├── README.md ├── LICENSE ├── all_scraper.py ├── resetera_scraper.py └── gen_etcetera └── temp_0_7 └── gpt2_gentext_20190419_200645.txt /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # resetera-gpt-2 2 | 3 | A web scraper of [ResetEra](https://www.resetera.com) threads and posts to get them into a format suitable for feeding them into GPT-2. 4 | 5 | ## Maintainer/Creator 6 | 7 | Max Woolf ([@minimaxir](https://minimaxir.com)) 8 | 9 | ## License 10 | 11 | MIT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2019 Max Woolf 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /all_scraper.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import requests 2 | import time 3 | import re 4 | import csv 5 | from tqdm import trange 6 | from bs4 import BeautifulSoup 7 | 8 | 9 | FORUMS = ['gaming-forum.7', 'etcetera-forum.9'] 10 | DOMAIN = "https://www.resetera.com" 11 | BASE_URL = DOMAIN + "/forums/{}/page-{}" 12 | HEADERS = { 13 | 'User-Agent': 'ResetERA user minimaxir', 14 | } 15 | MAX_PAGES = 1400 16 | 17 | with open('resetera_all.csv', 'w') as f: 18 | w = csv.writer(f) 19 | w.writerow(['forum', 'thread_title']) 20 | for forum in FORUMS: 21 | forum_name = forum.split('-')[0] 22 | for page in trange(1, MAX_PAGES+1): 23 | url = BASE_URL.format(forum, page) 24 | req = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS) 25 | soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, features="html5lib") 26 | thread_texts = [x.a.text for x in soup.find_all( 27 | "div", {"class": "structItem-title"})] 28 | for text in thread_texts: 29 | if text is not None and "|OT" not in text: 30 | w.writerow([forum_name, text]) 31 | time.sleep(1) # to avoid overloading server 32 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /resetera_scraper.py: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | import requests 2 | import time 3 | import re 4 | from jinja2 import Environment, select_autoescape 5 | from tqdm import trange 6 | from bs4 import BeautifulSoup 7 | 8 | DOMAIN = "https://www.resetera.com" 9 | BASE_URL = DOMAIN + "/forums/video-games.7/page-{}" 10 | HEADERS = { 11 | 'User-Agent': 'ResetERA user minimaxir', 12 | } 13 | MAX_PAGES = 1000 14 | 15 | # https://stackoverflow.com/a/12825283 16 | def regex_replace(s, find, replace): 17 | return re.sub(find, replace, s) 18 | 19 | 20 | env = Environment() 21 | env.filters['regex_replace'] = regex_replace 22 | 23 | template_str = """~!~{{ title }} 24 | 25 | {% for post in posts[:10] -%} 26 | {% if post.div.article.text | regex_replace('\n\n+', '\n') | length > 4 %}{{ post['data-author'] }}: {{ post.div.article.text[:2000] | regex_replace('https?://\S+', '') | regex_replace('\n\n+', '\n') | trim }} 27 | -----{% endif %} 28 | {% endfor %}<|endoftext|> 29 | """ 30 | 31 | template = env.from_string(template_str) 32 | 33 | 34 | def process_thread(thread_url, template): 35 | req = requests.get(thread_url, headers=HEADERS) 36 | soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, features="html5lib") 37 | 38 | # Remove special embeds 39 | bbcodes = soup.find_all("div", {"class": "bbCodeBlock"}) 40 | for bbcode in bbcodes: 41 | bbcode.decompose() 42 | 43 | try: 44 | title = soup.find("h1", {"class": "p-title-value"}).text 45 | if '|' in title: 46 | return None 47 | posts = soup.find_all("article", {"class": "message"}) 48 | text = template.render(title=title, posts=posts) 49 | except: 50 | return None 51 | return text 52 | 53 | with open('resetera_videogames_1000.txt', 'w') as f: 54 | for page in trange(1, MAX_PAGES+1): 55 | url = BASE_URL.format(page) 56 | req = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS) 57 | soup = BeautifulSoup(req.text, features="html5lib") 58 | thread_urls = [DOMAIN + x.a['href'] for x in soup.find_all( 59 | "div", {"class": "structItem-title"})] 60 | for thread_url in thread_urls: 61 | thread = process_thread(thread_url, template) 62 | if thread is not None: 63 | f.write(thread + "\n") 64 | time.sleep(1) # to avoid overloading server 65 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /gen_etcetera/temp_0_7/gpt2_gentext_20190419_200645.txt: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ~!~Senate rejects House resolution calling for investigation into White House response to Hurricane Florence 2 | 3 | Shard Shinjuku: 4 | ----- 5 | Goron2000: The real heroes. 6 | ----- 7 | Mr. President: It sucks that we have to wait almost two years for the end of this. 8 | ----- 9 | Hollywood Duo: They did the right thing Senate. It's not over yet. 10 | ----- 11 | DigitalOp: The real heroes 12 | ----- 13 | Jack Remington: Can't believe they took this as an AOC statement instead of an acknowledgement of the fact that the people affected by this disaster deserve the resources to be put to better treatment. 14 | ----- 15 | Killthee: This is ridiculous. 16 | ----- 17 | ItIsOkBro: is it just me or does the GOP think it's a good thing? 18 | ----- 19 | M.J. Doja: I don't understand how this is a good thing. 20 | ----- 21 | Slaythe: This shit is an absolute joke. 22 | ----- 23 | 24 | ==================== 25 | ~!~I'm making a new budget for my sons. What should I get? 26 | 27 | FernandoRocker: My daughter has been having issues with low interest and is currently 1.5 years old. She is always irritable and a wreck. She is always playing with my mom and we are quite close. She is 8 months old. 28 | I don't want her to reach puberty yet, and I wanted to keep her for a few years. I don't want to make money excessively. My budget is $500 CAD. 29 | What should I get? 30 | ----- 31 | FernandoRocker: He should get a Beyer set. 32 | ----- 33 | FernandoRocker: What kind of things are you interested in? 34 | ----- 35 | FernandoRocker: First, water. 36 | ----- 37 | Dishwalla: buying a new TV for him. 38 | ----- 39 | FernandoRocker: What kind of things are you interested in? 40 | ----- 41 | Alligatorjandro: Water 42 | ----- 43 | shnurgleton: We will have to wait 44 | ----- 45 | Dishwalla: we'll buy a TV for him. 46 | ----- 47 | FernandoRocker: He'll probably have a Nest. 48 | ----- 49 | 50 | ==================== 51 | ~!~Deadwood - The Tales of Rook-The Tales of Rook-Aces - Official Trailer 52 | 53 | 54 | The Driver: The first one was way better than the second. I'm really looking forward to this one. 55 | ----- 56 | GavinUK86: Looks great. 57 | ----- 58 | kmfdmpig: The first one was a slog with the usual 20 minute slog of a trailer. I'd expect a smoother looking one from them next. 59 | ----- 60 | Wulfric: I really liked the first one, but the second was a bit too slow for my taste. 61 | ----- 62 | HStallion: Still not as good as the original but I'm in. 63 | ----- 64 | 65 | ==================== 66 | ~!~What are your ERA favorite and most memorable foods? 67 | 68 | Mechaplum: Talking Food and Drug Era is a bit of a strange bedfellows. I've only had a few things which were entirely terrible, likelot of the stuff you see in Italian, Japanese, Korean, Japanese, etc. I'm not talking about diner or supermarket lists or anything like that. 69 | My favorite food is honey. I think it's one of the most widespread bad honey and one of the most terrible bad honey lists of all time. I mean, it's literally exactly what they named their honey after. It's literally honey and the honeycomb is made of wax. I'm not talking about anything like the honeycomb itself. I'm talking about the glue that holds the honey together. 70 | ----- 71 | Dishwalla: pizza 72 | ----- 73 | The Albatross: Cheeseburgers! 74 | ----- 75 | TyrantII: Pizza 76 | ----- 77 | Dishwalla: only if you're ordered large, like if you order a whole pizza. 78 | ----- 79 | Kuro: Pizza. I can't stand pizza. I prefer burgers or pizza. 80 | ----- 81 | Soda: I'll eat anything that has a cardboard box on the outside. Pizza boxes are awful. 82 | ----- 83 | Static: Cheese. 84 | ----- 85 | Knight613: Pizza 86 | ----- 87 | Polioliolio: Pizza. 88 | ----- 89 | 90 | ==================== 91 | ~!~New Age of Beginner: 92 | I'm also doing the MCFL for the first time in a long time. 93 | ----- 94 | Aselith: I'm a hard worker, I don't like it. 95 | ----- 96 | 97 | ==================== 98 | ~!~New York Times: 9-year-old transgender girl sets up home for himself in hiding 99 | 100 | Afrikan: Link 101 | I'm sure I missed it. It's an interesting article. 102 | ----- 103 | The_Inquisitor: Time to see where he goes after Fox and friends. Gotta support his family. 104 | ----- 105 | Mik2121: That's like a kid that would hide in his room for a few days. 106 | ----- 107 | Slayven: I read the article and it's not very happy 108 | ----- 109 | SugarNoodles: Just another day at the office. 110 | ----- 111 | Blackpuppy: Fuck the NYPD. 112 | ----- 113 | Klois: 114 | ----- 115 | adj_noun: There it is! 116 | ----- 117 | 118 | ==================== 119 | ~!~New Tom Cruise and Sarah Huckabee Sanders Accuser Threaten to Sue Hollywood Reporter for Film Junk 120 | 121 | RastaMentality: A new case of sexual assaulment and invasion of privacy has surfaced of Cruise and her ex-boyfriend Russel Sanders. 122 | Their publicist is asking for a Hollywood Reporter editor to contact her to profile the accused harasser. 123 | Full story: 124 | ----- 125 | WillyFive: This is how we know the world is going to turn if this ever happens. 126 | ----- 127 | Puck Beaverton: I’m sure they’ll do it. 128 | ----- 129 | Brock Reiher: They're getting old 130 | ----- 131 | Koukalaka: Seems like a very believable accusation to me. 132 | ----- 133 | Duane: Oh, right. 134 | ----- 135 | The Kree: Don't let a cat get all upprated. 136 | ----- 137 | WillyFive: Well, it does seem like part of the investigation is that the tabloid run by the UK tabloid WAS tabloid, so that's what they're going to be tagging for anyone taking them up on. 138 | ----- 139 | Tugatrix: But the gossip section is sooooo gross 140 | ----- 141 | D65: I'm sure Russel will sue for some help 142 | ----- 143 | 144 | ==================== 145 | ~!~Amazon reportedly Your Rights department is going to force YouTubers to feature their own voices in videos. 146 | 147 | KSweeley: The department of Amazon's Youtube department is going to force YouTubers to feature their own voices in videos telling their own stories telling their own stories, this will supposedly force YouTubers to feature their own voices telling their own stories telling their own stories: 148 | ----- 149 | Yerba_Sutra: I'm surprised they haven't just started doing this 150 | ----- 151 | Maiden Voyage: Will it be like the old days where everyone has to scream/crying for the voices but they get a microphone and they just leave it playing for the rest of the time? 152 | ----- 153 | Tbm24: Alexa is just a clickbait title for rape. 154 | ----- 155 | KSweeley: Alexa, does anyone know if any of the new "Alexa voice" suggestions are designed to be the voice of a YouTuber? 156 | ----- 157 | 158 | ==================== 159 | ~!~Why does everyone think that the greatest comedies of all time were made by the late greats? 160 | 161 | Deleted member 1258: For number of people here in Sweden, it seems that the greats were made by the late greats. What are your go-tos? 162 | Edit: I know that the greatest movies were made by the greats themselves, but I still find it funny to this day that I believe that those movies were made by the late greats. No, their work was fine until the mid-late 00's right? After that it was all over the place with pretty late greats, but I'm baffled that we have so many greats now. 163 | ----- 164 | Thorn: Duck Fisk 165 | ----- 166 | 167 | ==================== 168 | ~!~Heath Ledger: "We are not the only country that has to deal with racism." 169 | 170 | KraftyKrankins: It's a long article with a lot of commentary and discussion surrounding it but here are some highlights: 171 | Heath Ledger: "Heath Ledger has written several of his trilogy scripts, including the highly-criticised "Once Upon A Time in Scotland", and is currently the director of the critically acclaimed "Once Upon A Time in the Dark". 172 | Jamie Foxx: Ledger - "A great British director, his vision is a scary and complicated vision. We are not the only country that has to deal with racism." 173 | Others mentioned him by name, but there are other names attached to his work like Mike Leigh, Clive Owen, Martin Campbell and, of course, Mark Bosworth. 174 | Bruce Greenwood: "He is an incredible director. He has created some of the most beautiful and complex films I have ever witnessed." 175 | Bale: "He was a childhood dream of mine. His style is unique and stands out. Every scene he has was incredible. Some of my favorite scenes were when he was talking to two girls. He had a lot of compassion and a lot of wit. He never gave in to racism. He was a true writer. I still admire him today." 176 | John Dowd: "He was known for his sophisticated and biting portrait of a brilliant man. I didn't think I would see myself as racist but I was raised with him in a family of thoughtful people who gave me the privilege to experience what it took to make me who I am today." 177 | Richard Lee Tompson: "There is a lot to take in this. I’ve known him since the 70s but I have never met him. I have seen him film and television. I can say we have to "deal with it because we are dealing with racism." We need to see that there are good people out there who can do great things for what is happening and that is what good people need to do." 178 | Laurie Metcalf: "He knows so many good things about the world. I have to say that he knows, too, so poorly. Not that he doesn’t know, but that he does not know. I have tried many times, and met many with the greatest of qualities. But he knows. He knows that we need to deal with it and to try and make it 179 | ==================== 180 | ~!~What do you think of the character Katsuki Sugita? 181 | 182 | Squarehard: Re-watching the part 1 Part 6, you could see he's been a bit of a letdown in parts of the series, and it's not a full-fledged character, but more of a secondary character. 183 | He's not very good, he's just a different character in a very strange way. 184 | What do you think of him, and what about the rest of the character? 185 | ----- 186 | 187 | Dynamite Shikoku: He's a bad guy in a funny way 188 | ----- 189 | Airegin: I liked him but I didn't do him as a whole well. He's a little too mean and vindictive, and not too proud of his plans he can't handle being around another kid. 190 | But he's mostly right. 191 | ----- 192 | 193 | Cantaim: He's a dumb ass 194 | ----- 195 | Brakke: He’s a side character that’s a good guy but a little too vindictive. 196 | ----- 197 | Tace: He’s basically the boss of the protagonist’s character arc. What's his relation to the main series bad guy? Is it a war with the protagonist? Is it a war with the manga bad guy? Or is it a war with the anime bad guy? 198 | ----- 199 | Airegin: His war with the protagonist is part of his character arc, and he's a bad guy in a funny way. 200 | ----- 201 | 202 | 203 | ==================== 204 | ~!~Why are people always so salty when a movie is good? 205 | 206 | poindexter: I have a ton of salty people on my ignore list, and I've never seen anyone take me out on a salty person like that. 207 | In fact, the only time I've ever taken someone out was when I was drunk, and I've never had one in front of a close friend. I've never had a "friendship" - not even a drunk friend, who is super down to demand my money. 208 | I don't like salty people, and I don't think that's healthy. But I feel like I need to vent a bit. 209 | ----- 210 | FluxWaveZ: Because people get super defensive about stuff that they know is going to happen regardless. 211 | ----- 212 | A Robot: Because they don't care how salty they are. 213 | ----- 214 | Kasai: Because people don't get bothered by criticism, and if they don't like something it's immediately assumed they aren't upset about something, and that's just weird. 215 | ----- 216 | Cantaim: Because I absolutely hate salty people. 217 | ----- 218 | Fulminator: Because people don't care how salty they are 219 | ----- 220 | TheLetdown: Because people are so salty about things that they can’t help but be defensive when they feel bad about it. 221 | ----- 222 | Hollywood Duo: Because being salty is just a sign of how poorly resourced a country is. 223 | ----- 224 | FluxWaveZ: I don't mean that in a "you're upset" sense, I just mean that in a "that's dumb" sense. 225 | ----- 226 | SolVanderlyn: Because people are really salty, and this doesn't surprise me at all. 227 | ----- 228 | 229 | ==================== 230 | ~!~I had a hard time coming up with an answer for the title of this song 231 | 232 | Dali: I'm not sure if it's the chorus at the end but it's the best part of the song. It's something about an alien invasion and the music is just so out there that it's the highlight of the video. It's also as awesome as it sounds. 233 | I can't imagine the song making it out to be an answer that would apply to the song. I've been meaning to listen to it for a while. 234 | ----- 235 | Cybersai: Yeah, I remember hearing this song as a kid and it's pretty catchy. 236 | ----- 237 | DJGolfClap: I'm not sure how it stacks up to your song, but I came up with this one as a kid and thought it was a great way to get a picture of the actual song. 238 | ----- 239 | Dali: No clue but I think I'll check it out when I get the chance. 240 | ----- 241 | Dude Guy: It's the song with the red alien. 242 | ----- 243 | Cybersai: Not really. I remember hearing about one of my friends' song calling her a "shadowangel", though. 244 | ----- 245 | Dali: I think that's fair enough and I'm forgetting something. 246 | ----- 247 | Teh Hamburglar: This is your problem. This is your song. I’m all about that. 248 | ----- 249 | Rivenblade: I think there's a lot of context lost when you include non-English speaking people like this one. 250 | ----- 251 | Dali: Yes, I was just thinking about it. I don't think I can program my music to sound like the aliens. 252 | ----- 253 | 254 | ==================== 255 | ~!~The best TV show intro of all time 256 | 257 | Vermillion: Who's the best? 258 | Who's the best? 259 | ----- 260 | 261 | ==================== 262 | ~!~Kurzgesagt - 1996 remains of at least 100 dead Jews roaming the streets of Tel Aviv in unprecedented daylight 263 | 264 | Trojita: That's a lot of information coming out today, I didn't know the kosher police force existed. 265 | ----- 266 | Reverse Giraffe: That's very weird. 267 | ----- 268 | Mr. X: Absolutely crazy 269 | ----- 270 | The_Strokes: Like an hour into his podcast he mentioned how this is similar to what happened in the early 80s. 271 | Horror. 272 | ----- 273 | jelly: That's a lot of information coming out today. 274 | ----- 275 | Strelok: This is amazing 276 | ----- 277 | Trojita: It's called the 1996 evidence which means it also wasn't filmed in daylight or you would have seen the guards blocking the road 278 | It's also amazing how open the windows are when these images are captured 279 | ----- 280 | Fantastapotamus: What the fuck 281 | ----- 282 | Trojita: Every time I think of what the 1996 evidence actually looks like it brings me back to the first day of my kindergarten class. 283 | ----- 284 | 285 | ==================== 286 | ~!~Elementary school shooting - Texas school removed from schedule due shooter 287 | 288 | fluffydelusions: 289 | ----- 290 | DrForester: Elementary school district in FL requiring all children in the district to report to school shooting in schools. 291 | There was a mass shooting a year before in STL. 292 | ----- 293 | WedgeX: I would wager that the shooter was a relatively high school student. 294 | This is a new school, and the district is no longer enforcing district policy. 295 | ----- 296 | fluffydelusions: I’m with you, I’ve been told that schools are required by law to report students to protect students. I’m sure schools across the country follow suit. 297 | ----- 298 | Dead Prince: schools must be updated. 299 | ----- 300 | fluffydelusions: I know i was one of the 2 that was shot in a previous school. I feel safer in my school now. 301 | ----- 302 | 303 | ==================== 304 | ~!~What's your favorite fast food french fries? 305 | 306 | Hate: I like the ones that go with everything and the ones that don't go with everything. I'm not a huge fan of the plain french fries though. 307 | ----- 308 | thesoapster: I like the regular ones, but I don't like the fries that are on the side. The ones that are extra large are okay. 309 | ----- 310 | cakely: Are you also a Bratvillian? 311 | ----- 312 | baggage: I'm not a fan of the fries that look like twizzlers. 313 | ----- 314 | RedBlue: I like the crispy ones that go with the fries. 315 | ----- 316 | Hate: Yeah I like the crispy ones 317 | ----- 318 | Fat4all: both 319 | ----- 320 | baggage: I don't care about the fries, but I like the fries that are on the side. Regular fries are just better. 321 | ----- 322 | Clydefrog: I love the crispy ones. 323 | ----- 324 | carlsojo: I love the regular fries 325 | the fries in the OP are too much. 326 | ----- 327 | 328 | ==================== 329 | ~!~Woman stranded at Bangkok airport for 40 hours, doctors find her in her 30s 330 | 331 | DosaDaRaja: I thought this would be about the folks at the Guinness world record for longest journey of the longest, but it turns out she also spent 40 hours traveling without getting home. 332 | ----- 333 | Sibersk Esto: Damn she's such a fucking banger 334 | ----- 335 | The Albatross: That's sad for a lot of people, but hey, if she can't get home from work she'll sleep in the back, or maybe stay in the airport even if it's a very long trip. 336 | For those who don't know, Guinness has no record books for longest journey, but most people here at Era believe it. 337 | ----- 338 | DosaDaRaja: Damn, I'll take time to read it 339 | ----- 340 | Dr.Phibes: I got to go to Japan last year for work and she barely answered any of the "about" questions. The "about" questions definitely confused me. 341 | ----- 342 | 343 | ==================== 344 | ~!~Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Official Trailer 345 | 346 | 347 | Visanideth: Looks like a legit Harry Potter. 348 | ----- 349 | Aprikurt: That looks like a hot mess, hahaha 350 | ----- 351 | Schlorgan: Not bad for a Harry Potter, but not bad for a movie 352 | ----- 353 | Medalion: Looked great already... I need to watch this 354 | ----- 355 | LewieP: That looks really bad, but I'm not sure I want to rewatch a poorly made film. 356 | ----- 357 | Hydrus: I'm not a Harry Potter fan and I'm not really into eating food so I'm not going to try and watch this, but I'm in. 358 | ----- 359 | Hank Hill: Looks like an okay movie. 360 | ----- 361 | AdamScottAukerman: I'd love to see this in the cinema 362 | ----- 363 | Mariolee: Looks like a fun time. 364 | ----- 365 | 366 | ==================== 367 | ~!~Songs that are better than the original 368 | 369 | Mahonay: I want to nominate Snake. 370 | What are some other great songs that are better than the original? 371 | ----- 372 | Airegin: Here's a list of all his hits 373 | ----- 374 | vestan: I'm kinda torn: 375 | ----- 376 | 377 | Mahonay: Is this a list thread? I was just going by the avatar thread idea? 378 | ----- 379 | 380 | 381 | Mahonay: I don't know if that's fair. I think the original is better 382 | ----- 383 | 384 | VDenter: I'm talking about the original. The original is perfect. 385 | ----- 386 | 387 | ==================== 388 | ~!~Guy Fieri's "The Fantabulous Emancipation of Pinkertons" 389 | 390 | Fat4all: The creator of Super Smash Brothers has made a fan fiction about a guy who was the frontrunner for Smash 64, and is now a legit contender for Smash Supreme. 391 | Purpose: To defeat the "Einstein Fantastic" meme, he fused his penis with Pinkertons hair and battled against other men to win. 392 | I'm a sucker for fan fiction, so I thought this was really awesome. I think it's gonna be super sweet and I think we might get a sequel in the future. 393 | ----- 394 | Khanimus: I love this. 395 | ----- 396 | Kylo Rey: this is super sweet. 397 | ----- 398 | Fat4all: i might watch it 399 | ----- 400 | Kylo Rey: I'm playing super smash tournaments right now and I got like 20 of these. 401 | ----- 402 | Fat4all: that thread is a mess 403 | ----- 404 | L Thammy: I'm so glad I don't have an einstein fan fiction. It really just seems like a cartoon with the artist of the cartoon drawing behind it. 405 | ----- 406 | Khanimus: I'm not the kind of person who can possibly be led to believe in a fantastical story until I'm proven otherwise. 407 | ----- 408 | Fat4all: i don't think this is a good one 409 | ----- 410 | Cantaim: This is a hell of a movie. 411 | ----- 412 | 413 | ==================== 414 | ~!~White woman calls police after dismayed daughter 'talks for hours' 415 | 416 | ElectricBlanketFire: That's some good mileage. 417 | ----- 418 | Randomly Generated: How long have we been posting stories like this on Era for years? 419 | ----- 420 | Mr. X: Parents are doing the right thing 421 | ----- 422 | Darryl M R: I don't understand why this is a problem. 423 | ----- 424 | ryutaro's mama: As a father, I held the family and friends to the same standards and I couldn't imagine telling them to do so. 425 | I wouldn't do so but I do feel at home here. 426 | ----- 427 | Truly Gargantuan: I'm not sure this is the right way to treat your child. I just don't understand why she is upset. 428 | ----- 429 | Sai: No seriously, this is a strange thing to talk about on a forum without a fucking internet connection. 430 | ----- 431 | Linkark07: The way this lady talks is so odd it's almost disturbing. 432 | ----- 433 | Atomic Playboy: I'm not sure I understand the "crisis." This is so bizarre it's affecting me just a little. 434 | ----- 435 | Kapus: I don't understand why this is a problem. 436 | ----- 437 | 438 | ==================== 439 | ~!~Weedkiller, a new kind of poison, is coming to Canada. 440 | 441 | Nerfgun: What a week for us Canadians 442 | Anywho, 443 | This week has been a great week for us Canadians. 444 | ----- 445 | More_Badass: I’m on vacation and didn’t cook this week 446 | ----- 447 | Razgriz-Specter: Yes 448 | ----- 449 | Human Resources: we have poison for our pets 450 | ----- 451 | CannonFodder52: I'm on vacation, I don't feel like I needed to get up and do something else. 452 | ----- 453 | shnurgleton: We need to poison our hair and clothes 454 | ----- 455 | StrangerDanger: We're eating a great roast, and have an all day dinner for potatoe exams. 456 | ----- 457 | Airegin: We're on vacation, so no. 458 | ----- 459 | Jiminy: I need a vacation 460 | I need a trip. 461 | ----- 462 | 463 | 464 | ==================== 465 | ~!~What are your favorite luxury sneakers? 466 | 467 | ElectricBlanketFire: I'm not taking the L.A. Lakers or the Miami Heat. 468 | ----- 469 | HStallion: Birdman's T-Shirts 470 | ----- 471 | chandoog: lulululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululululUL 472 | ==================== 473 | ~!~Woman finds bag of cocaine in truck after trying to run away 474 | 475 | Mr.Awesome: Video of the encounter 476 | ----- 477 | Jombie: Sounds like she's running. 478 | ----- 479 | Lumination: I've seen people get into jobs where people are trying to get away from the hustle and convenience. 480 | ----- 481 | Wackamole: Sounds like she's doing the right thing. 482 | I'd be scared if I were a newbie. 483 | ----- 484 | Broken Joystick: Is that the one in the OP? 485 | edit: nvm I have no idea what the title is. 486 | ----- 487 | Mr.Awesome: It's an article about an article on an article... that's a good choice. 488 | ----- 489 | HStallion: That's a new story. 490 | ----- 491 | Kernel: I feel like that's a good story. 492 | ----- 493 | Powdered Egg: Sounds like her doing the right thing. 494 | ----- 495 | Slayven: I thought her running? 496 | ----- 497 | 498 | ==================== 499 | ~!~The end of Batman '89, the year of Batman comics and the end of Batman animated movies? 500 | 501 | SageShinigami: I'm not talking about the "end" of superhero comics and the end of animated movies, but: 502 | When Batman '89 ended with the Justice League cartoon ending with it's final season, the year of Batman comics and the year of animated movies. The year of Batman movies. I can't believe I haven't seen either Batman '89 or The Killing Joke, and I'm going to be keeping my expectations in check. 503 | So, Batman 89 was a year where everything was about the ending of the DCU, and the end of animated movies were all about the end of the Joker and the Birds of Prey saga, so it was "the year of the Batman". I know some people will say the year of the Fox animated movies, but I'm talking about animated films from the 90's. 504 | The Fox-Disney merger is one of the better examples of what animated movies from the90's could have been. I think the end of Fox-DC is the best example of that moment. 505 | So: 506 | What animated movie from the year of Batman 2000 from the 90's from the best and most memorable animated movie ever made "The Legend of the Ninja Turtles" from the 1990's? 507 | And what animated movie from the year of Batman '89 from the greatest and most memorable animated film ever made "The Legend of the Sword in the Watercolors" from the 1990's from the best and most memorable animated movie known to man. 508 | What about the Power Rangers animated movies from the 90's? 509 | What about the Metal Green? 510 | What about the Gundam X? 511 | What about you? 512 | ----- 513 | Mediking: I mean... I guess I'm cool with that lol. I just saw them in the 90s. 514 | ----- 515 | SageShinigami: I love them too. I mean, I guess I'm cool with that. 516 | ----- 517 | Dook's Revenge: It's the year of the Berserk movie... 518 | ----- 519 | thekonamicode: It's the year of Steins; Automata. 520 | ----- 521 | skeezx: 1990s was the 90's for me 522 | ----- 523 | itwasTuesday: I like the end of the Fox animated movies too. 524 | ----- 525 | SageShinigami: I don't know. I don't know why I 526 | ==================== 527 | ~!~Tinder is the best thing to ever happen to a cat, how is it still around? 528 | 529 | chubigans: Seriously, who the hell still has shit in tinder? It's always so funny to me that we still have shit there. 530 | ----- 531 | BAN PUNCHER: I'm on the hunt for kitten kittens. 