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I forgot how involved the card stuff is. I literally printed out pages of checklists of the cards in the '90s and put them in a binder, and then accidentally deleted my save file and never started again.
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Leonhart4 posted...

Don't worry no one really understands Plus

But just know the computer will exploit it every time if it's available

If it's like FFXIV (which it probably is), plus means if you put down a card and the sum of each set of touching numbers is the same, you flip any opponent's cards that are touching.

So say there is an opponent's card above and to the right of yours. If the opponent's card above has the bottom number of 4 and your card's top number is 1, and the opponent's card to the right has a left number of 2 and your card's right number is 3, both add to 5 so you'd flip both cards. Plus leads to some very strange chain card flipping even if you do understand how it works.
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I love how perfect the color-matching enemy dungeon music is. It's just called "Residents." It's weird but it fits.
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That reminds me of the person that leveled Cloud to the maximum level at the start of FFVII, though not as extreme.
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How can they be shaken about losing memories they no longer have? It's been years since I played the game, but isn't it older memories that get replaced first? Perhaps I remember that incorrectly, but that scene felt more like learning about another lifetime to me.

Now the implications of turning an orphanage into a child soldier mill is another thing entirely, though I may be off base with that.
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I was like "Gee whiz, awesome twist!" :D

My cousin was driven crazy by the 10,000 versions of the same song that plays during the reveal. There are still more spoilers, even if you hated that one.
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In particular I remember liking his monologues. Without them, he'd be pretty unlikable, if I remember the game correctly at least.
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This is making me amused I hoarded all of my cards thinking "why would I want to destroy them?" I'm not entirely sure I refined anything when I played the game in the '90s.
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TreyFlowers posted...

gris is an oooooold meme on gamefaqs, back before memes were called memes

This reminds me of "toxic berries," a meme on the Final Fantasy XIII board as the game's release approached. I can't say I ever knew the source of that one either.
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I prefer a blanket that's too big. Moreover, I completely cover myself and poke my mouth/face out.
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I hope this is a troll topic. The clear answer is because we know better.

The actual pain and suffering an animal feels is no different than that of any other human. That instance of consciousness experiencing that suffering is no different than any human.

The difference is humans are smart enough to comprehend it, and that is what makes the crime indefensible.
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Remember things like this whenever the far right demonizes immigrants. Same mentality; different name.

coh posted...

The Holocaust could have been prevented or stopped at any moment but the world did nothing.

The allies of WWII share responsibility for it happening

When it was going on many people didn't believe it because it sounded too outlandish. Never think "it can't happen here."
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I just read about this and it's sickening. I'm disappointed when I searched for this topic it immediately demonized all police.

This is a much more clear cut case than many others, and it's right for the case to be reopened. I don't support the police demonization brigade, but this is really sickening, and those involved must be held accountable.

This is a very disturbing read, but unfortunately accurate:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elijah-mcclains-last-words/
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All this new-fangled slang I don't understand. :/
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It's a word there really isn't an excuse to say.

That said, if someone is obviously quoting someone ending their career for repeating it is monstrous. Context absolutely matters.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1237027356314869761

Yep, and he has an insane cult of personality even many Republicans of past administrations say is a threat to the constitution of the country.

We have this vanity president who refuses to wear masks that could and should be setting an example to his followers. Instead he wants to hold more fan rallies and consistently both praises himself for the situation and insists it's over with.

How can anyone support him at this point? He is a madman.
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This is terrible, but this also places more USA resources in a position to more quickly move on North Korea. Either war would be horrific, of course, but if I recall a move against North Korea wouldn't be possible without significant preparation and movement in advance.

TreyFlowers posted...

WW3 would be over in 5min

That assumes nuclear weapons are used. Also, it would take a few hours not minutes. It would still be catastrophic though.
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SaltyWet posted...

Trump gave his tacit endorsement of these camps to Xi.

Yep, most of the conservatives I know casually suggest nuclear bombing the Muslim world to death, and get annoyed when attacks avoid civilians.

