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Atheists_Are_Annoyin | Lets define some terms:
1. **Stock** - also known as equity. Shares of stock represent partial ownership in a company. If company A has 100 publicly traded shares and I own 10 shares, I own 10% of the company and am entitled to 10% of the company's profits.
2. **Fund** - Come in two main forms, ["mutual fund" or "exchange traded fund" (ETF)]( A fund manager manages the money in the fund and buys a collection of stocks (or bonds or other investments). As an investor, you buy into the fund and it's as if you own small pieces of all the stocks owned by the fund. For example, lets say a mutual fund owns shares of [Coke]( [Exxon]( [McDonalds]( [Nike]( and [Microsoft]( If you wanted to own stock in all those companies, instead of buying shares of each one, you just buy into the mutual fund. The returns of the mutual fund correspond to the returns of all the underlying stocks it holds.
3. **Market Index** - These are things like "[The S&P500]( and the "[Dow Jones Industrial Average (aka "The Dow")]( Indexes are like a measurement of the performance of large parts of the stock market. (They can also measure other markets, like the US bond market, and so on.) The S&P500, for example is an index that measures the performance of around 500 of the largest publicly traded US companies (the stocks I mentioned above, Coke and so on are all part of the S&P500). Market indexes are useful because they give you an idea of how the overall stock market is performing. If most stocks go up one day, the the S&P probably went up too.
> So what is an index fund?
An index fund is a fund (duh) that tracks a market index. [SPY]( is the most popular example of an S&P500 index ETF. SPY holds all the companies in the S&P500 and SPY's performance closely follows the performance of the S&P500. There are US stock market index funds (like SPY), bond market index funds, international stock index funds, and so on.
> So why is an index fund a good thing?
1. **Diversity** - You may have heard "diversity" or "diversify your portfolio" as important concepts in investing. It's risky to own shares of only a few companies. If you own only the 5 companies I mentioned above in equal weights (20% coke, 20% microsoft, etc) and McDonalds goes bankrupt and its stock price goes to 0 (unlikely, but go with me on this) you would lose 1/5 of your retirement savings. However, if you own 100 companies, the impact of a single one on your porfolio value is much smaller. A company could go out of business and you would only lose 1% of your portfolio's value. Basically, for people that aren't investment professionals, lots of diversification is a good thing.
** If you buy SPY (a S&P500 index fund), you're effectively buying stock in nearly 500 of the largest companies in the US. Index funds make it incredibly easy to be well-diversified.
2. **Low Cost** - Fund managers work hard (I imagine), and they must get paid. The fund's expenses (which includes paying the manager(s), an other stuff) are deducted from the assets in the fund. This takes the form of an expense ratio, which tells you how much of your investment gets taken out each year to pay the funds expenses. Some mutual funds and ETFs can have high expenses (for example, 1% a year. For every $1000 you invest, you lose $10 per year to expenses). Since index funds are very straightforward (basically just copy the index you're trying to replicate), they have very low annual expenses. For example, SPY charges just 0.09% per year ($0.90 for every $1000 you invest).
3. **Simplicity** - One fund, hundreds or thousands of individual stocks. It makes it quite easy to get exposure to everything you need.
> heard thats the safest investment one can do
The "safeness" depends on which index fund you choose. Stocks are inherently risky. Stock index funds are risky as well. The diversity they provide does reduce some of the risk, but if the stock market crashes, you're gonna feel the pain just like everyone else.
> at the end of the year can i get 7 percent return
*Historically* and *on average* the stock market has returned about 7% or so per year. However, this is by no means a guarantee. [In 2013, the US stock market (and thus the S&P) were up almost 30%. During the crash of 2008, they were down almost 40%]( Stock prices can fluctuate wildly from day to day, month to month, and year to year. It's important to be in it for the long haul though.
However, if you hold on to an S&P500 index fund for 20+ years, your return will likely be somewhere in the neighborhood of 7% (although some argue things are changing and something like 4%-5% is more likely for the future, but that's beyond my scope). There is, of course, no guarantee, but if you believe in the productivity and the profitability of American (or global) businesses, it's a good bet to make.
> how does it magically grow?
An index fund is not a magical box that spits out money. It represents ownership (remember, it's a collection of stocks) in a bunch of companies. Those companies' goal is to be profitable and generate returns for their shareholders. If the companies you own do well, their stock price will increase and your portfolio will increase in value accordingly. If they do badly, their stock prices will decline, and you investments will lose money.
> is there some kinda account where my 200 dollars a month gets accumulated and could i withdraw the cash whenever i want?
If you invest it in a taxable account, you can sell your funds and withdraw the money when you want, but you have to pay taxes on any gains you made. If you keep it in a retirement account, you avoid some of the taxes, but there are penalties for withdrawing your money before retirement.
Further reading:
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Sorry, this got a little out of hand.
TLDR: It's a little bit complicated, but a index fund is like taking the average of all the stocks that make up a particular market. They are a simplified investment that offers low-expenses and wide diversification. | Lets define some terms:
Stock - also known as equity. Shares of stock represent partial ownership in a company. If company A has 100 publicly traded shares and I own 10 shares, I own 10% of the company and am entitled to 10% of the company's profits.
Fund - Come in two main forms, "mutual fund" or "exchange traded fund" (ETF) . As an investor, you buy into the fund and it's as if you own small pieces of all the stocks owned by the fund. For example, lets say a mutual fund owns shares of [Coke]( [Exxon]( [McDonalds]( [Nike]( and [Microsoft]( If you wanted to own stock in all those companies, instead of buying shares of each one, you just buy into the mutual fund. The returns of the mutual fund correspond to the returns of all the underlying stocks it holds.
Market Index - These are things like " The S&P500 ]( Indexes are like a measurement of the performance of large parts of the stock market. (They can also measure other markets, like the US bond market, and so on.) The S&P500, for example is an index that measures the performance of around 500 of the largest publicly traded US companies (the stocks I mentioned above, Coke and so on are all part of the S&P500). Market indexes are useful because they give you an idea of how the overall stock market is performing. If most stocks go up one day, the the S&P probably went up too.
> So what is an index fund?
An index fund is a fund (duh) that tracks a market index. SPY , bond market index funds, international stock index funds, and so on.
> So why is an index fund a good thing?
Diversity - You may have heard "diversity" or "diversify your portfolio" as important concepts in investing. It's risky to own shares of only a few companies. If you own only the 5 companies I mentioned above in equal weights (20% coke, 20% microsoft, etc) and McDonalds goes bankrupt and its stock price goes to 0 (unlikely, but go with me on this) you would lose 1/5 of your retirement savings. However, if you own 100 companies, the impact of a single one on your porfolio value is much smaller. A company could go out of business and you would only lose 1% of your portfolio's value. Basically, for people that aren't investment professionals, lots of diversification is a good thing.
** If you buy SPY (a S&P500 index fund), you're effectively buying stock in nearly 500 of the largest companies in the US. Index funds make it incredibly easy to be well-diversified.
Low Cost - Fund managers work hard (I imagine), and they must get paid. The fund's expenses (which includes paying the manager(s), an other stuff) are deducted from the assets in the fund. This takes the form of an expense ratio, which tells you how much of your investment gets taken out each year to pay the funds expenses. Some mutual funds and ETFs can have high expenses (for example, 1% a year. For every $1000 you invest, you lose $10 per year to expenses). Since index funds are very straightforward (basically just copy the index you're trying to replicate), they have very low annual expenses. For example, SPY charges just 0.09% per year ($0.90 for every $1000 you invest).
Simplicity - One fund, hundreds or thousands of individual stocks. It makes it quite easy to get exposure to everything you need.
> heard thats the safest investment one can do
The "safeness" depends on which index fund you choose. Stocks are inherently risky. Stock index funds are risky as well. The diversity they provide does reduce some of the risk, but if the stock market crashes, you're gonna feel the pain just like everyone else.
> at the end of the year can i get 7 percent return
Historically and on average the stock market has returned about 7% or so per year. However, this is by no means a guarantee. [In 2013, the US stock market (and thus the S&P) were up almost 30%. During the crash of 2008, they were down almost 40%]( Stock prices can fluctuate wildly from day to day, month to month, and year to year. It's important to be in it for the long haul though.
However, if you hold on to an S&P500 index fund for 20+ years, your return will likely be somewhere in the neighborhood of 7% (although some argue things are changing and something like 4%-5% is more likely for the future, but that's beyond my scope). There is, of course, no guarantee, but if you believe in the productivity and the profitability of American (or global) businesses, it's a good bet to make.
> how does it magically grow?