532 | ----- 533 | Dishwalla: gotta find the best name for that 534 | ----- 535 | ZackieChan: Do they still have a cat here? 536 | ----- 537 | Novoitus: that's called a cat right? 538 | ----- 539 | bionic77: In a perfect world...a cat would be a true hero. 540 | ----- 541 | KoopaTheCasual: It has evolved to a species of cat. 542 | Its cats. 543 | ----- 544 | Cocolina: It's not a cat, it's a damn good cat. 545 | ----- 546 | Saya: No, that's a fucking bonky shit bag. 547 | ----- 548 | Pickman: He's running out of spats. 549 | ----- 550 | 551 | ==================== 552 | ~!~The best beer and beer cake flavors 553 | 554 | jon bones: Sorry for the spam thread. Not a cake or anything, but I'm looking for a good beer or beer cake. I'm having leftover McDonalds tonight and it's pretty good. 555 | So what's the best beer or beer that I can think of that has the best flavor? 556 | Post the best dessert/food pairing. 557 | ----- 558 | Transistor: It's the only correct answer 559 | ----- 560 | 561 | Spenny: It’s like a sour alcoholic beverage with a good fruity aftertaste. 562 | ----- 563 | adj_noun: It's the only correct answer. 564 | ----- 565 | Mendrox: The only correct answer is Honey Mustard 566 | ----- 567 | Fat4all: the only correct answer is sour alcopop 568 | ----- 569 | HStallion: A sour Belgian wort is a good cake. 570 | ----- 571 | Fat4all: at its best, it’s a sour alcopop 572 | ----- 573 | Kieli: A bitter, bitter alcoholic beverage. 574 | ----- 575 | 576 | ==================== 577 | ~!~"The Last Jedi" now on youtube 578 | 579 | signal: Man, so fucking awesome. Loving the hype for this movie and its characters. 580 | ----- 581 | Bor Gullet: The way it all turns out is how they're doing it. 582 | ----- 583 | Gattsu25: Just saw this pop up. Love it so much. 584 | Damn bbw. 585 | ----- 586 | xxracerxx: Nice, I liked it. 587 | I can’t wait. 588 | ----- 589 | 590 | The Driver: I'm going to be honest. I can't believe it's on the 4K. 591 | ----- 592 | signal: Was skeptical cause it was on the 4K but the trailers have been pretty good. 593 | ----- 594 | hordak: this is some kind of weird ass trilogy fun 595 | ----- 596 | Z-Beat: What could go wrong 597 | ----- 598 | 599 | 600 | ==================== 601 | ~!~Anyone here on Era looking to get their hair done professionally? 602 | 603 | Truant: I'm looking to get my hair done professionally. I'm currently in the process of getting my hair done, but it's a nightmare of trying to apply a flatline to it. My hair is about 45%[?] and I need to apply some pressure, even if I don't want to. So I tried to put a band-aid and it didn't work. I also need to be sure that I don't kill myself. 604 | I'm just curious if anyone here on Era has any tips and tricks they'd like to share. 605 | I've used a flat-screen bar and it didn't work right. 606 | ----- 607 | Ogami Itto: Tear your skin with your fingers and pray you don’t get seperated. 608 | ----- 609 | DukeTruant: That's really cool! I hope it works for you. 610 | ----- 611 | Kuro: Try to keep the shape of your face open. 612 | ----- 613 | Khanimus: Stick with it. 614 | ----- 615 | Ferrio: Get a flat panel, cheap, or you're out the door. 616 | ----- 617 | faint: Just a simple flat panel? 618 | edit: ok that's totally fair 619 | ----- 620 | Galkinator: Put it on your face. You don't wanna get seperated tho 621 | ----- 622 | 623 | Duke Truant: Yeah, I'm a bit hesitant about that, it looks like I'm getting a little seperation on the sides and a band-aid on haha. 624 | ----- 625 | 626 | ==================== 627 | ~!~Going to Japan for the First Time 628 | 629 | More_Badass: Hey guys, I’m probably going to Japan for 2 weeks, first time in a week since I moved out in June. 630 | Things to do: 631 | - Get a full time job 632 | - Hit up the local restaurants (probably going to Biyokubo/Shibuya stations as they have lots of lines in Shinjuku) 633 | - Get a haircut 634 | - Take the kids to a bar/coffee shop/restaurant 635 | - Do some reading 636 | - Sleep 637 | Anything else I should add to the thread? 638 | Edit: First time coming, so no Japan if old 639 | ----- 640 | kikiribu: What kind of things? 641 | ----- 642 | travisbickle: 5 min walk. Super slow. 643 | ----- 644 | NekoFever: How much do you want to spend on food? 645 | ----- 646 | Yerba_Sutra: Yo, I'm gonna Japan for a second time once I get my passport. Hope to go sometime in the next year or so. 647 | I will be arriving in Tokyo on Monday 648 | ----- 649 | SugarNoodles: Are you in Kyoto and Sapporo (not moving anywhere) 650 | ----- 651 | Puck Beaverton: What’s going on in Tokyo? 652 | ----- 653 | Taki: What’s up in Japan? 654 | ----- 655 | Teh Hamburglar: Where are you moving from? 656 | ----- 657 | Ocarina_117: I'm currently living in Japan. 658 | I like travelling. 659 | ----- 660 | 661 | ==================== 662 | ~!~Let's make Simpsons the best ever? 663 | 664 | Thewonandonly: There are some ways this could go but I know there are a lot of hilarious scenes in the show and there is a lot of heart stopping stuff in there. I'd love some advice on how to make it the best ever though. 665 | ----- 666 | Stinkles: Use light effects. 667 | ----- 668 | Kevers: You can't make a comedy series around heart breaking stuff. 669 | ----- 670 | Thewonandonly: I've seen a lot of movies and I've been burned on it. I'm just gonna say how I would have loved it. 671 | ----- 672 | WrenchNinja: I would say the best thing to come out of the series was the Beastie Boys cartoon. 673 | ----- 674 | Kevers: You don't think there would be some heartache involved? 675 | You mean a cartoon where a group of kids is bored with the show and the response of "What the hell are you doing?" 676 | ----- 677 | thecouncil: Depressing stuff. 678 | ----- 679 | Thewonandonly: I love that. I love that this show is so funny and serious. The scene where Bart is locked in the house with the boys is fucking awful but hey at least he's still in bed lol 680 | ----- 681 | Frecklestein: I would love to make a comedy series called Maus while I'm in the mood for more classics. 682 | ----- 683 | 684 | ==================== 685 | ~!~Uncle Rashaan: The Legend of Korra: The second half of a 10 year long political saga 686 | 687 | The Gunslinger: This was an interesting read, and I thought it'd be interesting to see a discussion on the history behind it. 688 | I'm curious as to where the fuck you got this from, what do you think it is, and what are the potential consequences. 689 | ----- 690 | TaySan: I read the whole thing a couple months ago and was shocked to find out that this was a thing. I remember everyone from the Korra wikia was talking about it. 691 | ----- 692 | Ithil: Power lines. 693 | ----- 694 | Ryaaan14: They should have drawn lines in the sand and cut them as much as possible, but that’s just me 695 | ----- 696 | The Gunslinger: Perhaps they should have drawn the lines in the sand because they were trying to draw lines in the sand... 697 | ----- 698 | SkullHydra: They should've dragged that thing out of the George Lucas Universe, and made it into that. 699 | ----- 700 | Dardan Sandiego: I didn't like Korra. I really liked the first half. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, and I did watch the first half, but I didn't really feel like the rest of the series was that great. I could see it being better if they tried to do some darker things with the story. 701 | ----- 702 | LukarWuff: To me, the first half is pretty damned good, but I thought it was a bit too political with a bunch of political subplots. Like, the whole 'government is bad for us' thing was dumb, but the actual argument for it was pretty good. 703 | ----- 704 | The Gunslinger: I know I shouldn't be surprised, that's kind of the point. 705 | ----- 706 | Ithil: The other half was some good stuff, but it was just a bunch of political subplots. It could've been better. 707 | ----- 708 | 709 | ==================== 710 | ~!~What's The Most Overrated Podcast in Your Area? 711 | 712 | Andrew Korenchkin: I'll admit, I've never really listened to much over the top radio prog, so I'm not really sure where to start. I've heard a lot of prog, and I've listened to a fair bit, but not a lot. I'll give a shoutout to Bob Marley's stuff, though. Not my jam though, but it's definitely on my list. 713 | ----- 714 | ElectricBlanketFire: Probably Dr. Caro. 715 | ----- 716 | whitehawk: I'm a fan of NPR Music and Radiohead. 717 | But I don't listen to many of their old music. 718 | ----- 719 | Andrew Korenchkin: I'm gonna go with Bob Marley's stuff. 720 | Nothing of his I've heard so far. 721 | ----- 722 | Kirblar: Probably Dr. Caro. I've heard a couple of his older songs on the BBC playlists. 723 | ----- 724 | Eatin' Olives: Bob Marley's stuff. 725 | edit: Oh shit, I forgot about this. I may have to check out this thread again. 726 | ----- 727 | ElectricBlanketFire: Bob Marley? 728 | ----- 729 | Stencil: NPR? 730 | ----- 731 | Andrew Korenchkin: Lili Vazquez of all people, she has some really good podcasts. 732 | ----- 733 | 734 | ==================== 735 | ~!~Shoot the shooter 736 | 737 | Schreckweg 5000: Always thought that this wasn't the case, but here's the Bloomberg article: 738 | ----- 739 | Nassudan: Fuck. No way this isn't a case. 740 | ----- 741 | Shadybiz: I don't think this is possible, and I certainly don't think this isn't possible. 742 | ----- 743 | Mivey: Wonder if this guy was selling something that was laced. 744 | ----- 745 | Dreams-Visions: A man with a gun and a gun. 746 | ----- 747 | Bane: This isn't just a case. This is pretty common in mass shootings. 748 | ----- 749 | hitme: If you have a gun, don't make that guy a citizen. 750 | ----- 751 | Loudninja: I feel like this is what is being advocated for here. 752 | ----- 753 | Slayven: I know this is a stupid way to frame it but it is a case of ..you know 754 | ----- 755 | electroshockwave: If you don't have a gun, you don't have a gun. 756 | ----- 757 | 758 | ==================== 759 | ~!~Amazon pulls black comedy The Good Doctor, despite being a doctor 760 | 761 | ElectricBlanketFire: Good. 762 | ----- 763 | Slayven: I dread to be that guy. 764 | ----- 765 | Cantaim: Damn 766 | ----- 767 | Puck Beaverton: I love this. 768 | ----- 769 | 770 | AnansiThePersona: Well I'm glad I'm glad this is a thing 771 | ----- 772 | The Kree: Well. Maybe it's time to let Amazon have me subscribe to Netflix. 773 | ----- 774 | maximumzero: Yeah, I'm glad it's over. I've been watching horror movies since the Good Doctor. 775 | ----- 776 | Krejlooc: It's probably a good move, then I'll watch this. 777 | ----- 778 | Troll: Should’ve just let it be a movie. 779 | ----- 780 | 781 | ==================== 782 | ~!~Trump: I never asked for this. 783 | 784 | ElectricBlanketFire: Please, please, don't fuck this up. 785 | ----- 786 | Thorn: Whatever he wants. 787 | ----- 788 | starpower: Why you gotta ask 789 | ----- 790 | Dishwalla: Trump is a man of many emotions, and he never asked for this. 791 | ----- 792 | Bakercat: It’s not a question I’ve asked for. 793 | ----- 794 | Dishwalla: Trump is a man of many emotions, and he does ask for it. 795 | ----- 796 | SgtCobra: I am shocked. 797 | What a fucking moron. 798 | ----- 799 | ElectricBlanketFire: Hey, Trump has asked a lot of people. 800 | ----- 801 | Fercho: Don't do it America. 802 | ----- 803 | Tesseract: but he's a man of many emotions, he never does this. 804 | ----- 805 | 806 | ==================== 807 | ~!~"The Town" - Netflix Feb. 14, 2018 808 | 809 | WaffleTaco: Anyone watch this? I know I am a bit of a Ready Player One fan and while I enjoyed the first two seasons I thought they were more episodic episodes. 810 | Any other people who are in for this? 811 | ----- 812 | StuBurns: I watched it in the theater. It was okay. I didn't enjoy it. 813 | ----- 814 | WaffleTaco: I actually saw the show in the theater. I thought it was a good show. I don't know how much it sucked, but I thought it was good. 815 | I didn't like the ending. I thought it was a bad way to start the show. 816 | ----- 817 | Wag: I was way too young to really enjoy anything except the initial two seasons. I think Netflix just doesn't have it in it. 818 | ----- 819 | AoM: It's like a TV show version of the Cheers episode. 820 | ----- 821 | AoM: The movie in 4K. 822 | ----- 823 | Wag: I hope all those kids in the Cabaret were in on this. Good shit. 824 | ----- 825 | Moppeh: It's not really a sequel to the movie. 826 | ----- 827 | WaffleTaco: I think people just saw it in the theater and didn’t see the movie afterwards? 828 | ----- 829 | Kas: I watched the movie in front of a live audience (kids) and they were laughing all the way to the chair. It was not funny. 830 | ----- 831 | 832 | ==================== 833 | ~!~Amazon’s £9bn HQ in Burnaby, British Columbia seeks to accommodate 15,000 jobs 834 | 835 | RastaMentality: This is really just a mess of supply chain problems when the more expensive one has an even worse selection. For example, the Victoria and Albert Eaves gift shops are the only two locations open to customers in the Burnaby cluster. 836 | ----- 837 | DGenerator: I mean, it's Burnaby. Don't make fun of this one, Vancouver's housing crunch is ruining everything. 838 | ----- 839 | Blueblur: This is a terrible thing. I'm beginning to think the only reason the city is still in Burnaby is to keep the promise of being a place of culture. 840 | ----- 841 | RastaMentality: I mean, it’s the Vancouver of Burnaby. Don’t make fun of this one, Vancouver's housing crunch is ruining everything. 842 | ----- 843 | Sectorseven: Burnaby is pretty big. 844 | ----- 845 | RastaMentality: It’s just a mess of supply chain problems. It’s not considered a city but more of a clusterfuck with no traffic. There’s a lot of job losses and the city just can’t handle more. 846 | ----- 847 | Blueblur: I'd say it's a clusterfuck, but I didn't know it was that bad. 848 | ----- 849 | RastaMentality: It’s just a mess with supply chain problems. It’s not considered a city but more of a clusterfuck with no traffic. There’s a lot of job losses and the city just can’t handle more. 850 | ----- 851 | Hjod: I'm guessing Burnaby isn't Vancouver? And I'm guessing there's a lot of people who live in the city. 852 | ----- 853 | RastaMentality: Also Vancouver has a population of over 60k and a population that's growing faster than Toronto and every other big city in Canada. 854 | ----- 855 | 856 | ==================== 857 | ~!~Do you believe that free speech advocates are on some level espousing right wing views? 858 | 859 | brainchild: This is a big one. I've seen a lot of people make the argument that "right to fight" proponents are on some level simply just digitally pencilling. The idea that people are on some level just digitally pencilling "free speech" as a defense is a common argument for defense of rightwingers, and that is patently ridiculous. I'm not defending rightwingers, I'm just suggesting that rightwingers do have right wing views. 860 | The best example I can think of is when conservative "rational" anthropologist David Ray Ray Winick espouses a "procedure" that reduces people in his work to a job, group of people that have no job, and the entire society is ruled by suprmely because we're too clever and "rational" for the task. It's like saying that the society is designed for right wing persons. 861 | I think it's a more reasonable response to the idea that people are on some level simply pencilling "free speech" as a defense of right-wing ideologies. I think this is incredibly unjustified on the basis on the proposal that there is a right wing defender who are not responsible for the marginalized groups that they supposedly defend. I think this is a case of "hypothetical thinking", because the right wing defender is actually advocating the oppression of everyone else. 862 | Do you believe that right wingers are on some level just pencilling "free speech"? 863 | ----- 864 | Powdered Egg: Absolutely. 865 | ----- 866 | shnurgleton: No, they are just pencilling creatively 867 | ----- 868 | Aurongel: I don't believe there are right-wing proponents of any kind of right-wing ideology. 869 | ----- 870 | Mindwipe: I think the right-wing theorists are pretty bad at discrediting anything, so I'd rather have them on my list. 871 | ----- 872 | Zoc: No. They’re mostly just pencilling with meaningless magical assertions that are meaningless unless proven to be true. 873 | ----- 874 | Slayven: The right have always been about regressive, nationalist policies that marginalize dissent and marginalize ideas. They are completely fine with white supremacists and their "free speech" talking, but they are just dressing up their formerly racist ideology as a defense of white people. 875 | ----- 876 | CassCade: 877 | ==================== 878 | ~!~Frozen pizza, what ingredients should I care about? (hot pizza, frozen pizza) 879 | 880 | GaimeGuy: Frozen pizza is always weird. It has all the ingredients for pizza. Almond milk, powdered milk, milk, cheese, etc. What's the best way to structure it? 881 | ----- 882 | Septimus Prime: Cold it. 883 | ----- 884 | JCHandsom: Cold it 885 | ----- 886 | Griselbrand: Cold it until it liquates. Then put it in a closed container and eat it. 887 | ----- 888 | 889 | Praxis: Cold it with a scoop of vanilla ice. 890 | ----- 891 | KoopaTheCasual: Cold it. 892 | It's delicious, but I'm a sucker for frozen/ frozen stuff. 893 | ----- 894 | 895 | Pringles: Cold it. 896 | ----- 897 | Darth Vapor: Cold it. 898 | ----- 899 | 900 | ==================== 901 | ~!~"The Dark Knight Rises" is the better Batman movie 902 | 903 | Bor Gullet: I enjoyed TDKR, which is a good point. It was a fun adventure with a great third act. 904 | ----- 905 | Fat4all: nah, that was pretty dark knight parody 906 | ----- 907 | SigmasonicX: The Dark Knight Rises is a good movie, but I think Nolan nailed TDK. 908 | ----- 909 | UnpopularBlargh: I like it but I dislike TDKR. 910 | ----- 911 | Fat4all: nah i’m not saying that, but i would say the Dark Knight trilogy is better than Knight todays Disney-Fox collaboration 912 | ----- 913 | HStallion: I really liked how it was the more action filled film and the action-packed film. The Dark Knight Rises is the most fun I've been in a Batman film in a long time. 914 | ----- 915 | Bor Gullet: I don't think Nolan had it right. It was a fun film, but I think he nailed it. 916 | ----- 917 | TheBeardedOne: I like it a lot, and I think I prefer it to the highly reviewed, more action filled Dark Knight. 918 | ----- 919 | Moff: I think I prefer it to TDK, but that's just my opinion. 920 | ----- 921 | 922 | ==================== 923 | ~!~Aliens vs. Machine Gunmen 924 | 925 | Cryptosporidium: This is something I have been pondering about for a while. A fight between machines that are more lethal than humans. I have no idea why they are even mentioned in the title of the movie. 926 | The machines are: 927 | - machines with special weapons 928 | - machines that can do mind control 929 | - machines that are invisible 930 | - machines that have special powers that aren't always invisible 931 | There is a lot of controversy over these types of machines in the 2000's. Laser weapons are extremely popular in the movie Aliens. 932 | The machines that is the main character in the Aliens is a man named William H. Gibson. 933 | He had a very large ego and very strong support of his mission. 934 | The man behind these weapons is a man named Franz Kafka who is the main character of the film 935 | The film has a discussion between Bauer and H.K. 936 | "So the machine will not kill us or take us from our natural destiny. It will take us from the natural destiny and then at the very last blows our noses in part because our natural destiny is becoming increasingly unattainable. The machine will take us from the natural destiny of the world to another world." 937 | It is interesting that their general objective is to take us from our natural destiny to another world. We are not going to have a destiny to become brothers or sisters with machines. 938 | The machines that are presented are: 939 | - Men 940 | - Women 941 | - children 942 | - Guns 943 | - The most common goal of these machines are to take us from the natural destiny of the world. 944 | It is important to note that the machines that are presented are not only invisible but also non-magical. Most of these machines are non-magical humans. 945 | I am not going to go into detail about the reasons that this film presents humans as being the "natural" masters of the universe. I will provide a synopsis later. 946 | Spoiler: Ending 947 | Let's not forget that Mr. Freeze in the original scenario is the chosen one and the one we all know and love. He is the master of this universe. 948 | Spoiler: Movie ends 949 | ----- 950 | Conkersbadfurday: I like the idea that these weapons could kill us, but that they wouldn't necessarily be invisible and also that the machines themselves could do something about our nonmagical minds being underpowered. I think this film's ending may be the most up to date. 951 | 952 | ==================== 953 | ~!~Woman calls cops on Black woman for wearing heels and a black t shirt. 954 | 955 | snapcracken: Video at the link. 956 | I'm not going to link the t-shirt because I think it's inflammatory. 957 | But the woman's argument is really stupid. 958 | ----- 959 | RumbleHumble: Holy shit! 960 | ----- 961 | Khanimus: Fucking christ 962 | ----- 963 | Dennis8K: Wat 964 | ----- 965 | Alcotholic: Fucking lol. Woman is talking shit, I don't know why she needs to explain herself. 966 | ----- 967 | Klyka: I don't get it 968 | ----- 969 | BAD: WTF. 970 | ----- 971 | Alucrid: she's in China apparently 972 | ----- 973 | jelly: Why are heels your friend? 974 | ----- 975 | HStallion: That's an awful way to look at it. 976 | ----- 977 | 978 | ==================== 979 | ~!~What Are You Reading? (March 2018) 980 | 981 | ara: Yay, another month off. Reads interesting and engaging. 982 | March is a good month for books, as it allows for a lot of reading and reading to occur at the same time throughout the week. I don't read much anymore so I'm trying to figure out if I'm just going to be reading all day on my bed any day now or when I'm sleeping more than 2 hours. 983 | Anyway, back to the topic main focus, what are you reading? March is a good month for books as it allows for a lot of interesting discussions. 984 | I'm reading "The Way Out of Dark Dreams" by Fr. Keith Richards and Michail Benmueller, both available on Amazon. The story follows a group of people living in a remote island and they are among the first to encounter a dark past, The Light in the Darkness, and The Stand. Both are collected in The Way Out of Dark Dreams. 985 | I'm also reading "The Catcher of Gomorrah" by Henry James Barlow and Anne Garrel Frye. 986 | What are you reading? 987 | March is a good month for books. I haven't read much so I'm trying to figure out if I'm just getting riled up or if I'm just doing something I'm trying to put on the go. 988 | ----- 989 | Redcrayon: I'm reading the book "The Spoils of War" by Neil Gaiman and it feels like a reread. It's Gaiman's short story about a young dwarf who goes into war and captures his brother, but then finds out he's a vampire, so the book is Gaiman's take on the "myth" that the "truth" behind dwarf lore is correct. 990 | I'm gonna read "The Stand" by Y.A. Ellis, it's just a nice little read. I'm not sure if I want to continue reading it because I don't know how good it is, but I'll try. 991 | ----- 992 | Redcrayon: Yup. I'll be reading "Worlds" by Neil Gaiman and I'm enjoying it. It's an Ellis style story about a bunch of weird little stories that happen to gradually reveal some pretty spectacular twist bits. 993 | ----- 994 | RatskyWatsky: I'll be reading "The Stand" by Daniel Clowell and will probably finish "The Girl in the Machine 995 | ==================== 996 | ~!~The Independent: British British Gas's CEO has 'suffered' at work at the #satanic abuse abuse abuse scandal 997 | 998 | Puroresu_kid: This is just absolutely disgusting. That CEO must be so abusive. I just don't understand why they are doing this. 999 | ----- 1000 | Khanimus: Wow. 1001 | ----- 1002 | Cocolina: Shocked 1003 | ----- 1004 | Lashley: WTF 1005 | ----- 1006 | JVIDICAN: BSkyB*RED 1007 | ----- 1008 | Shugga: I'm sure they are rolling in their profits from this. 1009 | ----- 1010 | GrizzleBoy: I hope they keep doing this. 1011 | ----- 1012 | Gernau Morat Gurgeh: He's a very nice guy, this is clearly not part of a cult. 1013 | ----- 1014 | signal: i'm shocked that so many UK employees have been in such a shitty environment. 1015 | ----- 1016 | djplaeskool: This is despicable, and a reminder that TV execs are just monstrous human beings. 1017 | ----- 1018 | 1019 | ==================== 1020 | ~!~Trump's top official is a Russian agent, who is under criminal investigation, according to special counsel Robert Mueller 1021 | 1022 | Shard Shinjuku: 1023 | ----- 1024 | Dennis8K: 1025 | ----- 1026 | Shard Shinjuku: Regular thread. 1027 | ----- 1028 | 1029 | ==================== 1030 | ~!~What's the best ERA-to-movie panoramas? 1031 | 1032 | janusff: I'm talking about things like: 1033 | -The best in-depth stories and analysis of movies that don't get talked about enough. 1034 | -Anime, movie, books, tv, comics, etc. 1035 | -Anime recommendations from outlets like IndieWire, THR, etc. 1036 | What say you Era? Which ones do you enjoy? 1037 | ----- 1038 | SillyEskimo: I love the Giant Robo one. 1039 | ----- 1040 | Tence: I love the Happily Everlast one. 1041 | ----- 1042 | Kevers: The one where the alien was in a pog form in space. 1043 | Also The Last Jedi and the one where the robot was in a pog. 1044 | ----- 1045 | The Almighty Tria: One of my favorite podcasts 1046 | ----- 1047 | B.K.: The one where the little girl and her pug came together to beat the perpetually angry bird. 1048 | ----- 1049 | Truly Gargantuan: The one where the raptors ate a bunch of human pugs. 1050 | ----- 1051 | Protome: The one where they breed and kill half the humans while the other half bumblebee and vultures and raptors and all that. 1052 | ----- 1053 | Unicorn: The one where Jabba appeared in the very first shot of Episode III in the New Frontier. 1054 | ----- 1055 | SigmasonicX: Short, sweet Panoramas, as in Panoramas + Star Wars 1056 | ----- 1057 | 1058 | ==================== 1059 | ~!~The online outrage over the Netflix Daredevil trailer was a good thing 1060 | 1061 | Mage_of_Cinder: I know that the public outrage over the Netflix Daredevil trailer was a good thing, but was a bad thing? 1062 | I watched all of it and it's honestly amazing how much it affected people. I don't think I've ever been so emotional when watching a trailer in front of a live audience. 1063 | ----- 1064 | RoboPlato: I'm so ready for it to make it big. It's amazing how Netflix has managed to make a movie out of a major Netflix series. 1065 | ----- 1066 | Moppeh: This is worth the hype. 1067 | ----- 1068 | SigmasonicX: I'm so ready. I remember the first time I watched the Daredevil trailer, I was like, "That's basic enough! How can you go about doing this?" 1069 | ----- 1070 | Dennis8K: Is the shitstorm of the Internet just starting to wear off before it gets here? 1071 | ----- 1072 | brokeastronaut: Always wanted to see it, but I don't know if I would actually. 1073 | ----- 1074 | BWoog: I'm so ready for it to go to the big screen. I'm sad to see it go but I'm so in. 1075 | ----- 1076 | jett: It's hilarious how Netflix has managed to make Doctor Strange not just popular, but popular enough for it to be adapted into a movie. 1077 | ----- 1078 | Yams: I watched it last night and I would have said yes 1079 | ----- 1080 | -Pyromaniac-: It's my favorite Netflix show 1081 | ----- 1082 | 1083 | ==================== 1084 | ~!~Why can't we get this whole Kryptonite from Kryptonite? 1085 | 1086 | John Doe: This was one of the last threads that I made and I really wanted to make a thread about this and bring it up in a nice light. It sounds like the whole point of the show is that the show is about the struggle of a guy who gets Kryptonite from Kryptonite, it's not just a battle between good and evil. 1087 | ----- 1088 | Transistor: Oh, you mean people actually got their hands on Kryptonite? 1089 | ----- 1090 | Krejlooc: I feel like this is what I would call a semi-portable alternative. 1091 | ----- 1092 | John Doe: I figure it's a bit of a stretch to say that this is a defense against the internet because you'd probably be attacked for it. 1093 | ----- 1094 | Mister Saturn: I think a lot of people are just ignorant to the show and would likely not have access to it if they didn't. 1095 | I mean, it's not directly a Kryptonite flavour, this is the actual actual "natural" version. 1096 | ----- 1097 | Krejlooc: Well at least you're not talking about B-Dubs, that's for sure. 1098 | ----- 1099 | Chrno: Not really a defense. 1100 | ----- 1101 | Aselith: I've seen people say it's just a marketing thing. Guess I have to watch the show, I'll give you that. 1102 | ----- 1103 | Transistor: Oh yeah, the show is about the struggle between good and evil. 1104 | ----- 1105 | Krejlooc: It's not just the good, it's all the darkness that fuels it. 1106 | ----- 1107 | 1108 | ==================== 1109 | ~!~The Guardian: Trump's secret ballot called Congressional district will be the final word of the midterms 1110 | 1111 | Sagroth: From the Trump administration’s new secret ballot, released today, February 20. 1112 | From the Trump administration’s new secret ballot, released today, February 20. 1113 | ----- 1114 | Zophar: I don't even know what to say anymore. 1115 | ----- 1116 | Pai Pai Master: I don't think the fucking trump admin is about to release an enfanturbe infestation suit against the US government. 1117 | ----- 1118 | Hollywood Duo: I don't actually care to be honest. 1119 | ----- 1120 | Stinkles: Wait until the Democrats win in 2018. This election is going to be red litigated. 1121 | ----- 1122 | Nassudan: What a load of horse shit. 1123 | ----- 1124 | Kirblar: This is a very nice read for an election year. 1125 | ----- 1126 | Dekim: I'm pretty sure if you can remember, the Republicans actually tried to run this through by running a Cobb County election. 1127 | ----- 1128 | bremon: Lol. Trump has been doing this since before the election. Biggest election in American history. 