Lurker > ElatedVenusaur

The biggest fault lies with GW, of course, for going all into invading the country in the first place and doing an all-around horrible jump setting up our puppet government.

Obama allowed himself to be bullied into staying and doing a surge by the generals, even after they killed bin Laden and even after he had won a second term and was immune to any fall-out for leaving. Just another example of his rank political cowardice.

Trump? Trump f***ed up everything he ever touched.

And Biden? He put too much faith in our puppet government by expecting it survive for months and was left scrambling to get everyone out and going hat in hand to the Taliban for help doing so. That crime is much lesser.

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I want to watch Nora from Queens, but have yet to actually do that. It'll happen eventually.

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The final boss is boring and awful.
Gust of Wind Dance! ....is what you hear the few times you manage to pull it off before slapping that Ultimate War God Amulet on Albert and calling it a day.

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Yeah, barring a drastic course correction, the future for the world in general and the US in general is not looking good.

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My social circle kind of feminized hard over the past few years.
Probably because I subconsciously realized I identify with women more even before I admitted to myself Im trans. I still have some male friends my college roommate and all-around bestie turned out to be a non-binary trans femme though.

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Could work: copper is known to have antimicrobial properties. And silver appears to as well.

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LOL you're mad at Biden because he's not sending the National Guard into an active hurricane? Then the rescuers would need to be rescued.
There're plenty of excellent reasons to be mad at Biden over, but this ain't it.

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Yeah, never had a baby, but it sounds like its a really rough adjustment, in part because they dont sleep through the night for a bit. When youre that tired and stressed, youre not going to be up for much.

I think I do pretty well, overall. Certainly I have managed to lose about 20 lbs. so far this year. Its important, of course, to eat well: dont be having red meat or fried food every meal, but you also need to eat a variety of different proteins, veggies, and fruits to make sure youre getting an optimal variety of micronutrients.
My struggle is portion-size, but Im doing better on it now. Also cut down hard on snacking and drink a little less(beer is more or less empty calories).

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Kind of seems like we shouldnt be besties with people like the House of Saud!

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Yeah, unfortunately, Biden is definitely not a lock to win in 2024. And Trump will 100% run if he's alive.

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PC_Genjin posted...

90% chance it was chicken

It was either duck or a mix of chicken and pork liver. Cant remember which pate I got from Whole Foods. I work there. Dont work there.

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*craps pants in supermarket*
Dont stare at me SHEEPLE, thats the toxins leaving my body!

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PNW is ridiculously gorgeous. Never been to Seattle, but it seems nice.

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I hated beef liver the one time I had it, but Ive had liver pate and thought it was good I forget what kind of liver, lol.
Only other organ I ever ate was a calf heart. It was like $2(!) for the whole thing and looked gnarly, but once you cut out all the scary-looking vasculature and cube it, it becomes beef. Tender, slightly chewy beef. It was pretty good, but I havent seen one since.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

The guy is 77 years old, and all the relevant Kennedys are dead already.
Not really a threat anymore.

What's even more messed up is that Ed Markey murdered one and got off scot free.

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Mearcstapa posted...

This country could have avoided Nixon and a lot of other bullshit if not for this guy.

RFK probably wouldn't have won the nomination(it was still more lobbying in smoke-filled backrooms than actual voting, and LBJ was still influential and hated RFK's guts), and it's not like Humphrey was a completely terrible candidate or that Nixon and Kissinger wouldn't have sabotaged the peace conference.
RFK probably wins the nom in '72 or at least keeps it closer in '68 though Nixon would still be a heavy favorite in '72, but it would never have been such a cataclysmic wipeout without McGovern's incompetence.

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Good.

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Catching Beldums in DPP.
Their catch rate is the same as Mewtwo's, they appear only as a swarm in an area with a sandstorm, and their only move is Take Down, which deals recoil damage to the user.