An index fund is not a magical box that spits out money. It represents ownership (remember, it's a collection of stocks) in a bunch of companies. Those companies' goal is to be profitable and generate returns for their shareholders. If the companies you own do well, their stock price will increase and your portfolio will increase in value accordingly. If they do badly, their stock prices will decline, and you investments will lose money.
> is there some kinda account where my 200 dollars a month gets accumulated and could i withdraw the cash whenever i want?
If you invest it in a taxable account, you can sell your funds and withdraw the money when you want, but you have to pay taxes on any gains you made. If you keep it in a retirement account, you avoid some of the taxes, but there are penalties for withdrawing your money before retirement.
Further reading:
Sorry, this got a little out of hand.
TLDR: It's a little bit complicated, but a index fund is like taking the average of all the stocks that make up a particular market. They are a simplified investment that offers low-expenses and wide diversification.
| investing | t5_2qhhq | cmxqlmd | Lets define some terms:
Stock - also known as equity. Shares of stock represent partial ownership in a company. If company A has 100 publicly traded shares and I own 10 shares, I own 10% of the company and am entitled to 10% of the company's profits.
Fund - Come in two main forms, "mutual fund" or "exchange traded fund" (ETF) . As an investor, you buy into the fund and it's as if you own small pieces of all the stocks owned by the fund. For example, lets say a mutual fund owns shares of [Coke]( [Exxon]( [McDonalds]( [Nike]( and [Microsoft]( If you wanted to own stock in all those companies, instead of buying shares of each one, you just buy into the mutual fund. The returns of the mutual fund correspond to the returns of all the underlying stocks it holds.
Market Index - These are things like " The S&P500 ]( Indexes are like a measurement of the performance of large parts of the stock market. (They can also measure other markets, like the US bond market, and so on.) The S&P500, for example is an index that measures the performance of around 500 of the largest publicly traded US companies (the stocks I mentioned above, Coke and so on are all part of the S&P500). Market indexes are useful because they give you an idea of how the overall stock market is performing. If most stocks go up one day, the the S&P probably went up too.
> So what is an index fund?
An index fund is a fund (duh) that tracks a market index. SPY , bond market index funds, international stock index funds, and so on.
> So why is an index fund a good thing?
Diversity - You may have heard "diversity" or "diversify your portfolio" as important concepts in investing. It's risky to own shares of only a few companies. If you own only the 5 companies I mentioned above in equal weights (20% coke, 20% microsoft, etc) and McDonalds goes bankrupt and its stock price goes to 0 (unlikely, but go with me on this) you would lose 1/5 of your retirement savings. However, if you own 100 companies, the impact of a single one on your porfolio value is much smaller. A company could go out of business and you would only lose 1% of your portfolio's value. Basically, for people that aren't investment professionals, lots of diversification is a good thing.
** If you buy SPY (a S&P500 index fund), you're effectively buying stock in nearly 500 of the largest companies in the US. Index funds make it incredibly easy to be well-diversified.
Low Cost - Fund managers work hard (I imagine), and they must get paid. The fund's expenses (which includes paying the manager(s), an other stuff) are deducted from the assets in the fund. This takes the form of an expense ratio, which tells you how much of your investment gets taken out each year to pay the funds expenses. Some mutual funds and ETFs can have high expenses (for example, 1% a year. For every $1000 you invest, you lose $10 per year to expenses). Since index funds are very straightforward (basically just copy the index you're trying to replicate), they have very low annual expenses. For example, SPY charges just 0.09% per year ($0.90 for every $1000 you invest).
Simplicity - One fund, hundreds or thousands of individual stocks. It makes it quite easy to get exposure to everything you need.
> heard thats the safest investment one can do
The "safeness" depends on which index fund you choose. Stocks are inherently risky. Stock index funds are risky as well. The diversity they provide does reduce some of the risk, but if the stock market crashes, you're gonna feel the pain just like everyone else.
> at the end of the year can i get 7 percent return
Historically and on average the stock market has returned about 7% or so per year. However, this is by no means a guarantee. [In 2013, the US stock market (and thus the S&P) were up almost 30%. During the crash of 2008, they were down almost 40%]( Stock prices can fluctuate wildly from day to day, month to month, and year to year. It's important to be in it for the long haul though.
However, if you hold on to an S&P500 index fund for 20+ years, your return will likely be somewhere in the neighborhood of 7% (although some argue things are changing and something like 4%-5% is more likely for the future, but that's beyond my scope). There is, of course, no guarantee, but if you believe in the productivity and the profitability of American (or global) businesses, it's a good bet to make.
> how does it magically grow?
An index fund is not a magical box that spits out money. It represents ownership (remember, it's a collection of stocks) in a bunch of companies. Those companies' goal is to be profitable and generate returns for their shareholders. If the companies you own do well, their stock price will increase and your portfolio will increase in value accordingly. If they do badly, their stock prices will decline, and you investments will lose money.
> is there some kinda account where my 200 dollars a month gets accumulated and could i withdraw the cash whenever i want?
If you invest it in a taxable account, you can sell your funds and withdraw the money when you want, but you have to pay taxes on any gains you made. If you keep it in a retirement account, you avoid some of the taxes, but there are penalties for withdrawing your money before retirement.
Further reading:
Sorry, this got a little out of hand. | It's a little bit complicated, but a index fund is like taking the average of all the stocks that make up a particular market. They are a simplified investment that offers low-expenses and wide diversification. |
Algebrace | What battle is this? If its an open plain with maybe some undulations and defilades then Seal Team wins since "Top Sniper" means shit, you need a spotter as well to range and adjust fire.
Access to the Marine Corps doesnt mean much since the guy is a Navy Seal and Marines dont operate under the same umbrella, so they all get called out... and the SEALs just vacate the area and come back another time.
Raids Against Al-Quaeda = every American soldier's job
300 Confirmed kills = not much when you are a "sniper" and given the way the guy writes he probably shot 299 innocent people and a guy with a pipe
Gorilla Warfare = using overwhelming force win an obtuse manner to demonstrate superiority with no sense of finesse = destroyed by anyone who knows what they are doing
Spies dont mean much if the SEALs just buy literally everything with their money
Hand to Hand combat = Equal but since there are more SEALs they win.
So tl;dr... SEALs beat the crap out of the guy and make fun of him for being a keyboard warrior
I would like to add however that SEALs arent combat infantry. Rather they are there for intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, infiltration etc, stuff that requires high levels of individual skill and ability. Each of these guys has paratrooper wings, diving qualifications, sniper, demolitions, first aid etc, as in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars worth of investment... you aren't going to be throwing these guys into a meatgrinder unless you are A: A Politician, B: An Idiot.
So these threads of Special Forces Group X vs Y arent showcasing the strengths of said team, its like using a scalpel to mine iron ore. | What battle is this? If its an open plain with maybe some undulations and defilades then Seal Team wins since "Top Sniper" means shit, you need a spotter as well to range and adjust fire.
Access to the Marine Corps doesnt mean much since the guy is a Navy Seal and Marines dont operate under the same umbrella, so they all get called out... and the SEALs just vacate the area and come back another time.
Raids Against Al-Quaeda = every American soldier's job
300 Confirmed kills = not much when you are a "sniper" and given the way the guy writes he probably shot 299 innocent people and a guy with a pipe
Gorilla Warfare = using overwhelming force win an obtuse manner to demonstrate superiority with no sense of finesse = destroyed by anyone who knows what they are doing
Spies dont mean much if the SEALs just buy literally everything with their money
Hand to Hand combat = Equal but since there are more SEALs they win.
So tl;dr... SEALs beat the crap out of the guy and make fun of him for being a keyboard warrior
I would like to add however that SEALs arent combat infantry. Rather they are there for intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, infiltration etc, stuff that requires high levels of individual skill and ability. Each of these guys has paratrooper wings, diving qualifications, sniper, demolitions, first aid etc, as in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars worth of investment... you aren't going to be throwing these guys into a meatgrinder unless you are A: A Politician, B: An Idiot.
So these threads of Special Forces Group X vs Y arent showcasing the strengths of said team, its like using a scalpel to mine iron ore.
| whowouldwin | t5_2s599 | cmxkub8 | What battle is this? If its an open plain with maybe some undulations and defilades then Seal Team wins since "Top Sniper" means shit, you need a spotter as well to range and adjust fire.
Access to the Marine Corps doesnt mean much since the guy is a Navy Seal and Marines dont operate under the same umbrella, so they all get called out... and the SEALs just vacate the area and come back another time.
