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I've had horse and rabbit. Horse meat is quite good and commonly consumed in Europe (and in North America it's popular in Quebec)

My line now is none of them
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These schools that have suffered mass casualties (like Columbine or the FL school) had armed guards at the school

They don't help
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Ok. I will do either Necro or WD. may as well try the new season next weekend :P
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Just cook that shit in meat broth
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Wait you pay for the service and still see ads? Lmao
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BlueBoy675 posted...

tremain07 posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

I4NRulez posted...

The one i couldnt watch was then i think they put Sal in a book reading and kept making his phone go off with that silly ass ring tone lol.

I caught that show on a break room tv at work and i got hooked

oh man people were getting so mad at that...

You should see Sal's bingo punishment, those people were this short of a riot.

Oh my god I volunteer at bingos regularly and I know people would be losing their shit


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Asherlee10 posted...

I don't think it even started out good. I watched the first 15 minutes and turned it off.

I'm a sucker for giving live action cyberpunk series a chance

Feels like a big let down with this one
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What gets me is how did this cost 7 million an episode

How

It looked pretty good (ignoring the terrible fight scene choreography and obvious BC homesteads)

But not 7 million an episode good

The best actor hands down was the resleeved criminal / abuela and his Russian accent was awful
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Ah ha! I did some reading and in the books, the main villain is not Kovacs sister. It's a crime boss.

They wrote reileen to be his sister when it really just made everything so much worse

That b makes so much more sense than the really awkward sibling story line

Also having quell as a love interest was terrible
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Ohhh maybe. I do work in the day time but the evening I could
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daftpunk_mk5 posted...

It's only 16MP but that shouldnt be a problem with the zoom lens

What do you need megapixels for?

16MP is plenty if the pixels are good pixels. Sensor and lens quality will affect that
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I use a tiny bit of veg better than bouillon and fresh ground pepper. Simple and delicious, no butter needed
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Howl posted...

prince_leo posted...

it's always crazy to me that literally every expert and study says not to do it and a bunch of fucks think they know more

It's crazy to me that there has never been a scientific study done in which parents properly explain the reason they are spanking a child when they do it, yet people like you automatically dismiss all forms of spanking as abusive and claim that it has been scientifically proven without a shred of evidence to back up that claim.

if there's a way to explain things you no longer need to hit children to convey the message

jeez
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fusespliff posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

fusespliff posted...

Character stagnation or regression is still character development. A character doesn't have to grow in a positive manner to have it be development, no matter the amount of time passed.
How the hell do abandonment issues stop someone from amassing wealth? It's not like she suffered from constant mental or nervous breakdowns.
So you don't think mentally unstable people are all aware of their condition, yet somehow she clearly should've been...

i think in 250 years, with all potential resources available to her, something she obsessed over so thoroughly is there blinding her vision and yet she never did a thing to address it. yeah she would be aware of it on some level...

She stayed stagnant as the day Kovacs left and just got obscenely rich in that time

Seems weak to me... if you like it then cool, she was a better character and actress than Ortega

I don't get how you can say it was blinding her and she should be aware of it in the very same sentence. By definition being blind to something means you aren't aware of it.
As for time, wealth and mental health...I point you to the very real Howard Hughes.

I don't take issue with you not liking the character, I'm not that fond of it myself. But saying it was shitty writing or poor character development is simply flat out wrong.

I mean she should be aware that something throws her into a blind rage... she's obviously aware that she's extremely attached to and obsessed with her brother. Yet she spent that long without him, able to do something about it. Or move the fuck on. And she stayed stuck in time.

If Howard Hughes lived 250 years and had the same outcome then it would be sad, though chances are it would have played out differently. He could have had another body without the pain, first off. :P
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Balrog0 posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Balrog0 posted...

I don't understand these posts (and your next one) tbh. I don't expect that my family time is an obligation for my partner when I want to have it, and I don't begrudge her seeing her family when she wants to.

Like, what if we had the same family priorities? We would spend both of our weekend days with our parents. That is not realistic or even sustainable, frankly. I can't count the number of times I've told my parents that I don't wanna see them because I already spent half my weekend with my gfs parents as it is.

People don't have infinite free time...

For people that really value family time, that is their recreation time to a degree. That's just something that gets scheduled and done.

You aren't required to join your SO for it. But it is polite to. Their family is your family when you are together, and you can't avoid it all the time.