1129 | ----- 1130 | _ifigured: I saw this article on my Twitter feed. Never even heard of it before. The (unrealistic?) number of voters who voted in the election is rising. 1131 | ----- 1132 | 1133 | ==================== 1134 | ~!~How do I find a good online community thread/discussion pool? 1135 | 1136 | WarpSpeedMolasses: Title sounds dumb but I’m genuinely curious as to how people here on Era respond to threads or threads that are made. 1137 | I’m asking for a general idea of what I can do to establish a good community thread-marksword style, but I’m also looking to see if there’s a leaderboard or a more specific feature that I should implement. I’d like to keep it as chronological order as possible, and don’t want to lose the chronological nature of the thread. 1138 | So, Era, how do I attract people to this thread? 1139 | ----- 1140 | wrowa: It's a fairly old thread, but I'm keeping it to as close as possible to the original topic. 1141 | ----- 1142 | Dynamite Shikoku: Do you have a link? 1143 | ----- 1144 | wrowa: Looks like no thread is new. 1145 | ----- 1146 | RedBlue: You can post a link to the original topic for maximum community visibility. 1147 | ----- 1148 | wrowa: Responding to my title. Thanks! 1149 | ----- 1150 | RedBlue: Not sure. I'm on mobile. 1151 | ----- 1152 | wrowa: I used to have a guide, but I'm not pulling this off. 1153 | I'm also not posting anything in this topic. 1154 | Thanks. 1155 | ----- 1156 | Dynamite Shikoku: I don't post anything 1157 | ----- 1158 | RedBlue: I’m pulling this shit now. I didn’t even know there was a thread on this 1159 | ----- 1160 | 1161 | ==================== 1162 | ~!~How can I use Google Voice to change my phone number? 1163 | 1164 | Tideas: I want to change my phone number from my mom's number to someone's number. How can I change it? 1165 | ----- 1166 | xxracerxx: You need to change the number to a different one. 1167 | ----- 1168 | Teh Hamburglar: It's not just a number. It's the number you used to talk to family. 1169 | ----- 1170 | Yaboosh: I think family knows that number. 1171 | ----- 1172 | Powdered Egg: You're trying to get an emergency call OP. 1173 | ----- 1174 | Teh Hamburglar: It's a number it's been since the number started being called and it's been there for a while. 1175 | ----- 1176 | xxracerxx: I mean I'm guessing it's an old number that no one knows about. 1177 | ----- 1178 | whatsinaname: Call your local emergency number. 1179 | ----- 1180 | Saganator: Call 911. 1181 | ----- 1182 | Gunny T Highway: They're not going to change the number and you should be able to call 911 if you are being belligerent. 1183 | ----- 1184 | 1185 | ==================== 1186 | ~!~Anyone got an idea that modern cartoons like The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Adventure Time are more than just mediocre? 1187 | 1188 | SolVanderlyn: I thought this was a pretty interesting thread. 1189 | Gets me all patriotic. 1190 | I see the current world is already a mess, but does it get better? Can I make an anime out of this? Can I remake the original? Help. 1191 | ----- 1192 | Ithil: The voice actors in old cartoons are terrible. 1193 | ----- 1194 | 1195 | SolVanderlyn: These things are always lame. 1196 | ----- 1197 | 1198 | ElectricBlanketFire: Not every story needs a new protagonist, so I'm not sure how. 1199 | ----- 1200 | NewDonkStrong: The best things in cartoons are jokes. 1201 | ----- 1202 | 1203 | TheBeardedOne: I think the best thing about Family Guy is the fact that the old guy is just a good guy, so that there's not anything of substance to any jokes. 1204 | ----- 1205 | FantasticMrFoxdie: "Fifty Shades Of Betty" 1206 | ----- 1207 | 1208 | ==================== 1209 | ~!~How do you deal with "cannibal" vs "freakilist"? 1210 | 1211 | CannonFodder52: In case you haven't seen it, I'm having a party tonight with some friends and we plan to have a "cannibal dinner" for the day. We don't plan to have any hangovers after eating and drinking, but we do plan to try some "cannibal" or "frozen sliders" if we can. 1212 | I'd like to know what foods you eat that are leftovers for the day and what foods you freestyle when you eat them. 1213 | Also, how do you make them? 1214 | ----- 1215 | KHarvey16: I would normally bring a bottle of frozen sardines (sang corned beef or lean ground beef) with me. 1216 | ----- 1217 | Mr. X: Sardines or dried boneless skin? 1218 | ----- 1219 | CannonFodder52: Just depends on the place. I'll bring a burger or two. 1220 | I don't think I would waste a bottle of frozen sardines unless I had to. 1221 | ----- 1222 | Mr. X: Sardines 1223 | ----- 1224 | TheBaldEmperor: Sardines. I don't know about the steaks, but I would take beef jerky. If I can get it, sure. 1225 | ----- 1226 | Alethiometer: I bring a cooking pot full of ingredients, lots of food, lots of water. 1227 | ----- 1228 | faint: I give away my cooking pot to my friends or my family. 1229 | ----- 1230 | CannonFodder52: I would bring a bbq or some food with me. 1231 | ----- 1232 | Mr. X: Beef jerky, frozen sliders or steak. It's not "sasting" my food but it's "finally" frozen. 1233 | ----- 1234 | 1235 | ==================== 1236 | ~!~What are some essential things to do/see in London? 1237 | 1238 | Irnbru: I love London, it’s huge and nice, even though I do hate it a little at times. 1239 | For me it’s gotta be the 5 Boroughs, which are to say Manchester, Liverpool, and so on. 1240 | I don’t want to live in a place that will be bombed by Brexit. 1241 | I just want to visit London first, then visit other big cities. 1242 | I’m in my twenties and I think I want to visit Scotland first, then some countryside and then the country that's next? 1243 | What do you guys think is essential to do/see in London? 1244 | ----- 1245 | More_Badass: Dont forget to live/visit the EastEnd and North. 1246 | ----- 1247 | Titik: How old are you? 1248 | ----- 1249 | StuBurns: What's your budget? 1250 | ----- 1251 | Koukalaka: If you're more interested in the West, then just walk around. 1252 | ----- 1253 | jchap: New York. 1254 | I live in Boston, and I've just been visiting the city for the 2nd time in at least a month. 1255 | ----- 1256 | Irnbru: How old are you? 1257 | ----- 1258 | TheBeardedOne: I'm from Canada. I've been to the UK and visited Scotland, which is interesting, since I've always wanted to visit the EastEndais. 1259 | ----- 1260 | TheBeardedOne: Reading a lot about the EastEndais, I looked for something like "How do you guys know that?" 1261 | ----- 1262 | TheBeardedOne: Also I'd imagine that you're in the wrong. 1263 | ----- 1264 | 1265 | ==================== 1266 | ~!~The best way to prepare for a legal dispute in America? 1267 | 1268 | 1000 Need A Peace Of Mind 1269 | We are a small and small GAF group, but of course we aren't big news. We're not a site that's for everyone, like most news sites are, but for certain topics we skew our coverage around. 1270 | So I figure we could all help each other out, if asked for help I'd like to start with a Google Forms PW calculator. But since the time that I've been in the small business community (which I get to do as a thank you!) this thing won't even be a thing. So I know I'm going to be a bit late on this. I think I have to start somewhere, but I'm tired of wasting time trying to figure out how to play this out. I have business cards that I took for granted just because weed ensures I won't have to admit to myself something I shouldn't. 1271 | There are a few ways I know what it feels like to admit that I fucked up; I'd prefer to have a real life legal dispute resolved by real legal means, but that's just me. My plan is to be patient, get help, and then make up the difference so I don't get jumped by my own insurance. I feel like I'm only the second person in the world to have this issue, after all. It's not really an issue of "I fucked up big time." It's a problem of ego. 1272 | What are the best way to go about solving this problem for me? I'm out of ideas here long, but a lot of the resources I tried out are for big companies. Family trusts, etc? Is a joint venture of companies? Is it really legal? I'm using PayPal, but have a bank account with PayPal, and my financial info is in a joint account with a company. I'd love help on this as well, or at the very least get some state sponsored help with a joint account for this problem. 1273 | ----- 1274 | GrimGrinningGuy: Just a little don’t tell your family and you’ll have a small debt to pay to cover this and all the other bullshit. 1275 | ----- 1276 | MIMIC: I am a small business owner. I work in a very small business. 1277 | I'm sorry if this is a thread for you. I am not qualified to speak on your behalf. 1278 | I understand you are trying to resolve 1279 | ==================== 1280 | ~!~Is a "black and white" website the best option when it comes to online services? 1281 | 1282 | Kismet: I was thinking about using a service like WeChat, but I'm curious as to which type of service you can best use. 1283 | WeChat uses QR code to scan your order to identify people who order from WeChat and then drops your scan to the WeChat. I use it to identify potential recruiters/haves by scanning. 1284 | You can use the QR code to sign up for a room or get a room at a restaurant (if there is one in the area I'm not going to, I'll scan ahead looking for a table) and then you can say "Order" from there. 1285 | The only downside is that I've never been able to connect to real authentic restaurants. 1286 | ----- 1287 | Bigkrev: I just discovered this site over the past few days and I've been using it for several years. 1288 | ----- 1289 | ZackieChan: I'm a frequent traveler so I use the online chat feature to remind people where they are. 1290 | ----- 1291 | Kismet: You're going to be a little late to the party lol. I'm on mobile so I can't post too much, but I'll give you the hint: In the Philippines, if you're visiting for the first time, Be patient. 1292 | ----- 1293 | kiguel182: I'm assuming you are American and have no history with online services. I know two Filipino people who use online services and both said they use them. 1294 | ----- 1295 | Kismet: Yeah, I'm not American but my wife has a Filipino husband who uses WeChat and she uses the Wifi equivalent of that around the Philippines. It's such a painless, instant way of communicating method. 1296 | ----- 1297 | The Albatross: I use Skype for work and it's been working quite well for me, as I communicate with everyone on the phone, and I also don't have a work phone. 1298 | ----- 1299 | Kismet: I just realized how funny that part of the above post is. 1300 | ----- 1301 | Kung Fu: Skype for Work? 1302 | ----- 1303 | Fuu: WeChat 1304 | ----- 1305 | 1306 | ==================== 1307 | ~!~New CRISPR technology advances without FDA approval 1308 | 1309 | ReactionShot: Source: The Guardian 1310 | ----- 1311 | Kraken3dfx: CRISPR/Gene Recycling tech is getting closer and closer to being practical. 1312 | ----- 1313 | yumms: Science has been shit on CRISPR for decades. 1314 | ----- 1315 | Sectorseven: FDA needs to be on the come up with a standard for CRISPR so that it can be FDA approved. 1316 | ----- 1317 | Dennis8K: In the USA, this is the most advanced possible form of DNA we will ever see. 1318 | ----- 1319 | Dekim: CRISPR will never replace the human body. With that said, I'm still hopeful. 1320 | ----- 1321 | TheFallenSaboteur: Well the FDA is saying that they need to be 100% FDA-wide and will have to approve using other types of DNA (like fingerprints) to find out new methods of cancer treatment. That would mean using the FDA-wide rules and guidelines on CRISPR today, but then I don't think it would be a very big leap at the time to be able to use a CRISPR technique today. 1322 | ----- 1323 | Ether_Snake: FDA approval rules need to be a standard, and approval by the public, like most things today, could be decades away. 1324 | ----- 1325 | Laser Man: This is a big step for cancer research in the future. Before, it was just going to be a one and done type of thing. Now, it's science. 1326 | ----- 1327 | Ether_Snake: So let's say it works, FDA needs to close the door on it. 1328 | ----- 1329 | 1330 | ==================== 1331 | ~!~Nostalgia is dead. 1332 | 1333 | Deleted member 36937: This is actually old news, I thought it was bound to come out anytime ago. 1334 | I was born in 1988 and I grew up in the 90s. I watched the 90s all over again. My birthday is still celebrated, I still hear about it every year, I still go to the movie pubs still. 1335 | So I thought it would be interesting to create a thread where we can relive great moments from the decades of Nostalgia that still evokes fond memories today. 1336 | I'll invite all of us to post the best Nostalgia Moments we thought we already saw, preferably in our childhood. 1337 | PLEASE NO MEMES. 1338 | ----- 1339 | NESpowerhouse: I still remember the first time I saw the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime. I was so hyped and they used the anime in a ridiculous way. 1340 | ----- 1341 | Deleted member 36937: NO. 1342 | ----- 1343 | sphagnum: The only thing Nostalgia is going to do right now is remind people of the 80s all the time. 1344 | ----- 1345 | The Almighty Tria: That's what I was told when Nostalgia was a viable concept, is that it was the first thing the Nostalgia section of the internet actually got right. 1346 | ----- 1347 | Goldenroad: No, it's just a good nostalgic moment. Nostalgia is just that, a good nostalgic moment. Nostalgia is a type of nostalgia, and it has no place in the internet culture. 1348 | ----- 1349 | jediyoshi: I still remember the 90s. 1350 | ----- 1351 | ResetGreyWolf: Why isn't there the NES in the 90s? 1352 | ----- 1353 | Deleted member 36937: My guess is that it was a "non-gaming" trend that became more prevalent in the 2000's. Nostalgia is pretty redundant, and it's going to be hard to find specific Nostalgia that will serve as a non-issue in any future future effort at reviving internet culture. 1354 | ----- 1355 | Spork4000: It's not that they don't have Nostalgia sections in any other digital era, it's that Nostalgia catalog has been so small and that's keeps getting larger and bigger. It's not huge in the last ten years and it's not that it's always relevant. 1356 | ----- 1357 | 1358 | ==================== 1359 | ~!~The UK is set to ban paper bags, UK citizens can own digital books and online porn 1360 | 1361 | mac: Link: 1362 | It comes as no surprise that a company like Amazon, which is apparently a leading consumer protection group, says that this is the result of an EU court ruling. 1363 | ----- 1364 | Cocolina: Amazon 1365 | ----- 1366 | Acorn: Amazon 1367 | ----- 1368 | PJV3: I could use the bag but I don't care? 1369 | ----- 1370 | 1371 | Dishwalla: eBooks 1372 | ----- 1373 | Mechaplum: I'm guessing this will be to make sure that kind of bag doesn't happen in the future. 1374 | ----- 1375 | pulsemyne: I want to read through my book but it is so hard to justify having a digital copy when I don't need to use it. 1376 | ----- 1377 | DrSlek: I think I'll just open it all up in my tablet and read it with it. 1378 | ----- 1379 | Deleted member 1258: I'm sure the US is going to make a similar ruling, I dunno, but the EU will soon start a process to get rid of digital receipts as well. 1380 | ----- 1381 | 1382 | ==================== 1383 | ~!~Screenings at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival 1384 | 1385 | grmlin: Three Screenings occurred this last weekend: 1386 | Three Screenings at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival 1387 | ----- 1388 | Lumination: Nice. 1389 | ----- 1390 | Masquerade Overture: Nice. 1391 | ----- 1392 | Rassilon: Nice. 1393 | ----- 1394 | BreezyLimbo: Nice 1395 | Nice 1396 | ----- 1397 | Dook's Revenge: Nice. 1398 | ----- 1399 | grmlin: Nice. 1400 | ----- 1401 | Tobor: Nice. 1402 | ----- 1403 | Omegasquash: Nice. 1404 | ----- 1405 | Dook's Revenge: Nice, so I thought you guys were old enough to remember this. 1406 | ----- 1407 | 1408 | 1409 | ==================== 1410 | ~!~Why does nobody here on Era talk about how awesome ResetERA is? 1411 | 1412 | Jintor: I came across this on a search and I'm genuinely baffled. 1413 | Is it because I'm not a Grave Robber, but because I'm a millennial and I'm looking for a worthy explanation? 1414 | ----- 1415 | Kthulhu: Because it's a "community" that's run by "me" and "edgelords". 1416 | Someone told me that a forum where I could talk about my depression and I wouldn't have that. 1417 | ----- 1418 | Sectorseven: Why do you have a thread about it? 1419 | ----- 1420 | GrimGrinningGuy: It's for the community. I don't have a thread 1421 | ----- 1422 | Jintor: Thank you. I just posted in there and thought it was funny 1423 | ----- 1424 | 1425 | ==================== 1426 | ~!~New York City mayor plans to call for a $1.6 billion tax on luxury condos, within the first year 1427 | 1428 | Piecake: 1429 | ----- 1430 | TheBeardedOne: Good for NYC. I hope this gets more people to vote. 1431 | ----- 1432 | DonShula: That seems a fair deal. 1433 | ----- 1434 | Teh Hamburglar: I can’t see a single thing bad happening to the people of NYC... 1435 | ----- 1436 | maxxpower: What does $1.6 billion reduce? 1437 | ----- 1438 | SteveWinwood: good for them i guess? 1439 | ----- 1440 | TheBeardedOne: Good for them. I'm sure more will be done, but not as much as I'm thinking, and I'm not sure that it'll help. 1441 | ----- 1442 | TheBeardedOne: Good for them, because it's a lot more than just 1.6 billion dollars. It's a lot more than half a billion, because that's the amount the city has spent on new council, new developments, new parks, transit, social services, etc. 1443 | ----- 1444 | TI92: Shit it's like 5% of the gross for the city 1445 | ----- 1446 | Dennis8K: Huh, so I don't get it, but this is actually a good idea. 1447 | ----- 1448 | 1449 | ==================== 1450 | ~!~Is there a better show to watch on a work night than 30 Minute History of Geoghether. 1451 | 1452 | whitehawk: I just finished watching 30 Minute History of Geoghether. It was pretty boring so far, but I guess I just want to make sure that it is better than what we got. I'm trying to find two shows that I can watch on a work night (I think we are going to go with Zendaya, but I'm not sure). 1453 | I'm thinking of also watching the first seasons of Game of Thrones (maybe the seasons as a whole). 1454 | So is there anything else? 1455 | ----- 1456 | whitehawk: I guess I'd say try Stranger Things. 1457 | ----- 1458 | whitehawk: I know there's Zendaya, but I'm not sure if it's the best option. I think it's Netflix's sci-fi service. 1459 | ----- 1460 | whitehawk: I'd actually say not sure what you're looking for. 1461 | ----- 1462 | whitehawk: I don't know, maybe I just want to watch shows on a work night? 1463 | ----- 1464 | Tesseract: maybe try Stranger Things? 1465 | ----- 1466 | whitehawk: That might be a mistake, but I can't think of anything other than that I'd like to try. 1467 | ----- 1468 | whitehawk: I'm not sure I'd want to watch it on a work night. 1469 | ----- 1470 | whitehawk: I'm thinking maybe Zendaya because it's available for streaming. 1471 | ----- 1472 | whitehawk: This is a good idea. I'd like to try Stranger Things, but I think the Netflix version is less experience than the "Netflix" version, and is more of a work night nightmare nightmare. 1473 | ----- 1474 | 1475 | ==================== 1476 | ~!~What's the best way to watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi Blu-ray? 1477 | 1478 | Rivenblade: I've been on a Star Wars binge lately, and I've finally decided to give it a watch. I'm completely on the cusp of watching something from the directors - it's so good, and it's a complete and total cinematic universe. I need to get on the Blu-ray sometime, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to do so in the meantime. 1479 | There's nothing in there I like more than the extended cut scenes. I'm not really sure how it ties into the larger series, but I like them. 1480 | This is the stuff that happens in the first three movies, not some extended cut scenes. 1481 | ----- 1482 | 1483 | ==================== 1484 | ~!~Any public policy professionals here? 1485 | 1486 | Helio: So I am an open officer in a field with a lot of private and public policy professionals. I am currently part of the team that does the Census project (which is quite large). 1487 | I am currently doing a 2 year project (the data collection period to assess census coverage was about 6 years). The data collection was done in 2016, and the results were done in 2015. 1488 | I was wondering if anyone here has done any public policy or public service work before? 1489 | ----- 1490 | Helio: I did train for a year honestly, but stopped after the election. I do still work on the Census issue now. I am not doing any political work. 1491 | ----- 1492 | 1493 | ==================== 1494 | ~!~If we needed a miracle, it would be Solaire. 1495 | 1496 | Firemind: 1497 | ----- 1498 | BDS: Is it the same Queen Queen as all the men in the modern era? 1499 | ----- 1500 | Nimurai: That's a pretty amazing title. I wonder how close she is to the original Queen Queen but is she a fucking idiot or is she a genius? 1501 | ----- 1502 | Firemind: No, the original Queen Queen is still around. She's smart, she's good at logic, and she's not whiny. 1503 | ----- 1504 | Poppy: i mean when i was a kid we had the royals as a side project and that was literally the nightmare imo 1505 | ----- 1506 | CormoranStrike: That's a title for a classic. 1507 | ----- 1508 | CormoranStrike: Moahahaha 1509 | ----- 1510 | Hollywood Duo: She’ll never be as smart as the original. 1511 | ----- 1512 | jkm23: This has to be the most surprising title of the night. 1513 | ----- 1514 | Espi: I mean Queen Queen 1515 | ----- 1516 | 1517 | ==================== 1518 | ~!~TIL: I was just randomly told that Chucky , a character I LOVED as a kid, has a cameo in a Disney movie 1519 | 1520 | ElectricBlanketFire: Do yourself a favor and watch it before it comes out. 1521 | ----- 1522 | ManaByte: The cameo is always guaranteed because the audience knows who that actor is. 1523 | ----- 1524 | FireSafetyBear: Yes, he’s very brief. 1525 | ----- 1526 | Aurongel: I'd imagine it's closer to like... thirty minutes. 1527 | ----- 1528 | BDS: I'm not sure how he's supposed to sound when he appears, but I always assumed it was like ten minutes. 1529 | ----- 1530 | WarLox: Can't believe I'm watching this in a theater instead of going to see it in a cinema. 1531 | ----- 1532 | TraBuch: It's a cameo. 1533 | ----- 1534 | BDS: Chucky's dialogue is always a pleasant one, for reasons we don't understand. 1535 | ----- 1536 | SigmasonicX: The actual TV version: 1537 | Spoiler 1538 | ----- 1539 | The Kree: They'll never be as good as the original. 1540 | ----- 1541 | 1542 | ==================== 1543 | ~!~I'm getting a 'problematic' email, please help. 1544 | 1545 | Infinity Times Two: I have 'met' on facebook and received this message. 1546 | Heavily stylised in red. 1547 | Dear me. 1548 | I'm a very wealthy person, and I just need a way to express my thanks to you. 1549 | I don't know what my options are here. 1550 | Thank you. 1551 | ----- 1552 | FUME5: Bumping this because of an unfortunate coincidence. 1553 | ----- 1554 | Airegin: The red text is what got me to change my mind on this guy. 1555 | ----- 1556 | Mesoian: Nice Guy. 1557 | ----- 1558 | Lumination: Leave a message. 1559 | ----- 1560 | flyinj: It's okay, I just want to say thank you for the motivation to get better. 1561 | ----- 1562 | weekev: I understand the "problematic" part but why? 1563 | ----- 1564 | ElectricBlanketFire: So this is how you get mad about a girl you really don't like? 1565 | ----- 1566 | Mesoian: "Hi Mr. President, I've gotten a message on my message board saying I got a problem and I'm sorry it happened." 1567 | ----- 1568 | Mr. Wonderful: ... 1569 | ----- 1570 | 1571 | ==================== 1572 | ~!~The Week Of Trailer (A24) 1573 | 1574 | WadiumArcadium: Looks like Ephraim is back. Nice! 1575 | ----- 1576 | Shane: Looking good. 1577 | ----- 1578 | jack_package_200: Thanks for the heads up. Looks like something I will see after I get home from work. 1579 | ----- 1580 | 1581 | Theorry: Looks pretty good. 1582 | ----- 1583 | Dardan Sandiego: I want to see Ephraim back in a serious role. 1584 | ----- 1585 | Bradbury: I think I’m down for that weird Batman esque vibe 1586 | ----- 1587 | Mivey: I'm interested, but not sure how much I can trust that. 1588 | ----- 1589 | dancingphlower: I'm a sucker for interconnected series/movies. I'm in for this. 1590 | ----- 1591 | Rendering...: Looks good. 1592 | ----- 1593 | 1594 | ==================== 1595 | ~!~I have a weird question for ResetEra 1596 | 1597 | M52B28: I work in an office. I have a personal computer. 1598 | I currently have Windows 7 SE. 1599 | I have a new desktop that I made myself. 1600 | I have a new laptop. 1601 | I have a laptop that I made myself. 1602 | I have a new computer. 1603 | I have a new PC. 1604 | I have a new laptop. 1605 | I have a new PC. 1606 | I can't find this desktop anywhere. 1607 | I can't find this desktop anywhere. 1608 | I can't find the laptop anywhere. 1609 | I can't find the desktop anywhere. 1610 | I can't find this desktop anywhere. 1611 | I can't find this laptop anywhere. 1612 | I can't find the computer anywhere. 1613 | I can't find the laptop anywhere. 1614 | I can't find the desktop anywhere. 1615 | I can't find the laptop anywhere. 1616 | I feel like I have a new laptop. 1617 | I feel like I have a new laptop. 1618 | I feel like I have a new laptop. 1619 | I feel like I have a new laptop. 1620 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1621 | I think I have a new laptop. 1622 | I think I have a new laptop. 1623 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1624 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1625 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1626 | I think I have a new laptop. 1627 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1628 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1629 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1630 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1631 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1632 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1633 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1634 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1635 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1636 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1637 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1638 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1639 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1640 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1641 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1642 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1643 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1644 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1645 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1646 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1647 | I feel that I have a new laptop. 1648 | 1649 | ==================== 1650 | ~!~What's your favorite scene from a movie? 1651 | 1652 | More_Badass: This is a very broad question and honestly, we've all agreed to the above. What's your favorite scene from a movie. From the actors or from the overall plot? 1653 | ----- 1654 | Bor Gullet: The opening scene from The Last Samurai. 1655 | ----- 1656 | Praxis: The opening scene from Night of the Hunter. 1657 | ----- 1658 | 1659 | Dardan Sandiego: 1. The whole gang is being hunted. 1660 | 2. A bunch of bad guys are being killed. 1661 | 3. The gang is about to be extinct. 1662 | 4. The whole gang is being preyed on. 1663 | 5. The killer is dead. 1664 | 6. The killer is not talking. 1665 | 7. All gone. 1666 | 8. The post-cop movie is just an empty theater, the killers have been defeated and nobody wants to hear about it. 1667 | ----- 1668 | ElectricBlanketFire: 1. "I died in the arms of my wife's brother". 1669 | 2. "I saw the world through the trailer park's trailer colors!" 1670 | 3. "I saw the world through the trailer park's trailer colors!" 1671 | 4. "I saw the world through the trailer park's trailer colors!" 1672 | 5. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1673 | 6. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1674 | 7. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1675 | 8. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1676 | 9. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1677 | 10. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1678 | 11. "I saw the world through the trailer's trailer colors!" 1679 | For me, the best scene of the movie is 1680 | Spoiler 1681 | ----- 1682 | Hank Hill: 1. A bunch of kids chilling in the woods. 1683 | 2. A bunch of dudes in a squad car with guns. 1684 | 3. A shootout with a bunch of bad guys. 1685 | 4. The whole gang is being hunted. 1686 | 5. 1/2 of the gang is dead. 1687 | 4. 1/2 of the gang is missing. 1688 | ----- 1689 | Chivalry: 1/4 of the gang is dead. 1690 | ----- 1691 | 1692 | 1693 | ==================== 1694 | ~!~Trump administration is launching its most lucrative search for talent in the next five years 1695 | 1696 | Tovarisc: and a lot more in this thread. 1697 | ----- 1698 | Nerfgun: Not just Trump. This is real. 1699 | ----- 1700 | Cochese: I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on. 1701 | ----- 1702 | TinTuba47: This is real, right? 1703 | ----- 1704 | Travo: Shit. I’m gonna be happy if the government can hire “suicom”. 1705 | ----- 1706 | jelly: Ambitious 1707 | ----- 1708 | Squarehard: Isn't this the thing that was reported, that he and his base will be okay with allowing the go ahead for the next 5 years while the rest of the country sees it as a non-starter? 1709 | ----- 1710 | Dude Abides: The same kind of stuff we see in the US right now. 1711 | ----- 1712 | 1713 | ==================== 1714 | ~!~Trump said for the first time that he wanted North Korea to be removed from international control 1715 | 1716 | 1717 | Steel: Gonna be a hell of a thing in the next administration. 