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The irony of an unrelenting TERF not wanting to be called by the name she was given at birth is not lost on me, but if Im not mistaken, the whole origin of people referring to her as Joanne came from the fact that she would constantly search her own name on Twitter in order to harass anyone who said anything negative about her. So it all just leads back to her being an insufferable egomaniac.

The Gen Z slang thats mostly AAVE, seeped into white culture via gay appropriation (mostly through Ru Pauls Drag Race) can be off putting, at times, when its being used by white kids/young adults, but thats mostly due to the appropriation part, I think.

For me, though, the one that drives me absolutely up the walls is a local/regional one where people use of the word anymore to mean nowadays or lately. Examples of this would be like People are just too sensitive anymore, Its always so expensive to go to the movies anymore, or Well, anymore its like she thinks shes the center of the universe

My blood boils just thinking about it.

Nothing will ever top Dee Dee Mega Doodoo

Its another in a long line of media that tries to critique its contemporary society by portraying a satirical future dystopia based on those critiques, only to have stupid people later say things like its just like X movie/book predicted!

wasnt it just like, a couple of days ago someone was trying to push her report in another topic?

IIRC it doesnt really matter too much what class you start out as because you can eventually train pretty much anything.

Vicious_Dios posted...

I mean... <_< It's a free game, what did you honestly expect from an EA game?

You get what you pay for.

You can just as easily delete it, and peruse for other games instead of whining at us about it.

Im not sure that its free, you get what you pay for really applies considering that plenty of people paid full price for the game upon its release.

I remember it being quite bad

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4636ac65.jpg

Its fine. The story is good, the gameplay is fine other than the Law system, which you can cheese easily enough for the most part.

ROBANN_88 posted...

is the show related to the movie?

It borrows from the same concept as the movie, but its very different. Some parts are, imo, better than the movie, some are not. The first season is probably the best, but all are watchable.

Popeyes for sure, but I wont turn my nose up at KFC when its whats available

More Kramer imo. Very jumpy and looks like he would burst into your apartment randomly.

Both have one okay movie, one pretty solid movie, and one flaming pile of dog shit movie, so its hard to say.

The prequels benefit from having a singular cohesive vision driving them, but the sequels have much, much better visuals and dont overly rely on CGI the way the prequels had to.

They both have terrible dialogue. They both have enjoyable action sequences.

I think Im gonna hand it to the prequels, because even though the sequels have higher highs, they also have much lower lows, and The Rise of Skywalker is by far the worst movie in the entire franchise. I would rather watch all of the Ewoks movies again than sit through a rewatch of TRoS.

Yeah, Im a big fan. Lobster is great! Havent gotten a chance to watch Poor Things yet, but its high on my list.

He goes to his fathers, in whose mighty company he shall not now feel ashamed

Definitely steal. You could do wonders for the economy just by picking the proper targets to steal from, and destroying the assets you stole.

Fun fun fun fun

Eat_More_Beef posted...

I can kinda see why. Now, maybe I'm ignorant in the subject, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but women's wards aren't about keeping women away from men for safety, it's because the doctors/nurses that work on those wards are specialists in the anatomy of a biological woman.

You start dropping biological dudes in there, then you need more doctors for a specificity that is no longer specific.

Like, don't put heart problem patients on the cancer ward.

I apologize if some of my nomenclature is outta date. Just correct me if so and I'll change my wording.

This is sort of a misunderstanding of the NHS usage of the term ward. In the US a ward is like a department, a cluster of individual rooms for one or two patients all requiring the same kind of care and sectioned off from the rest of the hospital. In NHS hospitals, instead of having clustered rooms for individuals, generally have large rooms with 4-8 beds with privacy curtains and a single shared bathroom. These beds are under the supervision of a single head nurse, and the room itself is called a ward. Some wards are specialized (maternity, oncology, emergency, etc.) but even the general population are all placed in wards. Under the 2012 amended NHS Constitution, all NHS wards must be single-sex, with exceptions for certain emergency situations or wards for certain kinds of treatment such as chemotherapy.

This means that if you are admitted to an NHS hospital as a general patient, you are placed in a mens ward or a womens ward.

The new proposal would see that transgender women are not allowed to be placed in wards for women, meaning they would either be placed in mens wards, or they would have to have separate wards specifically for transgender patients.

A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one thats going on right now.

Shut the fuck up

Because human doesnt have the same linguistic/etymological roots and origin as man and woman. Human comes from Latin, man/woman from Germanic.

Interestingly the same root of the Latin version (also where we get the prefix homo-) did also make its way through the Germanic languages, and into English, where we get the term groom, as in bridegroom

Never tried it but I feel like I would end up choking to death

legendary_zell posted...

Often the order itself is violent. It's not moral to uphold that type of "order". Having "peace" while these colleges and our government are complicit in and profit off genocide is not the type of "order" we should respect. That order is the problem and it's what the students are dissenting against.

