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asagi_mode_gone posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Iodine posted...

False rape accusations are extremely rare.

According to BuzzFeed (who wrote the article trying to prove they never happen) said it's the very small margin of over 3%

Meaning almost in 1/20 accusations could be false.

That's a lot.

That's about many Mixed people there are in the United States proportion wise.

Did buzzfeed link to any studies or research for that 3% figure?

And 3%=/=1/20, it's 1/33

2012 Ministry of Justice reports, I'm assuming the number is slightly higher now given how cases showcasing false accusations have risen.

Regardless it is over 5% now

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315728247_The_Prevalence_of_False_Allegations_of_Rape_in_the_United_States_from_2006-2010
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FrisbeeDude posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Iodine posted...

False rape accusations are extremely rare.

According to BuzzFeed (who wrote the article trying to prove they never happen) said it's the very small margin of over 3%

Meaning almost in 1/20 accusations could be false.

That's a lot.

That's about many Mixed people there are in the United States proportion wise.

If you think that's bad, you should see stats for actual rapes that go unpunished...

Yes that is also a huge problem.

But again, these stats are for proven false. Not for ones that couldn't be proved either way, so it may be more than that.

CyricZ posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Meaning almost in 1/20 accusations could be false.

And >19/20 are legitimate.

In general, I'll take those odds.

Given the hard choice between false accusation and people not reporting because they think no one will believe them, I'll take the former.

Or, you could push for means to curtail false accusations and not immediately believe someone when they come out with claims, instead waiting for some proof and then switching to believe them.

Did you see the Chris Hardwick stuff?
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Iodine posted...

False rape accusations are extremely rare.

According to BuzzFeed (who wrote the article trying to prove they never happen) said it's the very small margin of over 3%

Meaning almost in 1/20 accusations could be false.

That's a lot.

That's about many Mixed people there are in the United States proportion wise.
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Pretty sure this was just to make it Nationwide, although I do think the law is oddly worded for it anyhow.

Laws preventing the KKK from rioting like in Alabama were already being used to unmask and punish Antifa

https://www.conservativereview.com/news/antifa-thugs-unmasked-in-alabama/

Regardless groups like Antifa need to get tossed they aren't helping anyone, I don't get how people defend them.

(And I know that site isn't great, but they just came up with the story I wanted when I posted it)
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ZMythos posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Even Dragon Ball allows side characters to do more, and actually fail.

I strongly disagree here.

Naruto had a pretty great cast of supporting characters with their own development and stories. Shikamaru had a stellar arc against Hidan and Kakazu
Hinata went from incredibly timid to willing to stand beside and in front of her love (and even almost died)

Yeah, and Dragon Ball does that better too.

Let's compare Piccolo throughout OG, Z and Super to say Gaara throughout the original, Shuppuden, and Boruto

Piccolo trains Gohan and sacrifices himself while fighting Nappa, showing his development.
He goes and fights Frieza, preforming well and fighting for his people, even absorbing the memories and strength of someone there.
Trains side by side with Goku who he previously saw as an enemy, after keeping secrets for him and filling in everyone on what's happening with Trunks
Becomes the leader of the Z-Warriors in Goku's absence showing himself as one of the strongest there and defeating Android 20 in Goku's failure
Finds out about Cell, the true main villain, has a cool sequence where he stalls for time.
He then briefly becomes the Strongest Z-Warrior (surpassing the three Super Sayians) and is the first person to actually be shown with a chance at defeating one of the Androids.
Then turns and gets the Androids to work with him against the new threat in Cell.
Lectures Goku about his own son's personality, after providing him with his clothes

Shikimaru was cool, but again those characters really stop mattering.

I'm going to stop now, but any comparison results in the Dragon Ball characters doing more over the course of the series.
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Started off alright.

Had significant quality drops as it went on, became the "lol Ninja Jesus" show as it went on too.

Even Dragon Ball allows side characters to do more, and actually fail.
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So why does the US have so many legal Indian,Fillipino, and Mexican immigrants?

