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Nichtcrawler X posted...

How likely is it that someone would use this to get in, get hurt and then sue the school on the grounds that they should have never been allowed into the squad?

Sadly, pretty likely. This is America, after all.
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CarefreeDude posted...

As cool as it would be to explore a 1:1 scale of Los Angeles in the game, I don't think it would be enjoyable spending hours getting from point A to point B. Not to mention could you imagine LA with realistic traffic in a game? It doesn't matter how fast the car you steal goes, you're not going anywhere fast

Pretty much. If I wanted to drive around a realistically-sized city, I'd hop in my car. Putting that kind of realism into a game just gets in the way of playing it.
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PuddingBoy posted...

If it's not competitive cheer then I don't see a problem with this.

That's about my thoughts on the matter. Non-competitive cheerleading isn't that athletically demanding, and excluding people is going to be more on the basis of cliquishness than anything else.
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Red_Frog posted...

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Zeus posted...

You heard it here, folks, words are worse than violence! -_-

Yes, actually. They are.

Imagine being this wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_(language_use)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries

*Headpat*
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OhhhJa posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

why do leftys always use snowflake wrong? its funny.

It's basically like, "LMAO now you're complaining about people being whiny babies about something so you're the whiner now, snowflake LOL!"

I'm pretty sure it's a direct response to "snowflake" being the go-to insult for conservatives any time a liberal expresses any sort of dissenting opinion. Is it perfectly accurate? It never has been. For now, just interpret it as "how cute, you think your opinion matters" and respond accordingly.
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OhhhJa posted...

MLB still isn't very political though either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

It's almost like something that's viewed by tens of millions of people on a regular basis makes for an effective platform to use in pushing to have one's message heard.
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Red_Frog posted...

adjl posted...

Zeus posted...

You heard it here, folks, words are worse than violence! -_-

Yes, actually. They are.

Imagine being this wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_(language_use)
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ThickDaddy posted...

they didn't want football to be politicised.

Anyone who thinks sports have ever not been political doesn't know **** about history.
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I have also been keeping an eye on this, though I'll probably end up waiting for a sale.
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Zeus posted...

You heard it here, folks, words are worse than violence! -_-

When the "violence" is being splashed with water*, and the words in question are a deliberate effort to incite hatred, prejudice, and real violence? Yes, actually. They are.

*In a warm environment where getting wet does not immediately create a serious risk of hypothermia and/or frostbite. Don't splash people with water in the arctic.
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PK_Spam posted...

You know what you did with that topic title

More liek JizzMasterZero mirite?
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FellWolf posted...

Full Throttle posted...

He is now charged with 2 counts of possession of child porn and one count of possession with the intention to promote

Something doesn't add up...

Maybe they're insanely high-res images. He can't get off to anything less than 4,194,304*8,388,608.
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Revelation34 posted...

adjl posted...

You already quoted and responded to that post, and I really don't think this second response was really witty enough to warrant making an additional post for it. That just makes you look desperate to express your bitterness.

And yes, if you're awkward enough about it, saying hi to somebody can indeed make them uncomfortable. If you're making people uncomfortable by saying hi to them, you really need to reevaluate your conduct.

Well I would love for you to find another post I made since that was the only one I made in this thread. Also if anybody gets uncomfortable from somebody saying hi then they're clearly the insane one.

Apparently I shouldn't post before 8 am. I somehow conflated you with Rasmoh, who had also responded to the post a couple hours earlier. My bad.
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WastelandCowboy posted...

Who cares if he was an incel. He's a murderer and will probably get life in prison.

If the official line is "it's 100% a mental illness problem and nothing at all to do with guns so we shouldn't touch guns at all," then it is indeed necessary to care whether or not he's an incel, since that's a crucial part of his mental health.

Zeus posted...

Who exactly is worshiping genocide nowadays?

mrduckbear posted...

had nazi and communist memorabilia..

And then we've got the alt-right sugar-coating Nazism and presenting it as a legitimate ideology... I mean, really, you quoted this stuff yourself. Acting like you don't understand is just being disingenuous.

