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wow
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t5_2qio8
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cjnxn78
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Maybe we are just debating apples and oranges.
/u/Not_ah_BOT is right that theoretically based on average hours in a month divided by monthly subscription price, each hour of play is worth about $0.02. And using this metric it is possible to measure the actual monetary damage of downtime.
While MOdus and I debate that players have their individual metric based on hours they play to measure how much their WoW time is worth on the subscriptions they pay. And by this, the down time costs is higher than $0.02 as they only account for hours they want to be playing rather than every hour possible to play.
I think both of these are valid ways of measuring how much a time is worth in respect to subscription costs. But at the same time, both are totally worthless in trying to evaluate the monetary damage of downtime as there IS NO MONETARY DAMAGE OF DOWNTIME.
To say we are losing $0.14 or any money are both incorrect.
All of these items are built into subscription price:
Scheduled maintenance
Extended maintenance
Unscheduled maintenance
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It sucks when we want to play WoW but the servers are down. But we are still getting what we pay for and not being slighted in any way.
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TurtleMadness47
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cjowktq
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I think two worlds is a comedic masterpiece if you play it with friends nearby, but that lasts for about twenty minutes and you're done laughing. After that point, it becomes a chore to do anything; You don't want to meet any new characters because they're all horribly written and have some of the worst voice acting in not only the history of gaming, but acting itself. Even, and especially your character, the 'bounty hunter' has a terrible voice actor, who sounds like he was dropped as a baby as he tries to put together sentences with the game's bastardization of old english. The protagonist suffers from the same genetic mutations as the other people who live in Antaloor, where they have hideously disproportioned shoulders and arms to their tiny bodies and heads. It's like it was as if the individuals who made this game had never actually seen a person before, or even a picture of one. The only thing they have to go on is vague descriptions of human anatomy from poorly written romantic novels and other works of fiction. Trying to repair these flaws in the character creator is futile, however, because no matter what you do, the character you control is always a slow, cross-eyed git who fights like the star wars kid.
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Two Worlds is bad.
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emsigmon
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjpmow8
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Off on the off chance I saw that, id probably do a double take and go on with me day. It would be out of the ordinary, and I try not to look at genitalia when I'm in there as it is. Id probably later on that day bring it up in conversation "dude I saw a trans male in real life today," and that would be it. Not because I think it's gross, but because it's not a normal thing to see. It would never cross my mind again, and fuck anyone that says anything negative about you.
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i wouldn't care.
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rutefoot
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cjpxsfx
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Something similar happened years ago at a store in a chain I worked at (my former assistant manager and friend was working there at the time) They first noticed something was amiss when employees were finding candy bar wrappers in the aisle over a couple of days. Initially they assumed someone was stealing them during the day. But, one day, by chance, an employee had switched shifts with someone and worked back to back evening and morning shifts. They came across more wrappers and knew for certain they weren't there the night before.
They assumed it was someone from the early morning shift, so security put up hidden cameras in the few aisles with missing food to catch him or her in the act. On the tapes they saw a man roaming the aisles only a few hours after closing and knew they had a problem. They checked the security system, all doors and everything was in working order. They checked the cameras pointed at the doors and he was never on them (or any camera other than the hidden ones, for that matter).
They knew he must have been hiding out somewhere when the store was open, emerging when everyone left and either hiding until the store was open or sneaking out somehow when the early morning staff arrived. Police were called and they scoured the store, looking for his hiding spot and found a large display wardrobe with more candy wrappers inside and a pretty powerful smell.
Security, management and the police had themselves a stakeout that night but the guy never showed. In fact, he never was seen again and was never caught. My friend figured he must have seen the police parked out front during the day. He he told me that at the time they had discussed how it was pretty impressive that the guy could go for 13 hours without using the bathroom every night (the entrance to the bathrooms were on camera).
Well, a few weeks later an employee merchandizing an area in the store tried to move a large Rubbermaid tote from an upper shelf and noticed something was inside. She opened the lid and found several inches of stale piss. I can only imagine the smell. Thankfully, the guy never seemed to need to take a number 2 (though they lived in fear for months that they'd find some somewhere). They figured he had to have been hiding out long before the candy wrappers started showing up based on the pure volume of pee in the tote.,
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My friend worked in a store that discovered someone had been living in it for weeks after closing. Weeks later they discovered his pee.
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vaasi
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cjqrolm
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This game is probably my favorite halo in the series. I am a little biased to it, however, due to some events happening in my life at the time that gave the game a lot of sentimental value to me, but I really think this was (and still is) one of the best Halo titles.
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Pumped for this graphic-vamped nostalgia trip
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rippingbongs
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cjri29v
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Honestly some people are going to tell you to try to carry the game with "carry" champs or "practice more". After climbing to high plat on multiple accounts the one thing i'm sure of is that every low elo player underestimates the power of TEAMWORK. I know this is the cheesy answer and it's easier said than done, but one day you will look back when you're gold/plat and realize the insane amounts of selfish decisions you made at low elo and how they seemed like a good idea at the time but in reality they cause you to lose.
When you are playing try to consciously think of what you should be doing as a TEAM! Always act as a team, try not to react to the other team (especially when you are ahead).
Also I realize that a lot of the time it's hard to work as a team when your teammates don't want to, but if you personally work on it, that's the biggest thing to set you apart from other low elo players, and mechanics are important too but that just comes with time.
Sorry if this post is really sloppily formatted I just threw it together real quick, hope I could help.
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Actively promote teamwork while playing and you WILL win more, I guarantee it or your money back!
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laundry_box
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cjtnjrr
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While it is nice to equate allied countries to partners in a relationship, it's a pretty flawed metaphor. Interpersonal relationships are built on trust, international ones are not.
Let's look at a human relationship. Let's say your SO is cheating on you. You have no idea. Without any warning, he/she leaves you and runs off with this other person. You are left broken hearted. You are left worse off after this relationship than you were at the beginning.
Now, looking at the same relationship, let's say you've seen some of your SO's texts to this other person about the scandal. You are distraught, but now that you know about the cheating you are now in power to end the relationship as you see fit. Because you have this information, you break up with your SO. You are unhappy that it came to this, but at the end of the day you are better off knowing about it and getting to make your own decisions about your life than being in the dark and getting blindsided when he/she leaves.
This is not a healthy, human relationship. In order to establish a true bond with somebody, you must trust them to act with both their own and your own best interests in mind. Sadly, relationships often don't go this way, but, having my fair share of both good and bad relationships, I feel safe saying that a healthy romantic relationship is one where each partner takes into account the wishes and feelings of the other, and those of the "couple" as a collective entity.
I agree that if your SO cheats on you and leaves you that it is rough for you, and that you may arguably have been left better off if you had "spied" and found out for yourself before your world came crashing down on your head. However, thinking about personal relationships this way is poisonous, as establishing a human connection with somebody, a relationship that you feel is stable enough to invest in a future with the other person (whether it be through having kids, mortgaging a home, etc.), is not about who has more information, more power over the other.
Global politics ARE about information and power. Your allies are not your significant others. At the end of the day, you act--and are expected to act--with your own best interests in mind, placing the well-being of your own citizens above any other concerns.
Countries don't align because they feel that they are ready to build a future together, to live the rest of their lives together, and to settle down and procreate. Instead, alliances are formed because it is mutually beneficial--for the time being--for them to do so. Complete trust is something that should be limited to interactions between one human and another.
So no. The US and Germany (let's say as an example of an ally we are spying on) are not partners. We have similar interests, for the time being, but we are not in a relationship. We are allies, and alliances can turn sour at any moment in time. Being left with no plan and no information to go on when one partner suddenly decides to leave can be very dangerous when it comes to international politics.
It's not ok to spy on your girlfriend. I fully agree with you there. But you just can't draw parallels between a romantic human relationship and one between distinctly different countries with different populations, different national values, and potentially different views for the future.
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It's not OK to spy on your SO, but the US is not in a romantic relationship with its allies. This is international politics, not schoolyard romance.
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yueli7
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cju95pv
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By demanding "1080p", what you really mean is increasing the bitrate, not resolution. Imagine an 8K video at 100 kbps and a 720p video at 10,000 kbps. Do you really want the "8K" over 720p? It shows that resolution alone means nothing. Same thing goes for 60fps. If you maintained the bandwidth, you'd half the quality of a 30fps video when you double it to 60fps. Enjoy that smooth video of pixelation. So it's bandwidth that you want.
So you're talking about a 8x increase in bandwidth (when scaling up bitrate), which is huge for the likes of Twitch. 1080p has 4x the area of 720p so that's 4x the bitrate, and 30fps to 60fps doubles the bandwidth to 8x. That's equivalent of providing a stream to 8 million people instead of 1 million.
You have to scale up bitrate (the video detail after compression) and not only the resolution because a simple upscale from 720p to 1080p without increasing the bitrate won't give any improvements (it's what your PC already does when you view 720p fullscreen on a 1080p monitor). You could also increase the bitrate 4x on a 720p stream and it will be upscaled it to 1080p with much more detail.
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asking for "1080p 60fps" means nothing from a technical standpoint
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Vicxas
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wow
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t5_2qio8
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cnqraxx
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1: Why did you start playing World of Warcraft?: I had a mate that wanted to try it, so we tried it together.
2: What was the first ever character you rolled?: Dwarf Hunter, but i hated Alliance back then so I made a Belf Hunter
3: Which factors determined your faction choice in game?: My mate rolled a Horde character, I decided to follow suit.
4: What has been your most memorable moment in World of Warcraft and why? Progression raiding through Naxxramas, so much fun.
5:What is your favourite aspect of the game and has this always been the case?: Loot and upgrading your character. I was once into the social aspect, but that seems to be dwindling from the game.
6: Do you have an area in game that you always return to?: Tarren Mill, I love that place, so many fond memories.
7: How long have you /played and has that been continuous?: 8 years, i took an 18 month break in 2010 to play SWTOR
8: Admit it: do you read quest text or not?: God no,
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9: Are there any regrets from your time in game?: It ruined a relationship for me.
10: What effect has World of Warcraft had on your life outside gaming?: It used to be a massive time drain and it affected my social life, i have a better grasp on it now.
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FznCheese
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wow
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t5_2qio8
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cjused0
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Several of my friends in high school played WoW. When the game came out I didn't have a credit card yet and parents refused to put it on theirs and have me pay them back (they didn't have time cards at release I think). Started playing halfway through my senior year of high school because friends finally convinced me and told me about time cards.
Undead warlock on burning blade (viltonim). This was my main until I quit.
Friends played horde
Defeating Illidan for the first time in BC.
My favorite part of WoW was raiding. The dedication it took and reward of thrill of the first time you killed a boss was awesome.
Nope, usually hung out wherever was convenient (org, shat, or dal)
No idea. I stopped playing back in Wotlk when the coliseum came out and haven't resub'd since. Watching the new WoD trailer has caught my attention again. Even back when I did play I would take a few months off every so often. Usually during the summer so I could enjoy the weather and hang out with friends. Just downloaded WoW again and was playing on a trial account last night it was pretty fun just running around in the starting zone again.
Yes, at least the first time I do a quest. If I was running an alt through content I've done before I'll just skim.
Yes. In BC I spent way too much time in game and real life suffered because of it. At that time I was on an internship through college and add living on my own away from friends and family. I stayed up way too late pretty much every night and was always tired and not productive at work. It resulted in a poor review (not bad enough to get fired but not good enough to get asked back for the following summer). I ended up quitting at the end of BC because of guild drama and the game basically running my life. I came back for Wotlk and enjoyed raiding responsibly until guild drama and attendance problems tore my guild part. We attempted a merger but it just wasn't the same so I quit.
See number 9 above.
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I allowed the game to take over my life for awhile and it wasn't a game for me anymore.
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chrisvelardo
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wow
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t5_2qio8
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cjurop6
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1) Buddy and I were looking for a co-op game we could play.
2) Undead Warlock.
3) Race's look, casting animations, zones.
4) Tanking Molten Core on my warrior (my first real main) in blues. Moving onto BWL after and experiencing AQ40 in its glory. Raiding Black Temple on my official Holy Paladin main (to this day still) and herbing in Outlands. Finally taking down the Lich King. Sitting in Dalaran super high watching people go by and using flavor items.
5) Dungeon finder. As dungeons/groups are my favorite aspect for the most part, this made it possible for quick 30 minute sessions.
6) I always find myself returning to Westfall, Zangarmarsh, and Vasj'ir. Northrend was great but not as memorable for me. Above all else though, Dalaran. Best city/zone in the game.
7) 10 years, and I'd say that all the times I quit would total to about a year of non-play. Played and raided hardcore for Vanilla to the end of Wrath. Raided non-hardcore in Cata, and despise Panda. Still got to 90 on my main (Holy Pally) and a new Rogue character.
8) I used to, but after 10 years, even new quests are skipped. I read the
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s of the quest.
9) I regret not getting and sticking with Cataclysm as soon as it came out. I joined late, and because of this, the massive amount of 'active' friends and associations in game was near zero.
10) I've learned to not get too stuck in my ways, as at the drop of a hat, things can change and those at the top can easily find themselves at the bottom. Adaptability is a huge lesson when you get so stuck in your ways. Playing a Holy Paladin primarily from TBC to now, the mechanics have changed dramatically. Crit being downplayed for Holy and Spirit being added as a regen mechanic really made a lot of my gear (best at the time) next to worthless between TBC and Wrath. I was upset for a long time, but eventually learned to adapt.
Cska - US Sargeras
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SouthpawRage
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TwoXChromosomes
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t5_2r2jt
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cjuu3ta
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I'm 26 years old, and while I wear makeup every day, I don't wear much. I hate foundation, and only wear it to weddings/formal events. I use concealer some days to cover up the under-eye circles that are also hereditary (Thanks Mom!) and pressed powder to even out my skin tone, mascara pretty much every day, eye liner sometimes, and every once in a while eye shadow.
I used to have acne pretty bad, so I have a little scarring from it. I mostly wear powder to blend that a little. I had a bad bout of dermatitis on my face a few years ago, and makeup made it worse, so I didn't wear any for a month or two... It was almost liberating. I just kind of had to be like, "this is my face, deal with it!" and it was nice. I mean, it was stressful because I had just started a new job, but it helped me to learn to be confident, whether I liked how my face looked or not.
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If you want to wear some makeup, do it. Do it because it makes you feel good, and screw the people that make you feel bad if you don't want to.
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rand486
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjuszmo
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Old Man Strength" is a phenomenal display of the difference between functional strength and weight lifting. I've been quietly observing it since I started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 3.5 years ago.
It's really interesting to see the difference between athletes and lifters. The difference is night and day when they come into the gym for the first time.
By no means am I trying to hate on lifting - it has its place, and I try my best to work it into my fitness routine, but it's a great example of how many different ways "fitness" can be interpreted.
Also, professional dancers are not to be fucked with.
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Admiring differences between different types of fitness & how strength is perceived.
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Kharn0
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjut82i
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I'm 24, 5'10" and 195lbs, broad and muscular.
My dad is 63, 6'0", 180lbs, average build with long arms.
I can squat 300lbs, deadlift bush roots out of the ground(after some digging) and workout everyday.
