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They made a Resident Evil Tubbz...?

They got your attention, they got you to react, they can giggle at being able to successfully manipulate you even if you "weren't fooled".

MangaBroski posted...

No women are interested in me, so thats an easy 5 mil.

Well, to be fair, now you have $5M. That could change things on that front.

Woo hoo, money with no risk!

Also this isn't about doing something in anger then getting in trouble for it. It's about being named and shamed on the news and having your name forever associated with that one action.

HashtagSEP posted...

Why do you keep making topics about how you're apparently going to freak out in anger and do bad things? This shit is weird, man. Get help.

Because I hate myself and you're going down with me.

Way ahead, bro, I already hate you.

Baron_Ox posted...

sometimes they're not so bad - a lot of people are here because of them (I guess how good/bad that is depends on the person).

and other times they can lead to people being crippled or dead...

Well if you're killed you can't exactly learn your lesson.

But it's those things where you absolutely recognize what a shit decision it was and definitely won't do it again/are VERY sorry you caused something yet the shadow it casts won't leave you for years and years, long after the message was sent and received and now just making your life hell.

Do you hate those or are you glad they exist?

Compsognathus posted...

It's certainly a lot more work.

But sometimes it is important to have additonal post in the topic modded to provide context on the topic itself as it isn't uncommon to have bad faith topics made but with innocuous first post.

Yeah but I already get it (at least in my example). The topic was never on strong footing permissibly but I felt what I wanted to post in it was well thought out and worth saying. To delete individual posts for "politics outside CE" before deleting the topic itself for that just comes off as "we made these rules for a reason and these little shits think they're safe by letting the TC take the fall while they freely sling political rhetoric around on GameFAQs, time for a reality check."

Basically a "You should all KNOW better but since you're all complicit by taking advantage of someone else's bad choice to make your own bad choice on top of it then consequences will be issued to everyone. The TC being wrong doesn't make it okay for the rest of you to join in."

Gee, thanks.

Foppe posted...

What did l miss?

Me thinking out loud (for lack of a better term) about what might happen to me in that freedom of speech topic on the PS5 board if it gets modded for "politics outside CE" and the mod decides everyone who chose to engage needs to be taught a lesson and not just the instigator.

...before moderating the thread itself.

Petty?

I was already driving to work at 5:45.

*Shrug*

NO, I AM FUCKING SERIOUS. I AM GOING TO EVENTUALLY DO THIS IN PUBLIC, JUST YOU WATCH.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_9YccZjKA

I want to act like this in public.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_9YccZjKA

Squall28 posted...

The voting system is a necessary evil due to how much traffic that site gets.

It's indefensible for how it gets used.

Mr_Karate_II posted...

I feel like if you're going to downvote something then you should have to comment why you don't agree with what someone said.

The downvote system is SUPPOSED to be a way to push posts that are actually worthy contributions to the top but instead people downvote things they don't like to hear.

And then when you call everyone out for their irrational downvoting you get downvoted harshly for pointing out how petty everyone's being. This is 100% guaranteed to happen.

I don't trust Dashers to the point that I tip them just so they actually follow through on the order. I feel like it's paying protection money because I don't think the service is something I'd tip for, otherwise (I rarely, RARELY interact with my driver - I try to keep the process as non-interactive as possible unless I'm at a hotel or some other location where I can't just have them drop it).

Yeah, this is more of a personal thing than something that any of us could weigh in on without seeing how you bowl and what you want to change specifically.

I used a 10 pounder to get myself back into playing shape but just recently I added a 14 lb. after I felt more comfortable with my arm strength.

Tanthalas posted...

Yes, being angry doesnt give you carte blanche to do whatever you want.

Look, it isn't MY fault that the situation has escalated to the point that the only way to convey how upset I feel at the circumstances is to pick up a chair and heave it across the room...

What a load of crap. I'm pissed off and need to express myself but my desired method would justify having the involvement of law enforcement? Why is society so fucking hard to deal with?

...to the efforts of scambaiters.

In years past the usual advice was "we're not going to intervene on the tips of vigilantes, just ignore scam attempts and do not engage."