1718 | ----- 1719 | Teh Hamburglar: This has been the year. 1720 | ----- 1721 | Khanimus: That's not even remotely true. 1722 | ----- 1723 | Stay Up Be Easy: It's not even the most serious version of this. 1724 | ----- 1725 | Nassudan: Nothing matters in a world with fucking hyper-progressive, anti-LGBT, anti-Muslim, anti-immigration, anti-Black, anti-Democrats. 1726 | ----- 1727 | Dishwalla: I mean he said it, he didn't say it specifically or hasn't said it. 1728 | ----- 1729 | Boiled Goose: lol no shit. 1730 | ----- 1731 | Zed: No shit. 1732 | ----- 1733 | Pai Pai Master: I don't think he meant it. 1734 | ----- 1735 | 1736 | ==================== 1737 | ~!~Disney has announced a Biggest Tournament in Anime history, and it's Battle of the World! 1738 | 1739 | MasterYoshi: The largest Tournament in Anime history takes place in 1995. Main Tournament: 1740 | Battle of the World: 1741 | The Battle of the World: 1742 | The outcome: 1743 | Spoiler 1744 | ----- 1745 | You're Protecteded: I'm pretty sure we've had this thread before. 1746 | ----- 1747 | Deleted member 14002: I'm not sure Waaaay too. 1748 | ----- 1749 | Plywood: Now, that I think about it, this will destroy anime's retirement celebration pretty quickly. 1750 | ----- 1751 | 1752 | Biestmann: My favorite is probably the Battle of the Pelican. 1753 | ----- 1754 | MasterYoshi: I've already picked one day to attend, so you're all good. 1755 | ----- 1756 | 1757 | Santiako: I brought a manga to E3 because it was just too good. 1758 | ----- 1759 | 1760 | ==================== 1761 | ~!~Trump attacks Democrats on Twitter, threatens to shutdown government 1762 | 1763 | FantasticMrFoxdie: "We did it! You did it!" - Trump 1764 | ----- 1765 | Fergie: Um... 1766 | ----- 1767 | The Albatross: He's just a kid. 1768 | ----- 1769 | Kraken3dfx: "I had a great summer" 1770 | ----- 1771 | ReginOfFire: He is a kid mind you, he is not "a kid". 1772 | ----- 1773 | Yerffej: He's a kid? He's a kid. 1774 | ----- 1775 | Mona: he sure is not a kid 1776 | ----- 1777 | Dude Abides: He’s a kid. 1778 | ----- 1779 | Steel: I'm assuming he's a kid brain? He's not a kid. 1780 | ----- 1781 | MBeanie: "We had a great summer" 1782 | "We did it!" 1783 | ----- 1784 | 1785 | ==================== 1786 | ~!~Why Is the Spanish Civil War Still Studied In Movies? 1787 | 1788 | TheGamingNewsGuy: I was watching a documentary about the Spanish Civil War and i came across this video of the Spanish Civil War. Before i go any further i ask you, What is the point of the Spanish Civil War in movies? It is basically a doomsday cult type scenario. The Spanish Civil War is still studied because of the kings and their support of Mercado, the revolutionary party that is based in Acuer de Asón. The Spanish military has a lot of issues with the military dictatorship but they do have a military leader that is actually not a total war criminal. 1789 | It is interesting to hear some of the details about the Spanish Civil War and how it may have played a role in the current times. Is the Spanish Government in good shape at all? Does it benefit them at all? Discuss all questions in the telegram. 1790 | ----- 1791 | TheGamingNewsGuy: I'm wondering if the Spanish military really needs to be studied or if it is only in for very short term scenarios. 1792 | ----- 1793 | Shugga: I think the Spanish civil war is just one of the stupidest shit ever. 1794 | Its not that they aren't fighting in their own self made cause, that's just the way king cain said it is. 1795 | ----- 1796 | TheGamingNewsGuy: It's not just the point in the Spanish civil war, the Spanish military was much better than the English at that. 1797 | ----- 1798 | TheGamingNewsGuy: Yes the Spanish military was fighting a self inflicted war. 1799 | ----- 1800 | 1801 | TheGamingNewsGuy: Also i am curious to hear if the Spanish military actually believes in its independence or if it's just some elaborate scam. 1802 | ----- 1803 | TheGamingNewsGuy: Yeah the Spanish military was fighting the British when Spanish powers were at their most advantageous in the late 1608's. 1804 | ----- 1805 | Qikz: The Spanish military was fighting a war but they were also fighting a war because they were not under the control of the king at that point. They were able to create an independant country after the war in one fell swoop. 1806 | ----- 1807 | Queen Kong: I'm not sure the Spanish Civil War is worth studying because it is just a stupid war that is won by cain. 1808 | ----- 1809 | 1810 | ==================== 1811 | ~!~[Poll] If Democrats take the House this fall, what do things have to be done to protect core Democratic values? 1812 | 1813 | brainchild: In this hypothetical, which of the following are the most important? 1814 | 1. Fighting Trump's fascism 1815 | 2. Fighting Brexit's bullshit 1816 | 3. Fighting the evils that are perpetrated against Americans, like Russian meddling in the US elections 1817 | I personally think 1 is the most important. I don't believe in a Democratic Party that pushes all the while pushing Democrats further far left, but if this becomes reality, what do you think is the most important? For the record, would you also want to talk about these things? 1818 | 2. A good education system. For the sake of my own self-esteem, I'm going with 2. 1819 | 3. 2 is trying to stop the spread of misinformation and propaganda, but he's not the only option. 1820 | 4. 2 is trying to end the spread of fake news, but he's not the only option. 1821 | Edit: 1822 | For 2, the most pressing issue that I have to face in the near future: the worsening of the ongoing alt-right crisis, and the spread of the Russian propaganda. 1823 | ----- 1824 | Switch Back 9: 2 is the only answer. 1825 | ----- 1826 | Caleb187: If the Democrats take the House this fall I'd say 2 at this point. I'd just like to see em go down as a possible reality and trump's worst enemy. 1827 | ----- 1828 | Xe4: 2 is the most obvious first choice, but I'd guess the second option is 1, so 1. 1829 | ----- 1830 | Dr. Benton Quest: 2? 1831 | ----- 1832 | Dark Knight: I think the 2nd option is yes. I've thought about it, I don't really know what it actually is or why it's even even 2 at all. 1833 | ----- 1834 | Rover: 2 really, really hard to answer for any one party. It's hard to even think about what something is and think about what it is and how it's actually that good. 1835 | ----- 1836 | Dark Knight: Correction, I'd say a good education system 1837 | ----- 1838 | Punished Snaku: 2nd option is yes. 1839 | ----- 1840 | brainchild: I would love to see the House take action on this, but I don't really know how to make that happen. 1841 | ----- 1842 | 1843 | ==================== 1844 | ~!~If you had the time to time a post a “reposting”, what would it be? A dark theme? A dark theme only for comments? 1845 | 1846 | Spork4000: This is a bit of a drive by but I’m curious if Era would have the time to fly over a thread and post a “dark theme” (or no dark theme at all) if you had the time to time a post a “reposting” and you had the time to time edit a post. 1847 | ----- 1848 | Nacho Papi: Think it's probably a dark theme for comments. 1849 | But it could be an awful theme if you have time it would be cool too. 1850 | ----- 1851 | Mendrox: Comments. 1852 | ----- 1853 | shnurgleton: This thread would be awesome 1854 | ----- 1855 | TheBeardedOne: No 1856 | ----- 1857 | TheBeardedOne: I don't think it's dark, I think it's just a dark theme. 1858 | ----- 1859 | Crumb: Comments 1860 | ----- 1861 | TheBeardedOne: I don't know what this thread is, I've only seen them described as "dark themes" 1862 | ----- 1863 | TheBeardedOne: Yeah, I can't see it. They're just dark. 1864 | ----- 1865 | Crumb: If you want to post comments, try, or if you have a dark theme, get the thread first since they'll be the dark theme in the first place and you'll need to go in the thread first like you did with the thread you're commenting on. 1866 | ----- 1867 | 1868 | ==================== 1869 | ~!~What are some good free and legal websites? 1870 | 1871 | Mr Swine: I’ve been thinking about trying a few things out for a hobby I really enjoy. My first would be WindWord and it’s basically a bunch of free legal texts to a bunch of people who are good at what they do. 1872 | I’ve read some of the stuff I think I would like to read but don’t want to read any more than the few things I read from the main character. I’ve read some of the stuff I would like to read but don’t want to read anymore. Is there a good service that I should read all the texts from? I want to be able to click the links and they’ll play through to something I read again. 1873 | ----- 1874 | Doctor_Thomas: There are some good resources at the moment. There's some great UK sites, there's a bunch of UK based sites that are worth a look. 1875 | ----- 1876 | Mr Swine: I just read the stuff I want to read, thanks! 1877 | ----- 1878 | PROh1bited: I would like to read a little bit of the UK law journals (I.e. the conclusions of RDA-21) and then archive that to a random site where I can read it in my phone, laptop or tablet. 1879 | ----- 1880 | PrimeBeef: I read a lot of random stuff. I'm not a lawyer, but I'm a lawyer. 1881 | ----- 1882 | TaterTots: I read a lot of random things too. I read the very first part of a book that I've read a bunch of times. Mostly random stuff about the Holocaust and shit like that. I'd like to read more though like the first few chapters of a novel. 1883 | ----- 1884 | Mr Swine: Thanks! I just read the first part of my last book and I’ll be sure to read more. I’ll keep reading, I’ll have to read it a lot, but I’ve got a ton of books I’ll like to read and I’ve got a bunch I’ll want to read again. 1885 | ----- 1886 | Merv: I read a lot, but I don't have a lot of money to buy books. 1887 | ----- 1888 | Mr Swine: Would probably read one about a young boy who returned home from a journey in time to save some holy grail of 1889 | ==================== 1890 | ~!~How much do you spend on phone care? 1891 | 1892 | fluffydelusions: I’m curious if anybody here spends too much on phone care. I’ve had a total of 4.5 days of phone call center just for the hell of it. 1893 | ----- 1894 | oreomunsta: I spend like 4-5% usually, that's what I'm told. 1895 | ----- 1896 | eZn: Around 8-9% usually, I don't try too much. 1897 | ----- 1898 | CrankyJay: Around 80% usually. 1899 | ----- 1900 | Fat4all: I usually just get a hold on it and take it to the bank, pay it in full, then return the phone and have it in a day. 1901 | ----- 1902 | Cochese: About 20% usually, usually gets returned to me if I don't get it back. 1903 | ----- 1904 | maxxpower: 70-85% usually, I get them back the next day and they keep going. 1905 | ----- 1906 | CrankyJay: Same. My next phone is the following phone: 1907 | ----- 1908 | Bobo Dakes: About 9% usually. The phones I buy have a lot of problems. 1909 | ----- 1910 | 1911 | ==================== 1912 | ~!~How do you deal with awkwardness and failure in relationships? 1913 | 1914 | Coraline Jones: I feel that I am unbelievably outgoing and have a good sense of humor. I have a good sense of humor when it comes to people. 1915 | I feel that I'm not as "busy" as I used to be, and I've found that if I take time to sit down and formulate a response to a situation, I get to enjoy it, if it doesn't go badly enough it ruins the next scene in my life. 1916 | I think about work, my job requires a certain amount of dedication, and I often find myself wondering "why is everyone busy 'oping out' me?" 1917 | How do you deal with failure and awkwardness? 1918 | ----- 1919 | shnurgleton: I try to not get over it. 1920 | ----- 1921 | Seesaw15: “Who told you that?" 1922 | ----- 1923 | TheBeardedOne: A really great way to answer this is to just not talk about it. 1924 | ----- 1925 | subpar spatula: I'm very good at dealing with it. People will try to bring up things they know are going to get brought up. It's all fun to me when I get something that's been bugging me for years and it finally sticks. Of course, I'm not in control of my emotions but it's fun to think about. 1926 | ----- 1927 | Idolvo: Always nice to meet people when the circumstances are right. 1928 | ----- 1929 | CormoranStrike: I feel that way. If I don't have any friends to hang around with I don't go. If I've got a girlfriend I'm not bothered by it. 1930 | ----- 1931 | johan: I'm usually very good at dealing with failure - I don't bring it up often, but (on occasion) I get it. 1932 | ----- 1933 | hobblygobbly: This, as well as the awkwardness of discussing it with people I know. 1934 | ----- 1935 | CormoranStrike: I think I just enjoy the attention. 1936 | ----- 1937 | 1938 | ==================== 1939 | ~!~What's the best way to watch Krypton TV show? 1940 | 1941 | Purple Mug: So I'm not going to go to a lot of cons, I'm just looking for some suggestions. I'm more of a DC guy but I have a soft spot for more gritty stuff, like Legends of Tomorrow. But I don't see how that can make for a good watch. I can only think of Homecoming, Doctor Who, and Doctor Who at the moment. 1942 | ----- 1943 | Quick: I'd recommend: 1944 | Still Zack Snyder's Batman 1945 | The Wire 1946 | The Originals 1947 | ----- 1948 | TheSkullPrince: I've heard of the Wire but could never get into the original CW stuff. 1949 | The show also has a great spin off, The Gifted is a great one too. 1950 | ----- 1951 | Filipus: Arthur Christmas 1952 | ----- 1953 | Quick: That's not really my question, but I think it'd be great for people who have watched the CW shows. 1954 | The Gifted is a good one too. 1955 | As for The Gifted I think it's definitely a way better show than the original. 1956 | ----- 1957 | DarkLordMalik: The Gifted is a great one too. 1958 | ----- 1959 | Khanimus: Ozark 1960 | ----- 1961 | Dalek: I think The Gifted is the best. It's a good one for the most common shows. 1962 | ----- 1963 | Quick: I just want to add: I think Return of Zaeed could be watched quite well as a CW show. 1964 | ----- 1965 | carlsojo: I would watch Death in the Family if you don't mind the non-CW stuff. 1966 | ----- 1967 | 1968 | ==================== 1969 | ~!~Best way to install Linux on a PC? 1970 | 1971 | Thisman: I want to have a PC that I can access from the internet. I have the windows 10 license and the Ubuntu Bud app installed but I don’t want to turn it on manually without going through the install process. 1972 | ----- 1973 | rosetherosiest: I'd be happy to go that route, but I just don't know how much privacy it takes me to boot up the Ubuntu installer. 1974 | ----- 1975 | Shugga: BIOS screen. 1976 | Or I guess boot to another computer. 1977 | ----- 1978 | NSA: I always use the UEFI option on my UEFI ssd. 1979 | Take care of your BIOS. 1980 | edit: 1981 | ----- 1982 | Thisman: I have UEFI? 1983 | ----- 1984 | Thisman: That would be ideal but I don’t want to do that. 1985 | ----- 1986 | Lkr: Probably a Phillips machine 1987 | Einstein light in the background.. 1988 | ----- 1989 | BronsonLee: If you can’t afford to buy one you should buy a hard drive 1990 | ----- 1991 | samthebreadman: That seems like a great idea! I will sub to Kottanar.org if you want a pc version of the UEFI keyboard. 1992 | ----- 1993 | jcs: I went with the free, Linux beta of UEFI boot drive management. It looks like a nice and convenient way to boot into UEFI without having to mess with the BIOS. 1994 | ----- 1995 | 1996 | ==================== 1997 | ~!~How much do you spend on espresso? 1998 | 1999 | M52B28: I'm trying to get some more money out of buying a drip-cut espresso machine. 2000 | We already have a cheap, brand new machine that we'll likely replace every couple of months. 2001 | I'm thinking of going with something like a Coffey or Evernote, but I'm not 100% sold on either. 2002 | I don't know if there are any good drip machines that would suit everyone's needs. 2003 | I want to be able to drink a decent amount of espresso (no, a normal Drresso is not good enough) without having to buy a machine that's either not good quality (which is kind of the point of this thread), or isn't a good replacement (which is kind of the point of this thread). 2004 | We also live in a country where it's not really a thing anymore, and that changes with the times, so I'm thinking of buying a drip-cut if that makes sense. 2005 | ----- 2006 | FernandoRocker: I don't know about the best. I just want a machine that has good quality. 2007 | But I don't know about the best. 2008 | ----- 2009 | DrFunk: 8 - 0 2010 | ----- 2011 | M52B28: My issue is that I really want to drink milk, and I don't really like the taste of coffee. 2012 | We're both getting married in a few months, so I'm looking at those drip cuts. 2013 | ----- 2014 | FernandoRocker: I'm not lactose intolerant, but I just find it overwhelming when talking about coffee. 2015 | ----- 2016 | Slappy White: I drink a liter every morning. Then a couple of cups. Then about 1 cup. Then another cup. Then another cup. 2017 | The coffee has a lot of flavor and it’s delicious, but I just try to drink as much as I can. 2018 | ----- 2019 | Dishwalla: depends. between coffee, milk, and sugar. 2020 | ----- 2021 | FernandoRocker: But you only drink 1 or 2. 2022 | I tried some coffee and tried some milk. The coffee didn't taste as good. The coffee didn't have as many calories. The coffee just felt so much better than any of the other stuff I tried. 2023 | ----- 2024 | Dishwalla: not as good as a regular latte, but it is delicious. 2025 | ----- 2026 | Fat4all: i usually 2027 | ==================== 2028 | ~!~Would you kill your parents if they could? (Spoilers, duh) 2029 | 2030 | SugarNoodles: I’m not even sure if the discussion of killing your parents ever had the best intentions of killing them. They were a blessing to the rest of your family and I’m not even at the point in my life where I think I’d be in danger of being an animal forsworn into a job I would love. I think I would be happier if I could. 2031 | I’m talking about a story where I have to watch two movies at any given moment while I suffer a terminal illness. It’s not that I’m going to kill them, I just don’t see myself going through with it any day. I have no real reason to, I’m just not that forward. I get around this by not having to deal with my mom. 2032 | I’m not even considering murdering them. I’m just not that patient with it at this point. I’m not in a position to make decisions about someone else’s mental state and I’m not so big on the details. 2033 | ----- 2034 | TheBeardedOne: I'd be okay with them being gone for a long time, if they were still alive. My parents were very important to me. I don't know if I'd do it, but I'd definitely do it. 2035 | I've never done it, but I'm not really sure. 2036 | ----- 2037 | TheBeardedOne: I wouldn't kill them. I'd be okay with them not being gone. 2038 | ----- 2039 | Dook's Revenge: I wouldn't, but I'm not really a pickle. 2040 | ----- 2041 | Ravelle: I would kill them and take their shit back. 2042 | ----- 2043 | Mulciber: No. I would kill them. 2044 | ----- 2045 | Klois: my parents would be ok with me 2046 | ----- 2047 | Sunster: No. I would kill them, but wouldn't kill them. 2048 | ----- 2049 | Spenny: I would kill them. I’m not really into shipping, I’m an introvert so I’m not gonna die over stuff like that. I’ll just be sad all the time. 2050 | ----- 2051 | Playco Armboy: Just kill them. 2052 | ----- 2053 | 2054 | ==================== 2055 | ~!~But he thinks he can do it all... 2056 | 2057 | TheDutchSlayer: I'm sitting here watching the end of a very tense tv drama about a young (18) accused hacker - the subject seems to be on the nature of possbble charges of rape. I feel like this show is on a higher level than the others but I wouldn't put it on the same level as this. Also I have no idea what to expect. 2058 | What does Era think? 2059 | ----- 2060 | NoirLamia: The show is very good and a horror movie is good to horror. It's a comedy. 2061 | ----- 2062 | Nikus: I don't know. I watched a lot of it when it was airing and that was a while ago. There were two stand out things I liked, the comedy and the horror. 2063 | It's not a horror movie, but it's a comedy. 2064 | The horror was not a horror movie, but it's a horror movie. 2065 | ----- 2066 | Knight613: The comedy is good, the horror is a horror movie in the sense that it's literally about a girl going through a lot of abuse and she's not sure she's going to be a victim. 2067 | The show is good, but I can't really get into it unless I'm watching it blind. 2068 | ----- 2069 | DrewFu: It's a comedy. 2070 | ----- 2071 | TheDutchSlayer: I dont watch tv on tv to much but I do have a Netflix subscription. 2072 | ----- 2073 | noirlion: The comedy is great, the horror is a horror movie. 2074 | ----- 2075 | Einchy: The show is a comedy. 2076 | ----- 2077 | Teh Hamburglar: It’s a comedy on Fox. 2078 | ----- 2079 | DrewFu: I had to double check to see if that was your definition of sub comedy. 2080 | ----- 2081 | 2082 | ==================== 2083 | ~!~Why does every American have so much faith in the government? 2084 | 2085 | Megalosaro: I just had a conversation with some friends about how I can only imagine how much faith they have in government, and how much worse they are at being honest to the government than what they are in the USA. 2086 | I am an atheist while Muslim, but I am an atheist too and I'm convinced this is a political issue that almost affects people and that government is a sham because people's faith prevents them from being honest to the government. 2087 | ----- 2088 | 2089 | ==================== 2090 | ~!~When I think food is a thing, it's usually sat by a long time... 2091 | 2092 | Deleted member 1258: It's like, every once in a while, you're reminded that you've had something once, and you're reminded that it was a thing you've had before. You're reminded that it's something you've had for a while, and that you're reminded that it's something you've had for a long time. But, then suddenly, that "once in a while" does not exist. What the fuck is this is? Like, what the fuck is this? It's like, the world is a timeline, and everything that happens to you happens to you at some point. It's like, we're all waiting for the train to arrive at some point... What the fuck is this? What the fuck is this? You're not even aware that something exists for a long time. What the fuck is this? Why am I seeing this now? 2093 | ----- 2094 | TheZodiacAge: Are you seriously thinking about something? 2095 | ----- 2096 | shnurgleton: What. 2097 | ----- 2098 | Hollywood Duo: Seems like a lot, isn't it? 2099 | ----- 2100 | Sanjuro: What am I seeing? 2101 | ----- 2102 | Kasai: It's like, what the fuck is this? 2103 | ----- 2104 | TheBeardedOne: What does this mean? Like, what does this mean to you? 2105 | ----- 2106 | Spenny: What is this? 2107 | ----- 2108 | astro: What do you mean? 2109 | ----- 2110 | Deleted member 1258: It means you're not aware of something that's currently happening. 2111 | ----- 2112 | 2113 | ==================== 2114 | ~!~Shazam Returns - Official Trailer 2115 | 2116 | metsallica: Looks like a hell of a sequel to the great BatBiz movie, which was a smashing hit in theatres. I'm excited to see this one! 2117 | ----- 2118 | RastaMentality: the band's name sounds familiar. they should have a new album coming out sometime in the future. 2119 | ----- 2120 | metsallica: Back in 2013 they were a major part of a feature film about the rise of punk in the States. This year they’re playing a feature film starring Jonah Hill (of Seinfeld). 2121 | ----- 2122 | RastaMentality: 2123 | ----- 2124 | metsallica: This is the band I'm most looking forward to most. They've been very good to this point. 2125 | ----- 2126 | 2127 | ==================== 2128 | ~!~I don't know how to deal with my family's parents. 2129 | 2130 | TheGhost: So I'm in my Mom's place over the weekend and her sister and her brother are having an argument over something. 2131 | My dad and brother are saying they don't believe in marriage but love to do it and want to educate themselves about it. They are arguing over whether marriage is bad for you or good. 2132 | My mom's argument is that I'm the one who should marry her brother. He's 26 and her father is 34. 2133 | My dad is stone cold crazy about me and my situation. He's a big time supporter of Christianity and I'm not. He's like a stepfather to me. He's one of the best friends I have. 2134 | I'm just trying to figure out how to deal with this. Help me out. 2135 | ----- 2136 | Mammoth Jones: Why not just ask them individually? You might have some family issues but that's expected. 2137 | ----- 2138 | CormoranStrike: Why not talk with your father? 2139 | ----- 2140 | Brock Reiher: Just talk to them? 2141 | ----- 2142 | TheGhost: I feel like I'm going to get into arguments and arguments will start to come up. I just didn't want to make the connection with her and my parents so I didn't bother. I just want to know how to deal with it and see how others do it. 2143 | ----- 2144 | RolandOfGilead: Just talk with your dad. Honestly, if your parents aren't in your house then it's probably a bad situation to be in. It's not like they've all been raised in a home where a majority of the time you're in your own room. 2145 | Just don't go in any general tangent about it. Just don't start a discussion with them. 2146 | ----- 2147 | TheGhost: I'm sorry I thought my immediate question was a good answer. 2148 | ----- 2149 | skipgo: Just tell them to just chill. 2150 | ----- 2151 | TheGhost: I just wanted to be clear. 2152 | My family has been having arguments over marriage for at least a decade. My dad is a real piece of shit right now. He's openly atheist and has some racial and homophobic views and is married to my mom. That, and my mom is an abusive husband and has been telling my dad constantly about how persecuted she is and how she's trying to do what he disapproves about her doing. 2153 | My dad 2154 | ==================== 2155 | ~!~Trump Administration Will Notify Congress of Russia Interference in the 2018 Mid-term Elections 2156 | 2157 | BWoog: 2158 | ----- 2159 | Mona: Begun, the hype: 2160 | ----- 2161 | Pwnz: When you're so desperate for some cloudflare, you'll be happy. 2162 | ----- 2163 | Nabs: Oh good, it'll be my dream to retire the country's presidency and be under criminal investigation, never mind jail. 2164 | ----- 2165 | ApatheticDolphin: I can't believe they're going to try to interfere in my own thread. 2166 | ----- 2167 | Jombie: We've all been there. 2168 | ----- 2169 | Brock Reiher: The first thing they'll do is stop the investigations that started a year ago. 2170 | ----- 2171 | Lkr: I feel like trump supporters are going to scream "NO COLLUSION!!" when he doesn't comply. 2172 | ----- 2173 | El Bombastico: That would be the perfect time to be complaining about how the republicans are all biased against Hillary. 2174 | If they were, they'd be complaining about the Hillary investigation because it didn't end up going as badly as it did. 2175 | ----- 2176 | Shao Kahn: NO COLLUSION!!! 2177 | I can't believe the Republicans are going to try and interfere. 2178 | ----- 2179 | 2180 | ==================== 2181 | ~!~The Verge: The best buried treasure? A toy. 2182 | 2183 | Kyougar: Via The Verge: 2184 | More at the link. 2185 | ----- 2186 | Fury451: Why would you want to give them a proper burial? 2187 | ----- 2188 | Daffy Duck: Why would you want a toy? 2189 | ----- 2190 | Bronx-Man: What’s up with the giant ones? 2191 | ----- 2192 | Wulfric: Why? 2193 | ----- 2194 | DECK’ARD: Why? 2195 | ----- 2196 | ObiWan: What? 2197 | ----- 2198 | Mona: so they're framed. why 2199 | ----- 2200 | Slayven: Why, do you think? 2201 | ----- 2202 | Tobor: Why wouldn’t you want to give them a proper burial? 2203 | Or at least a proper enclosure to hide the things 2204 | ----- 2205 | 2206 | ==================== 2207 | ~!~Let's talk about the first 3 Wes Anderson movies 2208 | 2209 | The Horror the Horror: About What We Need Vol. 3 is out December 2017 and hits all theatres in three countries! 2210 | I'm curious to see what the 4th one is about, and what the big three are. 2211 | ----- 2212 | 2213 | ==================== 2214 | ~!~‘The Blueprint for the downfall of the United States of America’: Republican Party donor-propagandized messaging 2215 | 2216 | ZealousD: Full article: 2217 | ----- 2218 | FriskyCanuck: No one is talking about this. The GOP is brainwashing America to look like the United States. 2219 | ----- 2220 | shnurgleton: America is a land of robber barons and pimps 2221 | ----- 2222 | Kernel: It's all very clever messaging. 2223 | ----- 2224 | 2225 | ReAxion: i was under the impression that the democrats were anti-american or something like that. 2226 | ----- 2227 | Zeno: It's pretty obvious that the GOP is brainwashing the country. It's just one group of people. 2228 | ----- 2229 | Kirblar: The democrats are brainwashing the country as well. It's a big problem. 2230 | ----- 2231 | nded: It's been clear since the election that the Democrats were going to be the Democrats in six years from now, and that the Republican Party is going to be the Republicans in six years from now. 2232 | ----- 2233 | Slayven: The propaganda campaign is to make the country look like the us in every conceivable way. 2234 | ----- 2235 | 2236 | ==================== 2237 | ~!~My dad is single and he's actually trying to break away from the life he's led to. 2238 | 2239 | Wag: My dad is 60 and he's 72. I had a dream where I was 22 when I met him. He was a single guy, but he had a wife and two kids. I've been single for over a decade. He and I are trying to break away from our lives. 2240 | This is the kind of life we do have together. I'm in my late 20s now, I'm in my early 30s. He's single, for sure. I wish I had a little bit of control over my life when it comes to finances. He's a good guy and he did what I needed to do. I'm happy for him, and I'm happy for him. 2241 | I don't know how to feel. I hope I'm not a downer. I'm not a Trumpeter. I'm not married. I'm not trying to take my own kids away. I'm not looking for a life of privilege. All of that, for the right reasons. I wish I was married and had kids. I want to be successful, but I'm not. I want to be happy, but I don't want to be alone. I want to be happy, but I don't want to be alone. I've been single for 17 years now, but I don't know how to feel like that. 2242 | ----- 2243 | Aurongel: I wish I could say I wish people in similar circumstances exist, given the circumstances of their circumstances. My dad is single, and his wife is single, and that's having two kids. I'm single because of a combination of health reasons, my life is looking on the way, and that's putting an infant through life without the stress of being in a relationship. I'm not looking for a life of riches or material possessions, but I do want to be happy. 