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Sabram posted...

Meh, with that money i may as well finish the conversion and just live as a woman. Then I'd be rich for the rest of my life. Not like anything about me mentally will change so I'll still be myself, with the same interests and everything.

Gender dysphoria is not fun though.

pikachupwnage posted...

Can I just become a woman entirely?

Tbh if I am gonna have a V might as well.

It's hard to imagine how having a vagina and balls would work, so...you might not have sex hormones at all.

Yeah, the game is hard, and not always in a good way. I haven't played with King Knight(have it on the 3DS, so no dice there), but I would say (IMO) that Shovel Knight is probably the hardest and most frustrating one to play, because his mobility(especially aerial mobility) is much more constrained than Specter Knight or Plague Knight.
Still one of my favorite recent releases though. It's just so charming, and when it's on, it's ON.

Feminism is not just the belief that women are equal to men, it is the belief that femininity is as valuable and worthwhile as masculinity. That holds true for women and men alike.

theAteam posted...

Bernie pretty much needs to win Iowa to have any shot considering the format and demographics. Even 2nd place is a bad loss.

So this is good.

I think he could definitely survive losing it to Buttigieg, because Buttigieg doesn't have a path forward beyond New Hampshire, but losing it to Biden would be really bad.
However, winning Iowa would definitely help him out a lot and could give him the momentum he needs to close out New Hampshire and Nevada.

Biden placing 4th would be almost as good as Bernie getting 1st.

I knew his name and that he was a self-described socialist. Naive as I was, back in '08, when people were claiming Barack Obama was "the most liberal Senator ever", I was looking up stats and patiently explaining that, no, actually, the most liberal senator was Russ Feingold and Bernie Sanders was the only socialist in government.

I've felt the Bern for a long time now. I think he's our best shot at pulling this country back from the brink.

I know a few vegans. One of them was a Lebanese coworker who went on about how disgusting factory farming and agribusiness is and how she wants to move to Europe and maybe have a farm where she grows her own food(and raises it). Struck me as being somewhat conspiratorial, but not unhinged.
The other was my roommate, and she told me one day that she felt we were too cruel to animals, but also that everyone on her Dad's side had bad cholesterol and was fat and felt that not eating meat was good for her health(often that's a liver issue, but certainly avoiding additional cholesterol from eating meet would help matters). For the record, she was noticeably fuller than her skinny sister, but not fat.

Lastly, in relation to the latter vegan, I regularly attended a vegetarian potluck. You don't need meat to eat well, trust me on that. One of the guys who attended regularly was a chef and made absolutely ridiculously delicious vegan dishes.

Sorry dude, that sucks. Customers suck. Hopefully you can get another job soon, hopefully a better one.

Its a vital step towards Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism.

What a joke.

The best part of that movie was old Spock's reaction.
In fact, it may have been the only good part of that movie, because Into Darkness was terrible.

Balrog0 posted...

I'm honestly surprised Booker is still in at this point. I figure he would have seen the writing on the wall. I guess he must have more big money backers than, e.g., Harris or Castro?

I mean, Harris could definitely have stayed in if she wanted to. I think it was more the angle of her badly underperforming her expectations that drove her to leave early to save face. Nobody expects Booker or Klob to win anything. Or even come close.

Cat. My parents had already had her a year before I was born, but my mom could never settle on a name and was just calling her Kitty. Which became "Kiki" when baby me tried to say it, and that stuck.
That cat lived to be 17 and looked after me and my sister almost like we were her kittens. Such a great cat, typical loudmouth tortoise shell.

Wax Fang - Mystery Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljmrawDoCV0

Probably. The AAF was a lot of fun, hopefully the NuXFL can be too.

Yeah, it's a really great game with fantastic atmosphere. The game does a great job of capturing the growing sense of claustrophobic desperation being trapped within its setting would engender.

PleaseClap posted...

Some pretty pathetic takes ITT

Please change, CE

I'm always shocked by how ignorant people are about mental health.

PTSD is triggered by experiencing or sometimes just witnessing something traumatic. Obviously, active war zones are full of trauma, and, this might surprise some of you, but civilians are typically far less equipped to handle that trauma than soldiers(who, it should be clear, typically don't handle it well, because war is hell). That goes double for children. Lastly: refugee camps tend to be drastically undersupplied places with not enough shelter and no plumbing that are absolutely rife with diseases of all kinds because malnutrition and sewage is a lethal yet typically unavoidable combo in those situations. So yes, living in a refugee camp for four years would be a horrible and traumatic experience too.

Adventure Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FgmqTU92I

It also plays over the ending montage.

It's possible it was something mechanical, but it's also possible the plane was shot down. Probably a lot of nervous AA gun operators in Iran right now. But they wouldn't do this intentionally: it would be far too inflammatory, all at a time when they've been furiously plying third-parties diplomatically.

Yes, we put them in a position where they had to retaliate for domestic political reasons.
https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1214932557822910464
It appears they have intentionally attacked in a predictable and avoidable way, so as to avoid casualties(no American or Iraqi casualties). They are certainly capable of doing damage, if they would like to(ask the Saudis), but Iran is actually acting in a very rational manner at this time. They certainly have never wanted war. At least not a hot one.

XplodnPnguins92 posted...

Zero casualties confirmed. Lol iran.