My dad works on the yard for hours at a time, regardless of heat or cold, doing labor that tires me out in a half-hour. He also used to be captain of the wrestling team and somehow those skills are still sharp.
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Old man strength is real.
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Black_Belt_Troy
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjutnrr
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There's a video floating around of two guys locked in an arm wrestle stand-off so evenly matched that one guy's arm just breaks - you can see and hear the bone snap.
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arm wrestling is hazardous to your health
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ward_daddy
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjv905w
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this is super late, but my family has a company that sells farming equipment, and whenever my grandfathers old "friends" aka old customers aka old school farmers come in, they crush my hand with hand shakes. i thought it would get better over time, but these old mother fuckers make me feel like a little kid again when they shake my hand. its funny, because i can see my uncles making the same faces.
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farmers are not to be fucked with.
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Blu186
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Fitness
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t5_2qhx4
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cjvcmdn
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My dad has been a cop for just over 35 years. I'm 17 now, and for the first time in my life, I beat him in a wrestle.
We were playing cheat, which is some terrible card game, and anyway, there was a slight disagreement in who gets the cards in the middle of the table. Anyway, my Dad stands up as an intimidation tactic, because he's a big dude, and I'm like "You're on old fella."
So we're on the floor, both in a sweat, we've been wrestling for a good 5 minutes, and my mother is hilariously taking photos and putting them on facebook with hastags like #17takingon50 and stuff like that.
So we get to the point where I'm behind him and I've got him in a two-handed head lock. Suddenly I hear a little 'pop' and my Dad taps out. I had won.
The next day, he had to go to hospital. I'd damaged his neck.
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I beat my Dad in a wrestle by popping a bone out of place in his neck.
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OssiansFolly
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cjwln89
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And the rest of the story...
Lets fast forward a week to the 20th. At around 1:30pm I get a message "You do not have access to this feature at this time." I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS AGAIN! The anger is so obvious at this point the woman in the cubicle next to me happened to walk past and made a comment about how she could see anger in my eyes...even without me saying anything. I can't do anything at work, so I guess I have to deal with no service until I get home. I go home and get settled with a drink (La Croix Coconut) and load up Skype. I am assuming something else happened on my account because the last person said everything on the billing side has been resolved...hopefully the person who stole my phone didn't gain access or something. First person on the phone is "Bob". We go over the usual phone number and PIN and I ask him whats going on. He says my account is suspended because I am over the spending limit. I tell him that is impossible since the last guy I spoke with told me he took care of this and I would just make a payment on the 7th of September for everything when my autopay is deducted from my account. He assures me that "no one named Bob has ever let anyone down" and I should "have faith in Bob". He tells me to give him a minute to review the notes on the account and puts me on hold. After roughly 5 minutes he comes back on and said he has a floor manager next to him and she says the reason my account isn't working is because it is suspended due to going over the spending limit. I get that twinge I assume Bruce Banner gets right before he Hulks out, and demand to know the floor manager's name. He tells me it is Jadi. I tell him I went over this all last week and was told it was resolved so that the payment would come out of my account as part of my normal payment schedule on the 7th. I asked him who I talked to last week and what the notes said. He tells me that he doesn't know. I ask him what ANY of the notes say on the account since this is the first contact I've had with Sprint since last week. Again, he replies that he doesn't know. I ask him why he put me on hold to "check the notes" if he didn't actually read the notes?! I ask to speak with a manager. He puts me on hold to go find a manager. After roughly 7 minutes Anita gets on the line and she is going to "fix this" for me. So I go over everything that has happened over the last week, who I've talked to, what they said and told her that I just can't do this anymore I want out of this hell that is customer service. After my review of the details she says, "The reason your service is suspended is because you are over your account spending limit. You need to make a payment to unsuspend your service today." It was at this point that I lost my cool. "I just went over all of that with you and do't understand why I was lied to last week by another manager. I want someone on the line NOW that can fix this problem to restore my service!" She tells me that she was reading the notes, documenting everything and listening to me...BULL SHIT! I work in Customer Service. You can NOT read notes, document the call, AND listen to the customer. You just can't do it. She was basically ignoring me the entire time I was reviewing the situation so she could attempt to read whatever non-existant notes "Bob" was trying to read earlier in this exchange. I tell her that I just want out of everything with Sprint. Please just let me go off into the night never having to deal with Sprint ever again. Wipe my account out of all billing and dues, and I will just leave silently leaving the rest of the people on my Framily alone to stay with Sprint. I won't say anything negative or do anything to move my family and friends from Sprint...just please let me get away from this absolutely atrocious exchange. She tells me that it is beyond her abilities to do that, but will escalate this to the next manager and puts me on hold. After a 12 minute hold I am put on a ringing line. 2 minutes of phone ringing passes...7 minutes goes by...I get up to get a new drink...come back to the phone still ringing...it is at this point I start recording everything on my cell phone (it can't make calls so may as well use it for something), and I grab my fiance's phone.
A female rep answers the call on my fiance's phone (I believe her name is Amy...I wrote it down but I spelled it weird). I explain the situation, give her my number and PIN and tell her I want to talk to a supervisor RIGHT NOW. Amy informs me that she is working to find a supervisor for me. The other phone line is still ringing in the background. The new rep doesn't say a word. I'm not on hold, but we are in "com silence" as we wait for a supervisor to become available. Amy doesn't say a word for 35 minutes as we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. She tells me that she has a manager and is transferring me over. An automated line picks up and thanks me for calling Boost Mobile! BOOST MOBILE?! HOW DID I GET PUT IN TOUCH WITH BOOST MOBILE?! The Boost Mobile rep informs me that she can't help me since I am not a Boost Mobile customer. Kind of wishing that I was at this point...that rep sounded pretty nice. She informs me that she is going to transfer me back to Sprint. Tiffany in finance answers the phone and asks how she can "assist me". I go through the 5 minute rundown of everything that I have been through, fill her in on the phone ringing in the background, and vent my overall frustration all on to Tiffany. She asks if I can hang up the other line that is ringing, and then puts me on hold. Out of courtesy I turn down the volume on Skype for her. Fourteen minutes goes by on hold when Tiffany comes back on the line and says, "Here is what I am going to do for you Mr. OssiansFolly..." Hold Music . FLAWLESS TRANSITION! It is like holding out your closed hand to a child who thinks you have candy then opening the other hand to reveal nothing and running away. WTF TIFFANY?! After almost ten minutes on hold Tiffany comes back and informs me that she is cancelling my service with Sprint. I would be responsible for paying off the first phone that got stolen, the replacement phone deductible, and the remaining service fees...I've been on the phone for 2 hours Tiffany and this is no where near any resolution that I've been working towards! Your job was to get me a supervisor...stop thinking and problem solving on your own and get me a manager/supervisor! Tiffany tells me Deandre is here and will work to resolve this with me. Deandre gets on the line and tells me that he can cancel my service but I'd owe everything Tiffany told me. I take a few moments to explain to Deandre everything that I've been through and express the two resolutions that are possible. He tells me he can't do either of them that he'd have to escalate the issue to another supervisor and they would call me back with some options. I can't do that...I don't have a working phone...you guys have turned it off! Deandre tells me that they will try and contact me on the phone number associated with the account. Again, have no service how are you going to contact me?! He tells me that if I can't get calls there is nothing he can do for me at this time and is terminating the call. Dial tone
I give the phone back to my fiance and I guess after an hour and a half or so of the Skype line ringing it is safe to hang up the phone and use Skype again. I call back Customer Service...we are at 2 and a half hours of this so far with no resolution in sight. Jasmine answers the phone and is the next to hear my life story, phone number and PIN. I fill her in on what I want to happen here...I want out of all costs and dues on my account...I just want nothing to do with Sprint ever again. Please put me in touch with a manager! Jasmine apologizes and tells me she is going to get Brooke (her manager) to help me out. Thank god...it is 10:30pm and I am just beat. After a few moments she says Brooke got on a call so she will be transferring me to Troy...after this unannounced hold. Thought this hold was going to be brief, but we are coming up on 20 minutes now...the hold continues until 11pm and I get a message that says "Our offices are now closed. Please call back during our normal business hours." THEY PUT ME ON HOLD UNTIL THE OFFICE CLOSED?! DID I ACCIDENTALLY CALL COMCAST?!
I am now stuck with a phone that has no functionality, and a group of heartless people who I hate with every fiber of my being.
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Sprint suspended my service again, hung up on me, put me on hold, sent me to a phone line no one answered, threatened to cancel my service, sent me to Boost Mobile, taunted me with a call back on a phone with no service, and then put me on hold until the office closed. Still no service on my phone.
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HeartOfTheSkittles
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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cjy75db
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Ok, so before I start, two differences. There's getting better, and there's climbing the ranks. Neither necessarily reflects the other, but getting better does tend to lead to an increase ranks. If you're just looking to get up to gold, the advise I'd give, while similar, would be different. I'm going to focus on improving though, cause that's a better goal, and will be less frustrating than trying to directly improve rank.
Let's start mid. Don't play Fizz, and though I like Brand, I'm not so good with him. So let's go with Ziggs. Now usually I'd say try to never miss CS, and you shouldn't, but at this level, it's not a bad idea to always use your Q and passive to harass. Q especially since it's so safe. Once they fall to about 50%, they can't do much or risk you going all in. They have to play very safe. If they back, you get to farm. You are at risk of getting ganked, but that's what wards are for. You get the farm, possibly kills, you are good to go. Save your ult, but not for too long. Think how likely you'll need it, is there a team fight about to happen? Is a lane fighting? Ult that lane to help get a kill. Ward their buffs, see it getting low, did he smite early? Steal it with that ult. These ults can help you pull ahead without having to really leave lane, but you do lower your personal kill potential which can hurt you if the cooldown is still going.
Based on who you listed, I'm suspecting you like generally safe champions that poke and then go all in. Morgana. I don't care what people say, I like Morgana in mid and support before she was cool, and then before that too. You max W for farming and poking. Save that shield for going all in or escaping ganks. Your Q you save for when you want to go for a kill, or you know it's an easy hit. Followed up with a pool and an AA, you can easily get them down to half health in that one combo. Fantastic natural sustain, you are very safe. Once you hit six, your roams are practically a guaranteed kill with a decent team. Walk in, ult, wait for them to dash (or your ult finishes), follow up with the Q and pool. Shield whoever is getting CC'd. Easy stuff. Not many people at this level have a good guage for the amount of DoT damage champs can do. You can easily kill with Morgana because people don't expect the all in. Walk in to ult, land the Q and pool plus ignite while AA.
I honestly don't do top much, so I won't bother to say too much here. I would say I recommend learning someone who can jungle well (Trundle or Xin Zhao) since their general fighting tactics are still the same laning or jungling, so when you do need to jungle, you've already got half the learning done. Granted you have to learn better jungling, but more on that later. Top tends to have the least general impact, and yet a lot of times I lose games because top (at this level) typically ends up being one complete winner and one complete loser. If you can be the winner, you are so far ahead for you team assuming you are a bruiser. You personally can shut down carries, and you've pre-emptively protected yours by shutting down their laner. If the lane goes even, you still can, it's just harder.
Jungler really will have the most impact in my opinion. I know people say mid, and I can see what they're saying, but these are my thoughts. Without the jungler, you've got 4 laners, who may or may not win their lanes. When you gank, you essentially make that solo lane a 1.2 lane as you are there and gone. Your presence can win lanes. Now if you learn to counter jungle, you shut down their jungler while making yourself strong. Now think about lanes. Without junglers it might have been 1v1, with junglers let's say 1.2v1.2 You've shut down their jungler and made yourself better. It's more like 1.4 v 1 now. I don't know if this makes much sense how I'm saying it, but I feel by shutting down their jungler, you help your entire team tremendously. If you want help on jungling, I'll talk about that in another post.
Support you've got some solid picks. I won't bother with the typical laning stuff. If you want more about that, just ask, otherwise I'm going to skip it for now. So first, you don't want to leave lane to ward river without making sure your ADC understands they have to play safe. It doesn't matter if you are pushed or pushing, leaving your ADC in a 1v2 is a horrible situation if they don't back up and play safe. On the other hand, go in on them if they do that. It's 1v2. Math that shit. 1 < 2. Wards. Start with the free ward trinket, make sure you swap it out for a scanner once you get sightstone. Also pinks. Forever and only 100. Buy early, place somewhere safe, but useful in your jungle. Warding buffs isn't a bad idea. Maybe you won't see much, but you know they AREN'T there and the one time you see it could save your life. Very much worth, very unappreciated in lower tiers.
Again I'm going to say, picking up Morgana mid is a wonderful choice. She's a similar style of poke and engage, though less tanky. You could build her tanky, but I think that's a less favorable option in most cases. Her shield is great of protecting your ADC and if you hit them with a Q W combo when they walk into lane you practically kill them early game. I could go on for ages about her, so if you want that, I will, otherwise I'll just end with the repeated suggestion of playing More-gana :D :D:D :D:D:D:D
In terms of ADC, you don't have to learn this if you don't want. However, for the same reason I believe you should try every champion when they are free, I do recommend you ADC every now and then in normals. It just gives you a better sense of what to expect and what they are trying to do. It helps you synergize with your ADC and predict what theirs will do. Also, protect the ADC. It's so important, I can't emphasize this enough. Like....even if they fall behind and only have like one item besides boots. Odds are, they still do more damage than support, top or jungler. The damage they do is important, and especially when they are even, YOU HAVE TO HELP THEM. They are little babies that you have to keep close. They will win the game if you keep them alive.
Mmmmm.....I could go on longer on random bits, but those are some good things to keep in mind. I suppose if I had to pick the best things to think about, I would saying buying pink wards early (in any and every role), protecting the ADC, and, well I didn't actually put this earlier, but thinking about items. When the game loads (and even while champions are being picked), think about how much CC they have, who has the most damage, etc. Do you need more armor this game? More MR? Maybe it's safe for you to go for more damage. Don't be playing and then suddenly realize, oh I should have gotten so and so. Think about it before hand so you can switch up your build order. Same with skills though it's less common. Only certain heroes would you really switch the order up a ton. So yeah, I like to ramble and I can't even say it's all useful, but if you want me to go on about anything else, just let me know. I skipped the obvious stuff, last hit, win fights, etc. That's stuff you should know to do and just need to practice.
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Play to improve, not to rise in ranks. Buy pink wards early as every role for your own jungle or the river. Protect your damn ADC, no exceptions. Think ahead.
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nmoyer12
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ck1vxg1
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I love playing mid. The champ to fit all your criteria is ahri. I enjoy all the greats, zed, akali, talon (for you pesky kassadins), but ahri is who you're looking for. She has pre 6 kill potential which is hard to come by with assasins (even tho she's assasin/Mage) when you hit level six you have very strong map pressure. Her ult and charms allows you to position yourself almost anywhere you need to be in lane and land your charm. If you land charm that enemy is dead if you want them too so you don't have to be afraid of burning one dash to set up the charm making her incredibly versatile her kit can but used in team fights to: pick off a target wth charm, add damage across the whole team with e/r and even a well placed q. You can 100-0 almost anyone on the field post 6 with dfg. On top of that her wave clear is crazy strong however she can't take turrets that quickly which is in my opinion her really only major downside.