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This is an unmitigated disaster entirely created by our government's lack of administrative structures and sheer indifference towards its people.

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Hahaha owned.

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SMT: Nocturne sort of fits, assuming you don't already have it and are willing to shell out $60 for it lol Atlus you suck.
It's mechanically a JRPG, but the feel is much darker and the plot relatively sparse: it's more a dungeon crawler. You recruit and fuse demons to form your party.

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Strider102 posted...

I remember the chaos emerald stages in Sonic 2.

I also remember Tails running or jumping into every mine.

I never forgave him for that treachery.

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Is there evidence that the Taliban has specifically targeted the people on this list with violence, or is this just the news media freaking out over us coordinating our withdrawal with the group that controls the country we're withdrawing from?

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WeeWeiWiiWie posted...

So, to be clear here, you are stating that Afghan women and children are better off under Taliban rule than under American occupation?

I am suggesting that we weren't helping and had no intention of helping. Quite the opposite, in fact!
But, actually, yes. There's going to be one less group of monsters brutalizing them now.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55225827
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/24/580433652/how-the-u-s-military-ignored-child-sexual-abuse-in-afghanistan-for-years
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48882226
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/world/asia/afghanistan-general-abdul-rashid-dostum-rape.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/13/afghanistan-paedophile-ring-that-abused-over-500-boys
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/world/asia/us-soldiers-told-to-ignore-afghan-allies-abuse-of-boys.html
We, uhh, were not exactly preventing the murder and rape of Afghan civilians. It's more like we were actively doing it and/or enabling it! Since some people seem to think otherwise.

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They've really fallen off recently.
It wasn't long ago they interviewed everyone from a Slovakian woman who told them about her experience in her country during WW2*, interviewed a male and a female porn star about the industry, interviewed a former Viet Cong guerilla, etc. etc.
Like...really cool stuff. And they used to be funnier. I still laugh at it sometimes, but not as often or as hard.
And that's just scratching the surface. Must have suffered some budget cuts and/or change in direction.

*The piece I'll never forget is that she took the train to school, but one day, when she and a few friends were walking to the station, a man coming from that direction stopped them and said something like, "You shouldn't go to school today." So they turned around and went home. Later, she learned that the rail line had been sabotaged by the resistance.

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mooreandrew58 posted...

Most people I know thinks either all history is boring or at least american history is boring while enjoying world history more.

It however was my best subject. But even ive forgotten a lot. I never got to finish world history though. Moved to another state where it was taught at a lower grade level

I always liked history too. I've read a ton of history books about all different eras and places since getting out of college. My degree is in European History.

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Corutney Barnett
-Rae Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXvlpS0TvE

-Before You Gotta Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cD1LP80JvQ

Both from her album coming out Nov. 12th: Things Take Time, Take Time. Been listening to them a lot. And I'm actually seeing her in concert in February!

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luigi13579 posted...

The only thing with buffs/debuffs is that after about half-way, enemies start using Dekaja/Dekunda regularly.

They're still very worth engaging in: most enemies don't use them automatically, and even when they do, it can buy you some breathing space.

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Malcolm X when?

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Yeah, this is the work of a (stupid) Taliban faction or another group like Daesh, which is active in Afghanistan. The leadership already got what it wanted and doesnt want to stir the pot ATM.
Naturally, the Daesh and Taliban are bitter enemies, as each thinks the other isnt doing fundamentalism right.

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MrToothHasYou posted...

Lucky you. My AP US History teacher had a talking bobble head Bill Clinton doll which said, among other quotes I did not have sexual relations with that woman and that depends on what your definition of the word is is, and once gave to our class, as a homework assignment, two papers of equal length, one on the ACLU, and the other on the ACLJ, as though the organizations were simply two sides of the same coin. He would later go on to be quoted in a Huffington Post article, in which he compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler during a speech he gave at a local Tea Party rally.