It's straight up white moderate bullshit, the exact type of thing MLK was talking about and huge swaths of America have never at any point understood or agreed.

Its such a cliche at this point but its basically the its all part of the plan Joker monologue. The people who have built this order love it above all else and will do anything to protect it, even if the order itself requires that children have their legs blown off by drone strikes, and food aid workers are killed in their cars. Only its even more extreme because you dont even have to do something as sinister as threatening to assassinate a public official for everyone to lose their minds. You just have to set up some tents where they have decided you should not be allowed. One small toe out of line entitles them to bring the entire apparatus of state violence down on you with total impunity.

Cops when pro-Palestinian protestors are being attacked by Zionists: I sleep

Cops when its time to disperse the pro-Palestinian protestors:

https://x.com/huntedhorse/status/1785996746952429875?s=46&t=2B8t9GE_Xny7zJuZWyeWNw

I think its true to some extent, that when faced with senseless, overwhelming violence and trauma such as is experienced during war, the human mind can have a tendency to search for some kind of greater meaning as a kind of coping mechanism.

I dont think it has any validity as an argument in favor of any particular deity or religion, however. Just because we tend to search for meaning in things does not mean that any such meaning is actually there.

She could certainly be criticized from the left on certain subjects, but I dont think theres necessarily any strategic value in villainizing her as being a launderer for the right wing of the Democrat party, whose sole purpose is co-opting and pacifying radical movements.

Overwhelmingly positive opinion of the students putting themselves on the line to support the Palestinian people and protest the genocide being done to them. I could not be more proud of the way the vast majority of these very young people have behaved, and of their organizational discipline when dealing with counter-protestors, police, and especially hostile/adversarial media.

kind9 posted...

Possibly a stupid question but what are these protests at American college campuses supposed to accomplish regarding a foreign war? What are these students going to get done here in America? Why don't they just go home and play Minecraft?

Pretty much all of these Universities have either money invested in, or receive grant money from, sources tied to Israel, and in some cases defense contractors whose weapons are currently being used to ethnically cleanse Gaza. One of the main goals of these protests is divestment from these, and a transparent process from the school administrators in doing so.

Here, for example, is a page listing the overall goals of the students protesting at Columbia University:

https://cuapartheiddivest.org/demands

No.1 FINANCIAL DIVESTMENT
Divest all of Columbias finances, including the endowment, from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupation in Palestine. Ensure accountability by increasing transparency around financial investments.

No.2 ACADEMIC BOYCOTT
Sever academic ties with Israeli universities, including the Global Center in Tel Aviv, the Dual Degree Program with Tel Aviv University, and all study-abroad programs, fellowships, and research collaborations with Israeli academic institutions.

No.3 STOP THE DISPLACEMENT
No land grabs, whether in Harlem, Lenapehoking, or Palestine. Cease expansion, provide reparations, and support housing for low-income Harlem residents. No development by Columbia without real community control.

No.4 NO POLICING ON CAMPUS
End the targeted repression of Palestinian students and their allies on and off campus, including through university disciplinary processes. Defund Public Safety and disclose and sever all ties with the NYPD.

No.5 END THE SILENCE
Release a public statement calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza, denouncing the ongoing genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people, and call on government officials to do so too.

DarthAragorn posted...

Last time I posted even the first half of the phrase, I caught a 3 month Purgatory trip. The moderation staff may have lightened up in the context of the current genocide thats ongoing, but I wouldnt risk it, assuming you dont want to lose access to CE. Just a heads up.

This entire topic is just bait to try and get Palestine supporters kicked off the board permanently. Engaging with it is pointless.

Dude literally was born when the Hays Code was still being enforced and wants to talk about the left ruining comedy?

Comedy has literally never been freer.

TFW you have to click through an ad for PragerU Kids, only to be met with a link to the fucking Washington Examiner

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/697069b3.jpg

I wonder if people will start heading back to the secret boards they used to use (Cotton, Dark Empire, etc) before GameFAQs made official boards for Religion and other special interest topics

Oooooooh, WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF TRAITORS

Dungeater posted...

thats what everyone keeps saying. i really want to avoid the awkward conversations that will follow though

especially if i quit right after leave

You dont have to be specific about why you took the leave. Most people wont even ask.

As someone who has had to use FMLA before take it. Listen to your healthcare providers. You will not regret it, and even if it makes things tougher on your employer/coworkers, thats not your fault, and your coworkers will understand.

Technically I think Groundhog Day counts for this, no? He spends at least part of the movie trying to cure his own seeming immortality.

I seem to recall that if you have your force meter full, Kyle can just dodge the sniper shot automatically?

Maybe thats only after hes upgraded his force powers more, though. I cant remember after so many years.