Raids Against Al-Quaeda = every American soldier's job
300 Confirmed kills = not much when you are a "sniper" and given the way the guy writes he probably shot 299 innocent people and a guy with a pipe
Gorilla Warfare = using overwhelming force win an obtuse manner to demonstrate superiority with no sense of finesse = destroyed by anyone who knows what they are doing
Spies dont mean much if the SEALs just buy literally everything with their money
Hand to Hand combat = Equal but since there are more SEALs they win.
So | SEALs beat the crap out of the guy and make fun of him for being a keyboard warrior
I would like to add however that SEALs arent combat infantry. Rather they are there for intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, infiltration etc, stuff that requires high levels of individual skill and ability. Each of these guys has paratrooper wings, diving qualifications, sniper, demolitions, first aid etc, as in hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars worth of investment... you aren't going to be throwing these guys into a meatgrinder unless you are A: A Politician, B: An Idiot.
So these threads of Special Forces Group X vs Y arent showcasing the strengths of said team, its like using a scalpel to mine iron ore. |
birdlawyerjd | ...Do you have any idea what quality of life in Cuba is like? Free world class health care and education. Without the whole U.S/west throwing hissy fits and doing everything possible to crush the Cuban economy (especially sectors relating civilian goods after the collapse of the USSR) it'd probably be even better. Edit: TLDR replies: Cuba bad, U.S good, mostly uppermiddleclass/highly religious Cubans emigrated after their "evil communist dictator" let them... | ...Do you have any idea what quality of life in Cuba is like? Free world class health care and education. Without the whole U.S/west throwing hissy fits and doing everything possible to crush the Cuban economy (especially sectors relating civilian goods after the collapse of the USSR) it'd probably be even better. Edit: TLDR replies: Cuba bad, U.S good, mostly uppermiddleclass/highly religious Cubans emigrated after their "evil communist dictator" let them...
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cmxo3sj | Do you have any idea what quality of life in Cuba is like? Free world class health care and education. Without the whole U.S/west throwing hissy fits and doing everything possible to crush the Cuban economy (especially sectors relating civilian goods after the collapse of the USSR) it'd probably be even better. Edit: | replies: Cuba bad, U.S good, mostly uppermiddleclass/highly religious Cubans emigrated after their "evil communist dictator" let them... |
RaginRobertG | One of the reasons I prefer to travel to Cuba over the Dominican Republic and Mexico , and have done so frequently over the last ten years, is the absence of the American populace. Now, before I get reamed for anti-American sentiment, bare with me. Part of the allure of Cuba is the more laid back tourist base and the resulting environment, and this in part comes from the minimal volume due to the restrictions on Americans traveling there. Not to say that Canadians can't be wild, uncontrollable and disgustingly confrontational; they can be. But because of the minimal tourist base, it doesn't hold the same reputation as "Party Central", and henceforth, all the "just turned 18 so let's get stewed and fuck shit up without fear of consequence because I'm outside my local jurisdiction" crowd tend to travel to other areas. Which makes traveling to Cuba more enjoyable.
Also, the country is among the safest, if not the safest, for tourists. Every citizen in that country understands the importance of the tourist industry, and go out of their way to ensure your safety. I feel safer in the slums of Havana or Holguin, than I do in parts of Ottawa.
The food, however, is sub-par. And this, of course, is a result of the embargo and the inability to get quality food from a neighbour that rests 80 KM to the north.
TL;DR: Cuba has a certain culture and environment about it due to American travel restrictions. It'd be a shame if that was eradicated. | One of the reasons I prefer to travel to Cuba over the Dominican Republic and Mexico , and have done so frequently over the last ten years, is the absence of the American populace. Now, before I get reamed for anti-American sentiment, bare with me. Part of the allure of Cuba is the more laid back tourist base and the resulting environment, and this in part comes from the minimal volume due to the restrictions on Americans traveling there. Not to say that Canadians can't be wild, uncontrollable and disgustingly confrontational; they can be. But because of the minimal tourist base, it doesn't hold the same reputation as "Party Central", and henceforth, all the "just turned 18 so let's get stewed and fuck shit up without fear of consequence because I'm outside my local jurisdiction" crowd tend to travel to other areas. Which makes traveling to Cuba more enjoyable.
Also, the country is among the safest, if not the safest, for tourists. Every citizen in that country understands the importance of the tourist industry, and go out of their way to ensure your safety. I feel safer in the slums of Havana or Holguin, than I do in parts of Ottawa.
The food, however, is sub-par. And this, of course, is a result of the embargo and the inability to get quality food from a neighbour that rests 80 KM to the north.
TL;DR: Cuba has a certain culture and environment about it due to American travel restrictions. It'd be a shame if that was eradicated.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cmxp8zg | One of the reasons I prefer to travel to Cuba over the Dominican Republic and Mexico , and have done so frequently over the last ten years, is the absence of the American populace. Now, before I get reamed for anti-American sentiment, bare with me. Part of the allure of Cuba is the more laid back tourist base and the resulting environment, and this in part comes from the minimal volume due to the restrictions on Americans traveling there. Not to say that Canadians can't be wild, uncontrollable and disgustingly confrontational; they can be. But because of the minimal tourist base, it doesn't hold the same reputation as "Party Central", and henceforth, all the "just turned 18 so let's get stewed and fuck shit up without fear of consequence because I'm outside my local jurisdiction" crowd tend to travel to other areas. Which makes traveling to Cuba more enjoyable.
Also, the country is among the safest, if not the safest, for tourists. Every citizen in that country understands the importance of the tourist industry, and go out of their way to ensure your safety. I feel safer in the slums of Havana or Holguin, than I do in parts of Ottawa.
The food, however, is sub-par. And this, of course, is a result of the embargo and the inability to get quality food from a neighbour that rests 80 KM to the north. | Cuba has a certain culture and environment about it due to American travel restrictions. It'd be a shame if that was eradicated. |
killerhurtalot | going to cuba depends a lot on the time of the season, I bought tickets for $620ish with sunwing for thanksgiving since it's considered low season. If you wait until the last minute, it dropped to around $420 so they can fill out their chartered flight... But if you go during the SUPER high season of christmas and new years area, EVERYTHING will almost double the price (tickets are around 1-1.5k right now) and lodging there will be a lot more expensive too.
TLDR: it'll cost you less than $1200-1500 a person to go for a week including like a $400-800 spending money (depending on your lodging) if you go during low season, and it'll cost 2-3k easy during high season. | going to cuba depends a lot on the time of the season, I bought tickets for $620ish with sunwing for thanksgiving since it's considered low season. If you wait until the last minute, it dropped to around $420 so they can fill out their chartered flight... But if you go during the SUPER high season of christmas and new years area, EVERYTHING will almost double the price (tickets are around 1-1.5k right now) and lodging there will be a lot more expensive too.
TLDR: it'll cost you less than $1200-1500 a person to go for a week including like a $400-800 spending money (depending on your lodging) if you go during low season, and it'll cost 2-3k easy during high season.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cmxpuxe | going to cuba depends a lot on the time of the season, I bought tickets for $620ish with sunwing for thanksgiving since it's considered low season. If you wait until the last minute, it dropped to around $420 so they can fill out their chartered flight... But if you go during the SUPER high season of christmas and new years area, EVERYTHING will almost double the price (tickets are around 1-1.5k right now) and lodging there will be a lot more expensive too. | it'll cost you less than $1200-1500 a person to go for a week including like a $400-800 spending money (depending on your lodging) if you go during low season, and it'll cost 2-3k easy during high season. |
HOMEP1 | You're right, Cuban talent is raw, unrefined talent. There are a few guys in Cuba who are great but overall the level of play is below that of the major leagues.
Also, do you really think Cuban players don't take steroids or amphetamines?
I don't even know how to respond to your comment about some imaginary obese hitter who needs an oxygen mask.
TLDR = You're wrong on every level. | You're right, Cuban talent is raw, unrefined talent. There are a few guys in Cuba who are great but overall the level of play is below that of the major leagues.
Also, do you really think Cuban players don't take steroids or amphetamines?
I don't even know how to respond to your comment about some imaginary obese hitter who needs an oxygen mask.
TLDR = You're wrong on every level.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cmxz7gw | You're right, Cuban talent is raw, unrefined talent. There are a few guys in Cuba who are great but overall the level of play is below that of the major leagues.
Also, do you really think Cuban players don't take steroids or amphetamines?