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ahri, you'll like her mobility transition coming from kassadin. Potent all over the map does everything you want
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BelchSpawn
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ck33hoo
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Essentially, use abilities right after one another and see how you can fit in auto-attacks to get out the most damage in the least amount of time. Experience is what taught me, but a good streamer to watch is Boxbox.
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mash buttons and pay attention which direction rolling your forehead on the keyboard does the damage faster.
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superbeastdj
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ck6v6ks
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25m here. For some reason i've tended to partner up with people who have self harm scars, some have been talkative about it, some pretty much the opposite.
I won't try to self analyze my views on it and be sciency about it or anything but in the end its never been a big deal. I've never done it myself but it's not an issue and it's never stopped me from talking to someone, to be honest i used to be a very shy person and talking to people that we're kinda different in that way seemed more natural for me.
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your worrying to much about a non-issue
edit: spelling
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SilentGaia
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tifu
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t5_2to41
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ck8sgg0
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Better than me. Last winter I bought a new Macbook after using Windows my whole life (except school computers sometimes). I then proceeded to leave my Windows laptop back at home and then when I went to class, realized I needed Windows for one program that the class used.
I installed Windows, and somehow uninstalled OSX and deleted the backup installer provided on the hard drive. When I tried connecting to WiFi to download the utility to be able to download and reinstall OSX, I found out that the type internet my university had (WPA 2 Enterprise) wasn't supported by the system to download the utility. I couldn't download the utility and reinstall OSX...
In the end, I had to go to the Apple store and steal their WiFi to download the utility to download OSX...
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installed windows for new macbook for a class, ended up accidentally deleting OSX and had to hang out at the Apple store for two hours to reinstall OSX.
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dajjbomb
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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cka27oa
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I usually play with a group of 2-5, and one of the group is usually a ADC (and usually the same person every time) so we can do a bit more coordination that usual. The only problem is we're just hitting lvl 30 (which, for some in the group, including the ADC, is the first time.) We've been focusing on more teamplay stuff than farming mechanics, so last hitting is still at "will turn people into lee sin it's so bad" levels, but hopefully it gets better once we start with replays and more of a focus on mechanics and such.
It really sucks that we usually play fewer hypercarry lanes (because reasons) and as a result when we get DK against a Vayne super early I'm like "So what do we do now?" Do we just let her out farm us, and pray the other 2 lanes do better? (I'm personally not a fan of calling the jungle to a losing lane, usually your're wasting a good gank elsewhere for nothing + the chance of feeding a triple and just /ff ing faster.)
It's probably #under30problems, but figured I'd give them a shot. Your advice helps a lot (thought I personally feel that when I'm farming under tower I'm forced to pick between getting poked or just afk farming.) Either way though I still feel like we're letting the snowball continue, and unless we have a duo that can stop it late game (which we usually don't) I just feel like we're throwing the game still.
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Question: Is being down as a early game duo vs. a late game duo acceptable?
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CDHorban
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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cke0abo
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G'day OP, I've just finished writing a big essay on this sort of topic so I'll chime in and give a summary of what I can.
Firstly, what you're arguing is summed up in corporate social responsibility (CSR). There are varying degrees of this: a book by Secchi defines three business views of CSR: utilitarian, managerial and relational, which I'll come back to shortly. Basically, each view of CSR defines exactly how firms view their interaction with society and the wider world. You've said that firms aim to maximise their profits, which is true: though depending on their CSR view, firms view how far their profits can be maximised in different ways, not all of which are sociopathic or, as I'm sure you are implying, unethical . Of course business aim to return money to their owner(s) - that's what they're in the game for. How they go about it, though, is where things get tricky.
OK, so let's run through the varying degrees of how an organisation can view itself in terms of its social responsibility. First, there's utilitarian: this is where the company views itself purely as an economic actor, and is required to maximise its return to shareholders. There is argument that this, in itself, is ethical - provided the company operates within the law, its responsibility is to its owners and no others - as an economic increase lifts living standards of wider society too, or as Reagan said, 'A rising tide lifts all boats'. This is, in my view, incredibly short-sighted, as obviously profit maximisation can happen at the expense of society! This can affect business profitability in the long run, though as I'm sure we're all aware, western businesses look at their profits in quarterly or yearly terms and aren't fussed with the long-term effects. I mean, think about a businesses' environmental impact. If they fuck the earth, eventually there won't be an earth for them to operate within and their profits will be nonexistent. Likewise, if a company underpays its workers and it employs a lot of people, eventually their families won't have enough money to pay for their products or services and they'll have to drop their prices (and profits) to maintain patronage - this is very simplified of course, but you get the picture.
Secondly, you have managerial view of CSR - that the company has a responsibility to stakeholders of the firm, while managers have the responsibility to 'fix' or 'prevent' problems that may arise. So, to continue from my example before, a company underpaying its workers would experience problems with staff morale or effort, which thereby affects the productivity and profitability of the company. Thus, profit maximisation has an effect on the firm's longer-term profitability and management realises this , and would attempt to rectify it. From an environmental perspective, the firm's pollution might be viewed as a problem for management to set green targets on, thus being a fixable problem.
Third, you have a relational view of CSR, which is where the company is aware of its position as a member of wider society and its actions are inherently linked to societal effects. The firm still exists to maximise profits, but this is truncated by its knowledge of wider consequences and how far it can push things in any direction. There are many businesses that adhere to this, but they're often smaller than their big-box counterparts who maintain a very utilitarian (or sometimes managerial) view of their responsibilities. I believe that eventually companies will become more aware as things get worse by their hand - they're going to have to, just look at the wage campaigns and rights to organise pushed by McDonald's and Wal-Mart employees - but when this will happen is hard to say.
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sure companies exist to profit. Differences lie with how firms view themselves: either as economic or societal actors. Pushes for profit are not unethical per se, though this depends on what this profit is in expense of.
ELI5: Companies can be bad, but not all of them are bad.
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eqdw
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ckdmvhv
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How about letting people work for a wage that would not allow them to have an acceptable standard of living?
Here's an alternative thought for you: why are corporations responsible for guaranteeing an individual's quality of life. Parallel-wise, why am I legally prevented from working for a wage below a certain threshold; why is the government allowed to tell me what kind of work is good for me, and why are they allowed to decide for me what kind of work is bad.
I agree with you that it sucks when people can't afford food and shelter. I'd even go so far as to say that I agree with you that it is a failure of society when we have a situation where some people can't afford food and shelter. But here's where I disagree: why is it all the sudden the responsibility of corporations when this happens.
To make an analogy:
> heavy traffic is very very bad. Heavy traffic can double your travel time. This causes undue environmental pollution in the form of millions of idling engines. Heavy traffic also increases the risk of accident, and last year there was [33,561]( traffic fatalities. And I'd say corporations are responsible for this. After all, they put their head offices way out in the suburbs where land is cheaper. This forces people to have to drive further for their jobs. There should be a law putting a limit on how far corporations can force you to commute, to solve this problem.
Everything I just said above is literally true. Heavy traffic has many negative effects. There are ridiculous amounts of traffic fatalities every year. Traffic fatalities scale with miles driven. For that matter: There are many places in the US where the communities are structured such that you need a car to get to work. It really, really sucks that minimum wage workers are forced into a situation where they need to spend 25-35% of their income on transportation, when it would be just as easy for jobs to be closer to them.
But here's the difference: for whatever reason, nobody sees this as corporations' faults. They see this as the government's fault. And so nobody thinks it's reasonable for corporations to try and solve this (and, in fact, when corporations actually try and be responsible for their impact on traffic congestion, [people get ANGRY about it](
And yet, all the sudden, when we're talking about low wage workers, the responsibility for helping them is not their community, it's not their social organizations (church/etc), it's not their local government, it's not their national government, it's their employers. This is crazy.
As far as I'm concerned, if someone is unable to afford food or shelter, this is a failure of society , and it's society 's responsibility to solve it. Wage controls are a shitty attempt by the government to force someone else to solve their problem.
Instead of forcing employers to pay above-market wages for low-value work, why not try and solve this problem more directly. Raise taxes, use the revenue to fund antipoverty programs. Minimum wage legislation is crude and poorly targeted.
Progressive taxation + antipoverty programs takes from the rich and gives to the poor. Minimum wage laws on the other hand? They take from corporate revenues and give to the employable poor. On the taking side: you're not taking from the rich. You're forcing businesses to increase their prices. Which hits their customers. Who are typically members of the middle class (you think millionaires shop at Walmart and eat at McDonalds? Hah!). On the giving side: you're not giving to all the poor. You're giving to the poor who are able to jump through the hoop of 'employability'. You're sure not helping homeless or unemployed people.
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long rambly rant on how minimum wage legislation is an inefficient way to achieve the goals you're advocating
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clevermiss
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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ckeb6zl
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The stupidest person at my work is BFFs with my boss. She is so underqualified that she effs up everyday but gets to stay.
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blow somebody
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Cheesebomb30
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cke7nw1
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I have both consoles, and I honestly feel like they're doing alright considering they haven't even been out for a full year yet. There aren't really any games that actually test the hardware of either system, but that's because very few games are "next-gen" exclusive, and because developers don't know the limits of the consoles yet. Look at a comparison between (don't kill me for this example) Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty: Ghosts. Graphically, the two games look like they're from different console generations.
Aside from CoD's "astounding visual improvement" being one thing to compare, think about gameplay. Look at the lists of launch titles for the PS3 and 360. Most of them are shit (Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Video Game, case in point). Now look at some of the more recent games for both systems.
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There's no sense in judging a newborn console before it even knows how to walk. Wait until it's out of its crawling phase.
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DragonsAreReal96
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ckejssu
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In case you were wondering, Mejais becomes cost efficient at 5 stacks which honestly isn't terribly hard to get to and maintain (which is why it's commonly bought for midlaners by China players), especially as more passive supports like Janna or Soraka who rack up assists like its nobody's business and don't die all too often if played well.
The question therefore becomes which item would you want to give up for flat AP? As a support, unless you want to be the secondary mage, it's generally better to itemise for utility than flat AP, ESPECIALLY if you're a passive support like Janna or Soraka and therein lies the issue with Mejais.
It provides AP, yes, but otherwise its really lackluster on supports unless you hit 20 stacks which nets you a nice 15% CDR. Oh wait, you're a support; you should be itemising for CDR already which renders the full stack benefit moot.
Cost efficient also doesn't mean slot efficient; at 5 stacks where its technically cost efficient, Mejais gives a whopping 60 AP and nothing else. It's not even a permanent value; something like the Morellonomicon which costs 2200 already gives you more AP, MP5 and CDR than a Mejais permanently as well as a very useful support passive.
You could argue that it only gets more cost and slot efficient as the game goes on, but that's assuming you won't die a ton. Even as Soraka or Janna, you're probably going to die fairly often because you're the support and CC machine that everyone on the enemy team hates.
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Don't get Mejais as a support unless you're stupidly confident in your skills. It's very slot inefficient on a support and is just too inconsistent.
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geek180
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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ckffub3
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I consider myself somewhat of an 'amateur expert' on Michael Jackson. I do enjoy his music, but I think his life is even more fascinating than his work. I've watched and read transcripts from nearly every interview from him and people who were around him, read a few biographies and seen as many of the countless documentaries as I could (many of these info sources contradict each other so some people tell lies)
MJ had multiple physical and mental health issues, one of which was his infatuation with children and pre-adolescence. But there is very little reason to believe his obsession was in any way sexual, in fact if I would bet money on MJ being asexual based on many things he has said about his own sexuality and relationships.
But MJ loved living like a child and children are who he was best at connecting with. He only had a small handful of close, adult friends. But MJ was an adult man, and adult men have a natural desire for sex, and I would concede that it is possible that some mild sexual misconduct/experimenting could have occurred between MJ and children at times. But this would be a far cry from the "sadistic manipulation and systematic sexual exploitation" as some individuals have claimed. But MJ settled out of court once (the entire Jordan Chandler story is extremely tragic as it destroyed MJs career and completely tore apart the Chandler family) and was proven innocent in court ten years later. Both sets of allegations came from highly dis-credible people, I wouldn't trust either parties at all, they really did appear to have ulterior motives, I won't get in to why, but there are many reasons to not trust them or their claims. Other testimony and accusations that were made by staff to tabloids for money have shown to be mostly false. It's really sad and it completely destroyed MJs career and life.
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MJ may have molested children, but most likely he didn't, and instead was just a really strange guy.
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RedditAntiHero
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wow
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t5_2qio8
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ckfbm96
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Depends on what you want out of the rest of the expansion? Do you want to gear up so you can run Flex/Normal? (heroic might be out of the question unless you have connections)
Gearing up is just one part of the game. You could run LFR to get the story line and see the content before the xpack comes out and then concentrate on the other little things in the game.
Example: I am only about 550 but stopped gearing up and started both trying to get all my CM golds (have 4 left) as well as mount farming as I know I won't have any time for it once WoD comes out and I am swarmed with so much content and new things to do and trying to also level, gear, and profession 12-14 toons.
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Unless you really want the gear for the fun of it or want to try and run Flex/Normal... I would do other stuff.
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strangeandconfusing
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relationship_advice
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t5_2r0cn
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ckfx60n
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As a shy girl who also has confidence issues, I understand how your girlfriend feels. It's very important to be sensitive, and not make it all about the sex stuff. Insecurity really does effect almost every aspect of life in some way. When somebody tells you to be more confident in something, it is easy to interpret it as a "you're not good enough"-type comment - we're the best at twisting our partners words so they seem hurtful to us, because we secretly feel we deserve it.
My advice would be to be patient and make sure you're supporting and communicating with her in other parts of her life (as this sounds like it could possibly be the sign of bigger problems) - make her feel loved, appreciated, and remind her of all her awesome qualities. If she's being quiet like she did that morning, cuddle her and act warmly towards her, don't be silent around her. After all, the one thing she wants is reassurance that she's good enough.
Talk openly about the bedroom stuff, but maybe not when you're actually in bed about to sleep - find a quiet time during the day. Frame it in a way that doesn't come across as 'her fault'. These are just ideas, but reassure her that you love her and want to make her feel worthy/confident, because you want both of you to enjoy sex. Repeat that you're more than happy to show her what to do, because you love her touch, and that she can do the same for you (could even make it into a little game). Say she's beautiful and sexy and doesn't deserve to have such a low opinion of herself.
This might seem like you're having to do all the work, but these are ingrained issues we're dealing with and it'll take time to change. Be encouraging and supportive, always.
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The more happy and secure she feels with you emotionally, the more self-confident she'll be sexually.
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muki_mono
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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ckgbjyy
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Oooh let's talk about clothes! I love pants with buttons instead of zippers. Jeans especially are much much nicer when they have buttons all the way down. I don't really wear jeans often anymore, because I discovered non-slim fit chinos and khakis are as comfortable as those, but my favorite jeans had buttons all the way down.
And yess I see tons of dudes wearing pants that are way too big for them. I was at H&M Man a couple of weeks ago and especially teenage boys would come out to show their gf/mum their pants and it was like... dude. No. One size smaller would make you look so much more put together.