Nope, it's def not recreational for her. And and Why are you saying stuff like that I can't avoid it all the time, given I didn't avoid it at all for years? I just want to go less

It just seems like you have very mismatched ideas about family as a priority and that is a serious, relationship-killing issue in a lot of cases

having to deal with my ex's family all the time was a huge strain for me

you can put your foot down about it. just don't expect that it will go well
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Balrog0 posted...

I don't understand these posts (and your next one) tbh. I don't expect that my family time is an obligation for my partner when I want to have it, and I don't begrudge her seeing her family when she wants to.

Like, what if we had the same family priorities? We would spend both of our weekend days with our parents. That is not realistic or even sustainable, frankly. I can't count the number of times I've told my parents that I don't wanna see them because I already spent half my weekend with my gfs parents as it is.

People don't have infinite free time...

For people that really value family time, that is their recreation time to a degree. That's just something that gets scheduled and done.

You aren't required to join your SO for it. But it is polite to. Their family is your family when you are together, and you can't avoid it all the time.
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I4NRulez posted...

The one i couldnt watch was then i think they put Sal in a book reading and kept making his phone go off with that silly ass ring tone lol.

I caught that show on a break room tv at work and i got hooked

oh man people were getting so mad at that...
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Dustin1280 posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

here's the thing

some people care about their families

families can value time together

if you have a dysfunctional family this can be really hard to grasp and get behind

I'm not sure if you are trying to infer that my family might be dysfunctional (which isn't the case).

But the fact of the matter is this girl, for whatever reason visits her family once a week, if it's strictly a social call and not for something like medical reasons. I see no reason why her husband/boyfriend/etc would be obligated to join every single week.

A compromise should be reached, maybe once every two weeks or once a month.

But expecting your significant other to fall in line with visiting family every single week for no other reason then to socialize is asinine and unreasonable.

the topic said the compromise was every two weeks and he hasn't been going.

just seeing family =/= doing designated family time.

it wasn't directed just at you, but to all of these people that find it so weird someone would want to visit their family weekly.

It's a reasonable thing to ask of a SO however they don't have the same priorities.
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fusespliff posted...

Character stagnation or regression is still character development. A character doesn't have to grow in a positive manner to have it be development, no matter the amount of time passed.
How the hell do abandonment issues stop someone from amassing wealth? It's not like she suffered from constant mental or nervous breakdowns.
So you don't think mentally unstable people are all aware of their condition, yet somehow she clearly should've been...

i think in 250 years, with all potential resources available to her, something she obsessed over so thoroughly is there blinding her vision and yet she never did a thing to address it. yeah she would be aware of it on some level...

She stayed stagnant as the day Kovacs left and just got obscenely rich in that time

Seems weak to me... if you like it then cool, she was a better character and actress than Ortega
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green dragon posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

did you really @ me to defend having sex with children? ok then. AoC is 16 in Canada too. anyone doing that near age 30 is a predatory child abuser working within the law but ok

While I personally would never have sex with a 16, nor do I particularly agree with a person of my age having sex with a 16 year old, SMT did nothing wrong since he isn't breaking the law.

The reason why you think it's gross is because of the society we live in. Would your opinion change much if the girl was 18 years old? Just curious.

i think it would still be skeevy (the life differences alone skews the scales) but she at least would probably not still be a high school student dependent on her parents and would legally be an adult able to do things for herself

so not as bad for several reasons but still going for someone who will not be on the same playing field
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Dustin1280 posted...

Dustin1280 posted...

Can't you tell her you are willing to go once a month and if she chooses to go more then that then it's on her and her alone?

I don't understand why you PERSONALLY have to be there once every single week...

What exactly is the purpose of this weekly visit, simply to see her damn family?

here's the thing

some people care about their families

families can value time together

if you have a dysfunctional family this can be really hard to grasp and get behind
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A person's familial ties become your ties

if their family and priority for family time doesn't match with you, you do not share values, and maybe shouldn't be together

what they're asking for is excessive to me but wouldn't be to some people I've dated
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ThanksUglyGod posted...

I thought it was pretty good. It's not Netflix's Game of Thrones as some people have been proclaiming, but I'd say it's their Westworld.

probably more apt, though I like Westworld more than GoT

I feel like it's Netflix's answer to *generic SyFy title*
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did you really @ me to defend having sex with children? ok then. AoC is 16 in Canada too. anyone doing that near age 30 is a predatory child abuser working within the law but ok
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fusespliff posted...

And yet somehow you asked that question when it was shown that she was like that before those 250 years. It was also shown multiple times that he promised to always protect her, that it would always be the 2 of 'em and then left her to the Yakuza's "care" (from her point of view).
Following that she was once again confronted with the fact that it would never be "just them" as he was prepared to sacrifice himself (the only thing she ever cared for) for others. Once again feeding her abandonment issues.