That may have been semi-intentional: spooling up their missile systems is something we would notice, and something they would know we would notice. It may be their intention that these strikes are largely symbolic. They certainly have less foreseeable means of hitting our bases, if they want to(their proxies).

Also, let me just say this: no one is going to seriously help us. Any invasion of Iran is going to be deeply unpopular, both domesticly and abroad, and no one is going to contribute anything other than an absolutely token amount. That includes Israel and Saudi Arabia(who, by the way, recently disavowed the strike of Soleimani and urged restraint. You know you've overplayed your hand against Iran when those two think you're going too far).
And we all realize that the Saudi military is a complete and utter joke which gets wrecked by the Houthis on the reg, in spite of U.S. support and a crippling blockade? Their forces would get slaughtered in basically any engagement with Iranians, whether those Iranians are regulars or guerillas. They're poorly trained and the leadership is completely unprofessional.

The Lions broke the spirits of Barry Sanders and Calvin "Megatron" Johnson. Now they have broken Matthew Stafford's back.

Baby Park was always fun in Double Dash, because it would become so full of random crap by the end it was like a minefield.

Yeah, seriously, Grumble Volcano owns.

krazychao5 posted...

my coworker has been on the McCarthy coach bandwagon for months now. We live in Detroit, though, and he wanted the McC to replace Fatty Patty

I mean, who wouldn't you take to replace that loser?

As for the Cowboys, this is a really safe hire. Low risk, but potentially low reward.

Why isn't Bomb Man a bomb?

He's a white nationalist, just the sort of white nationalist who thinks spilling white blood abroad is a waste.

Didn't a bunch of Maryland Democrats endorse his re-election campaign back in 2018? Maybe they got some kick-backs, but most likely they just like having a Republican governor to excuse them from having to do anything they don't actually want to.

Balrog0 posted...

I don't have any reason to believe the average celebrity knows less about public policy than the average politician

Yeah, and they have a platform, so they may as well use it for good.

Iran's military and political leadership is significantly more professional, cohesive, and numerous than any other country we fight. We would probably win most, if not all, set-piece battles, but we could never, ever win the war. Iran is much more heavily populated than Iraq with terrain like Afghanistan. It would require hundreds of thousands of troops to occupy, and there are no sectarian divisions or credible opposition to exploit. They have lots of rockets and cyber warfare capabilities. Opposition to our forces would be cohesive, well-organized, and have thousands of miles worth of mountains to hide out in. Also there's a jungle outside Tehran, for those of you eager to relitigate Vietnam. There would even be Iranian proxies and allies causing trouble throughout the Middle East!
In short, in terms of casualties, both American and Iranian, it would make Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq seem quaint. We would never win, it would be a monstrous waste of lives and resources, and it would be an evil, aggressive, and unjustifiable endeavor. A crime against America and all humanity.

My God, that is downright disgusting, and I hope everyone abandons us.

Humiliating second half collapse in all phases. They shouldn't have bothered tying the game.

I primarily use Kirby, Pac-Man, and Captain Falcon.

NFL Playoffs are do-or-die between the six best teams from each conference. For the losers, there is no tomorrow(not this season, at least).

Tired-Insomniac posted...

Happened at my office a few years ago, HR sent out a mass email politely asking people not to piss on the floor.

Was the most embarrassing thing ever considering they sent it to all the women too

I've cleaned ladies rooms, and I can affirm they need to hear it too.

No, Iran isn't going to shut down the Persian Gulf or anything like that, but they are going to make life hell for our forces and allies in the Middle East. They'll likely launch cyber-attacks, Russian-style misinformation campaigns, and probably orchestrate the odd terror attack as well, probably with the tacit approval and assistance of Russia and possibly even China.

Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...

Dark Blue, but we have a Republican governor (Maryland).

Similar to Massachusetts.

Connecticut would 100% have a Republican governor if the idiots in the Republican party ever nominated a "moderate" again. It doesn't help that the state Dems invest a ton of time and money in ensuring moderates with the charisma and energy of a wet sponge are the only ones they ever nominate. Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if they finally got a chud in next time around...

Iran, essentially, must respond. Soleimani was a hero in Iran(don't get me wrong: the dude was a monster, but for purposes of understanding how Iran is going to respond, it's important to note how he's seen by Iranians), who got started as a commander in the Iraq-Iran War, and is widely credited by many domestically for defeating threats like al-Nusra and al-Qaeda. He was running Iran's operations throughout the Middle East, including in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Iran will absolutely escalate its activities in the Middle East and will likely launch cyber attacks and the like, at minimum.

It's worth noting that an operation of this magnitude was almost certainly being planned before the incident at the embassy. There's also a significant likelihood this is at the behest of the Saudis: Soleimani is the architect behind basically all of their recent humiliations, and Kushner is known to admire Mohammed bin Salman.
Of course, their recent misadventures in Yemen should tell you everything you need to know about how "potent" the Saudi military is.

This is a massive escalation and Iran will feel obligated to respond in some way. This heralds naught but trouble.

Antifar posted...

Note: the editing here is deceptive; he is lamenting, not celebrating this fact

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/26/joe-biden-anita-hill-hearings-race-gender

Yeah, it's not bad in the wider context, but it's telling how easy it is to believe otherwise, IMO.