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| Topic | Nikolas Cruz the Florida shooter regrets and is deeply sad, shares the pain. |
| R_Jackal 02/16/18 8:42:01 AM #58 | Mental health is an issue, but I honestly think these kids don't think consequences fucking exist any more. They just want to do whatever the fuck they want to do by and large and have some of the thinnest skin ever. "This guy makes me mad? I'll shoot him." "My valentines day is shit? I'll just go out and kill whoever I see, I can grab a gun from the house." "What!? I'm going to prison for the rest of my life!? Now i'm sad...:(" That, I chalk up to utterly garbage parenting. |
| Topic | I don't understand why people dont use the self checkout registers. |
| R_Jackal 02/15/18 11:26:53 PM #6 | Anteaterking posted... At least at the places I've been with self check out, if you are getting more than a certain number of items it's obnoxious to try to use the limited amount of space. This. Trying to buy like 1~5 things? Self checkout is wonderful. Buying large things or more than that? It's just annoying as fuck to use tbh. |
| Topic | Army drops nade throwing requirement to graduate, new recruits can't throw far |
| R_Jackal 02/15/18 8:58:58 AM #14 | Aristoph posted... Fam_Fam posted...Aristoph posted...Would've probably gone over a whole lot better if they'd kept the "these kids can't throw far enough" out of the public explanation and just given some bullshit "we don't typically have engagements that require throwing a hand grenade very far anymore, so we're just gonna show them proper form and drop the distance requirement." It's the military. If they can take a shot at you, they will. Referring to verbally in this case. |
| Topic | Red Pillers have thoughts on the school shooting |
| R_Jackal 02/14/18 7:23:05 PM #12 | Pepys Monster posted... How the hell is he wrong? He's both wrong and right. Armed security in schools could very easily end up with a lot of bad judgement calls, but ignoring the problem isn't the answer either. Even though I like my ability to own guns(more a collector than the "I need to protect myself" sort), I personally believe gun control is the safest route. Granted, for america, that's just going to open up a whole new bag of worms... So, long and short: We're kind of screwed on any way to fix this problem by public opinions. |
| Topic | A parent got mad at me because I gave his kid lunch detention |
| R_Jackal 02/10/18 5:13:59 PM #41 | If it's associated with gangs, I'm with you that it was the right call. Better to teach them early that there are consequences. |
| Topic | Most cryptocurrencies will go to $0, but a few of them will change the world. |
| R_Jackal 02/10/18 12:50:35 AM #30 | so basically the internet will become a gigantic shovelware f2p phone game that begs you to watch ads every four seconds for coins. |
| Topic | $5million or you never have to sleep again |
| R_Jackal 02/09/18 7:27:52 PM #25 | Itachi157 posted... Can I still sleep if I want to? Says in the OP that you can sleep whenever you choose. |
| Topic | $5million or you never have to sleep again |
| R_Jackal 02/09/18 6:05:10 PM #6 | Never sleeping. Finally get some time to spend with my hobbies and gaming in general. $5 million is cool and all, but it's more money than I'd even know how to use honestly. Not to mention, always being perfectly well rested? That's a fucking huge health benefit. Plus, being well-rested constantly and all my extra time, I could work 3~4 jobs if I so chose to and just save everything over to make a good chunk of money and retire way early anyway. |
| Topic | What is your favourite Horror game? |
| R_Jackal 02/04/18 11:41:57 PM #4 | Fatal Frame 2 or Kuon. Probably Kuon moreso, but they're close. |
| Topic | People actually think Black Panther is the first black superhero movie. |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 11:43:35 PM #7 | Spawn. If we're getting in to more comedic ones, Blankman. Also, yeah, Steel. Think Spawn came out a touch before it though. |
| Topic | I am 100% for gender equality and stuff, but... |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 9:12:22 AM #16 | Pastryarchy posted... scar the 1 posted...darkjedilink posted...Okay, how about this - do you believe that it's entirely possible for an entire awards show night to ONLY award women? The people complaining don't want reason or equality, they want superiority by existence. I know few genuine feminists who think anything near what's being complained about. So, any form of common sense, like this, is useless on them. |
| Topic | Tomorrow Bitcoin will fall below 9000 |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 9:09:06 AM #34 | Turtlebread posted... Dont really care about bitcoin as a currency It's the worth it has there that makes it worth real-world money, but yeah. Can't really argue that one. Kind of regret not buying in more, but I made a good chunk of change off no personal investment myself, so I can't really complain. |
