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Aerith dying again.

Jokes aside. Nothing actually. A Final Fantasy Tactics remake is about the only thing I would look forward to. Traditional JRPGs are typically one-time only games for me. Part of the fun/draw for me with these games is the story so knowing what is bound to happen already kills the fun a bit.
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My comic guru friend said it was horrible. That said, I'll probably watch it at some point since I watched the previous three X-Men movies. Pity it turned out this way as I had high hopes after First Class. Felt like a solid reboot but after Apocalypse I was losing faith in the reboot.
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Viking_Mudcrap posted...

never.

Really, never.

PMarth2002 posted...

Death's always sad if you care about the person.

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TallTamryu posted...

I feel like this should be way more open, not just to ONE person.

I'd say a dozen varying from smartphone/social media addicts to those who sparingly use them would make for a more interesting report than one just smartphone/social media addict.
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Planescape Torment
Fallout 2
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick
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Muscles posted...

If you legitimately think you need a smart phone you need help

I doubt the majority of us need need smartphones but as I mentioned above, it certainly helps with keeping our projects on schedule. Clients can respond within a much shorter time compared to getting back to their computer at work or getting internet connection for their laptop.
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Muscles posted...

But everything you can do on a phone you can do on a computer, like how things were done before smartphones...

My experience related to this is only via our clients who we sometimes send emails and PDFs to for review prior to us progressing with a project and/or finalizing it. I don't know if our clients take laptops with them but there are times they're out doing fieldwork or checking a project site.

Instead of waiting for said client to get back to a computer/get internet access for their laptops, it is nice to get a response in between their travels or during a break while on the field. Same goes for receiving photos of a project site. Getting a feedback within minutes instead of hours can be convenient at times.

This is all doable before smartphones but depending on ones line of work, getting a response within minutes or hours can mean a project getting out that same day or possibly a day or two later. In my line of work, projects are done within days so one or two delay days is a biggy.
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Dikitain posted...

The only reason it is a concern in the first place is YouTube has gotten so big that there are no viable alternatives. b****ute and Daily Motion are the closest, but they are nowhere near as big as YouTube. Twitter is sort of the same way, but there are more alternatives to that.

Even though I'm indifferent about censorship on private forums/social media/media, etc. I'll agree with you that some are so big that the alternatives are akin to nothing.
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DPsx7 posted...

"Our ideal candidate (and our lucky winner) will be a self-proclaimed smartphone fiend "

s***.

"Bonus points go to applicants who have an active social presence"

Double s***.

Yea. I feel your less than average smartphone user/owner will not qualify. Even among us who uses social media, some can easily go through a week without checking our Facebook account, Twitter, etc. I'd imagine Frontier want someone that is "addicted" to social media, mobile games, etc.

sodium-chloride posted...

I doubt they'd give any of us plebs without much social media presence $1000 just to document our experience. There's no incentive for them to do that.

Plus it'll make for a boring report. I wouldn't want anyone less than a social media "addict" to be the one to take on this challenge.
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Muscles posted...

VioletZer0 posted...

I need it for work so that's a nah from me.

How old are you? Dont you remember a time before smart phones?

Perhaps VioletZer0 has a company smartphone and/or need to check work emails while out-n-about?
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keyblader1985 posted...

Seriously where's the link? It's not showing up on that page for me.

https://www.frontierbundles.com/blog/pay-1k-flip-phone-challenge/
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Oh, just a week. That seems doable. I don't need my smartphone for work and my car comes with GPS. A month miiight be doable but I'll pass on this offer for a year or longer.
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Joong. Chinese "tamales" is the easiest way I can describe them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zongzi
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BTB posted...

which is the inexplicable need to accompany repetitive sound effects - generally voice clips in anything even remotely modern - with player actions that will be performed approximately several thousand times over the course of an hour's worth of gameplay.