I'm not defending what China is doing at all, but a government that essentially sees religion as a huge mental problem dealing with a pro-theocracy movement isn't going to end well.
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Raikuro posted...

Feels like you didn't comprehend what was said.

For example, if the black chick chooses to go out with what looks like an incredibly sexy black man and is attracted to everything about him, but quickly learns both his parents are white and he has some rare skin condition that makes him look impossibly sexy to her, and she immediately dumps him for not having black heritage, like.... its within her rights but how is that reasoning not racist?

Obviously that's racist.
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kewldude475 posted...

People are allowed to have preferences, no one should feel pressured to date people that they don't want to, but that doesn't mean that said preference isn't racist.

Yes it does. It's the difference between "I'm only interested in a sexual relationship with people of this race" and "I think my race is better and therefore I'm only interested in a sexual relationship with people of this race."

Those are two completely different reasons. The former is not racist, but the latter is. People overuse the word racist way too much lately. It's ridiculous.

The same goes for humor. A ridiculous caricature of a stereotype can be offensive, but that doesn't make it by default racist any more than Yosemite Sam is a dark stain on the history of humor mocking the Southern USA. The intent matters in that case.
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I'm just stunned the cult of personality that has taken hold so quickly. My aunt trusts Trump over her own daughter, who works at a hospital.
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Raikuro posted...

Plenty of mixed race people that would unequivocally fit physical attraction preferences get shut out because of preconceived sterotypes of what a race "should" look like.

That's not fair, but it's not racist either. Physical attraction is a personal issue that is no one else's business.
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The word Korea doesn't exist in this topic, which is ridiculous.
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Guide posted...

Your response isn't in line with the point, though. It is okay to be attracted to whom you're attracted. It's shutting people out, on a basis other than attraction, that's racist.

For example: "I only like smart people. I believe black people are dumb, therefore, I won't consider them."

Ridiculous.

If you are talking about friendship that's right, but this is about sexuality. People have no obligation to have sexual attraction for anyone.
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There are still people ignorant enough they still don't understand the distancing is to not overwhelm hospitals too.

They think if we just sacrifice a bunch of old and sick people (hmm what political ideology from mid last century does that sound like?) it will all go away no problem.
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It's so stupid. What can only gay people play gay people? Can only straight people play straight people? Can only white people play white people? Where does the insanity end?
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Raikuro posted...

If you shut out all other races before they even ask, it comes off as racist since the rejection is coming from preconceived stereotypes and not any actual merits of the specific people asking.

Looks are not preconceived stereotypes. Physical attraction is a personal preference.
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StarsOfCCTV posted...

why are the answers different? Why is one allowed but the other isnt?

I think they are being sarcastic.

I've seen outright racist against white people articles with anyone pointing out the article is racist being called racist.
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Tenlaar posted...

I find it practically impossible to believe that somebody can say "I just don't find a single [whatever race] person physically attractive" and it not have anything to do with deeply rooted beliefs about that race and their viability as a potential partner. The person may not realize that is what's happening, but that doesn't mean it's not happening.

And will you extend that rather bold statement to same sex partners? Transgender partners? What about fiction, like aliens or fantasy species?

It is monstrously ridiculous to turn physical attraction into some by default racist nonsense. No one has an obligation to find anyone physically attractive.
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That's a shame. They didn't teach young kids about the reality of Columbus, but they did teach us in middle/high school.
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Kaliesto posted...

I would say North America needs to be more honest in History Classes rather than shying away from the ugliness of history; today's generations would probably be very different on how they approach these subjects than how they do now.

My history classes in school were very honest. This was in rural southeastern Wisconsin, in Paul Ryan's former district.

