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Without going into too much detail, I was on the verge of purchasing a car via financing for a friend because I have better credit and was going to have something officially written up and notarized that he agrees to handle the down payment, monthly bill, and other expenses for the car. After getting some outside opinions, we ended up co-signing for the car but at a higher cost due to his lower credit.

The most money I have loan out without any official IOU was about $400-500. A friend's brother got into an accident and the other driver agree to not report it if paid whatever amount in cash. Said friend hit his withdraw limit for the day so had to ask around for additional cash. I was promptly repaid within the week.

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blu posted...

Unexpectedly, working from home is making people here hate their coworkers more and increase tensions.

Are folks behaving differently simply because of working from home or because of other issues affecting them directly/indirectly that is making them uneasy in general?

That said, I could kind of see how being in a work environment, you behave differently and restrain yourself whereas while at home, one might not have that mental restraint.

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Yes, it was for a third party vendor on Amazon. They listed an official Kindle case as used which I was content with buying. What I received was instead some new third party case.

Seems weird for me to complain about getting a new case at 3/4th the usual cost of a Kindle case but I ordered the case expecting a used Kindle case, not a new knock-off.

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blu posted...

Not overly difficult, you just need to pay attention.

That is my general view of the series. I found it frustrating at times and tried to rush from the bonfire back to my corpse/the boss and sometimes end up getting punished for that by dying to a careless mistake or getting swarmed.

What I like best about the series though is how your attacks feels like there is weight behind it and is something you need to take into account and not attack recklessly.

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adjl posted...

I can guarantee that a whole lot of people are going to get sick of obsessive hand-washing between now and then.

Funny you mention that. Management at my company was wondering why all of a sudden we started going through paper towels faster. They jokingly suggested maybe more people in the office were actually washing their hands for once after using the restroom.

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Unfortunately the damage has been done. Some businesses have closed down, jobs have been lost, various summer programs have been cancelled, certain safety regulations and fear may still linger for a while, etc. I would imagine "normal" life henceforth will still not be how it was pre-COVID-19.

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I live in SoCal. In general I am for higher taxes if said money will be used properly and for their intended purpose. The trust of knowing it will be used properly may not always be there but whether through being naive or hopeful I am willing to accept some mismanagement instead of potentially useful projects never seeing the light of day.

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My company does not. When a former coworker was leaving the company for grad school, he went on a two week vacation trip three weeks before leaving the company since they do not allow employees to cash out.

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

ignore them. words can't hurt if you don't let them

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I do not have an answer to the poll. I try to avoid making bad posts in general. I often remind myself that I am talking with strangers over the internet. Whether I "win" or "lose" in a discussion, I gain nor lose nothing from it really that would actually affect my real life. My ego might get bruised but at the same time if I am trying to gain validation by "winning" an online argument with strangers, I think I will need to question what I am doing with my life first.

Sometimes I learn something new from a discussion and thank a poster for correcting me and sometimes I attempt to inform others based on what I know on a certain topic. At the end of the day, I am still talking with strangers and cannot expect anything I say to have any actual effect.

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Maybe I simply have less faith in the world but I cannot help but feel if someone actually died from such challenge, somehow their family would place blame on Floyd and/or the officers. Sound stupid of me to think that but with some folks and how they pass around blame, it would not surprise me.

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mrduckbear posted...

"The supply station was not permitted by the City of Asheville and was located on private property without permission of the property owner"

Would it not have been better to simply seize the supplies and re-purpose them instead of destroying em and letting em go to waste? Is there more paperwork involved if they took them instead of destroying them?

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Zeus posted...

Yeah, what the f*** is up with that hold-up? Has it not concluded its initial broadcast yet or something?

I guess the Fates are kind. Season 15 of Supernaturals will be on Netflix this Friday.

Zeus posted...

How long ago was Korra on NF? I can't remember it being offered.

I do not recall exactly but it was some number of years ago.

