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Taily_Po posted...

That's a remarkably stupid viewpoint since, if a person has no context for something, having that thing exist doesn't really benefit anybody unless you're including explanations at which point you're disrupting the flow of the novel.

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=That+thing+you+just+read+about+but+didn%27t+understand&s=

Side note, I like the new autoflag message they've got for lmgtfy. Nice and snarky.
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I usually expect 3-4 years. The hard drive in my current one decided to die after only 2, but I blamed that on the fact that it keeps waking itself up from sleep mode for no reason, which has caused it to get pretty hot when it does so while inside my backpack. I was able to replace the hard drive (with some difficulty; this was not a laptop that was designed to have components replaced), though, and it's still going after 4 years, including some time spent as a desktop replacement while my desktop was out of commission.
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TheWitchMorgana posted...

Veedrock- posted...

Put a major airport there.

Oh wait!

Relevant http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/2172858.stm

haha! well at least there are things to do there

There are significantly worse fates than ending up in Cape Breton for a vacation. It's a pretty delightful place, especially if you make it in the fall when the leaves have turned.

Broken_Zeus posted...

tbh, I was thrown off by London, Ontario for a while.

Telling people I was moving here was always pretty entertaining. "I'm moving to London" "Oh, that's exciting!" "Not that London."
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Has that happened in the past two years? Almost certainly. I can't think of any specific instances, though. Usually I can infer what a new term means from context, but I'll still generally look it up (if I remember) to nail down its nuance).
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It looks like they lifted those animations directly from Super Metroid >.>

It does look pretty cool, though. I may keep an eye on it. Dead Cells is currently thoroughly satisfying my desire for a metroidvania roguelike right now.
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Understand will if she you probably butcher structure sentence the. You only part looking, the risk idiot like most for.
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You can get an ultrasonic denture cleaner like they use at the dentist that does a better job than brushing alone can, but won't be as powerful as the dentist's. Your best bet is to get the dentist to clean it, then get in the habit of brushing it regularly. You can make that more effective by getting one of those ultrasonic cleaners and/or using denture tablets, but you really just need to brush it. Ask your dentist for a denture brush, which will have stiffer bristles better suited for brushing them.
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OhhhJa posted...

darkknight109 posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Mead posted...

Theyre from the US

She isnt though.

So, legit question here - do all conservatives have trouble differentiating between singular and plural forms?

Because I've seen a lot of people assuming that Trump was talking about Ilhan Omar (singular), despite the fact that every noun and pronoun he used ("congresswomen" and "they") was plural.

And here it is again - Mead says "They" (plural) are from the US, and OhhhJa's response is that "she" (singular) isn't.

I feel like this shouldn't be that difficult to understand...

You do realize "they" is often used in singular form?

"Congresswomen," however, is not.
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The_tall_midget posted...

You do realize they'll scream misogyny and/or racism even if it were a box office success? Case in point: Captain Marvel.

Most people crying misogyny over Captain Marvel's criticisms do so exclusively in response to the misogynists that are butthurt that Brie Larson doesn't like them and criticize the movie based on that. The more legitimate criticisms of the movie are pretty widely accepted.
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darcandkharg31 posted...

KeijiMaedaTiger posted...

Red_Frog posted...

Diablos 1 and 2

And 3.

Nah

D3 has actually become a pretty solid game since they got rid of the RMAH. It still has a tendency to pigeonhole classes into using their abilities in certain ways because of set bonuses and legendary effects, which is perhaps suboptimal, but there's enough variety in those sets and legendaries to keep things reasonably interesting.
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Taily_Po posted...

Non-profit status isn't and shouldn't be determined by net worth.

The only way for a corporation to amass a large net worth is for it to make more than it spends. That's a profit. Obviously, it gets a bit more nuanced than that in that amassing some assets is needed to fund more expensive charitable causes and have enough in the bank for potential emergencies, but the bottom line is that a positive bottom line is a profit. If an organization has more money than it can reasonably be expected to spend in carrying out its mandate, calling it a non-profit is a stretch. If an organization is run by people who have become millionaires by running it, then calling it a non-profit is just ridiculous.
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Broken_Zeus posted...

although how he can be an incel if he was married for 5 years?