But in recent times scams have accelerated grossly and there are more domestic components to these scams. Letting scambaiters submit tips to investigate things like money mule accounts is genuinely disruptive to these scam attempts. With how many stories I see of people succumbing to scams on the news involving people who volunteer their own time to occupy, investigate, and disrupt scammers could have genuinely beneficial results. It's clear just relying on official channels isn't slowing the surge of digital scams so take the help where you can get it, I say.

This topic makes me think of how I regard people who are too quick and cavalier about throwing around the word "pretentious".

Real easy way to stick your foot in your mouth with how you come across to others...

I'm too chickenshit to make waves and burn bridges, even if it's probably the best recourse personally.

https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/04/11/swedish-app-launched-where-you-can-tip-off-wrongly-parked-cars-to-earn-money

I'm going to miss shifting gears but I'll accept the necessary endgame.

I thought you would appreciate my honesty.

I am banned from all of Reddit and as of now have never made a new account because I hate it there and cannot participate without eventually hitting a breaking point and going to a random sub to say something disgustingly edgy.

Fony posted...

Hope its not related to the beef.

Why would that make it worse?

Karovorak posted...

There is a line between having a maybe bad, but still legit oppinion, and outright trolling.

"You know, I think you're being unfair about Ubisoft's decision" is fair game.

Stuff like "I wish they would go into it even harder, so I can watch even more of you crybabies complain" less so.

The reply I want to give would just prove your latter point...

Like anyone saying "You know, I think you're being unfair about Ubisoft's decision"-BAM, banned.

https://youtu.be/jZrDXfNCvgY?si=npD6-EQUPspMb1eF

Sorry.

Ah...the ever-present reminder why this fucking board is horseshit.

Please, someone, revoke my goddamn CE access.

You're free to stop posting anytime.

SHUT THE HELL UP.

thronedfire2 posted...

other: probably get divorced

That doesn't seem mutually exclusive to any of these outcomes.

...for the drama and stories surrounding its participants than the actual sport itself?

F1 is like this.

Exactly. It's randomly targeting the car that happened to be behind the tow truck.

You're actually going to attempt this? In an age where EVERYONE has a cell phone and a call to 911 that "this guy towed my car while I was stopped at a stoplight" is going to result from it? Talk about putting a target on your back.

Honestly I think part of the reason this is renting space in my head is also due to the lack of incredulity that the news reports I've seen on it have given this story. If I was trying to explain this to a television audience I'd want to convey how ludicrous the whole thing is.

Jen0125 posted...

Tow truck companies are just really operating in bad faith 90% of the time. That's not an exaggeration. If you Google this specific video you'll find this tow company was banned from operating in San Francisco and situations like this show why.

This goes one step beyond, though. Being duplicitous and towing cars that they have no business towing is one thing but the sheer brazenness of trying to tow a car that is being actively driven in full view of everyone defies all sensibility.

Like crime should have a point, shouldn't it? Even seemingly random acts have meaning to the person committing them, if nothing else. I cannot comprehend how anyone could possibly think trying to do this in any way serves a purpose.

The only thing that even kind of makes sense is if this was done out of...spite? For being banned (like "they won't let me tow in their fucking city, I'll show them" - that still doesn't make a lot of sense, though)? I found the full details of this tow company after this video first landed on my YouTube feed but even just knowing they were banned doesn't explain why anyone would try to do something like this.

To put it succinctly: why would someone do something that, if they actually go through with it and "succeed", has a 100% chance of being caught and brings no upside?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWJndKmou4

???

I can't figure out what they were trying to accomplish.

For instance if I were to visit Melbourne, Australia as a resident of Melbourne, Florida.

Like only the tiniest fraction of time that made the difference between safety and catastrophe.

DeltaBladeX posted...

I haven't banned or kicked anyone, not yet anyway. Hoping I don't need to. Unless you mean the server Jen is talking about?

Well your link is broken. Or am I already in the server...?

Was I banned? I don't remember.

It keeps Frank Welker working. *Shrug*

Sorry, I was trying to be witty (even I didn't like that much).

Sufferedphoenix posted...

I've given my autograph to a ton who didn't want it

Yeah, that affidavit really screwed over the defendant and his lawyer got plenty pissed about it.

BTW Smash still isn't a fighting game.