You think the countries with more immigrants would be "white countries" if you are arguing racism in the system.
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Some of that article on muffing legitimately makes me feel uncomfortable just thinking about it being done.
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metralo posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

If you're trying to refer to what ICE is doing in the US, that really doesn't fit the definition there.

yes it does.

So separating prisoners from their children is genocide, to you?

Although I do have to say considering the way Native American culture was eliminated by Canadians, Americans and European countries like Spain that the definition presented does hold weight.
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I mean Nightwing has been straight up raped twice in the comics.

My favorite was that writer after going "well it wasn't consensual, but it wasn't rape" as if there's a secret magical definition we don't know about.
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Doe posted...

Fox and Falco actually became no-homo F-Zero racing buddies in an ending to Star Fox Command

I mean James McCloud is straight up a race in F-Zero.
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I felt that the music in Fallout 4 is solid, just turn off or on the radio whenever you want something new.
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I would love to see a new game.

I think lore wise, a prequel would be a better bet.

I wouldn't mind seeing a No More Heroes style one with big races split up by bounty hunting, smaller races/trials, challenges/minigames, and so on.
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Nomadic View posted...

XHJYFL posted...

Unfortunately SJWs never learn. They will instead double down and push SJW crap into media despite it almost always losing money. Marvel learned this the hard way.

Not yet. Marvel is still pushing SJW shit in the comics.

I dont like something therefore its SJW!!!!

Fucking lol

Have you read recent stuff?

Go look at America Chavez
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It's a movie that I hav legitimately no idea where the love comes from.

The movie starts with "lol yo momma" and ends with a random kid being able to use the force for no reason.
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deupd_u posted...

The Last Jedi

Budget $200250 million
Box office $1.333 billion

Poor Disney

Actually that did underpreform... So....
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

TheCyborgNinja posted...

I understand why people are pissed. I'm slightly annoyed, but I'm hoping it'll support offline too like Conan and Ark. I'm really not interested in a Division dark zone game with crafting...

Todd said there is no offline option.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

It's no different than the leap from 2 to 3 though. It's actually less of a shift.

There was a shift in gameplay between 2 and 3, not a shift in theme.

Todd confirmed you can play privately, even mentioning certain kinds of mods will be restricted to those servers.

What shift in tone?
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creativerealms posted...

The reason they added the construction to Fallout four or part of the reason was that settlement building mods were popular for fallout three. Of course making it such an important part of the game was the wrong way to go.

One thing that bothers me is the lack of NPCs. I get that they want the players to build their own world and for each server world to end up being different. Yet it would still be neat to find like an Government remnant hidden in a Bunker, or another vault that didn't end up so well. Also they didn't want human NPCs, why not a town of Ghouls? There is a lot they could have done.

They confirmed Ghoul and robot NPCs.

And they hinted the player can become a ghoul as well.

The settlement should have been more focused into a few areas instead of dotted all over the map as it was.
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I'm sure you aren't the only one.

Personally though, I am excited I have friends that are big fans of Fallout that are into having a multiplayer spin-off.

The fact that you may be able to play a ghoul is just another cool detail for me.
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I really wouldn't mind them adding more rules on some of the throws to kind of prevent more of these from happening.
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Vol2tex posted...

What was that Flash scene even supposed to mean?

Vague future hintings.

Gotta love how long that whole thing goes on for.
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Frolex posted...

Hadn't gotten used to carrying a revolver and he really wanted BB's attention

He really wanted to put his long silver bullet somewhere.
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Zikten posted...

SSJGrimReaper posted...

watch it not live up to expectations

it won't for me. cause this is the last chapter they said. so they are gonna cram the rest of the story into one game. unless it's a super long game, it won't do the story justice. the original vision was to be a 16 part series. they gave up in only the 2nd game when they crammed what was supposed to be chapters 2 3 and 4 into a single game. and now I guess they are cramming 5-16 into Shenmue 3.

this is why I kinda wish they had just turned the game into a manga and done the story justice. I just want to see what happens but in a good way. my fear is this last chapter will be like what happened with the Fox scifi series Dollhouse, where they got word midproduction they would be canceled that season and the last like 3 episodes are a summary of events that were supposed to be told over the course of many seasons.

