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Honest question as I've never bought or even so much as played a game with loot boxes in it. From what I gather though the "problem" with them seems kinda like the probably hundreds of dollars I begged for/blew my allowance on concerning Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon card packs.

Both are mystery boxes where you can get duplicates, and the "rush" of opening them to see what you got is a big part of the appeal. Isn't that what people are arguing the government should step in to regulate? Wait am I thinking of gacha games now? Never played one of those either so I don't know if that's the same there too.
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Wow, and I thought I had it bad with my 45min bike ride. The new job I got is like 5min away and it really does make a difference with how much I can get done at home.
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.Mead posted...

Do you think youll plant carrots?

Yes, and probably potatoes as well.
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I made a topic a few months ago about a piece of land I wanted to buy that was literally perfect for my atelier and dirt cheap... and then I just didn't do anything else with it.

I guess I was waiting for summer to end so I wouldn't have to maintain the plot as much, but really I was just too lazy to really do the research necessary before buying it. Went to check the page today and it looks like someone else got it.

I'd already started making plans based off the idea of staying in that part of town and everything. Unless I get incredibly lucky or the plot was taken off market for some other reason this will push my plans back like six months at least.

Next time I see something I want I'm just going to reach out my hand and take it!
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Because Bulbasaur is the first pokemen in the Dex.
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I bet there are people who honestly think the founding fathers intended to include African slaves and so on in the declaration of Independence when they say all men were created equal too.
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Lokarin posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Lokarin posted...

Being able to distinguish the colour blue is a relatively new evolutionary trait in humans, less than 10'000 years old

No it isn't.

Do you not believe in evolution, or did you just not know this?

You're wrong, all there is to it.
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Lokarin posted...

Being able to distinguish the colour blue is a relatively new evolutionary trait in humans, less than 10'000 years old

No it isn't.
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There was a case in my town of a woman literally getting caught in the act of having sex with a 13 year old boy, who told police it was the fourth time she'd done it, as well as furnishings alcohol for the both of them, and she literally got away with it. Like she didn't have to spend a single day in jail or prison and didn't even get any probation. The actual molestation charges were dropped too so she isn't considered a sex offender and the one minor charge left on her record can be easily expunged in a few years.

The newspapers didn't even cover the story at all when it happened, they only wrote an article months later when she asked the court to seal the records of the case since she said her reputation was being harmed by the few people who had heard about it. The prosecutor on the case didn't even argue against the motion and it probably passed by now. Considering some guys have been given multi decade long sentences for similar cases, it really makes you think, huh?
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Learn to focus your chakra to your solar plexus and recalibrate your aura to flow with the magnetic field of the earth before trying to cast any spells, trust me it'll save you a ton of time.
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...Dude? The article says his wife and sister told him it was a bad idea, which it was, but says nothing about what he told them his intentions were. He wasn't arrested by the firefighter either, he was held at gun point by him until the police arrived (so someone else thought it was a good idea to bring a gun to the store AND brandish it at a law abiding citizen, but that's fine I guess?). We only really have his word on his intentions and it definitely isn't the imaginary story you posted.

Walmart and the DA can think whatever they want, both them and you are simply putting forth your own interpretation of his actions as the truth. Your whole post is nothing but strange conjecture really. I'd be surprised if the charges aren't dropped soon, since the "case" is a ridiculous knee jerk reaction that clearly has no ground to stand on.

Not even going to touch that weird last part of your post.
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VioletZer0 posted...

There is no chance that an inferior player will be able to beat a superior player because they got a lucky draw. None whatsoever.

https://imgur.com/JNpycgo
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Where do you people live? I see folks walking around with guns in Walmart and around town in general all the time, there's nothing strange or shocking about it. Regardless, the guy was well within the law for his area.

HornedLion posted...

he admitted that his intent was to shock and/or terrify people and then see if they would let their natural animal instincts take over and cause a mass stampede or... they would look at him, and despite recent news say, Thats his God given right. Carry on, brother. That was the idea of this master race individual.

The article you linked says the exact opposite actually, but you know who actually reads anything anymore.
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A wonderful idea. At the end of the day, all that matters is "Will" and who has the strongest. Battling is the most direct method of testing one Will against another and the most decisive.
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Huh, I'm far from a conspiracy theory type of guy myself but this is just too convenient. People are saying that information on the others possibly involved can still be gathered, but who's to say what will be presented to us will be accurate? The only guy who could confirm or deny it isn't talking to anyone.
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I would say "prove me wrong" but you can't, so I won't, so don't, ok?

You also can't add anything to my declaration since it's already perfect, so don't even post anything at all.