It's weird how you think mentally unstable people are always capable of realizing they need therapy. From her point of view, Kovacs is the insane one for caring about anyone else.

I agree with the sentiment in the OP, but her motivations, issues and reluctance to change/care for others was made clear enough

What doesn't make sense is how someone so mentally unstable was able to make something of themselves with such a glaring issue

I don't think that all mentally unstable people are capable of realizing their issues in a lifetime. In 250 years, with all of that money and those resources, it seems like there was very little character development or personal growth to have her not address that issue. That she is so quick to react that way still seems like just shitty writing IMO. What has she done with herself in that huge amount of time?

She is just a poorly developed character and I really couldn't care about her
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fusespliff posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

OK so this bugs me. why does his sister care so much? They were separated when they were kids. Then saw each other briefly before he was gone for 250 years. seemed to be assumed dead.

so in that time she became some super obsessed woman jealous of her assumed-dead brother having any potential romantic interest? Like she became functionally a living god and yet unable to be remotely resonable with her brother having feelings

Didn't you see her killing the love of his life 250 years ago? It's made quite clear that her childhood, her time with the Yakuza and how she got there had left her with severe abandonment issues.
It isn't stupid, you just weren't paying attention.

Yeah I did

And 250 years later she's still hung up on that shit so hard that the thought of her brother having any feelings drives her crazy. Kovacs had zero time to live or grow as a person when he was stuck in his stack. She clearly lived and lived very well and stayed hung up on it.

250 years, she owns all that shit and is clearly wealthy, yet can't afford a good therapist.
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OK so this bugs me. why does his sister care so much? They were separated when they were kids. Then saw each other briefly before he was gone for 250 years. seemed to be assumed dead.

so in that time she became some super obsessed woman jealous of her assumed-dead brother having any potential romantic interest? Like she became functionally a living god and yet unable to be remotely resonable with her brother having feelings

and then sister bribes Kovacs by offering to restore someone that was fighting to eliminate the ability to use stacks. Someone who would not want to be brought back unless it was to end immortality.

stupid
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Funbazooka posted...

I thought it was going to be a thought-engaging cyberpunk thing, since it's based on a novel but it was just utterly routine cliches set in a future that rips off the aesthetics of Blade Runner.

yup

and the aesthetics aren't that cool besides

AND Earth seems really freakin' earthy for something set 300 years into the future. The biggest advancement seems to be flying cars :P

Chicken posted...

Wasnt there only one weenie?

i only remember the one and it was very eh

eggcorn posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

too many dicks

not enough imo

gotta balance out the full frontal ladies

Too much of both imo. Cheapened it up quite a bit.

pardon my tits
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CarlGrimes posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

gotta balance out the full frontal ladies

Does the chick from Dollhouse go full frontal?

oh yeah a lot
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DuranOfForcena posted...

too many dicks

not enough imo

gotta balance out the full frontal ladies

Patchwork posted...

Disagree, completely. I didn't like some changes they made from the book, but I really enjoyed the show.

it was a fun watch. Visually great and fast. but it was really not well acted
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The characters were not compelling and neither were their sad stories or romances

Everything to do with the Bancrofts was boring and done better with the Millennium Trilogy

The consistency between Kovacs in his forms was flat-out not there and it was immersion killing

All in all it looked really cool but I have no fondness for a single character in that show. Maaaaaaybe Poe.

The coolest thing about Altered Carbon would have been the world but they spent basically no time exploring it

Stop making forgettable Syfy level shit, Canada. You clearly can do well with The Expanse. Even Dark Matter was better than this
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Nothing teaches a kid right from wrong like being hit by the grown ass humans they love, trust, and rely on

Oh wait

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768154/

http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/spanking.aspx
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All mlem cat are friend
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I found his book amusing but I was also like 13 when I read it
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LinkPizza posted...

Hmmm... I feel like there should be more to this story. Like was he trying to do it as a joke? Or was he mad at you? Or was he trying to turn you on? Or flirting? I mean, he still should've asked first, but...

That's not an ok joke to make

That's not ok at all
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Yeah any time I've had to report misconduct it has made things worse in general. No one should be trying to shove things into your body. And no one should be making your life hell by putting that on you. Once they do even fighting back and trying to prevent further issues can have negative consequences for you. It shouldn't. But it plays out that way.

If that's what you've dealt with then I'm very sorry
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SushiSquid posted...

Why you end up having a name change? I think maybe you've mentioned before, but I can't remember.