Definitely jealous of men's suit jackets though. I spent all summer looking for a mint green suit jacket and I only saw them in men's departments (super nice too, with all these inside pockets and shit), and those are way too big for me, so a no go.
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I like clothes a lot and may talk about them nonstop right now. I don't think liking clothes means you like men, becaue I love clothes and I like women (:
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infinitude
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ckgyrmn
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They made quite a few mistakes and hit quite a few roadblocks. That's a simple truth. The game hasn't been cancelled, rocket didn't "ditch" it. There wasn't any place for him. He said himself that he was the type of guy who got things started and then passed them to those who could do it better than him. He said the game was inherently flawed because that's correct, so now they're going back to the basics and working there way up.
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I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
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infinitude
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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ckgzicq
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I doubt this took an insane amount of resources or time. They also have tens of millions to put into the game. This type of advertising can bring more support money in.
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think of it as an investment.
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Mr_Strangelove_MSc
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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ckhx54o
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From one of your replies:
> I can study medicine abroad but I'm just so worried because by the time I come out of school I'll be in my 30s and my whole life has gone by.
Look, I have a friend who failed high school. He then went to a manual labor school and graduated at 18. He then said "fuck it, I don't want to do this". So he started working part time and enrolling in a evening high school. 6 years later, he had his high school diploma.
He then started law school, at the honorable age of 25. If he wants to be a lawyer in my country - which is what he wants to be - he'll be one at 32 years old.
If you really - really, really - feel like you should be a doctor, like in your most profound depths, then do whatever it may takes, because you are the master of your own destiny. That being said, hear me out.
Another friend of mine did graduate high school, but not with a sufficient enough score to enroll in any good university. What did he do? He fucking DID AGAIN HIS SENIOR YEAR and sit his high school exams once again to enter. Which he did.
Then after all this shit, he failed twice his first years university exams, and now doesn't know what to do with his life. Nevertheless, we partied and got drunk last night, because he knows that there's hope, and still a thousand fulfilling things he can do with his life.
Now, I don't want to belittle what you feel, or to tell you to "man up". I know that it hurts. I know that it's not easy. I know that sometimes everything seems gray and hopeless. And that shit's real; it's not in your imagination.
My point is that you see yourself as a total and unique "failure". Now I don't know what kind of family you come from, or what is your social background. But you really have to understand that what you feel, what I've read in your post compares to a lot of situations that I've encountered in my life. People have projects, some of them succeed, some of them fail. And for every person you meet, and every glorious CV you read, you could write a "anti-CV" or an "anti-biography" which would be read as "he failed this, he failed that, he failed this other thing....", for pages and pages.
People fail, and that's OK. Maybe your destiny isn't to become a MD. Maybe it's the opportune time - as you are young and single - to restate what you want to do with your life and how you want to build your happiness. Really, try it out. So many people discover this too late, and now here you are, free and with the possibility of embracing the whole world. Some people would give millions to have that. See it as a positive, as a way to restart anew. Read The Alchemist , or Nietzsche's The Gay Knowledge .
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> All through this happening I still can't help but think what would he think. He'd be glad he never got serious with a failure like me. Whilst he's moved on and excelling in life - got a good job and new car, my life has completely fallen apart.
I don't want to sound insulting - I'm way past that - but your vision of "success" seems pretty warped. You seem to only see success as "material + studies" success. What if I told you that there are other way to succeed than having a brand new car and never failing a class? My mom failed college, and my father didn't even graduate high school. Yet, the both have been married for 25 years, have a nice job that make them happy, two children and a summer house in the south of the country. Be happy, and stop considering what your shitty ex would think, or simply analyzing your life in the light of criterions that are seriously insufficient. You can have a happy life even after having failures. I would even argue that a lot of happy life are due to what people have learned from their failures. There are just so many ways to be happy.
Furthermore, I've met a lot of people who sat on a considerable of wealth and who could provide you with their splendid CVs, but were deeply sad or depressed. Consider that for a second. I don't know who your boyfriend is, what he does, where he comes from. But don't take what you see a his "success" as a garant of happiness. Happiness lies elsewhere.
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> I have nothing worth having anymore.
Well, you seem to have enough to find the time to write all that shit and post it on an internet site. Consider for an instant the amount of sadness and suffering in the world compared to what participates to your comfort. You probably have food, bed, books, music, and the sun. So many people don't have even one of these things. Again, I don't belittle, I'm just trying to force you to place yourself in contrast with the rest of the world, and at the same time identify all the things you indeed have .
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Happiness is possible.
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LARISSATIME
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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ckmi7iv
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Lol she was nice to you and you assume she thought you were gay? I've assumed more gay guys are straight than I have assumed straight guys are gay.
I assume very flamboyant men are gay. You should probably just express interest in women you're interested in. How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? Being this unnecessarily worried about appearing gay is kinda juvenile.
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Really obviously gay people are presumed gay. Everyone else could be either gay or straight, but statistically more likely to be straight so I assume that.
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EmergencyTaco
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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cknutu6
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Learn to pressure objectives properly.
I'm going to post this picture here: (this was taken by my friend, I was playing Malphite)
This is a game that I won yesterday. We were down over 15k gold at the end of this game. They were ahead by 28 kills when the last fight started and we aced them. There were three separate times when they could have easily ended the game and didn't because they were too indecisive or didn't pressure the right objectives. These guys were all Silver II to Gold III in rank.
We were able to win this game because I as a Platinum player and our Azir as a Diamond player were able to keep the up morale of our two Silver players (Kha and Lucian) despite them wanting to surrender quite a few times. Kha'Zix and Lucian had almost no impact this game, with Kha picking up four of his 6 kills in the final teamfight and Lucian only doing 1k damage more than me as a (mostly) full tank Malphite. (Notice his lack of Last Whisper vs two Zhonyas, two Randuins and two GAs. Also, Kha was almost 8k damage behind me.) Karthus did over 100k damage this game alone while our whole team did 165k together (Kha did 19k, I did 27k, Lucian did 28k, Nidalee did 40k and Azir did 51k).
What I'm trying to say here is there wasn't a single person on our team who was super fed, and no one was putting out a huge amount of damage. However, because these Gold level players were unable to pressure effectively, they couldn't win despite having a super fed Karthus and every advantage they could possibly want. (Hard engage, late-game champs, better teamfight and more.) That means that at your Bronze II level, there are undoubtedly going to be plenty of missed opportunities for the enemy team. Is someone on their team super fed? Then wait until they decide not to push when they should and take a small advantage. Did they kill three of you guys and then just decide to go back to base or take baron when they could have easily won? Grab a pink ward and go see if dragon is warded, if it isn't then solo it and get out, they probably won't check it. (Make sure you have flash though.) Push out the lanes and don't fight anywhere besides under your tower. In my game they had two inhibs down yet still decided to dive us under our only inhib tower left, even though our base wasn't being overrun yet. Wait for them to make the mistake that they inevitably will and punish them for it when they do. (In this game the Lucian overextended and had to flash unnecessarily, and this let me isolate him from the final fight. Karthus also dove our tower when his team was a bit split up and we killed him before the fight even began.
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Learn to spot some of the mistakes that are incredibly prevalent in lower elos and punish them, then go and take an objective. Remember that the game isn't over until the nexus explodes, and if everyone in the game has 6 items and is level 18 then your 0-12 Tristana can still be outputting more damage than their 18-2 Corki.
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oolongjohnson07
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cko8id8
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I played the beta and loved figuring there would be more to the game, but there wasn't it was just like the beta. I think the biggest problem is lack of story and interesting charecters . I see people compare Destiny to borderlands and halo. But halo had a story and interesting charecters as did borderlands. The best parts of destiny are the visuals, sound and gameplay. I agree witg Joe in that people have been defending this game since launch when it comes to content. Destiny has less variety than any mmo I've played . It reminds me of assasins creed 3's main story where 80% of the missions were tailing missions except in destiny its 80% defend missions. I don't wanna here how difficult it is to build a world like this and how I'm asking for too much when games like GTAV and the Last of us were able to give as much content as Destiny with equally stunning visuals on last gen consoles. Even games like skyrim and borderlands 2 that came out over 2 years ago have more content than destiny. I did enjoy it somewhat, mostly in the crucible, but it feels unfinished and broken.
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I enjoyed the crucible but pve was awful.
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Serrat
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TwoXChromosomes
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t5_2r2jt
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ckp844b
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From a guy - He's not worth it.
Time is basically the only thing that will get you through a break up. It hurts, and then it hurts less and then a little less, and then you realize you're over it and ready to move on.
First real relationship breakups are the worse, you end up questioning everything.
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You're better off without him and you'll get through this. (cliche advice that you might not believe, but it really is true.)
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LARISSATIME
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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ckplizz
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I think of confidence as not actively self loathing. Everyone has flaws, and its okay to be aware of your own. But I disregard my flaws and put my best face forward in the day. And everyone has ups and downs, but I weather the downs and strive to get back into the ups.
Lack of confidence is the relationship killer here: letting minor set backs ruin your week, letting a break out or bad hair cut keep you inside for a month, constantly putting yourself down, etc.
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Everyone has things they're self conscious about, but actively focusing on those things and letting it colour your entire life is unattractive. Actively getting down on yourself is shitty, actively building yourself up is confidence.
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Not_Ben_Stein
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cktf4cx
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The real problem I think is that video gaming is no longer viewed as a form of intuitive entertainment but now a cash cow money grabbing scheme in the eyes of developers. There are so many games out now with limited functionality and poor mechanics and a clear lack of wanting to go the extra mile to make a top notch game because "it's not going to fit in the budget".
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Profits over perfection.
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zanguine
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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ckulk3z
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OK people need to stop hating on Wickd, his champion pool actually isnt that small
perhaps his kayle games at worlds was last luckluster, but he seems to be able to play it well in EU LCS as he has won the two games he played her in
more or less, his main focus with kayle was to counter the ryze, as his other champions cant counter ryze, therefore went kayle top again to try and counter the ryze but got wrecked by elise's ganks therefore never really executed what he wanted to do with kayle
if maokai or irelia were up, he would have probably used them but guess what, both were banned
wickd's champion pool is where, the only meta top laner he does not play, is ryze
he has played a lot of other champions, but irelia has always been his strongest champ and since it is in the meta, why not pick it
if froggen's anivia was in the meta right now, i am pretty sure froggen would continue to pick it
waht he couldve gone however, is lulu, if you havent noticed, he has played it a lot at eu summer split, also with it, he would actually make the team comp, idk not suck?
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stop hating wickd, he picked ryze for counter but got ganked, couldve gone lulu though, team comp sucked
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Monsees
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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ckulsx9
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I think more emphasis needs to be added on how much of an underdog KaBum was this game. Alliance is the #1 team out of Europe, said by many to be the West's only chance against the mighty Korean teams in terms of winning the whole tournament. KaBum is a team from Brazil, which has a small but developing League professional scene. KaBum was not even the clear favorite to make it out of their region, let alone take down a prominent team in the World's tournament. Alliance also had recently beaten NaJin White Shield, a Korean team favored by many to make it to the finals, extremely convincingly.
There was a fair amount of controversy as to whether these wild card teams from weaker regions should be even allowed in the tournament, as they are easily defeated by the superior regions. KaBum's win puts Alliance at a record of 3-3, and placing them volatile to being knocked out of the group stages.
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This is the biggest upset in League's history.
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heartshapeddog
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sex
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t5_2qh3p
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ckvbt33
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Pan girl checking in. If she likes you, she likes you. I'm in a hetero relationship even though I don't consider myself totally straight. I find him attractive and funny and I love him for who he is, but his attractiveness doesn't hinge on his being a cis male for me.
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if she thinks you're hot, she thinks you're hot.
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eiyukabe
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ckv69uz
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Here's something I've thought about regarding ads being barely noticeable: Ad blindness. Many people get so habituated to ads they ignore them, meaning that the advertiser is paying for a service they aren't going to get anything from. Maybe in the aggregate enough people will make a purchase based on an ad that it's worth it, but as an individual am I contributing "my fair share"? It gets to this weird position where you feel guilty for using ad block, so you turn it off and ignore the ads. Then you feel guilty for ignoring the ads, so you read them even though you have no real interest in them. Then what do you do, start purchasing things that are advertised to you that you don't need out of guilt? Otherwise aren't you extorting the advertising company into paying for your surfing habits, like going on a date with someone willing to buy you supper but knowing ahead of time you aren't really interested in them (beyond the free meal)?
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online advertising as it stands is highly irrational, so it is hard to justifiably guilt-monger around it.
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eiyukabe
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changemyview
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t5_2w2s8
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ckvmeci
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It's not just pedantry though -- there are meaningful world view implications of the mindset implied that people who load then ignore ads are "contributors" but people who block ads aren't. If you load an ad with no intention to buy the advertising company's products or to even pay it any attention (as is statistically likely then aren't you in a way defrauding the company paying for the ad into paying for your browsing habits? Conversely, if you feel guilted into buying things through ads that you don't need so you aren't a moocher as I outlined, then you just as well be paying for the service you are using and leaving out the middle man (and the shipping of a product you don't really want other than to avoid guilt). If you load an ad and genuinely follow through (by purchasing something, not by clicking on it to go to another website whose ads you ignore), then I suppose you are balancing the local economy by sacrificing money, but it is only through sheer luck that you were interested in that product enough to purchase it but had not yet purchased it through another channel.
I'm not trying to be pedantic, the whole thing just seems like an irrational custom that I feel worth scrutinizing.
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people who load ads usually aren't giving any more than people who use adblock; they are merely getting other people to give for them.
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ComebacKids
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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ckv85y8
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Draven probably is more mechanically demanding, but Vayne is up there too.
So one of the biggest factor's is Vayne's auto attack range. Because it is so low, your mechanics, meaning not just your last hitting but also your ability to auto harass, dodge skill shots, and use tumble correctly, will play a big role in how well laning goes.
Also because Vayne's auto range is so low, endgame during teamfights you are always going to be walking the tightrope of bad positioning and good positioning. Tumble in preemptively and you're screwed. Don't orb walk/kite well and you're screwed. Position correctly and bruisers/assassins without extreme sticking power won't have a chance.
She's not like Cait, Kog, Twitch, etc that can stand in the back lines and safely auto. As Vayne you have to get your hands dirty more so than any other adc.
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your auto range makes laning hard and teamfights more dangerous, so proper mechanics and positioning are everything for Vayne since you do nothing but auto attack.
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jasonjk1
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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ckx0qe1
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I don't care about the meta but if you want an immobile skillshot midlane mage vel is an awesome choice. I feel like his passive really shines in the support role however as it makes him a non-item dependant mage. Even with only frost queen's claim and support items he will become a damage threat with his true damage passive. Late game throw in a Liandry's Torment to counter health stacking which counters true damage and no matter what you'll be doing tons of damage. He has good synergy with champions like MF when he supports not only because of the wombo combo ults but because of the amazing harrass he provides to supplement MF's lane bully nature.
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I think if played well he's an awesome mid laner or support especially because a lot of his damage isn't item dependant.
