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jesus_lil_stinkr
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdg31q4
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I don't doubt your claim that many of the politicians who are against the ACA still want to fix the pre-existing condition nightmare, but any claim that their desire to fix our healthcare system outweighs their desire to see the ACA fail falls flat to me (Please note: I'm not implying you are saying they are more motivated to find a different solution).
What has made me move from a proud third party/independent to a frustrated Democrat is the reality that the Republicans have squandered all of their time and energy attempting to eliminate a law that they cannot feasibly repeal for several years. The worst part of this is that they have not created any semblance of a solution of their own and they have not put forward any motion that would improve upon the existing law (unless you consider crippling it to the point of ruin an improvement). If they had another solution and were fighting for that I could at least respect them for trying to make a change for what they thought was the better, but that has not been the case...
The simple truth is that this law will eliminate the pre-existing moral atrocity that our healthcare companies have had no problem propagating during their entire existence. A public option added to the ACA or a single payer plan would be more ideal from my perspective but this is a move in the right direction; a move that has taken several decades and countless slow, painful, and meaningless deaths to become a reality. I have had to become what I always thought I would never be, someone who voted along party lines.
This is because of how the Republicans have chosen to use their power since 2010. Dozens of "symbolic' votes to defund the ACA, refusing medicade expansion in the states they control, and telling the people who trust and voted for them not to buy insurance simply to destabilize the market and fuel their faux outrage have convinced me that this is a party that has truly lost their way. Any semblance that they are concerned about the good of the nation and not the approval of their constituency has been made clear through these actions.
Anyone reading this most likely knows that 1 million Texans alone won't have any form of health coverage because of Governor Perry's refusal of Medicaid expansion. One. Million. People. Lets please forget about politics for a moment and consider that. A million people who are at the mercy of fate in one of its most ruthless forms. A fate that can turn someone's world to ashes in a matter months, weeks, days. There is nothing quite so terrible as knowing your health, and with that your peace of mind, could be better but that it is just out of reach because of the political game that a few people in places of power choose to play. This is unconscionable and it makes me just a little more bitter about the country I live in.
I believe that the vast majority of humanity, Americans included, are overall decent human beings, but something has been twisted to the point where these same people would do everything in their power and give their time, money, and energy- not into fixing a horrific problem, but destroying a solution to the problem because they find it objectionable.
I'm sure there is a more perfect way to address an issue of this nature, but to put no energy into finding that solution and all your energy into dismantling one that you disagree with is beyond my comprehension. Politics has always been a sleazy game and always will be, but I have seen the Republican Party go beyond that. To call their motives and tactics sleazy would be to call a poison ivy a rose.
Millions will suffer and many thousands will die needlessly because of the refusal to expand Medicaid in many states. Many more will share the same fate when they act against their own best interests because their representatives tell them to not purchase insurance through the exchange. This is no longer about the poor and those who are victims of circumstances beyond their control. This is about discrediting and sabotaging our nation's first attempt to give everyone a chance at health care without fear of losing all that they have. Yes, this is a rant from someone who is sick of the games being played with people's lives. I'm sick of CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and all the other "news" corporations who get a hard-on for political conflict and turmoil, confusing and reinforcing the misguided beliefs people have about the ACA. Above all, I'm sick of a political party that is so calculated, callous, and hypocritical. A party who's existence and primary objective, at present, is to be the opposite of what the other is, regardless of whether they agree with them or not. This is why I now vote only Democrat, something I would have never imagined doing a few short years ago. Any chance that another Republican holds office is another message that their current tactics are acceptable, regardless of who suffers. There is plenty of room for blame in this bullshit world of politics, but the Republican politicians of present have become the epitome of all that is wrong with this nation.
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Nihil sacrum?
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jesus_lil_stinkr
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdg3bj9
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I don't doubt that many of the politicians who are against the ACA still want to fix the pre-existing condition nightmare, but any claim that their desire to fix our healthcare system outweighs their desire to see the ACA fail falls flat to me.
What has made me move from a proud third party/independent to a frustrated Democrat is the reality that the Republican politicians have squandered all of their time and energy attempting to eliminate a law that they cannot feasibly repeal for several years. The worst part of this is that they have not created any semblance of a solution of their own and they have not put forward any motion that would improve upon the existing law (unless you consider crippling it to the point of ruin an improvement). If they had another solution and were fighting for that I could at least respect them for trying to make a change for what they thought was the better, but that has not been the case...
The simple truth is that this law will eliminate the pre-existing moral atrocity that our healthcare companies have had no problem propagating during their entire existence. A public option added to the ACA or a single payer plan would be more ideal from my perspective but this is a move in the right direction; a move that has taken several decades and countless slow, painful, and meaningless deaths to become a reality.
This is because of how the Republicans have chosen to use their power since 2010. Dozens of "symbolic' votes to defund the ACA, refusing medicade expansion in the states they control, and telling the people who trust and voted for them not to buy insurance simply to destabilize the market and fuel their faux outrage have convinced me that this is a party that has truly lost their way. Any semblance that they are concerned about the good of the nation and not the approval of their constituency has been made clear through these actions.
Anyone reading this most likely knows that 1 million Texans alone won't have any form of health coverage because of Governor Perry's refusal of Medicaid expansion. One. Million. People. Lets please forget about politics for a moment and consider that. A million people who are at the mercy of fate in one of its most ruthless forms. A fate that can turn someone's world to ashes in a matter months, weeks, days. There is nothing quite so terrible as knowing your health, and with that your peace of mind, could be better but that it is just out of reach because of the political game that a few people in places of power choose to play. This is unconscionable and it makes me just a little more bitter about the country I live in.
I believe that the vast majority of humanity, Americans included, are overall decent human beings, but something has been twisted to the point where these same people would do everything in their power and give their time, money, and energy- not into fixing a horrific problem, but destroying a solution to the problem because they find it objectionable.
I'm sure there is a more perfect way to address an issue of this nature, but to put no energy into finding that solution and all your energy into dismantling one that you disagree with is beyond my comprehension. Politics has always been a sleazy game and always will be, but I have seen the Republican Party go beyond that. To call their motives and tactics sleazy would be to call a poison ivy a rose.
Millions will suffer and many thousands will die needlessly because of the refusal to expand Medicaid in many states. Many more will share the same fate when they act against their own best interests because their representatives tell them to not purchase insurance through the exchange. This is no longer about the poor and those who are victims of circumstances beyond their control. This is about discrediting and sabotaging our nation's first attempt to give everyone a chance at health care without fear of losing all that they have.
Yes, this is a rant from someone who is sick of the games being played with people's lives. I'm sick of CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and all the other "news" corporations who get a hard-on for political conflict and turmoil, confusing and reinforcing the misguided beliefs people have about the ACA. Above all, I'm sick of a political party that is so calculated, callous, and hypocritical. A party who's existence and primary objective, at present, is to be the opposite of what the other is, regardless of whether they agree with them or not. This is why I now vote only Democrat, something I would have never imagined doing a few short years ago. Any chance that another Republican holds office is another message that their current tactics are acceptable, regardless of who suffers. There is plenty of room for blame in this bullshit world of politics, but the Republican politicians of present have become the epitome of all that is wrong with this nation.
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Nihil sacrum?
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frozentedwilliams
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cdhsq0w
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Oh there is definitely value. As long as A) MtGox won't turn your butts into real money, preventing a hard crash B) speculators keep jacking with the price and C) cargo cultists keep manipulating the gap between buy and sell orders to stabilize the "value" of a random string of characters at new and impressive levels, there will always be money to be made, granted you're willing to trade butts for gift cards or moneypaks to strangers you meet on the internet and hope the price is stable while you drive to exchange them. (It won't be.)
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don't buy bitcoins, its fucking stupid.
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uberweb
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cdhob4t
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My two cents, the stock indexes are at an all time high, everyone expects them to come down. A lot of investors who want to jump back in to the stock market aren't because of speculative pricing on all stocks. Things are being traded at 1000 times earnings when the norm is 10-20 times EPS.
Because of this a lot of cash holding investors are looking for other speculative markets, and bitcoins are the talk of the town.
Because of the amount of press and now the senate hearing, all these people want to jump into the bitcoin market. They saw the prices at 50,100, 200 and now 800. So whenever the bitcoin price falls, seeing a discount, you can be rest assured that a lot of folks will be buying it driving the price high. And the cycle continues till there are better returns elsewhere.
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folks with a lot of money, no where to invest.
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soursara
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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cdhi3oe
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For me and my SO, we are so much alike but so different at the same time.
As far as outward appearance, we look so so different. He is Korean, 5'9, super skinny, with jet black straight hair cut neatly. He wears really nice clothes no matter where he is and has a great sense of style. He is very proper and clean-cut, hates having facial hair, hair always needs to be in place etc. He's quite metro. If anyone is familiar with Korean popular culture, he is what flower boys grow to be. Used to wear BB cream, dye his hair, the whole nine yards
I, on the other hand, am mixed. Mexican and white. I'm 4'11, and curvy. I have wild curly hair down past my soldiers, wear glasses and have an eccentric taste in style. I am getting better at it but when we first met I took less time to get ready than him. I would just throw on some jeans and a blouse and thats it. Minimal makeup, minimal skincare. Now I have stepped it up. When your boyfriend always looks good, you start to look at how frumpy you might look in comparison. My style is a little more cohesive now (still a bit eccentric, I go towards more Korean/Japanese clothing styles), and I put on a decent amount of makeup. I take more time than he does getting ready now. My hair is still wild though.
In terms of where we're at in life though, we are in different places but it works. I am a 20 year old college student getting my BA. He is pretty much self-made and already stable in life at 28. He has a job but he also makes websites and does Forex trading on the side. I am the one who is always stressed out about the future (mine, as far as getting a job and paying for the loans I will owe after college) and he is quite laid back. He wants to start a business while I have no idea what I'm gonna do after school (I'm studying abroad next year so hopefully it will help me get a grasp on things).
In terms of personality, I'm a bit rough around the edges. A little emotional, stubborn, reckless etc. He is more logical at times and is the cool head when I get mad in a fight. However, we both have tons of passion and drive. For everything we do. Also, while we are mature, we both have childish sides that we share with each other. He likes the finer things in life though, while I'm just happyto get what I get (though he is rubbing off on me, I'm beginning to become a food and wine snob). He's also very careful at times, especially with how he treats and what he puts into his body. He does not eat junk food and he refuses to take any sort of medication. I am however, not that careful.
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we balance each other out. Mostly its him balancing me though, since I'm the one who's a mess.
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GeniusGokudera
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cdis1qk
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well its kinda true, at some elos (even at gold and higher) there are always people that prefer farm and kills over objectives. whiiiiiiich caaaaaan f*ck up a game sometimes. I think its partly because the pros farm really well. they don't understand when the point switches from "just farming" to "taking tower/dragon before going back to farming". (not that I'm better at it. I sometimes go tunnelvision and sleep through an objective xD)
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OP-jectives
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faitpunto
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cdju8ja
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I was trying to write a well formed response to this but that idea might fail.
It is not an illusion, people die, real forever death not just movie death, men gunned down walking their dogs in a park, officers gunned down driving home from work, young men wanting to change their community blown up getting into their car, officers being shot in the face with no warning guarding cash vans, 15 year old kids shot in both legs just being in the wrong house at the wrong time.
These are not government groups carrying out these attacks these are persons who are unhappy with peace and thrive off madness. For whatever reason I have had contact with these ''Imaginary'' terrorists and they are dedicated to murder and killing to achieve their aims and are in my opinion insane from speaking with them.
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They are real - live here, open your eyes and then comment.
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taindrex
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdkhnsq
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If I linked you the original contents of the legislation which stated its purpose and defined the limits of the legislation 99% of people in /r politics would lose their shit and maybe rightfully so. Some people (me included) are terrified of legislative slide, meaning when a law gets passed to cover "A" and only "A" then 50 years down the road that same law is expanded, re-written, or ignored and used to cover "Z" I feel the legislative process has failed.
Anyways
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social security have vastly vastly adapted/changed/ect from its beginnings and you can read about here and decided for yourself if thats a good or bad thing.
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gameandwatch6
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cdkneao
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Fiora might be the best counterpick in the game to low-cc AP assassins like Diana, Akali, Fizz, Kassadin (just not leblanc). Also, like pantheon, when well played she's a huge kill threat throughout the lane phase to most normal mages that lack an quick binding spell (lissandra/lux/morgana/syndra are too fast, but zyra is manageable for example).
fiora is a classic case of a champion who isn't weak, but is incredibly niche. She's not going to be valuable to someone with a smaller champion pool, but once you have most of the champions and a good intuition on how to pick against the enemy team, you can have consistent success with this type of champion.
if you sit down with an intention to play 10 fiora games one night you're going to have a bad time, she's not a flexible champion.
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don't rework fiora, she doesn't need to be flexible to be useable. we don't need every melee to be able to handle generalist top lane matchups like riven and renekton for example.
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DannyNullZwo
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cdm37a2
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You really think that a teenager would think to himself: "if I only get 2 years instead of 10 I would totally knock out that dude over there". Since when did harsher punishment ever lowered a crime-rate, nobody thinks about getting caught.