Incel=/=virgin. Incel=less sex than you want+a sense of entitlement to more. Certainly, somebody who's married and getting laid twice a week isn't going to be as welcomed in the incel community, but they would still qualify as an incel if they felt entitled to getting more than that and resented their partner for not providing it.
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Taily_Po posted...

Mead posted...

Yep and so should churches

Taxing non-profits is stupid.

It is, but there are definitely some churches that are lucrative enough for their higher-ups that calling them "non-profits" is a bit questionable. As an organization, the Catholic Church has a significantly greater net worth than most corporations, to say nothing of all the fast food mega-churches that do very well for themselves. Most individual churches will qualify for non-profit status, but I don't think anything more than recognizing that is needed as far as tax exemptions go. Specifically naming churches as being exempt from taxes when such rules already exist for non-profits in general is silly and at odds with the concept of separating church and state.
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Taily_Po posted...

Was he just looking at Taily_Po's stuff?

I'm sure lead mods can see your whole usermap.
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That's an inevitable consequence of its size. It was nearly a decade ago that social media traffic became a greater percentage of internet usage than porn traffic, which means the exchange of such viral content has inevitably sped up due to the sheer number of people exchanging it.
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You should really probably seek some sort of therapy. Everyday hobbies and pastimes should not be causing you stress to such a point that you feel a sense of relief when you formally quit doing them. Feeling happier for having replaced an old hobby you no longer enjoy with a fun new one is all well and good, but that's not what seems to be going on with you.
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I've definitely heard the phrase "whiter than wonderbread" used in regards to race, but almost entirely by white people. I don't think I've ever heard the term used to describe something as being plain.
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Ducky posted nudes and I missed it? Curses.
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TheWitchMorgana posted...

norway, sweden, denmark etc aren't even socialist, they're capitalist countries with decent welfare policies

Haven't you been paying attention? Either a country is completely anarcho-capitalist and the free market rules everything, or it's a communist dump where everybody slaves for the glory of Dear Leader. Don't go suggesting that any countries have managed to find effective middle grounds by applying different philosophies to different aspects of running the country in ways that make sense, because obviously that's not possible.
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It's possible, since I'm pretty sure he had some serious health problems. He never shared the details of those, though, and his departure seemed to be more a matter of "I don't enjoy being around you guys anymore" than "I'm dying goodbye."
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

How good you are is completely irrelevant, it is how popular you are.

And the better team being less popular is insane. The topic's premise seems to stand.
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Now, if you want to create an underwater cave like that in a new world, there are a few ways you can go about it. But working underwater is kind of a pain.
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LinkPizza posted...

Thats pretty cool. Its not for me, but like he said, its always good to have options.

That's about my thoughts on it. I like docked play, but for those who use/would use it mostly as a handheld, this makes a lot of sense.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

EvilMegas posted...

let's not act like there the law has been unforgiving to white males, it's dumb. Even for some of you guys.

The law is not the salient factor in these cases, it's judge biases. Turns out some are racists and some have a bad case of white guilt.

Uhh, Smollett was 100% a matter of him letting the city keep most of his bond money in exchange for dropping the charges. It was a fame and money thing, not at all a race thing.
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Zeus posted...

Kicking something to juvenile court isn't entirely "giving leniency"

It is when it's done on the basis of "this kid comes from a good family and I don't want to ruin his future" and "it wasn't done at gunpoint in a dark alley so it wasn't really rape," rather than on the basis of "this kid couldn't have known any better." There's a reason this ruling got overturned as soon as it made it to another court, and it's that this judge is a scumbag who has no business being anywhere near a courtroom.
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Apparently Smollet means all alleged instances of racist white people attacking black people are false flags, so I guess it stands to reason that this incident now means all alleged instances of racist black people attacking white people are also false flags.
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LinkPizza posted...