For my part, I was surprised at how easy it was. I'd heard horror stories from guys who'd taken their wives names and gotten accused of fraud and stuff. I never had any trouble in my county. I'm always curious about name change stories.

Marriage and divorce. First passport was married name, second was birth name. It was easy to get in both cases with the right documentation. Probably more difficult for men, though men changing surnames with marriage is becoming more common. I'd have to ask my friends that have done it... Don't think they have passports.
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SushiSquid posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Yeah I've got two passports in two names

Out of curiosity, why? When I got married and took my wife's last name, I got a new passport, but they sent my old one back to me with a hole through it so it's unusable. How did you have two valid passports in different names?

I didn't say both were valid

At this point the first passport is expired for a few years. When it got washed years ago, I needed to get a new one with a different name. I applied for a passport in the new name. It has a different number and some other things.

That washed passport is way too fucked up to try and use. It washed my stamps out partially yet there's still writing and dates marked on pages. It's just in my documents drawer with other stuff as a funny memento

Oh yeah the pages turned pink from the dye and the passport cover stained a shirt with a blue patch. Don't wash your passports
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Ogurisama posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Ogurisama posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Yeah I've got two passports in two names

Fox is living a double life!

I only use one of them at this point. My secondary got put in the wash and it's ruined

Where did you go?

Truly nowhere too exciting. Quite a bit of travel between the US and Canada and a few trips to Mexico.
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Ogurisama posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Yeah I've got two passports in two names

Fox is living a double life!

I only use one of them at this point. My secondary got put in the wash and it's ruined
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Yeah I've got two passports in two names
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Holy fuck at some of these baby rapist defenders in here.

The sentencing for that is a joke. And the recidivism rate is higher than most crimes.

Yes people are well within their rights to be outraged that a man that raped a baby is allowed to not only be free, but to now be in a position that will give him access to children
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Mead posted...

Wait is this the one that claimed that he ordered a pizza with smaller pizzas as the topping and he sang a song about it

That's not real. That was an altered statement.
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Looks like Gates is going for a deal

http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html
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Now she has her own DNA dress oh boy
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Stupid Pirate Guy posted...

My bad I meant this thing

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckle_gun

It was made in 1718 it was basically just an early Gatling gun

Nine round per minute with 6 to 11 shot capacity

Not really comparable to anything that exists in use
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old_school227 posted...

madadude posted...

When someone kills 17 people at a school with a knife then I'll take that argument somewhat seriously. Until then its the most ridiculous cop out argument people against gun restrictions take.

https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/world/japan-knife-attack-deaths/index.html

19 disabled people at a long term care facility. not alert and mobile people at a school. close but missing some key things
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Troll_Police_ posted...

Mead posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

Mead posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

Mead posted...

Maybe have less guns

People will use other things and methods to kill.

Are those things easier to use than guns?

Knives are. Cars are.

You think you could kill more in a school with a knife or a car than with guns?

with a car? fuck yes. give me a dishrag and a lighter and that car just became a fucking wall smashing ram with a time bomb built into it.

with a knife? i donno, maybe. if someone were careful and sneaky enough they could do a lot more damage before someone noticed. its not like a gun where even with a suppressor you know that its been used from forever away.

people are good at coming up with ways to kill people. youre never gonna stop them by limiting their access to certain items, youre gonna stop them when you address the cause that makes them WANT to kill people.

that must be why there are so many people driving cars into schools and killing people in countries with gun restrictions... hey wait
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Time to point out that there was at least one armed guard at this Florida school, this still happened.

Schools in the Broward district typically have one or two school resource officers, typically Broward County Sheriff deputies who are armed and always on campus. Schools also employ campus monitors, who patrol the halls with walkie talkies but are not armed, and a security specialist, usually a retired sheriffs department employee who helps the school plan and maintain its security protocols but is not armed. Melita said he wasnt specifically familiar with Douglas Highs security setup.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/02/14/police-suspect-fatal-florida-school-shooting-former-student/338874002/

Schools were very well prepared

https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/963965766927298561

Melissa Falkowski, a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, pointed out that school officials have recently made changes to safety protocols, and said, I dont think we could have been more prepared than we were today.

We talked to every single class period that sat in front of us about what to do in this situation, Falkowski said. And every single teacher did that with every single class that they had until the kids were tired of hearing about it and even still, even with that, we have 17 casualties, 17 people that arent going to return to their families.

And to me that is totally unacceptable. From my personal viewpoint it is time for Congress, government, somebody to do something, and its time to talk about what the problem is and try to fix it.

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