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Wariodorf posted...

I remember reading that, Hatchet, and Island of the Blue Dolphin.

In elementary school I took 5th grade reading in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Which meant I had to read those two books three times.

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...like Link because the book described them as wearing tunics and Zelda was my only other reference point for the term.

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Whenever there are large scale protest there are going to be people who use that opportunity to break things and steal stuff. It is unfortunate. You don't have to like it. It would be nice if it didn't happen.

Do you know what would be a good way for it not to happen? Stop having any things that need to be protested. People should be rightfully pissed about George Floyd. People should be protesting. If that means that some of the unfortunate side-effects of protesting are gonna pop up, that's too bad, but it doesn't invalidate the need for the protest or the reason behind it.

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Crazy to see the director if Smart House get this angry

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Sad_Face posted...

Coty, the entity that bought the shares off of her for some $300+ million certainly could make the case they were fooled.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2020/05/29/inside-kylie-jennerss-web-of-lies-and-why-shes-no-longer-a-billionaire/#48feaf8325f7

Again, I assure you that Coty had extensive due diligence procedures before the purchase, not the least of which includes a financial statement audit. They would have known all the actual size of the company and the last several years of revenue and bought it anyway.

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Sad_Face posted...

Dude, she's being accused of inflating her financial records to prop up her brand to be bigger than it really was which lead to a company to buy 51% of her shares thinking it was worth more than it really was. If true, the Khardashians basically did a pump and dump on that company. Pretty sure she can be charged for fraud.

Yeah, nobody is buying a controlling interest in a company over a Forbes list. Acquisitions involve extensive due diligence procedures. Nobody of importance was being fooled.

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I use both. Frankly I don't know anyone who consistently favors one column over the other.

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I've only researched it in the context of seeing how much of a gigantic, misguided failure it has been. Lack of TV streaming being part of that.

They are also unfriendly to reviewers and have a small userbase so it is hard to get a read on the actual content.

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Ghostbusters 2016 was not a very good movie.

That being said a lot of the public reaction to it was wildly over the top and it certainly wasn't over the movie's lack of quality.

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They should release a WW/TP HD double pack for the Switch.

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Gheb posted...

Turnip Prices aren't crazy, just 322. But if anyone needs to sell my island's gate is open.

I'm kinda busy, so I don't have time to let people in so it could be chaos, but if your willing here you go:

BDF2M

Just FYI the code is now 094CR

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I really wish I enjoyed X's combat as much as I did the rest of the game.

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Duncanwii posted...

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Yeah, like in that case I would take Vivillon over Butterfree. It's level-up moveset is much better (compound eyes Hurricane is great to have). And it's higher speed means it can get powders off easier before taking a hit.

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Which Gen? Regardless, the natures aren't great but if this is just a in-game team you caught that is hardly a major problem.

Never a big fan of Butterfree though as it just isn't a very good Pokemon and you can find a lot of other Pokemon to do the same role much better without a ton of additional effort.

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Scyther and Venomoth will need to put that team on their backs.

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As pure gaming machines they are underpowered and overpriced, but there is something to be said about portability.

I had one in college and that worked fine. If I wanted to go play in someone else's dorm room, apartment, or house it was easy. If I wanted to play in the living room or my bedroom or wherever, I easily had that option.

Now, I don't need that same mobility, so I have a much nicer desktop.

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As a fully-evovled combat Pokemon like maybe a 2/10. But it does have some use providing early powders and can help out with some early gyms so maybe a 4/10.

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Onyx is a terrible Pokemon with less attack than a Squirtle. Evolving is the only thing that saves the Pokemon.

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Congratulations. I lost.

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CyricZ posted...

Sadly, this is not the only time characters just didn't have arcs in Star Wars.

Like could someone tell me what Leia's arc was?

Or Obi-Wan's?

At a minimum Leia's romantic arc had more development than anything Finn had in all the movies.

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Squall28 posted...

Because look at the other guy

If we learned anything it is that disdain for the other guy doesn't override apathy for his opponent.

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I grew up listening to country non-stop because that was the music my parents liked. I disliked it. I went to K-State, where country is pretty popular, I still disliked it. A lot of my friends and coworkers listen to a lot of country and I still dislike it.

It just isn't me.

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El Mexicano Texano posted...

You would have remove all the psychic people in order for MK to stand a chance. I can see Smoke having a good fight with Nightcrawler and Kano vs Cyclops as long as he keeps his beam control shades on to make it more fair. Scorpio vs Spike, Reptile vs Toad, Sub Zero vs Ice Man, etc....add in Xavier or Jean and they're dead even Magneto could kill them all assuming he has metal.

Ice Man vs Sub-Zero would be a non fight. You can't hurt Bobby with ice. Hell, when in ice form, it is hard to hurt Bobby at all, with anything.

Same concept in comparing Kano vs Cyclops eye beams. Scott levels giant robots and is capable of making absurd bank shots, so he is very hard to dodge.

Reptile would beat Toad though and Scorpion would probably beat Spyke. Though Spyke isn't like a real X-Men character, Evolution just wanted a friendlier version of Marrow.

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CreepySmile posted...

I mean if you want to justify it with "we don't pay them but another company does so unpaid internships are okay because they get paid but we don't pay them even though another company does pay them" sure go nuts

What he is saying is that unpaid internships inherently favor the more affluent because they can afford to not work for the summer. His organization does not does not accept unpaid internships because of that. However because there is a limited amount of public funds dedicated to sponsoring these students, there are very few internship opportunities. Furthermore, the act of securing these funds for the internship often are easier for more well-connected and affluent people. So the end result is that there are fewer opportunities and those few opportunities are going to affluent people. If they allowed unpaid internships there would be more opportunity for more students.

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You might need to reassess your ability to read. His post completely aligns with his title.

