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Buy

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Ring
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Dancedreamer posted...

Not sure why anyone watches these movies. The title spoils the endings!

Titanic was the highest grossing movie all time for 13 years.
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DeepsPraw posted...

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If you can forgive the sometimes cringy pop culture references

I absolutely can't

Its really less intrusive than youd expect other than the DeLorean being the main mode of transport and the Iron Giant at the end.

No that's what sucks. If they're going to do references, I want them to go all in. I want them to be intrusive, so that they actually do something. Instead, 80-90% of them are nothing more than background clutter. This is the movie where you can actually justify this silliness in universe, but it's terribly utilized.
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Do we have a counter for how many times Trump has flipped on this now?
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The major turnoff off to me is they literally had to pack like 999 references into this movie, so most of them are blink and you'll miss it, and even the rest have not nearly enough screen time to breathe or do anything all that cool.
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Basically, once your side has pushed pizzagate as a serious narrative, you irrevocably lose all rights to complain about anything you say being subject to debunking.
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I mean, how are any of these "joke memes" more "obviously fake" than "Obama is a muslim born in Kenya with a forged birth certificate" or "the Clintons and other senior democrats were running a child prostitution ring out of the basement of a pizza shop"?????
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SmartMuffin posted...

Inviso posted...

Smuffin, you really believe the people still supporting Trump are much smarter than they actually are. The fact that Snopes NEEDS to prove obviously fake memes are obviously fake reflects more negatively towards right-wingers than it does Snopes.

Literally nobody believed that was true. Ever.

You're really losing touch with reality. Sad.
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They

Aren't

Joke

Memes

What the hell is so hard to understand about this? Dumb people see these appear in their Facebook feeds, and as long as it comes from a source they like they actually believe them uncritically. Alt-right shitlords create these memes and post/signal boost them knowing that this is exactly what will happen.

It's not "jokes". It's propaganda.
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I'm really confused as to where the hell this anti-Snopes agenda came from, and why it is important to push it so hard.
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pjbasis posted...

Not for a few weeks like a real Christian

Do you also observe Sabbath on Saturday?
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banananor posted...

Inviso posted...

I just strongly disagree with the lightspeed ram criticism because it was cool and I don't think it's even remotely "world-breaking", and I do feel like it's overpushed (much like Leia's space flight) as a negative to heap negative criticism onto the film.

oh, i dunno. i think it's just easier to get people to respond to something silly like the light-speed technology than to engage on more complex topics

I mean....fucking think about it.

When you have multiple people coming out the gate and straight up saying, "if you hold X opinion on topic Y, you're an asshole, full stop," of course topic Y is going to dominate the conversation.
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Inviso posted...

http://theweek.com/speedreads/763987/oklahoma-raises-taxes-oil-gas-cigarettes-give-teachers-first-raise-since-2007

While I appreciate fiscal responsibility in raising taxes, consumption taxes hurt the lower class FAR more than just raising those income taxes Oklahoma slashed in the first place.

#regressivetaxreform
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Literally peeing their pants.

It's ok though! You ain't cool unless you pee your pants. #alternativefacts
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Johnbobb posted...

This is one of the few times I don't care about reviews

The intended audience for this clearly isn't people going for a real deep film experience, it's people wanting a huge fun sci-fi blockbuster

So, Transformers.
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KanzarisKelshen posted...

th3l3fty posted...

are we ignoring Steam with respect to Valve's influence

No, it's just that when you said it my gut's immediate response was 'but valve makes no games'

Won't you look dumb when Half-Life 3 comes ou
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The President of the United States.
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I mean, I voted no, but seeing what your other choices were I can't blame you for seeing it if you really didn't want to stay home.
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KingButz posted...

redrocket_pub posted...

KingButz posted...

Then why is 14 a spin-off

It's a MMO.

But so is 11

Yes, you're catching on.

They are the two numbered spinoffs.
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I actually haven't bothered to form an opinion on XV yet.
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SmartMuffin posted...

Saying "anarchy can't work because people might fight for power" is dumb. People fight for power under the state. How many people died in the various world wars? Vietnam? Civil wars throughout history?

The US fought in both World Wars, Vietnam, and we had a nasty Civil War of our own.

Now, would you rather live in the US, or Somalia? Would you rather live in Germany or Japan (who lost the last World War!) or Somalia? Hell, would you rather live in Vietnam or Somalia?

Checkmate, anarchists!

(In all seriousness though, Foolmo's last post was gold).
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KingButz posted...

Then why is 14 a spin-off

It's a MMO.
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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

Also the angel seems to have become everyone's new waifu since they released her art.



It's a pretty strong design

Damn.
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iiicon posted...

mnkboy907 posted...

Theatrhythm is arguably a JRPG too! You still make parties and level them up by fighting enemies and learn new skills in the process.

look i think we can just all come to an agreement that the best rpgs in the final fantasy franchise are final fantasy xiv, final fantasy theatrhythm, and final fantasy tactics

there, we solved it, no more inequalities ever

I will totally agree to this as long as we can also agree that they are all spinoffs!
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Definitely not a movie you were supposed to think too hard about.
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SmartMuffin posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

Also, is he saying the postal service is set up in such a way that actually using it as intended is bad for the country?

