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TLJ killed my interest for Star Wars. Pretty but nonsensical film. Even Marc Hamill disliked it.

The Witcher 3 even though it's not great. Skyrim has one of the most boring combats I've ever experienced.

You need to learn to talk to women and improve your self confidence. Those two things are generally enough to find someone.

Your friends are idiots. I would try to make new friends.

He can think whatever he wants, the movie still sucks.

Ivynn posted...

Oh shut up, "girl power" scenes have been around since the 90's, just roll your eyes and move on.

That is not a "girl power" scene lol. She's just being annoying and pretentious.

blackrider76 posted...

I have zero interest in either Hulk, but this is the tweet I saw that went viral.

https://twitter.com/imdb/status/1560367868352507905

And a lot of catcalling is totally comparable to Bruce trying to kill himself to be rid of the Hulk.

How exactly was she in the right again?

What a cringey scene. No wonder it's getting bad reviews.

Not a specific moment, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi basically killed the franchise for me. It was that bad. Now I barely have any interest in the new Star Wars stuff Disney is making.

That is one of the most biased articles I've ever read.

Are the majority of people on this board from the US? It makes me kinda sad to see so many people believing that socialism is the answer to the flaws of capitalism.

They bash capitalism while living in the most successful country on earth and the best example of the benefits of capitalism. Most of you guys have no idea what it is to live in a failed socialist state.
A state that expropiates the capital (means of production) from their owners will always be kept by the government and not the workers. With more power the government inevitably becomes more corrupt (way more than in the US). The result is absolute poverty for everyone except the people in power. This has happened many times in many different countries through history. True socialism and communism simply don't work.

There is no doubt that capitalism is not even close to being perfect. There is corruption and the richest people can take advantage of it. But there is also no doubt that countries that embrace a free market economy have lifted way more people out of poverty than any other system in history.

I've seen a lot of people mentioning that countries like Sweden are socialist countries. The truth is that Sweden is among the freest countries in the world (there are several studies that rank countries by different measures of freedom, including economic freedom). It does have a big welfare state like many other european countries, but it is supported mainly by a free market economy. There is a big distinction between having a welfare state and having the government own all the means of production and centrally plan the economy.

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I wonder the same thing. Lawmakers blocking traffic is beyond dumb and a terrible example.

ArchNemo posted...

Isn't capitalism at it's core the ability to gain the benefits/profits of things you produce? Whether it's your labour, ideas, products, etc?

Scalpers don't produce anything, they resell someone elses work without adding value. It's kind of a stretch to say that's "pure" capitalism.

It's not really any more "pure" capitalism than standing in line in the snow for hours for a loaf of bread is "pure" socialism.

Capitalism at its core is based on private ownership and voluntary exchange. Scalpers don't violate neither of those things.

They make money because supply can't meet demand at the original retail price. Otherwise scalpers wouldn't be able to resell anything.

So whatever the price the scalper is able to resell things is theoretically the equilibrium price. Their function one could say, is to guarantee that the person who is willing to pay more is the one who gets the scarce product.

I don't think they do an inherently bad thing. They are taking advantage of a mismatch between supply and demand. Maybe one could argue that a specific scalper is creating some kind of monopoly, but that is rarely the case.

ZMythos posted...

This is probably the best take I've seen about Chapelle.

https://youtu.be/KSXKzPOcYDU?t=692

If the URL doesn't link to the proper timestamp, skip to 11:32.

Basically, you can make jokes about trans people, black people, jewish people, gay people, white people, etc. But your jokes should be grounded in facts, not misinformation, if you want them to be funny and inoffensive to the group that you're citing in your joke.

Like this one for example:

Growing up with two moms was great, but now that I'm move out I have to call them both equally at least once per month while I'm in the car, even if they're five feet from each other in the house.

Was that joke supposed to be funny?

I don't think misinformation has anything to do with how funny a joke is.

I wouldn't say any video game should be taught. But if I had to choose one I'd say something like Planescape: Torment.

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

Erm...

He calls himself one

It is obvious sarcasm. He wants to trigger people like the ones on this board and he succeeds beautifully.

I forgot about it.

Yeah I used to play it all the time. I could never beat it, only my older brother did. The game was hard. Good memories.

I thought the drivers were quite nice actually.

Don't fuck with people's lives for your stupid cause.

Ar0ge posted...

Why do large corporations still think they can continue to grow infinitely?

Why aren't they ever happy with the loads of money they already make yearly?

Because their whole point is to maximize shareholder return, not to make you happy.

Maybe if you knew anything about economics or finance you would understand. Striving for economic growth is a completely logical and healthy behavior and it is the only way people can get out of poverty.

Captain Marvel has been the most unlikable and boring character I've seen so far, so I'm gonna go with that one.

Smash Ultimate.

AceMos posted...

uh ppl on the left never liked him

and ppl have been making videos for years pointing out his stupidity and lakc of understanding on technology

any one with a basic under standing of engineering or physics can see why what he says is nonsene.

I seriously doubt the guy doesn't know anything about electric cars and spacecraft by now. I'm sure he hires people way more knowledgeable than him in each specific area, but to claim he doesn't know anything about tech seems like a stretch.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Elon is just the guy with the money he doesn't actually know anything about tech.

I wonder how do you even know that.

Is people hating on him now because he turned republican?

lilORANG posted...

Republicans are good at messaging and blaming and their dumb dumb voters believe everything they say. All the world's problems are Joe Biden's fault.

Democrats do the exact same thing, the only difference is that they blame a different person.

Kloe_Rinz posted...

im gonna buy elden ring

but i want to play like a mage/archer type character. i want to do 99/100% magic, but im concerned i will run out of mana during a boss fight or something. or any fight really
are there ways to regenerate mana mid combat

or is it possible to go full skyrim and do a stealth archer/assassin

I don't think archer is a viable playstyle unfortunately. There are bows and crossbows but they feel more like secondary weapons.

Magic is 100% viable, there are a ton of spells and you can regenerate mana (FP) with flasks.

Original >>> prequel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sequel

The original was a masterpiece. The prequel was flawed but good. The sequel was so incredibly bad it ruined the whole Star Wars universe.

jsb0714 posted...

The Last Jedi was fine. I have no idea why so many idiots had an issue with Rose.

The movie was atrocious in general, Rose was the least of its problems.