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ThreeTimesUp
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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ckxu0km
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Dear Mr. Attorney General:
Unfortunately, those in your industry have shown themselves to less than honest people.
Furthermore, they have shown that, given the opportunity, they will abuse the privilege.
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You should seek counseling
Sincerely,
Concerned Citizen
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GodsDelight
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cl0r76s
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And the Occupy Central movement is starting to lose momentum. So far, the Chinese central government and the Hong Kong government have done pratically nothing.
The original hope was that Golden Week (1 week vacation following National Day on Oct 1st), the rest of the Hong Kong population would rise up with them. But as it turns out, Golden Week is a popular shopping time in Hong Kong equivalent of Christmas season. For some buisnesses, this week accounts for a great chunk (~20%) their annual profit. There was an interview with a struggling new-restaurant owner that already lost 300k in inventory spoilage and began laying off staff. People have bills to pay and mouths to feed. The majority working population is hit hard while the people protesting were getting their lives paid for them.
Then there's the lack of support. Hong Kong hasn't changed since China took over. Even under British rule, there was no democracy. The Hong Kong's older generation built the city into the world 3rd biggest financial center that it is today and the protest is destroying it. Most people know that the protest is futile and if anything, it's making the situation worse. However, anti-OccupyCentral doesn't mean anti-Democracy. It would have been better for them to stop a few days earlier where they got the message across without the angry mob.
Despite the censorship, people on mainland do know about this protest, and they believe that Hong Kongers are being "snobs." China already treats Hong Kong very well, but this demand is way over the top. Mainlanders already dislike Hong Kongers for stereotyping them as uncivilized and treating them like dirt. There are always pro-democracy and pro-goverment post on Chinese forums, especially when Taiwan is involved, but this time it's rather anti-Hong Kong. So there's no support from a good chunk of people in Hong Kong, there's no support from Mainland China, and the Hong Kong and China goverments aren't budging.
Lastly there's international support. Unless the goverments acts on it, international support is worthless. I'm not saying that the media is biased, but things will always get over-reported for popularity (or in case the goverment does eventually act on it.) Other than Westboro, there aren't many protests that the internet dosen't support.
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This protest is hyped like every other protest. The difference? China.
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hydrogenc4r
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cl845tb
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I hate how every time a pro player or any public figure posts a text there's always a retarded biased wrong
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I hope they just stop interacting with the community, because fuck this community.
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DerberAuner
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cl7mmfd
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actually thats not what he sais. he sais "the reason i played poorly is largely the svenskerren situation".
your "
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is very loaded and subjective.
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DerberAuner
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cl8451z
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heres the deal:
racism is a VERY subjective term, and there are varying degrees of it.
>Who's fault was it that Svenskeren got banned 3 games? Svenskerens alone, 110%, one of the dumbest things anyone has ever done in E-sport history.
this is the critical part i disagree with.
i dont think jeziz actively blamed svenskerren. i think he knows something about svenskeren most of us dont know or dont want to see. based on previous SK posts/intervieews on the subject and on this one, i think svenskeren really didnt know what he was doing in the situation. he was acting stupidly, in my eyes, not neccessarily racist.
thats what i didnt want to get into. cause i know how reddit sees this whole thing. "you said something bad about this type of people, and we know you are toxic from soloq? why you must be a racist!"
i have a somewhat different view, as i elaborated above.
dreadmad is an idiot if he actually thinks that his "
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is accurate. but im starting to think a lot of people actually are idiots around here, especially when it comes to racism.
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artk0relol
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cl7j20v
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Hello guys, I've been wanting to write a statement of my performance at Worlds 2014 and I think I've expressed myself the best way possible.
So first off, I wanna talk about my performance at Summer Playoffs as this leads up to the Korean bootcamp and my Worlds performance.
I believe i was at 50% of my full potential at that time, with a lot of confidence backing me up.
As we went to Seoul in Korea for bootcamp, I reached about 70% of my potential. I improved extremely despite the fact that I wasn't as motivated for going to worlds as my teammates. Obviously i wanted to win, but seeing how much they wanted it, gave me more than enough motivation to become a stronger player and give my best.
You might be thinking, why the heck wasn't he as motivated as his teammates for Worlds, as it's a dream for every professional player? Well, the answer is simple (to me atleast).
My whole dream before 2014 was becoming a professional LoL player. When I reached that dream, or goal rather, my aims for 2014 was to become solid and confident enough to compete at that level. That was all I was looking for. I never expected I would get to worlds in my introduction to professional League of Legends.
Anyhow, as we went to Taipei, the whole Svenskeren thing happened, and he got banned for the first 3 games. I want to make it clear to everyone, that no one hated or blamed him for that - also he was the one who felt the worst from all of us.
We all basically looked at it from the bright side, that it was only 3 games and not more, and that we had a sub jungler. At first i didn't think it would hit me, playing with another jungler, but it definitely did.
So lets now talk about what happened those 6 games at Worlds group stages, and what made me play as poorly as i did:
I believe confidence has A LOT to do with a players performance on a big stage. So basically lack of confidence are the keywords in my whole performance, and everyone, including myself, would say i choked. No surprise.
So there are two possible reasons to which of why, made me play as i did;
Being me, not playing with the jungler i had played with for 1 year, including almost 200 scrims in 2 weeks time in Korea.
Being me, playing on an international stage.
The answer is obvious to me, as my confidence was at 80% in the Summer Playoffs for Worlds. My confidence was exactly at the point, of where it had to be perfect, at the time in Korea also, and there is NO way that playing against the international teams, of which I had played against for 2 weeks, or me playing on a big stage had any affect on my play whatsoever.
So to sum it all up, the whole thing with Svenskeren, kind of screwed over my confidence and therefore my performance. But as I've stated, he was never blamed or hated for this, in the team. We all tried to look at the bright side of the situation and play as well as we could, with a substitute.
I also wish to mention that Gilius played extremely well, taken in consideration of what he got thrown into, with barely 1-2 days of practice in the team.
I know it is big words for me to tell you all, that my performance at Worlds, was nowhere near the level that I was actually at, at that time. But this is also for the sake of my pride, and I want to prove everyone wrong.
I have never been more motivated for Worlds, as I am now.
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The svenskeren thing hit my confidence quite hard, which made me perform extremely poorly. I have yet to prove myself internationally, and it has made me more motivated than ever."
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you_farted
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cl881sf
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I have a really hard time dating and I can completely empathize with you. I don't like casual dating at all. It's not fun. I find it totally stressful.
Soon after I threw myself back into that dating pool after several years I met a guy and felt just like you do: we texted and talked all the time, I thought he was great. He also kept his dating profiles (plural!) up, but he was very open with me about it. He was not going to commit to me or anyone else for the foreseeable future.
I creeped on his profile which is the worst thing I could do to myself. He was on OkCupid and POF every single day. I made a comment about what he should have added to his profile early on as a compliment to him- and he went and updated his profile my ideas. UGH!
I don't like the fact he's lying to you at all. He should be honest with you. Will you end up exclusive? Who knows! It's way too early to tell.
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he shouldn't be lying to you. Not cool. If you like him however, give it time. You barely know each other!
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emeraldragon1984
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wow
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t5_2qio8
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cl8ljbw
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When a mommy Vengeful Porcupette and a daddy Vengeful Porcupette beat each other in the face repeatedly using Vengeance (which deals damage equal to the last amount of damage taken) while being protected by Survival (which prevents a pet from falling below 1 health regardless of damage taken), the beast passive (which increases damage dealt by 25% when the attacking pet is below 25% health), ensures that the actual damage dealt with each hit steadily increases until it reaches ~2.14 billion (or roughly 2^31). At which point, a critter is sacrificed to fuel their love.
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Geometric growth makes small numbers big
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ShingamiOfSmarm
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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clcdtr6
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Ooooooh, I've got a great story for this.
i'm a dude, but at the time, I was working at a Victoria Secret, so... what the hell, I'll post it.
I am a straight man who worked at a Victoria's Secret. No, not selling things on the floor- stock boy. Pinning security tags on things, moving heavy boxes, climbing ladders, squashing bugs.
I thought them kinda sexist or unfemenistic for literally saying that last bit in the interview, but they turned out to have some spiders that were about 5 inches wide when you counted the legs... so i kinda understood after seeing that.
Killed the thing with a box, cause I was worried that if I tried to step on it.... it might win. Anyways, back on point.
So my manager that day was this lady that was pregnant. as. hell.
But a very chill pregnant lady- handled the pain and the moodswings oddly well. Cheerful and straightforward, at 7 months preggers.
This woman comes up for an exchange- no big deal. Manager types up the ticket, and goes to take the security tags off the new clothes and the woman cuts her off- "NONONOONONONNO DONT TOUCH IT"
"Oh....uh... I need to take the tags off so you can leave with it"
"NONONO DON'T TOUCH IT I DONT WANNA GET PREGNANT!!"
"....I... uh... you can't get pregnant that way...."
"PLEASE DONT TOUCH IT, IF YOU TOUCH IT AND THEN I TOUCH IT I CAN GET PREGNANT, I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN 3 YEARS AND I DON'T WANNA GET PREGNANT!"
".........I'll get one of the other girls to help you!"
So she grabs one of the non-pregnant workers, and gets them to finish out the return.
She then comes into the back, because holy shit, that actually just happened, and someone needs to hear about it.
So she comes into the back to tell me about it. She has some trouble getting her words together, mostly just making those "I can't believe this just happened" faces.
While she's getting herself together to tell this story, (none of which I know at this point, btdubs), and into the employees-only-backroom walks in that same lady. She starts to ask a question, but then notices me.
"Ooooohhhhh, you dooooo have a boy working here!"
She then proceeds to dump out her newly purchased lingerie on a nearby box.
"Would you touch it?" as she motions to the lingerie.
I try to awkwardly laugh it off as though it's a joke. She stares at me unflinchingly. Awkward silence comes over the room as this woman clearly will not leave until I touch her lingerie.
I pick it up, fold it neatly, and put it back in her bag. The woman leaves.
Manager then proceeds to tell me the previous story about how the woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a pregnant woman touched, and I start to freak out a little.
THEN WHY WAS SHE SO DETERMINED TO HAVE ME TOUCH HER LINGERIE????
The woman returned to the store 3 times that day. Each time, making a beeline for the backroom, only to be intercepted by my managers, who would politely ask if she needed anything, and then she would leave.
I left out the back door that night.
Super kudos to the wonderful women that worked there.
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Woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a preggers lady touched. Demanded I touch her new underoos.
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truth_hertz
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AskWomen
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t5_2rxrw
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clcygsf
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Ex-boyfriend I haven't seen in years texts, which is weird because I dumped him when he cheated on me and hadn't talked to him since.
Him: smalltalk smalltalk blah blah blah
Me: (warily) um yeah ok whatever
Him: Oh hey, do you remember Shasta?
Me: Yes [of course I remember her, the girl he cheated on me with]
Him: Well we got married.
Me: Congratulations?
Him: Thing is we want to buy a house but the bank won't give us a mortgage because we don't have a down payment. I heard you recently came into some money and we wanted to borrow like $11,000. We'd pay you interest.
Me: So your wife is on board with borrowing a large amount of cash from your ex?
Him: Well actually she thinks I'm borrowing it from my sister so obviously you couldn't say anything.
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Cheating ex asks to borrow five figures and keep it a secret.
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theimpossiblequandry
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TwoXChromosomes
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t5_2r2jt
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clcpkwy
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I think what tends to offend people is the comparative aspect of it. "You look bett er , pretti er , etc..." It gives the impression that they're not good enough under normal circumstances.
This issue could be easily solve by using phrasing like, "You look pretty" or "You're awesome" versus "You seem prettier/more awesome than you usually do/are."
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Try not to use comparative language with people.
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bidane
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cldps06
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AC 4 should honestly just be called Pirate's Creed. The assassin's thing is barely 10-20% of the story, with most of it being sailing around (which admittedly is really well done and a lot of fun for a while) and trying to get booty.
I was a little disappointed by the lack of an assassin's theme in an AC game, but as a pirate simulator it's definitely a 9/10. The story takes a while to really get going, but it's interesting nonetheless.
A lot of people that disliked 3 seem to love 4. The protagonist especially is a lot more interesting, which was the main criticism of 3.
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awesome pirate game, not much "assassin" feeling.
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SeriouslySeriousGuy
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cletm1o
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Ok first off I'm not offended. I am an atheist. I don't know what your profession is but I work in a public relations office. This would be offensive for any corporation to do. Regardless of the facts of where or how something began that you have to give, it is still irrelevant. What it stands for now is a mockery of a religious figure, most commonly the God of the Bible.
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of whole conversation: It's can be seen as offensive and isn't worth the risk of a large corporation to put into their product.
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cavemaneca
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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clgtivs
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Ashe is however the only one who triggers these specific issues. From what I understand all of the other champs included just allow you to use a self-cast ability on other champs. The issue with Ashe is that it forces your champion to use a specific attack index. This index is the ult for some champs, and for Nasus it prevents him from using his Q active, since he's not performing a regular AA.
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disabling Ashe would fix most if the major issues like ult AAs, even if it doesn't completely block the exploit itself.
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dormedas
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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clio2rk
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Wow, only TWO WHOLE HOURS to get your money's worth?
Yeah, I don't know what vendetta you're trying to pull here, but people typically don't play for only four hours a MONTH . The average user (even casual player) definitely plays enough that playing WoW is more efficient than seeing a movie. There are roughly 730 hours in a month. Four hours is roughly 0.5% of the month's time. Let's assume a 30 day month and 8 hours of free time (8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of work) every day . That's 240 hours of free time in that month. Four hours is only 1.6% of your free time then.
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wtf man
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J_ology
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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clj55d1
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The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
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I can't last hit QQ
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J_ology
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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clj55d3
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The thing with runes, especially for botlane duos, is that they are supposed to be more relevant in the first 5-8 levels than the later 2/3 of the game. Arm pen runes are extremely good in theory, but I would never trade last hitting and trade potential from pure ad runes in the current meta where one bad trade will keep you zoned from farm almost indefinitely.
The champs I will take armpen are the lvl 2/3 all-in lanes, like Graves+engage or Lucian+cc. And even then, taking armpen is questionable because champions that benefit from early raw damage often have low range or rely on a different type of damage (corki/ezreal) in the early game.
In my opinion, armpen is situationally awesome. Cait/nunu with cait on armpen marks/quints is stupid good. Graves Leona with the same setup will almost always get a summoner or kill at level 2. Lucian/Braum, same setup, same roflstomp at level 3 if you go q-w-e.
If you look at it from the perspective of when you have a couple of items already. It's not the correct way to look at runes. Those runes are supposed to help you harass, sustain, or hold out UNTIL you hit your power spike items. So if you look at the very early game, Ad/AS setups are generally good for everyone.
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I can't last hit QQ
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Fascist_Pink
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tifu
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t5_2to41
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clj7ph1
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This happened Monday. I was taking the trash out the back gate and my overly excited adolescent female German Shepherd squeezed by me and escaped! (first time ever) Things went south at this point, she raced past me and did that annoying put your but in the air pounce thing where they troll you and wait for you to get close then run away, great.