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Just remembered there was one time his sloppiness with our in-house program almost got me in hot water. By chance we were doing preliminary analysis for two different clients who were bidding for the same job. His preliminary analysis offered a cheaper solution compared to mine. Management asked me while our results were so different and turns out he forgot to use the correct values and blamed the program again.

Maybe I am taking on too much of a burden by feeling certain errors with our in-house programs falls on us. But if we are aware of these issues and continuously make mistakes despite being aware of these issues, at some point the fault lies with us and not the program. The program is only as good as the user.

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......even though I should probably just ignore him. I am not the perfect worker so perhaps this is just a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

I have a coworker who regularly talks about social and political issues not just with other coworkers but also with certain clients over the phone. He has a habit of repeating the same story to each person he talks with. He also complains about errors with our in-house program that leads to his finalized work sometimes being incorrect.

This might not be that bothersome as I can understand taking a breather now and then is important. I work 10-11 hours a day and on average 8-9 hours is actual work. I can also understand the issues with our in-house program can be frustrating.

What I find irksome is his common excuses of not getting projects done on time or not responding to emails because of him getting phone calls or being interrupted. He also repeatedly tell clients we have issues with our program and it was not his fault there is an error with his finalized work.

I am a fellow engineer, not management, so part of me feels this is beyond my concern until his behavior negatively effects the rest of us. Maybe it is simply because my cubicle is next to his so it is difficult to ignore what he is doing.

Again, I am not the perfect employee. Maybe I am just stuck up but something about his behavior is simply frustrating to deal with. How does such people even exist? How does one even deal with such people?

Comments, opinions, and suggestions are appreciated,

Thank you

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LinkPizza posted...

Fine. I guess. Could be better. But could be worse...

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LinkPizza posted...

1 PM seems kind of ridiculous...

I assume that mighta just been for yesterday when the riots and looting mighta been at their peak. Will probably get another announcement today of what tomorrow's curfew is, if there is one.

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Yes. County of Los Angeles and all cities within have a 6 PM through 6 AM curfew today. I assume we will receive another notice today if we have one tomorrow as well. A few cities though had their curfew starting at 1 PM, 4PM, or 5 PM.

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I assume there is the possibility of other issues in the background and this recently act and the reaction to it was simply the straw that broke the camel's back. That said, I would not be surprised if there are cases of family members standing by what one did and that probably goes more to show what kind of character they have as well.

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Revelation34 posted...

I would still say that's kinda expensive. Street tacos are so f***ing small.

$1.50? I might have to try out others to see what is the norm around Los Angeles.

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For whatever reasons al pastor tacos are my favorite now and I regularly get mine from a local taco stand that I randomly passed by while they were setting up before their evening sales. Used to be $1.25 but now $1.50 per taco. Still cheaper compared to most restaurants though that sells theirs at $2-3 per taco.

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LeetCheet posted...

Bumblebee is also probably one of the better films

I would love a live action movie of just the War for Cybertron. I wished that intro scene was longer than what we got.

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helIy posted...

i like robots fighting other robots

Pretty much the only reason I enjoyed/tolerated Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. I did not care much for the human interaction and was more concern with the plot and Autobots/Decepticons. Overall I would rate them as 2 > 3 > 1 > 4 > 5. I liked Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon the most as it seemed more focus was put on the Autobots/Decepticons and less attention on the humans.

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Hah! Being Asian, that is one thing I need not worry about. If the water splashes up to my buttocks though, that does make me cringe a bit.

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Even though I have seen videos of other first stage rockets landing, was kinda sadden the video feed cutout for this particular first stage rocket landing. On another note, kinda forgot American astronauts have been hitching rides on Russian rockets for the some number of years. I know technology have improved over the years but was still surprised to see their suits so much less bulky.

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Is it possible to ever truly prepare someone mentality to have and take care of children? I recall reading an article of some parents who, after years of raising their kids, admitting they regretted having kids.

