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| Topic | First game you played online? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 3:41:49 PM #23 | |
| Topic | Looking to figure out how to get into the IT Industry |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 3:28:24 PM #6 | |
| Topic | What's the point of being agnostic? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 3:27:59 PM #38 | darkphoenix181 posted... The point is, every culture has the idea of a creator.It doesn't poke holes in anything. Every culture may not have an Easter Bunny equivalent, but every culture does have similar made up stories about different aspects of life or holidays or their culture. Just because every culture has an idea of a creator doesn't mean much, considering it's one of the most obvious and burning questions the average person with even a little bit of intelligence would have. --- |
| Topic | Looking to figure out how to get into the IT Industry |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 9:41:38 AM #5 | Heineken14 posted... Network+ and security+Cool thanks I'll tell him to into those two in addition to A+ --- |
| Topic | What's the point of being agnostic? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 9:31:10 AM #12 | Blackstar110 posted... Kinda.Pretty much. --- |
| Topic | Looking to figure out how to get into the IT Industry |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 9:29:08 AM #3 | Heineken14 posted... Yeah, certs would be his best bet. A+ is usually a real good starter one.Aren't there like three basic certs IIRC? --- |
| Topic | Looking to figure out how to get into the IT Industry |
| Twin3Turbo 12/26/19 9:23:45 AM #1 | For starters, this isn't for me, I've already got a masters degree and career in finance, I'm good in that department. This is actually for my older brother. He's in his mid to late 30's and looking to figure out a way that he can do something that he has an aptitude for, while also being able to potentially actually be able to make a decent and growing salary. Going to college is almost certainly not the answer for him at this point and I don't think that going into trades is an option either. We do however think that he would be good in the IT industry, but we just want some advice in regard to what he should look into. I know that there is more to IT than coding (I don't think he has the aptitude to be a coder personally, nor does he seem to want to), but IT is an industry that I don't really know a lot about at all so I'm just trying to help the guy with some suggestions or maybe resources to look into that might guide him. To my knowledge, you can study for and take the tests to get certain certifications fairly quickly (6 months?) or so, I'm just trying to figure out what those are or at minimum where he can look to find out accurate info to help him. Yes, we are going to Google this as well, but really I just wanted to see if
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| Topic | Why are priests sterotyped as kid fuckers but teachers are everyday heros |
| Twin3Turbo 12/22/19 7:53:25 PM #22 | Medussa posted... why has no one challenged this, yet? it smells like complete bullshit to me, even pretending there weren't any coverups.Just based on the number of teachers in the world vs the number priests, it doesnt sound unbelievable, if we are talking about sheer volume. What I would personally question is if he tried to say that teachers had a higher rate of abusing kids --- |
| Topic | What do you dislike about Christianity? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/21/19 10:33:48 AM #93 | What I dislike about Christianity is the same thing that I dislike about basically every other religion. There is no reason to believe that it is any more valid or less made up than all the other religions out there that any believer of Christianity most likely dismiss without "studying". --- |
| Topic | That federal crackdown on sex work last year made things worse |
| Twin3Turbo 12/21/19 4:31:48 AM #12 | Another example where the easy and obvious solution to a complicated problem was not a good one. --- |
| Topic | Is life easier as a hot guy or a hot girl? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/20/19 12:30:52 PM #24 | Damn_Underscore posted... Being an insta model won't last forever, though.This is true, but hopefully if you're smart, you use that platform to:
