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I think I will wait for a sale, $3 is sooo much!

NeoSioType posted...

...How many times did you play Pot of Greed?

What does Pot of Greed do though?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay_S8NjPEXk

Naming body parts seems weird to me, the main reason names were invented is to easily identify who you are talking to. You never talk to a body part unless you are crazy, so yeah.

Winter isn't over yet, not sure why TC is acting like it's Spring.

captpackrat posted...

I think the key thing here is the parents being unvaxxed and being around other kids who might be immune compromised.

Yeah, this is pretty rough situation this isn't like vaccination check at a sporting event which can matter. There are likely kids at this facility that could be hugely impacted by getting Covid, and as we have seen those with other medical problems that get Covid are far more likely to die or face serious issues with it.

Right they don't make 4 year olds get the vaccine, I believe the youngest age approved for the vaccine is 7.

rjsilverthorn posted...

How seriously Mormon is she and how religious are you?

In my experience there is only one type of Mormon, the seriously religious type. The fervor I have seen from most Mormons makes most other religions look like casual hobbies. Mormons are full immersed in the religion and have a lot of out of church events and activities, so even when they aren't at an actual service they are still around Mormons.

KJ StErOiDs posted...

Well damn...didn't watch Full House, but America's Funniest Home Videos was a staple in our house every week.

RIP Bob

In the 90s AFHV was one of the most popular shows on TV, Full House was also extremely popular for a period of time.

I found season 1 a tad underwhelming but not bad, it's at worst mediocre.

kangolcone posted...

@Veedrock-

Yes, you would be downplaying rape. For example, if I looked at a rape victim and said at least you werent murdered. That is, in fact, downplaying the rape because its not as significant so theres no reason for concern.

As far as sides, yes, you are on the side of people that pretends it wasnt a big deal. Im glad you think this one topic is indicative of world view. And Im not grouping you with anybody. Your quotes group you with those people, no matter how intellectually dishonest you are or naive you pretend to me.

You can also use it in other ways, it's basically like saying a shot in the leg doesn't matter because you will live. If instead the person would have been dead nearly instantly if shot in the heart.

You can downplay anything by comparing it to someone worse,

Murderer on trial: "Well I plead guilty, but with a caveat that I only killed my wife Hitler slaughtered thousands by his own hand, therefore my murder is completely insignificant."

The only reason this event wasn't the nightmare it could have possibly been is the cops prevented them from breaching the Chamber of Congress before the politicians could be evacuated, if they were better equipped and got to the chamber earlier they could have done any number of horrific things.

Blightzkrieg posted...

Millenial nostalgia bait

These reunions things are happening for a lot of things lately, many tv shows that ended quite a while ago have had reunion specials in the past few years.

Arcturusisnow posted...

Holy fucking shit! I didn't think I could possibly read a more ignorant and downright wrong statement. The 1/6 riot wasn't trying to overthrow the government? What do you think they were there to do? Have a fucking tea party? Christ Zeus, there is being out of touch with people and then there is you. You are closer to living on Mars than here on good 'ole Earth. What the fucking hell is wrong with you?

Nah bro they only broke into the building to play pranks, it was pranks!

I can only imagine what Zeus would think if the White house was breached by a group of Russian terrorists. The only reason this wasn't a bigger deal was because they were Americans period.

Some in the mob were literally chanting they wanted to kill Mike Pence, I don't think that means they were there just to force the government to reconsider the election results. The only reason they didn't get a hold of a single politician is because they got out of their before anyone could even get to see one of the politicians.

Blightzkrieg posted...

It is positively fucking wild that the right wing lives in a reality where "large portions of multiple cities were burned to the ground". Like, holy fucking shit. I can't believe I need to read that phrase every fucking time the Jan 6 riot comes up.

Yep, here in Portland Oregon we are still rebuilding from our entire city being burned to the ground, it's really rough. Those BLM protests completely demolished the city it's basically a wasteland here now.

Even in America stepsister and stepbrothers getting together is not incest, while some might frown upon it there is 0 blood relation there.

The law also does nothing to stop a stepbrother from marrying a stepsister.

rexcrk posted...

I feel like Ive never seen a single story about living with someone that makes it sound appealing.

I don't think people do it for fun, it's more done out of necessity.

It's basically like saying "Oh man, I have never heard a story about a visit to the dentist that makes it sound appealing."

Starcraft 1 might have the most micro-management of any RTS. There is a reason why the best Starcraft 1 players are almost all Koreans that have insanely high APM.

You could know everything about Starcraft 1 and have the most optimal builds, and if you don't have the APM to back it up you are still at best mediocre. Now that would be enough to beat the computer since that doesn't require as insane an APM.

There is really no point to play AoE in order it doesn't have a narrative over each game. The second game is a massive improvement over the first game.

I remember when some guy was planning on shooting up a pizza place because he was damn sure Pizzagate was real.

I assume most people take price into consideration but it's more of a personal thing, some people are willing to drop $1000 a month on food per person in the family without a problem and others try to get that down to $200-300 a month per person.

The classic I feel bad now defense, unfortunately for her that doesn't mean jack shit.

I have a feeling many people have felt bad about what they did in the past it sure as heck doesn't make them immune from prosecution.

MarveI posted...

Kevin Spacey, R Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, the mayor of New York, all those Karens that threw fits on camera, Shuri from black panther, Jussie Smollet, and the list goes on.

Was Bill really canceled? He was so fucking old he wasn't working before we heard any word about his sexual assault charges.

It's basically like claiming a senile old man that has been in a retirement home for the last 7 years is canceled. I mean I could claim any old person that hasn't worked in over a decade as "cancelled" if I wanted.

Everyone knew KD was a fucking jackass, everything he has ever done nearly has been some form of being a jackass.

