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WankyKong posted...

That is how election predictions work. It seems counterintuitive but it makes sense if you really think about it.

Plus, they have the first round to aid in making projections.

What a relief.

1337toothbrush posted...

I wonder how many of these people here defending the credit score system are screaming their heads off about China's social credit score system.

Ive had this thought too.
Unaccountable financial corporation voodoo vs. unaccountable authoritarian government voodoo iswell, no one but the financial industry or the CCP wins lol.

Plus Marge didnt sound like shes 80.

Thats funny.
Im always nervous approaching girls too!

Tyranthraxus posted...

Democrats will lose the majority. If Liz Cheney was the 50th Senate seat for the republicans under Trump they definitely would not kick her out.

Sinema will lose big in the primaries anyway.

You're right, the new Republican majority probably wouldn't support a SALT repeal bill, which is clearly a priority for Democratic leadership.

BlueTigerLion posted...

So what had Biden accomplished so far if he doesnt have the BBB bill? Because midterms are around the corner now.

A bunch of temporary stuff that will all have run out by mid-terms and a slightly beefier than normal highway bill?
Oh, and restarting student loan payments, which is sure to win him support with voters under 40.

Like, the Democrats are going to lose 50+ House seats lol dehumanize yourself and face to Fascism, I guess, doing anything about climate change, voting access, child poverty, medical and/or student loan debt, etc. was just too extreme.

For me, it's way better, because I'm a trans lesbian.

I'm not even a dude lol.
But I wouldn't date her or even be friends with her. There's standards and then there's...whatever this is.

^Yeah, the difficulty is off in IV and IVA, which is a shame, because theyre otherwise really good.
The main modifications IV:A made were nerfing smirk and adding demon affinities. Demon whisper was a totally broken way to acquire skills and the main characters in both games completely busted though. Its just so, so EASY to get ridiculously OP load-outs.
V seems to have learned those lessons well, and also expanded well on the demon-specific skills from Strange Journey Redux in a very satisfying way. Im not even through the second area yet though, so dont spoil me bros.

Uta posted...

This is a tabletop...but Shadowrun had a cool Initiative System. You get nd6 + I think Reaction; where 'n' is a whole bunch of race / stat / cyberware bonuses.

Then at the start of battle everyone rolls Initiative. Unlike dungeons and dragons Instead of just taking your turn and being done. Your turn takes a -10 Initiative and adds you back into the turn order. Repeat that process until everyone is at or below 0. I forget if you roll new Initiative at that point or just reset the tracker.

So you could get

Player 1: 22
Orc 1: 18
Orc 2: 11
Player 2: 7

Player 1 would go first. They make their move, then they -10 to their Initiative. Its now 12. Orc 1 takes their turn. Then Player 1 goes again. Then Orc 2, then Orc 1 again. Followed by Player 2. Player 1 yet again, and finally Orc 2 one last time.

But then you can spice it up with cool moves that cost Initiative. Want to do a body slam? Here's some bonus damage for -5 Initiative. Want to take time to aim your shot? You can have extra accuracy for -3 Initiative.

The Shadowrun PC games are pretty good, though I don't know if initiative works the same there. Dragonfall is IMO the best. Just has a better feel and story than Hong Kong, at least for me, but Hong Kong is absolutely excellent as well.

It also has some interesting skill economy management, especially if you're speccing your main character for something specialized like decking. And both games have pretty good difficulty.
Returns is okay. I think you can get all 3 in a pack, so you might as well just get the pack on sale and play it first.

Doe posted...

Hell Biker sounds like he's voiced by Vinesauce Joel ie Swedish

Honestly, all the Fiends sound great, which gives it that much more juice.

LOL lucky! Whole Foods is making us track our hours by pen and paper.

Its a great game.

V has a pretty great soundtrack too, so far.

Yeah, that was gross.
It was obvious right away Parham was out cold, and thats not how you shiver WTF.
Hopefully he is okay.

Actually, they realized hes a wealthy white man and thus holding him accountable for his actions was a mistake.

I used to hate myself, now I think I'm alright.

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It's funny how libs spent a year telling us that no, actually, THIS Joe Biden is a changed man and completely different from Joe Biden as he existed for literally 50 years.

Joe Biden doing his utmost to ensure Republicans win a historic victory in November.

It's good to remove most of this stuff, though illithids are, well...it's impossible to redeem those things, sorry.
But a lot of that stuff is bad and/or doesn't make a lot of sense. While we are all products of our societies, we're also all individuals, and that should go for fictional sentients as well.
Also yuan-ti being completely emotionless is just extremely dumb.

I really dug the voice acting. It was quality basically across the board, especially Chiaki. She knocked it out of the park.

