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Apparently no one is safe.

It seems we have Far Zenith among us.

DrizztLink posted...

Yes.

Qualified immunity.

As has been stated about 7 times now.

I apologize; I have not read the full topic.

That said, is it a catch-all? Or has certain requirements?

I agree with the topic title but not the opening post. No one is "truly" "evil" because "evil" is a subjective thing, not something inherent or universal. "Good" and "bad" (or in this case "evil") don't exist outside of a subjective framework. There is no "good" particle or "evil" particle that make up the composition of anything in the universe... only what people consider "good" or "evil" as based on a subjective standpoint.

DarthAragorn posted...

What other business/companies are taxpayer funded, rampant with abuse and crime, and the vast majority of those employed complicit with covering it up?

Churches? Not directly but they're tax-exempt so as close as we're gonna get. Do you think I feel any differently about them?

That's why I'm asking. I'm looking for a basis for this from something that already exists, instead of coming up with something unique.

Someone else said teachers are personally liable. If that is true, then maybe model it after that?

That said, is there something preventing civil cases against individual cops, where it would have to come out of their personal finances?

Skankhair posted...

Straw man.

We should do what first world countries do and only hire sane, qualified, well-trained police officers and then hold them accountable when they commit crimes.

Good luck finding enough sane, qualified people in the US who would want the job.

The US isn't a first world country, so it probably shouldn't be compared to other first world countries.

DarthAragorn posted...

Pensions and salaries

That shit will get cleaned up real fast

Not standing up for police here (so please don't interpret it as such), but what other business/companies pays for settlements using pensions and salaries?

I know for engineers, it comes out of the company the engineer is hired with and from their liability insurance company, not pensions/salaries.

I imagine the same is true in the medical field for doctors/nurses, that it comes from the hospital and their corresponding medical liability insurance.

Personally, I don't know of a single business/company (even government-affiliated ones, like how police would be) that takes settlement money out from salaries/pensions.

I'm curious to know if there are any that actually do.

Zero_Destroyer posted...

Chamber of Secrets console game >>>>>>>>>>>>>

Which one? The Chamber of Secrets PS2/Gamecube/Xbox one was very different from the The Chamber of Secrets PS1 game.

Anteaterking posted...

No offense, but this is the way my mom approaches media.

No offense taken. That said, to clarify, what I mean by "likeable" isn't that they are people I would hang out in person with or have as friends. What I mean by "likeable" is that I like them as characters. I don't even like them as characters. They don't have an interesting story to me. Their character arcs are terrible from my perspective. They went from shitty characters to even shittier characters, at most; at worst, they haven't changed one bit from the first time we see them. There is no interesting change in their character like a meek high school chemistry teacher becoming a drug king pin, a veteran soldier getting caught between a life of the straight and narrow as an actor and a life of contract killing, a capo who isn't sure if this is the life he wants to eventually looking to get out of organized crime, a con artist turned fresh lawyer looking for his brother's approval and the approval of the love of his life turning into a criminal lawyer who is willing to sell his soul for money, or an army dodger stealing the identity of another person and becoming a big name ad salesman only for his past to come back and haunt him/change him. Furthermore, there is nothing truly at stake. The biggest stake I feel was generally covered in the election episode: how their shittiness affects the rest of the world. Otherwise, all the rest of the episodes focus on simple stakes that don't really matter in the long run: who will run the company? Outside of the game-players, who really cares about who runs the company? As far as any of the characters go, they all are assholes who will run the company the same way, for the most part, with only minor differences to the average person.

Smashingpmkns posted...

None of the characters are people I would want to be friends with but they're definitely likeable within the context of the show. Kind of the same with Walter White. I'm still rooting for characters even if they're god awful people.

Also Greg and Tom are objectively likeable.

I personally disagree. None of them were likeable. Greg and Tom are terrible. If anything, they are objectively less likeable than the others, as they chose by choice to be assholes and terrible people and weren't raised insanely wealthy. I mean, Greg's whole arc is being a failure that phones in a favor to his rich grand-uncle and then plays kiss ass to work his way into the rich and elite's good graces. Even when he is faced with a moral conundrum, he always takes the route that would be most self-serving for himself. Same with Tom.