I feel you bring up a good point and am glad Lord of the Rings Online has a filter options that lets you block certain audio sounds. I play a minstrel and certain attack with our instrument became a nuisance to keep hearing. That being said, I feel majority of the time the repetitive sound effects are usually subtle enough that I wouldn't notice it and/or something else in the gameplay at the time of the sound effects grabs my attention instead.
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ProbesInRobes posted...

In-N-Out is massively overrated.

As someone who do like In-N-Out, I do feel overall folks elevate them kinda high. I think In-N-Out food is good for what you pay but overall wouldn't consider them the best. But as I stated earlier, kinda hard to compare burgers with the varying prices.

LinkPizza posted...

In-N-Out is suppose to be so awesome. But only like one thing, apparently. Animal style. Nobody really seems to talk about anything else.

I read an article that rated various french fries in Los Angeles. In-N-Out fries were near the bottom. Thinking about it after reading the article, their fries by themselves are kinda lacking compared to other fries. Yea they're great when you have Animal style fries but as regular fries they're kinda pitiful.
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What's the typical pricing of Whataburger? As much as I enjoy In-N-Out, I kinda feel it is difficult to really compare some of these places given the varying prices. I recently ate at a place called Nexx Burger that I think is better than In-N-Out. However I am also paying almost twice what I would pay at In-N-Out for the "equivalent"
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_AdjI_ posted...

I export my debit/credit statements into excel and sort them there.

That would make my life a lot easier except I prefer using the date of purchase and some online systems are a day or two behind. Still, realistically at the end of the month whether I bought that burger on Monday or Tuesday is kinda irrelevant plus I tend to update my spreadsheets slowly so doing once a month might be more ideal. I might just give your approach a try.

Speaking of keeping track of your spending, it really bugs me when some gas stations or restaurants have a different transaction name. Dunno how many gas stations I've been to where the name of transaction is different from the name of the gas station.
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I use Google Sheet to track my debit and credit card spending and have my spending organized into income/deposits, gas, food, entertainment, and savings/miscellaneous. Miscellaneous is pretty broad though and include items such as my internet, insurance, investments, car payment, etc.

I do tweak how I label my spending sometimes though. For example if I spent $300 on food for an office birthday luncheon and got reimbursed for it, I'll label the reimbursement under "Deposit" but would label the spending as "Miscellaneous" instead of "Food".

I was using something got Mint that automatically track my spending but the algorithm of how it organizes my spending fluctuate. I know I can manually re-label stuff but it got tedious.
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Zerg is my favorite race/faction to play with in Starcraft and my real name is Adam. The Zerg/Human hybrids were known as Infested "X" so simply together I got InfestedAdam.

My first and previous GameFAQ username was DeathDurron. "Death" from a semi dark/emo/Goth phase and "Durron" from one of my favorite Star Wars characters at the time, Kyp Durron.
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LinkPizza posted...

Yeah. But the way people use the term makes it seem like millennials are the worse... Plus, they always try to make it seem like were all the same. Like, I dont like avocado toast...

Fair point but personally I feel instead of being concern with what others think about your generation, age group, gender, ethnicity, etc. Use that energy to show that you're more than whatever stereotypes others are assigning you to. Of course it is easier said than done and in some cases you might already be starting off on the wrong foot because of said generalization.
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I assume "players" should be broad enough of a term. I'm not suggesting "gamers" since some "gamers" might be upset over being associated with folks who play mobile games or other less challenging games.

Though personally I question why/how folks would get upset over such pointless titles. Are you having fun with the games you play? Yes? That should be all that matters. It's like my friends, who was born in 83 and 84, somehow being upset by some folks associating them with millenniums when again it is just a near pointless title.
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I apologize for being "that guy" but was it Amazon that shipped the order or a third party vendor that sold the book via Amazon but shipped it themselves? I know Amazon is not free of fault but most errors I tend to notice are from third party vendors.

On the plus side, at least Amazon will cover the cost of shipping to return it. A hassle on your part but at least at minimal/no cost.

Zangulus posted...