UnMead posted...

sure, sports have a ton of value and capital that gets generated and keeps people employed and funded

if enough people agree that something has value, then it has value

Remember when everyone agreed that Beanie Baby's had value? The problem with NFT's is they haven't proven shit in the long term, do they have value today? Sure, but acting like they will have more value or the same as today 10 years from now is another matter entirely.

The likelihood that NFT's are a bubble is very high until they prove themselves over the long term.

Many sushi places won't even serve it, they don't want the potential death on their hands if any mistake is made when preparing it.

BakonBitz posted...

Then I feel our opinions are drastically different. I thought Origins was pretty good. Probably not the best Arkham game but it still gave me a lot of enjoyment. The glitches are definitely a legit point but I think some of them got fixed, the time I played it I hardly got any glitches except maybe a crash or two. Arkham Knight was amazing and I spent so much time on its AR Missions.

The only people that hate Knight are those that harbor ill-will to it because it released in an extremely buggy state especially on PC, or those that loathe the Batmobile sections that are are pushed a bit too hard.

It's a solid entry in the series.

J03can posted...

Before he was cancelled I found his stuff less funny and more lecture-y
Not interested I don't think

That seems to be the typical path they take, Chappelle has also gone downhill a bit on the comedy angle since he was also cancelled. Though from what I hear CK did a lot of worse shit, Chappelle's biggest mistake was not being accurate in making fun of the LGBTQ community.

It seems like once they are canceled they have to devote at least 10-15 minutes of every show talking about it.

electricbugs2 posted...

Discussing anything remotely expensive on CE is a total waste of time.

Watches, designer clothes, food, cars, doesn't matter, it just makes people angry for no reason.

I don't think it makes people angry it's just a waste of money to most. If you go to some place where everyone and their dog is wearing designer shit and have on expensive jewelry they will just think it's the norm.

To most Americans though it's a silly waste of money. Acting like everyone wants the blood of TC for daring to buy $200 jeans is a bit ridiculous.

I also find it funny when you can find a price point for most things where even people worth say $40 million will even scoff at the prices. Designer can spiral to the extreme, and you can end up in a world where you are paying say $100k or more for a designer dress.

https://shopvirtueandvice.com/blogs/conscious-shopping/cheap-vs-expensive-denim

Looks like you will be buying the same denim in most cases even when the jeans themselves vary heavily in price.

So assuming you aren't buying the cheapest jeans by far, spending $40-50 vs. $200+ is about the same as far as quality goes.

Macklemore made Thrift Shop for dealing with those that throw money like mad men at fashion.

Ozmose posted...

The only 3rd party I've ever heavily supported is the now defunct Modern Whig Party. It's sadly not surprising that the party that based it's core values around independent thought, didn't garner the support of general population. People really seem to like the binary hive mind model.

In the early 2000's the Republicans were really worried about a party that was rising, but they were able to slowly but surely erode that party. Can't recall the name of the party but they felt that a high % of the votes that party would get would be primary Republican voters.

Shit, a lot of times they just reform their own party to be more appealing to those that would vote that way, I have a buddy that is quite old and he really liked the 80's and 70's Republican platform and even before Trump came to power he felt his party was dead. Since he didn't have the Republican party he actually felt a part of anymore.

What's hilarious is we have actually had viable 3rd parties in the past, but they are usually driven out and killed by either the Democrats or Republicans because they are a threat to that party.

So let's say a new 3rd party rises up and it tends to favor more Republican votes than Democrat. The Republicans have a duty to eliminate that party because even if it only gets say about 5% of the total vote that could kill their chances of beating the Democrats in many races.

The two parties have such a strong foothold that they can easily eliminate any upstart parties that they feel are a threat to their future winning.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

The only reason people hated it at the time was because the gameplay was so radically different from Zelda 1.

But by that logic, every single Zelda game ever made other than the first is total shit, because none of them really look or play exactly the same as Zelda 1.

Zelda II was actually a very good game for its era if you could look past your own nostalgia, or if it was the first Zelda game you ever played. Personally, I've always preferred it over the first game, and rank it higher than most of the later games as well (except for LttP). But I also acknowledge that's partly my own nostalgia (Zelda II was the first Zelda game I owned/played, and the only one for years), and partly because I kind of hate Ocarina of Time and every game that followed it.

Link to the Past is like a refined Zelda 1, now it's not exactly the same but you can clearly see that they took inspiration from Zelda 1 when making Link to the Past. Removed most of the cryptic elements from Zelda 1 and lowered the difficulty but other than that it has a lot of similiarites.

Zelda II is an acquired taste, I remember when it was a newer title most people did not like it much. It seems like over time it's started to get this reputation is a misunderstood great game which is not accurate.

I also think the mechanics of it are horrendously outdated in 2021 since there are so many better games that do what Zelda 2 tried to do in the late 80's.

Dragooncancer_ posted...

I've already got my vaccine and booster, if this new variant is showing mild symptoms why the fuck is everyone freaking out so damn much?

Keep in mind that if you are vaccinated it lessens the symptoms of any Covid. Most of the people going into the hospital for Covid are not vaccinated and have other health issues.

The vaccine is not just about preventing you from getting Covid.

pionear posted...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/good-news-final-fantasy-7-021000030.html

Dec.16th...

Not really mentioned, but why are they skipping Steam? I guess Epic is giving them a ****load of $$$ for exclusive rights

Well the entire Kingdom Heart's franchise came to Epic first also.

Every single game in that series came out on the same day all on Epic.

I could understand the confusion they call it Thai food, but if you go by how it sounds Taiwan and Thailand both are pronounced the same way to start.

You see this thing often how some people will not reference something correctly because they view all Asian stuff as the same.