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| Topic | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the most overrated Zelda game ever |
| Herugrim 07/23/18 12:38:27 PM #69 | The Legend of Zelda, hailed as a classic, one of the greatest, was basically unplayable if you didn't have the right copy of Nintendo Power (no internet back then) Link to the Past established the formula that the series stuck to for years, for better and for worse. Ocarina of Time was just LttP3D, with a much smaller inventory and terrible level designs. Majora's Mask was hailed as a masterpiece for years, a game that involves getting stuck in a time loop and playing through the same events over and over again. Wind Waker was panned for being ugly, then hailed as a visual masterpiece, then panned again when people got over the graphics and realized it was just OoT all over again. Twilight Princess was panned for being generic and gimmicky, then hailed as the high fantasy Zelda people said they wanted for years, then it became "At least it's not Skyward Sword" Skyward Sword was hated form day one and still considered the worst of the franchise. Naturally it's one of the ones I like and I'm pretty sure most of the hate comes from the fact that it screwed up everyone's timeline. Breath of the Wild is hailed as something new and original, despite being Assassin's Creed with Link patched in and survival/crafting elements from Ark. Basically Zelda fans are bat-shit crazy and have no idea what they want or like. The games for the most part are pretty good as long as you don't marathon them like a series because then you realize it's pretty much all the same anyway. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | 50,000 and growing sign petition for Disney to rehire James Gunn for GotG Vol. 3 |
| Herugrim 07/23/18 12:23:37 PM #47 | Coffeebeanz posted... Herugrim posted...So apparently, for whatever reason, Gunn was in a 'dark' place from 2007 - 2012 and made fairly regular 'jokes' about child molestation and rape. Then signs on to develop Guardians of the Galaxy for marvel which had already been bought by Disney, and just leaves the 10,000ish 'jokes' about rape and child molestation laying around. He's guilty by his own standards of guilt. He condoned it when it was done to others. He deserves to experience it first hand. Maybe he will learn something. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | 50,000 and growing sign petition for Disney to rehire James Gunn for GotG Vol. 3 |
| Herugrim 07/23/18 12:14:38 PM #44 | So apparently, for whatever reason, Gunn was in a 'dark' place from 2007 - 2012 and made fairly regular 'jokes' about child molestation and rape. Then signs on to develop Guardians of the Galaxy for marvel which had already been bought by Disney, and just leaves the 10,000ish 'jokes' about rape and child molestation laying around. James Gunn is brain-dead. First thing you do if you sign a contract to work for a company that specializes in family-oriented child-friendly content is purge your accounts. Nuke them from orbit if you have to and start over. You can't blame parents for not wanting a man who spent years joking about raping children to work on the superhero movie your kids want to see. People don't want kids to seek him out at conventions for photos and signatures. He wasn't fired for one joke, he was fired for making many, years worth of jokes, and because it was found. Also, they didn't shut down the project like they did with Roseanne (who actually only made one offensive joke) costing the rest of the crew their jobs as well. Guardians3.0 is still going to happen, it's just going to have a new director which could be better or worse. He hasn't been arrested like Dankula was. If he is, it'll be because something surfaces that's real like a series of accusations that might be proven true. He hasn't been black listed (as far as we know) from making any movies. He just isn't going to be able to work with Disney anymore. If he can't find work then that's a problem within Hollywood that one might address. What's more is he championed Roseanne getting fired and her show shut down for making one insensitive joke on social media so by his own values, he is 100% guilty at least 40 times over. What goes around comes around. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Boogie1488 has hit rock bottom yet again. |
| Herugrim 07/23/18 11:55:56 AM #48 | I can't really bring myself to give a crap about the guy anymore. He's a constant stream of problems. First his mother abused him for years. Then he's bipolar. People were mean to him because he's fat. People were mean to him because he said something that wasn't politically correct. Now his father molested him. Either this guy has the worst life ever, or he's bilking it. Either way I don't really care. I'm not interested in his pity party anymore. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Seriously. Do you think Trump will win a second term? |
| Herugrim 07/01/18 11:55:27 AM #69 | legendary_zell posted... J E S U S posted...legendary_zell posted...J E S U S posted...The democrats will have learned nothing and will go for another diversity candidate over the most qualified. Ensuring 4 more years of trump Her entire platform was "You have to elect me, I'm a woman!" She wasn't selling her experience and her history is actually part of what sank her. The Clinton Foundation has deep roots in the system and is another blatant example of the corruption it represents. Just the way her Super Delegates came around and bumped Bernie was enough to prove that she was as apart of the system as anyone. A big part of the reason so many people voted for Trump is because they didn't want to vote for Hillary. Not because she's a woman, but because she's a part of the system. Trump will definitely win again if they go to bat with Hillary again. And the way the Blue Wave has already crashed because the Left can't stop eating itself, he's got a good chance anyway. You can't attack the first and second amendment and expect the majority of Americans to support you. Evidence: https://nyti.ms/2ID0Wov --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | male novellist gets falsely accused of rape, it destroys his career and his life |