I don't even know how to respond to your comment about some imaginary obese hitter who needs an oxygen mask. | You're wrong on every level. |
koji8123 | Media never really brings it up. It's from Cold war times when Fidel Castro revolted. something along the lines of USA fearing communism punished them with an embargo.
tl:dr there wasn't really ever a valid reason, we're hypocrites and finally things are getting better almost half a century later. | Media never really brings it up. It's from Cold war times when Fidel Castro revolted. something along the lines of USA fearing communism punished them with an embargo.
tl:dr there wasn't really ever a valid reason, we're hypocrites and finally things are getting better almost half a century later.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cmy2oy3 | Media never really brings it up. It's from Cold war times when Fidel Castro revolted. something along the lines of USA fearing communism punished them with an embargo. | there wasn't really ever a valid reason, we're hypocrites and finally things are getting better almost half a century later. |
CountedCrow | His reference back to Sonic 06 made me start wondering again whether or not Sonic Boom is a worse game. So rather than just agreeing with each other about how bad Boom is, how about we have a discussion about which is the shittier?
Personally, I think Boom is the worse title. 06 is still enjoyable in a surreal way, mostly because you can see some fun mechanics and parts through the obfuscation of glitches and bugs. Plus, the glitches happen naturally rather than having to be sought out. This combination of weird shit happening at random and that you can easily see how a finished version of 06 would be fun make 06 what it is.
Boom, while not as broken or unfinished (though certainly unfinished to some degree), usual requires players to seek out its glitches rather than have them naturally happen. On top of that, the game just has worse design choices. The game puts rings everywhere, and often has rings as a reward for completing extra challenges...but rings are littered everywhere and the fights are never challenging enough that you're below 100 rings. Combat is boring, as you can't string combos and none of the attacks feel remotely good or have any impact, platforming is a tedious quest for green buttons, running sections get fucked up by the bad framerate, and the plot is awful.
TL;DR Sonic 06 is more broken, but Boom has worse design choices, and I think this makes Boom a worse game. Thoughts? | His reference back to Sonic 06 made me start wondering again whether or not Sonic Boom is a worse game. So rather than just agreeing with each other about how bad Boom is, how about we have a discussion about which is the shittier?
Personally, I think Boom is the worse title. 06 is still enjoyable in a surreal way, mostly because you can see some fun mechanics and parts through the obfuscation of glitches and bugs. Plus, the glitches happen naturally rather than having to be sought out. This combination of weird shit happening at random and that you can easily see how a finished version of 06 would be fun make 06 what it is.
Boom, while not as broken or unfinished (though certainly unfinished to some degree), usual requires players to seek out its glitches rather than have them naturally happen. On top of that, the game just has worse design choices. The game puts rings everywhere, and often has rings as a reward for completing extra challenges...but rings are littered everywhere and the fights are never challenging enough that you're below 100 rings. Combat is boring, as you can't string combos and none of the attacks feel remotely good or have any impact, platforming is a tedious quest for green buttons, running sections get fucked up by the bad framerate, and the plot is awful.
TL;DR Sonic 06 is more broken, but Boom has worse design choices, and I think this makes Boom a worse game. Thoughts?
| gamegrumps | t5_2ulfu | cmxtp2i | His reference back to Sonic 06 made me start wondering again whether or not Sonic Boom is a worse game. So rather than just agreeing with each other about how bad Boom is, how about we have a discussion about which is the shittier?
Personally, I think Boom is the worse title. 06 is still enjoyable in a surreal way, mostly because you can see some fun mechanics and parts through the obfuscation of glitches and bugs. Plus, the glitches happen naturally rather than having to be sought out. This combination of weird shit happening at random and that you can easily see how a finished version of 06 would be fun make 06 what it is.
Boom, while not as broken or unfinished (though certainly unfinished to some degree), usual requires players to seek out its glitches rather than have them naturally happen. On top of that, the game just has worse design choices. The game puts rings everywhere, and often has rings as a reward for completing extra challenges...but rings are littered everywhere and the fights are never challenging enough that you're below 100 rings. Combat is boring, as you can't string combos and none of the attacks feel remotely good or have any impact, platforming is a tedious quest for green buttons, running sections get fucked up by the bad framerate, and the plot is awful. | Sonic 06 is more broken, but Boom has worse design choices, and I think this makes Boom a worse game. Thoughts? |
fluffman86 | No way that guy died. A .380 isn't powerful enough to drop a man. /s
Seriously, read that whole story. This 14 year old has 3 other brothers, at least one older than him. Their dad was murdered a few years ago outside his mechanic shop. His grandpa takes him and teaches him how to use a gun. His older brother hijacks a school bus. Now it's up to him as "the man of the house" to protect his younger brothers and grandma while grandpa is out of the house.
TL;DR- teach your kids to shoot, and make sure they know where the guns are stored. It could save their life. | No way that guy died. A .380 isn't powerful enough to drop a man. /s
Seriously, read that whole story. This 14 year old has 3 other brothers, at least one older than him. Their dad was murdered a few years ago outside his mechanic shop. His grandpa takes him and teaches him how to use a gun. His older brother hijacks a school bus. Now it's up to him as "the man of the house" to protect his younger brothers and grandma while grandpa is out of the house.
TL;DR- teach your kids to shoot, and make sure they know where the guns are stored. It could save their life.
| CCW | t5_2s4mc | cmy5jv4 | No way that guy died. A .380 isn't powerful enough to drop a man. /s
Seriously, read that whole story. This 14 year old has 3 other brothers, at least one older than him. Their dad was murdered a few years ago outside his mechanic shop. His grandpa takes him and teaches him how to use a gun. His older brother hijacks a school bus. Now it's up to him as "the man of the house" to protect his younger brothers and grandma while grandpa is out of the house. | teach your kids to shoot, and make sure they know where the guns are stored. It could save their life. |
megatom0 | The story, voice acting, and codex and stuff are all good. The graphics and animation and art direction though looks *bad* imo, to the point where it kind of detracts from the storytelling. I hope that one day they kind of retweak it with better graphics because the story deserves that IMO. I know I shouldn't get as hung up on that, but I feel like the graphics in Walking Dead were better or at least less distracting. I honestly feel like they didn't have enough time to get the graphics and animation down right. This might be fixed in the later chapters. I have the feeling the initially chapter might have been rushed out in time for Christmas, and thus lacks the more polished look of the Walking Dead games.
TL;DR: Good story and voice acting. Graphics and animation though is pretty bad even for a game like this. For me it is to the point where it detracts from the story. | The story, voice acting, and codex and stuff are all good. The graphics and animation and art direction though looks bad imo, to the point where it kind of detracts from the storytelling. I hope that one day they kind of retweak it with better graphics because the story deserves that IMO. I know I shouldn't get as hung up on that, but I feel like the graphics in Walking Dead were better or at least less distracting. I honestly feel like they didn't have enough time to get the graphics and animation down right. This might be fixed in the later chapters. I have the feeling the initially chapter might have been rushed out in time for Christmas, and thus lacks the more polished look of the Walking Dead games.
TL;DR: Good story and voice acting. Graphics and animation though is pretty bad even for a game like this. For me it is to the point where it detracts from the story.
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cmybxc8 | The story, voice acting, and codex and stuff are all good. The graphics and animation and art direction though looks bad imo, to the point where it kind of detracts from the storytelling. I hope that one day they kind of retweak it with better graphics because the story deserves that IMO. I know I shouldn't get as hung up on that, but I feel like the graphics in Walking Dead were better or at least less distracting. I honestly feel like they didn't have enough time to get the graphics and animation down right. This might be fixed in the later chapters. I have the feeling the initially chapter might have been rushed out in time for Christmas, and thus lacks the more polished look of the Walking Dead games. | Good story and voice acting. Graphics and animation though is pretty bad even for a game like this. For me it is to the point where it detracts from the story. |
a_salt_weapon | There's nothing to get because it's subjective. For a network like HBO, since they're premium subscription and have relatively few if any ads, Live+7 makes a lot more sense than a broadcast network. It's a stronger measure of the content fueling their revenue stream since the consumer is the investor and television the product. With broadcast TV, the consumer is the product, the advertiser the investor with ads being the fuel for the revenue stream. Ads are less valuable in a Live+3 or Live+7 measurement; This is not just because DVR viewers tend to skip commercials but you also have time sensitive ads like sales events and promos for other shows that you're trying to draw eyes to the ads.
TL;DR - HBO measures people paying for subs. Broadcast networks measure people viewing ads. Subs don't get skipped or expire like ads do. | There's nothing to get because it's subjective. For a network like HBO, since they're premium subscription and have relatively few if any ads, Live+7 makes a lot more sense than a broadcast network. It's a stronger measure of the content fueling their revenue stream since the consumer is the investor and television the product. With broadcast TV, the consumer is the product, the advertiser the investor with ads being the fuel for the revenue stream. Ads are less valuable in a Live+3 or Live+7 measurement; This is not just because DVR viewers tend to skip commercials but you also have time sensitive ads like sales events and promos for other shows that you're trying to draw eyes to the ads.