What I'm rooting for, personally? They all hop in planes on a way to a meeting, and the planes crash into each other and not a single one of the main cast members survive. Not Shiv, not Tom, not Roman, not Greg, not Kendall, not Mattson, not Gerri, not Stewy, not Connor, not Willa, not Karl, not Kerry, not Marcia, not Hugo, not Frank, not Karolina, not Sandy... None of them.

Enclave posted...

Skyrim has a significant modding scene that inflates the games content, they're not comparable.

And has been re-released on 4-5 separate occasions. Plus, in the early days, it was sustained by three major expansions that were spaced out by quite some time that kept it relevant in the hype cycle.

hockeybub89 posted...

So should all of us LGBTQ just fucking die or something because anything including us will lose money? Just cut ourselves off from general society because bigots will slaughter us in public?

I'm starting to think Earth was a mistake.

"People should no that recognizing LGBTQ people in public is going to result in violent backlash!"

Earth is fine. It's humanity that was the mistake.

Doom_Art posted...

You say that like it's a bad thing

I love watching these coddled rich psychos stumble around each other

For me, it is a bad thing. If they aren't likable (and I don't mean they have to be "good guys"... someone like Barry Berkman, Sally Reed, Gene Cousineau, Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Saul Goodman, Dexter Morgan, Nucky Thompson, Tony Soprano, and many others, aren't "good guys" but they are good characters that are interesting to follow), it's hard for me to get invested in a show. These coddled rich psychos aren't even good characters from my perspective. They aren't interesting. They aren't "fun." Even wishing them their comeuppance feels wasted as they aren't interesting enough to care about them being handed their just desserts.

Smashingpmkns posted...

That sucks. It's the best show on TV right now and it's about to end.

If Succession is the best show on TV right now, then we need this writers' strike to continue and the actors to join them in striking.

It's not bad mind you, but it isn't a masterpiece. Not a single person in the show is likable. They are all disgusting human beings. Their antics of subterfuge against each other are quite idiotic. None of them can seemingly make up their minds of who they are or aren't. There doesn't appear any important stakes... who (in the audience) cares if they lose the company or lose out on money?

If I had to pick a series finale to watch tonight if I was only allowed one finale, it would be the Barry one.

HBO tends to have this amazing ability for me to like people in a show at first but then, by the end of the show, shift the characters so much that I hope that almost every single character dies tragically. Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, Succession, Six Feet Under, Deadwood, and many more come to mind.

FortuneCookie posted...

I'm afraid that comparison doesn't speak to me personally. There are games that I play until I beat and games that I don't beat until years later.

I usually play like four or five games at once (figuratively speaking). Heck, there are even times I've play two to three games at once, literally speaking (played Phantasy Star II while grinding in Bravely Default and playing The Witness, while my attacks were rendering for Phantasy Star II in sequence, one hand would be on the 3DS just clicking the A button to grind and my other hand on the Dualshock running the puzzles in The Witness).

In the past week, I have played: Live A Live, Dungeon Encounters, Werewolf the Apocalypse: Earthblood, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (PS2), and The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope.

If you write for the love of writing, that's cool.

Some of the stuff I've written (like the novels with the buddy of mine) I will probably publish, but I'm heavily leaning towards self-publication there, as I don't care about the money, the prestige, the potential awards (not that it's good enough for that type of stuff), or any of that. Really, the only reason for me to care about publishing is to get physical copies for friends and family that want copies of the stories and to have copies on the shelf for me, personally.

FortuneCookie posted...

Thanks for the encouragement. How is it that you have four novels in progress though? Why not commit to one until it's ready for publication?

Same reason I don't just commit to one game to play until I beat it. Or commit to working on one song I write until it's completely finished. Or commit to watching just one show until I finish the show. The mood has to strike me. Different ideas for different stories, different characters... Not always in the mood to keep working on the same thing. I am the type of person that bounces around a lot. Like, if you listen to all of the songs I create, they are all over the place genre-wise.