I know some had it worse with abusive parent(s) and/or parent(s) that abandoned them. But imagine your parent(s) still in your life and still raising you but you are old enough to understand they regretted having you.

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Aculo posted...

what does this mean?

Good grief, dunno how/why did I typed that. I meant to say "when eating cheese like a snack,"

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By American cheese are we talking about stuff like Kraft processed cheese? I would enjoy those and similar product on a burger or sandwich but when eating cheese like a second, I would prefer the real thing.

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Zeus posted...

It'd make eating meat more uncomfortable...

First thought on my mind. That said, I wonder how Miltank steaks taste and texture would be like.

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shadowsword87 posted...

the real joy of Dark Souls is the fact that it's a carefully designed world. Everything is interconnected

Speaking of interconnected, I loved how what looked like a distant background is actually part of the level when you physically get to it.

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Zeus posted...

Yeah, what the f*** is up with that hold-up? Has it not concluded its initial broadcast yet or something?

I thought so too but upon checking Wiki, seems episode 13 aired recently on March 23, 2020. The series was planned to be done in May 2020 but with COVID-19, might end up being late 2020.

Zeus posted...

I might finally watch Korra.

Think I am finally ready to give that series a chance and of course it is not on Netflix any longer. Was difficult to get into it because it felt too different at the time but after thinking about it, make sense the series was not meant to be an ATLA 2.0.

Zeus posted...

TV ratings don't have PG-13. And are you sure it was Y7 and not Y7FV? Because Y7FV seems more its speed.

My mistake, you are correct. IMDb lists it as TV-Y7-FV.

Zeus posted...

Which is why it's rated as being appropriate for kids. It's a war but they kinda gloss over the whole death side of things, although they'll acknowledge people as being dead or killed.

Fair point. Pretty sure 10 years old me did not or barely recognized the sexual innuendos in Animaniacs.

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Yes. I was raised as a Buddhist and did the various prayers and whatnot at home but my parents were not strict about it. We did not attend any temples except for special occasions.

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FinalFantasyIV posted...

They threw out 90% of the 4th book

I thought A Feast of Crows occurred concurrently with A Storm of Swords. Or was it concurrently with A Dance with Dragons? That said, I am glad certain plots were removed/merged such as Lady Stoneheart and the supposed Aegon who has returned. With supposedly two books to go, I feel Martin oughta start wrapping up the existing plots instead of introducing new ones.

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For both the books and HBO series, I would say the politics, scheming, etc. between the various Houses and characters was definitely more interesting to me than the various fantasy aspects. Without the politics involved, I feel it woulda felt like a generic fantasy series.

That said, the ancient evil trope with the Others was still an enjoyable aspects of the series for me. I felt not enough attention was given to them in the HBO series but I am hoping in Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring, attention will shift back to them.

Lokarin posted...

unpopular opinion? I thought that was the MAIN opinion

Same. I thought more fans were interested with the interactions between the characters, and the occasional nudity, than dragons and zombies.

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After binge watching The Dragon Prince and while waiting for season 15 of Supernaturals, I might as well watch Avatar: The Last Airbender again. I watched the series during college but probably missed an episode here or there.

Zeus posted...

The show was on Nickelodeon, for starters.

Perhaps I do not understanding the rating system well enough but I am surprised it was rated Y-7 and not PG or PG-13. I do not recall any actual killings on scene but there were plenty of implied deaths I recalled. Or maybe I am mentally whack enough to think there would be some deaths involved (i.e. Fire Nation solders dropped into the ocean or in the crashing blimps). In terms of sexual content, The Beach was probably the only episode with any sort of PG-13 material I would say.

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I was probably 8-10 years old when I first played that game. Was definitely a challenge and I never got past the third or fourth level. To some degree I wanna say the game felt comparable to the Dark Soul series. Challenging but did not that feel unfair once I learned the mechanics/timing.