Nichtcrawler X posted...

adjl posted...

Not even. You can get a sense of a region's cuisine by making their food yourself, or going to a quality restaurant somewhere else.

Uhm, no. Your cooking is based on your tastes and upbringing. "Quality Restaurants" somewhere else are always catered towards the local preferences.

If you follow a recipe, you can definitely cook something to taste like it does in wherever its from. Cooking is based on taste and upbringing. But thats usually for cooking without a recipe, or without following a strict recipe. So, I think adjl is right about being able to get a sense of a regions cuisine by making it yourself. Even if it doesnt taste exactly the same, its might be similar enough to just get a sense of it...

For that matter, even if it's catered toward local tastes, a decent restaurant can still mirror the real thing closely enough to get a sense of the cuisine, especially if you're in an area with enough immigrants from that region to create a market for something genuine. It won't be exactly what the locals would eat, no, but it'll give you enough of an idea to let you form an opinion. That's all that's really necessary if you're looking to explore a bit, unless you're looking to understand the cuisine in greater depth (i.e. to be able to open your own restaurant based on that theme).

As far as cooking yourself goes, though, it is worth noting that regional availability of ingredients can result in different final products. To use this topic's example of stroopwafels, I believe making a genuine one usually calls for using treacle in the filling. Outside of Europe, treacle can be hard to come by, so recipes will suggest molasses instead. Of course, making stroopwafels at home also requires you to have a waffle iron that can make waffle cones and then cutting those waffles in half horizontally (making two thin halves), so that's enough of a pain that buying them is generally preferable.
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I'm trying to remember a single level design element from BL2 so I can comment on whether or not it was good, and I'm genuinely struggling. All I'm remembering is that elevator you have to activate in one of the first areas so Claptrap can progress past the stairs, which I can't say I feel particularly strongly about. Given this, I'm going to have to say no. It's certainly not bad, just not remarkable enough to have left a memorable impression on me.
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Nichtcrawler X posted...

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Judging a culture's food based off of McDonald's is probably your first mistake.

Indeed. To experience the local cuisine, you go where the locals eat, not where the tourists eat.

Not even. You can get a sense of a region's cuisine by making their food yourself, or going to a quality restaurant somewhere else. McD's is neither of those.
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Moving the save may well break that, since that may cause the blocks to update and the water to realize it actually can move. That said, it's not impossible to make water behave like that deliberately. If you dig a 1-block deep trench along the edge of the cave (so the water outside the door pours straight into that trench instead of onto a flat surface that it can spread on), that should ensure that it keeps looking like that.
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He certainly doesn't sound mentally healthy. Whether or not he ends up diagnosed with a formal mental illness remains to be seen, but he's definitely not mentally healthy.
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Zeus posted...

but why the f*** wouldn't Shang [...] be in there?

That, I'm guessing, is because Mulan's story really doesn't need a love interest. It does, however, need a commander for Mulan's unit (at least the way Disney told it last time), so I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens in that regard.
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LinkPizza posted...

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dragon504 posted...

This family isn't trying to sell Spiderman headstones...

The one carving the stone would be.

What if they bought the headstone and then the person who carved it did it for free?

Then you're more likely to see the IP owner being lenient about it, since there won't be profit. That said, the IP is still being used to create value, so it's still potentially a violation of copyright.
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Chocolate, but that's entirely for the flavour. I don't really care about caffeine.
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BlackScythe0 posted...

I'm ok with mushu not being in it, but how are they not going to have the songs?

I would guess because it's harder to choreograph live-action movies to songs than animated ones, particularly when said songs were written alongside an animated movie. Live-action Aladdin ran into that problem on multiple occasions, with the on-screen action during songs often seeming awkward when it didn't match what was happening in the original, and a couple of points where they actually sped up the video footage to make it match better (which just looked weird). I can understand them eschewing the songs altogether, rather than going through the hassle of trying to get the action to match the music or risking the oddities seen in Aladdin.
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Strip the fantasy elements out of Mulan, and you've still got a pretty solid story, without having to worry about making those fantasy elements not look out of place. I can understand the decision.
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Judgmenl posted...