| Herugrim 06/23/18 1:23:59 PM #6 | That's all it takes. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | I find it odd liking Disney Star Wars has become political |
| Herugrim 06/22/18 3:21:02 AM #10 | Hollywood has always been pretty heavily entrenched in politics. For the past 15 years or so especially, film makers are now working for themselves. Compare how much money these films are making to how they are rated and how many awards they win. There's a massive discrepancy. This was probably inevitable. George wasn't going to keep making the films himself forever and the industry is full of ideologues who can't wait to use their productions to push their narratives. Star Wars was always an overrated series, at best a cheesy popcorn flick with a much better extended universe. Now it's a political statement and it's a lot harder to enjoy a bad film when people are shoving their opinions down your throat. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | English is the hardest language in the freakin wooooooooorld |
| Herugrim 06/18/18 3:46:09 PM #11 | I don't know about other languages but Spanish has way more conjugations, and every word has a gender in Spanish as well which makes for even more conjugations. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | How capitalists think socialists think socialism works. |
| Herugrim 06/16/18 5:57:14 PM #12 | Socialists think socialism works. It doesn't get more ridiculous then that. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | leader of the Star Wars franchise might be getting fired |
| Herugrim 06/01/18 4:33:44 PM #59 | For those that didn't watch the video, the point he's trying to make is that people in the media that supported the new trilogy are now turning on it. These same people that would call anyone who criticized the new films as misogynists and white supremacists are now turning and blaming Kathleen Kennedy. The idea is that these people would probably not be turning on her unless they heard rumors that she was going to be stepping down. It's a loose connection, but it is what these critics are going by. Disney is in the red on this franchise so far. Solo actually put them further down. The merchandise isn't moving either. They can only hemorrhage money for so long before someone is blamed. The good thing about Kathleen being removed would mean that Rian's Trilogy may also be cancelled. One can hope. Aside from that the only thing to save this disaster would be Filoni's new show but I can't see how even that could manage it. A handful of people liking the new trilogy isn't going to save it. A small group of people also liked the Hellboy films (including myself). That didn't help get a third film made. It a franchise isn't making money, something is going to change or the series will be cancelled. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Why is Solo considered a failure? |
| Herugrim 06/01/18 4:20:57 PM #15 | It set records for a memorial day weekend. A time which nobody really goes out to watch a movie anyway. But there are two major factors here. 1. Negative feedback from critics and casuals. Rotten Tomatoes is just the tip of the iceberg. 2. Isn't making the money back that was spent to make it. $140 million sounds like a lot, until you realize it cost $250 million to make it, and that's before marketting. Compare it to Deadpool 2, which internationally made over $500 million, and only cost $110 million. Disney spent 4 billion to get this franchise. They are in the red both for Solo and for the franchise at large. They are currently making these films at a loss. It's considered a failure because it is. Unless each person that likes the movie is willing to go back out and rewatch it at least a million times each, those numbers aren't going to change. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | The only people I know that still complain about minimum wage stuff |
| Herugrim 05/29/18 1:22:50 AM #6 | Minimum wage is only a small part of the problem. Average cost of living in the US is $50k/year. You can make double minimum wage and still can't afford a basic living. And it is an issue that not nearly enough people are complaining about. The entire working class is sinking into poverty and people are talking about Trump's tweets and implied oppression. Things are going to get explosive. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | why do racists keep popping up in republican primary elections? |
| Herugrim 05/28/18 2:30:34 PM #3 | Why do you call anyone you don't like a racist? Why don't you consider not allowing white people to talk in a political discussion racist? --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Jim Sterling says games about Mass School Shootings on Steam are a bad idea. |
| Herugrim 05/28/18 2:27:24 PM #23 | DuranOfForcena posted... UnfairRepresent posted...^ So you are pro censorship of art? What you're saying isn't censorship is. Black listing someone because you don't agree with them is censorship in it's purest form. It's a dumb idea and I doubt it will sell well, especially if it looks and plays like crap. Responsible parents won't get it for their children and adults that play it will recognize it for garbage, give it such feedback and move on. No reason to organize an angry mob to slander said developer. Let them sink their own ship. You start blacklisting developers then you wind up with companies not being able to release games with controversial material, like Detroit having a chapter about child abuse. Games like that shouldn't be banned because people are worried about angry mobs going after the industry. Hillary and Lieberman already tried to ban video games in the US because of Mortal Kombat and they failed. It isn't going to happen on that scale. It's no excuse to infringe on Freedom of Expression. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | My car was low on gas...accidentally put diesel in it...what happens? |