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| Topic | Is life easier as a hot guy or a hot girl? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/20/19 12:27:28 PM #19 | Lost_All_Senses posted... Being a mother gets no exploration, just an acknowledgement... interestingI'm not the guy that you responded to, but I too generally don't put give any points for being a mother, especially not in the described situation. Firstly, it's usually something that people WANT to do, people want to have kids, it's not a need or forced upon them. In contrast, most people HAVE to work, because otherwise they won't be able to feed, clothe and shelter themselves. Additionally, most people become mother and fathers but still have to work. So no, I'm not really going to shed tears for anyone that gets to skip the work stress and still have all their bills paid while doing something that, yes while I'll agree can definitely be stressful, is ultimately something that they want to do. --- |
| Topic | Do you use listerine regularly? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/19/19 2:58:31 PM #17 | _Rinku_ posted... Listerine is garbage that doesn't even work. Use almost literally any other brand, and change flavors every time you buy a bottle.Any particular reason or backup for this opinion? --- |
| Topic | Do you use listerine regularly? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/19/19 9:40:41 AM #6 | JebronLames posted... really? i heard that too, about the purple one. Wonder exactly why though.They told me why but honestly I really can't remember the reason. --- |
| Topic | Do you use listerine regularly? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/19/19 9:35:06 AM #3 | My dentist recommended said that they felt that purple Listerine was the best mouthwash, so I use that. Almost every time after I floss. --- |
| Topic | When was the last time you went to church/synagogue/mosque/ whatever |
| Twin3Turbo 12/18/19 2:11:34 PM #3 | Last time I went to church for actual church service? That would have been back in Spring or so of 2005 Last time I stepped foot in side of a church? One month ago for a funeral. --- |
| Topic | Runner who slapped reporter on ass is church and Boy Scout leader |
| Twin3Turbo 12/15/19 3:55:00 AM #94 | Gamerguymass posted... And he will never be convicted. This is what happens when you try to punish someone to the extremes for something that isn't as big a deal as people here are making it out to be. No it's not ok to do, but the average person isn't going to agree with him going to prison for years for a run-by ass slapping. So after he is found not guilty other dumbasses are going to say "well I guess it's ok to do since this guy was found not guilty." The best thing to do was have him be 'convicted' in the eyes of the public as that would send a far better message then a trial that isnt going to go anywhere.Dude, she has actually been sexually assaulted. Wtf are you talking about. --- |
| Topic | Runner who slapped reporter on ass is church and Boy Scout leader |
| Twin3Turbo 12/15/19 3:36:43 AM #93 | DoubleDare posted... UPDATE:Good --- |
| Topic | When did you realize what your sexuality was? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/10/19 12:13:48 PM #9 | First time I can remember having a crush on a girl was in the 1st grade. I've never felt even remotely close to the same about a guy. So to answer the question, around age 6 or 7? --- |
| Topic | Blasian. |
| Twin3Turbo 12/09/19 11:27:25 PM #9 | |
| Topic | Cum and go. Hit it and quit it. Shoot and scoot. |
| Twin3Turbo 12/09/19 1:50:21 PM #35 | |
| Topic | I do this because I love you, CE: USE A CREDIT CARD, not a debit card or cash. |
| Twin3Turbo 12/06/19 4:11:52 PM #46 | Stagmar posted... Not everywhere is the US.Dude, regardless of where you are, it shouldn't be that difficult to find a card that doesn't have these mystery fees that you're going on about. All the major banks have cards with no fees and I'm assuming most other banks and credit unions have them too. Are in some extremely rural town that's nowhere at all near a Chase, Bank of America, Capital One, Wells Fargo, or some other big bank? --- |
| Topic | Living with your parents as long as possible is the best financial option today. |
| Twin3Turbo 12/06/19 1:36:15 PM #22 | thanosibe posted... Ive never understood this mentality. Like why would you want to stunt your growth as an adult by living with your parents at 30 something? Life is not that hard unless youre shackled with a mental or physical disability. Id never trade a bit more pocket change for complete independence.See, I've actually never understood this mentality. Why is it automatically assumed that your growth will be stunted? If you are working, paying your own bills, cleaning up after yourself, and overall functioning as an adult, then where you live is kinda irrelevant. I lived at home until I was 25 by choice, I could have moved out much sooner than that if I really wanted to.I had finished college 3 years prior to moving out. Once I moved out, the only thing that changed was the entity that I paid rent to, and that I had to sign up for my own internet/TV and electric, and buy my own food. That's it. Everything else an adult would do, I'd literally been doing since I was a teenager. During that time that I lived at home, I had a reduced rent amount, paid 