TL;DR - HBO measures people paying for subs. Broadcast networks measure people viewing ads. Subs don't get skipped or expire like ads do.
| television | t5_2qh6e | cmzojc9 | There's nothing to get because it's subjective. For a network like HBO, since they're premium subscription and have relatively few if any ads, Live+7 makes a lot more sense than a broadcast network. It's a stronger measure of the content fueling their revenue stream since the consumer is the investor and television the product. With broadcast TV, the consumer is the product, the advertiser the investor with ads being the fuel for the revenue stream. Ads are less valuable in a Live+3 or Live+7 measurement; This is not just because DVR viewers tend to skip commercials but you also have time sensitive ads like sales events and promos for other shows that you're trying to draw eyes to the ads. | HBO measures people paying for subs. Broadcast networks measure people viewing ads. Subs don't get skipped or expire like ads do. |
eureka00 | > Produced by Britain's Channel 4 television network and co-written and directed by Gabriel Range, "Death of a President," or "DOAP" as it has come to be called by its publicists, has garnered understandable notoriety after making its debut at the Toronto Film Festival and being picked up by the same studio that distributed "The Passion of the Christ." Two theater chains have refused to show the movie, which uses real-life news footage and flawless computerized special effects to create a chilling approximation of an assassination, and a few television and radio networks have decided not to air advertisements.
[Also from their wikipedia page](
> The central conceit of Death of a President was much criticised by those who believed it exploited the subject of presidential assassination, and that by doing so, was in bad taste. Gretchen Esell of the Texas Republican Party described the subject matter saying, "I find this shocking, I find it disturbing. I don't know if there are many people in America who would want to watch something like that."[7] Hillary Clinton, then junior United States Senator from New York, told The Journal News of Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam counties at the annual New Castle Community Day in Chappaqua that, "I think it's despicable. I think it's absolutely outrageous. That anyone would even attempt to profit on such a horrible scenario makes me sick."[8]
> The Japanese motion picture ethics committee, the Eirin, prevented Death of a President from being shown in most cinemas in 2007, saying that the film's Japanese title ("Bush Ansatsu", translated as "Bush Assassinated") is inappropriate.
Regal and Cinemark, along with various media outlets, refused to show or promote the film. So basically, yes, someone did make content depicting the assassination of a then living head of state. But he got lambasted for it. Even the supporters of the films remark on its controversial nature.
TL;DR:
Can we choose to compromise? You are correct in that certain movies won't get axed (this one because it was smaller studios who wanted the controversy) but that the depiction of the assassinations / killings of heads of states usually receive large blow backs from society. There seems to be a common sentiment that making such films, even for mockumentaries / satire, is wrong. (Btw, this film lost money as the budget was 1 million but made less than 900k worldwide). | > Produced by Britain's Channel 4 television network and co-written and directed by Gabriel Range, "Death of a President," or "DOAP" as it has come to be called by its publicists, has garnered understandable notoriety after making its debut at the Toronto Film Festival and being picked up by the same studio that distributed "The Passion of the Christ." Two theater chains have refused to show the movie, which uses real-life news footage and flawless computerized special effects to create a chilling approximation of an assassination, and a few television and radio networks have decided not to air advertisements.
[Also from their wikipedia page](
> The central conceit of Death of a President was much criticised by those who believed it exploited the subject of presidential assassination, and that by doing so, was in bad taste. Gretchen Esell of the Texas Republican Party described the subject matter saying, "I find this shocking, I find it disturbing. I don't know if there are many people in America who would want to watch something like that."[7] Hillary Clinton, then junior United States Senator from New York, told The Journal News of Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam counties at the annual New Castle Community Day in Chappaqua that, "I think it's despicable. I think it's absolutely outrageous. That anyone would even attempt to profit on such a horrible scenario makes me sick."[8]
> The Japanese motion picture ethics committee, the Eirin, prevented Death of a President from being shown in most cinemas in 2007, saying that the film's Japanese title ("Bush Ansatsu", translated as "Bush Assassinated") is inappropriate.
Regal and Cinemark, along with various media outlets, refused to show or promote the film. So basically, yes, someone did make content depicting the assassination of a then living head of state. But he got lambasted for it. Even the supporters of the films remark on its controversial nature.
TL;DR:
Can we choose to compromise? You are correct in that certain movies won't get axed (this one because it was smaller studios who wanted the controversy) but that the depiction of the assassinations / killings of heads of states usually receive large blow backs from society. There seems to be a common sentiment that making such films, even for mockumentaries / satire, is wrong. (Btw, this film lost money as the budget was 1 million but made less than 900k worldwide).
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cmyrmg9 | Produced by Britain's Channel 4 television network and co-written and directed by Gabriel Range, "Death of a President," or "DOAP" as it has come to be called by its publicists, has garnered understandable notoriety after making its debut at the Toronto Film Festival and being picked up by the same studio that distributed "The Passion of the Christ." Two theater chains have refused to show the movie, which uses real-life news footage and flawless computerized special effects to create a chilling approximation of an assassination, and a few television and radio networks have decided not to air advertisements.
[Also from their wikipedia page](
> The central conceit of Death of a President was much criticised by those who believed it exploited the subject of presidential assassination, and that by doing so, was in bad taste. Gretchen Esell of the Texas Republican Party described the subject matter saying, "I find this shocking, I find it disturbing. I don't know if there are many people in America who would want to watch something like that."[7] Hillary Clinton, then junior United States Senator from New York, told The Journal News of Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam counties at the annual New Castle Community Day in Chappaqua that, "I think it's despicable. I think it's absolutely outrageous. That anyone would even attempt to profit on such a horrible scenario makes me sick."[8]
> The Japanese motion picture ethics committee, the Eirin, prevented Death of a President from being shown in most cinemas in 2007, saying that the film's Japanese title ("Bush Ansatsu", translated as "Bush Assassinated") is inappropriate.
Regal and Cinemark, along with various media outlets, refused to show or promote the film. So basically, yes, someone did make content depicting the assassination of a then living head of state. But he got lambasted for it. Even the supporters of the films remark on its controversial nature. | Can we choose to compromise? You are correct in that certain movies won't get axed (this one because it was smaller studios who wanted the controversy) but that the depiction of the assassinations / killings of heads of states usually receive large blow backs from society. There seems to be a common sentiment that making such films, even for mockumentaries / satire, is wrong. (Btw, this film lost money as the budget was 1 million but made less than 900k worldwide). |
HoneyDicking | I think so! I mean I love the ambiguously gay bromance duo of Rogen and Franco. As you can tell by the trailers, Franco plays an entertainment news host who lacks more than a little common sense (David Skylark) and Rogen plays his behind the scenes producer (Aaron Rappaport). Aaron feels that he's not taken seriously by his peers who work for political and world news networks (notably Anders Holm) so when they discover that the Supreme Leader is a fan of the entertainment news show, they decide to set up an interview that will put them in the center of international attention. Best scenes for me were when Kim Jong Un is treating Skylark to all the comforts, including some one-on-one basketball and driving the tank you see in the death scene: "That was a gift to my grandfather from Stalin." "In my country we pronounce it Stall-one."
tl;dr I enjoyed it as much as Pineapple Express and This is the End. I am sad I can't go see it with my friends again on Christmas Day. | I think so! I mean I love the ambiguously gay bromance duo of Rogen and Franco. As you can tell by the trailers, Franco plays an entertainment news host who lacks more than a little common sense (David Skylark) and Rogen plays his behind the scenes producer (Aaron Rappaport). Aaron feels that he's not taken seriously by his peers who work for political and world news networks (notably Anders Holm) so when they discover that the Supreme Leader is a fan of the entertainment news show, they decide to set up an interview that will put them in the center of international attention. Best scenes for me were when Kim Jong Un is treating Skylark to all the comforts, including some one-on-one basketball and driving the tank you see in the death scene: "That was a gift to my grandfather from Stalin." "In my country we pronounce it Stall-one."
tl;dr I enjoyed it as much as Pineapple Express and This is the End. I am sad I can't go see it with my friends again on Christmas Day.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cmyoszm | I think so! I mean I love the ambiguously gay bromance duo of Rogen and Franco. As you can tell by the trailers, Franco plays an entertainment news host who lacks more than a little common sense (David Skylark) and Rogen plays his behind the scenes producer (Aaron Rappaport). Aaron feels that he's not taken seriously by his peers who work for political and world news networks (notably Anders Holm) so when they discover that the Supreme Leader is a fan of the entertainment news show, they decide to set up an interview that will put them in the center of international attention. Best scenes for me were when Kim Jong Un is treating Skylark to all the comforts, including some one-on-one basketball and driving the tank you see in the death scene: "That was a gift to my grandfather from Stalin." "In my country we pronounce it Stall-one." | I enjoyed it as much as Pineapple Express and This is the End. I am sad I can't go see it with my friends again on Christmas Day. |
domalino | Not really - players like Guidetti, Pozo, Lopes, Denis Suarez, (who we lost to Barca) and Rekik were bought in for fees, some of them over £1m to kickstart the whole thing - the problem is it's such a gamble with youth. Guidetti would probably have been in the first team if it wasn't for a dodgy piece of chicken putting him in hospital for 18 months, Lopes looks most likely to break through but he's behind Silva and Nasri, Pozo is currently playing out of position so it's hard to say, but he is playing for he first team at least. Rekik could make it at CB, he's doing well in holland and got into their 30 man national team squad - but even if he replaces Demichelis he'd only be 3rd choice.