> Most of the data I've seen shows that kids who are delinquents go on to be convicts. It's tough for us to admit that some youth are lost causes, but that appears to be the case. I think by charging them as adults, we cut down on juvenile violent crimes.
You are probably right that this would "cut down juvenile [] crimes", but only because most offenders wouldn't be juvenile when they come out again.
I argue that being put in prison at a young age is way more harmful to what that person does with the rest of his life(career) then when being old. So putting juveniles longer into prison would only make the current status quo worse, because of even more destroyed futures.
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the US has already the biggest prison population. Longer sentences are only harmful and doesn't help in anyway
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LordUncleBob
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cdnwyze
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Escapist is such a fucking mess sometimes. I'm on a slow as fuck connection most of the time. It's basically torture to go there and wait for their flashy fucking banner to load up while the 6 ads along the side and the giant background ad get in the way, and then have another ad drop down to cover half the page, and then slog through that fucking swamp of poor optimization and UI to this week's ZP to wait for more ads to load up, click on the video to have that pop out of the window with yet another fucking ad as the background to it, and then click on the video again to wait for a fucking video ad to stutter through.
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there are so many ads I can't describe them without a poorly written run-on sentence.
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letdogsvote
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq1mpg
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I have a couple steps:
Amend the Constitution to eliminate the concept of corporations as a legal person with rights such as being able to contribute to candidates as part of free speech.
Amend the Constitution to provide for strict limits on campaign duration and amount of money that can be spent by candidates and their campaigns.
Legislate strict limits on the revolving door between government positions (elected or otherwise) and lobbying.
Legislate full and absolute transparency for any and all political donations so that anyone can see who is contributing to who and how much. No hidden money.
Legislate extremely strict felony penalties for anyone - politician or otherwise - who violates funding and disclosure laws. Hard time in a high security prison - no country club prisons with golf courses.
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Amend the damn Constitution because otherwise pretty much anything effective will be thrown out as violating free speech rights regardless of the fact that money is killing the system and actively undermining the effectiveness and legitimacy of government.
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letdogsvote
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq20tv
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Let me do some quick math to help you out with your position.
Let's say I get $10 an hour for my 40 per week job. Assume that's AFTER all withholdings and whatnot, so I'm actually making the $10. So, that gives me $400 a week, $1,200 a month, $14,400 a year (no vacation, now...).
So, I have $14,400 annually. Here - - are some numbers for you on the federal poverty level, aka the poverty line. As you will see from the link, if I'm a single person, poverty level is $11,490. Hooray for me, I have under $3,000 left over to just blow willy nilly in a calendar year.
Also, it's a good thing I'm that single person. If I even have one more person in my house, that poverty level goes to $15,510. Two can live as cheaply as one? Hahahaha, no. I'm now under the level by $1,100 annually. Add a one or two more? I keep getting farther and farther behind.
But hey, that $10 can let me live just dandy, huh?
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Poverty level numbers say you're grossly misinformed if you think even an enhanced minimum wage lets ANYONE live "comfortably."
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WalterBright
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq2cil
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So instead of getting pumped back into the economy, thus creating revenue and wages, this cash just remains in investment accounts.
The cash going into investment accounts goes right out again into the economy. After all, nobody pays investment returns on a wad of cash -the returns only happen when they are spent on labor & equipment to produce a return. Even bank deposits go right back out into the economy in the form of loans (less the reserve requirement).
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rich people do not hoard cash, neither do rich companies
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the9thdude
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq5gjf
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You speak in absolutes. I too, like to live dangerously.
While you are right to some degree, you are wrong as well. First, your absolute statement that "welfare... reduces the incentive to work." While true in cases where the unemployment benefits are generous, the USA does not utilize such ideas. With repeated budget cuts, sequestration, and benefits cuts; many welfare programs don't even bring people above poverty line. There are exceptions, namely welfare queens who have figured out how to game the system with both a huge number of children and multiple fathers' of children to get child support, but they are the exception, not the rule (sorry for run-on.)
Second, while many government entities created today do create bureaucracies that are expensive, the ones that have a vested intrest in such a thing have been around as early as the 1930s. That makes them as efficient as they can given technological requirements of their workplace, which is a huge money sink by the way. Also, India is NOT a a valid comparison for MANY, MANY reasons. In fact, you really can't hold a comparison to any other country (except maybe Canada because of cultural similarities) because of the situation we, as Americans, have put ourselves in.
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Don't talk in absolutes, nothing is ever absolute.
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buckybone
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq5h6m
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He's a second-term President, which means he's focused on his legacy. The best way to secure that is to make sure his party wins the House and extends their control on the Senate in 2014.
Now, there are quite a few Democrat Senators in "red states". They all have to come off as moderates to get elected, which means that they have to stick their fingers in the air to find out which way the political winds are blowing, and right now they're blowing against Obama. Therefore, those Senators are more likely to go against The Administration.
Even after the midterms, Obama still has to deal with people in red states who are looking to get reelected in 2016 (including Harry Reid, who won by 5% in 2010 and saw a Republican get elected in his state (Nevada) in 2012).
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Obama has to act like a politician for the rest of his term because the Congress will still be full of politicians, and he has to deal with them to do anything. He'll have 30-40 years to be himself after he leaves office.
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ProperUsernameII
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq6s77
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I think you're missing the point of Libertarianism. We don't necessarily want a large public sector, we want a fairly predominant private sector with the government filling very minor roles.
Also, the social contract theory is complete rubbish. I have never seen this social contract, I have never verbally committed to such a contract, there is no evidence that such a contract exists, and like it's original intention states, it is only a theory. Not an absolute fact, and it should not be treated as the law of the land. The ultimate authority of the land is governed through the U.S. Constitution, I have no other obligation as an American citizen but to answer to laws and regulations that are directly allowed under the U.S. Constitution.
Government programs are also largely the reason why not everyone can be sulf sufficient. Expansions of food stamps and the automatic qualifications for other programs have largely contributed to the expanding unemployment rate and the loss of productivity in the U.S. economy. Unnecessary regulation has hindered business and was a large contributing factor to the financial crisis of 2008.
Sure, everyone does need an education, but historically speaking, the United States has produced more adept and skilled students out of private colleges. All the Ivy League colleges are private and are considered the top univeristies in the world. Stanford is private. Georgetown is private. MIT is private. Occidental is private. The list goes on and on, and while there are certainly reputable public schools of note, most could only dream of achieving the status of those private schools. You know why? They are largely extremely selective and meticulous about how the funds are spent and who they spend it on, meaning the money is put to better use than government funds.
Our government has also done a relatively poor job of protecting us from outside threats, and most of these outside threats come from radicals who:
Aren't even adequate representations of the nations they come from.
or
Are probably pissed off because there's a U.S. military base nearby that nobody wants.
Also, while it may sound rude and selfish, it's not my responsibility to help anyone, because I've largely gone unhelped my entire life and I've been fairly succesful. Don't get me wrong, charity is fucking awesome and there's no better high than helping someone out, but it isn't a requirement to be an American. You can be an American and not give to charity all the same.
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The government sucks at providing infrastructure. Private schools are better than public schools. The government sucks at protecting us and often worsens the problem. Americans have no obligation to help other Americans, but charity still kicks ass anyways.
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letdogsvote
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdq9p6i
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I did a little googling in the meantime just 'cause. Things I had in mind in my post were NOT medicare/medicaid but housing, food stamps - those things. Food and shelter.
What I found was this:
For 2013, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity programs has a requested budget of $68 million
SNAP funding for 2011 - best as I can tell - was about $80 billion (with a B). Significantly more than I thought, actually.
So, rounding WAY up, those two programs - food, shelter - combined in a typical year over the last couple years has been about $81 billion.
Wikipedia (I know, I know...) says military budget for 2010 was about $683 billion. Israel gets about $3 billion per year. Estimates for NSA funding are about 10% of the overall intelligence budget or about $10 billion. Add it up, it's about $696 billion on those three topics - military budget, NSA, Israel.
So.... The food/shelter programs at about $81 billion are about 12% of direct military funding and Israel foreign aid and NSA.
If you want to factor in medical programs and social security, the numbers change dramatically. That said, I did not have those programs in mind for my original post and instead had food/shelter funding in mind - particularly SNAP because of jcorkern's post referencing "takers" and the recent GOP efforts to reduce SNAP funding.
I did NOT attempt to factor in any analysis of lost revenue from reducing tax rates - say, an analysis comparing the 90's to the 00's. I'd expect the amount there would be significant but not enough to really skew the results too much. Maybe reduce the food/shelter programs to about 11% or 10% in comparison.
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Did google, think my point stands.
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McGobs
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdqqqib
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If people are too greedy, then you have a problem because the government is made up of people, so that is not a good argument, in my opinion.
Outside of getting rid of government completely, the solution is to leave everything (laws, regulations, taxes) as it is and not interfere in the market beyond what already exists as current laws and regulations. In other words, no implementation of specific government action meant to deal with specific economic problems. If businesses are going to fail, let them. If people are beginning to not be able to go to college due to a lack of financial ability, don't assist them beyond our current policy. If the rate of poverty is climbing, don't attempt to use government to reverse it.
Let the market correct itself. In other words, if not the government, then the people. The government can only make thing worse if it continues to affect the economy because the effects of government action are unknown, which is well-proved--since even after year after year of a growing government problems are exacerbating. People in a somewhat free market are at least able to make the choices that they are allowed to make, and over time are able to find solutions to the problems endemic to the current market and plan ahead. Changing the rules or propping up specific players alters the rules and makes every situation that was predictable now unpredictable. Will the government bail them out or not? How do we plan for this? What will the tax rate be next year? How will upcoming government policy affect demand?
I think the best thing we can do would be to let the market figure out the current environment. If the market is given the chance to work out the current inefficiencies and force bad companies to fail, then I think we would begin to see a change. I'm not necessarily a doom-and-gloomer, but I do like Schiff's analogy of using government action to relieve the economic pain is like giving an addict more drugs to cure his withdrawal. I think most people have the myopic view that the current problems we face cannot possibly be the result of government meddling in the economy, and an even greater number of people believe that more government meddling in the economy will alleviate the problems we face. I this this is an irrational view given the huge role government has in the economy and how we simply can't expect government action to resolve the problem every time.
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Laisse Faire the current system and allow the market to correct; accept the government action can exacerbate problems and likely is part of why we are here.
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pton16
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nfl
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t5_2qmg3
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cdsqb0d
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Funny that I am writing all these nice things about Flacco when he went to and transferred out of Pitt, the school I went to. Makes it double as painful. I am also quite aware what Tebow has done to my team. I am a Tebow fan actually. I liked him through college and as a pro.
As for your opinion on Tomlin it comes down to just that an opinion. He says it wasn't intentional whether he believes it, which I think he actually does, or it is done to mitigate risk is up to interpretation.
But Im not trying to champion for what Tomlin did. As you can go see in a prior post of mine what I feel about the matter.
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It was wrong.
Even getting yelled at by a Bronco's fan cant stop this Flacco train from rolling.
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sjt22
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cduubyj
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Well to me, it sounds like you at least really care about your SO and are open-minded and smart enough to know why she is making the choice she is. So first off, kudos for that. Secondly, there is some middle ground here. I'm not saying it's an ideal scenario, but you could definitely use some less polarizing language when you talk about it.
Don't say "I totally understand your reasons for doing this, but I find female body hair to be gross and a turn off". By saying it that way, you are essentially saying to her that while you value her opinion, the choice she is making will make her less attractive to you and could likely directly impact your sex life. While that might be true, it can sound like a threat. It also doesn't really come across as an open dialogue because your reflexive feelings are so strong. Maybe you could say something more like "I understand your reasons for doing this and support the values behind them, but at the same time, I can't really stifle this sort of socially conditioned preference immediately and it might take some time. If I'm being totally honest, I'm not sure how long it will take or if it will even be possible, but I'm willing to try it out because I care about you and I want you to feel like you can be yourself in this relationship" ...or you know a more succinct version of that which might better suit your relationship.
I think the point is that you really love her and want to be able to have her back on this one and especially since it isn't so much an issue of intellectual disagreement as it is on preference, there can be some compromise and progress. You really sound like instead of just wanting her to shave all the time, you want to be ok with her decision. Great start! So maybe wean into it slowly. See what it's like when she shaves one part and not both. Is that something you can be ok with? Do you still find yourself attracted to her face and body type? All couples, even without differing preferences go through phases where they experience waxing and waning attraction. It would be normal if at first you weren't really gung-ho about the whole thing. But the important thing is that you seem to care enough to want to try. ALSO it would be great if you reinforce her feminist values while you are together. Maybe talk about them and continue to treat her as an equal in all ways.
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Tell her how you feel in a much less emotionally charged way with less buzz words and reinforce how you feel about her and that you understand her choices. Treat her related values with respect as well and continue regarding her as an equal. Suggest maybe starting things off slow and maintain an open dialogue throughout the process about your feelings and most importantly, decide (you and her both individually and together) if this is an issue where things can be flexible or if it's too emotional of an issue to have to budge for either of you.