Just let my glorious truth waft through the board, unchallenged and immaculate.
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aDirtyShisno posted...

If youre white you're rich? Makes sense. That explains why I could never afford food from the school cafeteria. I was too rich to qualify for free food! Went almost every day without lunch because I was so rich.

Uh... What? If you didn't qualify for free lunch, why didn't your parents just give you lunch money or have stuff you could take in? Like food is really cheap, I can't imagine there is any overlap at all between the camps of "makes too much money for free lunch/food stamps" and "doesn't have enough money to afford lunch" unless your folks were really bad with money, which would be their problem not society's.
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SkynyrdRocker posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Aaantlion posted...

The other stories on the site are better, like "Neil deGrasse Tyson Informs Captive Locked in His Basement That Fear is Illogical"

https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/neil-degrasse-tyson-informs-captive-locked-in-his-basement-that-fear-is-illogical/

So it's not even a good satire website? Neil was 100% correct is his tweet that apparently prompted that "article" in response, which was neither funny or insightful.

No he wasn't. He literally got the medical error number wrong, for instance

Even if he did, the point of it still stands. There are way bigger issues going on, that people care about far less. Like I was reading an article the other day about how the deadliest cancers are some of the ones with the least funding while relatively minor ones with low kill counts get tons of money. People thinking and acting based off of illogical nonsense like "empathy" literally make the world a worse place than if they would actually consider data for once.
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Aaantlion posted...

The other stories on the site are better, like "Neil deGrasse Tyson Informs Captive Locked in His Basement That Fear is Illogical"

https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/neil-degrasse-tyson-informs-captive-locked-in-his-basement-that-fear-is-illogical/

So it's not even a good satire website? Neil was 100% correct is his tweet that apparently prompted that "article" in response, which was neither funny or insightful.
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Battle Royale dlc. The online match making would add even more loading screens and down time. After getting killed in the first couple of minutes the rest of the match you would be treated to another loading screen. It's perfect.
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Geez, if you're that ignorant why even post? Surely, at the very least, you've heard of chiromancy, no?
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Yeah... It seems people don't really know much about divination here.
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That's democracy for ya, gotta appeal to the irrational emotions and whims of the uneducated masses if you want to keep your job.
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Wanting to unlock the secrets of black magic I can understand, but what drives this preference for hydromancy? Anyone care to enlighten me?
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Doesn't Chicago have some of the most strict gun laws in the country though?
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Ahh, just saw this floating around.

https://i.imgur.com/tdTaL7t_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

I got modded once for saying something akin to that, but maybe the mods will accept it in this form?
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But... That's not what he said? You don't even have to read the article, even the text in the link points out that's not what he meant.
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Well unlike male to female individuals blowing biological women out of the water in women's sports, I doubt we will see the same thing happen in that arena.
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Yeah, but was it like a gang related thing or an angry "lone wolf" with a manifesto posted on reddit thing? The news seems to care far more about one than the other.
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Huh, guess I was wrong for once. If I knew how to cook though, I know I'd stop eating out all the time.
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Mead posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Why not just learn to cook? It's way cheaper, usually healthier, and when you get good, will outclass most public places in taste (for you yourself anyways).

Some people know how to cook but still enjoy eating food from restaurants at times

Proof?
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Personally I think a good study of Geomancy would do me some good as it is more refined than the other three elemental arts and the pagan arts, but is grounded in the physical plane unlike Nigromancy.
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Why not just learn to cook? It's way cheaper, usually healthier, and when you get good, will outclass most public places in taste (for you yourself anyways).
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Who said anything about random? There are several different classes of people who have a statistical highly than average likelyhood to be involved in violence... Doesn't mean they will, but why take the chance by letting them own guns? Felons are a prime example is all.

Also I'm pretty sure murder has the lowest recidivism rate of most crimes, and yet I wouldn't say they should have assess to guns. Before that I was talking specifically about nonviolent felons though, who you could say have no recidivism rate at all since they've never hurt anyone physically before.
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Rasmoh posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Shouldn't their freedom and right to be able to defend themselves trump such concerns like public safety?

No. Felons frequently have their rights restricted because of their felonies. That's part of the punishment.

Ahh, so there are cases when the right of an individual (like someone who has never committed a violent act, but shows they might by disregarding another of societies laws) should have lower priority than the safety of the whole. I wonder how else we could use that logic to keep people safe...
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So why can't felons (especially nonviolent ones) own guns, because they might commit a crime with it? Shouldn't their freedom and right to be able to defend themselves trump such concerns like public safety? Why should some potentially dangerous groups of people have restricted assess to guns but not others?
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Strange how people start talking about torture and killing (sometimes involving people who had no direct involvement with the incident like the killer's parents) and so on when something like this happens, and they genuinely don't realize they come off no better than the killer before he started acting on his thoughts/feeling. Maybe this insane, bloody, and warped view of """Justice""" in this country is part of problem...? Nah, couldn't be.