Revelation34 posted...

Lirishae posted...

Frankly, this is a canard trotted out by socially awkward people who refuse to face up to the fact that behavior they view as innocent can make women feel very unsafe. It's not rocket science that most girls don't want to date someone who makes them uncomfortable.

I guess saying hi to somebody is uncomfortable.

You already quoted and responded to that post, and I really don't think this second response was really witty enough to warrant making an additional post for it. That just makes you look desperate to express your bitterness.

And yes, if you're awkward enough about it, saying hi to somebody can indeed make them uncomfortable. If you're making people uncomfortable by saying hi to them, you really need to reevaluate your conduct.
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Like every other sentence. Not out of any particular sense of need to do so, it's just fun.
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Zeus posted...

While antisemitism is a major problem in this country -- as evidenced by the socially acceptable hatred of Israel

Being critical of Isreal's conduct is not the same as antisemitism. Not remotely.
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This reads even more awkwardly than usual because you tried to combine two separate headlines.
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JanwayDaahl posted...

It's also a reflection of how gynocentric our society is when a relative nobody can climb the social ladder so easily.

I like how Janway says this after having proclaimed - on multiple occasions - the virtues of a society in which women basically exist to be married off for political gain instead of having independent control over their own love and sex lives.
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I don't know why you posted that.
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Typically big, but I enjoy little from time to time.
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It was in the vessel with the pestle, but then they broke the chalice from the palace, and it ended up in the flagon with the dragon.
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Loljanway
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Sounds legit.
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goldbman posted...

Taylor Swift should have been his wife

I think you should keep elaborating.
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I think you should keep elaborating.
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The people getting married typically do.
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I think you should elaborate.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Man that's just apartment living. Not sorry, if you want a quiet place, go rent or buy a home.

I mean, there are limits to reasonable noise, and complaining is justified when people violate those, but expecting silence is unrealistic.
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I wouldn't say it's the worst offender, but the multiple rereleases of every single game and tendency to take existing content from prior games and add them back in as DLC later are definitely pretty lazy cash-ins.
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You can treat outliers as representative samples if they support your position. Everyone knows this.
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Provided they give suitable advance notice, I don't see why not, same as any other job. However, the nature of the military is such that "suitable advance notice" is going to be quite a bit longer than the typical 2 weeks other jobs ask for, given the literal life-and-death consequences of losing manpower on short notice.
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I like it, but it is a very different flavour from most pizzas. I can understand why some don't.
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Delicinq4 posted...

I dont really care. I can see how it may be annoying for men that women are getting all sorts of things subsidized now (tampons, birth control, etc) and they arent getting anything,

Whoa there. Birth control is also for men. It may be women that end up physically receiving it, but those women's partners get to reap all the same benefits that the women do (at least as far as using it as birth control goes, and ignoring the therapeutic applications of BC pills and hormonal IUD's). Painting subsidized birth control as "women getting something that men don't" is ignoring the fundamental purpose of birth control (that is, to let men and women have sex with each other without making a baby, which both parties enjoy unless one of them is really bad at it).
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Both.

At the same time.

Because this is my imagination and you can't tell me what to do with it. So there.
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LinkPizza posted...

Why is it called that?

There was a point when, as a consequence to other common euphemisms being autoflagged, "CJayCing" became the go-to euphemism for masturbation (after the then-admin for the site). When that became moddable as well, the user Hypnox (who has since moved on) offered his own name for use instead, and that stuck.
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TheWorstPoster posted...

Never heard of it.

Therefore I am uninterested.

What a bizarre attitude to have. You're uninterested in anything you haven't heard of before?
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It looks like it's still in theatres here until Thursday. I guess it's just been so wildly successful that they wanted to keep raking in the ticket sales.
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myghostisdead posted...

What are some clear examples and definitions of toxic masculinity?