Would love the chance to see them in theaters again. The first time around when I went to see RotK something happened with my contact and I had to take it out partway through and my eye was in searing pain the rest of the movie, so that sort of ruined the experience for me.

Gross

Lmao get real. Fuck anything that helps out landlords.

This would be funnier if it read even remotely like an actual Trump post. 4/10

Cant imagine why

Potentially worth noting that the largest campaign donation contributor to the author of the original TikTok ban bill (which was pretty much copied and pasted into the aid bill as an amendment) was *drumroll please* AIPAC.

Also he announced that he was going to resign from office, but extended his withdrawal date until April 20th specifically so he could vote for this bill, as amended by the House.

Ive never worked a job where I had to sign a non-compete, but I do remember when I was playing in a band a lot of venues in bigger cities (big enough to have actual contracts with their gigs) included some kind of language prohibiting you from performing within a certain radius of the venue, usually like 50 miles, for a certain period before and after the date of your gig. I imagine those kinds of contracts would not fall under the same category since as performers you arent actually employed by either the venue or the promoter.

Similar ideas have been proposed about unused office buildings in the wake of the work from home trend that built up over the pandemic, but Im pretty sure the general consensus is it would be cost-prohibitive to convert buildings designed for commercial use into residential units. The plumbing alone would be insane.

Unfortunately sometimes when faced with the realities of life under the current state of capitalism, some minds turn towards conspiracy instead of consciousness. Sounds like this guy fell into that category.

WingsOfGood posted...

Leftist believe Covid was a government created event?

The idea (or umbrella of related ideas) that Covid is a global governmental conspiracy designed to foster dependence and compliance within the general population is itself reactionary, but its one that at least a few self-proclaimed leftists subscribe to. Jimmy Dore and his ilk come to mind.

I would say if anything the real leftist conspiracy regarding Covid is that health organizations like the CDC ignored actual data and safety recommendations from science and medical experts in favor of appeasing the capitalist fears of economic collapse, resulting in national policies (relaxing of stay-at-home orders, reduction of quarantining restrictions, loosening of masking requirements) that caused an excessive number of preventable deaths.

So what you do is as soon as the level starts, you jump and fly straight forward towards the platform in front of you, hitting the balloon to give you a small height boost. As soon as youre over the circle where you originally got your Shovel Claw upgrade, dig to pop an extra life container, then once you pop back up in the air you immediately fly to your left, and take the rocket on the platform there to the graveyard on top of Church Mountain. Fly forward and dodge the ghost to pick up the Skeleton Dog walking in a circle around the gravestone. Immediately open the menu and restart the level. Rinse and repeat ten times and now you have a full inventory of Skeleton Dogs to give to your chao to erase any small animal parts they have.

I think its mostly just a sort of cognitive dissonance or mental resistance to the casual slide YouTube has been doing from being marketed/perceived as a video sharing, quasi-social media platform, to an on-demand video streaming platform.

For the first part of its existence YouTubes emphasis was on the You part. It was a platform when you could upload videos to share with friends, family, and the whole world. Users were both creators and consumers, similar to contemporary social media platforms like MySpace, Facebook, etc.

Although users are still nominally able to upload and share whatever they want, the actual use-case for YouTube has shifted into that of a more traditional streaming platform: users are categorized into either creators or consumers, with marketing and financial models put in place to encourage and foster both populations (skimming enough money off of consumers via ads or subscriptions and paying just enough to content creators to keep them churning out content).

In this way YouTube is no longer different than any other ad-supported streaming service. The difference is that YouTube used to function more like traditional social media, and still has some social media identity since anyone can upload to it. I think people would respond similarly, for example, if they started getting pop-up notifications on Instagram and Facebook asking you to pay $15 a month to not get ads while scrolling through Reels. And given how many of these user-driven social media platforms are quick to follow YouTubes lead (see the Tiktok creator fund), it wouldnt be surprising to see stuff like that happening more and more in the future.

Grim stuff.

I didnt dislike it, but it was pretty forgettable. I liked She-Hulk as a character, but it felt like they never really figured out what they wanted to do with her, so the show just sort of meanders around until it comes to a not-really-that-satisfying conclusion.

I dont think it should have been that hard to make a good, funny courtroom procedural comedy centered around superheroes. Harvey Birdman pulled it off (albeit with cartoon characters rather than superheroes) with relative ease. If they had made She-Hulk like that, where each episode she takes on a different superhero lawsuit, with maybe some overarching plot sprinkled on here and there, people would be clamoring for a second season.

I guess what Im saying is, if the most memorable moment of your entire season of television is your protagonist twerking with Megan Thee Stallion your show wasnt written very well. Dont get me wrong, it was a funny moment, I laughed, I enjoyed it. But if thats the peak of your show you are in trouble.

Its not my least favorite marketing blitz of late, but its definitely up there.