The word actually said was that a 4 and 5 are planned if this does well enough.
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More like casing the place and seeing potentials before you pull off the hit.

Just get a feel for everything and consider options.

Blood Money and Hitman both have lots of ways to do things.

Silent Assassin and Contracts are more limited.

The other two aren't worth playing.
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Rey's parents didn't need to be important, she just needed something.

She could have been one of Luke's trainees or something as an explanation.

Although making her and Kylo Ren powerful was a mistake.
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pojr posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Ethnic or nationality?

Born and raised in the Philippines, and married to you or a friends of yours

I have Fillipino relatives then, they are pretty cool.

Most seem to like singing, sports or games (like pool or horseshoes), and have a thing for more slapstick humor.

From what I've seen they tend to be pretty conservative spending wise and go overboard on ways to save money.

That's pretty much it.

Oh make sure to talk formally too, and they do tend to be religious from observations.
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Yeah I would definitely want one.
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Ethnic or nationality?
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iPhone_7 posted...

Yeah Im sure the protesters are okay with human trafficking, its not like they didnt know the details of the raid. Not thats not possible.

Shouldn't people wait to know details instead of mindlessly reeeing?
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Corrupt_Power posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Anyone who actually says Yennefer is better than Triss clearly hasn't read the books.

Yen is downright awful, her introduction may be the worst I have ever seen for a character you are meant to like.

Too bad the voice actor for Triss is... not great. I couldn't ever really like her since her lines are pretty much all delivered terribly.

I'll agree.

Personally, I think the Polish dub is worth a listen, I'm not typically someone who rushes to yell "subs over dubs!" But I do definitely think it's worth a try.
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Anyone who actually says Yennefer is better than Triss clearly hasn't read the books.

Yen is downright awful, her introduction may be the worst I have ever seen for a character you are meant to like.
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Cable, Cyclops, Juggernaut were my main team I guess, but I would swap around decently.
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ClunkerSlim posted...

The_Ivory_Man posted...

Ben Carson's mom couldn't read and he had no dad around once he turned eight.

The guy defrauded the government and used public funds to buy furniture for his house. Thats your uplifting example? Kids, you too can grow up to steal money from public housing!

Dude I said he said stupid shit all the time, I never called him a morally upstanding person just that in his field he was excellent and started basically on the bottom.

You aren't going against the point I made at all.
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weekoldhotdog posted...

Biggest lie told to children

"You can be whatever you want to be when you grow up"

....if your family has money and your parents spent their whole lives rubbing shoulders with the right people.

Or you work hard and get lucky.

Ben Carson's mom couldn't read and he had no dad around once he turned eight.

Graduated Yale, became a Director at Johns Hopkins, was a downright amazing surgeon, has the presidential medal of freedom, and now he's the Secretary of Housing.

He's said stupid shit for sure, but the man is talented, especially at what he knows.

You can blame other things, but acting like there's no upward mobility is ridiculous.

My father wanted to be an astronaut, except he was too tall, that's legitimately a job that he was prevented from, but those are pretty few and far between unless you have a physical disability.
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Ryven posted...

Girls peed out of their asses.

Nearly this but from their Vagina instead, thought that until I was like 15 I guess.

Other than that, when I was really little I had this weird idea that whenever my parents went alone to visit family that meant someone died, so I would always want go with them. This was until I was like 9. To be fair though, I had a lot of relatives die when I was younger, so I get why it started.
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FL81 posted...

Blue_Inigo posted...

Whether youre half demon or half dragon or half vampire or half saiyan, half breeds are usually made super powerful compared to their parents' species.

Was Gohan the biggest example of wasted potential in a series?

In a way, but Gohan is only 23 the same age when Goku died.

And he's as stronger than his father was 16 years later.
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weekoldhotdog posted...

reading too much into it

Did you read the whole thing?
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While a lot of the edits were bad, there were actually some good fixes like changing Palpatine in Empire.
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HylianFox posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

Samus revealed to have royal ancestry.