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SpiceFox
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cduzz28
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idk man, for feminist reasons? what's it going to achieve?
Don't tell her you're fully ok with it when you're not, it will just cause a rift she is completely unaware about.
I don't shave my legs that often due to a skin condition, but my partner will tell me when they're gross for him and I'll generally shave them at that point.
Women shave and clean for themselves, not for men. While you should air that it's not that attractive for you, re-iterate you support her and her decisions. hell, when my armpit hair gets more than 3 days old I become uncomfortable.
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honesty.
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Chip_Brickchest
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cdx21bk
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Every time one of these posts about the ripoff TT medals in GT comes up, I always want to say something about it, but this time I will.
Sunava bitch , I hate when this happens. I can't tell you how many times I've had to restart TTs and license tests because my stupid ass just has to get gold/first on everything. Ah gad, I have to get dat gold!
Hands down one of the confoundingly hardest things I've had to do in any video game was the Top Gear challenge in GT5 where you go around the test track in the Lotus Elise 111R, following a line of cars of the same make and model, and the ultimate goal obviously is to get first.
2 laps....
starting in last(12th place)....
in a car that handles like the baddies from the fucking oil slick fight scene in Transporter.
You think you know the meaning of frustration? Prepare to get shit on by that Polyphony staff member who fucking designed this stage, who clearly was having a bad day at the office and wanted to say "Fuck you." The depths of his evil have no measure. He might as well be the one to usher in the Fourth Reich.
I can't tell you the countless hours I poured into attempting this maddening ordeal, only to be met each time with failure. I came close a few times and had a few missed chances. It felt horrible when I realized I had let the win slip from my grasp. The game disqualifies you when you touch a cone(even if it had been knocked over previously by an NPC car). You get DQ'd if you bump another car moderately, let alone ever so slighty tapping one in certain sections of the course. There are a couple invisible walls that jut out slightly into the racing line, which to avoid is easier said than done if you aren't paying careful attention when trying to worry about the upcoming corner, your placement for the line you want to take, and the proximity of the aforementioned NPC cars that are protected like they are made of fine goddamn china. The race requires the utmost precision and execution in order to succeed. Fall out of sequence one bit, and you lose the win. This race will destroy your hopes and dreams.
But oh, that moment that finally came when I conquered it; how it was so sweet. I was ecstatic, bewildered, and sad all at the same time. I went and splurged on a Wendy's Baconator afterwards, and goddamnit, that was the best friggin' Baconator I've ever had.
I thought putting the game down after that would make sense, like an athlete or an actor bowing out in their prime. But no, I soldier on with the game and right now, here I sit, in a calmly lit living room with an adequate Christmas tree, listening to the smooth jazz of the GT5 menu music beckon me to push myself that much more, to play just one more race.
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Challenges are good for your self-progress and that I'm a petty, anal completionist.
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Irrepressible87
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cdxbhsd
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It's actually completely comprehensible.
>O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
Shit sucks, I wish I would die.
>Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon against self-slaughter!
Or kill myself.
>O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't, ah fie, 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
Fuck this gay earth.
> That it should come to this! But two months dead, nay not so much, not two, So excellent a king, that was, to this Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the wings of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Only two months ago, my dad died. And he was a super awesome guy, and loved my mom like crazy.
> Heaven and earth, Must I remember? Why, she would hang on him, As if the increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet within a month - Let me think not on't; frailty, thy name is woman - A little month, or ere these shoes were old With which she followed my poor father's body Like Niobe all tears, why she, even she - O God, a beast that wants discourse of reason Would have mourned longer - married with my uncle.
And she always loved him back. But still, only a month later, she married my uncle. Even an animal wouldn't jump back in the sack that quickly.
>My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules. Within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her gall'd eyes, She married. O, most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets! It is not, nor it cannot come to good. But break my heart, for I must hold my tongue.
Seriously. She married my uncle, who totally sucks compared to my dad. And she barely waited long enough to be done crying. Shit's fucked up, but I can't say anything, so I guess I'll just be over here moping.
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A major character feature of Hamlet is that he rambles like a crazy person, but makes perfect sense if you break it down.
Edit: Thanks for the gold, friend. Glad you liked it.
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ThrowawayForSisterOk
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cdxnfwm
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My family is FULL of alcoholics. Genetically, I was bound to be! We grew up in a pretty abusive household as well, though we are all healing, including my parents. :) I started drinking at 16 years old. It got bad REALLY, really quickly. The second time I drank it was alone. It was just about always an addiction. Once I started, I couldn't stop. And when I wasn't drinking I was constantly obsessing about it. It's a miracle that I'm sober, really. But this is SUCH a better way to live. I hope my sister continues to see that as well. I never had a legal drink, got sober just before my 20th birthday.
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AA works if you work it ;)
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gqsmooth
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdykkws
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More than likely your employer is trying to make some sort of statement by not providing coverage. In the end, he's going to spend more money by not providing healthcare to you than he would if he did.
The employer mandate doesn't take effect to 2015 and by then he's screwing you and other employees and himself over so hard that he's not going to have a choice to provide it by that time.
Does your employer have more than 50 employees?
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Your employer is kind of an ass.
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DenimMan13
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cdypqh9
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My coworkers have supposedly gotten a letter about health coverage, but I haven't yet and don't know what it says. We're contractors so our workplace has absolutely no responsibility, and our 'owner' has probably between 25 and 200 employees. I know my group of 10 employees is on W-2 (instead of 1099) not sure about the rest, if that matters He is very good at avoiding spending money and sidestepping the system.
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Yes, yes he is.
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TimDaEnchanter
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cdyrsaw
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I definitely would have clicked smurf when I first started if I knew I would get xp/ip boosts for it. Sure, I would lose most of the first few games, but my MMR would fall rapidly, and basically it would mean losing the first 10-15 games but gaining much more xp and ip than I would have otherwise. I like getting currency in games (who doesn't?) and the option of getting more for just a couple losses is something that I would take every time.
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After losing probably around 10-20 games a new player would likely get to the MMR that they can actually somewhat compete in, and would get a permanent bonus of ip/xp gain. Imo, beneficial in any circumstance.
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Swordbow
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cdzaggb
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You're defensive. Every race has pressure exerted on it, and equilibrium is achieved when internal pressure MATCHES external. Embrace this state of things, and manage it. A status quo of fighting back may run counter to the nonconfrontational approaches our parents may have taught us, but this is America (I'm assuming). But take heart! Asians may be forced to do things they weren't taught, but we're also just as capable of giving as good as they can get. This is especially true because, being a minority amongst minorities, our Race of Spades is one of the highest suits.
When people backpedal with "it's just a joke," then roll with that! If they want to joke, then let's joke! My preferred weapon for ignorance is stand-up comedy. Now, many people don't mean to be racist; that's just how they were raised, or it was the most salient example on their mind, or they read something false. THAT'S OKAY. They just gotta pay the toll fee. Most people get the hint, apologize, and become better. Those who don't, well...I'm gonna make money by roasting them. If I gotta stand here and take it, I might as well take a pound of flesh too, if you know what I mean.
"Open your eyes more! You can't possibly see!"
"Tell me that the next time you need sunglasses and I don't."
"Ching chong ling long!"
"Wrong dialect. In my country, my middle name is pronounced WAH-CHAAAA!" (Bruce Lee)
"See, this is why Asians can't drive."
"We crash 2-4 times less than everyone else. We may Tokyo Drift all the time, but that's just what Vin Diesel wants us to do." [Source](
(If you really want to be mean, also follow up with a Paul Walker reference. This will completely shut them down, but also create a lot of animosity. Don't do it if you still want to do business with them again)
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I think being the target of ignorance is a unique opportunity to milk some street cred, show your intelligence, and punish evildoers. Come at me, bros!
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Danny_the_Intern
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cdyjsep
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It's not just "Asians" (by which I assume you mean people of Japanese, Chinese, or Korean ancestry). Reddit as a whole has a serious problem with casual racism, which is often brushed off with the whole "it's just a joke!" remark you mentioned.
Go into any thread in one of the default subreddits that somehow relates to one or more black people. The comments are so predictable that you could probably play bingo if you were so inclined:
"Please don't be black, please don't be black, please don't be black...fuck."
Some form of quote from that one Chris Rock sketch
Somebody quoting Morgan Freeman and "if we just stopped talking about racism, racism wouldn't exist!"
"If you want respect, pull up your fucking pants."
"Why the fuck can't I say the n-word? It's just a word."
"I knew a black woman whose name was La-a, guess how she pronounced it?"
"Slavery ended 150 years ago oh my god get over it."
"Affirmative action is literally reverse racism."
And so on. There are similar problems in /r/worldnews (especially when Islam is the subject of discussion). /r/AskReddit has its bi-weekly "what is your most unpopular opinion?" threads, which are almost always chock full of racist sentiments. And don't get me started on /r/AdviceAnimals.
It's pretty convincing proof of [Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]( especially since the reddit userbase is largely white, male, and middle-class.
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Asians aren't getting singled out. Redditors (as a collective group) are really fucking racist.
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myc-e-mouse
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cdyoqxd
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He is saying that that using "reddit _ " is a self defeating exercise because every issue will have every position with regards to it, existing on a complete and almost continuos spectrum(at least on the default subs due to their size). For instance "reddit does not care that it's racist towards asians", yet there is an entire CMV thread dedicated to that point. Not only that, but can you honestly say that you are the only person on reddit that holds this view? I think you probably do have a slightly more extreme(by that I purely mean you are further away on the spectrum towards pure "reddit is racist" view and are in a minority, it has nothing to do with the veracity of your claim.) view with regards to this issue but again i think thats just because a larger percentage of the population in general seems(you may be right but its irrelevant to u/protagornast's larger point) to not notice just how much racism underpins discussions about any topic.
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u/Portagornast is more saying that reddit is not a hive mind so you are setting up a strawman argument.
u/protagornast let me know if I misrepresented anything you said.
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SodlidDesu
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cdyuhlk
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Ah, the hardest part. Are we the vocal minority though?
My best example is this. Mass Effect 3. I had a friend in Iraq, Marc, he watched me play the entirety of ME2 (More or less, he missed important story points due to missions and such) but when we got back Mass Effect 3 was almost out. I was excited. I figured two wasn't that bad. I bought it. I bought that game hard. My other friend and I sat down and I played the entire campaign out in about two days. At the end we were completely disappointed.
About two weeks later, Marc had asked me what I thought about ME3. I told him how bad it was. I told him that the game was a bastardization of the game I enjoyed. His reply? "I was thinking about picking it up."
He'd never played the first one nor the second. Why did he want to pick it up? He saw a commercial and thought the multiplayer looked cool.
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Marketing works for the majority. You can sell things to people easily.
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jn36216
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce1k90g
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I was waiting until marriage. I wanted the white dress to show everyone how pure I was, the whole 9. Except, I had anal and oral sex. Yeah, not the best logic.
Anyway, I was out on a first date with a guy I met online and he was really cute. Like, when he walked in I thought, "too bad that's not so-and-so, he's hot!" But it was him! Commence nerves! We both drank at dinner then went to a few bars and drank more there, too. He invited me back to his place and I said sure. I know I had discussed my situation with him beforehand but we were both so drunk that when I bent over for him to put it in my butt he went a little too low. It took a split second longer for me to realize what happened and before I could say "stop, that's not for you!" I realized it felt really good and went, "meh, he's already there, the deed is done."
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Beforehand: that'll never be me!
Afterward: brang on the dick!
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CervixDeep
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce1k1cz
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I know my boyfriend will read this and I'm a little glad; it's not something you can just bring up casually but I'd really like him to know.
I didn't feel that I knew my boyfriend well enough when I gave him my virginity- I didn't even call him my boyfriend yet and I wasn't sure that we would really end up in a relationship (we're VERY different). But he was fun and different, so I stuck around hoping for a casual little fling and I had planned on finally taking care of that virginity shit. The night it happened I wasn't ready. I had no intention of doing it that night but felt a little pressured so we went ahead. He was wonderful- it hurt but he made me completely comfortable even stopped a few times to go down on me or slow down.
We had been dating for less than a month and after we had sex that first time he told me he loved me. It freaked me the fuck out. But I stuck with him because he was the sweetest boy I ever met.
Four months into our relationship (longer than I had anticipated being with him) I fell completely in love with him. Our sex has only gotten better and even though I didn't love him at the time I will never regret taking that leap with him.
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Didn't know him very well, sex was great, ended up falling in love with him in time.
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willworkforspice
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce1pc4o
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i was 16 i think or 15 don't really remember. i am a pretty good looking guy and she was a pretty unattractive girl, sorry to say but she was fat and as ugly as her personality. she had that i'm a fat girl and i don't give a shit, attitude, if that makes sense. not very friendly.
but she was she was very explicit with me. she was the first to give me head because she just came out and said, he i want to give you a blowjob, so 15 y/o horny willworkforspice jumped on that opportunity. and then pretty soon after she did the same with sex. we ended up doing it on the beach of a lake when we were camping out and partying with a lot of people, yes we had sex in from of pretty much everyone.
do i regret doing it? no way. would i have like to have done it differently? sure, why not. but what happened happened, and no one got pregnant or an std so all is well.
sex to me now is different. back then it was just something to do, not because it was 'cool' but because i was horny, now it is something to do with someone you love...but i still get horny.