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Yep, I was one of like five people actually dressed for a job interview, most people were in trashy "casual" clothes. It was pretty annoying actually seeing people so incapable of putting in even the slightest bit of effort. Good for me though.

The interview was a full one I'd say, and I did really well on it. I think before now I always got nervous because I knew my resume was awful and everything would fall on my performance during the actual interview. That wasn't the case this time so I was able to relax, and yeah the application they had me fill out basically made my resume redundant to the point I only handed it over as a formality.

I'm thinking I'm in there.

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Mead posted...

What kind of sword are you bringing? Not some stupid cutlass I hope

The warehouse is a game distributor, the reason the banner they had up even caught my attention was because it had a castle and D20 on it. I think it's obvious that I should rent a suit, of armor, and a claymore before I head over there.

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Damn, I was hoping to get something going on, but it sounds like I shouldn't get my hopes up. I mean the job I have now pays decently, and I think I can stick it out for awhile longer if this becomes too much of a pain to pursue. Really the main reason I even wanted to get a job there of all places is because it's like a 5min bike ride from my house, as opposed to the 35min one I do daily now.

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Well I hope they don't do that to me, I took a vacation day to go in there tomorrow and I don't really have many more.

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WastelandCowboy posted...

Id recommend updating your resume, if its six years old...

Good references are like an insurance policy. They help add a little peace of mind when you're against all odds.

The only thing I need to put on it is my current job, since it was my first one. Also I should point out that this place is a distribution center, so entry level positions probably consist of carrying boxes around and so on, nothing major.
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I've been working at the same place for like three years now and I've grown to hate it pretty badly. No one appreciates how great I am at my job. It sucks. I wasn't looking for a new job really but a place close to me is having open interviews so I figured why not?

Anyways, how is an open interview different from a regular one? I've only done a handful of those and they never seem to go well, so I want to be prepared. Also do you really need three references or whatever? Looking over my resume that I haven't updated in 6ish years and I can't really use the people I had back then, but don't know who else to put.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Polygamists are viewed as disloyal deviants so have a much bigger hump to get over than people who just like their own sex

People said the exact same thing about same sex couples though, and please note that I'm not making any judgments whatsoever, when you look at the data on promiscuity... Besides I highly doubt that the general opinion up until maybe 20 years ago put polygamists far above same sex couples, if at all on the "deviant" scale. Also just because people view a group they're not familiar with in a certain light doesn't actually mean they are that way in reality.
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CTLM posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Yeah but why doesn't the government represent it? What is their logic? That the majority of people (I assume) are against it? If that's the case what logic does the population have to justify not giving equal rights to the people who want to do something outside the norm?

Puritan beliefs and biblical values. Even though it's separate from our government, we're still using it in judgment

If that was the case, same sex marriage wouldn't have been legalized. That's why I said "current" in the title, otherwise that idea would hold water.
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Yeah, honestly I rarely read other posts before replying to a given topic. That's besides the point though, clearly this topic is a success given the posts above.
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Yeah but why doesn't the government represent it? What is their logic? That the majority of people (I assume) are against it? If that's the case what logic does the population have to justify not giving equal rights to the people who want to do something outside the norm?
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Lokarin posted...

Tax dodging

What if they all just agreed to fine separately? Plus law makers have shown they'll bend over backwards for certain groups, why not this one by writing new laws that make it fair?
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CTLM posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

CTLM posted...

Old school beliefs
Illegal

That isn't an argument, just because something was once outlawed, doesn't mean it should always be outlawed.
I'm asking why it should logically be illegal in this modern age, I know that it is.

I'm not arguing for or against. You asked what the rationale was against it and those are the common reasons why people are against it

Rationale implies rational objections, which would exclude that common anwser.

GanonsSpirit posted...

Dreaming_King posted...

Plus it's not like adultery is a crime so they clearly don't care that much.

Adultery is a crime in many states.

Huh, well I'll admit I didn't know that. Although from a quick check... looks like it's less than half of them, mostly backwards states, is almost never brought to court, and when it is is found unconstitutional, and even then if it isn't it's just a small fine in most places. So I think we can ignore that point.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Split loyalties.

Why should it be up to the government to decide if someone can handle more than one spouse? Plus it's not like adultery or breaking any marriage vows is a crime so they clearly don't care that much.
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