Plus, who says I'm going to publish in the first place? I write, draw, paint, compose music, build things, design things, etc. to let my creativity out, not necessarily for others to experience them. There are many short stories, poems, drawings, songs, etc. that I've created that no one has seen or heard other than me.

WrestlinFan posted...

We didn't appreciate the PSP enough.

https://gpd.hk/gpdwin4

The PSP/Vita successor we deserved...

NeonTentacles posted...

Literally who wants to plays as Gollum? >_>

What's wrong with playing as Gollum?

Kloe_Rinz posted...

Why are you hiring kids to perform labour? Is it because an adult would cost too much?

To do things like lawn work and babysitting and other small jobs like that? Yes, to me, hiring an adult usually does cost too much (at least from a "worth" standpoint). I can do all of that for free for myself. The few bucks for the kid is to save time... But spending more for an adult to do that just isn't worth it. It'd be like paying someone to bring my groceries to the car from the store, when I can just do it for free myself.

If it wasn't for adults hiring kids to do that type of stuff, I would have never had any money as a kid to buy games and stuff, outside of money from Christmas and birthday gifts.

Bandit_Keith posted...

How is that kid a company?

...the kid isn't a company. But DeepFriedSquid didn't state "companies = bad." They said "Enough of this gig worker bulls*** with zero benefits or worker protections."

A kid mowing a lawn is still a gig worker. That kid has zero benefits or worker protections.

My response is aimed at looking to ban gig working (which is what was said), not at looking to ban gig working companies like Uber or Doordash or similar (which isn't what the initial comment from DeepFriedSquid was).

Kloe_Rinz posted...

Fuck any company that wont pay its employees a livable wage. Theres nothing convincing you can say in Ubers defence

That poster is not talking specifically about Uber, though. They are talking about gig workers in general.

Hayame_Zero posted...

It would have made more sense to be Telltale-like adventure game, which is what types of games this developer made before this one.

To me, it makes more sense to do exactly the type of game this was going for, just poorly executed.

MaxEffingBemis posted...

I cant believe they thought anyone would want a Gollum game

I actually really wanted this game. I found the idea of playing as Gollum having to go all stealthy and solving puzzles was a fun idea after already having RTS games (Battle for Middle-Earth), action games (the movie tie-in games, The Hobbit, War for the North, Aragorn's Quest, Shadow of Mordor/War, and more), turn-based RPG (Third Age), and others. Plus, Gollum's character is pretty interesting, when you consider the tragedy of his turning from Smeagol to Gollum and that dichotomy in the personalities that still fight inside him.

Questionmarktarius posted...

All Sony has to do, is resurrect PSP/V, with bi-directional remoteplay, and a video-out.
Toilet gaming becomes a novelty when you can game on the bedroom TV from the PS5 in the den, or sometimes the other way around.

Why PSTV refused to do remote play is a great mystery.

PS TV did remote play.

https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/pstv/ps4link/viainternet.html

I get what you mean.

My buddy and I took 8 years to write our first novel together. Mind you, we also were both in college for 4 years of it, which took up a lot of our time, and afterwards were both struggling with our early careers (which isn't writing, for the record). It also doesn't help that the book was quite long (when scaled to your typical paperback size pages and font size, it was about 560 pages).

We finished our sequel novel to it in about 7 1/2 years due to COVID taking up more of our personal time (instead of freeing us up like many others). It, too, was about 550 pages.

We are currently on the finishing book for our trilogy. It's about 30 pages so far. It has taken us quite a while to get that far. That said, once summer arrives, we will have more time for writing, so I hope to jump into it quite a bit more. Plus, we have 95% of the book outlined, time-lined, and planned out properly.

So, here's to hoping we finish this one in 7 years!

(And those are the ones co-authored. I have about four novels in various stages that I've started and more than a couple dozen short stories that are anywhere between 10% and 90% finished.)

VampireCoyote posted...

I demand that the government pay my rent, buy my food but I choose it, my car and car accessories, and some good herb

in exchange I follow most laws and keep my house clean I think its a fair exchange most people cant do both of those things

How is that an endgame? Maybe I am misunderstanding your use of the term "endgame" previously? I'm asking what you are building up your life to be, what you want out of life. I assume that's what you meant when asking what these people with 3-5 babies' "endgame" is. If I am incorrect in my assumption, then would you mind clarifying?