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I have mixed opinions on them. The company my mom works for literally can't afford interns. But it is also in an industry with limited opportunities and where people looking to get into it are expected to have internships (sports marketing). So the options are either her company does no internships or unpaid ones. They end up turning down a dozen internship applications a year, despite them being unpaid. Because unpaid interns still cost money.

Now company's that can afford interns, but don't pay them can fuck right off.

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SSJCAT posted...

i wanna watch clone wars but the animation style reallyyyyy turns me off. so ugly.

To clarify, you might not like the character designs, but the animation, particularly season 3 and beyond, is absolutely gorgeous. The current seasons animation is big-budget movie level.

But I would absolutely recommend The Clone Wars. Not all of it is great but the best of it is peak Star Wars level. The worst of it can honestly be skipped.

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Anteaterking posted...

They aren't completely disjoint (it would be hard for a person below the poverty line to meet most people's criteria for "classy" because there are some inherent expenditures in there that would be out of reach), but yeah exactly.

Duck Dynasty folks got extremely wealthy off their show and are definitely trashy.

Classy is a way of behaving. Some one of little means could be perfectly classy by being polite and respectful to others, by taking care of what they have and being responsible.

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Trashy and classy aren't adjectives associated with wealth.

Elon Musk is a billionaire. He just named his kid using a random password generator. He is not classy.

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gloBal enemy posted...

Indeed. It is professional suicide to burn the bridges at that point in time since realistically they won't be able to recruit someone to replace you for that very short timeframe so your colleagues will end up shouldering it.

I'm not familiar with what EBP is (we don't use that acronym here) but it doesn't surprise me - I actually enjoyed being a senior the most as that was the time I used to really get into the detail and had the time to do so. Manager is probably the worst level in terms of expectations/pressures and risk of someone else's mistake becoming your issue.

(edit just saw your signature saying Gheb is alt)

EBP are employee benefit plans. I can't imagine you would do many at Big 4 level but they are very common summer work at my firm (though I personally think we have largely outgrown them). They are boring, low-revenue compliance audits and just no fun at all.

And yeah my account varies depending on what device I'm using.

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1337toothbrush posted...

Anything to make the field more exciting/interesting, I guess.

The title really isn't a point of excitement.

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1337toothbrush posted...

Controller? Surely you mean comptroller.

Same effective position but comptroller is term largely used in governments and non-profits while controller is used in for profit organizations.

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berlyman101 posted...

It's a copy pasta :/

I'm very aware.


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ScofieldReturns posted...

this is an epic melty, out of nowhere

Some people just can't help themselves.

BlingBling22947 posted...

I did earlier this month as well.

Congrats!

What did you go into?

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WarfireX posted...

LOL, I took a 2 and a half hour nap while I was on the clock with my new remote job. The one I landed after my year off I rewarded myself because I'm not a chump that sees some sort of honor in corporate life style.

And you are still this grumpy. That's impressive.

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I've been with the same public accounting firm for the last six years. I got burned out last fall but leaving during busy season (Jan-April) is professional suicide so I've stuck it out the last 4 months.

Now I'm accepting the job to be a controller at a company. The benefits are worse but the pay is better and I'll have much better work life balance. I'll also be working remotely full-time so that will be interesting.

I'm more nervous about leaving my current job than starting a new one. I have a lot of good friends here and me leaving is gonna kneecap some of their summer schedules. But I gotta put me first. They'll understand.

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Your still very much in the short term. The theaters aren't worried about Universal releasing stuff like Trolls or Disney releasing Artemis Fowl during the pandemic. They are worried about Universal having movies go demand simultaneously with theater launches after things start to open up. That is what Universal has been opening stating and that is what AMC is trying to kill.

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They wouldn't risk a F&F movie right now. Those movies are produced with the idea that they will go wide in release in as many screens as possible.

Trolls was a low risk release. That was already a movie that was going to have a higher percentage of demand revenue relative to theater revenue. But real blockbusters not debuting on two of the big 3 theater chains...I'm not sure Universal would risk it.

What Universal needs is allies. If they could get another studio (like Disney) to also back simultaneous demand releases their leverage goes back up.

I guarantee right now AMC and Regal are trying to get Cinemark on board with their ban.

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voldothegr8 posted...

Cinemark swoops in like

https://giphy.com/gifs/uDwKGxTFrADvO/html5

Cinemark doesn't want Universal to do this anymore than AMC and Regal do. They will also come down hard against this.

Smashingpmkns posted...

Okay so they threaten this, Universal gives them the finger, and then what happens?

Universal will back down. They might be okay with shit like Trolls having demand simultaneous release, but for their blockbuster's? They won't risk something like Fast and Furious not being on the major theater chains. Keep in mind Universal hasn't had a great run of late either.

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I think I had to have said "what the fuck is happening?" at least 5 times.

Tickle porn mafia.

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Smashingpmkns posted...

They're in absolutely no position to do shit like this though. They very well might be on their way out, Universal doesn't need them lmao

AMC is the number 1 movie theater chain in the world they absolutely do have position to do this. Especially when the other chains will follow suit knowing AMC is doing it.

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Alteres posted...

The fact that there isn't a "pro" at the beginning of your user name has always bothered me.

It actually bothers me a bit too as it is my handle for most other things (when character limits aren't a problem).

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MeIon Bread posted...

Is the username Compsognathus a reference?

I like dinosaurs.

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The fact that you weren't invited to either of your parents weddings is certainly unusual.

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It was super lame. I'm a TV connoisseur so my opinion holds a lot of weight.


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I'm not sure I understand Charlie or Dennis.

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It's where you had to put items that smelled like food. So the bears wouldn't come for your stuff. Also I might have been celebrating my roommates birthday a little hard.

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