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RebelElite791 posted...

Ford wasnt drunk

I haven't followed this thing in any detail, but I have a hard time believing that a bunch of preppy privileged kids at a party, didn't drink some.
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This whole thing hinges on the testimonies of drunk teenagers, from 30 years ago. I'm not trying to prove, disprove, attack, or defend anything here. I just think that's something we should really consider.
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Hawaiian_punch posted...

I think it is because bowser is a main character.

This is why there is no Peacho or Mariette

Base: Mario

Palette Swap Mario: Luigi
Evil Mario: Wario
Kid Mario: Baby Mario
Girl Mario: Mariette

It'd be very in line with the standard.
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pojr posted...

I thought there was a female bowser in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

That's just Cackletta possessing Bowser.

Foppe posted...

They did.
Bowser was originally supposed to throw a hat at Peach at the end of Super Mario Odyssey and take over her body.

I've seen it, which is why I specified "officially".
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If you think about the typical initial process for most Mario core characters, they're mostly just derivatives of the existing cast. Luigi was initially just "Green Mario". "Bad Mario" is literally the whole basis for Wario's name & concept, until Wario Land & Warioware fleshed him out. Waluigi is primarily there to be "Bad Luigi". Daisy was first just an off brand Peach, at first. Rosalina is basically an elegant godlike version of Peach. If you count Pauline's original design, Peach herself is basically a substitute of that. Yoshi's Island set the stage for what is essentially "Mario Babies", & I wouldn't actually count it, if the baby versions didn't appear alongside the normal versions so much. Bowser Jr. is such a blatant Bowser copy, that he & Baby Bowser's modern design are nearly indistinguishable without the handkerchief.

Between baby versions, evil versions, & even some minor robot versions, gender swaps seem like the next eventual step. Yet the closest the series has officially gotten to it, is Toadette, & she seems more like "a toad ...who is a girl" than "girl version of toad," especially since Toad wasn't really portrayed a specific character anymore, by the time of her creation.
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Lord_Shadow posted...

We did it we reached the point where it is officially time to stop

Reminds me of the comic where Ryuko claimed Shadow as her fursona.
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CapnMuffin posted...

Nah I think Nintendo low-key enjoys and fosters the waifu culture. Just look at FE:Heroes.

They're even making another mobile waifu collector.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendos-new-game-dragalia-lost-might-forge-a-new/1100-6462010/

Just look at the girls, & there's no mistake the game will be full of waifu bait.
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The ending no one expected:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn0RIjRX0AAlKbB.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dn0RI5MXsAcfLBr.jpg:large

Peach is a total dom in bed.
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I've never been into sports all that much, as a spectator. Sure, I can enjoy playing basketball, but watching it just doesn't do it for me. Though the thing that really gets me the most about sports is sports culture. I just baffles me how we so readily accept sports fans going on drunken rampages, just because their team lost, or in some cases, because they won. No one would accept gaming fans doing anything similar, & such behavior in most gaming communities, is usually frowned upon, & individuals such as Chris-chan are typically seen negatively. Even the users who try to talk big behind a screen with the usual e-threats aren't nearly as accepted as some of the behavior in sports culture.
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Unless you completely screw it up, wealth has an inherent snowball effect. The richer your household, the more opportunities & connections you can build, that allow you to sustain & grow that wealth.
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Last I heard, Michael Bay was directing it. I honestly hope that's true; "Michael Bay's Dora the Explorer" sounds like some parody joke that's too silly to ever be real.
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I like to imagine that Earth is actually the galactic equivalent of a backwater planet, that's comparatively out in the middle of nowhere. Most planets develop life much closer together, & nobody bothers to come to the middle of "nowhere"; it's a lot like before the Americas were discovered, & few Europeans thought there was anything worth the trouble out there.
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I think the most painful thing about this, is that it seriously might generate more interest than the WNBA ever could.

Sephiroth1288 posted...

I hope there's a team exclusively for hentai actresses

Every grunt they make will sound like they're being violently molested

This should happen.

Calwings posted...

So how long until they actually make an anime about this league?

You've already got the actresses; it's the most logical conclusion for this.
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If you just blindly parallel it to "white power" without context, then yes. With context, absolutely not; "black power" is a term for blacks in America that was born from an era when blacks were marginalized, shunned, discriminated against, & could be easily killed with little fear of repercussion. It was a term meant as a rallying cry to find the strength to fight a blatantly unfair system.
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Which version of Misty are we talking about, here? I'd assume the default is for anime Misty, but game Misty is a relatively different thing, especially if we consider which era of Misty we're working with, such as the differences between 1st & 2nd gen Misty, plus the remakes. That doesn't even begin to cover the various manga versions of Misty.
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Social connections don't cost anything. You don't need to pay to go to a job fair, or make a linkedin account.