TL;DR - they invested lots to kick start it but its probably a year or two too soon to see them in the first team, and a few didn't work out- which is standard for youth players, but still disappointing. | Not really - players like Guidetti, Pozo, Lopes, Denis Suarez, (who we lost to Barca) and Rekik were bought in for fees, some of them over £1m to kickstart the whole thing - the problem is it's such a gamble with youth. Guidetti would probably have been in the first team if it wasn't for a dodgy piece of chicken putting him in hospital for 18 months, Lopes looks most likely to break through but he's behind Silva and Nasri, Pozo is currently playing out of position so it's hard to say, but he is playing for he first team at least. Rekik could make it at CB, he's doing well in holland and got into their 30 man national team squad - but even if he replaces Demichelis he'd only be 3rd choice.
TL;DR - they invested lots to kick start it but its probably a year or two too soon to see them in the first team, and a few didn't work out- which is standard for youth players, but still disappointing.
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cmyymj6 | Not really - players like Guidetti, Pozo, Lopes, Denis Suarez, (who we lost to Barca) and Rekik were bought in for fees, some of them over £1m to kickstart the whole thing - the problem is it's such a gamble with youth. Guidetti would probably have been in the first team if it wasn't for a dodgy piece of chicken putting him in hospital for 18 months, Lopes looks most likely to break through but he's behind Silva and Nasri, Pozo is currently playing out of position so it's hard to say, but he is playing for he first team at least. Rekik could make it at CB, he's doing well in holland and got into their 30 man national team squad - but even if he replaces Demichelis he'd only be 3rd choice. | they invested lots to kick start it but its probably a year or two too soon to see them in the first team, and a few didn't work out- which is standard for youth players, but still disappointing. |
SnarkKnuckle | We are tough motherfuckers!! Here here! I have no idea why I'm taking accounting classes with ADHD-PI, wth is wrong with me. But you know what? I had my hardest semester that just ended a week ago and I made a 3.8 GPA. Took a single B in Microeconomics but a 4.0 in my major accounting classes. yah!
tl;dr for an adhd person;
We're not stupid or lazy | We are tough motherfuckers!! Here here! I have no idea why I'm taking accounting classes with ADHD-PI, wth is wrong with me. But you know what? I had my hardest semester that just ended a week ago and I made a 3.8 GPA. Took a single B in Microeconomics but a 4.0 in my major accounting classes. yah!
tl;dr for an adhd person;
We're not stupid or lazy
| ADHD | t5_2qnwb | cmzk4xf | We are tough motherfuckers!! Here here! I have no idea why I'm taking accounting classes with ADHD-PI, wth is wrong with me. But you know what? I had my hardest semester that just ended a week ago and I made a 3.8 GPA. Took a single B in Microeconomics but a 4.0 in my major accounting classes. yah! | for an adhd person;
We're not stupid or lazy |
ToastLord78 | I still remember the Japanese conquest
First went the Ethiopians, conquered by my samurai with the assistance of the Persian allies
Many centuries later, the Persians revealed their true nature in attacking genghis khan, our close ally. His futuristic Great War infantry succumbed to the sheer number of my riflemen.
Then it came time for the foul Assyrians. I amassed a small strike team of Elite units, and destroyed the entire nation without losing any of them. A glorious triumph for the Honorable Japanese
With no one left on the homeland but Japan and our Mongolian allies, we moved east, to the continent of conflict. Ruled by 2 superpowers : the advanced and cultured but (relatively) small Romans to the east, and the sprawling, uncivilized Zulus across the West.
I offered a great sum of money and resources for the Romans to attack the Zulus, forcing their units to move across the continent before striking him myself from the west. Shaka could not fight a war on 2 fronts, let alone against such advanced opponents. His foul culture was wiped off the face of the earth.
The Romans had little time to celebrate, however, as Oda Nobunaga immediately declared war. It was only a matter of time before one betrayed the other, he decided to get it over with while Rome was tired from battle. After centuries of fighting, Japanese GDR's and xcom units ravaged the countryside, puppeting what was nessecary and burning the rest
And then lied the final piece to the puzzle: Brazil. A peaceful empire to the south, they only minded their own business, often bullied by the Zulus. They rejoiced and welcomed the new Japanese leaders with open arms.
The majority of their people now lie under the irradiated ashes of Rio De Janeiro.
Oh, and the mongols? Nuked under suspicion of betraying Japan during the Roman war. Turns out he really was just passing his troops through the area. Too late to apologize for that little mishap now, I suppose. Unless you want to go through the trouble of putting on a hazmat suit to visit Khan's grave.
TL;DR: war, war, war, and more war.
PS: my finger hurts for typing this on mobile | I still remember the Japanese conquest
First went the Ethiopians, conquered by my samurai with the assistance of the Persian allies
Many centuries later, the Persians revealed their true nature in attacking genghis khan, our close ally. His futuristic Great War infantry succumbed to the sheer number of my riflemen.
Then it came time for the foul Assyrians. I amassed a small strike team of Elite units, and destroyed the entire nation without losing any of them. A glorious triumph for the Honorable Japanese
With no one left on the homeland but Japan and our Mongolian allies, we moved east, to the continent of conflict. Ruled by 2 superpowers : the advanced and cultured but (relatively) small Romans to the east, and the sprawling, uncivilized Zulus across the West.
I offered a great sum of money and resources for the Romans to attack the Zulus, forcing their units to move across the continent before striking him myself from the west. Shaka could not fight a war on 2 fronts, let alone against such advanced opponents. His foul culture was wiped off the face of the earth.
The Romans had little time to celebrate, however, as Oda Nobunaga immediately declared war. It was only a matter of time before one betrayed the other, he decided to get it over with while Rome was tired from battle. After centuries of fighting, Japanese GDR's and xcom units ravaged the countryside, puppeting what was nessecary and burning the rest
And then lied the final piece to the puzzle: Brazil. A peaceful empire to the south, they only minded their own business, often bullied by the Zulus. They rejoiced and welcomed the new Japanese leaders with open arms.
The majority of their people now lie under the irradiated ashes of Rio De Janeiro.
Oh, and the mongols? Nuked under suspicion of betraying Japan during the Roman war. Turns out he really was just passing his troops through the area. Too late to apologize for that little mishap now, I suppose. Unless you want to go through the trouble of putting on a hazmat suit to visit Khan's grave.
TL;DR: war, war, war, and more war.
PS: my finger hurts for typing this on mobile
| civ | t5_2rk3b | cmzeker | I still remember the Japanese conquest
First went the Ethiopians, conquered by my samurai with the assistance of the Persian allies
Many centuries later, the Persians revealed their true nature in attacking genghis khan, our close ally. His futuristic Great War infantry succumbed to the sheer number of my riflemen.
Then it came time for the foul Assyrians. I amassed a small strike team of Elite units, and destroyed the entire nation without losing any of them. A glorious triumph for the Honorable Japanese
With no one left on the homeland but Japan and our Mongolian allies, we moved east, to the continent of conflict. Ruled by 2 superpowers : the advanced and cultured but (relatively) small Romans to the east, and the sprawling, uncivilized Zulus across the West.
I offered a great sum of money and resources for the Romans to attack the Zulus, forcing their units to move across the continent before striking him myself from the west. Shaka could not fight a war on 2 fronts, let alone against such advanced opponents. His foul culture was wiped off the face of the earth.
