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"CICO works really well if you also make other good decisions about diet."

So in other words it's not just CICO. Nobody should be telling people to just do CICO as a diet.

Yes, there are people who don't try as hard as they should. Yes, there are people who make excuses. Yes, the number of people with serious medical conditions that effect weight gain/loss is far fewer than the number of people who could lose weight if they put in more effort and made smarter decisions.

But none of that changes the fact that it is not as simple as CICO.

Makes sense. Any reasonable attempt at categorization will make the distinction between transgender and gender dysphoria.

Yes, diet isn't as simple as calories in, calories out. Nobody with any real understanding of the topic of nutrition would make that claim.

At this point, it should be clear that Mal only responds to arguments he can strawman and ignores those he can't.

HypnoCoosh posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

HypnoCoosh posted...

ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

What makes an unwanted fetus innocent? If the host doesn't want it inside of her, how is it not guilty of trespassing?

This is so ignorant. What is this baby Jesus and she's the virgin Mary?

GTFO with this rubbish nonsense.

Being impregnated does not entail consent to carry a pregnancy to term.

And living in America doesn't entail the right to murder unborn babies for convenience. Well it won't soon.

Give the power back tot he states to decide. Then we can have a country that doesn't normalize unborn baby murdering for convenience and will let the states decide.

Middle ground. Find it liberals. Remember we all share this country as citizens it's not always about just what you want.

Abortions will still be available just not dished out at every corner like the liberals want.

You shirking away from the response aside, it's less a "middle ground" than it is just passing the buck to a different government.

Sure, I can appreciate instances where having separation of state and federal governments is a good thing. Not everything need necessarily be decided by the federal government, after all. But why should abortion be a states' rights issue? Why can't it be a federal issue?

Why do you want something that you supposedly perceive to be murder to be a state issue and not a federal one? What if the citizens want it to be a federal issue? What if the citizens not only decide that they want it to be a federal issue but decide that they are in favor of it?

Do you suddenly stop talking about the issue in that case, or do we actually bring the discussion back to the topic of abortion itself?

HypnoCoosh posted...

ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

What makes an unwanted fetus innocent? If the host doesn't want it inside of her, how is it not guilty of trespassing?

This is so ignorant. What is this baby Jesus and she's the virgin Mary?

GTFO with this rubbish nonsense.

Being impregnated does not entail consent to carry a pregnancy to term.

I'll get Dominos in Japan for when I want some American comfort food.

But when I'm actually back visiting the US, I always go straight to the local Original Ginos near my house. That shit is too good.

And the time it was here was fantastic.

Perhaps what we really need is a discussion on when something should apply to state governments and when it should apply to the federal government.

Mansplaining is a thing.

It's just a very specific thing that is often used inappropriately as a label for situations where it doesn't actually apply.

the adjective-y one

Also, another example of some ducks being better than other ducks.

Ducktales? Amazing ducks.

Might Ducks? Well, at least Tim Curry is always awesome.

Another important thing to remember is that abortion is not made acceptable or unacceptable based on the efficacy (or lack thereof) of an adoption system.

MordecaiRocks posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

And I can believe that because the level/xp progression in the prologue demo definitely makes it seem like it wants you to go through all or most of the characters' first chapters before starting their second ones.

If they can pull that part off, it'll probably be pretty great, because the gameplay systems already feel pretty good.

Wait, you can change between characters' stories in one play through? I thought you chose one character for each playthrough

You choose one character from the start, then you gather the other seven (though you probably aren't required to get everyone) as your party members. You progress through each character's story as you see fit. Supposedly, as the game progresses, their stories become more connected with each other and they start having more interactions as a result.

There isn't really much room an honest middle ground when it comes to abortion.

It's either acceptable based on your beliefs or it isn't.

And the statement "let the states decide" is a throwaway line at best. The question of states rights has literally nothing to do with the question of abortion. Regardless of whether abortion should be a federal issue or a state issue, the question of abortion itself remains the same.

Not sure yet.

It'll all come down to how well the 8 main characters interact with each other as the game progresses. According to the developers, the first chapters of each character doesn't involve the other characters much (which makes sense), but from the second chapter on there is supposedly more interaction. And I can believe that because the level/xp progression in the prologue demo definitely makes it seem like it wants you to go through all or most of the characters' first chapters before starting their second ones.

If they can pull that part off, it'll probably be pretty great, because the gameplay systems already feel pretty good.

HypnoCoosh posted...

Just calling a duck a duck instead of acting like it's something else.

Some ducks are better than other ducks.

Mallard? Lovely duck.

Canvasback? What even is that?

HypnoCoosh posted...

Too bad we can't post abortion pictures in here without getting modded.

Easier to hide the ugly truth.

Abortions being ugly has no relevance to the argument.

Abortions are either a reasonable accommodation in our society, or they aren't. How ugly the process is has no bearing on that question.

I actually thought Nightmare Grimm was easier than the Radiance. But that's probably because I'd already been well-trained against the rest of the game's content.

DiegoSanchez206 posted...

Not getting pregnant would be the reposnisble part.

Responsibility doesn't begin and end with a single decision.

Nobody, and I do mean nobody, thinks that unintended pregnancies are responsible.

It's surprising that the question of personal responsibility arises so often in a conversation where the main concern is supposedly about murder.

It would be like if, when talking about actual murders, we were also weirdly hung up about them properly sanitizing their murder weapons.

Just kind of makes it seem like "murder" is more of a buzzword in this case than a serious thought. Or perhaps it results from the argument's inability to convince that people feel compelled to drudge up the question of responsibility in its place.