In the sense that it is heavily subsidized, this is pretty obviously true.

Which is no fault of Amazon's though.
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LapisLazuli posted...

I know they're good for their genres, but those genres are extremely unappealing to me.

I played 10 hours of FF14 and got the fuck out.

Notably, for a topic about JRPGS, none of those games are JRPGS.

Also, 14 is not a mainline game.
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Final Fantasy X-2 was 2003.
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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

Does SaGa really deserve to be on this list?

Moreso than several other entries!
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No Wild Arms, eh.
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I have no real interest in pure social deduction games. My favorite game that uses that mechanic would be the Battlestar Galactica board game, because there's a lot more going on.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

redrocket_pub posted...

Mage Knight Board Game

here's another i want to try! though odds seem against it, as i understand it's best solo...

It's good solo, but "best" no.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

Bonus question - What's the heaviest game you enjoy?

Mage Knight Board Game

Honorable mention to Twilight Imperium
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And just in case there's any confusion I'm not arguing the whole military would mutiny, or even a majority. I think it would be a notable factor though.
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SmartMuffin posted...

To an extent this is true, but you are vastly underestimating the size of the ingroup. For starters, it automatically includes all veterans, a very large number of which are gun owners. And it could reasonably be extended to include all gun owners, period, especially in the type of culture war type scenario we are talking about where gun owners are being systematically targetted on a national scale. The military is pro Second Amendment leaning in general, but there is a substantial subculture within it that is pro gun to a fanatical degree, like those groups mentioned earlier that make the NRA look like posers.

Have you been in the military? I have, and I'm telling you, no it doesn't. "Veterans" are not ingroup when active duty are being attacked. Civilian red-tribe is not ingroup if they are the ones shooting at active duty.

And I was just a desk clerk. Actual combat guys are even more insular than that.

I am a veteran myself, and am currently friends/associates with dozens of veterans and active servicemembers. I just don't see this the same way as you based on my experience.
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I mean, yes, it doesn't have to be indiscriminate gun confiscstion, but that seems to be the hypothetical that several people in here are arguing, and that's what I am arguing against.
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SmartMuffin posted...

These cultures are absolutely insular - the ultimate ingroup vs outgroup dynamic.

To an extent this is true, but you are vastly underestimating the size of the ingroup. For starters, it automatically includes all veterans, a very large number of which are gun owners. And it could reasonably be extended to include all gun owners, period, especially in the type of culture war type scenario we are talking about where gun owners are being systematically targetted on a national scale. The military is pro Second Amendment leaning in general, but there is a substantial subculture within it that is pro gun to a fanatical degree, like those groups mentioned earlier that make the NRA look like posers.
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SmartMuffin posted...

redrocket_pub posted...

Spoilers: the military is very pro gun ownership/Second Amendment.

They're also mostly mercenaries who will do what they're told rather than risk losing their pension.

I suspect some military and police would defect, but not nearly as many as people think. The national guard confiscated guns during Hurricane Katrina, and I don't recall any stories of any significant amount of guardsmen who refused to follow those orders. Superior officer said "It's an emergency, so this is legal," and everyone involved said "Yes, sir."

I don't think literal emergencies like this are necessarily good precedent for how people would act in case of mass, indiscriminate gun confiscation.
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Spoilers: the military is very pro gun ownership/Second Amendment.
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foolm0r0n posted...

redrocket_pub posted...

Who exactly is not allowed to own land?

Native americans and black people and such back in the day. Felons also I think? Nowadays there's a good bit of gating done with property taxes too.

None of that except property tax is a relevant analogy to gun confiscation in present day America. Property tax is an interesting argument but is in no way comparable to an absolute ban on land ownership.
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foolm0r0n posted...

redrocket_pub posted...

The government isn't telling you, "we're going to foricibly buy this land from you, and now you aren't allowed to own land anymore."

That is literally exactly what they do and have been doing for centuries to grow their land

What.

Who exactly is not allowed to own land?
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Gun ownership holds a special value that goes far beyond the market value of the guns themselves.

Also, when the government takes your land, you can use the money they give you to buy land elsewhere. The government isn't telling you, "we're going to foricibly buy this land from you, and now you aren't allowed to own land anymore."
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It's notable that IRS offices are built with physical security measures that rival military installations.
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As a someone who grew up in a very pro NRA household, I can say that the NRA has become FAR more radical than it was in the 80's and 90's.
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Punisher was really good, up there with DD S1 and JJ S1 imo.
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Fuck you Alien 3.

There is never an inappropriate time to express that sentiment, relevant or not, but it does happen to be relevant now.
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Lightning Strikes posted...

These "conservatives" are not conservative in the slightest. They are far-right reactionaries and should be called what they are.

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