100% of all of my other bills, was able to work full time and go to school full time, save up my money and come out of college with $0 debt with thousands of dollars extra to spare. And then once I was out of school, I just continued to stack my chips for the next 3 years. By all metrics I'm ahead of most people my age, not behind. Long story short here is, I think it's OK to live with your family as long as you behave and are treated like an adult. But even living with your parents into your 30's specifically. My thoughts on that are still the same really. My best friend is Asian and he is 32, this dude has saved up major money due to living with his parents still. In that department, he's way ahead of most people his age. --- |
| Topic | Lol some women are MAD at dis Peloton bike ad |
| Twin3Turbo 12/05/19 3:48:36 PM #16 | darkphoenix181 posted... That is totally acceptable and encouraged.Actually nevermind, I rewatched the old commercial and I was wrong. Her smirk at the end wasn't related to manipulating him into buying the bike. It was because he was giving it to her as a present, but she had discovered it and had subsequently been using it before he officially gifted it to her. She was smirking because she was acting as if she was surprised about the bike, but she knew all along Regardless though, being mad at this commercial just seems like people are looking for something to be mad about. --- |
| Topic | Lol some women are MAD at dis Peloton bike ad |
| Twin3Turbo 12/05/19 2:44:36 PM #14 | Couldn't she have hinted through the year that she might have wanted a Peloton bike? And wasn't there a Peloton commercial within the last few years where the wife gives a sly "smirk" at the end that kind of shows that she manipulated her husband into buying her one? Did anyone have an issue with that one? --- |
| Topic | Almost every store I went to today tried to sell me Death Stranding |
| Twin3Turbo 12/05/19 2:02:58 PM #10 | darkprince45 posted... Theres a lot of shooting thoI never really heard of the game but when it dropped a few weeks ago, there was obviously lots of people streaming it. I was curious as to what it was, so I watched multiple different streams for various amounts of time. I can honestly say that not once did I see any sort of shooting. 90% of the time they were just running around, not really doing much at all, the other 10% were cut scenes. --- |
| Topic | Pimp My Ride was fucked up behind the scenes >_> |
| Twin3Turbo 12/05/19 12:06:49 PM #25 | Blue_Target posted... MTV actually covered the rental fees during the "pimping" process.At least based on what the guy that did a Reddit AMA, he had to pay for his own transportation while his ride was being "pimped" --- |
| Topic | Ex-Chicago cop avoids jail time for $360,000 theft of dead mom's Social Security |
| Twin3Turbo 12/04/19 2:42:27 PM #6 | Ludwig_Rinehart posted... who died in 1994I'm legit surprised. My step dad died not even a month ago and my mom said that social security stopped his check immediately. She hadn't even informed them that he had died yet. Generally speaking, they are real slow to pay but super quick and on top of things when it comes to stopping payment. --- |
| Topic | Man I blew like $600 Black Friday/Cyber Monday. How much did you blow? |
| Twin3Turbo 12/03/19 10:48:40 AM #28 | I don't normally participate in Black Friday shenanigans, but I needed a new laptop, so I got one for about $620. Glad I bought it, it works swell. --- |
| Topic | Has Malwarebytes become obsolete? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/30/19 3:49:19 AM #4 | |
| Topic | Don't get married and don't have kids if you want to experience true freedom. |
| Twin3Turbo 11/29/19 8:33:18 AM #22 | Ilishe posted... Are you sure you know what you want?Why does this only apply in one direction? --- |
| Topic | Loot boxes suck. Microtransactions suck. Always Online sucks. Pay to Win sucks. |
| Twin3Turbo 11/25/19 2:42:03 PM #5 | Loot boxes - Agreed Microtransactions - I personally don't engage in any microtransactions at all, never have and never will. I don't like them, however I do benefit from them currently. For example, in Rainbow Six Siege, people can buy cosmetic only items from microtransactions. These do not affect gameplay at all. I still don't really like it, however, I recognize that these transactions allow them to release other content that I do care about (new maps and characters) for free, so therefore I benefit. In the past, in order to get this type of content, you would have to buy the premium pass, but now since companies have learned that other people like to waste a lot of money on cosmetics, I get the good content for free. This is also a good thing because it means that EVERYONE gets the important stuff (characters and maps), so it's easier to find full games on newer maps as the game ages, and since everyone gets the characters, no one can complain about pay to win. Always online - don't really care Pay to win - Agreed --- |