Also, complain. Theyll pay for the return and probably give you some extra for the hassle.

I wonder if they're still as generous as before. A third party vendor once shipped me a fake Kindle case despite listing it as a used Kindle case. Amazon processed the refund, paid for the shipping, and gave me $30 or 40 in credit to buy a case. I kinda had to force them to reduce it down to $10 as I felt the fault was entirely on the vendor's end and not on Amazon. Giving me store credit is just a bandage treatment. I'd rather they only work with vendors that are honest about what they sell.
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Average before and stayed average. My Asian genes probably only helped maintain a relatively youthful appearance.
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Newer generation? Some of us from the early 80's are fine adapting to these practices. If we don't like said practice, we just don't buy/play it. Simple.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

also f*** Gnomes.

Despite being a fictional story, that quest actually got me mad and it really annoyed me I couldn't extract justice on those involved.
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Sweet. I really enjoyed Divinity: Original Sin and D:OS2. Even if Baldur's Gate III isn't a "true successor", so long as it carry the "spirit" of it, I'll be fine with it.

Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

Interesting. But I'm still holding out for one day a Ravenloft or a Arcanum game.

I would love for another Arcanum: Of Magick and Steamwork. I feel very few games nowadays give you that kinda freedom and multiple pathways to complete it.
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I'll check after I get home but pretty sure mine is way older than the 8th edition.
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Mead posted...

Is that a thing?

At exactly at a graveyard but a Japanese pilot was given a burial at sea on the USS Missouri during World War II.

https://bit.ly/2YZmmVp
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JSebastianBach posted...

I don't understand how anyone can eat lunch like this unless you're like 90 pounds. I'm a pretty skinny guy but a basic turkey and cheese sandwich barely registers for me

I weight about 210 lbs. It really varies. Sometimes I'll eat one such sandwiches and I'll still be craving something a few hours later and sometimes I'll eat one and I'm fine for a while. Sometimes I eat my breakfast late so a small bowl of oatmeal at 10-11am would last me until dinner at 5-6pm.
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Personally I try to limit myself to $200 a month on food. A $10 box of oatmeal will last me the month for breakfast. $40 for turkey, cheese, and bread for lunch for the month, and the rest for dinner which varies. About $40-50 does goes to lunch with my coworkers every Thursday. That $8-15 lunch can add up really fast so I need to by mindful of how often I eat out when not with my coworkers or friends.

I think the key factor is to buy in bulk. I got myself a CostCo membership earlier this year. The $60 I spend for the membership is kinda paid for from the money I saved from getting their gas which is sometime $0.30 cheaper per gallon compared to other gas stations. From there I just buy certain food in bulk. It kinda gets boring sometimes but that's kinda the sacrifice one might need to make to limit spending on food.
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Unless memorizing names and faces of the players, coaches, support crew, etc. are part of the security guard's job description, I'd say no he doesn't deserve to be fired. That being said, there coulda been a better way to maintain security and handle said situation.
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MICHALECOLE posted...

I recently had somebody drive up next to me when I was leaving the mall (I was there to play Pokmon go) and they said to me I just applied for a job at Macys, and its a 45 minute drive from my house. I have been without a job for about two months now and it took me my last cent to get here. If you have anything you can spare to get me some gas to get home, Id really appreciate it. If not, thats fine too.

And I gave them twenty dollars.

They were so thankful and said that they would remember my kindness always.

Did I get scammed? Probably. Do I still feel good about it? Yes.

I've been in a similar situation. I offered to meet the person at a gas station and pay for a few gallons of gas. The person said it would be a bother to have me do that so cash is preferred. More than likely it was a scam but I just gave maybe $6 in small bills and change to the person.

I can definitely see why my friend kinda scolds me whenever I give cash. At least if I just give food, or gas in this case, it is much less likely that said person will use that cash for some less than honest purpose.
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LinkPizza posted...

Depends on the scam and person...

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LinkPizza posted...

Most stores have a certain amount of money for each register.