| Herugrim 05/27/18 10:21:05 PM #29 | If it sits for too long it will cause trouble but won't do much otherwise, unless you are filling it with diesel regularly. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." |
| Herugrim 05/13/18 12:26:51 AM #31 | FFXV says 'hi' Metal Gear Revengeance would likely be another example, even though I personally liked the game. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | I hate that "toxic masculinity" has become a buzzword. It is real. |
| Herugrim 05/07/18 1:49:58 AM #68 | It isn't real, actually. There's no such thing as Toxic Masculinity. It was a term invented to weaponize misandry. The idea that having a penis and testosterone makes you a bad person is not a factual observation, it's a personal bias. Some people are Assholes. Some assholes are men, and some are women. Some are young and some are old, black or white, religious or atheist. They come in every shape and size. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Conan - Clueless Gamer: God of War |
| Herugrim 05/06/18 10:56:30 AM #39 | It would've been so much worse if they actually played the game from the start instead of skipping to highlights. I kinda wish he had so we could've gotten another FFXV rant. That said they did seem to have some fun. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | just beat God of War earlier today, *spoilers* |
| Herugrim 05/06/18 12:57:18 AM #31 | It was a weak twist. Then it just ends. I was expecting some major final boss like a frost giant. Another let down. The entire story is: "Kratos and his son climb a mountain." That's it. There's a couple twists but it's very minor stuff. The antagonists and NPCs aren't developed at all Previous God of War games were by no means Shakespearean, but they had cohesive plots. Events happened and drove the story onward. You had to rescue oracles, traverse desserts, find Pandora's box (twice), find Pandora herself, rescue Helios, find your brother, and so on. Kratos clawed his way out of Hell about five times in those games. You had to kill Gods, Titans, and even save the world in the process. Here, you climb a mountain. There's one recurring boss and palette swapped trolls to slow you down. Complete waste. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Hasbro has purchased the Power Rangers franchise outright from Saban for $522Mil |
| Herugrim 05/01/18 3:07:18 PM #55 | Good news: Potential Power Rangers/Transformers cross over Bad News: IDW getting the comic rights. Power Rangers are some of the best comics out there now but IDW is going down the drain, taking on a lot of staff dropped from the less successful Marvel runs that are heavy on the ideology and light on everything else. Not really sure how to take this but we could be getting some interesting toy lines? --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Is it worth getting yourself into Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards these days? |
| Herugrim 05/01/18 3:00:02 PM #8 | I just got back into it myself and I'm enjoying it so far. It is more expensive than MtG but doesn't come with a judgmental community that will get you permabanned from tournaments if they don't like your opinion. Tournament play is costly and difficult but casual play is a lot of fun if you know some people you can play with. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | "Racism will go away if people just ignored it." |
| Herugrim 04/18/18 1:27:15 PM #74 | YOUHAVENOHOPE posted... Herugrim posted...Hate Speech can only make you feel bad if you let it. Majority of murder is black on black and white on white. Interracial violence is very rare. Solar_Crimson posted... Herugrim posted...Hate Speech 1. I addressed this. Discrimination is illegal. Violence and Murder is illegal. All that's left is hate speech. 2. Anti-white racism has grown, but it hasn't hurt anybody yet. Nobody listens to racist white people. Most of them are too old to matter or are young and just doing it for the attention. If you don't give them the attention, they will stop. Nobody's burning crosses (or people), nobody's been lynched. The only hate mobs are on twitter trying to take conservatives and liberal skeptics off the internet. 3. Yes, white women have it very good, in terms of employment and prison sentences, serving somewhere around 1/10th the sentence black men serve for the same exact crimes. That's thanks in large part to feminism and the Duluth model. You can thank sexism for that. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | If you are unhappy with your job, why don't you just start a business? |
| Herugrim 04/18/18 1:15:54 PM #24 | Geiki Ganger posted... Herugrim posted...Because it costs a few thousand dollars. if you live out in the woods, you aren't going to find any investors for anything. If you have connections then you have connections, something some people have and others don't. You can petition strangers online but that is risky. When taking a partner they could turn belly up on you just before or even worse, just after the deal is made leaving you in tremendous debt with no way to run said business. Other partners are likely to take over and may even run your business straight into the ground. And even with a partner, you still have to bring money to the table. Nobody's going to foot the entire bill for your idea. And you can only crowd-fund if you have a crowd. BTW, cost of living in the US on average is $50k. The average working class citizen makes about $20k with a full time job, minimum wage is even less. When you can't afford to live, you can't afford to save money to start a business. These days renting an apartment is an investment with partners as you need someone else working 40hrs/week just to help pay for it. And on top of all that you have to know how to run a business. A lot of people don't and run it straight into the ground. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | "Racism will go away if people just ignored it." |