No, but they'll never measure up to actually growing up in affluent society.

Of course, "who has time for all this? you have bills to pay now" and you're correct if you're trying to start at 30. If you were doing it your whole life, literally your whole life as not just after you graduated High school you will not have trouble finding a good job.

The average "poor" person probably winds up working a part-time job in retail or fast food by around their teens, where they would unlikely be building any valuable skills towards anything outside other customer service industries. Also goes back to that whole "can afford to do these things earlier" comment I made.

The $800k/yr is just a matter of time after that.

So, what the ETA on your $800k/yr income?

Most people just do not have the benefit of being raised with those kinds of lessons because the parents would rather gloat to other parents over your little league trophy.

Actually being able to learn these things early on, is another advantage to being born into wealth.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

green butter posted...

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green butter posted...

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Veggeta X posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

I saw the CEO of my company reach into the trash can to pull out a can of soda and throw it into the soda can bin that he gives to his daughter to redeem for 5 cents.

Do you think your CEO lives by that statement?

No, but the point remains that becoming rich is usually the result of a lifetime of good financial habits. The "whoops I accidentally a Facebook" story is extremely rare. This is why a lot of pro athletes lose their money after their career is over. They got money but didn't have the good habits to back it up.

a person with low income and good financial habits is still going to be poor, they will just possibly have minimal debt or more savings at best, they'll never be on the same level as someone with the same financial sense and a $800k income

How did they get $800k income?

Good jobs + passive income

okay and what's stopping a low income person from getting a good job?

In general I mean, not specific examples like Chris-chan.

What most would consider a "good job," tend to have high cost of entry. Most higher paying jobs at minimum, require some form of higher education, which costs money the average poor person either doesn't have outright, or at least can't afford to spare. Second, social networks are also a huge factor; just look at how many of our politicians & high end entrepreneurs can be traced back to Harvard. The initial investment is also quite steep, with many essentially requiring some form of free labor that often takes the form of internships or amateur projects to actually acquire the desired skill level to seriously be considered, something a poor person simply can't afford to realistically do. Finally, people from rich families can afford to do all of these things from relatively young ages, which means they've already got a massive head start on everyone else.
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green butter posted...

rich people are rich because they have a large income

This kinda has some truth to it, if we're being honest. Unless you can find something with a highly disproportionate ROI to your favor, you would need a lot of initial capital to partake in most activities that would lead to significant wealth.
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I mean, it won't matter in a few years when the next retcon/reboot comes around, but does this mean he just ignores the fact that he hangs out with, & in some instances, dated a goddess?
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The real question here is how does this affect all the "loli games" that are in the GameFAQs database?
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I really can't say I truly care, even though I think it's a scummy move. I've always expected that retirement would be jacked up towards the 70 range in my lifetime, & accepted that it was mostly built on the principle that I would at minimum, be mostly dead by the time I could collect.
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...Y'know, I try to give him a benefit of doubt, but boy does he make it difficult.
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"To obtain, something of equal value must be lost."

That thumbnail looks creepy enough; not gonna touch the actual video.
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pres_madagascar posted...

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

Back to the Future

The fuck

Eh, it's mostly the inevitable issue with any time travel or "future" based plot. Eventually, you reach the point where that "future" becomes the past. A good example is that episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law when he takes the Jetson's case.
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Just feel like throwing in, that I think I also ticked off the guy, with associating that kind of mentality with the same stuff that gives Gamestop problem.
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SpinKirby posted...

darkbuster posted...

voldothegr8 posted...

eston posted...

Was that a manager or something?
I don't think BB employees get paid on commission so that philosophy doesn't make a lot of sense

That's part of the problem, they expect you to sell like on commission but receive no commission.

Really? cause I remember seeing a chart in their break room (they essentially also use it for an applicant waiting room) that suggested there was SOME kind of commission in place. The way the guy talked, would suggest I they did, too.

I can only assume this guy was the general manager, since the guy I was initially talking to was only over the department, before he cut in.

In that case

Now that we're actually discussing it, I actually decided to check...

https://www.cnet.com/news/7-things-electronics-salespeople-wont-tell-you/

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Best-Buy-RVW15739855.htm

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bestbuy/comments/5gks03/attention_shoppers_we_are_not_under_commission/

There isn't a commission, & I have no idea where that chart came in given I didn't have much time to look it over.
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voldothegr8 posted...

eston posted...