When I use to work as a cashier at a family gas station, at least on a few occasions near the start of a new shift a customer would come in and buy a few dollars worth of snacks with a $100 bill. I leave it to my aunt, uncle, or older cousin to check it but good grief was it annoying to lose that many smaller bills right at the start. Fortunately don't think it ever led to us running out of small bills for change as we either had extra on-site or my uncle would run to the bank to get change.
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I usually pay with my credit card, even for purchases less than $5, because I like to track my spending so those signs stating "We do not accept bills larger than $20" rarely crossed my mind. Reading through this thread it does make lotsa sense and put the store at less risk while not being an inconvenience to the customer that much.
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Somewhere in the middle I guess. I'll be willing to hang out among strangers so long as there's some common ground between us. By that I don't mean go to some bar or club and start chatting with folks but rather attend some board game night at a store or attend a birthday party for a friend even if half the crowd will be strangers. At the same time, I wouldn't be the one usually to initiate a conversation with said strangers or volunteer for something that involves me being in the "spot light".
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What if the buyer was given the counterfeit at some point without knowing it was one? Them being asked to provide another form of payment is reasonable but is calling the cops on them a bit much?
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dedbus posted...

Yeah never going back to Gillette.

It's too overpriced.

Dollar Shave for me. Four Executive blades every two months is all I need.
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Final Fantasy2389 posted...

I recently watched a movie on Netflix called Cargo that was pretty okay (it has a RT score of 87% if that means anything to you).
Has Martin Freeman (only reason I even watched it)

Oh yea. I recall watching the trailer for that. Seemed an interesting concept for a typical zombie/post apocalyptic movie.
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CTLM posted...

KJ StErOiDs posted...

Fourth, because of the SNES

Absolutely

My stance as well.
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I'Mead posted...

Have you ever moved to a different state than the one where you were born?

Nope. Been in SoCal for the past 35 some years. Probably won't move until either I retire and/or change to a job that is worth moving for.
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Personally I enjoy having discussions and maybe debates with others regardless of our differences but if it gets a bit too heated and devolve into a hurl of insults, questioning each other intelligence, etc. that's when I would back up and ask myself "Why am I spending time arguing with a stranger over the internet who I will probably never meet in real life and who has no bearing on my life at all."

I'd imagine for some, especially those with an ego, want that feeling of knowing they're right, at least in their mind, and that they beaten someone in a discussion. Heck, even me writing this wall of text is partly fueled by ego and that desire to be noticed.

To each his own but I sometime ask myself, "How am I benefiting from this discussion?" or "How can I benefit others through my input". If neither no longer applies, I step out. Trying to support my stance with others serves me no purpose if the other side isn't willing to listen so why would I continue wasting time and effort to form a rebuttal. Sometimes the internet is just a bunch of walls talking to each other.

Lokarin posted...

Why do people care what others think in general? Oh, probably 'cuz are social animals

And then there's this. I'd imagine there's studies on the effects of limited or lack of social interactions over long periods.

Sulugnaz posted...

Because your mother was a hamster.

And the father smell of elderberries?
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Blorfenburger posted...

Train to busan is good

Was about to mention that. Overall good zombie movie and isn't gory.
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wwinterj25 posted...

I guess these topics don't turn out as good anymore.

Do they always? Given how some folks butt heads on these forums or possibly lie about their lives, I'm surprise some are willing to put a face behind their forum name. Of course there's no guaranteed the photos they post are really of themselves either.
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ChaosAzeroth posted...

Unless you're like me and 'just getting on to check this one thing' somehow turns into oh crap I forgot what I was doing and now I'm screwing around. x3

I can relate to this waaay to much. That being said, I had to take care of some issue with our water heater last summer and the physical manual was ruined cause it was left outside. It was bit of a hassle to find out who the manufacturer was and which model we had but eventually managed to call the right number and resolve the issue. Interesting enough both the PDF manual and even some YouTube guides didn't cover the issue
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Red_Frog posted...