| Herugrim 04/18/18 1:04:12 PM #46 | Solar_Crimson posted... "Your cancer will go away if you ignore it." Hate Speech =/= Cancer Cancer is a physical disease that will kill you. Hate Speech can only make you feel bad if you let it. As far as Discrimination, that is illegal and punishable by law, at least in the US. The only exception being against white males, as Affirmative Action is still a thing (not to mention people being slandered as racists just for being conservative losing their jobs). "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me." --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | If you are unhappy with your job, why don't you just start a business? |
| Herugrim 04/18/18 12:54:38 PM #4 | Because it costs a few thousand dollars. Most of us aren't born with money pouring out of our ass and getting any sort of loan now is very difficult. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Do you support repealing the second amendment? |
| Herugrim 03/28/18 12:17:36 PM #74 | Of course not. It's stupid to even argue for it. The idea of the militia is outdated? What are you going to do when they repeal the first amendment after repealing the second? When they institute hate speech laws and you get fired from your job and blacklisted for telling a joke on the internet, spending time in jail and ruining your life, what's your response to that? Discussion? When the person you're talking to interrupts you, slanders you as a misogynist Nazi every single time you try to speak. Where are your rights then? They banned guns in Japan and gun violence increased. Sweden and Germany have no guns, but have no-go zones where gangs with fully automatic weapons gun each other down and rape women in broad daylight and the police can do nothing. Grooming gangs in England where you can get arrested for posting a joke online. Prohibition banned firearms in the 20s and it didn't stop violent crime from happening. You don't have to repeal the amendment to strengthen gun control reasonably. Reasonably means adding restrictions, not outright banning. Force people to take classes on gun safety, force them to pass a psychological exam, (we already do background checks, even though liberals say we don't). Especially since 2/3 of gun violence is suicide, it might be time to start looking at the mental health of the country rather than taking away the rights of honest citizens. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | I think Star Wars fans has just earned the title for worst fans in the world. |
| Herugrim 03/28/18 12:17:44 AM #25 | I don't think anyone is worse than the Sonic fanbase. At least Star Wars fans are asking for good content. Sonic fans just want Sonic 2 rehashes until doomsday. I used to dislike the Star Wars fanbase more because I actually enjoyed the prequel films, but I agree with them on the sequel trilogy. Disney's Star Wars is a dumpster fire. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | whats up w/people who "don't like youtubers" |
| Herugrim 03/26/18 1:57:56 PM #13 | I can get people not liking stuff like the Pauls or even PewDiePie. I'm fairly confident that the only reason pews is a millionaire is because he started doing it before the likes of Markiplier and JackSepticEye came along, as both of them do it much better. There are plenty of let's players out there who are leagues better than pdp but he did it first so they can't get any views while he makes millions of dollars for making an ass out of himself on the internet. But it also doesn't bother me that much. That is how the free market works. There have been plenty of shows and celebrities that I thought were completely useless but managed to be popular anyway and make tons of money. A lot of people would complain about South Part just as I do about PewDiePie so I get it, quality is subjective. That said I also hate it when these internet celebrities become too popular. I've seen a lot of YouTubers who, once successful, just stopped shaving, getting haircuts, and put on a lot of weight because they obviously don't need to leave the house anymore. They become basement trolls praying to the mantra of "Like, subsribe, comment below, patreon plez". The ones that I really don't like are the ones that steal content from other people and monetize it. A good example is channels that record cutscenes from video games and monetize it. You didn't make the game, you didn't supply the voice over, you shouldn't be profiting from other people's work. But overall I like YouTube. Anybody is allowed to upload and there's so much content that anybody can find something they like somewhere. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | I've been gaming a long time (late PS1/N64 era) and games are better than ever |
| Herugrim 03/23/18 1:06:50 PM #11 | You missed the 16-bit era, the height of 2D gameplay. Games for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo have aged pretty well and are still a lot of fun to play. Many of them looked a lot better than the early 3D games of the next generation. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Disney Removes Guns from Solo: A Star Wars Story movie posters |