Ugh. I'm sorry.
Reminds me of one American History professor in college. He was a full-on Southern apologist who would rant about "states' rights" and even said at one point the Southerners were right to be outraged the abolitionists wanted to take away "their property".
The other American history professor I had was an old Korean guy who would go off on tangents of varying quality and intimated the only parties that would gain from setting fire to New York in the Revolutionary War were the rebels and George Washington. So, in other words, he was pretty good.


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LOL should have known 40+ new posts was caused by a petty slap fight instead ofanything substantive. Take it to PMs.

Im not as well-versed on American history, but I can certainly recommend John Brown: Abolitionist by David S. Reynolds. He maybe gets mentioned in passing in most primary school history courses usually in relation to a short blurb on Bloody Kansas or in reference to Harpers Ferry, if that and reading it will make you realize just how little detail anything is given.

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Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Not sure I agree.

People who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it and make really bad decisions

Theres a reason why Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists tend to have very poor educations and lack of historical knowledge. Lack of understanding history leads to ideologies like "Why don't we just build a massive wall?" and "Our army is so strong we can just steamroll a smaller one and insert a new strong government there"

it might not be as quantifiable as learning math and writing, but learning history and more importantly how to understand history is vital to a strong society

Actually, a lot of them are white middle class professionals. But I digress: very few Americans receive anything approaching an adequate education in American history, let alone the history of anywhere or anything else.
A lot of people completely wig out at the mere suggestion that our history is a sordid tale of brutality, elite malfeasance, and impending dissolution.

https://newrepublic.com/article/163096/incoherence-us-history-american-colonies-review
This article is a review of a trilogy of American history books and pretty long, but it's an excellent overview of a few of the very many things we routinely whitewash in American history, and it only goes up until the Civil War!

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Sadly, this is probably the worst consequence he'll experience for being an all-around terrible governor and worse person.

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It would be neat if it was a two-stager: Hopline as the base form and Falinks as the evolved form that gains Steel-typing(and improved stats. Particularly special defense: this thing should be really resilient). And had access to Iron Barbs (attacker takes damage if it uses a contact move).

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Yeah, "remake" is the best verb to use here. Parts of those games were great(and most of those still are!), but lots of other parts just...weren't. Haven't played the first one ever, but a cliff-notes sort of list of things they would need to fix/re-do in SA2 include:

-Ironing out the kinks in the physics engine. Its shortcomings are painfully apparent in Final Chase, for example, which relies on a lot of conceptually-cool physics-based obstacles that tend to break down in unexpected(and usually fatal) ways. But there are other things: the noticeable homing attack hiccups, change-of-direction, etc. Luckily, these are problems they solved in the boost games(not that boosting should be involved here).

-Emerald hunting is a pain, but an easy fix is to simply port in SA1's emerald radar mechanics, which would greatly reduce tedium. Allowing Knuckles and Rouge to run/glide/climb faster(optionally, ideally) would also make it more convenient to traverse levels

-The walker levels...I almost feel like they would be better if they leaned more into the shooter aspect. Either that, or make them quicker/nimbler and more responsive so that the platforming isn't such a pain. Obviously, these are the levels that are consistently weakest, but I've always been partial to Cosmic Wall, myself.

-Good God the camera is some aughts platformer garbage. A modern camera and the ability to use the right stick to re-orient it would be a god-send.

-Give us way more stuff for getting Emblems. Concept art, remixed tracks from other Sonic games, a few Adventure-style renderings of iconic stages from earlier and later games, etc.

-Expand the Chao Garden. Give us a ton of ways to customize them, let us customize the gardens, give us a bunch of different stuff to do and let us compete against other players online. Is your Chao the goodest/baddest Chao in the world?

-Don't touch the music, just clean it up and it's good to go.

-Let the plot remain its senseless self. SA2 has the good sense to lean into being stupid cheese.

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34 and no hair loss!
And male pattern baldness has ceased to be a concern for me, in any case.

