It's absolute fantasy to deny that eight billion people aren't fucking up the planet, somehow.

The questions are:
how do we stop or mitigate this?
is it worth curtailing liberty to do so?

Regulations on corporations do not curtail liberty.

and even if you're planning to be a disingenuous liar to argue against that point, there are many other ways to combat climate chance that don't rely on increasing regulations.

The courts are the worst of it. Some state governments too, but at least you can write those off completely.

Because, floor 5 is inhabited by people with 15,000 hours in the series. Like I said, you gotta go a lot lower to get to get paired up with people that have been playing less than a decade.

Since the oldest millennials were born, there have only been 3 presidential elections in which Republicans have won the popular vote. Reagan's reelection in '84, Bush 1's election in '88, and Bush 2's reelection in '04.

Really fucked up how Republicans still have so much power despite that.

You can make a new account, lose 400 battles in a row, and you're still primarily being matched up with people that have 9200 hours played. That's just how Guilty Gear works

Kirby Return to Dreamland

cjsdowg posted...

Thus it would seem to reason that this these stops yield a larger number of drunk drivers.

It does not, as is always shown by studies. They give out a lot of minor traffic tickets like inspection and shit though.

I do wonder what percentage actually believe these assholes are innocent, vs those that don't actually believe, but would never admit that even if their children were being held at gunpoint

DUI checkpoints have been proven repeatedly and consistently to actually increase DUI related crashes and deaths. More people die and get hurt because of them. More people die than are saved. More people are injured than are saved. More property is damaged than protected.

Just something to think about.

I saw the skyline while they were there, but I'm not sure if I took particular note of them back then.

FortuneCookie posted...

Unhoused doesn't conjure up a sense that the person using the term is in greater sympathy with the plight of the homeless person -- only that they wish to be seen using the terminology which makes them appear benevolent. It strikes me as the new, "I have an African-American friend."

Well you're wrong, so shut the fuck up

emblem-man posted...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/20/california-affordable-housing-crisis-homelessness-study-myths-older-black-residents

Again, nobody said or implied that the unhoused in CA are primarily made up of transplants. But other states do traffic people there. It reduces it in other states and increases it in the big states (CA and NY). I mean, look at that statistic. 10%. 10% of CA's population is more than the total population of a dozen states.

Also, this is counting all unhoused. That includes couch surfers, people that stay with parents two days a week and their uncle three days. If you look at just people living on the street, the percentage of transplants is at least 20% higher. But again, that doesn't matter. Nobody is making the case that California would have low homelessness with only locals. That doesn't diminish how awful trafficking people there is.