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I don't really care for Apple, but isn't that basically what an iPod touch is? I have thought about this too though. One that isn't an iPod would be nice, but I'm okay with settling for my phone.

shadowsword87 posted...

thedeerzord posted...

Totodile is a she

Yeah, I figured people knew that.

I've seen this before, but I don't recall ever seeing them say that directly. Either way, I think they ended up getting so many creepy PMs from ICOYAR or whoever that they preferred the alternative of having everyone think they were a guy.

He was like edededgy lite, so good riddance. For his sake, mostly... he certainly wasn't nearly as annoying as eddy, but it didn't seem like he enjoyed himself much here.

This is a softball if I've ever seen one

Ultima_Dragoon posted...

There's a new Clueless Gamer. It sucks.

I checked it out despite your warning. It wasn't terrible, but it was boring, and I don't know why I still watch them since they're all just sponsored ads with celebrities. I wouldn't even mind them doing that if they'd just sprinkle in some random games that were just Conan and Aaron. They only do like three or four a year now so I don't think it would be too much

Depends on in what ways you're asking that it's "worse". Clinton's is a worse abuse of power, but Trump's is just a worse thing to do as a person in general, cheating on your pregnant wife. Especially when she's your third wife and you've only been married for like a year, and you're 60, an age when most people have long stopped having kids. The only explanation is his obsession with putting his name on as many things as possible extends to people, since it sure sounds like he didn't even try to maintain a healthy marriage on his third try.

wolfy42 posted...

I think it was 1996 or so when I first posted on here (not this message board but gamefaqs).

They didn't get message boards until late 1999 according to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameFAQs#Message_boards

I was finishing up my junior year of high school. I went from awkward high school kid to hopeful college kid to hopeful college grad to disappointed full-time worker to awkward unemployed adult

Remember when Susan first started coming to PotD and for like a month she was super nice to everyone but then slowly started to realize how awful we all are?

I downloaded a 126 MB file and it seriously took almost a half hour. ISPs are great!

Fucking Boston again? I'd still rather root for the Cavs. But hopefully the Sixers can come back instead. It's especially annoying because the Bucks and Sixers are both arguably better than the Celtics right now

I sort of see what you're saying there, but it doesn't really make a lot of sense. I feel like you're talking two separate angles of the issue and mixing them together. We do need more government regulations on businesses. Those kind of regulations are not in the best interest of the business, and consequently, the politician who would otherwise benefit from the business' lobbying efforts. The symbiotic relationship between the two tends to be created by not regulating.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't also enact laws to limit the corruption of government officials, but none of the things you listed are going to happen with the current government. People need to start by electing decent politicians without big business ties, but easier said than done, especially when having a lot of money is a de facto requirement of a successful campaign.

Are there really so many people who don't take banned and closed accounts off their ignore lists? That's weird to me

Classic "Actually you're the racist for making it about race" post from Zeus

Also how the fuck have the Raptors played Cleveland worse than the Pacers

Maybe he meant cumulatively "we" since it sounds like you're each coming out a toothless pet

I predicted Ichiro would go out like Griffey, but this sounds more like A-Rod: Vague organizational role and open-endedness about playing in the next year (but we all know he won't). Maybe he'll actually stay on with the M's and do stuff though. I don't know what A-Rod actually did for the Yankees' front office, pretty sure he was already broadcasting before that season even ended.

I don't really understand the rules on noisemakers either when some teams hand them out and were permitting vuvuzelas for a while. But thunder sticks don't really add a whole lot to the sound, while vuvuzelas make it sound like there's a swarm of wasps all game.

I've been playing VVVVVV on Switch. More of a statement than a recommendation since it's ancient. All the V's are actually what reminded me of vuvuzelas

Guys. Remember vuvuzelas?

Did you seriously change your sig to quote yourself?

NightMareBunny posted...

we'd be getting games that can't even launch without breaking everything down if they were being made by A.I

Are you fucking serious dude? First of all, when somebody is talking about AI replacing jobs, the first thing you worry about is how they'll make fucking video games?

And second of all, it sounds like you don't understand anything about how code works. It is pretty "objective", there are well-defined limits and procedures. Writing bug-free code is something I'd expect an AI to be very good at because it can understand the hundreds or thousands of nuances in a language that a human couldn't, and it would avoid making the types of errors even humans with good understanding of the language are prone to. In the context of AI making games, I'd be much more worried about the creativity aspect.

keyblader1985 posted...

Reminds me of this:

Half this doesn't really make sense... do "90's kids" not realize they are Millennials too? Also I'm sure kids still play outside now, and I spent plenty of time with "tech" as a kid. It's not like the NES/SNES/Genesis were exactly unpopular.

IceDragon77 posted...

They just went through high school, found out that 90% of the shit they taught is stuff that they will never use in real life, and are now either in school with a giant student loan that will take years to pay off, or they are working an entry level job to save up to go to school with less loans. So all they have to look forward to is paying off debt. Cars, houses, vacations are all luxuries that seem like they are decades away from, it's just work, pass the time, then sleep and do it all over again.

Hey now, my career may be pretty dead at this point, but I was able to pay off a lot of my debt and have a car, at least, in a fairly short amount of years. I could've gone on vacation but didn't. Housing really sucks though. Learning stuff in school you won't use isn't a new thing.

How does the cords being cheap help? Most headphones you can't easily replace just the cord, though I know there are some where you plug the aux cord into the headphones, rather than it being soldered directly. Maybe I oughta get some of those next time I'm in the market.