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my first time was with a fat, ugly, and mean girl and i don't regret it for one second.
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dirty_dirty_bird
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce1s0sf
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Sorry this isn't the "A-OK" your edit said you're looking for, but here's a totally honest answer.
19, lost it to boyfriend at the time. In hindsight he cared more about getting laid than he respected me and what I wanted. By the time I started dating him I had gone from "waiting till marriage" to on the fence about having sex. But he pressured me into it until one day I finally mentally went, "fuck it, why not." Wasn't too awkward or painful thankfully, though I will never live down the fact we did it at his grandparents' house !
Afterwards I felt...kinda numb. "Wow, it really isn't a big deal after all," I thought. Got on birth control, kept having (pretty decent) sex with him. But also realized how bad the relationship really was. He was manipulative, self-centered, rude, immature, just...it was bad. Broke up with him soon after.
In hindsight I regret it deeply. I didn't love him, and if he loved me it was pretty twisted. I wanted something special, instead two years later we pretty solidly hate each other. Of the partners I've had since I realized just how much better it could've been with someone who took the time to make me feel comfortable, to make sure with had BC or a condom beforehand (or who didn't make me pay for my own Plan B like he did afterwards), who even if they didn't know it was my first time would still care about how I felt not just getting himself off.
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The actual sex was fine, but he was an asshole and it sucked. Happy ending, learned my lesson and will never date an asshole again.
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FistofthEmperor
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce22578
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for some reason i thought of my virginity as something extremely import. I waited till i got to Australia like i wanted then got picked up by a off duty prostitute. After we were finished I told her i was a virgin and she told me it was ok she was a prostitute. I freaked out of course and thought some one was going to come out of nowhere and ask if i was going to pay her girl. Luckily prostitution is legal in Australia, and she just like my stories of growing up in south Texas so she took me home.
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got taken advantaged of by a prostitute, I'm ok with this.
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Mistaken_as_simple
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce2bja0
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Well, at first I was a bit upset. Then I didn't care because it had felt wonderful and I wanted to do it again. I ended up having casual sex with someone I didn't know and loved it even more. But sometimes if I let the sex stigmas get to me, I regret it a little but overall, I'm fine with it. Sex is natural, and there are situations where you thought you were in love and you really weren't etc so everything about everyone's situation is going to be a bit vague and complex.
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if you enjoyed it don't regret it
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xenopsyllus
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce46f7j
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Steam bases the version of the game on the billing address of the account that purchases the game. While I didn't expect to use it, I set my dad up with a Steam account before I moved to Australia as an insurance policy for this type of situation. Looks like I'll be requesting an early birthday present once March rolls around.
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Have a friend in the US buy the game and gift it to you.
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smithjoe1
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce49xyw
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Now look at the people who made this decision, along with every other stupid video game classification issue we have had. We passed an R18+ classification and it's the exact same as MA15+ and games still get censored and banned.
The demographics of the classification board probably don't play too many games asides from a few members, but they are far too sensitive to any topic about sex in video games, they banned GTA3:SA because you could change some base game files and unlock some explicit content via the hot coffee mod. They had to properly remove all traces of it before the game could be sold in Australia. This wasn't violent sex like getting a hooker and getting your money back after, it was just a graphic depiction which could be unlocked through hacking the game files. The first GTA3 was banned because you could kill a hooker, you can still do that in every version other.
Most of the appointments expire around 2015, we should get some backing for someone to sit on the classification board and help reform this problem from the inside out, someone who really cares about games, the rights of gamers and it's the responsibility of the parents to ensure their children aren't playing inappropriate games.
I played games when I was growing up, from GTA1 and I've had the rest around launch day, I'm not sure I'd let a kid play GTA5 only for the torture scene, the rest of it is in the same ballpark. But there was no problem with graphic depictions of torture, it was given an R18+ rating and rightfully so. So why the crazy about sex and rape, I'm sure acting out a rape scene would push a few buttons but I don't think that The Stick of Truth is doing that.
We implemented an R18+ classification so we could raise the awareness that these games are for adults, like movies, alcohol and cigarettes, but it seems like any sexual content is enough to get a game banned from sale until it is removed.
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Need to replace old people on the classification board with members who will treat the new R18+ for games in line with other media, not as a reclassified MA15+
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Crimfresh
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ce4ao61
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I think you have a very valid complaint. That said, I'm not sure why you are asking the internet about what your man can do to be sexy. What is sexy is very much subjective. The best person to answer the question of, "What can my man do to be sexier," is YOU.
Has he ever been sexy in the past? If so, what about him was sexy? If not, what turns you on when you think about other guys? What exactly are you missing or hoping for? Look within yourself for answers about what turns you on and communicate specifics to him. If he's worth keeping, it will be his pleasure to implement your suggestions. Most men are happy to do whatever turns their woman on.
FYI - most advice I've seen for married men or LTR say that doing domestic and platonic activity IS a turn on for women. (clean house for her, make dinner, etc. are common advice I've seen in magazines) Generalizations are never correct, including this one.
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Only YOU can define what you find sexy.
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eigenfn
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce4wnbm
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Bioshock 1
I know I'm about 6 years late, but there was a Steam sale earlier this year and I bought both Bioshock 1 and 2 for $10 total. As a big fan of System Shock 2 I knew I was in for a treat, but I was still blown away by how good Bioshock is. What really clinched it for me was when I had the following realization mid-game: "I'm engaging with a piece of media set in an Ayn Randian universe, and I'm actually enjoying myself. "
As a brief aside, I read Atlas Shrugged when I was 22, and like most people who read it as non-teenagers, I found it fairly unimpressive. There were some interesting ideas, and I did find a few portions of her philosophy thought-provoking, but in the end it struck me as an overly preachy, repetitive diatribe written by a amphetamine addict who didn't believe in brevity or editing.
But Bioshock proved me wrong: the environments were so imaginative, philosophically consistent, and fully realized that I was completely immersed, and I enjoyed myself so much that I repeatedly lost track of time. That vaguely foghorn-like sound that the Big Daddys emit sent chills down my spine the first time I heard it, and it was still having that same effect by the end of the game, despite the fact that I was more than powerful enough to dispatch the Big Daddy in question. The atmosphere, world, and backstory were so immersive and interesting that I felt compelled to explore and pick up all of the diaries, just to get more backstory.
And speaking of diariers, Andrew Ryan's voice actor was phenomenal. He's a much better spokesperson for Rand's philosphies than any of her characters in her written works, and he makes an incredibly convincing antagonist during the first portion of the game. Of course, the main storyline was overall good, and I enjoyed the mid-game twist (which was miraculously unspoiled for me), but the quality of Ryan's voice acting really stood out to me.
As for the rest of the game, I found the gameplay and combat enjoyable, though switching between plasmids and guns felt a bit clunky. I also didn't find the game particularly challenging (even on its hardest difficulty), though it certainly had a few tough battles early on. Speaking of easy, the final boss was laughably easy to beat, as were many of the mini-bosses. But despite the relative lack of challenges, at least the combat was (mostly) smooth and enjoyable.
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In short, while I acknowledge that the gameplay wasn't perfect, the atmosphere, voice acting, backstory, and main plot made this one of the best games I've played in years.
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DeepCoverGecko
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce4pqtf
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Everybody is undoubtedly going to barrage you with "Play Mother 3!" recommendations but I have a bit of a precautionary - if you got sick of the combat in Earthbound by the time you were done with it, leave Mother 3 for a bit. I played both successively and whilst I can confidently say Mother 3 is superb, the combat felt a little simpler for me (and I was sick of Earthbound's combat halfway through that game!), so I spent most of the game in a Mass Effect kind of mindset where I desperately wanted to skip the combat just to absorb more of the world and story.
That being said, I can't pass up the opportunity to froth over Mother 3 - not only is it very different to Earthbound in its tone, it also puts its strengths into different areas so you don't feel like its failing to one-up Earthbound and failing. The story is interesting because it uses the typical under-spoken Nintendo storytelling technique to create characters that are emotionally complex despite never having complex conversations. The world is also weird and complex in the typical Earthbound way, but Mother 3 deconstructs the weirdness and explains it over time as part of the plot, giving way to some wonderful worldbuilding that doesn't feel like hilarious randomness.
Finally I personally think the music does a phenomenal job of just hitting you with these deeply resonating emotions that you truly identify with. Its difficult to describe its abstract effect on you - but if Earthbound's music was a celebration of American music(on acid), Mother 3 narrows its focus on the emotions we feel in regards to our own family.
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Mother 3 is a much humbler but more heartfelt sequel that feels like Earthbound 'grown up'. It's pretty amazing.
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DeepCoverGecko
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce4qbvr
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Spelunky , although it was only released on non-360 consoles this year it kinda feels like old news now since it was originally released a year ago. Hoooooobooooy does this game need more rampant excited discussions though. Despite being a brutally difficult 2D platformer, its depth and level of exploration on offer is so fantastically deep and involved that it feels impossible to spoil all it offers on a wiki. There are so many secret levels, so many tricks, unlockables and strategies that despite how much I watched other people's playthroughs, I still found out things on my own and felt a sense of ownership over them. I feel like a kid again when I discover that there's a goddamn UFO LEVEL or that sacrificing golden idols gives you a golden monkey that poops treasure.
You actively want to get better at the game because the drive to discover more crazy shit is just intoxicating and exciting , I feel that Spelunky would be a great water-cooler game just to talk about all the ridiculous scenarios we find ourselves in. My most memorable so far is getting well beyond how far I usually progress in the game, much to the distressed watching of my sister. I'd managed to get up to the temple world, which is like the second last, despite just completely lucking out on traps clearing way and explosions barely missing my face and killing my 1hp that I'd had since the first world. Like a sniper and their spotter, I'd carefully navigate through each world's randomly generated puzzle-like maze whilst my sister would spot oncoming risks and reel me in from getting too greedy and it was working pretty well. The temple world is still new and completely bonkers to me, so my sister and I were playing super conservatively, just avoiding everything and blowing our way up to the exit. There are these goddamn mummies that are the size of buildings that just vomit pestilence at you, and inferno pits that queef fire elementals that heckle you towards their instant-death birth-pit. But there was also this single anubite looking thing just standing there, that I'd noticed after greedily sacrificing a bunch of dudes. He wasn't moving, so I called the game's bluff and thought "I've got this fucker" whilst my little sister advised me against it with deep caution in her voice. I tried shooting the thing with my boomstick (that I found from blowing up a tomb with "ASH" inscribed on it, groovy) which instantly kills anything, and he started bouncing backwards and forwards in a figure-8 pattern. This doesn't completely freak me out, so I keep shooting until I line him up on the altar and get a direct hit-at which that exact moment the dude suddenly teleports both of us , him landing behind a wall, myself landing on the altar where he just was, stunned and then weirdly insta-killed by the game. I WAS SACRIFICED, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU THE PLAYER COULD BE SACRIFICED ON THE ALTAR GARRR.
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Spelunky is the most fun Hitler-sim I've ever played and you should play it too.
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misanthropenis
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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ce5bmrl
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It really depends on the company. With most game companies, there's two sides. The one that develops the game and the one who publishes/distributes.
In the case of Ubisoft, they're both the developer and publisher. So things like deadlines are easier to push back.
In DICE's case, they're the developer but EA is the publisher. So that means EA is the one paying them (more or less), so they can put pressure on Dice to have the game "presentable" by a certain date. Hence the buggy launch, the game was rushed. That's also why EA is being sued and not Dice.
Destiny is a great example of the developer (Bungie) and the publisher (Activision) releasing a game and mutually agreeing on a date. It was originally supposed to be released Spring 2014 but they pushed it back to September.
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Whoever controls the money, controls the release date and EA are greedy bastards.
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chaosyume
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ce5bjkg
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Choose the correct hero to complement your playstyles. If she's passive, she should do well on a farm centric hero while you play a poke type support with good disengage. Aggressive need not only be all in.
All in/kill potential supports are like Leona/Annie/Blitz
Poke supports are anyone who can abuse their range like Zyra/Sona/Lulu
It doesn't matter how passive she is if you hook an enemy while she's near, it isn't too hard for her to hit it.
In general, having a good support to bully while a hypercarry farms is a legitimate strategy.
On the flipside, she can be someone like Soraka while you use someone like Ezreal which will still work.
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Try playing heroes to complement your playstyles
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zeug666
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ce630v9
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I am not a lawyer, but I suppose that depends on what was stated in the advertising for this particular promotion.
If they said the DLC would carry over that is one thing, but if people just assumed that the DLC carried over despite the information in the fine print/EULA type of stuff then that is on them.
Is it the 'best' way for them to handle the situation? Maybe not, but to what extent are companies responsible for making sure consumers are informed if they are so willing to just throw money at products.
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probably depends on if it was misleading or not.
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THSi
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ce7t1w2
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Freezing the lane is a tactic used to control how the minions push.