Emotional unavailability, emotional repression (with the exception of anger, which is considered manly to express), using violence to solve problems (an extension of emotional repression)... Basically any unhealthy or otherwise harmful behaviour that is justified by saying it's manly to do it.
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Because it's a poll about what people want to see, not what people expect to see.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Why not poop first?

The bowel wants what the bowel wants.
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Zeus posted...

Been a bit out of the loop with gaming industry news, but what model exactly?

Pretty much eschewing everything about the games that got them where they are, focusing instead on crappy mobile games and gambling machines (pachinko, slots) branded with their popular IP's. The closest thing they've done to a legitimate game is Metal Gear Survive, which was possibly the least original premise imaginable (and zombie survival games aren't even currently in vogue, so they were late to that party), and they stuffed it with some of the more egregious monetization practices around (namely charging $10 for a second save slot in a class-based game). Plus other various dickery.

Basically, they've stopped making the games their fans actually want in favour of using those IP's for absurd get-rich-quick schemes.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Zeus posted...

ARPGs

But what do you consider an ARPG? Some would say Monster Hunter, but I don't think so.

The archetypal ARPG would be Diablo.

Also, MH definitely qualifies as having heavy RPG elements, given that the entire game revolves around the idea of incremental upgrades and character customization. It's not story-heavy, but that's about the only thing that it's missing.
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GanglyKhan posted...

adjl posted...

I like how that entire list didn't include the term "role-playing" once

You can "role-play" in any game. Jumping up and down in my living room while shouting "bing bing whahoo!" doesn't turn Super Mario Odyssey into an RPG.

While true, it's still pretty funny that defining "role-playing game" didn't include the concept of role playing at all. I feel like that should really make you question what you're prioritizing in putting that definition together.

The way I see it, RPG isn't a genre. There are a number of game mechanics and design elements that can be considered "RPG elements," including character (and/or party) customization, character progression, variable stats, and meaningful player influence on how the story plays out, but elements like those show up in so many wildly different games that trying to call RPG's a genre of their own is a futile exercise in drawing arbitrary highly-specific lines (numerical damage display? Seriously?). Many, many games include some degree of character progression and customization these days.

To that end, I prefer to look at it as a matter of how significant a game's RPG elements are. Zelda has RPG elements (namely equipment and stat progression, plus your choice of regularly-used items). However, those RPG elements are lighter than what you'd see in, say, Elder Scrolls, where you have a much greater degree of control over how your character develops, as well as a greater ability to choose how you want the world to unfold. Ergo, Zelda has light RPG elements, Elder Scrolls has heavy RPG elements.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Cotton_Eye_Joe posted...

GanglyKhan posted...

As does Grand Theft Auto, again, not an RPG.

San Andreas has stats that you can level up, I think.

Doom 2017 does too.

An RPG requires all of the following in my mind to be considered as such: an exp system, displayed numerical damage, some sort of structured battle system, management of magic/skill bars, a heavy emphasis on story and narrative, focus on revolving door equipment, and in 99% of cases, a party of characters.

I like how that entire list didn't include the term "role-playing" once.
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GanglyKhan posted...

So does Metroid: Zero Mission. That doesn't make it an RPG.

If you're going to make a point like that, you have to also demonstrate that Metroid isn't an RPG.
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Zeus posted...

Attacking the very notion of masculinity benefits their cause.

"Toxic masculinity" does not mean all masculinity is toxic. That's the exact opposite of how adjectives work.
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Naturally, but at least it'd be funny.
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If they let her into the country in a car based on the documentation she had on her, there shouldn't be any grounds for arresting her.
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Has anyone kept a tally of how many topics NMB has made to express his views on TV shows of which he is a fan? I doubt it, because that'd be pretty useless data outside of this exact situation, but I feel it's worth a shot.
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OhhhJa posted...

Lol so I was right. Facebook memes lmao.

Are you suggesting that reinforcing people's specific biases by manipulating what shows up in their facebook newsfeed can't influence how they vote? Because that would be disregarding pretty much the entirety of the very successful psychology behind advertising, and that wouldn't be very sensible at all.
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