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HylianFox posted...

Zangulus posted...

BADoglick posted...

I get the annoyance of hard shells breaking but I still prefer the crunchiness

Is this from an infomercial where people fail at the most basic tasks?

Are YOU tired of tacos making a mess? Are YOU incapable of basic eating skills???

Well, have no fear! Now presenting AUTO-TACO!!!
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Ogurisama posted...

How has this not been posted yet

It WAS posted...

keyblader1985 posted...

Por que no los dos?

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LinkPizza posted...

shipwreckers posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Zangulus posted...

Just had home made chicken enchiladas with corn tortillas. Im tempted to make my own corn tortillas next time.

I read that it's a very forgiving recipe. So, it shouldn't be too hard to make.

Speak for yourself. Every time I've tried to make tortillas, they've fallen apart, or torn. Trying to make a DURABLE tortilla is easier said than done.

I've only read a little on it. But that's what they said. I read that you have to get a certain consistency. And you have to keep adding water at certain intervals. If it gets too dry, add more water. If it gets to wet, add more masa. But, it usually is much harder to actually make stuff. I'm just saying that they said it was very forgiving... Haha.

True, it's all about moisture. Maybe I should try it again. I freakin love tortillas.
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LinkPizza posted...

Zangulus posted...

Just had home made chicken enchiladas with corn tortillas. Im tempted to make my own corn tortillas next time.

I read that it's a very forgiving recipe. So, it shouldn't be too hard to make.

Speak for yourself. Every time I've tried to make tortillas, they've fallen apart, or torn. Trying to make a DURABLE tortilla is easier said than done.
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NejiHyuga900 posted...

I always prefer soft over hard shells just because things can get messier with hard shells.

So, you're saying you actually prefer hard shells, as long as napkins are present???
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Krazy_Kirby posted...

soft taco is just a half-assed burrito

EXACTLY, that's what I mentioned in the OP. Of course, not everyone will agree with that sentiment.
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Zangulus posted...

Cry harder.

https://imgur.com/DnMMxqw
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Just like how I like my men.

10/10
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I generally ask for hard shell tacos. They're messier, but a soft shell taco just feels like a poor-man's burrito to me (in which case, I'd rather just get a burrito).
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I feel bad for the dad. My dad passed away years ago. I miss him so freakin much.
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Andromicus posted...

Thought you were gonna say the animated series and I was gonna cut ya

Lol, no. I do miss "Batman: The Animated Series" from back in the day. That was the pinnacle animated Batman, imo.
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...based on the utter hatred I was seeing people give it online (both critics and the community alike).

To be fair, I had pretty low expectations going in. It seems that the people most disappointed were the ones that couldn't stop comparing it to Disney's MCU.
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This topic will live on.
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Ban Delta???

Hail naw.
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So far I've watched Brian Regan, Kevin James, Demetri Martin, and Rodney Carrington.

I'm thinking I'll watch John Mulaney next.
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Andromicus posted...

It's throwing dirt into a hole you'll never fill

If you're getting into MMO's for a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment, you're setting yourself up for disappointment.

But, if you're getting into MMO's for a nice distraction from life, and a few cheesy thrills along the way, it may be worth a bit of your time.
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The_tall_midget posted...

Well... It's not as bad as White Knight Chronicles.

White Knight Chronicles had so much potential. I actually played through the entire story, and couldn't bring myself to go through the sequel. It just felt so lifeless.

At least the story in Xenoblade is decent (though cheesy at times). But, to be fair, most JRPGs are cheesy.
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Say what you want about the gameplay, but this series has some of the best damn music I've ever heard (not just in a game..., but anywhere).


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It's not for everybody. For me personally, I freakin love it. One of my all-time favorite series.
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OhhhJa posted...

True. It is very hard for American companies to compete against a country willing to work 9 year olds in sweat shops for next to nothing. Best to keep letting the billionaires exploit this so they can keep stamping on Americans trying to start their own businesses and keep the poor poor and the rich rich

Perhaps not to that extreme, but yeah, there's a REASON they can pump out goods so damn cheap. Americans assume all foreign suppliers are under our same code of business ethics (as if they all abide by our same laws).

But that's a whole different discussion in its own right. I've been trying to address the conversation based on economic merits alone, but the ethics aspect is worth a mention.
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Magus 10 posted...

shipwreckers posted...

Magus 10 posted...

In what way are our trade agreements piss-poor?

Are you asking rhetorically, or do you really not know? Free trade agreements benefit exporters, not importers. By enacting tariffs, you help prevent foreign providers from undercutting domestic businesses, since foreigners can very often churn out products at lower costs (leading people to naturally pick the cheaper option, and why wouldn't they?).