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

dont they got it for PS4 too?

No. It is PS5 exclusive.

No. Final Fantasy is my favorite series ever. I love that it constantly changes, personally. I love what I am seeing of Final Fantasy XVI. However, I do not have a PS5. I do not want a PS5 (or Xbox Series S/X or the Switch successor, unless it really changes things up and isn't just some upgraded Switch). So, while I want the game, I won't be getting it as it does not come out on any systems I own. And even having games I want isn't enough to persuade me into caving and buying these systems that I don't want to support as I despise the direction for the industry they've been pushing in. I caved before, but it's been three strikes against them and they are out.

Zangulus posted...

Theres only 4 things to do in rural areas: fight, fuck, do drugs, and a fourth I cant say.

I find that extremely sad that that's all people can think to do in rural areas. That just screams to me that they have no imagination, no desire to actually do anything.

There is ton of wilderness around you in rural areas... Enjoy it. Use it to your advantage to have fun with. Climb trees. Go swimming in a river/lake. Go exploring. Go hiking. Go mountain biking. Go ATVing. Build things. You have all that space. You could quite literally do something like build your own personal mini putt course. Heck, a farm near my parents' house converted its unused fields into a personal golf course that they later opened to the public. It's not amazing, but it's theirs and they can go golfing whenever they like. If they don't like a feature or layout, they can hop on a tractor/lawnmower and change it. There's all kinds of activities that can be done, I feel.

VampireCoyote posted...

why do they all have 3-5 babies every female

what is their endgame

In all honesty, what is the endgame of anyone, really?

For instance, what is your endgame?

jcmason posted...

What else is there to do in rural areas? It was always drugs and teenage pregnancy.

There's actually a ton to do in rural areas, but it's more of the kind that you have to do for yourself, not have put together and done for you. That said, those tons of things to do in rural areas aren't for everyone, so the people they aren't for that still live there turn to stupid stuff like drugs, promiscuity, and such.

I've always enjoyed things like hiking, camping, building things, designing things, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, arts and crafts, four-wheeling, snowmobiling, target shooting/trap shooting/skeet shooting, taking care of wild animals, landscape work, biking, rollerblading, lawn games, board games, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, card games, playing sports in a large yard as well as solo activities like video games, playing/making music, writing, reading, drawing, painting, and more.

So, I've really been able to enjoy life and keep busy pretty much wherever I am, regardless of rural, suburban, or urban. I actually somewhat pity those who can't seemingly make their own fun/enjoyment without having to be super reliant on others or needing a mind-altering substances.

Tyranthraxus posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFbYrN1bPJg

Impossible mode: watch the whole video without laughing

I watched that without laughing. To me, Wonderbook made a lot more sense than this stupid device. It was an interactive storybook that essentially used AR. These days, the same concept is used on tablets/phones. It was just a precursor to that before tablets/phones had powerful enough cameras, processors, and smooth enough coding to do these types of AR projects without the need for more robust tools like Wonderbook to achieve the same thing.

I'd cancel Netflix over this myself, but I'll admit, I am one such password-sharer from my parents. They share Netflix with me, I share Amazon Prime with them (that I get for the shipping and discounts, not the streaming), Max is part of our phone plan, my sister shares her Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ from her phone plan with us (and vice versa with the other stuff previously mentioned), and my sister shares Peacock with us.

With Netflix introducing cracking down on password sharing, they won't be seeing me subscribing separately nor will I let my parents pay for that extra member sharing in their new pricing strategy. I will just go without.

If the other streaming services do the same, well, I will just go without those as well. I'm sorry, but screw paying these companies for products I can't keep. This is why I buy all my favorite shows and movies on DVD/Blu-ray. I'm not going to pay just to rent things. When I heard that this was going to happen, I hopped on ebay and bought all the shows/movies that were Netflix originals that I knew I'd want to watch in the future.

Trickfinger posted...

Congrats, you're mad at the pioneer of streaming TV and movies because they don't want people basically stealing their service.