| Topic | Tomorrow Bitcoin will fall below 9000 |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 8:56:29 AM #32 | Turtlebread posted... x50 in any market over one year is huge Earth, where people are a bit more fiscally responsible. I mean, I made about $15k off of... no investment. Was doing work in the early days of bitcoins and had people give me some as payment, but that doesn't mean I would buy in even at the lowest point. It's an asinine currency where worth is decided largely by media popularity, it would seem. Edit: 27_Sandman_40 posted... You guys ruined the industry with your memes and ignorance of how stocks work. You scared away future investors and you have developers working their ass off to exceed your ridiculous demands. Really? Memes ruined a market? You really think any sort of currency that could be ruined by MEMES is a good one? Blockchain tech is potentially great for things other than this idiotic cryptocurrency deal, so it's a shame it's seeing blow-back... But, I mean, they really brought it on themselves if they couldn't stand up to your average internet idiots, didn't they? It's easy to blame your consumers, it's hard to actually fix problems. Guess they took the low road. |
| Topic | Tomorrow Bitcoin will fall below 9000 |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 8:42:17 AM #18 | Turtlebread posted... R_Jackal posted...Turtlebread posted...R_Jackal posted...Turtlebread posted...that's what they said in 2013 and here we are I mean, if you buy low and sell high you generally make money, but that concept isn't exclusive to bitcoin. That doesn't make it a good way to make more money, as is being shown by people currently losing money. The volatility of the crypto market makes it a poor investment at the best of times, realistically. And yet, with that amount, I'm sure people who bought Google or Amazon stock early and held it for years would laugh at that cash you made. Edit: Unless you're justifying it as a good way to make money solely by your own experience, which is honestly a rather self-centered outlook. |
| Topic | Tomorrow Bitcoin will fall below 9000 |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 8:34:33 AM #11 | Turtlebread posted... R_Jackal posted...Turtlebread posted...that's what they said in 2013 and here we are For your average person with a mining rig, factoring in power costs, I think the usual net was like $6~10 a month in profit. The more money you have, the more money you make with Bitcoin, so... no, not really. Then, there's the idiots ruining their credit to take out loans/maxing out credit cards to stockpile GPUs to mine as though it'll help them not be in debt in any reasonable amount of time. I can make 10 dollars a day mowing a lawn every day with less overhead cost if I really wanted to. To put it in to perspective though, those gains technically get you less money than a WoW player farming in-game to buy a time token with gold. That's pretty much worthless, to me. |
| Topic | Tomorrow Bitcoin will fall below 9000 |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 8:26:50 AM #9 | Turtlebread posted... that's what they said in 2013 and here we are I mean, if it's a cyclical fad, it's still a fad. It falls and gains based on whimsy, more or less. Horrible currency to do... anything with in all honesty. |
| Topic | Why do some people trust corporations more than the government? |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 12:18:00 AM #23 | byrone posted... Kazi1212 posted...byrone posted...DoctorVader posted...Cuz u can run to the gov when corps go bad. I mean, the government very often just lies to or ignores people. Corporations perk those ears up right quick if their profits start dropping, though. |
| Topic | Would you take a 33% paycut to remove nearly all the stress from your life? |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 12:11:04 AM #31 | nickels posted...
I mean, I don't change my sleep schedule for the weekend so I'm up at like 4 AM every day. Have had to deal with this before. Not that big an issue. |
| Topic | Why do some people trust corporations more than the government? |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 12:09:19 AM #16 | You answered in your topic. Corporations want to profit, thus are actually malleable to the public will. They're also extremely predictable due to this most of the time. The government though, especially currently, is... unpredictable. People dislike uncertainty. |
| Topic | Would you take a 33% paycut to remove nearly all the stress from your life? |
| R_Jackal 02/01/18 12:06:32 AM #29 | Assuming this means elimination of stress in the sense of anything that stresses you, yeah. No mortgage/rent, job worries, or bills AND make 66% of what I was? Sure. That said, I'm not really stressed and have never really been, this is just extra no stress. Also... Johnny_Nutcase posted...