Why do you have to ask a corporation permission to create artwork?

You don't. You do, however, have to ask a corporation permission to replicate their intellectual property. That's how intellectual property works. Without those protections, the creation of art couldn't exist as a commercially viable industry. Copyright law has plenty of problems, but its fundamental existence isn't one of them.
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dragon504 posted...

This family isn't trying to sell Spiderman headstones...

The one carving the stone would be.

dragon504 posted...

This would be like denying someone a Spiderman tattoo.

If the tattoo artist in question asked Disney for permission before doing said tattoo, the answer would probably also be no.
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Nade Duck posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

FrozenBananas posted...

Every now and then I get a little bit lonely and youre never comin round

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Zeus posted...

It's too damn short,

If you rush to the final dungeon, sure, but that's kind of missing the point of the game.
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-Komaiko54- posted...

GameLord113 posted...

Time and congestion issues it would cause.

I get that if it was rush hour but this happened a 1:30 AM when there weren't any other cars on the road

And what, you think they should install the infrastructure needed to use debit purely so they can only ever enable it when traffic is quiet enough?
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Muscles posted...

Kids don't even learn real instruments anymore because they are lazy f***s that make millennials look like the greatest generation

Not to mention the fact that school boards everywhere are slashing the budget for any sort of music programs despite reams of evidence that making music education more accessible is an excellent predictor of academic success.
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Full Throttle posted...

The Danish writer's original story, published in 1837 centres around a young beautiful mermaid who described is having "skin as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf

Based on that description, it sounds like casting anyone without green skin is changing the original vision. Of course, it's not like Disney's ever had any qualms about changing Anderson's original vision of this or any other story, so I guess none of this really matters.
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Who is making this comparison often enough for you to make a specific topic about it?
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wwinterj25 posted...

regardless of your own perception of events and why they exist.

Do you believe that the straight pride movement doesn't exist purely to diminish the significance of gay pride by distilling it down to "look we're having a party too!"? This is not merely my perception of events. The only people who think "straight pride" is reasonable either don't understand what gay pride actually means, or they understand perfectly and see feigning ignorance as a good way to be dismissive of the matter.

The_tall_midget posted...

I would have done it with the sole intent to show that LGBT people are even less tolerant than the people they accuse of intolerance, and the answer of the LGBT community has pretty much confirmed it.

You think that a glitter bomb constitutes a greater display of intolerance than systematic erosion of rights, violence (real violence, not the "that's technically assault" kind), and open hatred? Even ignoring that "if you were really tolerant you'd tolerate my intolerance" is, has always been, and will never be logically defensible, one doesn't even have to go that deep to realize you're being ridiculous.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Gay pride is all about being accepted yet some folk in support of it decide to go and glitter bomb another event.

I mean, that other event is a thinly-veiled attack on gay pride, given that it exists solely to diminish and discredit it, so downplaying this with "why aren't you tolerating this intolerance" is pretty silly.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

More extravagance at an extravagant event is par for course.

It's not out of place, but that doesn't make it any less wasteful, especially considering there's no shortage of higher-priority targets for government spending when measured by literally any metric that isn't the current president's narcissistic compulsions. If the US government had a surplus and nothing functional to spend it on? Sure, throw a bigger party and have some fun with it. But having fun with taxes that were collected under the pretense of bettering the country is borderline fraudulent.
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I like the sauce used in many places' spicy rolls, which I believe is usually a spicy mayo. I've also seen some other, more complex rolls with other sauces included in them, which can be good. Really, it just boils down to whether or not the chef knows what they're doing when they add the sauces and whether or not they end up with a good flavour combination. Basically like every other prepared dish ever.
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