Lurker > Dragonblade01

It's true, those workers are definitely unsung heroes for doing jobs that nobody really wants to do.

Careful, man.

Those are some controversial views you're spreading.

I doubt it.

_BlueMonk posted...

JustMyOpinion posted...

Shut the fuck up and learn to read.

hey how bout you go fuck yourself, asshole.

Damn, speaking of handling human interaction well...

I mean, nobody really deserves anything, so yeah.

I can agree that it's predictable.

I can't agree that predictability should be a significant factor in determining the quality of a work.

Lack of suspense and surprise? It's not a thriller or horror movie.

how dare you

Dustin1280 posted...

No I didn't say you were "kind of atheist."

Atheists do not believe in any gods whatsoever and do not believe there is a chance they are wrong.
Someone who holds the belief that they do not believe in gods but don't outright dismiss them as not a possibility is agnostic atheist.

You did it again.

You can't say that I'm "not [x]" and then say in the same breath that I'm "this specific type of [x]." That doesn't work.

Dustin1280 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

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RedWhiteBlue posted...

Atheism is that you firmly believe there is no god(s)

As an atheist, this is not what I believe.

You probably aren't an atheist then, by definition that is what an atheist is.

atheism
noun
disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

That definition (which is my actual stance) and what the user I quoted said are two extremely different things.

If you believe there is even a chance that gods or a higher being exist, then you are not atheist.

You are agnostic atheist if you want to get specific...

Atheism is one extreme while Deism is the other

You said I wasn't an atheist and then said I was a kind of atheist. I'm not sure you've properly considered the definitions you use.

And theism is typically the counterpart to atheism.

ThyCorndog posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

There are only three positions someone can take on any claim "x."

1) X is true

2) X is not true

3) X's truth value is unknown

except 3) is true for everyone because we're in the same boat. everyone is agnostic, so I always found it a pointless thing to say. it just comes down to whether you believe in a god (or gods or spiritual forces or whatever) or not. It's ok to say you do or don't. none of us know if any of it is true

I was talking about the stances one could take, not dealing with the issue of whether or not we truly know something. A person could say they don't know or they could say it is not true. An atheist could take either stance.

Dustin1280 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

RedWhiteBlue posted...

Atheism is that you firmly believe there is no god(s)

As an atheist, this is not what I believe.

You probably aren't an atheist then, by definition that is what an atheist is.

atheism
noun
disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.

That definition (which is my actual stance) and what the user I quoted said are two extremely different things.

RedWhiteBlue posted...

Atheism is that you firmly believe there is no god(s)

As an atheist, this is not what I believe.

Timohtep posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The gameplay is really damn good. And the story is surprisingly satisfying for a precision platformer.

I've collected every strawberry (except the golden ones) and am working on the c-sides and the level design never gets stale.

I got to the part last night where the part of you destroys your feather and you fall really far down. How far am I percentage wise?

That means you've got chapter six and chapter seven of the main campaign left. There's a bunch of extra content you can do after that though if you want a challenge.

The gameplay is really damn good. And the story is surprisingly satisfying for a precision platformer.

I've collected every strawberry (except the golden ones) and am working on the c-sides and the level design never gets stale.

There are only three positions someone can take on any claim "x."

1) X is true

2) X is not true

3) X's truth value is unknown

Success is the result of a series of events. Some events the person can guide, some events the person cannot. Some events the person can only guide if they're aware that there's room for agency. Some people waste energy on some events because they fail to realize that there's no room for agency. And there's no perfect person who's able to navigate all of this flawlessly. Even the most successful people are only the way they are due to a combination of knowing enough and having the right amount of luck side with them.

There isn't a one-and-done "solution" to the problem of success, and I'm not even sure there's really anything that everyone could agree is a legitimate solution to begin with.

One of the GOATs on any console.

Could you two just fuck and get it over with?

I can't jerk off to buildup. I need some payoff.

SwayM posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

It really is one of the best MCU films. The final third had some unfortunate pacing issues due to kind of rushing the confrontation between T'Challa and Killmonger. You could also say that T'Challa himself could have stood for a bit more careful character growth and that Killmonger should have gotten more screen time. But again, this is an MCU film, and as an MCU film it was fantastic.

Weird that you found pacing issues near the end

My immediate thought is how well it used time, how it kept the ball rolling with the emotional elements and tension without feeling rushed or lacking. A lot of movies try to do too much theyll put in too many scenes before the climax or big battle at the end and it ends up feeling kind of sloppy or just doesnt hit as hard.

I thought everything up until Killmonger arrives in Wakanda was perfectly paced. But after that it kind of rushes each beat up until the climax. Like, T'Challa losing his kingdom and then being discovered alive should be a more powerful moment than it is. Not to mention that the Wakandan civil war could have stood for a bit more baking time.