Decisive people tend to not stress. At least that's how it is for me. I hate possibilities, so I quickly come to a decision in situations like that. What comes of it, comes of it--not much else to be said, and dwelling on things in the past seldom changes the future so... I see it as a waste of time. |
| Topic | Two men fight in a classroom (INSANE FIGHT NO SURVIVORS) |
| R_Jackal 01/31/18 8:05:51 PM #4 | Two men hug battle for snickers bar. |
| Topic | Is Visual Media dead? |
| R_Jackal 01/31/18 4:27:47 PM #6 | TV is dying slowly, but it'll be a loooong time before it's "dead." Barring shithead cable companies rocketing it towards an early grave somehow. But yeah, people watched grammy's for the performances generally, few people I know actually cared about the awards ever. |
| Topic | C/D A human's life is always worth more than an animal's |
| R_Jackal 01/30/18 9:02:45 AM #4 | I'll deny due to the huge amount of variables. Such as abused dog's life vs drug lords life and such things as an easy example. |
| Topic | Oh man, this new flaming rule is kind of dumb. |
| R_Jackal 01/24/18 10:43:19 PM #15 | I mean, it's really easy to get by without calling people "names." It's also much more fulfilling in trolling practices to get a person to make themselves angry as opposed to you doing it, and flat-out cussing or "name-calling" is typically ineffective at that. |
| Topic | the technological singularity is ALMOST here |
| R_Jackal 01/24/18 10:04:48 PM #2 | Not enough profit in it yet, it'll be a while. Few more generations at least. |
| Topic | Are pro gamers "athletes" in your eyes? |
| R_Jackal 01/23/18 6:17:20 PM #195 | Nope, I don't. Been a gamer a long time, outside of some crazy ass DDR players, I'd never consider anything in video games physically taxing. I mean, they require skill, but ultimately... They're just an entertainment medium that is both fun to watch and play, so people are cashing in on that. |
| Topic | California will prosecute employers who aid ICE |
| R_Jackal 01/21/18 3:50:01 PM #86 | Blame asshole employers that this had to be a law, not federal law or California. Deportation has basically become something weaponized for when your illegal workers actually start hurting your bottom line, as opposed to... well, a tool of the government. |
| Topic | Lets cut da bullshit and admit dat Naruto is a good series *spoilers* |
| R_Jackal 01/20/18 7:36:43 PM #6 | SSJ2GrimReaper posted... Havik posted...Reis posted...No. |
| Topic | Do Republicans hate our military and troops? |
| R_Jackal 01/20/18 4:03:35 PM #5 | KingCrabCake posted... Both parties hate the military This, pretty much. Both sides just weaponize the sentiment about our military against the other to drum support when needed, but neither side gives a damn about 'em. |
| Topic | Brave fencer Musashi |
| R_Jackal 01/20/18 11:31:29 AM #19 | One of my favorite games ever as a kid. |
| Topic | GTX 1060 6gb cost $700 |
| R_Jackal 01/19/18 11:59:58 PM #16 | Allanon23 posted... DarthAragorn posted...If you're in the market for a PC it's literally cheaper to buy a prebuilt now If you buy them from resellers, yeah, they'd be getting screwed. The retailers, however, aren't hiking. Basically, while crypto-miners are running GPUs all day to make like $6, resellers are buying GPUs for $250~800 and reselling for $900~2k. Long and short, for those that don't understand: nVidia and AMD are not making bonus bucks off this, Joe the Scalper is. |
| Topic | NYPD Union Sues To Stop Release Of All Bodycam Footage, It Violates Civil Rights |
| R_Jackal 01/16/18 12:22:17 PM #27 | Man, as a cop, I'd be all for body cams right now. Even assuming you don't get killed over stupid shit, doing one tiny wrong thing or busting a nose during a struggle can mean the end for yours, and your families livelihood in the blink of an eye. I understand why they don't want them, but still. |
| Topic | I dont know if I should stay with my girlfriend |
| R_Jackal 01/12/18 11:51:19 PM #6 | Good relationships come from understanding that shit isn't perfect. Whether it's being broke as hell, arguing, or whatever the hell--life doesn't go as planned. If she has no complaints, and you actually feel guilty, she's a keeper sounds like. The sentiment means a lot more than the gift if she understands your situation. Do something nice that you can afford for Valentines/BDay, and maybe a more grand gesture after a couple paychecks roll in to thank her. |
| Topic | Who are the laziest devs in the industry? |
| R_Jackal 01/07/18 9:55:02 PM #43 | Darmik posted...