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So we did that for about 30 seconds while I tried to coax her to come to me and then she sees the Canada Post person across the street. She is a very friendly dog who goes to the off leash dog park all the time and always runs over to say, "Hi" to people and dogs, in this circumstance she did the same thing.
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As she was running across the road I yelled to the Canada post person not to worry and that the dog was friendly. The dog was bounding playfully over to the MailMan (woman) and I felt relief hoping I could grab her while she was visiting the postal worker. (WIN less running)
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My hopes and dreams got crushed when the Postal Worker whipped out some mace and unleashed on my baby. Instantly things started going in slow motion as I heard my dog yelping and saw her running away blinded.
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A bright yellow school bus comes whipping around the corner and I start screaming, "Nooooooooooo!!!" as I jump in front of the bus making the HALT gesture putting my hands out in front of me. The Canada Postal worker screamed obscenities while repeating, "You Can't let stuff like this happen!!!!!"
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The Bus stopped right in front of me and waited while I caught my dog by the collar (VICTORY!!!) and planted my face right in the scruff of her fur trying to lift her up. I got the dog and half picked her up and half dragged her back into the house, in the process I got excessive amounts of mace in my eyes, mouth, nose and all over my face.
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I instantly started coughing, ugly crying, and snotting everywhere while I gasped for my breath coughing. MY EYES WERE ON FIRE! We then had the most dramatic shower bath (Shbath) of my life. I'm 110 pounds and she's 70, it was a god damn battle. I was crying and blubbering like a fool while she was yelping and struggling as If I was trying to drown her. I'm happy this wasn't recorded because it would probably be the most pathetic thing you've ever witnessed.
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After both myself and the dog got cleaned up and I could breath again I called Canada Post and made a complaint against the postal worker for discharging her mace on a friendly dog.
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The Canada Post supervisor apologized and spoke with the Postal Worker about it who allegedly agreed my dog did not menace and she was just scared because 6 people have been bit by dogs in the last two weeks. I accepted this and apologized for my part (letting the dog escape and scare her) and dropped the complaint because I'm pretty chill and obviously she was nervous about dogs. Later the police show up and give me 300$ in fines claiming the Canada Post person said my dog tried to attack her/chase her.
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100$ of the fines is legit for me letting my dog get loose and I totally accept that because it happened and that's my fuck up. 200$ of the fines is for the dog allegedly chasing and threatening the postal worker. (Wat?)
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My dog and I got a mace facewash by a Canada Post worker and then I got 300 dollars in fines.
Paragraph motherfucking breaks.
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TheRufmeisterGeneral
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cljltlg
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i.s.o. = instead of (saving you a whopping 4 characters typed)
As a non-native English speaker, took me a few moments of hard thinking to figure out what he meant.
edit: or is it in spite of? (saving 5 characters typed)
edit2: no, in spite of doesn't fit the context
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fuck you, you lazy cunt
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Brian_M
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technology
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t5_2qh16
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cljhtns
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While I support TPB's right to exist (have to download Wild Wild West from somewhere) I've never really felt that comparisons between Google and TPB were fair. TPB's user base mainly deals in the distribution of copyrighted material, TPB itself supplies meta-data links. If you go onto TPB and look at its top 100 torrents in pretty much any category, it's guaranteed to be almost 100 percent copyrighted stuff. Not only this, but TPB have been historically resistant to take-down notices (one of the main reasons they've been so much a target of blocking).
Google, on the other hand, does try to comply with take-down notices, but the volume of information that Google serves - a mind-boggling amount - that they're still serving pirated material because of the sheer size and scope of their operation. Google knows this, too, but are happy to pay lip service to the entertainment industry while also being careful not to do anything that would truly alienate their user base.
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TPB is a search engine that deals almost exclusively in piracy, Google is a search engine that deals in everything, and piracy is a part of 'everything'.
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PandaBearShenyu
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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clltehg
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Just read this first:
How about China never promised universal suffrage in any of its agreements with Britain, HK's former masters?
Except the videos of pampered kids going "VE NEED DE WEROLD 2 C DIS ACHOCITY!" and all the crying wolf that went on.
this point is directly contradicted by your next point. The stupidity of these protests stem from the fact that the POINT of it is TO cause as much disruption as possible. Only when locals started getting pissed en masse did they feign "sympathy" in the form of saying they'll help reduce inconveniences yet remaining in the same spots.
The police used tear gas to disperse them when they rushed government barriers repeatedly early in the protests, no one was killed or seriously injured, I fail to see "police brutality".
One example, the "Fei Li" incident. The movement put out a heavily editted video of a guy running into a barricade and colliding with female protesters, and then the female protesters started yelling "FEI LI" aka "sexual harassment", then the dude got stomped on.
The full video got posted later, the guy was a business owner who needed to pay 145 K USD per month per restaurant for his three restos that are in the occupied area, and he has basically gone bankrupt because they virtually stopped businesses from coming through to his shops during the busiest week of the year.
Other examples, just go on yellow ribbon movement fbs, anyone that voices disagreements get instantly jumped on by a bunch of assholes with yellow ribbon profile pics who diss the guy for "only know about money" and "paid shills". It's all over the place, the tone is generally "anyone who doesn't support us are either money slaves or Chinese govt spies".
My friends' parents generation in HK pretty much all think these students are idiots. His hair dresser went to the protests because of the earlier mentioned crying wolf about the cops brutalizing them, he's since resumed his job as a hair dresser because the cops were being extremely civilized throughout the whole thing barring minor incidents.
In the end, these stupid kids are going to galvanize the population and polarize opinions.
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they're killing their own movement.
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Dr_Darkness
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nfl
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t5_2qmg3
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cllf69v
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When people talk about how good/ bad some Pats defenses are, I use his lack of turnovers to show that Brady even plays a part in how good his defenses are.
Think the 2011 season when he took that atrocious defense to the Super Bowl. How does a defense give up a record setting amount of yards but still finish middle of the pack in points allowed per a game? The answer is because opposing teams consistently have to travel 70+ yards if they want a touchdown because your own QB NEVER throws picks.
This logic can also be used for why Aaron Rodgers is such a valuable QB. And if you stretch it a little, the same goes for Joe Montana/Steve Young in their own eras(both still top 10 on all time TD:INT ratio list)
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The boring efficiency stats are just as important as the flashy volume stats
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BillW87
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cllnek9
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I'll also be a doctor working in a field that I immensely enjoy. Sure, I could potentially be making more money for less education if I'd picked up a trade. I wouldn't get the fulfillment of fixing sick puppies and kittens for a living, though. Not all rewards are monetary in nature, in the same way that getting a mortgage to get a house seems like a bad investment if "having a nice place to live" isn't one of the criteria by which you're assessing value. Personally I'm happy with the idea of a 5-7 year period of debt after school because ultimately I'll still be making easily 2-3 times as much money over the course of my career with my doctorate than I would without it as a vet tech, even after factoring in the 4 years of lost income for education and the accumulated debt. I'm also not sure what looks so bad about my job prospects to you either with a new grad employment rate in my field over 99% and a starting salary of $75k, [considering the average salary for a 25-34 year old without a college degree in the US is under $30k for a high school graduate and under $40k with an associates]( and the average college graduate can expect to make [66% more money over the course of their career than someone without a degree.]( You may be doing well at 26 personally and I'm glad for you that you're doing so well, but for the average American it's still a financial net positive gain to get a college degree even despite the rising cost of education.
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Picking up a trade instead of gaining student debt can be a better investment for some, but that doesn't mean that student debt is automatically a bad investment. If you decide to get your college degree in interpretive dance then expect to spend the next 30 years digging yourself out of that bad decision, though. A college degree hasn't been a guarantee of good earning potential for a long time, but on average it helps more than the debt hurts.
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mauxfaux
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politics
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t5_2cneq
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cllnr8j
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I don't know why you are rolling your eyes. Government spending most definitely does spur economic activity and growth, mainly by providing liquidity to capital markets when other lenders (i.e. "spenders") will not. You can think of the government as the "lender of last resort" (or, if it's more your style, spender of last resort).
We can have a debate about the relative wisdom of such spending, or whether or not the government can allocate and manage its capital investments better or worse than the private sector, but it's hard to argue that providing excess liquidity and cheap access to investment capital is somehow deflationary.
On to your second point. Governments can, and often do, spend in perpetuity. In fact, the last time the U.S. Government collected more money than it spent was under the Clinton presidency (1998-2001); before that it was in 1969. In addition, the U.S. Government has always carried a national debt, with the exception of a single year—1835—when president Andrew Jackson paid it off.
The United States government has always paid back every single penny it has borrowed—with interest!—and the people who "own" the national debt—bond holders—keep buying up more. What sorcery is this? After all, if you and I did the same thing we'd eventually go bankrupt.
But we're not sovereigns. Here's what the government can do that you and I cannot:
Raise their salary whenever they want. Here's an experiment to try: go into your boss's office, inform him that you bought a new house, and let him know that he will be giving you an extra 10% going forward to pay for it. When he is done telling you to fuck off, remember that the government can raise taxes whenever it wants to and your only recourse is generally to pay them.
Directly influence the economy via lawmaking, regulation, and policy. In addition to providing liquidity via open-market actions and other financially-related tools, the government has the ability to direct and/or influence the national output through other means that are unavailable to non-sovereigns. You may be able to keep your kids out of "dad's chair" at home, but the tools you have to affect the macro environment that governs your salary are pretty limited.
Print money. Here's another experiment to try: buy that same house and then pay for it with hundreds that you "made" with the office photocopier. When you get out of jail, remember that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing can fire up their presses any time the government needs actual cash. It doesn't actually work quite this way—and it's a bit of an extreme example—but the government can always create money out of thin air to cover its expenses.
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The government can run structural deficits in perpetuity so long as the increase in debt does not exceed the increase in GDP, because math.
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timt5m
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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clofhqy
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This is a bit off-topic, since you're asking about Sona, but if you want a real powerhouse damage dealer support, consider picking up Zyra.
With Frostfang/Haunting Guise/Sorc Boots/Sightstone as your core, you output a lot of magic damage, throw in magic pen marks and you'll be hitting close to true damage early game.
That being said, Sightstone is ALWAYS core on any support, and should always be among the first two completed items.
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Zyra is an alternative support to Sona that offers more damage at the expense of utility and sustain.
AND BUILD A SIGHTSTONE!
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RisenLazarus
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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clpysat
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You've got an interesting problem... because you don't actually own the copyright in any of the original content in your video. Riot of course owns all the League-related content, and the sounds you added are obviously sourced from somewhere else. Normally the answer would be just put a notice with Youtube who will take down their video (almost automatically). Problem is (1) it's probably not worth it since that "copier" barely has any views or notoriety and (2) he can file counter-notice saying it's his and you would be dragged into a pretty pointless lawsuit.
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No use fighting over content you probably don't even have ownership of when the stakes are so low.
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RepostThatShit
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worldnews
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t5_2qh13
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cltv52v
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But still, judging from that chart even from 2000 the uk has paid in much more then its received, and that amount is probably higher then
I hate to be the one to have to break this to you but in every organization and system of government the members have to pay more into it than they get back, because in total they can only get back what they paid minus the cost of operations. If the system is specifically set up so that some members get back more than they paid into it, it is a form of charity and afforded to them by virtue of their needful position.
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Three people can't chip in €10 into a pot each and then expect to get €15 each when they divide it by three. And even if you get exactly €10, it's generally just a sign that nothing got accomplished.
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Oysi
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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clwhzrh
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For AP Kog'Maw, yes! It gives him a MUCH larger mana pool, which in turn allows for more ults. The thing about Kog vs most champs is that his ult will end up costing so much mana, which means that no matter how good your mana regen is, it won't even get close to being able to regen it, which is why you need a good mana pool (as well as mana regen). On top of that, it still gives mana regen, and good ap once you upgrade, plus a shield.
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Yes, it's a good item. I would dare say it's a core item, along with Athene's.
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Action_Bronzong
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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clwt1sk
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No no no, that way lies only pain and heartbreak.
Letting people "decide" what content stays or goes with their upvotes is actually a pretty terrible system for a lot of reasons. The folks over at /r/TheoryofReddit made a [short story]( detailing some of the flaws of such a system.
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It's not persecution, it's having standards!" ](
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quaunaut
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cly31lk
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That doesn't make it a boys club and that has 0 to do with diversity. Also in all the dialogue promoted, I never once hears this as a reason from the women's side.
Then you're not listening very hard. It's been said by many of the most prominent women in the field, like Julie Ann Horvath, Gina Trapani, or Sara Chipps.
> Sure the work environment needs to be more respectful of employee's personal life.
But long hours != boys club. What would be a boys club would be Goldman Sach employee's calling women trying to enter banking as bimbo's That's a boys club.
That isn't what I was saying. What I was saying is, the games industry in general is going to go slower in getting more women than men because of societal issues + long hours. That wasn't me saying that's what makes it a boy's club, it's just saying that the boy's club issue isn't the only thing standing in the game's industry's way- there are broader issues too.
> and it does piss me off that no one promotes these successful women in their attempts to shame the industry as a boy's club
Once again, maybe it's because you're still in school, maybe it's because you're not looking at the right communities, but the tech industry as a whole has quite a few people talking about this. In fact, it's been one of the most frequent topics of discussion over the last year, and part of the reason so many companies are releasing demographic information of their employees now.
> Up until the 80's they made up 40% then it dropped to 17% when the field started to be heavily stereotyped (being one of the theories) Where those in the field were cast as unsociable losers. My CS professor she comments on this a lot, how when she was going through her degree the common perception of the industry were nerdy unsociable boys with non-existent hygiene. Where she'd get comments from other women asking how she puts up being around those types
This is part of the reason, but it's hardly the only one. It's also because of marketing, and the societal belief back in the 80s that women's work wasn't so technical as much as it was organizational, administrative, or communicative. This in itself wasn't so much something the tech industry created- once again, society at large caused the issue- but regardless, it helped create the circumstances that we now are paying for.
Also it should be added, there was a lot of entertainment media at the time that reinforced the belief that women don't belong as coders(Weird Science, War Games, etc. In the latter, re-watch it, the premise itself isn't the causal point).
> A change in behavior is needed in the industry but it's not from men. women need to actually support other women in their field and prop them up. So they can actually toss out the dishonest stereotype and encourage women to come back to the field instead of discouraging them by constantly stating how unwelcoming the field will be if they try
Some women don't support each other, this is true. But on the other hand, many, many women say that the only reason they stayed in the industry is because they got the support of those around them, men and women both. And currently, when you have major industry events constantly having sexist tropes or content in them, startup after startup having CEOs or policies that abuse women, and women who do speak up get harassed to kingdom come, then no, I do think the onus is on men. We're very much part of the problem, and absolving yourself of any capability to do something about it makes you a prime example of what so many of the women who are speaking up say about it.
Edit: Or
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Are you seriously purporting to know more about this as a student listening to your professor than the hundreds of women who speak out about this every day?
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FoxRaptix
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Games
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t5_2qhwp
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cly6cqw
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Then you're not listening very hard. It's been said by many of the most prominent women in the field, like Julie Ann Horvath, Gina Trapani, or Sara Chipps.