Was that a manager or something?
I don't think BB employees get paid on commission so that philosophy doesn't make a lot of sense

That's part of the problem, they expect you to sell like on commission but receive no commission.

Really? cause I remember seeing a chart in their break room (they essentially also use it for an applicant waiting room) that suggested there was SOME kind of commission in place. The way the guy talked, would suggest I they did, too.

I can only assume this guy was the general manager, since the guy I was initially talking to was only over the department, before he cut in.
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SpinKirby posted...

Imagine not just saying what they want to hear.

l m a o

I just couldn't bring myself to essentially force whatever Samsung TV they wanted to move, onto grandma, like some aggressive drug pusher.
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Just came back from a Best Buy interview, that I felt I was doing relatively well with, until this one got thrown at me. I knew I should have simply agreed with it without hesitation, but it's just a philosophy I couldn't commit to, in my heart. Guy was a total ass about it, too; my solace is in the fact Amazon is bound to choke them out, sooner or later.
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Most of it just felt so pointless to me. It's called "English", but so little of it would ever have anything to do directly with the language, & instead it was always "read this" & "write this". If it were more about things like the origin of words, the various dialects (UK, US, & Australia alone, would have been a fun discussion), English from different eras, how slang develops, how definitions shift over the time, & how English might sound in the future, I might have been more fond of the classes.

Now, they actually have the kinds of classes I would be interested in, but those are called "linguistics". The things I always had to take were nothing more than literature classes, & anything to do with the language, was usually just to be applied for some reading or writing later.

Just a mini rant I wanted to put out there.
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Honestly, the unemployment rate is kinda misleading, since the way it's actually counted is "those looking for jobs & those who have them". A lot of those "employed" statuses come from things such as Uber, retail (the ones that aren't folding), fast food, & many other jobs most would consider that are usually well below the living wage cutoff; that also means that those who have simply taken to the alternative of retiring, filing for disability, or relying on welfare services because they can't find a GOOD job, aren't counted either, since they aren't in the actively looking category.

Simply put, statistics can be the most deceitful form of lying & misdirection, without proper context.
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X1 & X2 are great. X3 is ok enough. X4 just has a weird charm for me. X5 should have been the end of it. X6 has terrible design that renders it unplayable at points. X7 might have been fine without those 3D segments. X8 tries, but that horse was just beaten too far at that point to even salvage what good it did. Command Mission is actually a pretty fun spinoff that I wish had more.

The Zero series is overall the best Mega Man series out of the bunch. 1-3 were amazing, & while 4 was starting to lose the edge, the fact that the series knew when to quit leaves it on top.

It's a shame ZX was never continued. 1 & 2 are fun games each with their own thing, & the plot actually had me interested in where it was going. Just going back to ZX1, & I realized how much seemingly insignificant foreshadowing was actually going on there.
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Really simplified explanation:

In science, a "theory" basically means "we're not exactly sure on everything, but we've got enough evidence that we're convinced this is how it works".

With enough evidence, it becomes "Law" or "we've gone though enough testing & research, that we're pretty sure this is how it works".
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Zikten posted...

Depends what they look like.

They have alien physiology that we don't exactly have words for, though they're far from unappealing. Their desirability was considered when scouting potential races.
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Unfortunately, they have a dire problem. Due to excessive warring on their own home planet, most of the men of their species have died out, & they have been juggling their gene pool with a delicate eugenics program. To supplement their gene pool, they've been searching for compatible life forms, & their search has led them to Earth's humanity. They want to initiate an inter-species breeding program, immediately, & want to recruit you to the cause. Do you accept?
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Sackgurl posted...

clearaflagrantj posted...

We're rubber banding from the laid back Google culture into the scary, malicious Amazon culture.

google culture is laid back for their highly trained, difficult to replace programmers

that's not really the same as for manual labor.

& this is what it all comes back to. The low skilled & expendable staff will almost always be comparatively treated like dirt, regardless of company or industry. Amazon's engineers, programmers, & accountants aren't going through the horror stories. If you compared the experiences of the average corporate & "grunt" employee, you'd probably struggle to tell they were even working for the same company.
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For one, changing jobs just isn't an option for a lot of people. Also, retail & fast food are honestly not even that much better, when you get down to it. Combine it with the looming threat of automation for many jobs, & the result is that there's relatively little option in the matter.
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