| Topic | Do angstheist just shit on abrahamic religions? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/21/19 3:09:47 PM #37 | Angtheist is a useless word. People pretty much just use it to label anyone that doesn't treat religion with kid gloves, or act like it deserves respect. In the U.S, most people's daily lives aren't really affected by Hinduism or Buddhism. So if you're on mostly U.S based forums, you aren't going to see many people talking about those religions much at all, good or bad. Make no mistake though, I believe both religions are just as much hogwash and full of magical thinking as any other religion and I'd reckon most atheists feel the same way. --- |
| Topic | Um, am I missing something, or is there no longer a search bar |
| Twin3Turbo 11/21/19 10:49:04 AM #1 | And by search bar, I'm not talking about the one up top. I'm talking about the one that was historically at the bottom and would allow you to search a board for current topic titles containing whatever words you input. I would have searched for an answer on this, but the search bar is gone and I can't seem to find it..... --- |
| Topic | Why do millennials take uber instead of taxis |
| Twin3Turbo 11/14/19 6:45:17 PM #10 | I only ever use Taxis and Uber when traveling for my company. Ive used both because Im not paying for it so I really couldnt care how much it costs. However, in my experience Uber is always noticeably cheaper. --- |
| Topic | Do you keep any major secret from your family? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/11/19 3:06:32 PM #24 | |
| Topic | Friday |
| Twin3Turbo 11/08/19 9:32:35 AM #3 | |
| Topic | Nobody is biting on my freelance website |
| Twin3Turbo 11/07/19 10:31:38 PM #14 | Have you tried advertising on Craigslist? You'd be surprised the amount of business you pick up from there. --- |
| Topic | Sweden: over 100 bombings this year. |
| Twin3Turbo 11/06/19 12:55:16 PM #54 | ROBANN_88 posted... Well on one hand we have a massive increase in criminal gang activity.Genuinely curious because I personally don't know much about Sweden, do we have a reason as to why an increase in criminal gang activity has happened recently? That doesn't normally just happen for no reason --- |
| Topic | Do you upgrade your phone every year? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/06/19 11:16:40 AM #14 | TheBiggerWiggle posted... Nope. I use them until I only get a few hours of battery life out of them. Currently using a three year old iPhone SE. Same. I was planning on getting an iPhone 8 but it sounds like the SE2 might be coming out early next year, so I'm keeping my eye on that. --- |
| Topic | Do you upgrade your phone every year? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/06/19 10:57:43 AM #10 | Nope, I've only ever had two smart phones, the first one I bought in 2012, the second one I bought in 2016. Both I bought outright in full. I'm planning to buy a new one soon because the one because I need more space so I'm looking at buying a 128 gig phone. But I plan to keep that one until it dies. Also, I never buy the latest phone, I buy a new but old model phone. They work just fine. I've never felt the need to have the latest model. --- |
| Topic | this woman has possibly one of the best bodies i've ever seen |
| Twin3Turbo 11/05/19 5:10:14 PM #6 | |
| Topic | Lol @ conservatives melting down over college athletes getting paid |
| Twin3Turbo 11/03/19 8:14:43 AM #85 | Damn_Underscore posted... Because then more academic scholarships can be given. Simple as that.Why? Why should whether or not someone should be able to take advantage of a scholarship that they rightfully qualify and earned be paid back just because they made a lot of money doing something that, quite frankly, is none of the schools business? And does this spread to parents too? Like if a kid rightfully earns a full ride based on his academics, should he not be able to accept it if his parents are millionaires and can easily afford his tuition? Or maybe if his parents died and left him a bunch of money? Whether or not it's rare that a non athlete would be able to as easily make a lot of money is irrelevant. I'd bet that in the history of the world, there has probably been at least a few people that won a scholarship and then made a bunch of money while in school somehow and I'd wager no one was telling them that they should be forced to pay their scholarship back. And if it's never happened, I'd wager that if it did happen, again, no one would ever think of telling them to pay their scholarship back. Because for some strange reason, the ONLY time people try to put restrictions on this type of stuff comes up is when it's regarding athletes. --- |
| Topic | Lol @ conservatives melting down over college athletes getting paid |