Since tariffs are designed to protect domestic businesses from those issues, when you remove tariffs (which is EXACTLY what free trade agreements do), you may save a few bucks on an item at the store, but you give all the actual job creation and economic overhead to the foreign countries you're buying from, and neglect that economic growth from your own domestic companies. That's why our free trade agreements are "piss poor." Granted there is a balance to it (and I'm not saying we should go all Smoot-Hawley on their asses), but tariffs are a proven concept that have been around for centuries.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that a college-educated person like yourself already knows this. It's sad that I have to explain what we all read in our 6th grade Social Studies books.

Your implicit assumption is that it's best if everything that's sold in our country is also made in our country, but that's not necessarily the case. Tariffs on steel imports may help American companies producing steel, but they hurt the much larger set of companies which use that steel, and ultimately the consumers of those products.

They're called trade agreements for a reason, because money is exchanged for goods. The value of those goods does not go away as soon as the money changes hands. The goods that are purchased from other countries have inherent value and can subsequently be further refined or sold for profit, benefiting the American companies and citizens who purchased those goods.

To claim that purchasing something from another country is inherently weakening your own economy is shortsighted, and the real world is obviously more complicated than that.

You don't think that the US is a bit too import-heavy? I mean, statistically, it's well known that we import far more than we export, so that's not what I'm asking. I'm saying don't you agree that we've taken import reliance a bit too far???

Like I mentioned earlier, I'm not saying gung-ho tariffs are helpful. There's a balance to it. Also, i'm not trying to oversimplify anything here. If anything, free trade oversimplifies things, since it's just a blanket-sweep removal on restrictions / deterrents to foreign reliance.

Also, free trade is a relatively new methodology overall (at least NAFTA, for example). It can be "too much of a good thing," if you will. Heck, NAFTA didn't even exist until the Clinton administration. People speak as if it's been around for ages. It's still a work-in-progress, and asking for re-balance isn't as absurd as people make it out to be.

The sad part is, whether by tariffs, or by free trade, both approaches can be boiled down to outright assumptions (that 1) the lower costs from free trade will increase economic growth by giving people more cash, or 2) that that tariffs will restore domestic purchasing and business which also results in more cash). Either approach gets us more cash, at least on paper.

I dunno man. It'd be nice if there was an end-all, be-all answer, but like you said, there's complexities here. I'm just sick of people dismissing all contrary views as absurd (especially when they involve proven concepts have been around for literally centuries).
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MirMiros posted...

Dikitain posted...

MirMiros posted...

shipwreckers posted...

MirMiros posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with teacher student relationships.

First part yes. Second part, hail no (especially when the teacher is a dude, and the girl is under risk of getting preggyfied).

But it would be perfectly fine if it was a female teacher and a male student? Double standard much?

I don't want to speak for him, so shipwreckers can feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but FUCK NO!!!

What he is saying is that if a male teacher impregnates a female student that that is worse, but a female teacher seducing a male student is bad as well. However, the blame would solely fall on the teacher in both cases. They are the adults, no matter how much a student "wants it" you should still as the adult say "no".

Don't think that because we say "I wish teachers like that existed when I was in school" we are somehow excusing the teacher from being a child rapist.

One can't be worse than the other, they both have to be equally bad or it is a double standard.

I'm late to your party with Dikitain, but good LORD this is a dumb statement. We're not talking in terms of legality (both are equally illegal). We're talking in terms of natural consequences, and you can most definitely have an action that has differing levels of consequences depending upon the victim.

Boys that have relationships with teachers get high fives at parties. Girls that have relationships with teachers can end up pregnant and forced to decide between abortion or painfully enduring pregnancy in front of all your friends only to then be burdened with the responsibility of caring for a child before you've even received a diploma.

So yeah..., the risked consequences of girls getting in relationships are dreadfully higher than the risked consequences of boys getting in relationships (unless you've found a way to get a boy pregnant).

If you want to state that the consequences are somehow equal, it's your right to do so, but just be aware that others may consider that an outright denial of reality.
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Magus 10 posted...

In what way are our trade agreements piss-poor?

Are you asking rhetorically, or do you really not know? Free trade agreements benefit exporters, not importers. By enacting tariffs, you help prevent foreign providers from undercutting domestic businesses, since foreigners can very often churn out products at lower costs (leading people to naturally pick the cheaper option, and why wouldn't they?).

Since tariffs are designed to protect domestic businesses from those issues, when you remove tariffs (which is EXACTLY what free trade agreements do), you may save a few bucks on an item at the store, but you give all the actual job creation and economic overhead to the foreign countries you're buying from, and neglect that economic growth from your own domestic companies. That's why our free trade agreements are "piss poor." Granted there is a balance to it (and I'm not saying we should go all Smoot-Hawley on their asses), but tariffs are a proven concept that have been around for centuries.

But I have a sneaking suspicion that a college-educated person like yourself already knows this. It's sad that I have to explain what we all read in our 6th grade Social Studies books.
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AC_Dragonfire posted...

Bethesda loves launching broken piece of shit games that the mods have to fix. The devs only do like 80% of the work.