That is where you overestimate people. Also, already touched on it. Simply put, the longer those 80 hour weeks carry on, the lower morale gets, the shittier the project gets. They're not wasting time, but being burnt out is a thing. Equivalence wise I could see staring at code, facedesking, yelling at people, a million "why doesn't it work?" scenarios, so on. While that carries on, people suddenly become less and less motivated to actually work in my experience, and more motivated to pretend to work. When those are the requirements, I quickly see "crunch time" devolving in to "What is it that I can do to avoid being fired?" |
| Topic | Who are the laziest devs in the industry? |
| R_Jackal 01/07/18 7:13:31 PM #38 | Darmik posted... ZombiePelican posted...Darmik posted...Only 118 people work in the company and again, they come out with a new Pokmon usually every year at around the same time. That's not easy to do. As someone who has done work in a variety of fields, though admittedly nothing like game development, this may be true... However, I can say one thing: Motivation is god in the workplace. Construction is hard work, but you give people garbage pay and shit hours, and they work in the most halfassed way possible. They do what bare minimum they can to make the house not fall down around them, and that's about it. Apply the same basic idea to everything from cashiers to high-end management--though in their case, they can pass the garbage along to those under them. So yes, they may have had stupid hours, but if the stories are true... This cost them time with their family, and cost them their steady jobs on this Iron Man 2 project. You can absolutely guarantee the staff wasn't at high morale, and thus not working as hard on the project. Just a realistic look for all the people acting like it's impossible to be lazy in a "hard work" field. As such, there is definitely lazy devs, and the work shows. |
| Topic | Who are the laziest devs in the industry? |
| R_Jackal 01/07/18 6:11:50 PM #17 | SSJKirby posted... Valve Possibly, but Valve is more like the Walmart of PC gaming now as opposed to game developers. Why bother making shit when you can turn a better profit off of selling everyone elses? |
| Topic | Who are the laziest devs in the industry? |
| R_Jackal 01/07/18 6:07:13 PM #11 | I would say KoeiTecmo pre-Nioh and Dynasty Warriors 9, but they actually seem to be putting effort in lately. GameFreak is definitely a front runner of late, |
| Topic | Is Borderlands the Pre-sequel worth it? |
| R_Jackal 12/31/17 11:05:19 PM #11 | Only reason to get it is if you like Handsome Jack, really. Even then, it's still pretty mediocre. |
| Topic | I sold off all my bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. |
| R_Jackal 12/19/17 10:15:25 PM #12 | BJ-blazkowics posted... booboy posted...I'm considering the advice in another topic, throwing $100 at each, not touch it for awhile, and store the wallet on my tablet. Small investment, good potential return over time, minimal worry/impact on finanacial future? Worst case scenario, you forget about it and only lost a few hundred or less pending on the market. Best case, you get a good chunk of retirement/emergency cash. |
| Topic | I sold off all my bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. |
| R_Jackal 12/19/17 10:09:29 PM #9 | AlternativeFAQS posted... dude, you're thinking too much. take that 2200, put it in bitcoin and FORGET about it. cash it out in 20 years Because with how much governments want it to fail, it'll be around in 20 years and not relegated or competing to a multi-national or global form of crypto currency sanctioned as legitimate while it's driven in to darkness through some shady as fuck business practices. I would definitely play the short game for maximum profits. But to be perfectly honest due to the unstable and slightly asinine rate of inflation, right now, it doesn't seem worth investing in if you didn't do so in the early years. |
| Topic | LIVE: FCC voting on Net Neutrality |
| R_Jackal 12/15/17 9:58:26 PM #347 | _OujiDoza_ posted... knuxnole posted...Hillary isn't good for the people :P Lets be perfectly honest, we were pretty much equally screwed with either candidate, just in different ways. Granted one is only speculation, but it sure as hell felt that way. |
| Topic | LIVE: FCC voting on Net Neutrality |
| R_Jackal 12/14/17 5:26:11 PM #294 | Shiek120 posted... ChainedRedone posted...Shiek120 posted...If so many people are actually angry, why aren't the doing anything? I'm just seeing a lot of "Wow I'm upset" It was handled in house, man. Americans had pretty much no say. It was a panel of 5 people that basically went and did whatever they wanted. Well, 3 iirc. Also Ajit Paid got appointed. Not elected. Edit: typo, but I left it because it seemed appropriate. Phone knows what's up lol |
| Topic | I wonder how advanced and successful America would have been if Bernie won |
| R_Jackal 12/13/17 8:19:10 AM #4 | TheCyborgNinja posted... Well, nothing he wanted would have gotten through the house or senate. So about the same, just with less manchildery. |
| Topic | Would you bang dis MtF trans? |
| R_Jackal 11/24/17 10:55:47 PM #70 | No, but only because she still has manface. No amount of makeup can hide it. |
| Topic | One million dollars but if you say another swear word you die |
| R_Jackal 11/22/17 10:54:14 PM #14 | Depends. Are we talking flat-out cussing or anything derogatory? Cause I know some fancy ways to cuss at people without doing it. |
| Topic | Family Values Republican takes a SELFIE of his PENIS and he WON'T RESIGN!! |
| R_Jackal 11/22/17 9:52:13 PM #16 | NES4EVER posted... Why do all these family values guys have like 2 or 3 ex wives? Experience. They have more family, so more values. |
| Topic | I gave a really cute female beggar $20 last night |
| R_Jackal 11/22/17 9:47:21 PM #35 | If you want to help the homeless, buy them shit. Give them a box of donuts, a shirt/pants, whatever you can get them for the price of what you'd give them. Otherwise, they'd likely just spend it on drugs. If they deny it, they're fakers. |
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