I see a lot of people assume the history classes here are sugar-coated propaganda, but where is that true? It certainly wasn't true here.
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This is why ranked choice voting should be standard. It would ideally also take the disproportionate power away from far left and far right candidates.
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I may not have framed my stance well, but the core of it remains the same:
It isn't bigoted to have a sexual preference.
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andel posted...

toronto has roughly 3 million people while jacksonville is the most populated city in florida with less than 1 million.

canada doesn't have anyone nearly as dumb as trump/desantis/gop which is why they handled it much better

Let's not pretend human stupidity is confined to one geographic area. Forget that at your own peril when would-be Trumps etc. start to rise up. Trump was laughed at when he joined the Republican primary and told the world he could shoot someone in broad daylight and maintain the support of his supporters.

People aren't laughing at that now that's it's quite clear that's true.
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Voter suppression is 100% real, and we live it in Wisconsin. It's not race based though, it's political in nature. First of all gerrymandering IS voter suppression. It is absolutely atrocious that people winning 45% of the vote can control a supermajority of legislative power. Then, when the Republicans lost the attorney general position and the governorship, they immediately legislated away power from those positions.

Then, in the middle of a pandemic, they forced an election for a state supreme court position knowing full well that a mere 5 of 180 polling stations would be open in our most populous city, which is obviously not a Republican stronghold. They specifically pushed the election through to steal that supreme court election, to solidify their ending of political freedom in Wisconsin.

The most satisfying thing? They tried to steal it and still lost the seat. But voter suppression is very real, especially through the demolition of checks and balances. Wisconsin's government represents a minority of its population. That is disgusting.
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He says so many outlandish things and so many horrifying things I don't understand why people intentionally misquote him or twist what he's saying like this.

His branding of free press as the enemy of the people is chilling. His obsession with lying about voting fraud and ignoring that he lost the popular vote is chilling. It's very possible he will take his brainwashed followers and call for them to rise up to defend him if he loses a legitimate election.

Don't feed him and his thralls by distorting things like this. Let his truly demented stuff speak for itself.
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The quote the coworker gave is the mentality of a five year old child.

There is no excuse for treating someone badly, ever. It's ridiculous that some of the very basic principles of maturity are rejected by people. You are responsible for your own actions. No one else is. Period.
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Bio1590 posted...

The differences in population aren't anywhere close enough to make up for this discrepancy.

Florida, one single state with a population of around 21.5M, posted almost 11.5k new cases today by itself.

Canada, with it's population of about 37.6M, never even came close to a single-day increase like that across the entire country combined (the highest was about 2800). You would have to go back to the beginning to June to measure a 11.5k new case count in Canada at this point.

As I said, people are being stupid but the comparison is still nonsensical.
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Anteaterking posted...

"Something really outlandish" feels like you're trying to weasel out from the firm line you drew in the first sentence.

It depends.

Some random person making an offensive joke in a private party for example, or tweeting such a joke, then someone 5, 10, 20+ years later digging it up and getting them fired is ridiculous.

Some random person outright leading a hate rally and building up a large public profile is another matter entirely.

The question is, could someone that racist actually operate without bringing it into their job too? I don't have an answer for that.

What I do know I feel is that it's taken to an extreme nowadays, with people demanding firings in minutes (for real), apologies meaning nothing at all to people, and angry mobs pretty much demanding people be made homeless if they say the wrong things or think the wrong things.

The extent to which the mob mentality has formed virtual lynch mobs demanding firings and cancellations and pretty much modern day book burning is downright evil. That isn't an endorsement of nut jobs like the president, but that doesn't mean everything he says is wrong either.

Both President Trump and President Obama have called out cancel culture for what it is.
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I mean our country isn't perfect and the mass ignorance regarding the pandemic is stupid, but this comparison is nonsensical.

The city of Tokyo alone has more people than Canada.
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It's no more racist than a straight woman not wanting to date another woman is homophobic.

People do not choose who they are attracted to. This extends to transmen and transwomen too. It isn't transphobic to not be interested in dating a transman or transwoman.

To claim as such is to legitimize the "conversion therapy" abusive imbeciles, because you can't have it both ways.
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