2244 | ----- 2245 | Wag: It's a combination of health and financial reasons. 2246 | ----- 2247 | ThLunarian: Sounds good to me. I wish I could say I wish someone in similar circumstances, to be honest. 2248 | ----- 2249 | Dalek: I wish I could say I wish I wished I was successful. 2250 | ----- 2251 | Kuro: I'm single, I'm not married and I don't plan to be single. 2252 | ----- 2253 | Luminaire: This is both incredibly selfish and incredibly 2254 | ==================== 2255 | ~!~"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (recommended reading) 2256 | 2257 | Kazoku_: I just finished a must-read for those who want to learn more about the many awful things that happen on a regular basis. I recommend it by Robert A. G. Sorkin and it's been posted twice in the past few weeks. 2258 | For those who don't know what it is, here it is. 2259 | A little synopsis: 2260 | A father of two boys is scum and a swindler. 2261 | About to be murdered by a man called Ted. 2262 | Bad guys in his past like evil tend to bring out the worst in people. 2263 | At the same time they also like Ted, so they kill him. 2264 | And then there's his wife, so they murder him. 2265 | And now that he's no longer Ted, he comes back and threatens to kill his son or wife. 2266 | I highly recommend that. I'm not an Riker or any other kind of warrior, but I do think he'll win. 2267 | Here's a bad guy with a son and a wife who's entitled to be killed by the guys. 2268 | And here's a guy who's been living on the streets in Sydney for years after this was done. 2269 | Yes, that's Mark Serling. 2270 | I just finished a longer read on this but this is just a great introduction to a great new story. I think it's a great introduction to a great genre. 2271 | I really want to read more. Has anyone else read this? 2272 | ----- 2273 | Mórríoghain: I recommend it. Mark Serling is great, and I hope it gets better with time. 2274 | ----- 2275 | Aurelius: I read it years ago. But I loved it. 2276 | ----- 2277 | Kazoku_: Recommended by me, I love this book. It's great. 2278 | ----- 2279 | Aurelius: Reads me like a book. 2280 | ----- 2281 | Rufio: I read it when I was a teen, it was a good read. 2282 | ----- 2283 | Zoc: I'm a big fan of this book, I love reading about the fall of the Berlin Wall. 2284 | ----- 2285 | Aurelius: Reads me like a novel. 2286 | ----- 2287 | Fulminator: It's a really good read 2288 | ----- 2289 | ErichWK: Me and my SO did a read during lunch one day when we were eating dinner and 2290 | ==================== 2291 | ~!~New study shows that standing is no worse for both genders at the same time 2292 | 2293 | badboy78660: Uhhhhhh, that's kinda nuts. 2294 | ----- 2295 | Gripeypoo: I don't get it. Is this a thing that has been going on for a long time, or just an updated variation of it? 2296 | ----- 2297 | Slayven: I thought it was common knowledge. 2298 | ----- 2299 | Razgriz417: both is better for both. 2300 | ----- 2301 | Yagyujubei: .....what? 2302 | ----- 2303 | Brock Reiher: I thought this was common knowledge. 2304 | ----- 2305 | jcs: Wow. I'm confused. Why would that be the case? 2306 | ----- 2307 | badboy78660: Also, I find it weird that this is a thing in general because both people are having sex right when they think. 2308 | ----- 2309 | Landy828: I thought this was known for a long time, but now I'm pretty certain it's common knowledge. 2310 | ----- 2311 | Z-Beat: As long as it's not "men (or women) kissing in a sleeping bag" that's it for me? 2312 | ----- 2313 | 2314 | ==================== 2315 | ~!~Can a Red Sox Fan Order Pizza For A Red Son? 2316 | 2317 | BFIB: I saw this thread around my local time and thought it was hilarious and I am a bit sour on Red Sox fans. 2318 | I ordered a couple of pizzas and got the flatbread and pepperoni. 2319 | ----- 2320 | Squarehard: I was actually thinking about making the same request, but then remembered I was gonna get the actual pepperoni. 2321 | ----- 2322 | ElectricBlanketFire: You can ask a Red Sox fan a question and get pizza. 2323 | ----- 2324 | Bob White: I just ordered pineapple pizza. 2325 | ----- 2326 | MIMIC: This is a great question. 2327 | ----- 2328 | Coyote Starrk: I got a red robins for christmas and he sent me the pizza. 2329 | And he did ask me a question. 2330 | ----- 2331 | Vinci: I once ordered a pizza with just the flat bread and pepperoni. 2332 | ----- 2333 | Bob White: I'm just really fucking stupid OP. 2334 | ----- 2335 | Hollywood Duo: I get it if you ask a random person. 2336 | ----- 2337 | Squarehard: I'll try and reach out, but I'm not sure if I should just ask and leave it to them. 2338 | I don't think I've ever paid for a Red Sox meal, so I don't know what the right thing to ask. 2339 | ----- 2340 | 2341 | ==================== 2342 | ~!~What's your favorite album by The Police? 2343 | 2344 | Silky: So at the moment I have a ~12 year old me and what I've been listening to this year has been on as a toddler. The whole thing took me a while to fully appreciate but eventually I got used to it. 2345 | Anyway I'm curious to see what people think of this band and their music. 2346 | ----- 2347 | Transistor: Yeah, but that's already a thread for a prequel thread 2348 | ----- 2349 | 2350 | ==================== 2351 | ~!~Chrome for life is shit 2352 | 2353 | Zen: There's hardly been a day when I've had trouble browsing the web for longer than a day. I can't even imagine browsing the web on an old Apple Watch or Fitbit. 2354 | ----- 2355 | jelly: When I'm on my laptop. 2356 | ----- 2357 | SABO.: I've been having this for years. 2358 | ----- 2359 | Arkaign: What browser? Chrome? Edge? 2360 | ----- 2361 | Aurongel: I've had a very, very small laptop for a few years now, a Samsung S9+, and I still feel like I'm getting a day or a half sleep episode everytime I flip through a page. 2362 | ----- 2363 | Mr-Joker: I've had a very small laptop for years now... but I do have a problem... It's that I am lazy and inconsistent. 2364 | ----- 2365 | THEVOID: Chrome has been shit for years. 2366 | ----- 2367 | Dishwalla: I have the same watch on my lap. No laptop at all. 2368 | ----- 2369 | 2370 | Sega Dreamcast: A few years back I was in need of a new watch, and when I got my S6 it cost me less than $50, but it's still very limited. I've had to buy 2 new ones just in case I need one. 2371 | ----- 2372 | 2373 | ==================== 2374 | ~!~NYT: The U.S. Is Losing a Trade War with Canada, a Top American Expert Says 2375 | 2376 | .Detective.: 2377 | ----- 2378 | Mr. X: There's probably the dumbest headline I've ever read. 2379 | ----- 2380 | excelsiorlef: Surprise! Nobel Peace Prize winner quits White House job to fund Trump’s NAFTA deal 2381 | ----- 2382 | Shoeless: Well, that certainly explains it, lol. 2383 | ----- 2384 | SaintBowWow: That headline is actually a pretty good idea, as if Trump's actually gotten more angry at Canada than anybody on Earth. 2385 | ----- 2386 | ned_ballad: He just wanted to wash off the coke and cough syrup, right? 2387 | ----- 2388 | Kotto: That headline is crazy. 2389 | ----- 2390 | .Detective.: A lot of people "trade wars" are easy to win or lose, especially with a clear world leader being involved in such a manner. I just can't see trump winning in the end without someone like trump. 2391 | ----- 2392 | HStallion: I'm sure the NYT's John Finn is still out there somewhere. 2393 | ----- 2394 | 2395 | ==================== 2396 | ~!~The Atlantic: How to Counter Trump's Fascists 2397 | 2398 | Mondy: I feel like this is the perfect example of just how insane the Republican party is in how openly caving on racism to Trump has led to some very, very, harmful trends in that party. Imagine the GOP doing the same thing over and over again with the tea party wing of the party. 2399 | ----- 2400 | Zelas: A very good article detailing how the straw man approach to climate change has really fucked this up. 2401 | ----- 2402 | Yerba_Sutra: Good article. I just feel like it's a bit too easy to view the GOP's actions as "this is just another step in the right direction" when they're actively helping kill climate change because they never bothered to actually do anything to combat it. I also feel like the Republican Party has been entirely complicit in perpetuating all this harmful shit. 2403 | ----- 2404 | ElectricBlanketFire: "The Obama Socialist Party" 2405 | ----- 2406 | DarthSontin: I agree that it's not a good strategy. 2407 | ----- 2408 | Brinbe: Yup. This is the race to win the future. 2409 | ----- 2410 | Gwenpoolshark: I mean, it would absolutely be great if they didn't even try. 2411 | ----- 2412 | Pwnz: This is why revolutions like Bernie and the Democratic Party have to be stopped. Shutting the door off to foreign powers enough them already. No one really wants democracy in an America. 2413 | ----- 2414 | Angelus Errare: The party of the people, as we know. Not backing down to your beliefs. 2415 | ----- 2416 | Taki: This is exactly why revolutions like the one the US were able to demonstrate. Simply because you don't want to be a part of a dictatorship party. 2417 | ----- 2418 | 2419 | ==================== 2420 | ~!~In other big cities, do you guys have to pay more for health insurance? 2421 | 2422 | entremet: I've lived in a few countries and all major counties offer more generous (public) healthcare plans. I know that most (if not all?) US residents pay for it, and I'm a big proponent of municipalities having more detailed information about plans. But I've never been a fan of the idea of paying more. 2423 | I think that's ultimately up to the municipalities. My biggest fear is that having to pay out of pocket for your entire healthcare plan (not that I mind that). I kind of hate seeing the absolute maximum hikes in copays on higher deductibles, but I think that's a bit too much to ask. 2424 | ----- 2425 | Hollywood Duo: I'm not sure why you are against increased taxes but for the average person not paying any more it would be a good thing. 2426 | ----- 2427 | entremet: Who cares if you're making less money? That's self-centered. 2428 | ----- 2429 | NSA: I'm not sure if I'm on the right track or not but I think that's part of the reason for the increased copays. I've never seen a hospital/health insurance company raise my healthcare costs if I'm not paying. 2430 | ----- 2431 | NoMoreTrolls: The increased copays are just a bonus for the higher tier plans. That's more of a hike than anything you're actually paying. 2432 | ----- 2433 | JealousKenny: I'm not against increased taxes but I do want higher taxes for myself. As a kid I was paying like $1600 a month with a car and I'm completely okay with that. I have better things to do to help the world. I just don't see what higher taxes are worth. 2434 | ----- 2435 | Mugy: I pay $2000 a year for my family, I see half my money on my Roth IRA, so I'm basically paying about 25% of what my girlfriend's family pays. I think thats a pretty nice difference 2436 | ----- 2437 | Hollywood Duo: I don't see how healthcare is that much more expensive. I just think that if you are not paying as much you are not contributing to society. 2438 | ----- 2439 | TickleMeElbow: I pay $1600 a month for my family and we're okay with it. 2440 | ----- 2441 | Squirrel Killer: I don't see how it is as a system, but you know what? I don't see any 2442 | ==================== 2443 | ~!~Life-Threatening Software 2444 | 2445 | SOLDIER: I’m not sure if this belongs on here, but I just got a new friend who’s really tough about a lot of things. He’s a pharmacist who got fired for caring about people. He’s a “super-powerful” that can’t stand sunlight or food poisoning. He’s pretty anti-social, but he’s a nice guy. 2446 | He’s a big guy with a really big voice. He’s always been vocal about stuff like this. I’ve been having a really rough time with him, but I think we at least have some common ground. He always makes people around him feel like they’re owed a little favor, and nobody owes him anything. Any advice from anyone with a similar experience would be much appreciated. 2447 | ----- 2448 | 2449 | ==================== 2450 | ~!~Trump says he 'will blow your brains out' on Mueller 2451 | 2452 | Tovarisc: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to fire U.S. Rep. Mary Beth Lowell, the first U.S. senator to launch a Senate investigation into special counsel Robert Mueller, who is wrapping up his investigation into Russian election interference and Russian meddling. 2453 | ----- 2454 | DrForester: I'm sure he's already seen that he's not a smart man to start with. 2455 | ----- 2456 | Squarehard: Should have been obvious why he was calling it off. 2457 | ----- 2458 | Brock Reiher: "will blow your brains out" 2459 | lol, not the least bit surprised. 2460 | ----- 2461 | Squarehard: "Will" blow your brains out? 2462 | ... 2463 | He's an idiot. 2464 | "Will" also some would say was a more serious threat than "will blow your brains out". 2465 | Either way, it's going to be his last. 2466 | ----- 2467 | Thorn: Here we go. 2468 | Let me be P 2469 | ----- 2470 | Khanimus: I have zero interest in his family, but the fact that he will blow his own head up on this is infuriating. 2471 | And let's not even get started on his own criminality. His own entire family and entire storied history of whitewashing domestic terror. 2472 | ----- 2473 | Dishwalla: so...are we doing this again? 2474 | ----- 2475 | 2476 | Wilsongt: This is like a non-stop stream of consciousness. 2477 | ----- 2478 | 2479 | ==================== 2480 | ~!~The best strategy in movies that you didn't really understand. 2481 | 2482 | jon bones: This is a thread I want to make for movies as a whole that you did not know or understand. I've been meaning to make this for a while, and I thought that a thread about this could be made for movies as a whole. 2483 | I was inspired by this video from the makers of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. 2484 | ----- 2485 | 2486 | ==================== 2487 | ~!~How do you deal with difficulty of work? 2488 | 2489 | Troll: I’m a teacher and I work a 7-day week. It’s hard work, but it’s fun. I enjoy it and I like my job. I’m not depressed about it but I worry about having a stress eating disorder. It’s a struggle sometimes maybe. I don’t know if I’m just being overcompensated. I just had a really rough day today. Workwise it’s good, I guess. I hate having to deal with work stuff. Some people are just rough. What about you? 2490 | ----- 2491 | Doggg: I struggle with it, but I feel depressed when it happens. I could be in trouble for a minute and not have to deal with it myself. 2492 | ----- 2493 | RaySpencer: I struggle with it. I'm a teacher, it's not hard work. 2494 | ----- 2495 | DrFunk: I struggle with it a lot, mostly politically. 2496 | ----- 2497 | Chandler: I struggle with it quite a bit. I have to be in the middle of a lot of bad decisions at my employer because after a few meetings I just want to go home and play fortnite with my friends. I'm never happy. 2498 | ----- 2499 | jcs: I struggle with it, but I feel that I tend to be the one that doesn't do shit. I'm an idiot. I work hard. I love my kids. I don't feel bad about being tired for work, I just feel that I have to do what I want to do. 2500 | ----- 2501 | Elfotografoalocado: I struggle with it, but I feel that I should be the one to actually do something about it. I don't get it at all. 2502 | ----- 2503 | Wackamole: I struggle with it, but I do it because I know I'll get laid. 2504 | It sucks. 2505 | I struggle with it mostly because I'm not a child. 2506 | I'll have a class where I'll be working on something and will be reading my classes, and I'll be doing something I know I'll get into. Who knows. 2507 | ----- 2508 | 2509 | ==================== 2510 | ~!~How NextDoor’s $1 BILLION SALES FOR DIRECTORS 2511 | 2512 | signal: 2513 | ----- 2514 | adj_noun: I don't know how many people live in areas with the ability to pull off an absurd number of outrageous cases, but NextDoor is an astounding company. 2515 | ----- 2516 | Dennis8K: I can't imagine how many people did not put in 10 minutes in this company. 2517 | ----- 2518 | Wamb0wneD: I have been a member of Nextdoor for the last 5 years. They should be proud of what they did. 2519 | ----- 2520 | Dingens: I just hope it is a small one 2521 | ----- 2522 | 8byte: I'd like to say that I'm a bigger actor, but I don't know anyone who could pull this off. 2523 | ----- 2524 | TheLetdown: I would expect the amount they are making their extra movies on top of that. 2525 | ----- 2526 | 2527 | Francesco: Everything is going according to plan. 2528 | ----- 2529 | 2530 | Dai101: This is like the go to gif for the number of people that are missing from this. 2531 | ----- 2532 | 2533 | ==================== 2534 | ~!~Jumping in the tub 2535 | 2536 | oneida: What's the deal with hopping in the tub? It's like wiping your ass off. 2537 | ----- 2538 | robotrock: It's like wiping your ass off. 2539 | ----- 2540 | Dennis8K: It is not like it is like it is like it is like it's throwing your body out. 2541 | ----- 2542 | oneida: what? i just never thought about it 2543 | ----- 2544 | 2545 | Dennis8K: It is like throwing your ass out. 2546 | ----- 2547 | Namyu: It's like throwing your ass out. 2548 | ----- 2549 | ZOONAMI: It's not like it's like, man lol. 2550 | ----- 2551 | oneida: i'mnotataddingibemodding.jpg 2552 | ----- 2553 | Dennis8K: :( 2554 | ----- 2555 | 2556 | ==================== 2557 | ~!~The Problem With ‘Good Omatoes’ and ‘Paul Scheer’ Films (Foreign Press) 2558 | 2559 | Sibersk Esto: I mean, in the U.S. the two are basically the same thing, except that it’s the same company. 2560 | ----- 2561 | HStallion: The amount of critics and audiences who watched Paul Scheer's films is rather notable isn't it? I saw Paul Scheer's Bad Guys 3 and it's had a lot of positive reviews, especially with being a foreign film (like Jaws). 2562 | ----- 2563 | Teh Hamburglar: Is this a joke? I don’t think so. They both look like the same movie. 2564 | ----- 2565 | Dishwalla: I've loved Bad Guys, I'm a big Paul Scheer fan. I also watch Paul's films every day. It's just that no matter what the reception is, I can't bring myself to watch Scheer's films when I don't have the chance. 2566 | ----- 2567 | Sibersk Esto: I think it's because critics usually like foreign films outside the U.S. So it was a bit of a lukewarm reaction to the film. 2568 | ----- 2569 | ReginOfFire: I had no idea that Bad guys was a thing 2570 | ----- 2571 | 2572 | ==================== 2573 | ~!~Republicans will be voting in full on same day as the midterms in PA, CT, WV, MD, VT, VT, VT, VT, VT, VT - the list: 2574 | - the latest: 2575 | -in: NY, GA, ND, VT, WV, RI, VT, VT, WV, WA, WA, WA, WA, WA. 2576 | ----- 2577 | Volimar: To be expected, but I'll be marching with the people. 2578 | ----- 2579 | Apocrypha: I'll be marching. 2580 | ----- 2581 | Squarehard: Wish more people would march. 2582 | ----- 2583 | Beartruck: Good luck with that. 2584 | ----- 2585 | Slayven: Didn't they try to force you to vote too? 2586 | ----- 2587 | Kernel: I may have to march on Sunday, but this is a good chance to do it. 2588 | ----- 2589 | Protein: This is good. 2590 | ----- 2591 | LGHT_TRSN: Good luck with that. 2592 | ----- 2593 | jelly: I'll be there. 2594 | ----- 2595 | 2596 | ==================== 2597 | ~!~"He's not a white supremacist, he's just a Trump voter" is the most depressing thing to hear 2598 | 2599 | TheDutchSlayer: So i was reading a bit about some white supremacist in the wakanda. I don't know why exactly he is a white supremacist but it's something like anti-vaxxers or something. 2600 | He is a man who has been propagated as a white supremacist and now wants to spread his hateful ideology around to the womens and womens of countries. 2601 | He is vaxxing and spreading his hateful beliefs because his blood crosses the line due to his belief that white people shouldn't be oppressed. 2602 | I just at this point think of the womens' that will do anything to protect their womens from their oppressors. 2603 | ----- 2604 | TerminusFox: I mean, he's not, it's just a trump voter 2605 | ----- 2606 | Skelepuzzle: I'm a white supremacist, but I do think that white supremacy is a thing. 2607 | ----- 2608 | VectorPrime: No, no, it’s a racist term for someone who thinks Obama’s presidency was illegitimate. 2609 | ----- 2610 | Gernau Morat Gurgeh: I'm a white supremacist, but I also think that white supremacy is a term meant to imply that white people are not being oppressed. 2611 | ----- 2612 | TheDutchSlayer: Translations are being extremely hard 2613 | ----- 2614 | cameron: Translation: 2615 | ----- 2616 | Dynamite Cop: This guy is a xenophobe. 2617 | ----- 2618 | Khanimus: Well, it's not really that hard. 2619 | ----- 2620 | WhiteRabbitEXE: I've never heard of the term "Alt-Right" 2621 | ----- 2622 | 2623 | ==================== 2624 | ~!~Mac OS Era: How do I get a Mac Book Pro if I want to have a device that unlocks my MacBook Air? 2625 | 2626 | Starset: I have a fantastic wishlist and am trying to get a Mac that unlocks my MacBook Air. I have a thinbook I use to transfer media between my computer and my music app. I have my password on my laptop which I've already used to sign into my iCloud backup. Any hacks to make sure this never happens again? 2627 | ----- 2628 | xxracerxx: Have you checked the password manager? Password protection is really good for this too. 2629 | ----- 2630 | georaldc: This is a good question. I’m still trying to figure out what the limits are for the phone. Are there specific apps that require a password (e.g. Malware). 2631 | ----- 2632 | nsilvias: do you need the password to do this? you can check here: 2633 | ----- 2634 | Starset: Nope! 2635 | ----- 2636 | THEVOID: I did check the password manager, I like to use the iCloud app. 2637 | ----- 2638 | xxracerxx: Just look for the iOS or macOS password manager. 2639 | ----- 2640 | georaldc: Yeah, I used the password manager at work and the password was only for backup purposes. So I guess that’s not a big deal. 2641 | ----- 2642 | zerocalories: go to password manager, it will unlock your phone 2643 | ----- 2644 | Dingens: Just have to have the password on hand at a minimum. On my laptop, i use Mac OS, so that's useful. But on my phone, I'm using Windows Phone. I can't really use it as my main phone, so I don't need to use it as a password for everything. 2645 | ----- 2646 | 2647 | ==================== 2648 | ~!~“Toilet teacup is the best poop you’ve ever poop” 2649 | 2650 | Ryaaan14: Okay honestly I can’t believe I’ve never heard this before 2651 | This shit is amazing 2652 | ----- 2653 | 2654 | Fat4all: fart 2655 | ----- 2656 | Trevelyan: WOW 2657 | ----- 2658 | Travo: It's great. 2659 | ----- 2660 | John Kowalski: *shrugs* 2661 | ----- 2662 | Fat4all: also, 2663 | ----- 2664 | FTF: YES 2665 | ----- 2666 | 2667 | Hollywood Duo: Yes 2668 | ----- 2669 | 2670 | ==================== 2671 | ~!~What did you get your Mom for Mother's Day? 2672 | 2673 | Grunge_Hamster: Just scrolling through the thread and didn't find a thread mentioning this. I don't even know if I was going to get my Mom one of these days, but I do want to get mine. 2674 | I got her this: 2675 | and today my Mom posted that she got her own MOTHER'S DAD! 2676 | How did you get mom? 2677 | ----- 2678 | Dishwalla: sheets for me 2679 | ----- 2680 | Taki: sheets 2681 | ----- 2682 | Taki: my mom's sheets 2683 | ----- 2684 | Grunge_Hamster: The thread title was changed. Thank you. 2685 | ----- 2686 | Nakenorm: I got my mom's: 2687 | ----- 2688 | Dan-o: I got mine: 2689 | ----- 2690 | spidye: A bunch of baby shower threads 2691 | ----- 2692 | Citizencope: My mom’s 2693 | ----- 2694 | Alcotholic: I got mine: 2695 | ----- 2696 | 2697 | ==================== 2698 | ~!~What are the best next-level equipment for PC gaming? 2699 | 2700 | Deepwater: I'm curious if there's any major next-level equipment for PC gaming that you all can recommend, and why? 2701 | My first-born passion is audio/video games, so I'm thinking about the 10 dollar P115. It's a pair of speakers, a discrete audio mini-pro and a mini-bitstream card. It's a Corsair H2O case, and it's a Corsair H2O laptop case. I'm not a gamer, but I want something that won't kill me. 2702 | I already have a basic Corsair CX300, but the amp is too small for gaming. 2703 | ----- 2704 | BubbaKrumpz: I’m going to be building a PC with a couple of speakers and I’ll be buying a receiver + receiver + amp. I need something for those so I can listen to music without it killing my graphics card. 2705 | ----- 2706 | Deepwater: I know, I can’t help you with the budget. What is the best way to buy one of these? 2707 | ----- 2708 | johan: I’d be buying the most expensive stereo amp you could get. From what I’ve seen on reddit it can be a decent starter for what you want, but if you want to get into deep bass mode you need an amp with good range and a dedicated subwoofer. 2709 | ----- 2710 | johan: I've been on a kickstarter, I doubt I'll get a good deal on it 2711 | ----- 2712 | deepwater: But what about an amp with a dedicated subwoofer? I don't think I know how to get that anywhere :/ 2713 | ----- 2714 | deepwater: So I'm thinking of the Corsair CX300, which is something like $1200 for a speaker alone, or maybe $1200 if you want a receiver and sub, but $1200 for an amp. Speakers are fine, but could very well be a glorified sound bar. 2715 | I don't know enough about PC audio to recommend whether you should get a receiver and sub, if at all. The amp doesn't seem to offer the best bang for your buck, and won't be able to create a meaningful difference in performance. 2716 | ----- 2717 | deepwater: I'm not sure where you are without playing with things and not quite knowing the best way to get started... 2718 | ----- 2719 | johan: Right now 2720 | ==================== 2721 | ~!~If you were in charge of the nuclear missile issue, would you? 2722 | 2723 | Redhead On Moped: I grew up in the era of the IC. That's what we are all taught, not to get involved. 2724 | As a 32 year old man, I have always been aware of the issue of nukes/dust particles. How they are produced, how long they last, how big they are, and of course the vulnerabilities of materials to withstand the pressure. To me, no matter how good the material is, it could destroy easily. I'm now an expert in Nuclear engineering and all that stuff. 2725 | I'd like to think that I would. I've got an engineering degree from MIT. 2726 | Would you be in charge of it? What would you do? 2727 | ----- 2728 | Brashnir: No. 2729 | ----- 2730 | staedtler: I'm in charge of Nuclear engineering, I'd do everything possible to stop/prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. 2731 | ----- 2732 | Ether_Snake: No, I'm not the head of Nuclear engineering. I just deal with what's in the best interest of my country. 2733 | ----- 2734 | Nassudan: No. 2735 | ----- 2736 | Teh Hamburglar: This is a question for everyone. 2737 | ----- 2738 | Krejlooc: No, I would like to be able to dissuade nukes from spreading. 2739 | Also, no. 2740 | ----- 2741 | Clydefrog: I have no responsibility in the matter 2742 | ----- 2743 | Airegin: No. I'm the head of Nuclear engineering. 2744 | ----- 2745 | Cort: I would most likely do everything possible to prevent the spread of nukes 2746 | ----- 2747 | 2748 | ==================== 2749 | ~!~I have a question about two-way communication 2750 | 2751 | JK-Money: So I'm trying to get into a 3-way audio communication system. The thing I'm looking for is a way to input 3-way audio so I can make connections to other devices ( computers, phone, etc) as well as provide specific features. I'm not sure what I'm looking for is this: 2752 | 3.1.1.1 - A way to connect to my desktop 2753 | Something that keeps being very well known ( especially when we are talking about games ) 2754 | Something that keeps being very well known ( like when we are talking about movies ) 2755 | Something that doesn't keep becoming more so known ( like when I am on vacation or I have a long commute) 2756 | What do you guys think? 2757 | ----- 2758 | ElectricBlanketFire: 3.1.1.2 - A way to connect to my desktop 2759 | ----- 2760 | jesu: Use your phone to make connections? 2761 | ----- 2762 | Trouble: 3.1.1.1 - TVs are TVs 2763 | 3.1.1.2 - I don't have the time to troubleshoot my TVs. I use my laptop and desktop, a laptop that has a keyboard and mouse and the big sound card reader. 2764 | ----- 2765 | jcs: I have a 3.1 setup, it seems to work well. 2766 | ----- 2767 | Trouble: 1.1.1.1 - PC 2768 | 1.1.1.2 - PC 2769 | 1.1.1.3 - PC 2770 | 3.1.1.4 - PC 2771 | 2.1.1.5 - PC 2772 | 2.1.1.6 - PC 2773 | 2.1.1.7 - PC 2774 | 2.1.2 - PC 2775 | 2.1.7 - PC 2776 | 2.1.9 - PC 2777 | 3.1.1.10 - PC 2778 | 3.1.1.12 - PC 2779 | 3.1.1.13 - PC 2780 | 2.1.11 - PC 2781 | 2.1.11 - PC 2782 | 2.1.12 - PC 2783 | 2.1.13 - PC 2784 | 3.1.1.14 - PC 2785 | 3.1.1.15 - PC 2786 | 2.1.11 - PC 2787 | 2.1.12 - PC 2788 | 2.1.13 - PC 2789 | 2.1.14 - PC 2790 | ----- 2791 | acheron 2792 | ==================== 2793 | ~!~Variety: Disney’s ‘Bumblebee’ to star Patrick Warburton, Michael Bay directing 2794 | 2795 | Slime: Much more at the link. This is really promising news. I can't believe they would pick someone who won't be scared of sexual violence to direct a movie. 2796 | ----- 2797 | Randomly Generated: I wonder if this means that this sequel will be a movie with Michael Bay directing. 2798 | ----- 2799 | Squarehard: I can't believe they want to do a sequel to the first, and not just replace the cast. 2800 | This is probably the best way they can do it without completely leaving out any of the better parts. 2801 | ----- 2802 | WrenchNinja: I hope they don't cast a bad guy, that movie is going to be good. 2803 | ----- 2804 | 2805 | ==================== 2806 | ~!