| Herugrim 03/23/18 1:03:32 PM #133 | Tmaster148 posted... I'm really not surprised companies are trying to distance themselves from guns. We've had a shooting problem for a while and have continued to do nothing about it and now it's exploded into a hot topic. Safest thing for companies is to distance themselves. It's been politicized by liberal media. Gun violence has actually gone down in the past decade in the united states, and the rest of the world for that matter. It's funny that people bring up Australia as an example of gun violence going down via banning firearms when gun violence in America has gone down at the same rate without banning firearms. Conversely gun violence has increased in Japan since their government outlawed firearms. When you check the studies and take out the numbers they count from suicides and gang violence, the number of mass shootings in the united states is actually at an all time low. It's just that every single time one happens the media politicizes it and shoves it down our throats all while people plug fake inflated statistics as facts without any fact-checking. This is just another example of a hollywood company pushing it's personal politics in it's product. Disney has been positively poisonous with this lately. Reminds me of how conservatives tried to outlaw superman 50 years ago because they claimed he encouraged delinquency among American youth. It's the same mentality. "You can't control yourself so we'll revoke your rights. It's for the greater good." --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Would you watch Avengers: Age of Ultron again? |
| Herugrim 03/14/18 1:43:23 PM #4 | Yup, already have in fact, and plan on many more. Age of Ultron is underrated because the internet is full of hipsters who think all things CG are awful. It was a worthy followup to the original and did a great job setting up phase 3. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | What jobs can an un-educated man get that isn't retail/customer service? |
| Herugrim 03/14/18 1:41:30 PM #21 | MysteryMan923 posted... Factory worker. Actually factory jobs are very hard to get. Most of them have unions and they'll hire relatives of workers long before they will hire someone new. Only when the entire family tree of every single employee is already employed do you even have a chance unless you know someone who's got some pull. I worked for years as a security guard at a factory and my application was ignored in favor of children, nieces, and nephews of the factory's supervisors poured in. But the answer is...Truck Driver. Truck Driver's get paid well, enough to afford a living including buying health insurance and saving for retirement. Your training is completely paid for, they will give you a signing bonus, and the company pays for your food while you're on the road. No qualifications required. The downside is you will be on the road a lot. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | "Antifa is winning" - Richard Spencer |
| Herugrim 03/13/18 5:17:43 PM #80 | If only the earth had opened up and swallowed them all. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | God, Married With Children is amazing. |
| Herugrim 03/08/18 2:11:33 AM #27 | Dash_Harber posted... Ryven posted...Though it doesn't surprise me. I guess to a point things haven't changed because there would still be those protests today. I don't think so. MwC was loaded with Anti-feminist material and fat jokes. There absolutely would be protests against that, and it probably would be cancelled. American Dad features similar material strictly as parody, Stan's entire character is based around mocking conservatives on a regular basis. That's the joke, that Stan is a racist, misogynist, bigoted idiot. It's like how Steven Colbert started his career, posing as a parody of conservatives. Lewis Black quit the Daily Show years before because they wouldn't let him tell jokes about Democrats. MwC ran the line, as Al was portrayed as a chauvinist and misogynist and was also frequently made a fool of and not taken very seriously, but the persistent jokes about fat women would've gotten them in trouble quickly if this show was made today. Peggy just being Peggy would've been considered extremely sexist and would've gotten the show cancelled, not to mention the portrayal of Kelly. There's nothing like that now. Feminists would've protested the hell and the liberal media would've shut it down quick. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | do americans really call a SNES, ES EN EE ES? |
| Herugrim 03/01/18 8:24:55 PM #48 | We called it Super Nintendo, and the original we simply called Nintendo or Old Nintendo if we were talking about both. The first time I saw the NES acronym I didn't even know what it was. I thought it was some strange new system that had all my Nintendo games on it. Back then the acronyms only appeared in magazines. People didn't use them in normal conversation. A lot of us also referred to the Genesis simply as The Sega because we didn't know the Master System ever existed because Nintendo monopolized the marketing for the previous generation in the US. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Did Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter die this gen? |
| Herugrim 03/01/18 8:19:12 PM #15 | Both franchises seem to be doing just fine. MKX was a financial and critical success across the board. Injustice 2 did just as good. Street Fighter, as much as people complain, still does well at tournaments and financially. So as much as the critics and gaming community hate them, people are still playing them and they are still making games. I guess all I can say is "Nice bait, bruh." --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
| Topic | Reminder: Jessica Jones season 2 is in 10 days |
| Herugrim 02/28/18 12:37:41 AM #6 | Meh. Hopefully not as dull as her first season. I thought I was going to get a hardboiled private eye story, not live action Daria. --- John Watson: "Well it isn't obvious to me." Sherlock Holmes: "The world is full of obvious things that nobody notices." |
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