| Twin3Turbo 11/02/19 6:08:49 PM #83 | Damn_Underscore posted... Then complain about the salaries of coaches, they are most definitely adding to tuition costs. Adding to the problem by making the schools pay all athletes isn't going to help anything. I don't care enough to complain about coaching salaries because I enjoy college sports, and now that student athletes can seek sponsorships, there is no ethical question involved. Schools will still give out athletic scholarships (which was already a form of payment), and those who deserve more will make more. IMO if a student makes enough money (like well above the cost of the scholarship) then they should have to pay back the cost of the scholarship, but that's another issue.In regards to your last point...why? Why should they have to pay back something that they rightfully earned? And would this apply to anyone else that received a scholarship? I see people suggest this every now and then but its never backed up by any actual reason. Off the top it just sounds like jealousy. --- |
| Topic | Lol @ conservatives melting down over college athletes getting paid |
| Twin3Turbo 11/02/19 1:11:22 PM #69 | Damn_Underscore posted... Where are schools going to make the money back that they pay to student athletes, other than by raising tuition?For starters, increasing the pricing on ticket sales and merchandise. Damn_Underscore posted... Don't forget that the reason universities exist is to be centers of higher education. Not to win sports games.Regardless of how it's "supposed to be" in the real world, how things actually go in certain schools is MUCH different. If schools cared so much about making sure the kids got their education, they wouldn't be accepting many of these athletes into their school in the first place, seeing as a very large percent of them unfortunately don't academically qualify to be at the schools they are at. And they wouldn't be sticking them in easy majors just so that they can get easy grades so they can qualify to play the games. Also keep in mind that the athletics are often times a major draw for certain schools. It can be a factor in what makes one person pick one school over the other. --- |
| Topic | Lol @ conservatives melting down over college athletes getting paid |
| Twin3Turbo 11/02/19 1:05:31 PM #67 | NeuralLaxative posted... If college athletes get paid for playing college sports, pretty much anyone providing a service while learning should get paid in full, including internships, etc.I doubt many would disagree with this regardless. As a matter of fact, it seems like on the rare occasion anyone actually does disagree with this, it is usually when it comes to paying athletes. Strangely. --- |
| Topic | What was your least favorite highschool year? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/01/19 4:28:48 PM #2 | I never had a bad year but of those four, it would be 9th. During the second semester of my 10th grade year, I became very popular and went to a big high school. So 10th through 12th grade was very fun for me. --- |
| Topic | Why don't you use a credit card instead of a debit card? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/01/19 4:25:36 PM #44 | DevsBro posted... I heard a pretty good point about this the other day.You can make this kind of argument about literally anything I pay my balance off in full every single month without fail. Meaning I have never paid even one cent in interest. Explain to me in detail how I'm the one being gamed in this situation? About the only thing that could be said at that point is that there are indeed studies that show that some people might spend more money with a CC than with a DC because they "don't really think of it as money".I'd wager that the vast majority of people that think like that are the idiots that run up a lot of debt. So what it really requires is the correct mindset. When I swipe my CC, I think of it as money coming directly out of my pocket, it feels just as bad as cash to me because quite frankly, it will be coming out of my bank account within 30 days at absolute most. Additionally, those same studies show that if you keep constant track of your spending (which I do, multiple times a week) you are less likely to over spend. Yes it's true, a very large percentage of the population are idiots and will run up a bunch of debt, and those are definitely the customers that CC companies want. It does not take a lot of brains to say "Hey, that's not a good idea even a little bit" --- |
| Topic | is it unethical to use a sick day for a job interview? |
| Twin3Turbo 11/01/19 4:06:21 PM #41 | Vol2tex posted... My coworker just would disappear during the day to go on job interviews.This is what I always did. All of my jobs post college, I've always had very hands off managers and good flexibility to come and leave as I reasonably please. --- |
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