~How does an app manage all the notifications? 2807 | 2808 | Taki: I'm not sure how an app manages all the notification flags you have on your desktop computer. 2809 | ----- 2810 | Dio Over Heaven: I use the Google Keep for reminders. Easy to setup, has the same layout as the desktop clients I'm using, easy to setup. All within the notifications tab. 2811 | ----- 2812 | Einchy: In most cases it's pretty simple, just copy the flag that you want out. 2813 | ----- 2814 | Taki: I'm pretty sure I duplicate those in case I forget something important. 2815 | ----- 2816 | Hollywood Duo: This is why you use a desktop site to store the info. 2817 | ----- 2818 | Dio Over Heaven: It's really fast on the Android side, but slow on the iOS. It's also a godsend because of the notifications. You can't organize them all in a desktop site or app. 2819 | ----- 2820 | Hollywood Duo: This is correct. 2821 | ----- 2822 | Taki: Oh I guess I'm not alone here. 2823 | ----- 2824 | 2825 | ==================== 2826 | ~!~So what's the deal with the lack of traditional animation? 2827 | 2828 | BAD: I'm getting quite annoyed with the lack of traditional animation. There's so many "dances" in the world that I want to just get up to and dance around for a while. 2829 | For example, it's a real good time. But there's this 5th or 6th episode of Archer that's already been great but I want to just get out and dance around, I want to do weird dance moves but in the fake Japanese accent of the two links dancing. 2830 | What's the deal? 2831 | ----- 2832 | sir_crocodile: I understand why people are drawn to what they watch, but there is a reason people aren't drawn to what they watch. 2833 | ----- 2834 | BAD: I get that I'm annoyed, I just feel like it's the same old OP where it takes over the whole thing. 2835 | ----- 2836 | UnluckyKate: I can't dance around in a non real accent anymore but coming from the other side of the world where there's dancing and drinking and doing moves that are just bad, it's just sad. 2837 | ----- 2838 | Cocolina: It's the same old same old, same old. 2839 | ----- 2840 | muteKi: I'm not sure what I would have imagined would be the case for the anime world. 2841 | ----- 2842 | Cocolina: Cringy is just a new word for bad 2843 | ----- 2844 | BAD: Yeah, I feel like it's a double edged sword in my head, that's why I get annoyed when I just get up to dance around 2845 | ----- 2846 | sir_crocodile: I'm just dissapointed. 2847 | ----- 2848 | Chopchop: I don't know if I'd want to go dancing around the world, but I would be tempted to. 2849 | ----- 2850 | 2851 | ==================== 2852 | ~!~What are some good blue collar jobs you did in the past that you wish were automated/continuing? 2853 | 2854 | Mr.F: Blue collar jobs are jobs that are automated, but are replaced by or have a similar to a version of. Something like Mitsubishi stuff, but with better services and lower cost of living. 2855 | I wish I could continue working in these jobs even if I only worked one shift or a two week shift. 2856 | ----- 2857 | Mr. Shakedown: Learning a ton of programming. I can learn basic programming using the internet or some other website. 2858 | ----- 2859 | lmcfigs: I thought about starting a job myself but didn't know if it'd be a good fit for the current job climate. 2860 | ----- 2861 | Jbourne: I'd rather do something than do nothing. 2862 | ----- 2863 | The Albatross: I work at a startup that's been around for over a decade. I work from home, so I don't have any specific skills or responsibilities. I like doing everything I can. But, I also have a few specific goals that I'd like to accomplish at home in the future. 2864 | 1. Research my career path to better understand how to work in the various technologies that are out there. 2865 | 2. Develop better critical thinking skills through extensive practice. 2866 | 3. Ensure I am responsible for paying taxes in the future. 2867 | 4. I.e., fully pay, taxes and pay as little as possible. 2868 | 5. Have a full time job. 2869 | ----- 2870 | Walter White Walker: I've been doing blue collar work for about 10 years now. Not really looking for the job though. I'm not looking for pay. I wish I had more skills, I'm just very very very very looking for the job. 2871 | ----- 2872 | Mr. Shakedown: It's a little more than that but more than that. That's mostly what I want the job to mean for though as I would have to actually be competent to actually do the stuff. 2873 | ----- 2874 | Monger: I did one in the previous job market when I was a student but I wish I had kept the hours when I did. 2875 | ----- 2876 | Clydefrog: I like to do manual work. 2877 | ----- 2878 | 2879 | ==================== 2880 | ~!~Is it just me or is the term "cult"? 2881 | 2882 | TheBeardedOne: It seems to me that the people left in the cult tend to be younger and more impressionable. I don't believe in their beliefs but I like them enough to at least give them a try. 2883 | I'm just curious about what the word is. Is it just me? 2884 | ----- 2885 | Acorn: Cult that says they're owed what is theirs but you can't really do anything about them. 2886 | ----- 2887 | CormoranStrike: It's easy to make a deal with people that are older than you. 2888 | ----- 2889 | Kapryov: I've met some younger people with different religious beliefs, and in general I'm not sure what to make of them. 2890 | ----- 2891 | Deleted member 1258: They're just humans. 2892 | ----- 2893 | TheBeardedOne: I don't know. I'm younger than most people and I don't know what to make of any of them. 2894 | ----- 2895 | DiipuSurotu: Cult that talks that they're owed what is theirs to follow. 2896 | ----- 2897 | lmcfigs: Cult that says they're owed what is theirs but you can't do much about them. 2898 | ----- 2899 | SugarNoodles: The culture that tells you to do what ever you want to do. 2900 | ----- 2901 | KillLaCam: I don't see how it's a problem. 2902 | ----- 2903 | 2904 | ==================== 2905 | ~!~Best and Worst of 2018? 2906 | 2907 | BWoog: Who is your favorite and worst of the bunch? What's your favorite and worst? 2908 | For me, I gotta go with the OP: Dont Mess With My Baby. 2909 | ----- 2910 | DJ_Lae: Personally, I'm a fan of "the jizz is real" and "why did you have to make this joke" before it became a thing. It's so relatable and so much better than the original. 2911 | I'll also go with the OP: there's no such thing as an evil person with 'jizz' in their name. If you don't know what 'jizz' is, it's this: 2912 | ----- 2913 | ElectricBlanketFire: I love "What about Fatty D." 2914 | ----- 2915 | shnurgleton: I'm sorry, I don't know 2916 | ----- 2917 | 2918 | BWoog: Funny enough, I like "I'm so jealous of my crush" first! 2919 | ----- 2920 | Einchy: I like the original. 2921 | ----- 2922 | 2923 | Moonkid: I like the worst of it the most: 2924 | ----- 2925 | ElectricBlanketFire: I want to punch a wall, so I'll take 'em. 2926 | ----- 2927 | 2928 | ==================== 2929 | ~!~New Study Reveals How Black People’s Avatars of Success Induce Them to Stay on Racist Mates 2930 | 2931 | Richiek: I saw this on the main forum and wanted to share it here, but decided to skip ahead. 2932 | ----- 2933 | 2934 | Richiek: It’s worth sharing in the discussion about how to stop messages from getting likes and/or retweets and how to make it more welcoming. 2935 | ----- 2936 | 2937 | ==================== 2938 | ~!~"The Last Jedi" on Netflix coming to UHD Blu-ray, December 16 2939 | 2940 | Jazzy: Wow, this is a big if true to the Disney purchase of the trilogy. 2941 | The 4K HDR blu-ray is fucking amazing and the 4:3 aspect ratio is fucking AMAZING. I really didn't expect this to come out so soon and I'm so happy that I did. 2942 | ----- 2943 | Antrax: Oh shit, anyone know if I can buy it digitally? 2944 | ----- 2945 | jett: I'm on the lookout for a 4K HDR blu-ray. 2946 | ----- 2947 | sangreal: is this a sequel to the trilogy? it looks like they're going for home releases 2948 | ----- 2949 | Medalion: Can't wait for the Dolby Vision/HDR Netflix release 2950 | ----- 2951 | Richter1887: This is the most exciting thing I have ever seen on Blu-ray. 2952 | ----- 2953 | Jazzy: I think the Disney/Blumhouse sale will be the last week I can hold it off on my diet. 2954 | ----- 2955 | mjc: What about the UHD release? 2956 | ----- 2957 | Jazzy: UHD is only available on the 4K Blu-ray, I think it's available on the 4K Blu-ray? 2958 | ----- 2959 | TheAbsolution: Awesome, I need to keep buying blu rays. 2960 | ----- 2961 | 2962 | ==================== 2963 | ~!~I just watched the first 3 episodes of the Gundam Show 2964 | 2965 | Demolition_Human: This is quite the read, let me try and keep it moving. 2966 | The last episode was uploaded 30 mins ago. 2967 | ----- 2968 | TheGamingNewsGuy: Started the first episode yesterday and I'll try to keep it going but I'm not sure how to get here 2969 | ----- 2970 | Dale Copper: Start from the beginning at the end. 2971 | ----- 2972 | 2973 | Demolition_Human: In that case I'll just stay with the chronology. 2974 | ----- 2975 | Dale Copper: I think I'll start at the beginning if I'm going to start from the beginning. 2976 | ----- 2977 | Dale Copper: I'm not sure if I'm gonna start from the beginning or not. 2978 | ----- 2979 | Richter1887: First episode. 2980 | Then the last episode. 2981 | After that the next 5 episodes. 2982 | Then the last 5 episodes. 2983 | ----- 2984 | Richter1887: I will start the first episode now. 2985 | I'll finish it then. 2986 | ----- 2987 | Dale Copper: This and Next Episode Episode 1 will be the last episode. 2988 | ----- 2989 | 2990 | ==================== 2991 | ~!~New study shows Trump’s misleading statements about the economy are caused by immigrants 2992 | 2993 | Kukulcan: A new study has shown that Trump’s lies are caused by immigrants. 2994 | It shows how the vast majority of the US’s immigrant population are failing to keep up with the job market. 2995 | The study also showed that the majority of the US’s policies to illegals were to good effect in Europe, and that a third of the immigrant’s are not, and that the US has a huge deficit in domestic programs without properly raising the budget as we needed to do so. 2996 | ----- 2997 | Sho_Nuff82: Gross. 2998 | ----- 2999 | Kukulcan: A good reminder that Trump is a textbook narcissist. 3000 | ----- 3001 | DrROBschiz: I always thought trump's lies were due to immigrants 3002 | I am telling you, you can't have good press on your own, visa-free!!!!!!! 3003 | ----- 3004 | Cation: i agree with the article but it seems like there is a lot of graphs in the tweet that doesnt explain the basic facts of why Trump lies 3005 | ----- 3006 | 3007 | ==================== 3008 | ~!~Brockhampton Rejects Sessions' Request for Criminal Probe, Socks Trump Racist 3009 | 3010 | SlickShoesRUCRazy: 3011 | ----- 3012 | Jarmel: I hope the nazi is still in office. 3013 | ----- 3014 | Dishwalla: lmao 3015 | ----- 3016 | Wilsongt: No collusion, lmao. 3017 | ----- 3018 | FreezePeach: This was not done in good faith. 3019 | ----- 3020 | 3021 | Jmdajr: Woah, bruh. 3022 | ----- 3023 | Coyote Starrk: Lol. 3024 | ----- 3025 | Greg NYC3: Fuck this guy and every conservative I know. Wonder how he's doing this. 3026 | ----- 3027 | Disco Stu: lmao 3028 | ----- 3029 | 3030 | ==================== 3031 | ~!~The Verge: How to Erase a Big-ticket Animated Film from History. 3032 | 3033 | SoundCheck: A video demonstrating the process 3034 | ----- 3035 | Empyrean Cocytus: I hate that this thing is so old. I've had it for so long, but never bothered to watch it. I can't believe you could just buy it digitally for $5. Get a free film of it, and you'll be able to make a list of all the deals you missed. 3036 | ----- 3037 | SoundCheck: I saw it in theatres last night. 3038 | ----- 3039 | 3040 | ==================== 3041 | ~!~Ars: "The most ambitious crossover in history" 3042 | 3043 | Z-Beat: I'm not sure if there are other political crossover events in history that have made you groan, but I have to go with this one. 3044 | ----- 3045 | Mimosa97: This is great but the title almost sounds like a political post-apocalyptic joke. 3046 | ----- 3047 | CGriffiths86: I love how they keep doing this to each other. 3048 | ----- 3049 | 0VERBYTE: Haha I love this! 3050 | ----- 3051 | Powdered Egg: I'm a little afraid it'll be just a bunch of pictures of Obama's face. 3052 | ----- 3053 | Sephzilla: I'm pretty sure they keep doing this to each other 3054 | ----- 3055 | Poppy: i would like to see Obama's face 3056 | ----- 3057 | CGrifter: I do believe it's a joke. 3058 | ----- 3059 | Saganator: Ugh, my head is going to explode. 3060 | ----- 3061 | marrec: I’m pretty sure President Obama is wearing a face mask on camera when he’s not traveling. 3062 | ----- 3063 | 3064 | ==================== 3065 | ~!~What is the best time to wait for a movie? 3066 | 3067 | maxxpower: I don't take any chances here. I'm always in the mood to watch something, even if it's a movie I'm not feeling it. I usually prefer waiting till the last possible moment before i go to sleep, so if I don't feel like watching tomorrow, I just wait it out. 3068 | I've noticed that I don't get the need to be waited on for a movie until I'm already in the mood to see it. 3069 | ----- 3070 | Kingpin Rogers: When I see it, just watch and enjoy. 3071 | ----- 3072 | Tophat Jones: I’m starting to get bored of watching movies now, so I’ll be waiting for a good movie to watch. 3073 | ----- 3074 | Krejlooc: I don't wait for a movie to watch. I don't care if it's a good movie, I'm already in the mood to see something. 3075 | ----- 3076 | Deleted member 1258: I'm currently in the mood to watch a good movie. 3077 | ----- 3078 | Smurf: When I see it, just watch 3079 | ----- 3080 | Jindrax: When I see it, just watch 3081 | ----- 3082 | Squarehard: When I see it. 3083 | ----- 3084 | Chozoman: I don't wait for a movie to get made, I just watch. 3085 | ----- 3086 | Sgt. Demblant: Dunno if it's the first time in my life I've actually been in a state where I can say something and then watch it. 3087 | ----- 3088 | 3089 | ==================== 3090 | ~!~Plane plunged into Brazil's 'onceversible' hurricane, drags economy into recession 3091 | 3092 | fluffydelusions: 3093 | ----- 3094 | Mulciber: I hope people in Brazil are ok with this. Well, at least economic growth. 3095 | ----- 3096 | Maneil99: Recession already!! 3097 | ----- 3098 | Ac30: Hopefully the next crash is quick and the economy picks up. 3099 | ----- 3100 | Luchashaq: Recession already!! 3101 | ----- 3102 | D i Z: Recession already!! 3103 | ----- 3104 | Dennis8K: That is a really big deal. 3105 | ----- 3106 | jkm23: 3107 | ----- 3108 | rjinaz: Recession already!! 3109 | Bring the recession back later, or roll out recession now. 3110 | ----- 3111 | GK86: The economy is going to crater. 3112 | ----- 3113 | 3114 | ==================== 3115 | ~!~Do you believe in the concept of a "Good" Life? 3116 | 3117 | Megalosaro: I'm in my mid-twenties and still feel I believe in a large number of things I believe in. I don't consider myself to be a good person, I've just been a complete failure in several aspects. 3118 | The most obvious one that I have is getting old. I'm 30, and I'm also in a bad situation. I still have a long way to go. I still have some friends, but I've just been let down by the situation and have a lot of family. I'm not even sure what to do, and I don't want to start getting involved in the kind of arguments I do. I know, I know... that's it? I don't know what to do. 3119 | I want to do something, but I want to be proactive. I feel I'm always being proactive, so I feel like I'm always the one being talked to about how I got better or changed. I just don't know what to do. I've had many many many relationships, and I have no idea what to do. I don't know what to do in these situations. I have far too many close family members, and I'm scared of going down that road, and I just feel like I'm not doing enough. 3120 | On the other hand, I feel that I have a job. I work at a restaurant, so I'm on a team, so I'm working on projects, and I'm finishing school. I'm also good at my job. I'm not focused on it. 3121 | I'm trying to like myself in a healthy way, but I am trying to think of myself in terms of good and not bad, and I don't really have a good answer to these questions. 3122 | Do you think that life is a kind of Good? Do you think that life is a kind of Bad? Do you think that life is a kind of Bad? Are you personally a good person? 3123 | ----- 3124 | Puck Beaverton: Have you read the book "Seven Brains" by Graham Greene? 3125 | ----- 3126 | Skelepuzzle: I think Life is Beautiful is a masterpiece. I'm not a good person, but I'm still a good person. It's just a cruel thing. 3127 | ----- 3128 | Sibersk Esto: This is a very complex question. 3129 | ----- 3130 | Shahed: I 3131 | ==================== 3132 | ~!~What is the best way to watch/read DRM-free media? 3133 | 3134 | Squarehard: Just wanted to get a little bit of informed discussion here, and if there's one thing I should be aware of, it's the ability to listen to DRM-free media without the need for a subscription. 3135 | I've been using a podcast app for a while, and it's a good place to start to learn more about the industry. 3136 | What are some good apps to learn about? 3137 | What are some good DRM-free media players and services? 3138 | Thanks! 3139 | ----- 3140 | cyress8: I don't know about subscription but I have "Play Music" turned on that I use. Recorded podcasts, YouTube videos and playing them on a player are a great option. 3141 | ----- 3142 | Maktokious: I have a Sony Music AV player that works really well for me. The player has multiple inputs into it, and the DRM-free option is the only one. The player itself supports up to 128 bps or more. 3143 | The player app has a free version if you don't want to pay for it. 3144 | ----- 3145 | 3146 | ==================== 3147 | ~!~Trump: I want to be able to fire Mueller" 3148 | 3149 | ElectricBlanketFire: A true traitor should never be president. 3150 | ----- 3151 | Cochese: So he's just saying I want to be able to do whatever I want with him. 3152 | ----- 3153 | xxracerxx: What a fucking idiot. 3154 | ----- 3155 | 3156 | Punished Snaku: Touches. 3157 | ----- 3158 | Demolition_Human: What credibility does he have now that Mueller has been exposed as a partisan hack? 3159 | ----- 3160 | YamchasRevenge: Nauseating. 3161 | ----- 3162 | WedgeX: What credibility does he have now that the special counsel dismissed the special council’s Russia investigation? 3163 | ----- 3164 | Netherscourge: What credibility is that "I want to be able to get rid of him" tweet from three days ago? 3165 | ----- 3166 | Cochese: That's the credibility he has. 3167 | ----- 3168 | 3169 | ==================== 3170 | ~!~The Atlantic: "Other writers who made their mark on American culture" 3171 | 3172 | AuthenticM: From The Atlantic: 3173 | More at the link. 3174 | ----- 3175 | LionPride: Man, I'm old 3176 | ----- 3177 | Krauser Kat: The way you make a big deal about the recent work of Isaac Asimov... 3178 | (he made a big deal about the subsequent stories he wrote for Time, was a great surprise) 3179 | ----- 3180 | AuthenticM: Haha, what a funny read. 3181 | ----- 3182 | 3183 | ==================== 3184 | ~!~The last few days of the Trump administration: How are you feeling? 3185 | 3186 | ElectricBlanketFire: I'm still typing this. 3187 | ----- 3188 | WillyFive: Wonderful. 3189 | ----- 3190 | Empress of ice cream: I'm feeling great. 3191 | ----- 3192 | Mr.Peanutbutter: thanks for the reminder, my old admin was shit. 3193 | ----- 3194 | Earthstrike: My first thought, and one that might make or break my future career path, is to try to get Trump to pardon me. 3195 | ----- 3196 | yuoke: I'm feeling fine, but if he does it'll be bad. 3197 | ----- 3198 | entremet: Sorry to hear that. I'm not too optimistic. 3199 | ----- 3200 | Wulfric: I'm feeling great, but I'm also bummed that Trump pardoning people hasn't happened in MONTHS. I'm voting. 3201 | ----- 3202 | Empress of ice cream: I'm feeling pretty good about this. I'm trying to get out of the house and into work. 3203 | ----- 3204 | shira: I'm feeling fine but I'm also bummed that despite being a great president there aren't enough people to do nothing. 3205 | ----- 3206 | 3207 | ==================== 3208 | ~!~Do you ever buy things online that you can't buy online? 3209 | 3210 | Kieli: Just curious if anyone has experience with this. I've seen so many ads for things I don't even know are being advertised that I'm not sure if it's the people that are online or not. I'm just reluctant to buy things when I don't have time to actually do anything. 3211 | Do you buy things online or do you leave it on the shelf or a case? 3212 | ----- 3213 | Baconmonk: I don't buy anything online. I don't even buy things that much. To me, it's just like spending hundreds of dollars on a phone. When I have free time I'll buy something on the go. I wish I did it sooner. 3214 | ----- 3215 | xxracerxx: No. 3216 | ----- 3217 | C.Mongler: As long as the product is good, I won't buy it. 3218 | ----- 3219 | ElectricBlanketFire: Not until I need a refill. 3220 | ----- 3221 | xxracerxx: I am a consumer whore. 3222 | ----- 3223 | Bear: I buy things online, but I'll buy them the cheapest way possible. 3224 | I buy them for the quality and feeling, and the price. 3225 | ----- 3226 | Blue: Buy a cheapo one off a thrift store if you have time. 3227 | ----- 3228 | Kard8p3: No. 3229 | ----- 3230 | xxracerxx: I'll be honest. I bought a shitty need brand phone off Amazon and put it in a cardboard box. 3231 | ----- 3232 | 3233 | ==================== 3234 | ~!~Coke has a sweet spot for the US 3235 | 3236 | Puck Beaverton: I'm in the mood for some Cokes 3237 | ----- 3238 | chicken_pasta: I'm in the mood for some Cokes. 3239 | ----- 3240 | Coyote Starrk: I'm in the mood for some Cokes 3241 | ----- 3242 | shira: Cokes + Gatorade 3243 | ----- 3244 | Puck Beaverton: I'm in the m8 3245 | ----- 3246 | SJRB: I actually kinda like Coke, but I'm not sure if it's a gateway drug or just a gateway drug. 3247 | ----- 3248 | Puck Beaverton: I don't know about gatorade. I know that Cokes are great, but if I am going to buy something I need to know its better savory or even cream. 3249 | ----- 3250 | TheCthultist: That’s not Cokes... 3251 | ----- 3252 | TheGreatMightyPoo: I’d say it’s pretty sweet. 3253 | ----- 3254 | 3255 | 3256 | ==================== 3257 | ~!~The Sunset Limited Series (Satoshi Kon and Studio Ghibli movies) launches 2019 3258 | 3259 | Joule: This is a new anime that launched last night on Netflix. It's a comedy anime set in the era of soap opera. It stars Yuki Kajiura as a mexican spy and Kishimoto will be returning. It's already crowdfunded by Hasbro. 3260 | They also made a Shinkai movie (with the original voice cast) recently (there was a manga) 3261 | ----- 3262 | 3263 | ==================== 3264 | ~!~Defend your job and save money. 3265 | 3266 | Puck Beaverton: So I am a school teacher. I have 3 vacation days this year. I have all of my classes this fall. I have been doing well lately with students. I have about $450 saved up to pay for next year. I have about $600 saved. I am looking to save more this fall. 3267 | Important notes: 3268 | This is not about saving and pocket money. This is about saving and going above and beyond and saving in terms of your money in a 401k and in savings. This is only about saving. If you’re getting more than your paycheck, you will need to account for inflation. For example, if your paycheck is ~$10k, consider the amount of saving you saved. If you saved less than this amount, save less. This is only about saving. If you are getting more than your paycheck, you are part of the problem. 3269 | This is not about saving for 401k. This is about saving for a 401k. This is only about saving for an IRA. 3270 | This is all about terminology. What do you do when you are asked for money? What do you do when you aren’t asked for money? Do you save for yourself or others? Or for yourself and your savings? Or do you take out a loan? 3271 | Do you save for yourself or others? 3272 | I don’t want to sound snobby, but I am asking for advice. 3273 | ----- 3274 | Teh Hamburglar: What other things are you doing that you know are absolutely necessary for your job and you are absolutely doing them? 3275 | ----- 3276 | shira: if you have no savings. in your case you are learning something new. 3277 | ----- 3278 | Puck Beaverton: I’ve never heard of this. I just need to hear that I have a savings account. 3279 | ----- 3280 | Teh Hamburglar: Thats the thing. You can't save your money if you don't have any savings. 3281 | ----- 3282 | Robochimp: You can save money in the stock market. You can't save money in the crypto. 3283 | ----- 3284 | Puck Beaverton: I’m talking about 401k, I just don’t think it’s a necessary investment. 3285 | ----- 3286 | hobblygobbly: Savings account. 3287 | ----- 3288 | Puck Beaverton: What? 3289 | ----- 3290 | TheBearded 3291 | ==================== 3292 | ~!~Trump's Tariffs are going to cause half a billion dollars in losses for the US. 3293 | 3294 | American Eskimo: 3295 | ----- 3296 | Teh Hamburglar: I’m sure these fools know something they have to get off their ass for. 3297 | ----- 3298 | Zeno: 3299 | ----- 3300 | American Eskimo: Trump's Tariffs are going to cause half a billion dollars in losses for the US. 3301 | What a joke. 3302 | ----- 3303 | Zeno: I'm assuming that the people in charge, and indeed the people in charge of Congress are idiots, not the ones who are buying into this stupidity. 3304 | ----- 3305 | takriel: So how much do you guys get paid for making a joke? 3306 | ----- 3307 | Zeno: I'm assuming we can all laugh at Trump getting paid for making it up. 3308 | ----- 3309 | American Eskimo: That's hilarious. "Made it for us!" 3310 | ----- 3311 | WedgeX: It’s probably because it’s a rhetorical question. 3312 | ----- 3313 | Jmdajr: Trump is making America great again 3314 | ----- 3315 | 3316 | ==================== 3317 | ~!~Mission To Improve Housing In Flint, Michigan Is Baffled 3318 | 3319 | wenis: For those who don't know, Flint’s citywide housing crisis was led by a white supremacist. Some people who follow the story of Shimon Hutchison are right about that, but even more people are still ignorant that Flint’s population was under the control of the state and federal governments for a decade after the city was shut down. 3320 | I'm just wondering how the hell all this anti-fiora 3321 | ----- 3322 | Volimar: So... How do you fix the damn housing situation? 3323 | ----- 3324 | Slayven: Who in the news is worried about the future of Flint? 3325 | ----- 3326 | Chrno: "..didn't shut down the government, that was the first step." 3327 | ----- 3328 | Vincent Alexander: Nevermind, you can see the "times are a caution" face in the front page of a newspaper. 3329 | ----- 3330 | 3331 | GrizzleBoy: Welp, that is all I know. 3332 | ----- 3333 | TheAbsolution: How about we stop fucking over the citizens of Flint and spread to other places and hopefully not billions of dollars of mismanaged development? 3334 | ----- 3335 | Powdered Egg: We are living in a Tin Tin time bomb. 3336 | ----- 3337 | Volimar: "I didn't shut down the government, that was the first step." 3338 | ----- 3339 | 3340 | ==================== 3341 | ~!~Your favorite animated movies? 3342 | 3343 | Servbot24: I’m curious as to what Era is into animated films, and what your feelings are about them. For me, I’d say the recent films I’ve seen (Gravity Falls, Up, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Princess Bride) are the ones I’ve enjoyed the most. 3344 | ----- 3345 | shnurgleton: well they have been doing it for a while now. 3346 | The first was Isaac: Day of The Soldado, so I'd say it's a decent movie. 3347 | ----- 3348 | LewieP: The recent ones are The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and The Force Awakens. 3349 | ----- 3350 | Zelas: The recent one is The Princess Bride. 3351 | ----- 3352 | Travo: Either The Road to El Dorado or The Last Jedi. 3353 | ----- 3354 | shira: The first one is Cars. 3355 | The second one is The Lego Movie. 3356 | ----- 3357 | Kinthey: The one with the glasses 3358 | ----- 3359 | Psychoward: The Lego movie is my go to. I haven't seen The Lego Movie yet but it’s great 3360 | ----- 3361 | Servbot24: I mean, really, but a recent one on the list is Cars. 3362 | ----- 3363 | Psychoward: Also The Hobbit 3364 | ----- 3365 | 3366 | ==================== 3367 | ~!~Trump to nominate UK First World country for the 2020 Olympics 3368 | 3369 | Saya: Also breaking now 3370 | ----- 3371 | hydrophilic attack: good news 3372 | bad news 3373 | ----- 3374 | Karateka: How rude of the U.S to think we would become a country with 100 million more people than we already are. 3375 | ----- 3376 | Nick C: Let's give that country a chance by 2030. 3377 | ----- 3378 | Deleted member 25709: I am here. 3379 | ----- 3380 | PHOENIXZERO: The US has always been the better team and I'm proud of our country. 3381 | ----- 3382 | FUME5: But, why 3383 | ----- 3384 | Karateka: What about the millions more U.S. people need to work towards? 3385 | ----- 3386 | Becks': Lmao I thought the trump admin said we would become a country with 100 million more people than China. 3387 | ----- 3388 | ItAintEasyBeinCheesy: I'm honestly impressed it's so small. 3389 | ----- 3390 | 3391 | ==================== 3392 | ~!~How much do you spend on food/snacks/teens? 3393 | 3394 | Namorange: I was just wondering how much you guys spend on food/snacks and teenagers usually don't even realize they've eaten stuff like this lol. I'm trying to figure out the right balance between the two, but not quite there yet. 3395 | ----- 3396 | Kuro: I don't eat that much. I drink like 5 soft drinks a day and I drink like 2 energy drinks. I don't smoke or do anything that forces me to do so. 3397 | ----- 3398 | Dishwalla: probably around 1.5 rmb a week or so. kids probably eat less than me but I probably get more bang for my buck. 3399 | ----- 3400 | Airegin: I buy a McDonald's coffee creamer every morning and I bring it to my kid every now and then. 3401 | ----- 3402 | jkm23: maybe 3-4 cups. 3403 | ----- 3404 | One Eyed Willy: Probably around 30-45g all year here. Generally I'm in the six to eight range. 