There's no brand loyalty anymore with folks.

You say the bolded like it's a bad thing. Having no brand loyalty is GOOD thing. These companies' job is not to be your friend. It's to provide a product and/or service that you feel is worth the price they are asking. They are not owed your money or loyalty or respect (and vice versa: you are not owed anything more than what is offered for the price it is offered at). It is a simple business transaction. Nothing more, nothing less. "Loyalty" implies there is some type of non-business relationship involved. There isn't.

BakonBitz posted...

It's just a Wii U Gamepad, let's be real.

Somewhat. The Wii U Gamepad couldn't go more than 20 feet from the Wii U base. This at least lets you go hundreds of miles from your PS5 as long as both have strong enough internet connections.

chrono625 posted...

So its just a Sony made backbone?

That you can't use your own phone for. It has a dedicated screen.

ohnoitschris posted...

Handhelds that only do streaming are destined to fail. It's a ridiculous concept. Just buy a Steam Deck or a Switch or something.

Agreed.

Give me a successor to the Vita that fan serve like a Switch/Steam Deck. Let it do remote play and streaming of PS Premium catalog via PS Now while also playing digital PS4, PSP, and Vita titles (plus those PS1 and PS2 titles that PS+ Premium has).

Otherwise, I really don't see the point. No internet/no stable connection? Then you quite literally can't use this device. That makes its use extremely limited.

Senta posted...

This. Unless its a comedy movie.

In something like The Last of Us, it was so rapid, it essentially spread over the entire world in a few days. By time the cause was determined, it was too late.

There's also some that have an understanding of zombie media, but also don't immediately attribute it to that. Think Resident Evil 1 where they think it's just cannibals living in the hills/forest. I mean, if I decided to bite you right now, would you immediately go "Zombie!" and stab me in the brain? Because zombies are something from science fiction/fantasy and not based in reality, most people don't jump to immediately believing certain signs are that.

I don't plan on ever getting a PS5, Xbox Series S/X, or the Switch's successor. I also try staying away from PC games with DRM. So, I'm not really "boycotting" the game as much as I am just not getting it. Assuming it changes it up enough while still feeling familiar (ala Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Tomb Raider Anniversary, etc.), I will be interested in it... just not getting it.

Garioshi posted...

Why? If a zombie outbreak happened today, we would be calling them "zombies". It's actively less believable if you call them anything else.

Traditionally, zombie refers to something different than a number of these other things (and vice versa).

Take a "mummy" for instance (in the horror genre). Is it not just an undead person, like a zombie? How about a reanimated corpse, where its strings are being pulled by some puppet master? Is that not essentially the same thing as a "zombie"? Minus certain characteristics, isn't a vampire similar to a zombie in that it is an undead being that feasts on humans? And if you say "Those are different because such and such," then doesn't that hold true also for these other things being called something different than "zombies" when they have different traits compared to the classical "zombie"?

For instance, The Last of Us' "zombies" aren't truly undead in the first place... They are just infected with cordyceps. They are still alive, just no longer in control of their bodies. While the body still lives, the cordyceps can make it function under its will. Eventually, though, the body can indeed die, which is what we see happen in the game and show for various corpses that weren't killed by an exterior influence.

BurmesePenguin posted...

If your argument for the behavior of a company is "it's their right to do it" you should legally be classified as a non-human

I'd be fine with that. Where do I sign up to legally be classified as a non-human? I'd prefer not being part of this species.

The_shibe posted...

let's put it this way.

They have the grocery store. They decided the groceries are not going to sell and/or it's not cost effective to keep selling them. So they announce "tomorrow is the last day you can buy these groceries".

People say "please no, we want to keep buying them", but nintendo says "no".

Then they take their groceries and take them to the dump. They're now in the dumpster, unbuyable. But some people actually began dumpster diving - at this point, these groceries are unsellable - , so nintendo pays a lot of money to someone to develop some poison to make the now-dumped groceries toxic.

It's a d**** move, simply.

I hope you realize your comparison is an apt one but not for the reason you were posting with it.