Okay lets get into it. Each wave has at least 6 creeps, 3 melee and 3 casters they are completely equal. When you attack attack you unbalance the equation. There by pushing the lane.
Your opponent will be doing the same thing to last hit them and pushing it back to you.
So now you have the wave pushing to you, if it hits your tower it will die, but you don't want that to happen because then the lane will reset back into the middle and your jungler is waiting to gank.
So you stand just out of tower range, letting the enemy minions hit you, you lose a lot of hp to the minions, but the lane is stopped just outside of your turret as you minions run up to attack it. The lane has been frozen outside your turret and you jungler can now gank.
"But wait THSi I don't want to lose a lot of HP to the minions!" Well then pick off the 3 caster minions and leave the 3 melee, they do less damage and are much tankier than those evil caster minions!
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Kill off the caster minions and leave a couple of melee as they reach the outside of your tower range, using the S Key to STOP your champion and Freezing the wave.
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thats_a_semaphor
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cec6k37
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I can't see anything in this article that actually supports of explains any sort of claim about the nature of consciousness and why it, and nothing else, stands outside spacetime and/or is "absorbed" into branching "realities" (it doesn't even mention what interpretation of QM it subscribes to -they are not all "Many-Worlds" or decoherence interpretations, and those that are don't necessarily treat consciousness specially).
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I wouldn't trust this article.
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caburrito
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cedu1hu
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The fact that abilities cost mana inherently gives you a cost/reward system. If you're sitting there spamming abilities, and the enemy dodges them, soon enough they will be rewarded for dodging your abilities when you no longer have mana for them. On the other side, if you land your abilities, it was a positive trade - you traded mana and they took damage (presumably you took less or even none, though this is only in the ideal case).
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You have a fundamental flaw in your understanding of the idea of mana and its gameplay interactions.
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Topican
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dating_advice
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t5_2s4kl
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cee4udx
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I am not your guy, but I am that guy. My best friend calls me a robot, I am separated from my soon to be ex wife and this is part of the issue. I don't talk about my problems or share my feelings much. I almost never gave a compliment or showed affection in public. Just the basic stuff that was expected of me. At least that used to be the case.
Things changed after I met one woman who showed me how to behave in a more open way. In reality she trained me, without realizing that. She didn't know what she did and I never told her, and I doubt I ever will, but I am grateful for everything that she has done for me.
Here is what I did when people would ask me how was my day: "OK" that is it. Do details, no feelings nothing. Same answer for the questions "what do you think about this or that?". Pretty basic, got me through many years of my life, and definitely kept me safe from harm.
If no one knows what is important to me how would anyone know how to hurt me. Not the healthiest way of thinking, IMHO.
Here is what she did.
When I saw her she would hug me first, she would tell me in a playful way to hug her, she would demand it every once in a while. As a guy I obliged and day by day I fell into routine of maintaining that physical contact and I enjoyed it, and I miss it when I don't get a chance to hug someone.
When I would visit her she would tell me all about her day and I mean she would tell me everything, every detail, every nuance. Being not talkative helps me to listen. I listened carefully and I enjoyed when she would tell me about her day, it was mesmerizing to me. Makes me smile even now when I think about it.
She would tell me what she ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She would tell me about her work, play new music that she liked, little embarrassing things that she does. It was great. And she would do that every day, as if we haven't seen each other for a week, and she was excited to tell things to me.
I listened, I saw how she enjoyed telling me all that, and than she would ask me questions, simple non invasive questions, like "what did you have for breakfast today?", "when did you wake up?". What was really important for me personally, is that she gave me time to answer. She would ask a question in between the things that she was doing, and not waiting for my answer, but be around and give me 30 minutes to get up courage to answer simple question "what did I have for breakfast?" with something other than "OK".
I got used to answering unimportant questions, I started enjoying answering those questions. Later, when she would ask me about my work, I answered. I learned to enjoy answering these questions, and telling her how my day is. She didn't ask "How is your day?" it was more detailed to my day to day activities, made it a bit harder to reply "OK".
There are things that always will be off limits, this you might want to accept. There will be days when he will probably be silent all day and you would have to be OK with that. Tell him to hug you, and just be silent with him. Learn how to enjoy those quiet moments, he will be grateful to you for that. Give him time and he will tell you what is happening in his head.
[I guess women just like to know. Just an aside, there is a "nothing" box in a guys head and I personally spend a lot of time there. It also has a secret door from "What I would do to you in bed" box, for a quick escape, if ever woman asks "what are you thinking about?"]
Now back to the story. If you really like the guy, give him space and lead by example. Don't be pushy or hasty. Take time, start with small every day things and built from there.
Some of the unique things that were quite specific to my situation. I like giving massages, it relaxes me. So she would ask me for a massage every day and when I was relaxed, and she melted in my arms I would "divulge all of the information". I guess I am a sucker for a satisfied woman.
All these things she did unconsciously, she didn't do this on purpose, she was a natural. She got married and now is very happy with her husband. He is a quiet and not tactile person either. From what I hear she changed that as well. She worked on him same way, as she worked with me.
I am forever grateful to her, she made my life much better, she showed me a better way to live. Hardest part for me now is to transfer these things and keep it up when she is not part of my life anymore. But if you are not planning to leave your guy, he won't have to deal with it.
Be gentle, be patient, and be forgiving, this is really hard to do to let the guard down, for me it was easier to walk away from marriage, woman whom I love very much and from my son, than it was to let my guard down.
Good luck.
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Don't tell him that he is a robot, or unemotional, or "what is happening in that head of yours?"
Tell him what to do, avoid demands. Tell him when to hug you, when to tell you compliment and what compliment you need.
Lead by example, be open yourself, engage in the physical touch first. I don't think he will push away.
Start small with questions "What did you have for breakfast?" and slowly built up with from there.
Be Patient, give him time to answer, and don't dwell on every word.
Help him to relax, do an activity that relaxes him, and that you enjoy doing yourself. He will be comfortable with you and that will help communication.
Forgive his mistakes and help him built on the successes that he is doing.
Accept that some things will be off limits, just don't go there, he will let you in when he is ready.
I hope that helps, good luck.
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hannes3120
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cefso1t
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won't change this much imho - it needs some time to develop - the first one or two months weren't that much saving for me - you have to get into it and give it some time.
bought it during the summer-sale and still spent over 50€ AFTER that purchase on games of whom I only played two (one of them was Batman Arkham City and I only played if after it was in the HumbleBundle and I "had" to gift it to a friend of mine - so basically the only game I played of these 50€ was FTL which was 2,50€ and also on a Bundle later on...)
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don't expect quick saving-success, but it's worth it on the long run
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aaron1312
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relationship_advice
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t5_2r0cn
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cefxukv
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With what you said, i only have one thing to say, and that is that a parent's love for their child and vice-versa will ALWAYS be stronger than that of a husband and wife as they will always be there for you.
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MY FAMILY COMES FIRST THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE
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blob-dob-11
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cehxwib
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adcs are fine as they are in terms of damage, but there needs to be better defensive items for them. When it comes to late game you're either being destroyed by a mundo or one-shotted by an assassin. GA means they have time to reposition and doesn't always work, and banshees is nice but only mitigates the damage from an assassin. Besides, with both of these you can be chased out of a teamfights and it's always down to the bruisers/AP casters to win the fight. It comes to the point where if you don't have flash up you are as good as dead, and if you do you're still not able to do any damage.
Of course all of this can be fixed by solid peel from your team mates, but in soloq that just doesn't happen and I've had multiple games of going 17/3 or something like that, getting one shotted as my team is trying to chase the enemy adc and we lose. ADCs don't have the presence in fights any more and good positioning means less and less if a kat can flash>e>w>r instakill you no matter what. Of course adc's shouldn't be able to fight bruisers but there isn't much point if your sole job is to waste cooldowns and hopefully put a dent in a mundo.
But to reference your original post, 6 item cait can easily face a 4 item voli, she's the best kiter in the game. Work on stutter stepping and you should be fine. Alternatively, DON'T TRY TO 1v1 A VOLIBEAR. You should never be alone, the current meta means you'll be destroyed by pretty much anyone. Your job is to back up your team, not to 1v1 everyone. Armour pen wouldn't do much against a voli because he works off health with his passive, and buffing LW would be overpowered.
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Damage output is fine, but there needs to be a defensive item that can counter the bruiser meta.
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isignedupforthis
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cejlfee
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Even if you are most likely crazy sometimes we need these crazy people because they are have completely different view on things. And just in case one of crazy or "crazy" is right we already have some sort of info at hand so we can proceed forward by not poking in complete darkness.
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In event of whole world being wrong and very few being right we need those few for evolutionary reasons. Cover all bases as long as we can afford the man power to do so.
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spayceinvader
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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ceit4e7
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Dont think of aliens as something "out of this world" but rather "out of this experience".
What is "this experience"? I mean the sensory experience inherited by every human being as the gift of "life". The physical universe, and the physical experience are just that, limited by the rules, boundaries and limitations of physicality. Physics, chemistry, biology, all of science is an extension of an evolving explanation for the underlying "rules" of material (and recently quantum) existence, the only existence we've ever "known".
I'll try and expand by way of an example: the world of Super Mario. You fire up a game of super Mario, you press start and the game begins. From Mario's perspective, he has just been born. Born into a world with rules, boundaries and limitations. He doesnt know anything outside of this world, nor can he see the underlying coding that determines these rules. He only knows he exists, and tries to seek out his purpose. He does his best to fulfill the purpose of his existence until he dies and starts over, or "wins" and can progress to Mario world 2, complete with some new rules and limitations, and so on.
Let me propose that this is somewhat how life works, except that we are given free will, while Mario is not. We determine the speed and direction of our own progress, by directing our intention and attention. Our body is a car...a vessel...something our soul (or essence, or whatever you want to call it, chosen words are irrelevant to meaning)...inhabits to go from birth to death, much like we get into a car to go from A to B, or Mario goes from "start" to "Princess Peach". While on the ride, we are slaves to the characteristics of the car. We can only see the spectrum of light our eyes are designed to see, only hear the spectrum of sound our ears are designed to hear, only feel what our nerves are in a position to feel etc and so on. That doesnt mean there arent other frequencies of light bouncing around all the time, other vibrations of sound all around us, other things capable of being felt. But that's the beauty of it, without these "rules" or "limitations" there would be no experience! The human body has been designed to experience the gift of life. The human soul has a higher purpose.
The universe exists in its entirety at all time, we have been given the gift to experience our "life" within that universe. The very stuff you are made up of, the very atoms of your DNA is NOT yours, you're borrowing it to have an experience. What you are physically made of has existed since the beginning of time, you are borrowing it for the sake of "your" experience.
My point is that there is more to "life" (or "god" as I like to think of it (choose whatever word suits you meaning "all of creation", or "all that is") as a whole than the life you have "known"; same as Mario doesnt know about you sitting there playing Mario, you dont know what exists outside of the limitations of your experience, but that doesnt mean its not there.
What does this have to do with "aliens"? Sure, in all probability, somewhere out in the expanse of physical space there probably reside other extra-terrestrial physical creatures, which are bound by the same or similar constraints of physicality. But I prefer to think there also exist "aliens" not like traditional sci-fi, but as something you couldnt even imagine, because they exist outside of our common "experience". Just like a two dimensional creature could never hope to imagine "depth", they would have to somehow experience it before hoping to understand it, we cannot hope to imagine what lies beyond the limitations of three dimensional experience, we can only direct our attention in a way that can lead us to experience the "beyond". The final frontier is not "out there" its "in here" (point to yourSelf). Because it is within yourself that your entire life has been experienced. You dont put your hand on a table and feel the table, you feel yourself respond to the energy that makes up the table. You dont experience some external "thing" that is love or justice, you have an internal experience that you learn to describe with the words.
You're not your fucking khakis...you think that's air you're breathing now?
Its all a paradox, because obviously you ARE your physical makeup, and your physical existence depends you adherence to the rules of physical existence (breathing), but dont kid yourself into believing that's all you are, and never stop searching for your true nature.
The common experience of the day once believed the earth was flat, evolving understanding proved otherwise.
We almost have wide-scale replicators ffs. Half of classic Star Trek is becoming accepted reality.
Stop pretending you know something, open your mind and just enjoy the ride.
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We are all Super Mario trying to find our "Princess Peach", but there's a whole other world outside of the game. Aliens are outside of the game, so stop trying to use the rules of the game to explain something outside of it, just open yourself up to the possibility, and enjoy the ever-evolving ride of life.
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NarcolepticLeopard
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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ceit7rx
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I haven't kept up with the Snowden adventures, so these are just suggestions, not actual widely accepted reasons.
First of all, some of this stuff was already public knowledge, and even written into public law if I remember correctly. By doing some searching, a few of his claims can be confirmed. The Utah data center, AT&T's Room 641A, etc.
Secondly, and I'll summarize this at the top for convenience: cross-reference is not very reliable, but it does become more reliable when the number of unrelated references goes up. His story is a truly massive house of cards, made up of all sorts of different parties with all sorts of different interests and alliances, everyone from your average IT engineer, to corporations, right up to foreign governments with their own intelligence networks. If any single one of the cards isn't particularly inclined to play along, they could bring the entire house down.