Yes they experienced assholes and some guys that created a single sexist app in the sea of millions of apps.
However I do listen to my professor who has been in the industry a lot longer than them. I listen to the girls i know working at/with Obsidian, at blizzard. I prefer to listen to them rather than ignore them in favor of the opinions of women i've never met.
I also work close with my college's STEM club chapter and our biggest issue getting women in the club isn't sexism or it being a boys club, it's been the 2 female presidents we had pushing every girl out that they felt were in it for attention rather than had a passion. Which is a problem with the these fields themselves, gaming and tech. It's not a sexism lack of diversity issue, it's just everyone with a passion tries to shove out anyone who doesn't share that same level of passion. The first women president admitted this to me, she tried to push me out of the club because she felt I wasn't interested enough but I proved her wrong.
>Once again, maybe it's because you're still in school, maybe it's because you're not looking at the right communities, but the tech industry as a whole has quite a few people talking about this. In fact, it's been one of the most frequent topics of discussion over the last year, and part of the reason so many companies are releasing demographic information of their employees now.
my experiences aren't specific to school, but I do respect my professors opinion greatly because of how long she's belonged.
I'm not sure what you mean by not looking at the right communities. So the only right communities are the ones that confirm this rhetoric and me paying attention and associating with communities that don't fit the narrative is wrong? Rather wouldn't that be evidence that this isn't a sweeping problem by rather a pocketed one?
As a guy in tech and gaming i've been exposed to plenty of assholes and they're hardly represented of the community. They're the cliche stereotype. It's just they are noticed more because they are loud, you don't notice the hundreds of interactions with sensible players but you'll notice and remember that single asshole each time.
>Also it should be added, there was a lot of entertainment media at the time that reinforced the belief that women don't belong as coders(Weird Science, War Games, etc. In the latter, re-watch it, the premise itself isn't the causal point).
Which I don't buy into because all the same media and social pressure actively discouraged men from those endeavors as well. The same pressures that turned those that pursued those area's into social outcasts. Those social outcasts than built the world around us and the culture that developed was built to support those type of people. And then the culture hit mainstream and rather than fess up that society has treated these people terribly, instead they decided to attack the culture for not being inclusive. Tropes in video games are held to the light as an example of prevalent sexism in video games to shame the originators of the culture. When in actuality they are just shaming the fantasy's of some social outcasts. And this is why I don't buy into the current B.S. Sure we need to talk about the unwelcoming nature of the industries cool, how about we talk about the toxicity that has come from outside the industry as well. It's never left, the same attitudes permeates under a different banner. It's no coincidence that neckbeard rose in popularity as a negative term, as nerdy & geek transitioned from their negative connotations to positive.
>and absolving yourself of any capability to do something about it makes you a prime example of what so many of the women who are speaking up say about it.
i'm not sure how i'm absolving myself of doing anything, when I state I would rather prop up and hold successful women rather than attack tropes in the culture.
>Edit: Or
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Are you seriously purporting to know more about this as a student listening to your professor than the hundreds of women who speak out about this every day?
Yes I am seriously going to listen to my professor and all the other women I know, over these people i've never met
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the_swepr
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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clyuvoi
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Yeah, I never got why people think games need to orient themselves on reality.
I mean, that is so … limiting.
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Seriously, a game dev can do anything he wants in his game because he is the one defining the rules.
Probably when the player misses a single bullet their gun will just explode. WHOOOOO!!
A wall morphs into a crocodile that sprints at you only to give you flowers (with which you can of course turn other players into pigs)
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just because games looks similar to reality, rules could be totally different
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Krzyski
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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clxzje1
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It's actually virtually impossible to eliminate recoil, and even if you could in the sense of someone holding a firearm it would actually be worse for accuracy.
Recoil is the force of an explosion going off inside of the chamber of the firearm. That force has to travel somewhere and like all energy, it takes the path of least resistance. That's why if you're a right handed firer your firearm should travel up and right. Your body is to the left and below the firearm so it is easier to travel up and right.
If you could muster the strength to overcome the force of recoil you would essentially be creating a negative recoil that would push the firearm low and left. This is known as a "flinch". This is a bit weird to explain in text so I hope it makes sense. Note the math here is only to illustrate the principal.
The trick to shooting is too fire the exact same shot every time by changing nothing. The less you change in your position, hold, aim, release and follow through, the more accurate you will be. If you are holding a rifle in the shoulder we can say there is -10 units of force pushing the rifle down (gravity) and plus 10 units of force pushing the rifle up (you holding it). This equals zero units of force.
If you then fire a shot you will have an additional 10 units of force added to the rifle (recoil up and right). This means every time you shoot you can account for +10 units of force as you shoot. If you fired the perfect shot every time your bullet will literally land in the exact same spot every time. If you try and fight that force you could run into a lot of problems.
The main problem you could encounter is the inconsistency of force to push against the recoil. If you tense up and try to fight the recoil you may apply different levels of force as it is virtually impossible for a human to consistently push the same amount of force.
Lets say you fire three shots fighting the recoil. The first is a perfect -10 units of force and you end up with a net force of 0. The second shot you fire with say -12 units of force resulting in a net value of -2 units of force. The third shot you applied only had -8 units of force equaling a net of +2 units of force. You now have a spread of 4 units of force which translates in one center shot, on low and left, one high and right.
The trick to shooting isn't to eliminate recoil, but to account for it. There are many other forces that influence your shot that are far worse than recoil.
Note: You can vice grip firearms to ensure they dont move at all, but that is guaranteeing that the same amount of force is stopping the rifle from moving every single time you shoot. It is simply impossible for a human to be that accurate when generating force every single time. If you dont believe me try hitting a punching bag that tells you how many pounds per square inch youre generating. You wont get the exact same reading every time.
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Don't fight recoil, use it.
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Jables162
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relationships
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t5_2qjvn
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cm1oddw
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It sounds to me off of what you're saying that you're letting up on it.
First I'd play up the conversation. Make it clear to him that this is something super important to you. Something you don't just want to have a casual conversation about. Make it clear that no matter what he says you'll still love him and nothing could scare you away. Also be sure to be open to the idea that maybe, to him, you just aren't that into it.
And maybe he's right since it's very subjective, maybe he does actually feel like you're not very involved. Then you two have a huge miscommunication going on and you gotta fix that. More often than not it just turns out being two people that are too afraid to say what's actually on their minds. I can't tell you how much that's happened to me. (I'm real good at pickin' 'em, tell ya hwat)
You have to really press it, you make sure he's comfortable talking about it and make sure you're expressing everything too. Don't hold back. Don't lose your shit about it, but calmly explain every last feeling your having. Sometimes just letting it all out in a shitty emotional spew is all it takes to make some progress.
Keep in mind, I'm no psychiatrist, so I generally have only anecdotal evidence to suggest that I'm on the right track. But it really does seem like you're approaching this super casually. You gotta be serious about things that mean a lot to you. Especially sex, because it's such a tense area that one miscommunication can lead one person to believe less sex is what you want, or worse!
Coincidentally I've had a very similar situation with an ex of mine, she didn't talk to me about anything, if at all. We were 10 months into a relationship and communication meant more than 2 texts a day and actual pillow talk after sex. I had been begging her for about 3 months after that to just talk to me more, but she didn't really seem to pay attention. So one day I called her and let everything spew at once. How it made me feel, how I thought she didn't care and how I knew that some major changes would have to take place if she wanted to keep things going. I told her that if there's something wrong or if she's feeling distant I need to know so that we can take care of it.
The next day I started the conversation and she just said that she was done. And sometimes that's all it is, they just aren't as committed as you are, and that's okay.
But the bottom line is that you have to talk about it with the utmost intensity. If something is important to you you have to adequately help someone else understand just how important it is. Explain it like you're explaining color to a blind man. Be vivid, be descriptive, and don't skip out on details. Because if you do, you'll hate yourself later for the mistake you made. But be clear and serious and you'll have no reason to be upset with yourself.
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You can't let up or be casual about it. You have to be passionate about things that you're, well, passionate about. Especially in relationships. Be open minded to the idea that maybe he doesn't feel like you want sex as much as he does. Be open to the thought that you're wrong, but don't just accept it. Most importantly; communicate EVERYTHING to him. Every. Last. Thing. About this.
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x_TDeck_x
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cm4jv9y
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Coast are heavy favorites in this tournament. Noone was saying LoLpro was the best or even 2nd best. They 2-0'd today not dropping 1 game. They may have looked shaky but never for a whole game. In every single week of every sport there is a team that should dominate someone but they only end up winning by a small margin.
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Yea who cares about the results /s
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darkdragon841
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summonerschool
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t5_2t9x3
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cmcx5lm
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Learn how to deal with the matchups in your lane. Utilize cost benifit analysis. Each champion has a certain damage output which can avoided with positioning. Learn it. In a lane, learn or feel out the trade outcomes. Has the enemy jayce used his shock blast? Is he in range of my Barrel? Will my damage be greater than my opponents? This knowledge comes with practice and learning all the champions.
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learn the champions and have good situational cost benefit analysis.
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pabben2
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cmeilfe
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Cause even if someone is afk theyre still registered to the game i.e theyre still playing. When they disconnect you are getting a 2:1 vote.
So youre just dumb and dont understand how its coded. If youre afk ingame youre still ingame i.e coded as not afk. If you alt-f4 youre coded as not being in game
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players are coded as minions wat
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zanotam
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cme7u99
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I'm a fucking mathematics grad student irl and nobody would give me shit about saying 66% for 2/3. I mean, mother of god, even in my comment I am 100% (or 99.9, repeating of course,% right) right in saying that 66% is below the minimum value as can be seen by the fact that 2/3 is not enough and 2/3 >= 0.66.....
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If you're gonna math nazi, you best be right.
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Whober
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cmfxahb
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All adcs have different strengths and weaknesses, as well as situations when you want to pick them. I'll list their strengths and create a mini tier list at the end.
Ashe is an adc that has decent engage potential but has weaker damage than most.
Caitlyn is a very safe adc with a weak midgame, but a very strong early game and an average lategame. She is great for sieging.
Corki is a very strong adc in general, he has a good early game,great midgame, and average lategame. He also has siege potential with his rockets and Q.
Draven is a risky pick, and takes a bit of practice. He can Snowball leads very easily and can become a monster with 2 items.
Ezreal is a very safe champion with a very strong early game and a great midgame. His lategame is very dependent on how good you are at landing mystic shots.
Graves is a great lane bully and is amazing for new players because of his passive. His midgame is average and his lategame suffers because of a lack of range, but other than this, he is a great champion and if you can position properly he can become a monster.
Jinx is a very strong champion who Just needs a kill or two to snowball. She becomes stronger as the game goes on, without really having a weak point in the game.She's like kog maw with a different passive.
Kalista is very hard to place at the moment because she hasn't been out for long enough. From my experiences, she is underwhelming if she doesn't go at least average in lanephase, and she needs a couple items to get going. Her objective control with E makes her very strong,since the stacks have no cap.
Kog'Maw is a very strong champion who does much better in competitive play than soloque because he has no mobility and requires peel from the team. He gets stronger as the game goes on, much like Jinx. His siege is very strong and he can Shred through tanks with his w.
Lucian is a very strong champion who has no weak point in the game. This being said, he also never has a very strong point. He is very consistent and only needs 2 items to be able to keep up with any adc in damage.
Miss fortune lacks an escape, and has an ultimate that makes her immobile. She can be very strong with the proper setup but she feels like a weaker version of graves, who can deal more aoe damage while being more mobile. This being said, If you build trinity into shiv, you can be fairly mobile as long as you position properly.
Quinn can be an interesting champion, and can bring out a lot of unexpected damage. Most people will max q first, but in my opinion maxing w first into e will give you better mobility and damage. She can be a lot stronger than people expect, but she is lacking a strong ultimate. It's better to use it after you disengage with your vault for extra distance.
Sivir is a very strong champion who hasn't seen much popularity but is definitely one of the stronger adcs on this list. She can stay relevant all game and really only requires an IE and a stattik to get going.Excellent poke and waveclear helps her stay relevant all game and her ultimate is a great ability for teamfights.
Tristana is a strong champion with a weak early game, but she makes up for it with a very strong lategame. She is weaker than kogmaw as far as scaling is concerned, but she is still a great pick.
Twitch is great in all phases of the game but suffers from a strong escape, he has amazing damage potential, but requires a strong frontline to be able to utilize it.
Varus is a decent poke champion who is strong all game but is far too immobile to take advantage of it. He can destroy teams with his poke and engage with his ultimate, but more often than not he's going to be using it to snare whoever jumps on top of him.
Vayne Requires a lot of practice, but if you put in the time to learn her, she can become a beast. Inexperienced players will have difficulty with her early game, but players with a lot of practice on her can win most lanes with ease.
Top Tier- champions who can be picked in any situation
Corki
Ezreal
Lucian
Sivir
Tier 1- champs who Are strong but not strong enough to be picked in any situation
Cait
Jinx
Kog
Twitch
Trist
Graves
Tier 2- champions who need a buff to be placed higher
MF
Varus
Ashe
Quinn
Skill dependant champions -champions who require a lot of time put into them to be played well. These champs have top tier potential but only if you work to put them there.
Draven
Vayne
NOT PLACING KALISTA IN ANY TIER UNTIL I GET MORE TIME TO TEST HER
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Read tier list.
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Muratsvr
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leagueoflegends
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t5_2rfxx
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cmftoaq
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Yeah, buff early game champions then ppl play and crush top lane with them. After that buff late game top laners, ppl crush early game too with them. Then buff late game junglers to compete with top laners. Back where we are the only difference is mid and bot is a lot weaker. So you need to buff adcs and mids. Top mains cries cuz adcs are too stronk. Final desicion. NERF EVERYTHING.
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If something is broken, fix this. Don't break others too. (Like blizzard)
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swovy5
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gaming
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t5_2qh03
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cmiturd
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I have the Stealth 500P and also have this problem. I'm anxious to find a good headset with mic monitoring. I feel like there aren't many options out there.
Also, thank you for putting the
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at the top.
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brohr
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relationship_advice
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t5_2r0cn
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cmkgjmz
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Hey man, I had a very similar experience happen to me about a month ago. Dated this girl the summer after senior year, went to the same college for 3 years and she broke up with me randomly one weekend about jealousy that had been going on for about a year. My advice is coming from someone who is still trying to figure this out. Just focus on improving your life the best you but make it clear to her that you would still be interested in getting back together if she ever wanted but that you are not going to actively pursue it. People will tell you to forget about her but you and I both know that's impossible so take the love you have for her and make sure that the next time you and her see each other you are the best possible version of yourself and since you and her were together for so long there is no doubt she still has feelings for you. Getting back together is ultimately a decision she will have to make on her own. Enjoy being single. Hang out with friends, focus on a hobby, get closer with your family. Keeping being your best self and if she truly loves you she will see that. That's what I'm trying to do anyway and I guess time will tell if it is meant to be. If you love someone, let them go. If it was meant to be they will come back. If they don't it never was.
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Just focus on doing your own thing and improving yourself for you. She isn't going to completely forget about you and if you both had real mutual love, she will see that in you again if you are the best version of yourself.