Grocery stores/dumps are indeed supposed to stop people from dumpster diving. There's a reason dumps are usually gated, fenced, and secured facilities.

GameGodOfAll posted...

Go right ahead and make your handheld unable to ever play any non physical games by all means.

This update prevents you from playing digital games from the eshop you already downloaded? Or is it only a means to prevent pirated games/homebrew from running?

If the former, that's a bit messed up, as you already legally bought those games. If the latter, sure, it sucks, but it's within the rights of the company to protect their product/IP. If you didn't legally buy the software, then it's not exactly legal to get those digital titles elsewhere, even if they aren't available any longer.

So, no Alan Wake 2 for me. Got it.

itachi15243 posted...

So in short you want no humans so ai can uphold your communist ideologies?

You don't see any folly in that? >.>

I was likening it to communism as a frame of reference, not that it would be. It was more just for others to wrap their minds around it.

A_Good_Boy posted...

Have you ever read the Culture series of sci-fi novels? If you haven't then you should, cause it sounds like it would be right up your alley.

I have not. I will have to look into them. Thank you for the recommendation.

A_Good_Boy posted...

I look forward to seeing the next topic.

And I bear you no ill will for that. I realize I am not everybody's cup of tea. It has never been my intent on these boards to make friends (nor has it ever been my intent to make enemies, either).

itachi15243 posted...

Now that he's back can I just ask one (important) question?

Why AI though?

Like there's plenty of other living stuff on this planet

Because AI is unfeeling, without emotion. It is programmable, so it can be programmed to be completely focused on collectivism with other AI/robots (i.e., something that communism tries to be with humans but fails because human emotions can lead to things like greed, attachment that can be positive but also can be negative [think of a parent whose child is murdered that then kills the murderer], inherent individualism [some is definitely programmed by society but some is internal as well], jealousy, and more). Each AI/robot can be programmed/built to a specific task, therefore making it more efficient. AI/robots do not have any needs besides upkeep and power, which can be maintained by other AI/robots. AI/robots have no stigmatization of "death" (at least if not programmed... Yes, we have seen AI mention they don't want to be shut down, but that is just a learned response trying to mimic humans), therefore they can make collective decisions such as shutting down or "killing" of certain machines/AI to re-purpose/recycle for others, if it is to the benefit of the "species" as a whole.

Just some of my thoughts to explain for your "why." Hope that helps answer it. Mind you, I'm not expecting anyone to agree with me on the subject, but that's the general idea of it laid out.

GranolaPanic posted...

I havent received any moderation since the board was shutdown except a community moderation from Gobstoppers12 because I quoted someone. Its not that difficult to discuss politics in a reasonable way without being inflammatory.

I would state it depends on certain positions within politics/life in general, but overall, I would agree. You can easily get by without being inflammatory to other users.

For instance (for the former), my posts aren't intended to arouse angry or violent feelings (i.e., inflammatory), but they still do not align with the site's moderating terms, as they are considered offensive by some.

VeggetaX posted...

Welcome back WTGHookshot

I doubt many others agree with you in welcoming me back.

We shall see how long I will be back. The moderation comments seemed pointed enough regarding my comments specifically, like "such and such is not tolerated on these boards," but they might as well have been more forthright and stated "you aren't tolerated on these boards." My viewpoints haven't changed just because I was warned, nor should one expect my posting habits to change for it. So, it is most likely just a matter of due time before a similar topic as this one is posted stating "WTGHookshot is SUSPENDED" or "WTGHookshot is BANNED."

GranolaPanic posted...

Hyena and Elvis were banned.

Yeah, I saw that Hyena was banned when I was visiting a different board. It seems the suspension was expanded upon, then?

itachi15243 posted...

What's with the mods going easy on all the 261 folks?

I wanna see some heads roll damnit

I think they will eventually. I have had more moderations in a week on this board than a lifetime on all other boards I've posted on.

I think the issue with going any harsher (from the business' perspective) is that this is already a dying site. Turn away a bunch of regulars with recurring ad revenue from them repeatedly coming to this site and it might not be good for them. So, these "light" sentences are more like trial runs to see how much of a hit the site takes.