However, none of the cards are pulling out. Keep in mind that these claims are hurting some of them quite a bit, so if it weren't true, it would be in their best interests to step forward and prove otherwise. Instead, they're all making one coherent story. Google is showing gag orders, Germany is throwing an absolute fit over it all, and so on. It's hard to imagine how all these different parties benefit from playing along with the lie, let alone prevent others from disproving it.
If this is a lie, it's truly unprecedented, both in scale and execution. And the result, whether true or not, is that now everyone that the NSA wants to keep track of is either going to go further off the grid or ramp up encryption. For an intelligence-gathering organization, that would be an awfully counter-productive lie.
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The puzzle pieces appear to fit. It's still entirely possible that they don't fit, but it appears that they do.
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vSaUCE
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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ceim9g1
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Regardless of whether or not this guy's lost his marbles, I think that the argument for promoting peace in the hopes of gaining favor with extraterrestrial beings (in exchange for new technologies) is still much better than any argument that promotes murder or prejudice in the name of our planet's current "idols." They're both essentially variants of Pascal's Wager, but I'll take the nut job who advocates peace in the hopes of achieving First Contact over the nut job who wishes that all gays were eradicated just because they think that their beliefs will keep them from being sent to a pit of eternal fire after they die. I guess the point that I'm trying to make here is... we all know that there are plenty of crazies in the world, but rather than simply poke fun at this guy, maybe we should be asking ourselves if his message of "more peace for more alien tech" is really that much crazier (or even harmful) of an ideology than the ones that are based on today's more widely accepted social and moral principles. I see lots of jokes about cults and conspiracies, but are these not the very foundations and institutions upon which our current society was technically built (their names merely changed to religions and governments)?
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This guy may sound crazy, but is his argument of "less war, more alien tech" really that much crazier or worse than our current most popular ethical motivators?
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apple-jacks
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TwoXChromosomes
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t5_2r2jt
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ceiwes4
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I think one of the things that I enjoy the most about your story is that (how I read it) is that you learned an important lesson in perception. 15 year old you thought you were ugly, gawky, and someone your crush would not be attracted to, but in reality, that was not the case. I always viewed myself as a not confident, shy, ugly, awkward teenager who couldn't fit in with any group quite right, so I understand that and want to share my own (long) story of catching up with an old friend.
I had a long (2 hour) catch-up facebook chat with an old friend a few months back. It somehow came up how I wish I could take parts of who I am now (more confident, comfortable with who I am, able to express feelings appropriately without bottling up anger, resentment, fear, etc) and transfer that to HS me. He was legitimately shocked to learn that I felt uncomfortable, out of place, shy, or awkward because he perceived me then as someone who knew who she was and someone who was confident. Um, what?!
Having that perception check was eye-opening. I too have those divergent path moments, but not with that friend in particular (never had a crush on him, just a few of his friends!). I wonder how other key moments in relationships (friendships and all those pesky crushes) could have turned out had I known that I had plenty of redeeming qualities that made me likable, both as a friend and as a potential date.
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Thanks for sharing your experience! Signed, someone else who also wishes she could also go tell her 15-year-old self (who am I kidding, and my 16, 17, 18, and 19 year old self) that some things would turn out OK in the end.
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MrUlterior
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cej2v3g
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That's fine, and I agree and I have.
But, when every non-white or Muslim immigrant is tarred with the same "they don't integrate, and likely to be criminal" brush, that too is inherently racist. Worse, it punishes those that have integrated. So why should anyone bother integrate when the vast majority won't grant them a basic a human right?
The problem in France is one of opportunity, education and perception. When the "Criminal Problem" is addressed, rather than the "Immigrant Problem", headway will be made. When cohesion in a society has its own reward, it is meaningful. You need not look far back in history to see what the alternative are, hopefully that's not preferable to anyone.
Right now I live in a country in close proximity to the French border, having left France because of precisely the perception I address above. Here a large proportion of specific crimes (burglary, car theft, muggings especially) are committed by French criminals rather than nationals, yet it's not perceived as a "French Problem"
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society collectively needs make the effort to move forward, nobody gets to shrug their part in this. The adage goes, "if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem"
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1esproc
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cekfmud
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I think they're overhyping the immediate impact of this
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Stock markets.
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failon
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cekyteo
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I don't even know where to start with this. You've completely misinterpreted what I said.
Yes, you can use the elliptical, but what if you like to run ?
Powerlifting is a sport. People do it for various reasons, but most of those come back to enjoying it on some level.
There are ways to train and compete in sports safely, and while there are always risks of participating in any sport, they can be minimized.
Incidentally, the arched bench press in powerlifting is a perfect example of minimizing risk!
Because the goal in powerlifting is to move as much weight as possible in a way defined by a set of more or less universal rules (different sanctioning bodies making small, albeit noteworthy changes) it behooves a powerlifter to move these extreme loads in a way that enables longevity in the sport.
Make no mistake, moving maximal weights is not inherently healthy. Neither are Ironman triathlons, gymnastics, or soccer. Injuries happen in all sports. It's the risk you take by participating, but you do want to minimize them.
So the bench press. Why the hell would someone want to arch their back, if all it did was shorten the range of motion and allow them to lift more weight?
Turns out it does at least two other things that protect the lifter.
First, by tilting the scapula posteriorly (relative to the bench) it opens the subacromial space in the shoulder, reducing the likelihood of impinging soft tissue structures and creating repetitive stress injuries like biceps tendinitis and rotator cuff tears. For many people, this is the only position they can bench press in without either significant pain or progressive damage to the soft tissue of the shoulder.
Second, that same relative posterior tilt of the scapula and lessened range of motion allows for greater bony congruency in the shoulder, which allows for more force production and overall less stress on both the articular structures (like snowshoes, more contact area = less deformation) and soft tissue structures (particularly the middle glenohumeral and anterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligaments, along with the subscapularis) that support the shoulder. Turns out, damage to those supportive structures leads to anterior instability in the shoulder which (ta-da!) leads to degenerative conditions of the shoulder including rotator cuff tears.
So they are protecting themselves. The risk of spine damage from a static, muscularly loaded extended position while the shoulder moves a heavy load is incredibly small compared to everything else that could go wrong.
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Your shit's all retarded.
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Strikerrjones
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cenvn68
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those guys are not healthy. they put a tremendous amount of stress on their bodies.
How the hell do you think people get healthy? Putting stress on our bodies is 100% necessary for health. Now, elite level athletes may take the stress beyond the point of health (however you're defining that term), but that's the same for nearly every sport.
> third, they are not athletic. athletic means you're all around good. so they should be able to run for miles, good vertical, lift weights, swim etc etc.
This is fucking stupid. "Athletic" and "fit" are completely dependent on the sport and situation. If you are an elite athlete in a sport, you are athletic in regards to that sport. If you are a marathon runner, you are probably not athletic in regards to powerlifting, and likely vice versa (although I'm sure there are exceptions to both).
In addition, you don't know that they can't run for miles, jump, and swim. [Resistance training]( does improve cardiovascular fitness. They probably don't focus on cardiovascular fitness, but you can't tell just from looking at them that they can't do those things.
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you've been wrong about almost everything you've posted in this thread.
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MintakaEK
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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celf46c
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Not only he needs therapy, but YOU do too, not because you have something wrong but because HE may have transformed you in ways you can't imagine.
Personal experience: my father was a very abusive man, and my mother stayed with him for 30 years. He never got physical except for one terrible month, after which he realized he had to seek therapy, but he made us do things that (now) make me wonder why I didn't run to the police when I was a kid, such as making us cross the highway on foot when we remained with no gas because of his fault, forbid us from visiting relatives, convince me that a 3.7 gpa made me a failure, tell her daily how incompetent she was, and other things that I thought were absolutely normal, because "he was always right".
He also had many great qualities, which made even harder to understand how bad the abuse was.
He killed himself last year (he was paranoid, bipolar, depressed and other things, but don't panic, your husband probably is not), and my mother, now that is free, doesn't know what to do. Who to be. She started being tyrannical herself, because she is USED to the presence of some kind of abuse, and I am now in the process of convincing her to seek some therapy. I already am in therapy, for trying to turn my non-abusive bf in an abuser.
The bottom line is: what he does IS NOT your fault, but it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to realize how deeply and strongly it affects YOU.
I personally would advise you to seek couple's and individual therapy, and if it doesn't work, run as fast as you can. You don't want your future 12y/o children to stop trucks on the interstate highway so they won't run you over.
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an abusive relationship affects you way more than you imagine: husband MUST go to therapy, but OP is strongly advised to do so, too, or she might not know how to live without the abuse.
EDIT: let me add this: the leitmotiv of "I'm always right, you're always wrong" is a sign of a paranoid personality. That can become very dangerous, if not kept in control.
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Zerowantuthri
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cemy5ni
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The video is very good and thorough but it does miss one point.
Why is Comcast (and other ISPs in the US) doing this?
Simple...
Comcast has been losing subscribers for years. They are not growing, they are shrinking. Why? Because more and more people are cutting the cord and accessing their entertainment online.
Thing is, Comcast is a monopoly in many markets for internet service and an oligopoly where it is not a monopoly. I live in Chicago and you have a choice of Comcast, RCN or AT&T for internet service and AT&T DSL service is light years behind the bandwidth you can get from cable so really you have two choices in Chicago.
Chicago is a major metropolitan area (third largest in the US I think). If you can't get competitive services here where will you get it?
So, Comcast sees the writing on the wall. People are tired of paying for 300 channels they never watch. They want an a la carte system...pay for the things you want and not all the shit you don't.
Thing is Comcast's CEO said [a la carte programming will never happen](
So what can Comcast do when people are dropping cable in droves opting for internet provided entertainment? Put in data caps and make you pay if you go over. Don't like it? Well fuck you cuz you have no other choices.
There is a reason [Comcast ranks among the most despised companies]( in the US and that is because they have no interest in helping you. They only want to empty your billfold.
98% may not use 300GB of data/month today but Comcast can see that more and more people are headed that way. They are getting out in front of the trend so there will be less bleating from the sheeple down the road.
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Comcast wants to get out ahead of people using the internet for entertainment and make sure they can charge for it one way or another.
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hobbyjogger
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cenw6f2
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since only people with specific skills can solve problems in a specific field
But an economist, for example, needs to know nothing about farming to look at the data and show that a certain farm subsidy wastes money. At the same time, I would much rather ask the economist instead of driving to a farm and asking the guy on the tractor whether he should get a subsidy. So just because the farmer (or teacher, or soldier, or whoever) has "specific skills" doesn't mean that he's necessarily more fit to govern.
The advantage of technical expertise is that experts are great at answering empirical questions. Which strain of corn grows best or which weapon is most effective in close combat. So we absolutely need them as part of the equation.
The problem with technocracy, however, is that empirical questions are only half of the problem of governing . The other half involves values like liberty, equality and fairness. Science tells us what is, but not what ought to be. So scientists can tell us that exhaust filter A blocks 85% of pollution for $5 and option B blocks 90% for $6. But it can't tell us whether we as a society would get the highest value from A or B or no regulation. It can't tell us how much we value the freedom to pollute nor how much we care about the distributional costs of pollution that fall disproportionately upon the urban poor.
So we want to find public officials who are best at discerning our unique combination of values. And there is good reason to think that the technical experts supplying the data to these officials won't themselves hold the same values as society at large.
Return to the farmer example. Do you think the expert farmer places the same value on a farm subsidy as the rest of us do? Probably not. So keep him around, ask him to share his knowledge on best practices etc. but don't ask him to impose his own farmer-centric values on the rest of us.
Edit:
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if you have a question about farm subsidies, would you rather ask an economist or ask a farmer whether he should get a subsidy? If you say the economist, you're against technocracy as it's defined here (an expert who regulates his particular field). If you'd trust the farmer to decide, you're for it.
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hobbyjogger
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ceo2lb7
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how to better serve your terminal value of survival
See, you're still grasping for objectivity (science) where it can't be found. You mention long-term survival, for example, as if it is an objective, universal goal. But the people who skydive and eat McDonald's and take meth don't live by that assumption. They prefer momentary pleasures over a long life, so how could the scientist dictate that they prefer protecting the environment to having a few dollars in their pocket to spend on kitkat bars-- even if you think the choice is irrational .
What happens if people have irrational preferences? If behaviorial economics teaches us anything, it's that we all have irrational preferences at times. Maybe a world of perfect rationality would be too boring and would keep us from Pareto efficiency. Regardless, it's part of life.
Now I don't want to be too strong here. Of course science is important. And of course the science of decisionmaking has a lot to say about how we should undertake decisions. And of course surveys and studies of people's values can play a role as unofficial "votes" as to what society thinks is important.
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at the end of the day, someone has to sit there and decide 'A is more important than B.' Science does a lot but it can't do that. So there is no inherent reason that experts (scientists) are better at resolving these questions, which is the core premise of Technocracy.
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tvcgrid
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ceo35jd
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Ah, just to clarify, I didn't mean that terminal values are consistent for every person; people have very complex values and they vary a lot, and some of them are the same.