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arkbg1
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmly5q1
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I am so thankful for the moment of meaningful silence that Stewart shows here. The internet has become like a kid in a candy store. We are running around and picking candy, while, suddenly, switching to another candy. This is DESTROYING the internet! We must stop this at once.
Here is a better written example of what I mean written 2 weeks before the 01-18-12 internet blackout from OpBlackout-SOPA.
Original source:
Anonymous: A Necessary Change
BY: A GUEST ON JAN 3RD, 2012 | SYNTAX: NONE | SIZE: 5.70 KB | VIEWS: 1,604 | EXPIRES: NEVER
The Steps to Achieve our Goals
A Necessary Change
Attention Brothers and Sisters of Anonymous:
As a participant of Anonymous, I see our movement gaining speed. Let me explain an analogy. Our movement is like unto a train that does not stop. We are gaining speed rapidly. It appears to us that we are moving along with great progress. The Occupy movement is doing well. We are progressing rapidly.
Let me explain how this is not the case. Many of you may not agree with me. I am calling for an absolute change to our objectives and priorities. Please ponder this with an open mind.
Our great train is barreling towards a wall that will destroy us, if not thought out correctly. I fear for our movement. I understand we have no leader, and that is ABSOLUTELY FINE! It occurs to me that we are getting ahead of ourselves. We have begun to create grand ideas and goals to achieve our ultimate goal: Freedom! Some of you may have already created these grand goals. That is okay as well, but our movement CAN'T handle all of these goals.
We have become like a child in a candy store. We are running around and picking candy, while, suddenly, switching to another candy. This is DESTROYING the movement! We must stop this at once. It seems that everyone is picking and choosing a step to help complete.
This is where we must stop altogether. Get our priorities in order or else we WILL FAIL!
Let me ask you a few questions. Who can create a press release? Who can make a video? Who can create targets? Who can cause an action to take place?
The answer to all the above is simple. Anyone. Yes, anyone can make all of those things. We are ANONYMOUS. The truth is, we DON'T KNOW who makes these? It could be any of us. It could be an outsider. Who is an outsider? Also, the answer is anyone. Your neighbor, friend, teacher, leaders, your family, even the government itself.
These "Outsiders" are set on destroying the movement. How can they influence us to make the wrong decision? Like I said above, through videos, press releases, targets, anything that makes us take an action could possibly come from an Outsider. This is a sad truth that we all wish we could deny. Some of you might.
I am telling you we NEED TO FOLLOW A SET PATH OF STEPS! Here is a simple objective list I have made to show you what I mean:
Spread the word of Anonymous
a.) PLAN
Take Action
a.) PLAN
Play the Defense
a.) PLAN
Survive
Reap the Rewards
Our movement has gained MUCH momentum. We have spread the word. We are ready. The one problem is that we are not PLANNING! Brothers and Sisters, we still have not gotten to Step 2 yet. We need to begin Step 1a. That is to Plan!
Plan our targets carefully. Stalk them, learn them, BE the target. Learn about them. A simple "Dox" is not enough. Plan the action we will take. Some of you may believe in the "NWO" or the "Illuminati". These organizations may work in mysterious ways. To control our thoughts and provoke an action in their favor.
How can they do this? They have DECIDED what we will do! They have planned accordingly. They have DECIDED we will fail! Eldridge Cleaver said,
"They use FORCE to MAKE you do, what the DECIDERS have DECIDED you MUST do!"
They call themselves the DECIDERS! I say they have not decided, but merely hypothesized the outcome. Sadly, it is ruling in their favor.
How can we stop their "DECISIONS"? This is also another common phrase used by modern people. "Fight fire with fire" WE MUST DECIDE! HOW DO WE WANT OUR MOVEMENT TO RESULT? In their favor, or our favor? The people say in OUR favor! Follow the steps. DO NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES WITH LARGE GOALS!
Once we leave our planning stage, there is NO GOING BACK! The DECIDERS will become nervous that we have caught onto their plan. We are taking control and no one will stop us. They will attempt by waging wars. Even silent wars you won't hear about. I am telling you right now, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS US TO KEEP ON THE TRACK WE ARE GOING! Why are we not being hunted down like the Nazis did to Jews in the Holocaust? We are not considered a threat by the governments, because we are on the track they want us to take! GET OFF!
Brake the chains of oppression! Like the great philosopher Karl Marx told the world, spread the word among the rooftops! Fight your OPPRESSORS with words and courage! Tell everyone about the evils the governments create!
SPREAD THIS WORK TO ALL YOU SEE! PRINT THIS OUT AND HANDOUT TO THE MASSES! TEACH THE WORLD OF TRUE FREEDOM!
WE ARE NOT YOUR PUPPETS! WE ARE NOT YOUR SLAVES! WE ARE NOT YOUR CHILDREN! WE ARE NOT YOUR WORKERS!
WE ARE ANONYMOUS!
We hide our identities because we are NOT scared! THIS IS OUR WAR CRY!
WE ARE LEGION!
Our masks unify us in solidarity! ANONYMOUS be our name to signify us as ONE! You CANNOT address thousands of identities as multiples, but as ONE! We are one in purpose! THIS IS OUR STRENGTH!
WE DO NOT FORGIVE!
The atrocities that have been committed by governments is numberless. We learn these evils and combat them! THIS IS OUR CAUSE!
WE DO NOT FORGET!
We do not forget the atrocities committed by the governments! We do not forget the years of OPPRESSION and PAIN! THIS IS OUR KNOWLEDGE!
EXPECT US!
Our OPPRESSORS never thought we could find them and undermine their plans of CONTROL and DESTRUCTION! We will OBLITERATE them and their supporters! They should have known we were coming! You CANNOT stop the power of the people! THIS IS OUR MESSAGE!
Remain Anonymous, Brothers and Sisters! For we can WIN this battle! We can operate as ONE! We can get the people in power!
irc.anonops.li
OpBlackout
OpBlackout-StopSOPA
OpBlackout-Propaganda
While some of the combined styles of language vary wildly, the over arching message is universally accurate. We must plan better or the internet will not last. That's why I did not join the Jan 18th blackout with Wikipedia, Google and Reddit. I was and still am too busy developing the end game answer to this call for planning.
I created the dapp (decentralized or distributed applications like bitcoin, bittorrent, TOR, etc) codenamed BitVote which is the flagship Dapp for Ethereums upcoming release in March 2015. The reason I am so personally grateful for Stewarts silence is that when everyone is screaming like kids in candy stores then no one can hear my plan. In the end it's no different than any other form of censorship if no one even gets a chance to check out our work at BitVote.GitHub.Com
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thank you for silence
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recycled_ideas
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlrry2
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The police are no different in Britain, it's the law that is different.
The issue is the definition you're using of public. The police do not serve the public in an individual sense, that's impossible, and a fairly bad idea for all sorts of reasons.
The police serve the public as a whole. For the most part they do this by enforcing the rules which the public has decided should be enforced to serve the public interests those laws are intended to promote.
That is to say, they don't arrest murderers because they serve the victim or the victim's family, they do so because having a murderer on the street and more importantly having people believe they can kill without consequences is bad for society.
The problem with the US is more that they don't sufficiently enforce the law than that they enforce it to much. If you're black or other minority you get the full force of the law, if you're middle class and white you don't. White Americans vote for all sorts of moronic laws because they know they won't be applied to them, when they are applied to them the outrage is instantaneous and extreme.
That said this isn't even one of those cases.
Eric Garner was suspected of involvement in a fight, on this suspicion he was arrested. Because he was an idiot he resisted that arrest, there's reasons why he did this, but none of them make it not a stupid thing to do.
As they will always do, the police responded with force, to arrest him in spite of his resistance. This resulted in his death, which is not illegal. The chokehold was a violation of NYPD policy and as a result of this, the officer involved lost his badge.
The
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of this and most of these scenarios is that if you refuse to comply with a lawful command or arrest from law enforcement they can and usually will use force. That application of force is never safe and you might die, if you do the cop will walk, as they should unless intent to kill can be established.
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topcat512
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmltm7c
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I wouldn't justify it either but my dad always warned me to never argue with a police officer because if they see an opportunity to screw you and make their arrest/ticket quota, they will take it. Cops love acting like dicks and getting in your face because what the fuck are you going to do? Raise your voice? Back away? Kick their ass? Harold and Kumar has a nice scene about it:
I would never dream of waving my arms around and yelling like Garner was doing. To some steroid abusing cop who's grown up on action movies his whole life, it was a green light to take him down. You can see Garner get excited and yank his arm out of the officers grip as they try cuffing him. That's all the guy behind him, (the murderer), needed. He sees a chance to use that MMA move he was taught so he pounces on him. In the adrenaline rush, they got carried away because it's not their job to show restraint or protect the public. Their job is to catch criminals and maintain order.
Step up to a cop, no matter how justified you may be, and you will get smacked down. I mean a fucking ticket for selling loosies turns into murder just because Garner waves his hand around. Clearly cops are fucking crazy. So no, it wasn't justified but common sense should tell you that the American police officer is a dangerous lunatic who should be treated like a bear when encountered. No sudden movements and a soft tone of voice.
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He should not have resisted because cops are fucking insane. Common sense and history should tell you that raising your voice or getting agitated gives inexperienced cops, (already not the sharpest members of society by any means) a license to fucking murder you over a petty offense. You're caught selling loosies? Shut the fuck up and plead the fifth. At least you'll live.
edit: clarity
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kami232
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlued1
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So the murder of non-blacks is OK because it happens less often?
Yeah, racial profiling is a problem, but if you're going to focus on some victims and not all, then you're still doing a disservice preventing justice for all (cherry picking who gets justice is wrong). That's what luizn is saying. He's right. All citizens, tourists, and even the illegals should be protected from police brutality. It's not sentiment; it's fact. You can do that and target racial profiling as well.
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stop getting into a bitchy fight of " this is more important " when it's not just blacks that get killed murdered by cops - justified or otherwise. Or do I need to remind you of Kelly Thomas?
Brutality is brutality; that needs to be addressed regardless of race. You're just as bad as those who don't want to address racial problems if you refuse to acknowledge that police brutality goes beyond race.
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Sparcrypt
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlui0j
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Look, I don't know how often this needs to be said but that was not a choke hold . This is bullshit fear mongering by the media trying to stir up yet more racial tension and it's fucking disgusting.
All this bullshit about their being "No ambiguities" is getting on my nerves. I have spent quite a few years training in grappling martial arts where chokes are very common. I have been choked many hundreds of times, to the point of passing out several times. Let me point out a few things for you all:
You cannot talk if a windpipe choke is being applied with enough force to stop you breathing. Not. A. Chance. It hurts a lot and any noise you can make will be along the lines of "URGGHGHGHQHAHAHAHH!!!". You will not be relatively calmly saying "I can't breath".
Windpipe chokes will not render you unconscious quickly.
A blood choke will knock you out quickly, but it does not directly impede your ability to breath. You breath just fine (maybe slightly restricted due to the arm being there, but not overly), see some stars then collapse like a wet rag.
Watching the video, that was not a choke. There may have been some pressure on his windpipe from the guys arm, but the fact that he could still talk meant there was no significant amount of it. It did appear the cop was positioned to be able to apply a Hadaka jime choke however for it to be applied successfully he would have needed to put his head down to the side almost on the guys shoulder and pulled his arm up and across with his right hand. There would be discomfort from that positioning absolutely but no real risk of being seriously choked.
Even assuming it was a full on windpipe choke (which it was not), it was only on for 20 seconds or so. Again, they hurt and they're not fun, they will not kill you.
The headlock was removed and the guy continued to say he couldn't breath. If you are being choked and have it released you are able to breath again right away.
On a person that large the head is an ideal target because if you control it you control their whole body. This is why a headlock was used, so they officer didn't need to lift the guys full body weight.
This, combined with the fact that the guy did not die due to asphyxiation says what? That the 'choking' did not kill him . The arm around his neck may have triggered a panic attack/asthma attack or whatever else but guess what? Police do not have your medical history and if you have these issues and decide to resist that is a risk you take . It does not make the officer responsible for your injuries suffered when they have to use force.
People need to stop acting like they're masters of body mechanics and assuming an arm around someones neck means they're being choked.
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There was nothing in that video that showed evidence of an actual, dangerous choke.
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misterTaco
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlurld
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Plus there is the whole use of force continuum that police officers are trained to adhere to. They are to escalate and de-escalate use of force in accordance to the situation at the present moment. Even if that officer felt that chokehold was necessary while he was standing, as soon as he is prone on the ground, all of that necessity just flew out the window, and he is supposed to stop, in accordance to the PD's own Standard operating procedure.
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The cop used much more force than was necessary and went against his own training and procedures. He should be charged.
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Couldbegigolo
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlvsai
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There was a vid on justice porn of a verbally crude guy and the person he called names attacked him. The guy saying the obscenities was apparently mentally ill, not that it should be relevant. The guy beat him up, had him on the ground and pinned him with his knee/foot, but the guy laying there continued to say shit and try to move, so the violent person kicked him in the head. Redditor thought that was ok "cause he shouldnt say shit and resist in that position".
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people are morons with no understanding.
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ForumPointsRdumb
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlvuqs
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If this isn't a joke. I almost died early in life because of an asshole lifeguard who thought the same thing. I didn't know how to swim at all and was not very buoyant due to my small bony structure. I was at the pool just walking a little deeper and deeper. At 4ft deep I was hopping on my tiptoes to stay above water. For some reason I couldn't move to the shallower water, the deeper water was sucking me further in. Realizing I was in trouble after going under a few times I begin to panic and yell for help. The pool was not crowded at all, I don't know why he didn't react. Luckily my mother heard and reacted to my pleas for help and frantic splashing.
Someone in the process of drowning (ie choking on water) will have trouble making vocalizations, but ultimately still may be able to make sounds.
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People in trouble in the water can call for help. Please do not misunderstand the Bunny Lord's phrasing.
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BadgerRush
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news
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t5_2qh3l
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cmlwpb5
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Also, to the pedants, yes, if you can say you cant breathe you can breathe. However, when you feel your airway closing and don't feel as if you can breathe, it is pretty fair to say you can't breathe.
Actually, the pendants (and you for agreeing) are wrong. There are many cases when it is possible to say you can't breathe while you can't breathe. The only requirement for talking is for very small amount of any gas (it doesn't need to be oxygen rich) to pass trough your larynx (on its way out).
Breathing on the other hand requires many things to happen, if one of those fails you may appear to be breathing but little O2 gets into your system. You have to expel most of the CO2 heavy gas in your lungs past a long dead distance (the "piping" between the lungs and outside), and then pull new gas with more O2 (again past all the dead distance) until it reaches your lungs. So if you can only pull/push a small amount of air (while being chocked), you can still talk, but the amount of air may be not enough to travel all the way into your lungs (before it finishes filling the "piping" it starts to be expelled).
Also, talking involves mostly expelling air, what is always easy (even when being chocked, crushed, etc) because the positive air pressure forces the airways open. But when inspiring the negative air pressure becomes another strong force trying to close the already restricted airways, in other words, the act of breathing-in works against breathing-in.
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in many cases it is possible to say that you can't breath when you can't breath.
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