Marie Kondo is a ridiculously overpaid genius scammer who teaches millennials and trust fund babies how to operate garbage cans and live like the poor.

That seems a bit extreme.I think some of her approach does make sense though and isn't unique to her either. Of the clothes in my cabinet, less than half I wear each year. I really should just donate the ones I haven't worn in years especially the ones I can't fit anymore.

Same goes for certain documents. Stuff like manual are almost pointless to keep nowadays especially when one can just download the PDF of the manual from the manufacturer website or scan it and toss out the hardcopy. I have paycheck stubs from 2012 that I kept in binders for no particular reasons. Stuff like this I really have no reason to keep anymore.

Now I don't agree with everything she says but I do feel some aspects of her approach does have merit and is also mentioned by other guides on how to purge. I think the key lesson I took from her book isn't about how to purge but getting into the mentality of keeping only what you actually want to keep. Purging does one no good if one relapses after cleaning out.

mooreandrew58 posted...

I have a football jersey from when I played football in middle school. Havent worn it in ages but id be damned if I got rid of it.

Think I have my Varsity V somewhere in storage. Never did buy the overpriced jacket. Something like the Varsity V I would keep as a memento even if my cross country days are long gone past.
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18 years old in the summer after high school.
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kangolcone posted...

Ive had the same dresser for 15 years. It doesnt spark joy, but its a freaking dresser. It stores my clothes. So I can either get rid of my very functional dresser and spend loads of money to get a new one or since Ive never had a dresser (or really any piece of furniture) spark joy, I guess I could just leave all my clothes in a giant heap since no storage method sparks joy.

I think the whole "does it spark joy" approach is meant for items that one is unsure about keeping or not. There's probably no reason to toss out a dresser that is still being used and functional regardless if it spark joy or not. Ol clothes, gifts, etc. that one haven't worn or touched in months or years is probably something that one would put to the "does it spark joy" test.

In my case, a lot of boxes do contain stuff from back in middle school, high school, etc. that realistically I will never need again and have only kept for sentimental reasons. I'm not that pressed for more space but if I were to start tossing out ol unused items and efficiently make use of that space for my current stuff, my room and home in general would not have constraint feeling to it. Too much open space sometimes feels weird but I think the same applies when you have too little space as well.

kangolcone posted...

Also the idea that everything should be on display all the time? Like if I like my Christmas decorations, Im supposed to have a dedicated spot to display them all year? Total nonsense.

Can't say I recall reading this but would agree certain stuff aren't meant to be out year round or always on display.

Moonjay posted...

And I'm very grateful for that since my grandmother and mother set an example for hardcore hoarding.

My mother had a difficult upbringing so she does have a mentally of keeping items that may be of use later. I don't disagree with her and do feel if there's room for it, certain items can be stored away for use later but at the same time I feel one really needs to be practical about it. For example she keeps a bunch of branches, PVC pipes, metal poles, etc. in the yard to support her plants as they grow. Makes sense except she has an excessive number of these branches, PVC pipes, metal poles, etc. all piled up in a corner that she has never used up entirely. We could probably toss out half and she'll still have enough for her plants.
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Most recent photo of me is just a screenshot from a video so the resolution is pretty bad.

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Good grief why is purging ol and unused items around the house so difficult. Some stuff should obviously be useless at this point that were only kept for sentimental reasons (i.e. ol high school stuff) while others that still "spark some joy" might require some thoughts prior to purging.

I read her book but bloody hell trying to adhere to the KonMari method is a challenge. I have boxes of ol stuff from 2012 after some house remodeling that I haven't touched. At this point it obviously should be safe to toss those out but for whatever reason I feel the need to look through them first and yet can't get myself to just look through one box each weekend or so.

*End rant*

How do you folks handle your purging of ol junk? Despite telling myself many a times of "If you haven't used it in over a year, you probably don't need it", it's like pulling teeth to get myself to actually follow through.

Comments are appreciated,

Thank you
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