Also, yes, people definitely do have irrational preferences, or even conflicting terminal values at the same time.
And yes, I agree that someone has to sit there and decide at the end of the day.
So, one implicit claim I read is that since there is so much inconsistency in values and so much irrationality in decision making, therefore people with a better-than-average grasp of relevant issues and good skill-match to their public office don't make better decisions. I argue that this doesn't follow. If someone knows an area of expertise and that expertise is relevant to doing a job well, you'll probably get better outcomes choosing that person for the job. You also have a probability of having worse outcomes, though I argue it's lower.
But then again, I guess I'm not partial to experts. I just want people who would most probably make good decisions. But of course, people can disagree about those probabilities, and giving a fair share of voice to people is another thing I feel is important.
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I don't have a hardon for technocracy, but let's select good people to do the jobs we all need done!
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Dripship
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cerdrdk
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I always see a lot of cynics in these types of threads calling this type of deletion guide useless, and I feel in most cases, the arguments that they're making are strawmen.
Yes, for all intents and purposes, once information has been made public, it's largely out of your hands to ever completely remove. Yes, some servers will likely still hold your info, partially to fully available. Yes, you're probably not going to be able to hide info from the government or a sufficiently motivated/advanced attacker.
But the vast majority of people will never have to. Sufficient security is all most people will ever need, and this kind of guide is meant to impart that.
Consider a four digit bike lock. A person with the right tools, or enough time and tenacity, will always be capable of stealing your bike. But, the time it would take to do so and the fluid, public nature of the space make your bike sufficiently secure that you can feel secure to leave your bike unattended.
Data and personal info are similar, in that sufficient security by deletion is all most people ever really need. For most people,
a good deletion is perfect, and discouraging it is a bad thing. Why? First, deleting info prevents it from being further archived and stored, plugging the source of the leak. Second, and more importantly, if done correctly it largely removes the information from the clearweb. This is important, as this is how roughly 99% of people sniffing for information and low level attackers will find out what they're looking for. Once you've removed google as an effective tool to find sensitive info about you, it quickly becomes a hell of a lot more time consuming, difficult, luck based, and, potentially, expensive, to get your info. It largely doesn't matter if your data is stored on physical servers if an attacker first doesn't have access to those servers and can't successfully search to find information that would otherwise be missing.
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Comments which impart wisdom like "lol nothing is ever really deleted from the internet, glhf" vitally miss that you don't actually need to permanently delete anything to take back the lions share of your privacy and make it prohibitively difficult for most attackers to find what they're looking for.
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thecarebearcares
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ceu5j56
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I don't think we disagree on this much.
> Nobody is saying that drunkenness causes rape; the correlation alone is very useful.
It is useful; it's the starting point for investigation. Further investigation into actual rape cases, rather than an overview of statistics, appears to show that the intoxication of the victim is not a key factor in why they were raped. Taking the percentage of rape victims who were drunk as against the percentage of women in general who were drunk is just a starting point for investigation. On further investigation, the theory "Women can avoid rape by not drinking heavily" is a) discredited and b) shown to be harmful. I don't want to restate others answers, I think these points are what's being discussed elsewhere in this thread.
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A correlation between two factors is not the beginning and the end of investigation into a phenomena. There is no compelling evidence that drinking causes an increased risk of rape. Focusing on that point detracts from other risk factors and can lead to implicit victim blaming.
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______DEADPOOL______
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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ceu75o8
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I derail shit like you from poisoning the conversation. That's positive contribution, motherfucker.
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you've been had.
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______DEADPOOL______
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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ceuhj3v
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And yet, if you look at vimeo's content, the production quality is much much higher than youtube, and youtube's revenue sharing program don't generate much money unless you're part of a network.
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please be informed when making argument.
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underpaidorphan
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cex91u8
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Keep in mind, tehlith is presenting his opinion and one side of the argument.
Base building is fairly easy to start up, once you get used to the game, so rebuilding a base isn't that hard (and is part of the game). C4 is fairly hard to come by and if you have an intricate base, the enemy raiding you more than likely doesn't have enough C4 to waste (or they don't want to guess where your loot/treasure room is).
If you play on a 100+ server, you are going to have a bad time with base building. Unless you form a group or community, which plenty of servers do. They build their own little cities and communities and it helps, because if you are logged out and at work, someone else might be logged in to watch over your stuff.
If you play in smaller 50+ servers, you are going to have a much, much easier time. You might have to shop around for a decent server with a decent player base, but plenty of them exist.
They are adding more defense to helping stop raiders and they are decent at updating the game so far. I wouldn't count on it VERY soon, but they know that it can be tough on larger servers and are looking into it.
Just wanted to present the other side of the argument.
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Base building and defense is fine, but mileage can vary depending on server its playerbase & player count.
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splendid_knight
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cey2fmo
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Remind me why it's America's responsibility to fight every battle against al-Qaeda. Sounds to me like if the international community is so outraged about this then maybe more then one country should be shamed for staying out of it. We've been fighting them for 13 years. We tried to make deals with Iraq to keep soldiers in country but they required us to share intel with them if we did that, which we didn't want to do. When we refused they balked at the deal.
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Iraq decided that they could handle this mess without us. Let them.
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lawlzillakilla
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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ceylqfk
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It's important to note that doing weight training will only help you lose weight up to a certain point. Its good that you are watching what you eat. If you want to lift, then I recommend Snoopy's videos on YouTube. He goes over really simple excersizes that you can do at the gym, and they will usually kick your ass (in a good way). He also has links to meal calculators that will help you hit your macros and keep calories down.
If you do start lifting and you are somewhat serious about it, you will drop your body fat % like mad. That is what most people want when they say that they want to lose weight. You will definitely see a change in the mirror, especially if you have been lifting heavy and busting your ass.
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Don't worry so much about the scale, lifting will put on muscle weight. Watch the mirror and your bodyfat % instead. Get shredded.
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zizzymoo
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cezn5rz
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As someone with OCD tendencies when it comes to cleaning/germs, I was right there with you until I read this:
> They did clean the dishes, which is a step, although it makes me a bit annoyed that they left them to dry and didn't bother to put them away.
This tells me that at least some of this issue with their messiness is your issue , and not them being truly messy at all.
What you are really wanting is for them to maintain things at YOUR standard of what is clean, which quite frankly, isn't actually their responsibility. The vast majority of people would not be upset about dishes drying in the drainer. I don't let dishes just sit in my drainer because I have issues with it. My husband (and damn near everyone else I know) thinks it's just fine to have dishes in the drainer. So you know what? Since I'm the one who doesn't want them there, I'm the one that makes sure they don't stay there... I don't piss and moan because my husband has washed dishes and cleaned up after himself and then dared to leave dishes drying in the rack.
I'd bet my next paycheck that if your roommates were polled independent of you/your influence, they'd all say that you are over-the-top in your demands with regards to cleaning. They're "agreeing" with you because you are putting them on the spot and they don't want to cause waves... not because they objectively think it's a fucking sin for dishes to be drying in the drainer.
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I'm OCD and even I know that most of the problem here isn't with your roommates, it's with your own OCD issues that are apparently unaddressed.
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gorp_gorp_delicious
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cf1m1ep
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The ridiculous costs of our current system are a result of our current system. There's a recent oecd study you should look up, about how we have the highest costs per standardized procedure out of all the oecd countries. All because we allow insurers, hospitals, and the like to dictate costs.
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health care is expensive because we allow it to be expensive. Change the system, change the cost.
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Dr_cow
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf148af
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The problem with that is we have a tendency to push the game to it's limit. Raise the limit and we cram more nerds in. There was actually a fight last week that involved about twice as many people but the server couldn't really handle the load so it wasn't nearly as interesting.
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if the server/client could handle this then we'd just throw more nerds at it until it's back down to 5fps.
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Zurtrinik
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf16x0h
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smaller ships can either be logistics (basically healers), electronic warfare (think debuffs), be damage dealers going after other smaller ships, or do a variety of specialized tasks such as dropping warp bubbles (enemy cant run away), lighting cynos (bringing reinforcements straight to the fight). combat in eve is designed to be very complex and include ships of all sizes.
As for actually doing things it depends on what your fleet commander tells you to do, some roles are very simple while others might be fairly complex, either way they do require some management.
during battles this large the server slows down time to 10% of normal so framerates rarely get too bad but with this many ships on the field, things do start acting strangely.
as for friends vs foes, most players will configure their UI to only tell them about, and place brackets over relevant things, as well as color coding, enemies are colored red or orange, friendlies are blue, green, and purple, this screenshot is only showing enemy ships and drones, it would be exceedingly complex if friendlies, wrecks, and everything else in the solar system was shown.
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small ships matter too, time gets slowed to reduce lag but it can still be a factor, you can color code and decide who you can see.
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Zurtrinik
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf180mo
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Killing happens slowly in eve, larger weapons are ineffective against smaller ships (large weapons have trouble with tracking and hitting) so dying instantly almost always requires coordination on the enemies part and is reserved for important targets. Survival is a very complex system that would require essays to explain but it is a thing ou control through a myriad of ways, you can even fit ships to help other ships survive damage. Finally losing a ship is not that big a deal, smaller ships are relatively cheap, and most alliances offer ship replacement programs or will even hand out free ships for big fights like these. If you do lose a ship or even die, you should be able to jump in a new ship and rejoin the fight in the next reinforcement fleet fairly quickly (assuming you prepared accordingly). Losing ships is a very regular part of eve.
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proactive survival is a big thing, and the enemy has to work hard to make you die fast so it usually isn't worth it.
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uselessattempt
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf1cmhy
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It depends on what ship you're in.
Capital ships have much higher hit points than sub-capital ships. A frigate may have a few thousand hitpoints. Calculated by the actual hitpoints, spread across shield/armor/hull. Factored in by each layer with varying degrees of resistances. Some ships have more shield hit points, favoring shields, Others favor armor, though none favor hull.
Each layer have a resistance level to certain types of damage. Shields may resist explosive damage by 70% for example (reducing incoming explosive damage by 70%). Multiply the total hitpoints by the resistance profiles and you get what we call EHP, or Effective hitpoints. Think, all your armor/shields * your health.
A battleship may have up to couple hundred thousand EHP 100-200,000 being average to high.
A carrier, for example, an entry level capital ship, will have in turn a few million hitpoints. A supercapital, or titan can have 80 million or more effective hitpoints.
So in terms of scaling, it would take quite a few subcapitals to bring down a larger ship. Not to say it can't or isn't done (it happens all the time), it's just less likely especially in larger fights like this since Capital ships also repair each other faster/easier/more effectively than sub-capitals.
The balancing side of this, is that capital ships, have a hard time killing sub-capital ships. Dreadnoughts, the counter part to carriers, are designed to stay in one spot, and hit giant ships with giant guns. But it means they can't track or follow the smaller, nimbler subcap ships. So a frigate or cruiser, is virtually unkillable to a dreadnought. Not that it hasn't happened either, it's just much much harder to do.
So if you're in a beginner ship, these giants likely A, don't care about you, and B, can't hit you to begin with. This is where/why the subcapitals will look to kill enemy subcapitals, because without them, they can pin down the larger ships and eventually kill them without repercussion.
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Big ships can't kill small ones, but have lots of health. Small ships can dodge big ships, but need lots of help to bring down bigger ships.
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altrsaber
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf1tofo
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Except you do not realize a loss until someone buys below your cost. Everyone of his sales will be at a loss for him, and in the off chance you sell (this will be much rarer), since you got your stock from him, even if you sell below build cost, you still profit.
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the only loss is your funds are not liquid
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ChiefEmann
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cf1ou25
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I'm getting a lot of mixed feelings reading a lot of these comments, and I'm kinda concerned.
The lack of self-worth, the general discontent with your daily life at home, a general sense of not being appreciated: it sounds like you're depressed.
Sure, your relationship with your husband could be a little bit rocky or flat at the moment; I'm sure he's got stresses working on him at work, like you have anxieties at home, and they all kinda mish-mash into a general bad feeling between the two of you.
My suggest is, first try to improve your days; just say you'd like to start a regular date night, maybe once every week or two, on a (insert day here). Take up a hobby: some people start their own stay at home business, some people renovate, some people scrapbook; something different.
If things don't go as planned, seek personal counseling; see if this is all coming from your end more than his end. If your personal counselor is any good, he'll take the time to hear out your issues (much better than Reddit will) and will make suggestions, which may include couples counseling.
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Complaints in all directions may suggest a personal problem, not necessarily a marriage one. Seek personal counseling, and they may suggest marriage counseling, or find a different issue altogether.
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_tinytina
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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cf1y9t1
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i have nightmares about one or twice a month that he is dying / dead. once, my whole dream was his funeral in slow motion, i had to get up to say a few words about him, and i looked over at his mom & broke down into tears and collapsed. woke up shaking with tears rolling down my face.
another great one was where i was dying. this was like, super crazy only in the movies bullshit. my bathroom is in the basement, so i'm showering, listening to music loudly & didn't hear the furnace explode. so the whole basement is one fire and it has reached the bathroom. i realize this, call my SO, obviously doesn't pick up, so i just talk about how much a love him & how i was so glad i got to spend the rest of my life with him. he heard me die through his answering machine. fucked up.
he has had dreams of me cheating, dying, being pregnant and the likes.