The Romans had little time to celebrate, however, as Oda Nobunaga immediately declared war. It was only a matter of time before one betrayed the other, he decided to get it over with while Rome was tired from battle. After centuries of fighting, Japanese GDR's and xcom units ravaged the countryside, puppeting what was nessecary and burning the rest
And then lied the final piece to the puzzle: Brazil. A peaceful empire to the south, they only minded their own business, often bullied by the Zulus. They rejoiced and welcomed the new Japanese leaders with open arms.
The majority of their people now lie under the irradiated ashes of Rio De Janeiro.
Oh, and the mongols? Nuked under suspicion of betraying Japan during the Roman war. Turns out he really was just passing his troops through the area. Too late to apologize for that little mishap now, I suppose. Unless you want to go through the trouble of putting on a hazmat suit to visit Khan's grave. | war, war, war, and more war.
PS: my finger hurts for typing this on mobile |
joeinthebox | Based on anecdotal evidence (i.e. sports bars in LA), I would argue that the Raiders have a much stronger fanbase in Los Angeles.
However, it is not as if the Rams have been forgotten.
I'm not sure how familiar the OP is with the Southern California region but my assumption from this post/question is that the OP is not very familiar with the region.
To me, the Raiders were very much a Los Angeles team while the Rams were considered more of an Orange County team. This divide is similar to the divide between the Dodgers and the Angels.
Therefore, if we're talking about Los Angeles proper (i.e. LA proper, West LA, Inglewood, Compton, Torrance, Hawthorne, Pasadena, the San Gabriel valley, parts of the Inland Empire, parts of the Valley, etc.), I'd argue that the Raiders maintain a strong presence.
However, if we're talking about Orange County (the region in between LA and the northern parts of San Diego)? Especially amongst a slightly older generation? Then I'd argue that there is still a lot of nostalgia and love for the Rams down there.
Overall, I think documentaries like Ice Cube's 30 for 30 "Straight Outta LA" reflects the lasting cultural impact of the Raiders.
So, the TL;DR answer to the question is that the Raiders have the larger fanbase. | Based on anecdotal evidence (i.e. sports bars in LA), I would argue that the Raiders have a much stronger fanbase in Los Angeles.
However, it is not as if the Rams have been forgotten.
I'm not sure how familiar the OP is with the Southern California region but my assumption from this post/question is that the OP is not very familiar with the region.
To me, the Raiders were very much a Los Angeles team while the Rams were considered more of an Orange County team. This divide is similar to the divide between the Dodgers and the Angels.
Therefore, if we're talking about Los Angeles proper (i.e. LA proper, West LA, Inglewood, Compton, Torrance, Hawthorne, Pasadena, the San Gabriel valley, parts of the Inland Empire, parts of the Valley, etc.), I'd argue that the Raiders maintain a strong presence.
However, if we're talking about Orange County (the region in between LA and the northern parts of San Diego)? Especially amongst a slightly older generation? Then I'd argue that there is still a lot of nostalgia and love for the Rams down there.
Overall, I think documentaries like Ice Cube's 30 for 30 "Straight Outta LA" reflects the lasting cultural impact of the Raiders.
So, the TL;DR answer to the question is that the Raiders have the larger fanbase.
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cmziskb | Based on anecdotal evidence (i.e. sports bars in LA), I would argue that the Raiders have a much stronger fanbase in Los Angeles.
However, it is not as if the Rams have been forgotten.
I'm not sure how familiar the OP is with the Southern California region but my assumption from this post/question is that the OP is not very familiar with the region.
To me, the Raiders were very much a Los Angeles team while the Rams were considered more of an Orange County team. This divide is similar to the divide between the Dodgers and the Angels.
Therefore, if we're talking about Los Angeles proper (i.e. LA proper, West LA, Inglewood, Compton, Torrance, Hawthorne, Pasadena, the San Gabriel valley, parts of the Inland Empire, parts of the Valley, etc.), I'd argue that the Raiders maintain a strong presence.
However, if we're talking about Orange County (the region in between LA and the northern parts of San Diego)? Especially amongst a slightly older generation? Then I'd argue that there is still a lot of nostalgia and love for the Rams down there.
Overall, I think documentaries like Ice Cube's 30 for 30 "Straight Outta LA" reflects the lasting cultural impact of the Raiders.
So, the | answer to the question is that the Raiders have the larger fanbase. |
FartMunch | Valve is being dumb,
Because they have left TF2 behind even though they are making around 35,000 dollars on the tax on mann co keys alone on the market. Our recent updates have been really lame. Of the newest weapons, they are either crap or a pain to fight against. They are abandoning tf2 for dotes mcgotes and crouch and shooter (Not that theres anything wrong with dota or csgo). EOTL was sad, like, we should have had a funeral for it or something. We waited a year for it, get a 13 dollar meme and 21 new hats and the map got cut (SFM was really good though). Its very sad because the duck is literally a quick attempt at making some money. Halloween update was weird, they did a stupid map and bumper carts were fun for 15 minutes. TF2 is still fun but the updates are what is keeping it alive and the last update that i really enjoyed was the tale of two cities back in November 2013. A
Personally the thing that makes me most mad is how valve has not said anything about being fartmunches with shoddy updates and act as if nothing is wrong. The heavy nerf made me mad. Nobody plays heavy, and they nerf him, nice. Valve is my favorite (gaming?) company but their treatment of TF2 and its community has been poor lately which makes me more sad than mad really.
TL;DR For almost a year valve has been buttmunchers with crappy updates and no communication about their updates. | Valve is being dumb,
Because they have left TF2 behind even though they are making around 35,000 dollars on the tax on mann co keys alone on the market. Our recent updates have been really lame. Of the newest weapons, they are either crap or a pain to fight against. They are abandoning tf2 for dotes mcgotes and crouch and shooter (Not that theres anything wrong with dota or csgo). EOTL was sad, like, we should have had a funeral for it or something. We waited a year for it, get a 13 dollar meme and 21 new hats and the map got cut (SFM was really good though). Its very sad because the duck is literally a quick attempt at making some money. Halloween update was weird, they did a stupid map and bumper carts were fun for 15 minutes. TF2 is still fun but the updates are what is keeping it alive and the last update that i really enjoyed was the tale of two cities back in November 2013. A
Personally the thing that makes me most mad is how valve has not said anything about being fartmunches with shoddy updates and act as if nothing is wrong. The heavy nerf made me mad. Nobody plays heavy, and they nerf him, nice. Valve is my favorite (gaming?) company but their treatment of TF2 and its community has been poor lately which makes me more sad than mad really.
TL;DR For almost a year valve has been buttmunchers with crappy updates and no communication about their updates.
| tf2 | t5_2qka0 | cmzs111 | Valve is being dumb,
Because they have left TF2 behind even though they are making around 35,000 dollars on the tax on mann co keys alone on the market. Our recent updates have been really lame. Of the newest weapons, they are either crap or a pain to fight against. They are abandoning tf2 for dotes mcgotes and crouch and shooter (Not that theres anything wrong with dota or csgo). EOTL was sad, like, we should have had a funeral for it or something. We waited a year for it, get a 13 dollar meme and 21 new hats and the map got cut (SFM was really good though). Its very sad because the duck is literally a quick attempt at making some money. Halloween update was weird, they did a stupid map and bumper carts were fun for 15 minutes. TF2 is still fun but the updates are what is keeping it alive and the last update that i really enjoyed was the tale of two cities back in November 2013. A
Personally the thing that makes me most mad is how valve has not said anything about being fartmunches with shoddy updates and act as if nothing is wrong. The heavy nerf made me mad. Nobody plays heavy, and they nerf him, nice. Valve is my favorite (gaming?) company but their treatment of TF2 and its community has been poor lately which makes me more sad than mad really. | For almost a year valve has been buttmunchers with crappy updates and no communication about their updates. |
Jeroz | **wall of text, review/rambling incoming**
This is a show that I initially put on hold after a rather lackluster ep1. However I'd been keeping loose tabs on the reception each week while trying not to spoil myself in the process. The overwhelmingly positive reactive for ep6 made it clear that I have to marathon it during the inter-season break and I have to say that it really worth it.
Comedy is not this show's strong point and I'm glad that they moved on fairly quickly after ep1. Ep2~5 were decent with some strong, but rather cliché, character moments for Sora. This segment is enjoyable, but not spectacular.
Ep6 onward is where this series truly shined. The decision, the dilemma, the grief, the regret. The trigger to the sequence can be convenient, but the character emotions were so powerful that I'm willing to look past it. Like I'd said many times about other series, what makes a tragedy good is not the event itself, but how it affects the people around it. Ep8 delivered some strong scenes portraying Sora's personal growth as he gradually takes up the role as the head of the family.