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A lot of rock-and-rollers met an early end. He got to live a long life and be a legendary rock-and-roll drummer! Thats winning.

It has always been(and will always be) incredible that The Rolling Stones endured this long.

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Are you SURE this is Earl Grey? Because I would swear its Darjeeling!

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gmanthebest posted...

Gauntlet: Dark Legacy

Having such an itch to play it lately

Modern Gauntlet could be so sick(and pretty). And online co-op would be a neat addition. And a character creator: you could basically pick a template and a primary color and just customize the model's gender, skin color, race(human, dwarf, elf, at least) clothing, buffness, hair, etc.
You could be a muscle wizard or an inexplicably strong bishie warrior!

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Im pretty fond of Husky, CTs muscular Medicaid program. I havent paid a dime: not for therapy, not for doctors visits, nor for HRT! But people in poorer and/or redder states are not nearly so fortunate, and its only for poor people.

But yeah, our corporate infotainment networks have a particular axe to grind in regards to fixing the problem.

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Im out in Oregon ATM, but my flight home(to Bradley outside of Hartford) is tomorrow. I land late tomorrow night, so well see how that goes. United hasnt given up yet.
Worst comes to worst, I stay in an extra day or make them put me up in Denver for a night.

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Ive used the ladys room before Im not out and still very much look like I belong in the mens room, FYI. Once was accidental: I needed to go and didnt pay attention to the signs lol. I did my business, stepped out of the stall, deduced from the lack of urinals where I was, sheepishly washed my hands and left. The other time, it was a simple matter of the stall in the mens room being occupied and the choice of where to poop being the ladys room or my pants. I hurried in then and the sweet Haitian maintenance lady blessed my enterprise.

As for the inverse, a female classmate asked to use the stall in the mens room when our class was returning from a trip and the ladys room had a long line ~75% of my classmates in that study abroad program were women, so no surprise there. We urged her to avail herself of it, and a few other women followed in her example.

Somehow, this all passed without incident. Its almost like 99.9% of all people seeking to enter a bathroom have no intention but to use the toilet! Mind blowing, I know.

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Also, I feel its clear to make note of something: the Taliban almost certainly isnt popular with Afghans as a whole, but it has legitimacy, because it used to (nominally, at least) run the show and, more importantly, it was the largest group fighting us: the occupiers. That the government we created was completely terrible sealed the deal. The Talibans victory has been a fait accompli for years now, and these factors explain the rapid collapse of resistance: why die pointlessly for people who suck, when surrendering or just keeping your head down means you can stay alive? Even before we left, our puppets power reached only a scant few cities where our troops were.

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Plus, I dig the oil slick aesthetic it has going.

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WeeWeiWiiWie posted...

Just as disgusted at the right wing concern trolling from people on this board as I am the people on the left who have waved it off as the will of the people.

At least with the right wing shitposters you can't expect sincerity or empathy, though.

This is a humanitarian crisis, and you should care about it even if you got what you wanted. Hell, you should care more because it is the direct result of the thing you wanted.

Well, I dont think there should be limits on immigration at all, so.not sure where youre coming from here. I doubt there are leftists here who wouldnt welcome refugees with open arms. And I look askance at anyone who feels otherwise.

Its just that, in the end, you cant impose a state upon others and expect it to take. Particularly when that state encompasses several different nations.

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SevenTenths posted...

Imagine taking the stance that america shouldn't have retaliated against the 9/11 attacks and wanting to be taken seriously.

People still can't separate Iraq and Afghanistan all these years later. America absolutely should have been in Afghanistan. And once you're there you are obligated to leave it better than when you came. Which every military leader has said for the last decade we can't just leave or the Taliban will take right back over. This isn't some video game where the war ends when you kill Osama.

No, invading and occupying Afghanistan was a tremendous self-own that screwed over everyone involved. It was doomed from the start and we should never have undertaken it, except that we are a vicious, brutal, and short-sighted nation.

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