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yes, from my experience totally normal to have crazy dreams about SO. you just need to remember they were just that, no matter how real they felt
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mahatmagaga
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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cf23xki
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I always have dreams that my SO is cheating on me with one of our close friends. I always catch them making out, I yell at them, and then I awkwardly run away. It's weird and upsetting after I wake up, but I know that my SO loves me, I trust him, I trust our friend, and I take heart in knowing that the only drama in our relationship is all in my crazy head.
I also have dreams that my SO has zombified and I have to decide whether to keep him alive or shoot him before he turns. I always feel guilty when I choose to shoot him, but it's just what you have to do in a zombie apocalypse.
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You're not alone. Dreams are weird.
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pollorojo
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf2buzg
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500 GB is totally fine IMO, but if you're buying from a store, it's tough to find anything less than 1 TB.
Personally, I do quite a bit of audio recording and gaming, and I have two 500 GB drives in mine, but one is basically just to backup music, pictures, and other stuff. I could just as easily keep those things on an external drive.
With the on-demand and cloud-based nature of most services nowadays, I've gotten by just fine using only 200-500 GB drives for the past 10 years. I don't see the need for much more.
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If you aren't building, you're pretty much getting 1 TB+.
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forcedobedience
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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cf57hyp
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I don't really get into the specifics of categorization. But she likes exhibitionism herself in certain settings. Additionally, she certainly enjoys the posting of her pictures, without any hint of humiliation. More like pride.
As for me, the sharing of our materials is certainly enjoyable to me, but I don't know if it's because of any overt humiliating overtones.
Though I won't deny that sadism in a bdsm context is a substantial part of the activities that I enjoy.
So perhaps it has shades of humiliation, but it's not really an express objective when we play.
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We like what we like, and if other aspects of play leak in, so be it.
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abcdariu
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cf5xdzw
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Well... I think this just needs to be said: you're 16 and you only saw the girl - this is not love . You literally do not know what's about her, from the simple to the most bizzare things.
With that said: Ask your friend to set you guys up, but not "hey, you wanna meet my friend" kind of way. Get some event happening and tell your friend to invite her. Meet her, and please, do not feel like she's on a pedestal or anything. Be cool, she probably picks her nose and farts while no one is around. Heck, maybe she lets a silent one around everybody.
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Get your friend to introduce you guys in a social situation with more people. Strike conversation with no pressure - just get to know her.
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Morbidlyobeatz
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf6zuyi
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It's not an aesthetics thing, it's generally more of a budget thing. I can make a 64x64 character and all of the animations needed for that character in about the same time it would take to model a basemesh/UV that same character in a low poly situation.
I've seen a few comments saying things something to the effect of 'it shouldn't be THAT much more difficult to just make it look like Braid,' which is entirely false. With every 50% increase in pixel area is probably an additional hour on to your workload (even moreso in animation, since you have to make additional frames to account for the extra pixels traversed) and the more colors/antialiasing you have will also increase workload substantially. Aside from that, John blow spent a ton of money on that game and it shows.
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It's not a fad; it's a cost effective way for developers to share new gameplay
Source: A game artist
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BustaCappy
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf735hd
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It's only frustrating to me because not only have I been spurned once by it, but I see it happening more and more on Steam or other kickstarter type programs. Seeing others jump head-first into these type of deals then watching it blow up in their faces is just sad when these products may never get finished and the creator just pocketed some easy money grabbing onto someone's hopes for a game they have been promising them.
Or maybe I will be wrong and these early access games will be completed with top notch quality and I will be the cynical asshole. It's sort of the new DLC disgust.
When DLC first started being a big thing people would trash it. People trash DLC less these days, but it seems like this is the new direction companies can go with to potentially abuse (like certain companies do with pay to play or DLC) and it causes a stir. Anyways, I am rambling.
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Grumble grumble I am cynical. Grumble grumble I hate nice things.
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kharlos
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cf750bx
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They can be less more innovative and refreshing and break from formula because they require substantially less risk to create. Most AAA games have to work with what they KNOW will work because they have investors to appease and a lot more financial interest in at least breaking even.
While a lot of indie games can be just as formulaic, they provide the inspiration and the market models that AAA games 'glean' from to make their own games.
So while naysayers may hate to be the ones to play these games, it's these games that fuel the creativity that AAA games draw from.
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I totally agree with you.
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NFlash
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cfad7zr
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Hey thrownaway, I fully understand your situation. I went through the identical situation a while back. I had a Bankart repair done by arthroscopic surgery during the off season after playing though a Bankart lesion in my shoulder.
You should be prepared to be completely inactive for the first 4-6 weeks as the shoulder heals and you will be very limited for at least a month or so after. Your surgeon and physio therapist will be able to give you the best timetable for recovery.
Whatever you do don't rush it. If you stay disciplined with your rehab you can be back to 100% (see Drew Brees). If you make the mistakes I did (stop physio once it feels fine) you will certainly regret it.
My best advice is to actively ask a physio what you will be capable of and when, and don't try to push yourself too soon, you will only do more damage. Once you aren't sling bound 24/7 you can always take the opportunity to work on pistol squats/bulgarian split squats without any real risk.
This is off the top of my head but feel free to PM me if you have any questions, I'd be happy to help you avoid the mistakes I made.
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Stick to your rehab schedule, don't rush it, body weight will be your best friend for a while.
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VPLumbergh
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cfc1rzz
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The title is slightly misleading. Selling their consumer products division doesn't "kill" the Xbox. The patents, trademarks, technology, development studios, employees and contracts will just be aquired by another company, that will most likely continue to market the Xbox and other ex-Microsoft properties under a new leadership.
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Xbox isn't dying anytime soon.
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linguotgr
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cfcchux
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It won't likely happen, but even if xbox does drop out it really just opens up room for a new competitor, maybe the steam box. I love the Wii U and Nintendo, but it just isn't really up for competing with Sony for that particular market space at this time, and i really dont think that too many people would pick up a Wii U because of the end of the xbox.
But I think ultimately the industry would not really change too much. If we are being honest, the two consoles are only really different in terms of one having the kinect, and the other being a bit cheaper. That and titles, but if Xbox died tomorrow, all of the Halo's and the GoW's would just go to Sony. Sony still has to compete with PC gaming, and Nintendo/any new potential consoles, so it would still likely continue to try to innovate.
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the Ouya would reign supreme.
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The-Turbulence
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cfcyegn
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You clearly havent played Dota 2 on a high enough level. League snowballs because the Lanes in League are usually Duels, where in Dota 2 this is not the case. In duels if you get an advantage over your laning opponent, you imediately have the upper hand because every champion relies on items. This also isnt the case in Dota 2. You can have an offlaner Batrider for example with a blink dagger and be exremely effective, while the opponent offlaner can have for example power treads+vlads and still not be as effective as you.
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You can't analyze certain mechanics in a game just by themselves, but their relation to the whole array of mechanics. Every experienced e-sport spectator can say that finishing a game in League is easyer than in Dota 2 (much more comebacks in Dota 2, less choices are to be made in League)
here's an article you should read, written by a well respected pro Dota 2 player:
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ParityClarity
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cfgof62
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A casual is someone who isn't a 'gamer' and only plays video games as a hobby. Being one is wrong in the same way that a big time environmental activist looks down on a weekend warrior who just helps out occasionally. Most likely it stems from people not taking seriously what you have devoted your life to.
Anyways, the elder scrolls series (like every cult gone mainstream franchise) has progressively catered more and more to casuals. It's not very confusing, there are more casuals than hardcore gamers so it makes sense to streamline your game more to make it more accessible (in Morrowind, you had to find the third left after that weird looking tree, in Oblivion/Skyrim you just follow arrows and quick travel from anywhere). The magic system is also a huge change, you used to not even be able to roll a mage without putting huge amounts of time into designing spells. Now you have a mere fraction of the options and no customization but that allows someone with less time to dive right in.
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You make more money catering to casuals, hardcore gamers aren't willing to recognize this and just bitch and moan instead of moving to a game that caters to them.
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PleasureKitten
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cfkrckk
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At some point, you just sort of run out of things to do. The purpose of summoner spells are to provide the most basic functions for stats.
e.g. ignite is basic damage/healing reduction, flash/ghost are basic mobility, barrier is basic shield, heal is basic heal, exhaust is basic cc, clarity is basic mana regen.
The only truly unique summoner spell -sort of- is Teleport. There's just a tremendous amount of pressure involved with creating a new spell that every champion in the game has access to that's simultaneously good enough to be a viable option for the majority of champions (god forbid something be niche) and not good enough to be incredibly broken. The amount that a good summoner spell would effect the game would be immense.
For example...
Summoner Spell - Freeze
Stuns opponents for 1 second
Sounds pretty basic, right? However, it would completely shift the meta and upset the balance of power. It'd be used on champs who suffer because they currently lack hard cc, and would be a massive buff. It would be godly on tons of champs who rely on hard-to-hit skill shots to open up their combo (Swain, for example). All in all, it'd be sort of a mess.
Tweaking the rarely used ones? First of all, I think there's a lot more diversity of summoner spells than you think. In the average game, it's perfectly common to have ghost and teleport on your top laner, smite and flash on your jungler, ignite and flash on your midlaner, barrier and flash on your ADC, and exhaust and flash on your support. It's not altogether too uncommon to see heal either, especially on things like Soraka. Cleanse is pretty common as well, especially if the adc has low mobility and is up against a high CC duo, like Jinx/Leona or Ashe/Zyra.
So, that leaves three summoner spells that are truly rarely seen.
Clairvoyance - This is probably the one you could make the most convincing case to be buffed, along with blue trinket. That said, if you really did need the temporary vision, you'd just go ahead and buy the blue trinket. A trinket slot is much less valuable than having flash is.
Clarity - This is a summoner spell that's just flawed in concept. By limiting it to champions that use mana and actually need mana, you instantly make it a niche pick at best. Because of its high CD and unreliability, it's not good enough to fix mana problems for any champions anyways, and it scales awfully if you end up buying an actual item to solve those mana problems. In the endgame, Clarity will be nigh useless. Ignite or Barrier, however, scale extremely well.
Revive - Stupid for obvious reasons. It's basically the summoner equivalent of Runic Blessing (or whatever that new shield defensive mastery is). It depends on you dying a decent amount to actually get value out of it. And, you know, dying in general isn't the right thing to do. The respawn timer won't come in handy all the time, and it's on an extraordinarily high cooldown, so you're basically using a summoner slot to provide potential utility and homeguards. MMMMno.
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introducing a new summoner spell into the game would completely change the balance of the game. There actually is quite a variety of existing summoners used, and the ones that aren't are flawed in concept, not in scale.
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Prof_Malicious
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cfm4r2d
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For me playing League has lately become more of a nuisance, while still having enjoyable moments. So to aid with my mindset I have started to do some rituals before every game. While in Loading Screen i get to do the things in need to prepare my game, i make sure to have water accessible (nothing fancy as softdrinks, while on the computer often you don't notice how much you're drinking/eating, so water is the healthiest[there was a time i drank about 1 litre of coke during a ranked]), then i do Push-ups, i started with 5 (i was really living unhealthy), now i am up to 80 on lon loading screens. To me it also helps opening a window from loading screen til first recall, fresh air helps you think faster. The rest are all small things: Is the seat the right height, are you hungry, are you exhausted from something.
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Do what you need to feel well.
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blu3dice
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cfmjjo7
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Thats hundreds of dollars some of the bigger streamers/players would be sacrificing by not streaming. Zion who had a big week last week and was named MVP streamed immediately after LCS and got a huge audience turnout, at one point around 8k viewers. The Coke series is getting a big audience, larger than what Riot expected as Nick Allen said earlier in the week -- so viewership isnt struggling.
I dont think it's fair to ask these players to not stream and thus make money. When they have their big moment and get a lot of attention they need capitalize off it for financial reasons AND to continue growing their own player fan base. Yes they do earn a salary from Riot but its not as much as people seem to think it is, their biggest earning potential is from streaming revenues.
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Coke and or Riot arent victims.
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verba_volant
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cfq1540
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As I told you, I mainly play him as an AP bruiser now, so I start with a bit of AP and magic penetration, and I find the damage/slow dealt by his E pretty good (probably not top-tier though).
Usually whenever I'm ganking with him, I'll let my MS buff charge for 1 sec before actually popping onto the lane. The main issue is, as you said: a good marksman will AA you so your shield goes off, but usually it's already too late and you're in range to land your E (which is honestly not hard to land). The slow is actually pretty good, and while pre-6 skarner's ganks are not really powerful, I often make the enemies burn a flash or 2, because the damage from his E/Q is rather good.
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your shield is easy to pop off, but it acts as a good gapcloser since you already traveled a lot before it does get removed
The only thing I'd suggest is that it lasts for a little longer, because 6 sec is not enough if you want to juke some skillshots while ganking, 8 sec seems like a reasonable option to me.
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