I'm not trying to be too hard on the movie when I say this. I think it's one of the best MCU films, and all the stuff they covered here could have easily caused the film to implode, but it didn't. The concept's fantastic and the execution is largely solid. I just really dig the Black Panther as a character and so I'm basically just noticing some places for improvement or things I wish they did a little better.

It really is one of the best MCU films. The final third had some unfortunate pacing issues due to kind of rushing the confrontation between T'Challa and Killmonger. You could also say that T'Challa himself could have stood for a bit more careful character growth and that Killmonger should have gotten more screen time. But again, this is an MCU film, and as an MCU film it was fantastic.

In Scryed, characters who died in the show would be become black-and-white.

Pee is a small component of it.

According to my gf, it definitely does.

In all fairness, I have seen cops pull people out of a series of cars going over the limit just to make a point.

Go with the flow of traffic if there are people around you.

Go the speed limit if there aren't.

Don't get mad over petty things.

Easy.

Stop thinking of everyone in terms of right and left, jesus fucking christ.

Good lord you're all so damn toxic.

Nah, I still use the vigorwasp item because it's proven so useful to me so far. How I did it was alternate between the thunderproof and vitality mantels while taking potshots at his head. Full ingot set with thunder resistance jewels as well.

But I still got paralyzed once and then he comboed me to death.

Beat tempered Kirin with the greatsword my first attempt and only carted once.

*flexes*

I mean, we also blame the shooters...

Oh my god, some people with dumb opinions wrote dumb articles.

Time to erase an entire direction from existence.

It always seems to come back to anecdotes whenever people give reasons for continuing the tradition of circumcision.

All complex life survives by consuming other forms of life.

The trick is consistent study. That's the only way you'll get anywhere without full immersion. The specific methods aren't actually that important as long as they're accurate, cover multiple topics, and you enjoy the process.

I speak Japanese pretty well, yes.

He did it out of respect. That's cool. Sure, he could have been respectful and also broken the record, but I think the point is that he cared enough at all.

daftpunk_mk5 posted...

Great Lakes Eliot Ness

This guy knows what's up.

"Don't care, got mine."

Um, but it's always been human ethics. They don't tell animals they shouldn't eat other animals. They tell other humans they shouldn't. No moral is being imposed on animals either way.

I don't think it's any surprise at this point that Japan is behind the times when it comes to misogyny.

I mean, people are definitely gonna make sexual comments, lol

I mean, I live by myself, so I guess I'm both the cleanest and the dirtiest person I live with.

Emulator posted...

http://japanese-lesson.com/characters/hiragana/hiragana_drill/hiragana03_writing.html

Is 'dakuon' used with alternate 'so'?

Yes

When you're listening to Tool, just remember that they're not like other bands. Their music is incredibly artistic, almost to the point where you have to be paying complete attention to them to even remotely understand them. I remember listening to a song on Lateralus (though I can't remember what it was), where I thought a song was absolute bollocks during the listen. Then, I closed my eyes for a second, and all of a sudden the song had an entirely new meaning. It was insane the way Tool could just become something so different when you take a look into the music.

Another thing you should note about Tool is that it's easy to get a headache listening to them. Not because they're a bad band, but because of how many ideas their music is riddled with and how complex they are. Soon enough your head will fill to the brim and the rest will just sound like noise to you. Just turn it off and give it a listen the next day.

If you don't like the music, you'll definitely at least enjoy reading through the lyrics, and picking apart the song itself and all of the artistic values that go into making it the complexity that it is.

Well that settles it.

We should start making handguns that shoot knives.

Didn't God put his kid in a married teenager?

I mean, I don't support the spread of Christianity either.

SageHarpuia posted...

The vast majority of mutations are algorithmic and all of them use information already present in the genome, making speciation in nature effectively impossible.

You're misunderstanding the idea of "information" here.

It's just chemicals. Yes, all the chemicals already exist, but the change in arrangement leads to "new" sequences which can be considered "new" information since they lead to "new" results.

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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

Uh yeah, theories that are based on evidence are more credible than theories that were created from thin air and require absolute faith since they have no tangible proof to support them. Funny how that works.

That's literally evolution though. Creatures don't develop new genes when they undergo adaptation, and they can't obtain new genes in there lifetime, therefore, evolution has no basis.

I'm not sure what you mean by "develop new genes," but changes do occur in DNA between generations. Sometimes a particular chain has a change. Sometimes a particular chain gets copied. Sometimes a change occurs in that copy. All of these could qualify as "new genes." More importantly, that can eventually lead to the radical differences between species that we see today.

Also, yes, evolution does not generally refer to the lifetime of a single creature. That's correct.