3405 | ----- 3406 | acheron_xl: Around ~a box of sodas a day. 3407 | ----- 3408 | Ponn: Around 200-300 for meals. Nothing too special but I eat better than I usually do. 3409 | ----- 3410 | SugarNoodles: Around 350-450 for a club meal. 3411 | ----- 3412 | PogChamp: Around 350-450 for meals. 3413 | ----- 3414 | 3415 | ==================== 3416 | ~!~Why do businesses do everything they can to reduce or avoid losses? 3417 | 3418 | BronzeWolf: Was just talking to a friend of mine earlier today. He said that he's a manager at a business and he has seen a lot of instances where cash was given out to customers at the other end of the spectrum, and those cash flow issues are coming to a head these days. In a way, this is really a case of people making a choice between not working their PTO, or being a pfwe, and those businesses are just doing everything they can to reduce or avoid loss. 3419 | Do you believe that businesses should do everything they can to minimize or avoid losses? How do you think they play the game? 3420 | ----- 3421 | Dishwalla: i do my best to minimize my losses but i'm not a pwe 3422 | ----- 3423 | ISOM: Because I'm not a pwe. 3424 | ----- 3425 | ZOONAMI: Because a business doesn't have to invest money in a particular stock. 3426 | ----- 3427 | Cocolina: Because we have better options, less regulatory pressure, lower taxes for everyone, and businesses are more predictable. 3428 | ----- 3429 | ElectricBlanketFire: Because it's easier and faster to just purchase a ticket on eBay, buy a ticket directly from them via stock transaction, and not take out a $2000 ticket after you've purchased your tickets. 3430 | ----- 3431 | Mivey: Because it's easier and faster and it's less assholes. 3432 | ----- 3433 | Heromanz: Because everyone has better choices 3434 | ----- 3435 | Shugga: Because the market is a racket 3436 | ----- 3437 | GrizzleBoy: Because companies and companies keep making less passive part time orders to try and push their business to the backwater practices necessary. 3438 | This sounds like a good plan. 3439 | ----- 3440 | 3441 | ==================== 3442 | ~!~Good morning reading manga 3443 | 3444 | Jindrax: Hey all 3445 | I'm bored and am bored 3446 | Let me get my reading sorted out 3447 | How are you reading? I'm 2.5 years old and I really don't care much for books. I'm interested in learning how to read manga online. 3448 | Are you reading on a tablet? 3449 | Are there good websites that are faithful to the manga? 3450 | Cheers 3451 | ----- 3452 | 3453 | MikeProtagonist: Wat 3454 | ----- 3455 | sora87: I'm reading JoJo's Bizarre Adventure - Golden Wind and I'm starting to feel bad for JoJo here. I know it's a popular series but I don't know if I've read anything worth looking at. 3456 | ----- 3457 | Tizoc: What is this, a comic? 3458 | ----- 3459 | Puck Beaverton: Jojo Magazine is pretty nice 3460 | ----- 3461 | Cordy: Jojo is my favourite manga from the 2000s. 3462 | ----- 3463 | PR_rambo: Jojo is great 3464 | ----- 3465 | Matsukaze: Jojo 3466 | ----- 3467 | SugarNoodles: I read it on my iPad, but haven’t started it yet. 3468 | ----- 3469 | 3470 | ==================== 3471 | ~!~Kobe Bryant, LaVar, and Michael Jordan have been arrested for domestic violence 3472 | 3473 | lacer: wow 3474 | ----- 3475 | mreddie: Damn, this isn't that secret for Jordan too. 3476 | ----- 3477 | Einchy: What a mess. 3478 | ----- 3479 | Anthony Mooch: NBA is cracking down on domestic violence 3480 | ----- 3481 | 3482 | LionPride: Damn 3483 | ----- 3484 | Darkmaigle: NBA is cracking down on domestic violence huh 3485 | ----- 3486 | Jbourne: Damn. 3487 | ----- 3488 | Widdle Puppy: NBA soooooooooo fucked up 3489 | ----- 3490 | 3491 | ==================== 3492 | ~!~Any non profit makers, any advice? 3493 | 3494 | Cochese: I'm doing a some family thing at my partner's house, he's been doing it for years. He's a mechanic and he's been doing it for a bit, and it's sort of a hands on thing. 3495 | He does have some great tips and tricks, and I think it's perfect for a hobby. 3496 | ----- 3497 | 3498 | ==================== 3499 | ~!~‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Release Date In September 3500 | 3501 | 3502 | shnurgleton: What a time to be a nerd 3503 | ----- 3504 | Pikachu: As a black dude, I'm ready to be hyped 3505 | ----- 3506 | Stinkles: I'm ready to be excited for the film. 3507 | ----- 3508 | Yasuke: Fuck yeah 3509 | ----- 3510 | Fat4all: hell yeah 3511 | ----- 3512 | TheGreatDirector: Love this film. 3513 | ----- 3514 | CoolestSpot: Damn, I'm excited for this 3515 | ----- 3516 | Ocarina_117: Hah. I'm glad to see a release date for this. 3517 | ----- 3518 | El Bombastico: That's pretty much what my family was ready to see as a kid. 3519 | ----- 3520 | 3521 | ==================== 3522 | ~!~Trump: How long have we've known about the Russian collusion? 3523 | 3524 | Pwnz: This is a long one, I think you can argue the longer con will not destroy him, but its the first time I've read this. 3525 | ----- 3526 | Pwnz: I mean it's not like the vast majority of the population knows how much the country sucks right now on most of the issues. It's not like he's a nuke. 3527 | The news media is already well known. 3528 | ----- 3529 | M.Bluth: I don't know, what is he talking about? 3530 | ----- 3531 | Dishwalla: so it's the same in both cases? 3532 | ----- 3533 | Parthenios: ...what? 3534 | ----- 3535 | Pwnz: I mean it's the same in both cases, but the news media is still known and has already been widely widely going about it for decades. It's not like he's just a nutjob talking about the news. 3536 | ----- 3537 | Nacho: So he's talking about the Russian collusion? 3538 | I don't know if this is the right place to start... 3539 | ----- 3540 | louisacommie: He's talking about the Mueller investigation. 3541 | ----- 3542 | Hollywood Duo: Which collusion? 3543 | ----- 3544 | Tovarisc: He's talking about the special counsel and his investigation. 3545 | ----- 3546 | 3547 | ==================== 3548 | ~!~A debate on the "new" "old" between the US and Japan... 3549 | 3550 | brainchild: ...It's begun. 3551 | How have we (the United States) handled this comparison between Japan and the United States? And how have we handled this comparison between Japan and the United States? In the past decade, I've seen many articles talking about how Japan has very very little of what the United States does, and how there has been very little in the past decade. For example, here's a recent article about a very interesting topic that popped up recently, and it's not a debate, but rather a comment on the topic: 3552 | The thread about the "old" vs. "new" question 3553 | Brainchild 3554 | Interesting article, but not a debate, it's a comment on the topic, and the thread 3555 | More details at: 3556 | ----- 3557 | Heckler456: I'm not sure this is a good idea. The old is still used in western administrations, and depending on the situation and the electorate, a new is always going to be used. 3558 | ----- 3559 | Taki: Yo, I think the new is going to be used. 3560 | ----- 3561 | Liljagare: Did you read article? 3562 | Curious to see what opinion is here when all of this happens. 3563 | ----- 3564 | brainchild: The thread about the "old" vs. "new" question was intended as an exchange discussion on the topic. 3565 | ----- 3566 | Liljagare: I mean, I think the issue is that there is a debate going on in the Western world to decide what is "old" and "old" and what is "old". 3567 | ----- 3568 | Dr.Phibes: Disclaimer: I don't believe in gods, and I don't believe in karma or anything. 3569 | ----- 3570 | brainchild: Okay, I understand that ethic/ethical issues make sense to me, but I thought the thread was going to have some discussion. 3571 | I just don't feel like there's enough discussion around this in the Western world. 3572 | ----- 3573 | Taki: I don't know that you and I have any stake in the world that we would like to have, so I don't know how to answer your question. 3574 | ----- 3575 | Cocolina: The old is always used 3576 | The new is always used 3577 | ----- 3578 | 3579 | ==================== 3580 | ~!~Was the current climate bad for the US? 3581 | 3582 | Hate: I'm doing research for a presentation at my google group and I came across this: 3583 | I don't know if the climate is bad because I'm American or because we need to leave the past. It seems that we have reached a new low. I am not sure what the answer is. 3584 | ----- 3585 | Ether_Snake: The current climate is incredibly mild. That's why we need to bring power and jobs to the future. 3586 | ----- 3587 | Linkark07: Yes, yes we are. 3588 | ----- 3589 | Chojin: Climate is not bad. 3590 | ----- 3591 | Bakercat: Yes. A mild climate. Just like the snow storms and rain in Toronto. 3592 | ----- 3593 | Ether_Snake: If we especially do poorly in the future, we can also blame the current political climate. 3594 | ----- 3595 | Infinity Times Two: We're, and I think it's already there. 3596 | ----- 3597 | Assenzio: You have to be of the middle ground to believe that global warming is bad, because it's not the climate change. 3598 | ----- 3599 | Cookie: The current environment is not as bad as we thought. 3600 | ----- 3601 | Thorn: It's not bad for us. 3602 | ----- 3603 | 3604 | ==================== 3605 | ~!~How do you deal with back pain? 3606 | 3607 | Powdered Egg: So I got laid up on Thursday and I've been in agony for about 15 minutes. I can't even walk. I've been up since around 3p.m., but I can't help it. I've taken a long, painful morning walk, but it's been for about 10 minutes. I'm trembling and I'm already scared to get up. I tried to find a video and I'm on the ground. I'm still trying to move but I'm so scared for the life of me. I'm just scared that I'm going to lose my balance and then fall to my knees and I'll be out for the rest of my life. 3608 | I'm so sorry to hear this. I'm just so used to living here and sitting at home because of the pain. 3609 | ----- 3610 | CormoranStrike: Just sit up. 3611 | ----- 3612 | Transistor: Oh, sorry to hear that. I'm so used to sitting up sitting up 3613 | ----- 3614 | Powdered Egg: Whew... 3615 | ----- 3616 | Kito: Just sit up, maybe try to move if you can't? 3617 | ----- 3618 | 3619 | SteveWinwood: That's how you treat it. 3620 | Just sit up. 3621 | ----- 3622 | TickleMeElbow: Just sit up. 3623 | ----- 3624 | FUME5: Not as bad as just sit up. 3625 | ----- 3626 | TheLostBigBoss: Do you feel guilty for lying? 3627 | ----- 3628 | 3629 | ==================== 3630 | ~!~What are your opinions on the recent X-mas movie? 3631 | 3632 | Krejlooc: It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember it being a very similar family movie to the one from the last few years. I think it's a good movie to watch in a "family" movie. 3633 | Was it good? 3634 | ----- 3635 | Nintendo Switch: It was good. Not as good as the first, but it was good. 3636 | ----- 3637 | Krejlooc: I think they're both good movies, but I think it's a better movie overall. 3638 | ----- 3639 | Clockblockers: It’s a bad movie but a good movie. 3640 | ----- 3641 | Slayven: I used to read that as the X-mas sequel 3642 | ----- 3643 | Krejlooc: I think they're both good, but a good movie. I think it's a good movie, but a bad movie, because the movie never ages well. And it's not the end of the world, like the movie is saying, in the last 20 minutes, that the kids are going to die. 3644 | ----- 3645 | Kinthey: I think it was a good movie, but not as good as the original. 3646 | ----- 3647 | Mahonay: It was a decent movie. 3648 | ----- 3649 | Krejlooc: It's a sequel to The Wailing. The first movie is the only sequel to the original. 3650 | ----- 3651 | xxracerxx: It was too-good-for-it. 3652 | ----- 3653 | 3654 | ==================== 3655 | ~!~White House says it’s ‘gravely concerned’ about the fate of Mueller’s team 3656 | 3657 | chadskin: 3658 | ----- 3659 | BlueTsunami: Please god no 3660 | ----- 3661 | rjinaz: Please no 3662 | ----- 3663 | Slayven: Not the President, that would be a very dangerous thing to be worried about 3664 | ----- 3665 | Tovarisc: I'm not sure how much of this is true, but I guess it is more "serious" than "serious". 3666 | ----- 3667 | O-Zips: This is like the worst case scenario for them. 3668 | ----- 3669 | 3670 | BWoog: "Not the president, that would be a very dangerous thing to be worried about". 3671 | ----- 3672 | WedgeX: Cheaper not to go to jail than to get a billionaire. 3673 | ----- 3674 | Baconmonk: I wouldn't be surprised if a major news org hires a bunch of people like Mueller and knows they are all part of some secret project. 3675 | ----- 3676 | 3677 | ==================== 3678 | ~!~New design for Amazon Video coming soon, includes Amazon music as a default 3679 | 3680 | RBH: 3681 | ----- 3682 | DrForester: I don't use Amazon for anything, but I do use YouTube Music for subscriptions. 3683 | ----- 3684 | Cantaim: Gotta have a subscription to YouTube music. My mom uses it all the time. 3685 | ----- 3686 | 3687 | RBH: Already have one. 3688 | ----- 3689 | FernandoRocker: Yeah, I use YouTube Music. Yes, I use it every day. I'm addicted. 3690 | ----- 3691 | Kernel: They’re gonna add tons of subscriptions to YouTube soon. 3692 | ----- 3693 | Jombie: Already have a YouTube account, but I'll probably do a "subscribe to YouTube TV" and then get YouTube TV on my Xbox One. 3694 | ----- 3695 | BDS: I'm subscribed to YouTube TV. 3696 | ----- 3697 | Punished Goku: I’m a Youtube subscriber. 3698 | ----- 3699 | 3700 | ==================== 3701 | ~!~Slammin Jackson has been arrested for making homophobic slurs. 3702 | 3703 | Vaelic: I’m surprised he didn’t get arrested 3704 | ----- 3705 | Hours Left: This is the most surprising part of everything. 3706 | ----- 3707 | Dynamite Cop: Geez, I never thought I would say this. 3708 | ----- 3709 | zero_suit: Good. Fuck that dude. 3710 | ----- 3711 | Khanimus: Told him to return home to his family and friends. 3712 | ----- 3713 | Emmert: I can't fucking stand that shitstick of a man. 3714 | ----- 3715 | jbug617: This is the most surprising part of everything. 3716 | ----- 3717 | 3718 | ==================== 3719 | ~!~What's that song from the new Kind of Funny 3720 | 3721 | woodcutter: i'm in. what the hell is it? 3722 | ----- 3723 | 3724 | ==================== 3725 | ~!~I think this is just a rebranding of a classic work of art 3726 | 3727 | Spinluck: I saw this on twitter at 4:30 in the morning 3728 | I don't know. Is this just a rebranding of a classic work of art? 3729 | ----- 3730 | Dook's Revenge: The Good Doctor 3731 | Storme's Son 3732 | ----- 3733 | Dishwalla: got it my first month of work, think I got it all in a week 3734 | ----- 3735 | Mr. X: Was it from Blade Runner? 3736 | ----- 3737 | Scarecrow: I thought this was a classic. 3738 | ----- 3739 | Enduin: This was a classic. 3740 | ----- 3741 | Teh Hamburglar: I think this is going to be a classic. 3742 | ----- 3743 | Commanderbuck: This is what my parents thought they wanted. 3744 | ----- 3745 | 3746 | DrFunk: This is what my cat wanted 3747 | ----- 3748 | 3749 | ==================== 3750 | ~!~How are you handling the job you love now? 3751 | 3752 | Puck Beaverton: I'm still working through the pain of a birth defect and I’m not happy. I’m 6’ and overweight and I’m about to get a baby out of nowhere. I’ve been doing poorly at work and my wife is distraught. I need to work but I don’t want to start fighting for my baby now. I don’t know how I can manage anymore. 3753 | ----- 3754 | TheGhost: My gut tells me to eat better, my heart goes out to me. I'm trying but I'm not sure I can control my appetite anymore. 3755 | ----- 3756 | Teh Hamburglar: I love it here in Australia. I love my job but I don't want to be an ass to my stomach when I eat. 3757 | ----- 3758 | hateradio: I've been eating better for almost a year now. I'm still almost at a loss. 3759 | ----- 3760 | Lackless: My job is that, and I'm beginning to feel it. I was told earlier in my life that if you're feeling hungry, you're not going to eat enough. I now know that's true, and I want to be proven wrong. 3761 | ----- 3762 | MudoSkills: I'm eating better, at least. I'm 6'1 and overweight and I'm just eating better. 3763 | ----- 3764 | CormoranStrike: My job is that fuck, I'm about to go to bed without enough sleep. 3765 | ----- 3766 | Joe: I'm kinda just getting older, but I'm still a wreck sometimes. I'm 30 years old. 3767 | ----- 3768 | Steeped in a Sea of Games: I don't know, I think I need to get a new job. I've been working a lot since I was 17 and I don't know why I'm getting so much trouble. 3769 | ----- 3770 | Hampig: My heart isn't in it anymore, I tend to get fat. I don't know why, there's a lot of things I hate doing and trying to do, and it's a life change. 3771 | ----- 3772 | 3773 | ==================== 3774 | ~!~New Era - The Rise of the Individual 3775 | 3776 | Jazzy: This is an amazing piece of news, I think it's a start to the end of the cold war. 3777 | The article itself goes into a lot of detail about the individual, their situation and the world. I also highly recommend reading the whole thing, it's a good read. 3778 | ----- 3779 | SugarNoodles: How the fuck did the US go so far? I can't even get my head around the hypocrisy of this article. 3780 | ----- 3781 | Kasai: I think the intent was probably more to stir the pot of western media, but that's just me. 3782 | The best part of the article is that, as it goes into more about the individual, it's easier to see that the reason they are all are the exact same. It's a nice change of pace and a win for western civilization. 3783 | ----- 3784 | jelly: I'm not American and I don't know many countries that have similar problems, but the US and Europe, well Europe is a very complex society, we have to deal with the same issues both from the perspective of the whole society and the perspective of the individual. 3785 | ----- 3786 | Kthulhu: This is called Resistance in my book. 3787 | ----- 3788 | Cantaim: That's great to hear, thank you for sharing. I also like the piece. 3789 | ----- 3790 | Empyrean Cocytus: I'll never be convinced that the West is the bad one. The sad truth is that the world is a much better place than the one we inherited it from. 3791 | ----- 3792 | shnurgleton: I'm not saying that the West is the good one but it sure is a place to be. We had the same problems as the European one, I believe it was by mistake 3793 | ----- 3794 | GeoNeo: I personally believe that there is a bigger problem in the Western hemisphere that nobody has had the better sense to fix, because we have the problems in the Middle East and SouthEast, and have the most dangerous of global democracy, but I also believe that the west is the good one. 3795 | ----- 3796 | 3797 | ==================== 3798 | ~!~Suburban legend: A man was shot in the back while out on the golf cart. 3799 | 3800 | Hierophant: I know golf is basically all they have, so what makes folks believe this story? 3801 | This fucker is in serious but not serious condition right now, so I’m highly skeptical. 3802 | ----- 3803 | Mato: I feel for the guy. I know some folk with mental health issues can golf cart and can't really focus on the days of the trip long. 3804 | ----- 3805 | 3806 | ==================== 3807 | ~!~Has anyone seen this new trailer for the movie coming from The Wrap? 3808 | 3809 | angelgrievous: My sister watched this movie and it's actually not that funny. 3810 | ----- 3811 | tadale: I liked it. 3812 | ----- 3813 | TheJackdog: its not funny, but its well executed, its got enough good acting and world building and everything is just like the original. 3814 | ----- 3815 | Solo: That's not The Matrix. 3816 | ----- 3817 | angelgrievous: I asked the same thing. I'll have to give it a look. 3818 | ----- 3819 | Solo: You think those things are all like the original, lol. 3820 | ----- 3821 | Dook's Revenge: The best looking trailer I've seen in quite a while. 3822 | ----- 3823 | TheJackdog: its not even that funny, its just that good 3824 | ----- 3825 | angelgrievous: It is! The original is better than the remake. 3826 | ----- 3827 | Baron Von Beans: I liked it, but I think it isn't good. I think I'm gonna give it a shot. 3828 | ----- 3829 | 3830 | ==================== 3831 | ~!~Has anyone here used the r/thedonald subreddit? 3832 | 3833 | Sjay1994: I feel like this subreddit is a great gateway into the world of political commentary. 3834 | There's even a subreddit for political posters and the r/Thedonald subreddit is also a great gateway. 3835 | So, has anyone here used it? How did you decide to get into it? How did you get to the peak of the subreddit? 3836 | I'm not sure if I'm being a dumb baby or if I'm just being overly sensitive to criticism. 3837 | ----- 3838 | ElectricBlanketFire: I'm a dumb baby. 3839 | ----- 3840 | Deleted member 15326: Good subreddit? I only see shit about Trump and their affair on here 3841 | ----- 3842 | RedBlue: I used to use it when I was in high school but I think I stopped around college age. It became too political and I now don’t care at all about the political shit anymore. 3843 | ----- 3844 | 3845 | Sjay1994: It's an old reddit, but a lot of the shitposting here is actually a good gateway. The conversation is usually Trump or Kavanaugh, so there's always a shot of the pro-Trump side. 3846 | ----- 3847 | 3848 | RedBlue: I think the r/Thedonald subreddit is a good gateway but it’s not perfect. There’s a lot of bullshit on there. The creators of the subreddit were vocal about the necessity of banning all left-leaning accounts. 3849 | ----- 3850 | N.Domixis: I use it for comedy podcasts and it’s a great gateway into the political satire section of tumblr. I’m not sure if I should delete it or not, but I feel it has gotten a lot creepier on it’s own. 3851 | ----- 3852 | Sjay1994: Yeah I'm not sure if I should delete it or not. 3853 | ----- 3854 | 3855 | ==================== 3856 | ~!~The Guardian: Jennifer Aniston is a treasure and she deserves recognition 3857 | 3858 | BDS: I thought this was an interesting take on the rise of "shame" and how regretful many of us are to our own egoistic self-validity. 3859 | ----- 3860 | Mushroomer25: It's always good to see more stories like this from high-profile figures who have been named as examples of deserving celebrities who've come forward. 3861 | ----- 3862 | 3863 | ==================== 3864 | ~!~New Orleans teacher accused of sexually assaulting students 3865 | 3866 | Slayven: Seems like this teacher is done with students 3867 | ----- 3868 | LionPride: That guy is probably going to jail for a long time 3869 | ----- 3870 | Disco Stu: Guess they got out okay. 3871 | ----- 3872 | Grimm Fandango: Wow. 3873 | I'm sorry, but that's terrible. 3874 | ----- 3875 | Cotton McKnight: I can't believe this is still influencing public health in this country. If it happens, do it. Bullivant movements against sexual assaults are nothing but a PR stunt meant to obfuscate the real issue. 3876 | ----- 3877 | Dishwalla: wow. 3878 | that is a messed up thing to do 3879 | ----- 3880 | Transistor: That's horrible. :( 3881 | ----- 3882 | Slayven: I'm sure schools are changing their teachers every other year 3883 | ----- 3884 | Khanimus: That's a fucked up thing to do. 3885 | ----- 3886 | Grimm Fandango: I thought that was part of the plan? 3887 | ----- 3888 | 3889 | ==================== 3890 | ~!~I have a question about the "art of the month" contest 3891 | 3892 | KujoJosuke: Basically, if a lot of art is released in one year, compared to another, it's very very rare. So if I list the top 10 most popular pieces of art (for the year so far) in a year, it's very rare that I list the top 10 "art of the month" pieces as well. So what is the best way to list all the best of the year pieces? 3893 | ----- 3894 | 3895 | ==================== 3896 | ~!~European Court of Justice says GDPR can be revoked or removed unilaterally 3897 | 3898 | jaxl: 3899 | ----- 3900 | 3901 | ==================== 3902 | ~!~What's your take on this new rock? 3903 | 3904 | Coyote Starrk: If you have not listened to this song out of pure self righteous anger I suggest you do it. 3905 | I personally love it and think it's a great way to end a day. 3906 | If you like it, do it. 3907 | ----- 3908 | Baconmonk: I liked it. Good song. 3909 | ----- 3910 | PJV3: It's been a while since I've actually heard it. 3911 | ----- 3912 | Coyote Starrk: Just discovered it today, yeah I love it. 3913 | ----- 3914 | Medalion: I prefer more the "pure" rock sounds of the last decade, but I'm certainly not diminishing any fondness I have for it. 3915 | ----- 3916 | Teh Hamburglar: Your insistence that music is a falsetto is an incredibly relatable and relatable thing to experience. 3917 | ----- 3918 | Laserdisk: Love it. 3919 | ----- 3920 | Blue Sky Noise: it's great, always loved the song 3921 | ----- 3922 | Dicer: Love it, definitely not the prettiest sound, but I love it. 3923 | ----- 3924 | Alcotholic: I love it, and I think it's very beautiful, and it's a beautiful thing to look at and listen to. 3925 | ----- 3926 | 3927 | ==================== 3928 | ~!~I just learned about the ulissary effect 3929 | 3930 | Wag: I live in a small town and have been a member of the family for over 25 years. I have noticed something peculiar about everyone in the family. I am right next to the grandpa's family's family, and I know that the grandpa has always been one of the better people around. The other grandpa is a drug addict who is a big brother to the youngest child. He is a wise man, and has always maintained his moral side. He is pure and always strives to do good deeds for others. His mom is a prostitute. Their dad is a criminal and the one who runs the family. I feel like I am the bad side of all the bad things happening in the family. I feel like I survived a lot less than my dad. 3931 | But other than that, I don't know. It's messing with my mind. I don't know what to make of all of these people. I don't know what to do with this information. Does anyone know any interesting facts or experiences? Any interesting people with interesting lives? I am just wondering. 3932 | ----- 3933 | Medalion: I'm beginning to think that the ulissary effect is real 3934 | ----- 3935 | Wag: I'm not sure if it's just part of the psychology of the family or not. 3936 | ----- 3937 | Gustaf: dude, i am a pretty gooood person 3938 | i have done drugs and alcohol in and of itself, I have taken medicocap, etc in the past that i found to be effective 3939 | i am more concerned with the effects those drugs have on us than our bodies 3940 | i am not sure if i have done drugs or alcohol in the past 3941 | i will say the social norms are more important for us than we think 3942 | ----- 3943 | Wag: I think I have never seen anyone in my life that does drugs or alcohol. 3944 | ----- 3945 | Ravensmash: I haven't seen anyone that is really like the Grandparents. 3946 | The Grandparents are more like theunts relatives and are closer to the family. 3947 | I've seen people I know do drugs and alcohol, and no one has ever had any of those experiences. 3948 | ----- 3949 | wafflebrain: I grew up in a pretty conservative area, but my parents weren't that into drugs. I'm like a half-step away from them, and I'd take drugs and alcohol over anything if it actually had a negative effect 3950 | ==================== 3951 | ~!~How to deal with family who refuse to forgive you 3952 | 3953 | Widdle Puppy: So I recently had to send my mum a letter pleading with her to forgive me and to accept my apology that my sins were forgiven. Her response was that she would never forgive anyone but herself. Which of course made me furious, I have no shame whatsoever and I was in the process of trying to get her to forgive me and I made a huge mistake that could have been fatal for her. 3954 | I went to the police and I'm still not sure what to do, she's a very poor person and has a very strong moral compass and she is very much not an empath. Her stepfather is the worst person for whom I live, she is a very poor person and a very white woman. I'm not against her apology but I'm very much against her saying what she really meant. 3955 | It's not a whole hearted life we live in right now, I have done a lot of good things and I am sorry if this thread is not sit well. My stepfather is a terrible person and he has really bad family and friends who are basically just happy to be around me but they won't do it. I have had a lot of good experiences in the past and am not sure what to do here. I am not a reformed offender or anything but he is a horrible person and I have a good chance of getting it back if I make some changes. I do not deserve to be in any position of power that makes me angry. 3956 | I can't even confess anymore because I'm angry at myself, I don't deserve forgiveness and I am sorry for your pain. I understand now and I feel for you and I'm sorry for your pain. 3957 | ----- 3958 | Bakercat: Sorry for your loss. I know what it feels like to be a part of that life. As much as I hate to admit it, you are not the sole reason I have forgiven you. I can't even imagine what it would be like for someone to forgive themselves after so many years of pain. 3959 | ----- 3960 | Widdle Puppy: That's a good question, thank you for that, I'm sure I'm just giving my own perspective. 3961 | ----- 3962 | effingvic: Sorry for your loss. It's always good to know. 3963 | Sorry to hear. 3964 | ----- 3965 | Widdle Puppy: Honestly I can't even remember what happened, I think I just changed my life. 3966 | ==================== 3967 | ~!~What are some common things that look almost exactly like what they seem to be? 3968 | 3969 | ToddBonzalez: I was watching Infinity War and realized the first thing I noticed is the bottle of Faygo to my right. It's the same color as the bottle of Faygo to my left. I then realized that I can't figure out if it's a puppy or a dog because I can't figure out what a bottle of Faygo looks like. I also can't figure out the name of it's parent, as it's an alien creature that appeared in a vacuum. Then I realized that I can't figure out the name of the dog because I can't figure it out. I then realized it's a dog that appeared in a vacuum. I then realized it's a dog that appeared in a vacuum. I also realized that the name of the dog I found in the vacuum was "Dune" 3970 | ----- 3971 | ZOONAMI: Someone once said that the "Faye" is a pretty big hair thing. 