I don't know, I remember years back some of my friends went to a Mexican restaurant for Cinco de Mayo dressed with ponchos, sombreros and fake moustaches, which seems kind of excessive and racist to me. But I'm not sure if that is "cultural appropriation" or just a racist caricature like blackface at that point. Anyways, the whole "cultural appropriation" thing seems dumb because the people who make fun of it always pull from the most ridiculous examples, as usual, but there is probably some validity to it.

I guess cultural appropriation would be more like telling somebody they can't wear a sombrero, even if they aren't trying to "look Mexican" with it

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HelIWithoutSin posted...

You don't even drive, you don't even cook, and your house is filthy.

Are you mixing him up with Judg? I don't remember anything about his house being filthy. The rest is probably true though. Last I remember, he said he doesn't know how to drive and that his diet largely consists of Pop-Tarts and Hot Pockets, so I doubt he's very effective at being a "caregiver". Having an income would probably be a lot more helpful than anything he's doing now.

It's only narcissism and "BlogFAQs" when Jen does it

Also, as to my advice from what I remember of your post, don't be that guy in class who raises his hand every time the teacher asks people to participate, because nobody likes that guy. And don't worry too much about keeping a conversation going, other people feel just as awkward in those situations too. But do try to say a little more than one-word responses.

It's okay man. It's just weird that you keep doing the same weird things and then, when people tell you it's weird, instead of learning to not do it again you just apologize. I understand why you want people's help with those things, but this isn't really a great place to get it.

Eclair I sincerely wish you all the best in life, but you gotta stop using people's AMAs for these long, depressing-ass serious life advice queries

Your stance on stuff like preservatives and natural foods is weird to me, though, after seeing you dismiss reusable bags. And you brought up some data that makes a good point on it (to an extent). Cause I think there are similar things at play here - sure, the idea of reusable bags sounds nice, but there are some wrinkles to it if you really look into it. Similarly, I can see the appeal of "untouched" foods, but there's a lot of misinformation out there, and I think you've failed to look as critically there as you did with the bags. I don't even entirely trust everything about our food (which goes both ways, for the "natural"/"altered" stuff), but when people make blanket generalizations about stuff like GMOs and preservatives I roll my eyes.

I wasn't serious. I mean, I was, but I don't care about hearing the answers. I only said that cause you mentioned how you think we have the wrong idea about you. I'm just being a dick

What counts as a "preservative" to you? Are you against eating things that have vinegar? Or is that okay because it's "natural"? What makes something "natural" enough for you and why do you believe that only natural things are healthy? What is superior about being "spiritual" instead of "religious"? Do you realize that the reason so many people make fun of you, and what I'm getting with at with these questions, is that you seem to base your lifestyle on a bunch of cherry-picked, contradictory fallacies, and then hypocritically judge people on this board as you pretend to not be remotely judgmental?

sometimes and then you have to fiddle around with the plug to get the full stereo signal back. I don't buy super expensive stuff but I try not to just get the bargain basement ones either. Is there a price threshold at which this stops happening or is it just inevitable

Whatever you do, don't call anyone a sandwich licker

I doubt his mom would kick him out to "be an adult". She probably had a lot to do with him becoming this way in the first place by choosing to home school him.

The person I used it in reference to actually does just bullshit all their stories though

Huh, why didn't I know this was a thing? I'm sure I've called people trolls plenty of times since they changed the rules

Probably not. I guess you can't call people out for being trolls or bad posters. You just gotta mark it and wait for the staff to do something about it hahaha yeah right

Glad we have these new mod explanations (I know they aren't that new anymore, but I got my first two in the past couple days). The mod didn't even bother to explain what part of the post was an insult, might has well have just said "This was deleted for flaming". Can you not call people a "troll" anymore? Was it because I said he makes stuff up, even though that's true?

Arenado is pretty good

I don't understand the "not 1:1" complaint. How does that matter in the context of the game and combat design? Either you swing at a right angle or 45 degrees... is that a problem? The game isn't throwing 30 degree angles at you, and how would that even be better? That would just make the angles more difficult to hit. Also I've never felt like I had to spin 360 degrees to hit an enemy...

Edit: It is pretty near 1:1 in the non-combat parts too

I love a good Simpsons quote but what happened to putting them all in one topic, seeing a new topic on a daily basis is almost spammy at this point

Guys, this dude is a troll and totally makes up everything he posts

Metal_Mario99 posted...

If it wasn't for "The Adventure of Link" and "Breath of the Wild", "Skyward Sword" would be the worst Zelda game.

Have you ever made a post that wasn't completely awful? I mean, jeez, you really have to try to be so bad. Even ICOYAR has tolerable posts sometimes

STLCards1991 posted...

I don't even know who this guy is. Should I block him too?

Well, for one thing, he thought that Jen and RC were the same person (and continued to think that through mounting evidence and testimonies countering it)... or pretended to think that, or something. You know, the old "Joke's on them, I'm only pretending to be an idiot!" method of trolling

Wow, what a clever and original response. Or you could not be such an awful shitposter.

The ignore feature here does suck though. I wish they had a toggle where you could hide/show ignored posts in each topic. Or just make it so that you only ignore topics from people, not all their posts

I don't like when I have to log out to see who posted in the sports topic

Second option for me, I pretty much only get non-perishables at those places. I'd rather get produce and stuff at a normal grocery store cause it always seems a lot better there

Today I finally found some Super Mario cereal at the grocery store and I bought it for some reason even though I probably won't keep the box or even use the amiibo