Only time I ever bought anything at launch was WoW:Cataclysm. and then I sold my account a few months later because the game was fucking worthless. 2.5 years there and then I started playing league of legends.... yeah. Should've just gone to the army, least I'm trying lately to get in.

It's sad, but you're right about Bethesda. Their only saving grace is that they give players so much freedom for modding (more than nearly any other developer), so that by the end of the product life cycle, you have a well-oiled machine that looks incredible. But with this dumbass "Creation Club" they're undoing all of their good decisions in an attempt to monetize the creativity of their own players.
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The weird thing about Trump is that the "good" things that have happened since he was in office (Wall Street numbers rising, etc.) are less because of what he's done, and more because of who he is. Corporations know he's going to look out for himself and (by extension) them as well, so they're more willing to take risks for long-term growth (which actually helps everyone, both moneywise and jobwise).

Most of the "bad" things that have happened are either 1) offensively bad policy decisions (taking children at the border), and 2) offensively bad communication towards opponents. Most of the hardship he's caused is emotional, not practical.

darkknight109 posted...

his trade wars have produced absolutely no concessions and he's now having to bail out farmers that have been harmed by his spat with China (no word yet on the various other industries that are being stung by tariffs);

The thing is, the monetary struggles (like the farmer costs rising, due to tariffs), are being handled in a way that the farmers still receive their money, since the government subsidizes their losses, but every other industry that is NOT negatively impacted will see growth (making up for the subsidies, plus the income from the tariffs themselves). Our piss-poor trade agreements are helpful for OTHER countries, not us, so if we're ever going to get out of our import reliance, these policy changes are unavoidable.
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green dragon posted...

I'm playing on the hardest available difficulty. I'd died a lot at first because the enemies were just doing so much damage to me, and I wasn't really used to the combat. Plus, to dodge, you gotta look for the spider sense lines above Spider-Man's head, which is kinda hard to see at first. Super fun game, and I'm glad I didn't just steam roll everything. I can see that at some point I will be good enough to never get touched, and just beat the shit out of everything easily.

The game isn't anywhere near as punishing as dark souls. If you die, you basically just restart exactly where you were just at. Dark souls was hard for me because you had to basically redo most of the level if you died.

Yeah, I've heard nothing but good things about the game so far. I'll definitely be getting it eventually. I JUST got the new God of War, and I still need to play through that.

I used to play games on Hard, but lately, my schedule has been so busy, and my backlog so full, I've been having to dumb down difficulty just for the sake of time alone. But it's good to know that failing in this game doesn't necessarily mean you're wasting a lot of time.
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green dragon posted...

Far-Queue posted...

I'm loving it. My son loves it, too. He's not too shabby at 4 years old but when there's a lot of brutes or thugs with shields or guns he gets overwhelmed. If I bumped it down to easy I wonder if he could get by without my help.

I'll be honest, i died maybe 20 times already since I've started playing (so maybe like 2-3 hours).

I'm playing on the hardest mode

So, the game is hard? Now I just need to wait for someone to compare it to Dark Souls.

Because every game on the planet that is hard means it will somehow be compared to Dark Souls.
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MirMiros posted...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with teacher student relationships.

First part yes. Second part, hail no (especially when the teacher is a dude, and the girl is under risk of getting preggyfied).
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I walked into the snack shop at my university, and noticed pretty much everyone in the room circled around the TV. There was an awkward silence. More and more people walked in, and stared at the screen, but nobody said a word. When the towers came crashing down, it was horrifying.

Then, years later, I thought about the fact that many places in the Middle East have buildings crumble on a weekly, or even daily basis. Constant warfare right on their doorsteps. I then feel guilty about how petty people in the USA get with their political pissing contests. I mean, we've got it pretty good here. I can count on one hand how many buildings in my entire nation have crumbled due to acts of terrorist violence within my lifetime. Many people mourn on Sept 11th. To me, it reminds me of just how much I have to be thankful for.
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For me, it was The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I still remember my crappy-ass PC trying to chug through the bug-ridden, non-patched game installed directly from the CD.

Goodtimes...
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John McCain was a Democrat who cosplayed as a Republican.
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Mead posted...

The fuck is the point of this topic

The point is that...

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I forgot.
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GanglyKhan posted...

I could make drastic examples to prove a point instead of staying grounded in a reality that 95% of people adhere. That doesn't make it worth it.

Based on the results of the poll, only 55% of people adhere. The other 45% are claiming (direct copy/paste) "I enjoy the time I spend, so it's worth it."

So, your percentage is false, and my point stands. You can't justify an action strictly on the basis that you enjoy the time you spend doing it.
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I'd enjoy cheating on my wife with a stripper. That doesn't make it worth it.

I'd enjoy driving 120 mph down the interstate. That doesn't make it worth it.

I'd enjoy beating the shit out of an asshole who cuts in front of me in line. That doesn't make it worth it.
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Well, my day just took a turn.
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