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Interesting. How does oat milk compares to cow milk in terms of taste, texture, and cost?

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Alpha218 posted...

Freedom of speech only applies to dealing with the government anyways.

Curious. Why are there people who seems to throw around the concept of freedom of speech with non-government entities? Are they simply misunderstanding when freedom of speech actually applies? Do they feel the "spirit" of freedom of speech should apply to non-government entities? Is it simply ignorance or people interpreting the Bill differently?

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I have grown to really like ginger beer but either root beer or creme soda are my go-to when ginger beer is not available.

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YoukaiSlayer posted...

My understanding is that lawful is more about adhering to a code, not necessarily the legal system so a villain that refuses to break his own code would be lawful evil even if he is constantly doing illegal things.

TheSlinja posted...

Yeah people tend to get stuck on the idea of lawful as societal laws but really its any strict ruleset one imposes whether upon themselves or others

Interesting. I never thought to look at the "Lawful" part that way. Thanks for the thought.

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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

damn, blighttown ain't playin'.

Those toxin/poison darts are the worst.

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Krazy_Kirby posted...

should have just waited until day, then smashed the statues

Hah! Disney Gargoyles reference? One of my favorite cartoon series. Think I learned more about Shakespeare's characters and plays from Gargoyles than from my middle school English classes.

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EvilMegas posted...

Punisher is lawful evil most def.

Really? Perhaps I am not familiar enough with him but I thought he is more or less a vigilante taking out criminals. I thought that would place him more as chaotic good.

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adjl posted...

More often than not, trying to accommodate an "evil" route consists of offering the player a choice between "pet puppy" and "kick puppy," with the "neutral" route being unlocked by alternating between petting and kicking the puppy. It's not exactly the most organic approach.

In some cases, the "evil" route does feels more like being a jerk than actually being evil. I find that a bit funny as there are cases of well written evil villains but I can also see why it can be challenging to create an "evil" route on par with NPC villains without essentially creating a whole new route in a game where we have the choice of alignments.

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Amuseum posted...

For most CRPGs, usually no benefits to being Evil, and worse, the games punish you for even a slight evil tendency. because the devs don't put enough effort and content to support evil and allow you to complete the main story. for example, just a single evil act could lock you out of major cities, e.g. shops. thus a huge handicap for evil characters.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It's also a holdover from the time where being seen to "encourage" players to be evil would get concerned parent groups coming after you with pitchforks and torches. It's part of why GTA was always a favored target once it started getting popular - you're encouraging children to be criminals!

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Interesting points yer folks make and ones I can agree with. Sorry ParanoidObsessive, I liked the points yer made but did not want to make my post a wall-o-text with quotes. I do wish we can hide or collapse portions of our posts.

I do feel very few games ever truly accommodate a "good" and "evil" route properly. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura might be one of the few that kinda offers an "evil" route without letting you deviate from the main quest.


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For their cost and how filling they can be, for me at least, I'd say "Yay".

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Aculo posted...

what is it about being a hardcore _____ user that makes one so miserable?

Honestly I think this can apply to any hardcore X. Some folks probably feel the need to justify their habits so to question them or compare them to others is indirectly attacking them in their eyes.


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I enjoy playing it despite having a horrible swing. When played casually, I find it to be a fun social sport, similar to bowling. However if there are people, especially the more experienced ones behind my group, it kinda ruins the fun a bit because now I feel rushed to hurry with my play and then letting them play through.

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Lordkill posted...

I'd like someone to explain to me wtf lawful evil is? Cause the two don't even sound right together...

I imagined Lawful Evil as someone like the Sheriff of Nottingham or King John, since I mentioned Robin Hood. What they are doing is evil but they are doing it within the laws of their time.

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Chaotic Good is akin to a Robin Hood style? I can see plenty of people preferring that approach. Doing whatever they want but still in a good manner. Perhaps it is human nature to not like being told what you can and cannot do?

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