Mal_Fet posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The fetus has no right to feed off the mother's body without the mother's permission.

Even leaving aside moral philosophy's question of "personhood," denying abortion is conferring special rights to the fetus that nobody else has at the expense of another.

We can just as easily apply this logic to newborns

If a parent decides that their baby no longer has their permission to receive their care, can they kill it?

Killing a newborn is not a necessary consequence of the mother denying a newborn herself.

Furthermore, we confer more consideration to individuals when their own physical bodies are the subject (as opposed to cases involving more abstract subjects like an individual's "time" or "effort").

The fetus has no right to feed off the mother's body without the mother's permission.

Even leaving aside moral philosophy's question of "personhood," denying abortion is conferring special rights to the fetus that nobody else has at the expense of another.

What would help promote safe sex practice is a willingness to talk about sex ed in a way other than "abstinence ftw" or "you should use protection but we aren't really allowed to tell you much because of restrictions in the education system; too bad your parents aren't comfortable with the conversation either."

Zikten posted...

Asherlee10 posted...

Your personal experiences are irrelevant to the overall point being made.

sorry if you failed to grasp the point i was making just cause I mentioned where I live, does not change the point i was making. that you can drive to a neighboring state, if you can't afford a plane ticket.

That still costs time and money and is not necessarily feasible to someone whose primary reason for wanting an abortion is their inability to shoulder the financial burden.

Abortion should be legal on a federal level.

It's true that Roe vs Wade is not the end-all-be-all of abortion legislation.

That doesn't mean it's a good thing to repeal though. And that's the bigger point.

Asian women can have fantastic hips too.

But honestly if this topic just turns into proudclad posting pics I'm fine with that.

Choco posted...

yeah they list incorrect accents

That's not how language works.

So, if I'm understanding this right, in layman terms:

The brain is still really hard.

Those pages also list the systems that notate those sounds as being the same.

He's said as much in the Bible.

Which is odd for an omniscient being.

Must have impulse control issues.

Fortunately, I've never had a militant atheist phase.

Growing up in an evangelical household, I had a little bit of a militant evangelical phase though.

Dark times.

"Millennial guys are so lazy and take no responsibility!"

"Millennial guys are so unmanly for taking responsibility for other people's kids!"

the best joke was x-men cameo

Her whole new album is pretty great to be honest.

It's the same phenomenon that encourages Japanese women to hide sexual assault rather than report it.

MFBKBass5 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

TC is definitely a closet anime fan

Not in a million years. I have a fully developed brain and choose not to watch creepy weeboo shows.

Don't worry. Your secret's safe with us.

TC is definitely a closet anime fan

Choco posted...

tri sapphire posted...

Say "father".

Now say "on".

Does the "a" in father sound like the "o" in on?

...the a in father is another completely different sound you fucking psycho

Interestingly, if I look on Webster:

The "a" in father and the "o" in sock are pronounced the same.

For "on," there are actually two accepted pronunciations in standard English. If you use one of those pronunciations, than the "o" in on is the same as the aforementioned vowel sounds in father and sock.

Meanwhile, if you use the other accepted pronunciation in standard English, the "o" in on is the same as the "a" in hawk. It should be noted that this pronunciation is listed first.

Sometimes prompts are too vague, but often the reason for that is because they are usually intentions, not consequences. Choices are often framed from the character's perspective. So if the character doesn't know an outcome, the player isn't given that information either.

If we're going by the standard pronunciation for those two words, then no.

However, the distinction between them has been lost in some English accents.

CyricZ posted...

I'm not saying that games shouldn't be made like this, but I'm interested to hear how you think the gameplay, such as it was, was well-combined with the narrative.

I think having the player interact with the scenes is a great option for helping the player connect with what's happening on screen while, at the same time, providing enough rigidity to developers that they can craft linear narratives on top of it.

It's neither the only option, nor even the "ideal" option for the video game medium. It is, however, a fact that video games can draw from other forms of media on top of layering an interactive experience over it. I recognize that the lack of mechanics-driven challenge is off-putting to some players, and I know that there ways to deliver narrative exclusively through gameplay.

But I think that, insofar as a developer wants to create a linear narrative experience that involves immersion through interaction, I think DBH is a good game to draw inspiration from.

I don't understand why the answer to asserted biased sources is to rely on your own admitted biased sources.

In what world does that follow?

Apparently nothing, since it's already out the window.

So I guess honest discussion about Venezuela is just out the window from the outset?

Detroit should be praised for how it combines gameplay and narrative to create a strong interactive experience for the player. It should also be praised for the breadth of paths it created for its story.

Detroit should not, however, be praised for the quality of its narrative overall, and it absolutely should not be praised as a representation of the civil rights movement and similar.

Detroit is a good game in its efforts as interactive narrative.

But yes, while it's not quite as bad as his previous games, Detroit still has a lot of narrative problems. Some of them come from the nature of choosing your own story, true; but others are simply the product of bad storytelling across the board. And the narrative is nowhere near granular enough to deal with the issues it talks about.

That said, I would have definitely enjoyed a game where the entire thing focused on Hank and Conner. There was a lot more potential in that side of the story than the other two.

Nintendo isn't a perfect company, but the consistently prove that they are top of their class when it comes to taking game mechanics and doing as much as they can with them. It's true that they can become complacent at times, but they also show that they have an impeccable sense for their craft, a sense that very few can claim as often.

Only if your main criteria is "how well they blend film-making techniques into their games." But most aspects of game design are easily covered by Nintendo.