Hikawa also has the perfect tone of smug indifference, IMO.

They're just laying the groundwork for if/when dissent against the security state is criminalized. That way they know who to round up in advance.

In the short term, they know who to nail to wall on petty charges.

Aww, youre as gorgeous as ever girl. Hopefully things are getting better for you.

As for me, Im a trans woman and Ill be out of the closet soon. As someone who has lived as a woman all her life, do you have any advice about existing as a woman?

Democrats are set to double child poverty LOL.
But I'm sure they'll win just on "Orange Man Bad" and their usual empty moralizing.

This was certain the moment the Progressive Caucus folded and agreed to pass the BIF separately.

DarkRoast posted...

Fyi, voting for No One is a victory for republicans. That's how it's always been.

All votes cast may as well be for Republicans. We live in a system and under a state that is utterly illegitimate and increasingly unresponsive to the needs of anyone aside from the ultra wealthy.
The mere suggestion that maybe it shouldn't be that way was met by hysterics from our nation's clerical class.

PoundGarden posted...

Good, there's no valid argument to bail people out for student loans. Literally every argument is "I don't wanna pay"

Yes, fraud should be legal if it's done by the financial industry and we need to keep everyone in debt peonage. That worked so well before.

Ah yes, fooling around with the gender swap function of Face App. Just normal cis stuff.

Gonna kick off a big recession just in time for mid-terms. What could go wrong?

Aww, that's nice. Probably there's a lesbian or two in that class who isn't out yet, perhaps not even to themselves. It's good for people, straight and otherwise, to see gay people as just people who exist doing normal stuff like teaching.
Also just being seen for who you are is nice. Way to fail to empathize, CE.

hockeybub89 posted...

Democrats: We're useless

Republicans: We're gonna dismantle free elections and limit the rights of women and minorities who offend our religious beliefs

Free thinkers: I can't tell the difference. Bad is bad.

Republicans say that and actively, in the open, attack the underpinnings of what democracy we have, and Democratic leaders do absolutely nothing to stop them and blather on about how we need a strong Republican Party.
Resisting fascism is not something the Democrats are actually doing. At best, they're standing idly by. At worst, they're enabling Republican abuses by pretending everything's fine and normal and that no one should be worried. They'll likely put up as much resistance to what is coming as they did in 2000 when the Supreme Court arbitarily decided counting votes was vaguely illegal and George W. Bush should be president.

Basically, if all you're doing to resist fascism is voting for Democrats, you're not actually doing much of anything ATM. Not saying that's true in your case, just in general. We're on the verge of going through the looking glass and it's time to start thinking of contingencies if/when electoralism is no longer an option even from a harm reduction/time-buying perspective.

CommonStar posted...

At this point, the fault rests solely on the party failing to garner more support. You cannot fault people for feeling disenfranchised and alienated when the party fails to improve their material conditions.

That's not even the case here: President Biden is choosing to actively worsen people's material conditions. So, like, it's even worse lol.

Democrats approach politics like losing is their job.

DezDroppedFreak posted...

Nothing Will Fundamentally Change

Promise made, promise kept!

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...what?

Way to make me care about some one who just died.

SparkClark posted...

it's pretty fucked that there was zero policy about what to do in the event of a tornado, though. do they also not have fire drills? wouldn't surprise me because those cost money

My Whole Foods hasnt done a fire drill in years.

DontHaveACowMan posted...

If you think Amazon didnt have a plan in place for this you're wrong. They came up with it before the warehouse even opened. A team of lawyers came up with what they felt would be the best direction for Amazon to give employees to avoid any form of lawsuit or monetary loss.

You think they drilled on this? You think they did more than maybe put a poster in/near the break room and sent periodic e-mails to management?
You really think Amazon gives a damn or that they'll see anything approaching real consequences for people dying because of them?

How long before these companies start locking workers in again?

Can't do anything, it would make capital angry. Got to keep shoveling people into Mammon's maw.

LOL and we demonize the Aztecs.

Joe Biden felt really bad about beating Donald Trump and hurting the Republican Party, so now he's doing his utmost to right the wrong he did and restore them to a trifecta.
Real inspiring stuff.

The French did, like, 80+% of the work. And we cut them out of the peace deal because we were a bunch of ungrateful rubes who got the wool pulled over our eyes by British diplomats lol.

tommybel89 posted...

They get more ACL injuries and also concussions are easier to come by.

Yeah, their bones, tendons, and ligaments are more thinner relative male athletes(and being taller compounds the issue: more stress on everything). Like, when I consulted for hormones, I was warned that my bones would become weaker and osteopenia/perosis could be a problem in the future. So that's a contributing factor.

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