3972 | ----- 3973 | Mulciber: The "Powdered Egg" is a pretty big egg. 3974 | ----- 3975 | Puck Beaverton: I don't think I've ever seen it in the rain. 3976 | ----- 3977 | ZOONAMI: There are two kinds of things that look like this: 3978 | 1. The "Powdered Egg" part 3979 | 2. The "Faygo" part 3980 | Did someone ever say "Powdered Egg"? I think the correct term is what you want. 3981 | ----- 3982 | Shugga: The word "furday" just popped into my head. 3983 | ----- 3984 | Mulciber: Furday! 3985 | ----- 3986 | Spaced Harrier: Why can't people read the title properly? 3987 | ----- 3988 | ZOONAMI: Because they could have it right. 3989 | ----- 3990 | Bobo Dakes: That's a lot of pee, man. 3991 | ----- 3992 | 3993 | ==================== 3994 | ~!~Why does every single good movie have to be about a good plot? 3995 | 3996 | TheFallenSaboteur: This topic is so often framed in films and TV where the good doesn't have to necessarily be about the movie itself. For example, a bad plot with a bad villain is usually a bad plot in the first place. But a good plot with a good villain can also be a good plot in the first place. Why does every single good movie have to have a good villain? 3997 | I just want to discuss the idea of making a movie about the good villain. I know the answer is probably no. But I think it's a lot more productive than just asking people to put a good villain on screen, in the same way that a good villain doesn't automatically make a good movie. 3998 | ----- 3999 | Platy: I think it is easier to make a movie that is more focused on a good villain than a good one. 4000 | If the plot is not about a good villain then maybe some of the good ones are it, but if the plot is about a good one then they are good. 4001 | ----- 4002 | Fat4all: I’m good at using good as a negative 4003 | ----- 4004 | Mona: i like that a lot of the good ones are just bad, i just like the villain as a bad person 4005 | ----- 4006 | BDS: Because it's a movie where a good villain is often just a bad one. 4007 | ----- 4008 | John Dunbar: villain that is good is better than a villain that is evil. 4009 | Spoiler 4010 | ----- 4011 | WrenchNinja: I think it's dumb to focus on a good villain. Let's go full mazzy over the good ones while we're at it. 4012 | ----- 4013 | Wracu: I think it's more productive to make movies about a good villain than a villain that is evil. 4014 | A good villain is someone who is the protagonist of a film, but someone who is a terrible person. 4015 | ----- 4016 | FRANKEINSTEIN: I'd say I feel like a lot of people have difficulty with Good & Evil. 4017 | Spoiler 4018 | ----- 4019 | TheFallenSaboteur: Now this I think is a problem. It's time we stop and rethink the definition of a villain and their characteristics. It's an easy way to invalidate a film's perceived strength and therefore to make good films weaker. 4020 | ----- 4021 | 4022 | ==================== 4023 | ~!~What are some things that you are afraid of doing or having to learn new things? 4024 | 4025 | Liquid Plejades: I've been taking proactive steps to stop myself from doing or learning things incorrectly, but I really don't see myself stopping. 4026 | I'm being proactive to avoid feeling like I'm going to kill myself or worse. 4027 | I have a pretty good handle on this one: 4028 | I've even done a little bit of both. I was pleasantly surprised by this one a few years ago because I would just read something on the internet and I was like "man, this is why I always look up to the summer" but then I had some really bad back pain and it took a week for me to get any sort of decent painkillers and I continued taking them one by one and it did nothing for two weeks. Then after some more pain I finally got some last night and it's gone, I just don't know if it's worth sticking with it. I'm worried I'm going to pass out. 4029 | ----- 4030 | shaneo632: I'm probably going to ruin the OP for some people. 4031 | ----- 4032 | Goldfishking: A lot of things I should take more of. 4033 | ----- 4034 | John Kowalski: I'm going to spend my entire life being miserable. 4035 | ----- 4036 | Ikuu: Not too many people seem to even know what they are doing. 4037 | ----- 4038 | EchoChamber: I'm a lazy fuck. 4039 | ----- 4040 | Teh Hamburglar: I have a decent handle on this. My life is a lie. 4041 | ----- 4042 | NaughtyCalibur: I’m about to spend more time alone and dread the day that I have to tell my parents that I have kids. I’m scared of doing something I’ve been doing for years. 4043 | ----- 4044 | EchoChamber: Because I'm fucking stupid. 4045 | ----- 4046 | Deleted member 11093: I've been in a lot of pain. One of my arms is broke since the summer of 2015. 4047 | ----- 4048 | 4049 | ==================== 4050 | ~!~Disney unveils first look at Dumbo 4051 | 4052 | jbug617: Spoiler: Twitter text 4053 | Spoiler: Twitter text 4054 | ----- 4055 | half a moon: That ride is going to be so great, Disney 4056 | ----- 4057 | Daffy Duck: That's a terrible picture, I bet 4058 | Now let's enjoy the 'Cheesy CG' that was used for the ride, this is great, I hope they don't ruin it to make it look like crap 4059 | ----- 4060 | BreezyLimbo: Nooo, that image is terrible. 4061 | ----- 4062 | Cipherr: That pic is horrible. Loved the Dumbo ride. 4063 | Save the original. That ride is awesome. 4064 | ----- 4065 | SigmasonicX: I'm glad that's not just the Ducktales from Fant4stic, but the current lead-up to the ride: 4066 | ----- 4067 | Daffy Duck: I love the Disney ride but in a bad way. 4068 | ----- 4069 | HStallion: At least the ride has a name. 4070 | ----- 4071 | NinjaScooter: That picture is pretty bad. The ride has no name. It's just a picture of a generic cartoon. 4072 | ----- 4073 | BreezyLimbo: I mean, they're just cartoon characters. 4074 | ----- 4075 | 4076 | ==================== 4077 | ~!~Favorite live bands? 4078 | 4079 | guek: I'm torn when it comes to favorite live acts. For me, I'd say either the likes of: Janet Jackson, SOPHIE, etc. But there's so many! 4080 | What's your favorite live band? What's your favorite song? 4081 | ----- 4082 | Cocolina: Linkin Park 4083 | ----- 4084 | Scrobbles: Tame Impala 4085 | ----- 4086 | shira: Linkin Park 4087 | ----- 4088 | 4089 | nsilvias: Linkin Park for sure. 4090 | ----- 4091 | Ryaaan14: Maybe Tame Impala 4092 | ----- 4093 | Sasliquid: The Killers 4094 | I’m not a huge fan of the Foo Fighters but I’m pretty sure I love Linkin Park. 4095 | ----- 4096 | Fat4all: just a regular live band 4097 | they’ve been playing a lot lately, but they’ve only been a couple songs 4098 | ----- 4099 | bardo: I'll just list one, but I'll mess around with some of my favorite live bands too. 4100 | Scorpion - The Box 4101 | Somber 4102 | ----- 4103 | 4104 | ==================== 4105 | ~!~Disney's Hollywood Studios 4106 | 4107 | chadskin: Welcome to Disney's Hollywood Studios, a crown jewel of the company's cultural success. 4108 | I'm not a huge movie buff but I do see tons of people there, and usually I'm in the mood for a "meh" movie experience. I'm not complaining. I'm here for the fun of the crowd. 4109 | What are your thoughts? 4110 | ----- 4111 | marrec: Does it matter if the movie is good? The audience for such movies are usually diverse in some key ways. 4112 | I'm just trying to think of exactly what kind of experience would come out of all the people there. 4113 | ----- 4114 | Zoe: It can be fun, but don't treat it as a negative. 4115 | The only thing is to find out. 4116 | ----- 4117 | Sandfox: When they say "it's good" what they mean is "we're all there for the MCU" or something similar. 4118 | ----- 4119 | 4120 | Z-Beat: It's mostly a fun movie to watch. I'm in for the opening night if it's anything like what I saw. 4121 | ----- 4122 | Crushed: I'm cool, but I'd rather be the center of a fucking screen than the center of a screen is where I'd want to be. 4123 | ----- 4124 | 4125 | TheBaldwin: I like the first act, but when it starts to get too fucking weird, i tend to stop and wonder. Its usually just meh movies with the main character flying through a plane or some shit. 4126 | But after that , i generally go back and enjoy it. 4127 | ----- 4128 | Zoe: They're not "meh" in the way that "meh" should be. 4129 | ----- 4130 | 4131 | ==================== 4132 | ~!~What's the best way to watch The Simpsons? 4133 | 4134 | Lant_War: I've recently discovered this show, and I've been considering watching a few episodes. 4135 | What's the best way to watch the Simpsons? 4136 | ----- 4137 | Chromie: I’ve never heard of this show before. Is it on any streaming service? 4138 | ----- 4139 | Fantastical: YouTube 4140 | ----- 4141 | DrFunk: YouTube has it. Hulu has it 4142 | ----- 4143 | Ogodei: Hulu 4144 | ----- 4145 | BDS: Hulu 4146 | ----- 4147 | Kasai: YouTube 4148 | ----- 4149 | Fantastical: Yes. I'm thinking of getting Hulu though. 4150 | ----- 4151 | chadskin: Hulu 4152 | ----- 4153 | Tagg: YouTube 4154 | ----- 4155 | 4156 | ==================== 4157 | ~!~Japan says it will crack down on fake news 4158 | 4159 | Nacho Papi: This has been developing for a while. 4160 | The Japan Times here reporting that fake news will be penalized. 4161 | The thread also reports that the [Japanese] Diet will vote on measures to ban fake news. 4162 | ----- 4163 | 4164 | shira: huh 4165 | ----- 4166 | Nacho Papi: I mean, the previous version of this had the word fake in the title, so it would be a change of wording. 4167 | ----- 4168 | HStallion: This is going to have devastating consequences for the reputation of Abe's government. 4169 | ----- 4170 | Nacho Papi: Well that's disappointing. 4171 | ----- 4172 | Chopin the Third: This seems like a positive step. 4173 | ----- 4174 | Mr. X: To be fair, there's already a slew of measures against fake news being shown to be false, and the Japanese government has the backing of the Japanese government. It's going to have a long road, really. 4175 | ----- 4176 | stew: Good. 4177 | ----- 4178 | Nacho Papi: Also, this being Japan, is nothing new for Japan. 4179 | ----- 4180 | 4181 | ==================== 4182 | ~!~I'm not a strong person because I've never had sex with anyone... 4183 | 4184 | Geek: I'm not a strong person because I've never had sex with anyone. Usually when I have sex, I keep my arms and legs above the person's body, but sometimes I'm too scared to get it. I am scared of stuff like anxiety disorder and intense anxiety disorder. 4185 | I'm a strong person because I've tried to change in previous relationships, but I'm also a very shy person. I'm also not a strong person because I've never had sex with anyone. 4186 | I'm not a strong person because I'm not a strong person because I'm not a strong person because I'm not a strong person because... I don't know what to say to you. Thank you for being, a wonderful person. 4187 | ----- 4188 | Dardan Sandiego: I think you are a strong person. 4189 | ----- 4190 | thekonamicode: I'm not a strong person because I have had sex with only one person. 4191 | ----- 4192 | Teh Hamburglar: I'm not a strong person because I'm not a good person. 4193 | ----- 4194 | Velord: I'm not a strong person because I've never had sex, it's just part of life. I'm a strong person because I like having fun, not because I have sex with anyone. So, no. 4195 | ----- 4196 | Rocketz: I'm not a strong person because I've never had sex. 4197 | But I am a very strong person because I have suffered from depression and anxiety for a long time. And I love being depressed and anxious. 4198 | But I do love having fun, I love playing sports, I love working out, I love being a social media heavy person and I love sex. 4199 | But I don't know what to do, I don't have kids, I don't have a girlfriend. 4200 | ----- 4201 | Angie22: I’m not a strong person because I’ve never had sex. 4202 | ----- 4203 | Geek: Yeah, because I'm pretty shy and not good at it and I don't want to lose my "boring" "person" mind or maybe I want to learn and grow but I don't know what I want to do with it. 4204 | ----- 4205 | Omegasquash: I've never had sex, but I've had "sex" with other people. 4206 | ----- 4207 | Kazoku_: Does he have a girlfriend 4208 | ==================== 4209 | ~!~Did you have a Dad? 4210 | 4211 | MajulaDream: I brought home a bunch of Dad sized toys at work and they had a bunch of different variations and I brought them to work and still have a few of the original ones. 4212 | I mean I don't know, I don't want to be like the guy who brought the Lucky Charms stick in every day since I'm not a dad. 4213 | ----- 4214 | Gaardus: Yeah, I brought mine home to work with a couple of my cousins and they still have the same ones. 4215 | ----- 4216 | TheBeardedOne: No. I don't think I ever brought anything away from my hometown to my work. 4217 | ----- 4218 | Dyle: My sister brought mine to work with her mom and siblings, I've never had anything from hers. I'm quite lucky in that I have a fully installed work-issued digital camera so that I can take a few pics of my work, but I wouldn't consider anything from my Dad's. 4219 | ----- 4220 | CormoranStrike: Nope. My mum's my last child so I don’t think I could afford to take the time to take pictures of myself. 4221 | ----- 4222 | TheBeardedOne: I did, but I don't think I could afford my current one. 4223 | ----- 4224 | 4225 | ==================== 4226 | ~!~I'm in a weird situation right now. I get a call from my insurance company and I'm told that I'm covered by a Covered Unidi 4227 | 4228 | Troll: So I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with this and if anyone has any tips for me. I'm not a medical professional. I just get a call from my insurance company. I'm not sure what to do I'm locked in. I'm pretty sure this is a scam. I have $500 from my checking for a month, but I'm not sure what to do now. 4229 | ----- 4230 | Transistor: Did you sign up for Covered Unidi? 4231 | ----- 4232 | Troll: No. I've never signed up for anything Covered Unidi offers. 4233 | ----- 4234 | Ravijn: I'm thinking you should call the number listed on Covered Unidi. You can't just refer you to insurance reps and without going through the process of going to the doctors office it's just going to cost money. 4235 | ----- 4236 | Troll: Yeah, same here. 4237 | ----- 4238 | Transistor: You should contact your insurance company as well. I've never had anyone do this to me 4239 | ----- 4240 | Troll: I don't have any advice but sure do call their insurance company 4241 | ----- 4242 | sphagnum: Is this a scam? 4243 | ----- 4244 | GrimGrinningGuy: Go to the doctor you don't want to sign up for anything 4245 | ----- 4246 | KojiKnight: Sounds like a scam to me, so you should call your insurance company. The doctor may take a look and rule out some fraud based on this. 4247 | ----- 4248 | 4249 | ==================== 4250 | ~!~What is the best (non-gaming) media streaming device? 4251 | 4252 | Jangowuzhere: I'm looking for something portable with good internet/TV quality. Does anyone have any suggestions? 4253 | ----- 4254 | ZOONAMI: The best I can suggest is a Roku with at least an antenna. 4255 | ----- 4256 | NSA: I'd say the Shield would be the best option, but the Sony UP970 is a great option. 4257 | ----- 4258 | signal: If you have a Roku, get the Shield or the Fire HD are the same. 4259 | ----- 4260 | Messofanego: If you want something super portable, the Samsung S4, the best one you can get is $800 4261 | ----- 4262 | diablos991: The X, the original. 4263 | ----- 4264 | Kill3r7: Sony WI‑Fast Charging USB Smart TV. 4265 | ----- 4266 | GLHFGodbless: The Shield is the best TV cord. 4267 | ----- 4268 | jett: I'd say the Shield, but the S4's are pretty great. 4269 | ----- 4270 | Gernau Morat Gurgeh: The PS4 Pro is the best TV cord. 4271 | ----- 4272 | 4273 | ==================== 4274 | ~!~The Fate of the Furious: Tokyo Drift reboot might happen if the current generation dies off 4275 | 4276 | Sega Dreamcast: UPDATE: 4277 | The Fate of the Furious twitter account has responded 4278 | I'd be down for an American Ultra reboot. 4279 | ----- 4280 | SuperBanana: Would be cool to see them actually involve the X-Men or even just the X-Men in general. 4281 | ----- 4282 | 4283 | Mariolee: I'd be down aswell. 4284 | ----- 4285 | Slayven: That is the fucking plot of a reboot of the franchise, you manage your shit 4286 | ----- 4287 | Zapperino: How about a more serious Star Wars reboot? 4288 | ----- 4289 | PSqueak: Sounds good to me, but the franchise is still a mess. 4290 | ----- 4291 | Gustaf: do i remember that correctly? 4292 | ----- 4293 | Khanimus: I think they were going to do a reboot of the franchise, but then again it was the plot of a Star Wars movie reboot that killed that possibility. 4294 | ----- 4295 | Puck Beaverton: I’d be so down. 4296 | ----- 4297 | 4298 | ==================== 4299 | ~!~What was your first weekend like? 4300 | 4301 | Grannvale: I'm sitting here with a full schedule of what's to be had in the weekend. No weekends off, no hotel, no work, no travel, just what I'd want to do in the city proper. 4302 | I'm starting to get a bit lost, and I'm going to need to make a list of things I want to do in the city proper. Does anyone have a list? 4303 | Nothing against movies, games, or food, though? I just want to branch out and see what all of those things would be like. 4304 | I've seen the first three Star Wars movies in theaters since they came out in 2015. 4305 | My first Indiana Jones was on VHS. 4306 | ----- 4307 | ____: I played Arkham Horror the first time I had a DVD player and a starter set of Star Wars Legends of the Jedi. 4308 | ----- 4309 | Aurongel: I went to a few amusement park theme parks in Florida last year, and they had a bunch of the stuff I wanted to do. Lots of food, a few games and a few movies. 4310 | ----- 4311 | Maxey: I spent my weekend in Little Tokyo. 4312 | ----- 4313 | brainchild: I did a few bars in Tokyo as well, but nothing that wild like Solo: A Star Wars Story. 4314 | ----- 4315 | Omegasquatic: I play a few games in Tokyo, so a few games in my area. 4316 | ----- 4317 | Praxis: I've been to Wano, which is a pretty decent but not amazing theme park. A couple of drinks, one of the food spots there is a fantastic seafood restaurant. There's a lot of space for a variety of things including drinking, food, and overall environment. 4318 | ----- 4319 | grannvale: I went to a family party in San Francisco with their friends when we were all there, and they had a variety of drinks. Lots of food, a variety of games, and a variety of food. 4320 | ----- 4321 | TheBeardedOne: Only one of my friends went to one I was seeing in Tokyo, and I went with two of them. I don't know why, but I don't really like family, or a variety of things. I've got two, one of them, and I haven't seen them in a while. 4322 | I'm going to go with the other one. 4323 | ----- 4324 | 4325 | ==================== 4326 | ~!~Mueller Requests Investigation Into Kremlin-Trolling Campaign Director's Ex-lobby 4327 | 4328 | Shard Shinjuku: 4329 | ----- 4330 | 4331 | Cochese: Mueller has subpoenaed and the campaign. 4332 | ----- 4333 | liquidtmd: *sigh* 4334 | I am still not sure what to make of this. 4335 | ----- 4336 | Kurdel: Good, this is an important development in the ongoing investigation. 4337 | ----- 4338 | 4339 | Seik: Oh, whoops. 4340 | ----- 4341 | RoyaleDuke: Well, that wraps it up. 4342 | ----- 4343 | Sagroth: So, there's your list of 'Whoop my butt', my people. 4344 | ----- 4345 | Greigor the FellHand: It's a little early for this thread, the thread has been rebooted with a new title. 4346 | ----- 4347 | 4348 | ==================== 4349 | ~!~Never thought this would happen: Jaimie's War of the Worlds Manga 4350 | 4351 | TheGamingNewsGuy: I am one of those people who likes to read manga/anime and thought this was a very interesting topic to see share. I am curious about the manga/anime and if you have seen/re Recommended/Expected this Thread. I am hoping someone can give me some insight for better enjoyment when I am not reading. 4352 | ----- 4353 | TheGamingNewsGuy: I am interested in it but not sure if it will be worth it 4354 | ----- 4355 | 4356 | ==================== 4357 | ~!~Trump’s Inaugural Committee raised nearly $6 million from wealthy donors, records show 4358 | 4359 | Tovarisc: Many highlights: 4360 | ----- 4361 | Wafflinson: Good, but not nearly as much as people wanted to spend on Trump's inauguration. 4362 | ----- 4363 | DrewFu: He's not wrong, and he's not wrong. 4364 | ----- 4365 | Jpop: That is some money. 4366 | ----- 4367 | Tovarisc: It is. 4368 | ----- 4369 | Piecake: This is why you don't run for office. 4370 | ----- 4371 | Kmonk: I am amazed that the right is such crazy people. To donate that much to Trump, you'd think he would be the least crazy person in the world. 4372 | ----- 4373 | Powdered Egg: What a sham. 4374 | ----- 4375 | Dr. Benton Quest: Nobody is surprised at this part of the world. 4376 | ----- 4377 | Wafflinson: Sometimes. 4378 | ----- 4379 | 4380 | ==================== 4381 | ~!~What's the best part of using a voice changer? 4382 | 4383 | RadioJoNES: (Not a comedy humor thread) 4384 | The thing is, I don't think I've ever used a voice changer so flawlessly as a professional, professional voice actor. It's also the most handy, so you can easily do it yourself if you're into that sort of thing. 4385 | For those looking for deeper dive, I've done it in the past and found the most useful bits in the below audio episode I did. 4386 | ----- 4387 | RadioJoNES: I used to use a voice changer to mute a guy out in Illinois. I ended up going to the hospital because I had to keep it on all night to go back to the doctor. I ended up getting him checked out and he was fine. 4388 | ----- 4389 | L Thammy: If you can, I recommend using a stand up one. I use a stand up one for my stand ups, but others can be had for more under $10. 4390 | ----- 4391 | RadioJoNES: I'm a bit stunned you could find this on Amazon. It's like I'm gonna take a crap with YouTube or something, but I don't want to fuck with that. 4392 | ----- 4393 | Rackham: Having a voice changer is pretty invaluable. Just be careful when you're using it too. 4394 | ----- 4395 | RadioJoNES: I'm new to this whole thing, so I don't know. 4396 | ----- 4397 | TheBeardedOne: I've used one for years, was a fairly solid performer. I'm not a comedian and wouldn't recommend it, but I'm fine with it for now. 4398 | ----- 4399 | RadioJoNES: They're not the best ones, but they're pretty cool. Not particularly the best ones, but a fun novelty. 4400 | ----- 4401 | RadioJoNES: I've used them in the past, but the latest I ended up having to use them for a movie I wasn't big into, so I stopped. 4402 | ----- 4403 | RadioJoNES: I'm not really a huge comedian, but I found the Voice Changer helpful and it was funny. I also thought the "Chime in" joke in "Last Exit to Springfield" was funny. 4404 | ----- 4405 | 4406 | ==================== 4407 | ~!~White House official resigns amid allegations of embezzlement 4408 | 4409 | Shard Shinjuku: 4410 | ----- 4411 | Beartruck: No way, you're fired. 4412 | ----- 4413 | RPGamer92: He'll be the next VP of the US. 4414 | ----- 4415 | uzipukki: Fired from his job. 4416 | ----- 4417 | 4418 | Cochese: Ding ding ding 4419 | ----- 4420 | Dubbedinenglish: I'm sure Trump will be tweeting about this tonight 4421 | ----- 4422 | Coyote Starrk: What an asshole. 4423 | ----- 4424 | Dishwalla: that's pretty big 4425 | ----- 4426 | BWoog: This is the first I'm hearing of someone taking their Trump orders from Mueller. 4427 | ----- 4428 | 4429 | 4430 | ==================== 4431 | ~!~Rudy Giuliani: "I was made aware of and saw porn, which is not a film, I chose it" 4432 | 4433 | 4434 | norm9: The fact that everything will go downhill if you're caught is disturbing to me. 4435 | ----- 4436 | Slayven: Paging Wilco... 4437 | ----- 4438 | Euphoria: That's not a mistake, that's a genjlex announcement. 4439 | ----- 4440 | 4441 | ryutaro's mama: ...what? 4442 | ----- 4443 | wonzo: This is such a weird interview question. 4444 | ----- 4445 | Dullahan: I don't know what to say. 4446 | ----- 4447 | AlexFlame116: What an odd thing to be proven wrong. 4448 | ----- 4449 | 4450 | ==================== 4451 | ~!~Washington Post: "The Trump-Russia investigation is now the most important test of our ability to solve world conflicts" 4452 | 4453 | WedgeX: Let’s get one step closer to a democracy. Get one foot in front of the hurricane. 4454 | ----- 4455 | shnurgleton: I'd like more than one test 4456 | ----- 4457 | TheJackdog: I mean, I think we could at least start to test the waters, at least in the short term, but I think the country is pretty dang stupid to even think that we could go that far. 4458 | ----- 4459 | The Albatross: I mean, I don't think we'd go far enough, for one, we'd have to lose one or two branches of government. Too many people have voted GOP since Trump took office in '14. It'd be like voting for someone who didn't like the Iraq war but liked the Democratic Party, and you'd still have to vote for the other party to contest the high-probable candidates. 4460 | That said, most people (especially the retired military) know about the current administration. Trump has done little to make the country more democratic, and yet he's still making the country dangerous to the world, even if he's temporarily losing himself. 4461 | ----- 4462 | Baji Boxer: I don't think our current president is the worst in terms of incompetence, but he's an awful president. 4463 | ----- 4464 | Mr. X: I'm not sure we'd see it this time. Hopefully we'll never reach the low-hanging fruit, and we'll never get to the low-high warning signs, like in the case of rogue soldiers. 4465 | ----- 4466 | ElectricBlanketFire: I don't think Trump is the worst president since Nixon. 4467 | ----- 4468 | MBeanie: I dont think I'd want to be President at all. 4469 | ----- 4470 | Surfinn: This is a good thing 4471 | ----- 4472 | 4473 | ==================== 4474 | ~!~Is this the best halftime show since Ed O'Neil’s “Let's Make a Deal” video? 4475 | 4476 | ElectricBlanketFire: With the topic of this topic being brought up here a lot, I was thinking I'd look at the halftime show O'Neil made in the summer of 2000. I think it was daft, but I'm curious. 4477 | ----- 4478 | Cantaim: No, but I watch NBA a ton of probably. 4479 | ----- 4480 | 4481 | ElectricBlanketFire: I'll admit, I was just thinking "would O'Neil have been better if he had just listened to music in the shower before going to the pool." 4482 | ----- 4483 | Dishwalla: No, but I can't deny that I love it. 4484 | ----- 4485 | ElectricBlanketFire: You're right. 4486 | ----- 4487 | adj_noun: If only he had kept up with spring classics. 4488 | ----- 4489 | Shugga: Tape of the Titans is my favorite 4490 | ----- 4491 | Dishwalla: well it's true he wasn't a great when he was growing up, but if people are asking why it's so good, I don't know why anyone would be surprised. 4492 | ----- 4493 | ElectricBlanketFire: I'd like to know the answer as well. 4494 | ----- 4495 | 4496 | ==================== 4497 | ~!~Babylon 5: The Rewatch (US) - The Final Season 4498 | 4499 | Sloane: 4500 | ----- 4501 | Vic_Viper: This is a bummer, I was super hyped as all hell for this and the new season. 4502 | ----- 4503 | AoM: I'm so glad this is getting a proper release. I know it's not coming out anytime soon, but I'm glad to see there's going to be a new season. 4504 | ----- 4505 | kai3345: fantastic news 4506 | ----- 4507 | Oozer: Nice to see the last season being live action rather than a quick rewatch, but I'm worried that with the new season airing in a few weeks, the fanbase will turn on the show. They will, because they are not going to the show. 4508 | ----- 4509 | AaronB: The Rewatch is a good watch but the story is a mess. Please don't bother me again. 4510 | ----- 4511 | Empress of ice cream: I'm so in. The writing is top notch, with some really good themes in the last season. 4512 | ----- 4513 | Dedication Through Light: I'm glad I loved the first season, but the story structure is more or less a tossup of my imagination. Can it please? 4514 | ----- 4515 | WaffleTaco: I am so glad this show is getting a proper release. I heard good things about it but I am not sure how to feel about it. 4516 | ----- 4517 | Oozer: It's a toss-up in my mind. The first season was so very different from the norm that it was hard to tell what was what. 4518 | ----- 4519 | 4520 | ==================== 4521 | ~!~Why does Google still have the list? 4522 | 4523 | Deleted member 1258: I'm curious about the purpose or effectiveness of the Google search results list. On Android Google is the only product under the sun that gets nearly half of the results it does today. It's not open source, it's not a commercial product, and if it was it'd be supported by governments. 4524 | ----- 4525 | Birdseye: It's a library of products 4526 | ----- 4527 | TheMadLaughter: I'll be honest, I do not use Google. 4528 | ----- 4529 | ElectricBlanketFire: We probably should have a Hangouts Hangout thread. 4530 | ----- 4531 | BocoDragon: It’s a bit like the Library of Barts of Scotland in the UK. There’s no useful RSS feed, it’s just a “list” of products”. There’s no product descriptions, there’s no product pages with product images, and the lists are just a bunch of straight to left wing bible hits. 4532 | ----- 4533 | Kyougar: Google has plenty of functionality, but none that Google I can easily access for the purpose of searching for something. 4534 | ----- 4535 | Pwnz: It should be a bigger list of all services. All the free stuff is redundant. There the list of things to do every week. 4536 | ----- 4537 | Salamando: Google's search engine isn't great, but it's very easy to use. It's not a library of products. It's a library of products. 4538 | ----- 4539 | Nacho: I think they are still gathering the products under the Google umbrella. I think they want Google stuff to be the standard. 4540 | ----- 4541 | Salamando: The list of products would look like this: 4542 | And this: 4543 | ----- 4544 | 4545 | ==================== 4546 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------