Sad thing is, I can see this happening

You can't just be a badass normal. Nope, you gotta have some meaningful heritage or be the 'chosen one'

Captain Falcon is a normal badass who became so powerful he conquered the creators of his universe and mocked them for even thinking they could challenge him.
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Well if this was a different film I would say the have shields up as this was specifically gone into during Return of the Jedi where an A-Wing pilot is able to ram them with their shields down....

But since it's RJ the answer is "ayyy lmao"
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Butterball.

Fat fourteen year old whose power is that he can't change... Ever.

Won't go through puberty, will never get in shape, can't get an erection, immortal (meaning when Earth is destroyed he will forever float through the cosmos unable to perish)

It's got some benefits, but that's altogether probably the worst that an actual recurring character has.
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Basically, if you didn't like The Last Jedi your taste in film isn't very sophisticated/developed.

Ah of course "everyone who diagrees with me is a child" great defense.

You know what Sci-Fi film was more sophisticated developed and mature? Blade Runner 2049. Saw it a month before TLJ and I've seen it again, it's a great follow up.

TLJ is awful.
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I thought it was awful, but I don't feel like rehashing the same argument
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Or if they went through a divorce, or were paying for insurance, or were looking for school scholarships, or were looking a jobs, or you know a few things.

I think men and women have their own things currently and neither gender is really above the other across the board.

It would be better to equalize them though.
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Jagr_68 posted...

SSJ2GrimReaper posted...

comics love doing the "omg this couple is getting married you don't wanna miss it" into the "LOL sike we had you going didn't we"

I think that's just a DC thing though since Marvel has done the Cyclops/Jean Grey AND Emma Frost, Peter Parker/Mary Jane AND Gwen Stacy, Mr. & Ms. Fantastic, etc marriages consistently.

Everybody in DC is too brooding and depressed to have relationships lol

RIP Wally West and Linda Park.

Nah but seriously Superman and Lois are almost always together, they definitely do it too.
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Doom_Art posted...

AlisLandale posted...

Supermans identity being made public, so to protect Lois he gets the help of Mr Mtstpkik to undo everyones memory, but at the cost of remembering their marriage.

...You're making this up

It's a joke about Spider-man's marriage.

The Marvel CEO said he didn't want kids to have a negative impression of divorce so he had Peter make a deal with Not-Satan instead for the reasons posted.
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Dash_Harber posted...

refmon posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

It was just as guilty of Mary Sue protagonists

Oh look, a twenty minute video.

Anyway;
- Is capable of piloting spacecraft despite never leaving their home planet before.
- Uses the force without any serious training.
- Defeats a master Sith in the finale confrontation.
- Everyone loves them for no reason and instantly puts them into a position of power in their alliance.
- Just happens to be in the right place at the right time to get off their home planet.

So ... who am I describing?

Clearly not Luke.

He trained for three years reading Obi-Wan's journals, trained for months on Dagobah which had connections to the force allowing faster skips, and trained for another year before Return of the Jedi.

Luke is not loved for no reason.
He's belittled by Han, Owen, Liea, R2, and even Chewbacca laughs at him.
Random people also treat him like trash too.

He never left his home planet but he had flown aircraft and his dream was to join the Imperial Academy and go flying spacecraft as all of his friends had done, there's an explanation for his talent. Luke is not instantly put into a position of power, he's one of the few survivors of the Death Star battle after the desperately scrambled everyone who could fly, obviously he'd be given something after that.

Luke isn't just in the right place at the right time, even if he hadn't been the one to get C-3PO and R2D2 he would have gone away since Obi-Wan would have grabbed him regardless.

The master sith he beat was holding back, wanting Luke to join him.

Luke also is wrong a decent amount and gets the shit kicked out of him as well.

He isn't a Mary Sue in any fashion.
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3khc posted...

Delirious_Beard posted...

forced diversity
SJW's and feminists
"them"
mary sues

did i miss anything

None of these are the reason it sucked.

Mary Sue is a legitimate reason.

Rey isn't an interesting character at all.
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They literally had no planning at all.

Seriously, each film script was written independently.
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The funniest racial jokes are almost always told by that group.
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