Shirasu is probably the best character in this series despite being only a supporting one. His role throughout the story influenced so many characters. We feel safe around him, he gained our trust, and gave us the illusion of a nice redemption story. Yes he's the big bad in this tale, yet we often see snippets of those 10 years where he's an important member in that family. At the end of it all, not even Tenka can make a decision as to how he can view him. It was heartbreaking to say the very least.
The ending is not the most innovative one out there. While it felt highly satisfying, it used a lot of common elements in this genre. Overall it felt safe, which may I add is not necessarily a bad thing, but just couldn't capitalise on a really powerful 3rd quarter.
There are some characters that sorely needs more characterisation, especially the green hair dude who just keeps on repeating the same theme from the same angle. For a show that has lots of characters it didn't distribute and showcase the charms of each of them properly. Yamainu squad could do with a bit more focus so we can know them better as well.
However the biggest strength in this show is about the three brothers and showing just how much they mean to each other. Looking back, ep1 is great now that we know more about them. This is about family, about their brotherly bond, and no doubt ep6 is on my list of the best moments in 2014.
Dogakobo is a great studio, and this is a nice expansion of their resume as they move on from doing the usual "cute girls ^and ^Mikorin doing cute things" niche that they are so good at. The combat, while feels impactful, still cuts the corners in terms of choreography, and there's no one single sequence that's memorable. Being a fantasy series with lots of fighting, it's no doubt a minus. Otherwise the characters all look great, and Nishiki is the most adorable thing this season begins female Kokkuri-san.
The music is also fitting with several strong tracks complementing the emotional moments well. I'll need to go back and listen to some of them again as I just got of the first marathon session with this series, but there are a few piano tracks that really hits the right notes.
Overall speaking, this series is grossly unwatched by the community. It hits its strides late and it doesn't cover its huge list of characters well. However it delivered another great tale about brotherly love, with several nice twists in the story. The visuals are great and the music done a fine job. It has a great dramatic moment that is no doubt the biggest high of this show. Ultimately though while I'll suggest this to people who likes fantasy action and during emphasis on the family theme, it's not good enough to be a blind recommended series due to several weaknesses I mentioned. That initial hurdle can still early scare many away. At the end of the day, this is a nicely packaged short series that I'm glad that I watched.
Tldr: IMO not the best series this season, but I like it a lot. | wall of text, review/rambling incoming
This is a show that I initially put on hold after a rather lackluster ep1. However I'd been keeping loose tabs on the reception each week while trying not to spoil myself in the process. The overwhelmingly positive reactive for ep6 made it clear that I have to marathon it during the inter-season break and I have to say that it really worth it.
Comedy is not this show's strong point and I'm glad that they moved on fairly quickly after ep1. Ep2~5 were decent with some strong, but rather cliché, character moments for Sora. This segment is enjoyable, but not spectacular.
Ep6 onward is where this series truly shined. The decision, the dilemma, the grief, the regret. The trigger to the sequence can be convenient, but the character emotions were so powerful that I'm willing to look past it. Like I'd said many times about other series, what makes a tragedy good is not the event itself, but how it affects the people around it. Ep8 delivered some strong scenes portraying Sora's personal growth as he gradually takes up the role as the head of the family.
Shirasu is probably the best character in this series despite being only a supporting one. His role throughout the story influenced so many characters. We feel safe around him, he gained our trust, and gave us the illusion of a nice redemption story. Yes he's the big bad in this tale, yet we often see snippets of those 10 years where he's an important member in that family. At the end of it all, not even Tenka can make a decision as to how he can view him. It was heartbreaking to say the very least.
The ending is not the most innovative one out there. While it felt highly satisfying, it used a lot of common elements in this genre. Overall it felt safe, which may I add is not necessarily a bad thing, but just couldn't capitalise on a really powerful 3rd quarter.
There are some characters that sorely needs more characterisation, especially the green hair dude who just keeps on repeating the same theme from the same angle. For a show that has lots of characters it didn't distribute and showcase the charms of each of them properly. Yamainu squad could do with a bit more focus so we can know them better as well.
However the biggest strength in this show is about the three brothers and showing just how much they mean to each other. Looking back, ep1 is great now that we know more about them. This is about family, about their brotherly bond, and no doubt ep6 is on my list of the best moments in 2014.
Dogakobo is a great studio, and this is a nice expansion of their resume as they move on from doing the usual "cute girls ^and ^Mikorin doing cute things" niche that they are so good at. The combat, while feels impactful, still cuts the corners in terms of choreography, and there's no one single sequence that's memorable. Being a fantasy series with lots of fighting, it's no doubt a minus. Otherwise the characters all look great, and Nishiki is the most adorable thing this season begins female Kokkuri-san.
The music is also fitting with several strong tracks complementing the emotional moments well. I'll need to go back and listen to some of them again as I just got of the first marathon session with this series, but there are a few piano tracks that really hits the right notes.
Overall speaking, this series is grossly unwatched by the community. It hits its strides late and it doesn't cover its huge list of characters well. However it delivered another great tale about brotherly love, with several nice twists in the story. The visuals are great and the music done a fine job. It has a great dramatic moment that is no doubt the biggest high of this show. Ultimately though while I'll suggest this to people who likes fantasy action and during emphasis on the family theme, it's not good enough to be a blind recommended series due to several weaknesses I mentioned. That initial hurdle can still early scare many away. At the end of the day, this is a nicely packaged short series that I'm glad that I watched.
Tldr: IMO not the best series this season, but I like it a lot.
| anime | t5_2qh22 | cn8bg22 | wall of text, review/rambling incoming
This is a show that I initially put on hold after a rather lackluster ep1. However I'd been keeping loose tabs on the reception each week while trying not to spoil myself in the process. The overwhelmingly positive reactive for ep6 made it clear that I have to marathon it during the inter-season break and I have to say that it really worth it.
Comedy is not this show's strong point and I'm glad that they moved on fairly quickly after ep1. Ep2~5 were decent with some strong, but rather cliché, character moments for Sora. This segment is enjoyable, but not spectacular.
Ep6 onward is where this series truly shined. The decision, the dilemma, the grief, the regret. The trigger to the sequence can be convenient, but the character emotions were so powerful that I'm willing to look past it. Like I'd said many times about other series, what makes a tragedy good is not the event itself, but how it affects the people around it. Ep8 delivered some strong scenes portraying Sora's personal growth as he gradually takes up the role as the head of the family.
Shirasu is probably the best character in this series despite being only a supporting one. His role throughout the story influenced so many characters. We feel safe around him, he gained our trust, and gave us the illusion of a nice redemption story. Yes he's the big bad in this tale, yet we often see snippets of those 10 years where he's an important member in that family. At the end of it all, not even Tenka can make a decision as to how he can view him. It was heartbreaking to say the very least.
The ending is not the most innovative one out there. While it felt highly satisfying, it used a lot of common elements in this genre. Overall it felt safe, which may I add is not necessarily a bad thing, but just couldn't capitalise on a really powerful 3rd quarter.
There are some characters that sorely needs more characterisation, especially the green hair dude who just keeps on repeating the same theme from the same angle. For a show that has lots of characters it didn't distribute and showcase the charms of each of them properly. Yamainu squad could do with a bit more focus so we can know them better as well.
However the biggest strength in this show is about the three brothers and showing just how much they mean to each other. Looking back, ep1 is great now that we know more about them. This is about family, about their brotherly bond, and no doubt ep6 is on my list of the best moments in 2014.
Dogakobo is a great studio, and this is a nice expansion of their resume as they move on from doing the usual "cute girls ^and ^Mikorin doing cute things" niche that they are so good at. The combat, while feels impactful, still cuts the corners in terms of choreography, and there's no one single sequence that's memorable. Being a fantasy series with lots of fighting, it's no doubt a minus. Otherwise the characters all look great, and Nishiki is the most adorable thing this season begins female Kokkuri-san.
The music is also fitting with several strong tracks complementing the emotional moments well. I'll need to go back and listen to some of them again as I just got of the first marathon session with this series, but there are a few piano tracks that really hits the right notes.
Overall speaking, this series is grossly unwatched by the community. It hits its strides late and it doesn't cover its huge list of characters well. However it delivered another great tale about brotherly love, with several nice twists in the story. The visuals are great and the music done a fine job. It has a great dramatic moment that is no doubt the biggest high of this show. Ultimately though while I'll suggest this to people who likes fantasy action and during emphasis on the family theme, it's not good enough to be a blind recommended series due to several weaknesses I mentioned. That initial hurdle can still early scare many away. At the end of the day, this is a nicely packaged short series that I'm glad that I watched. | IMO not the best series this season, but I like it a lot. |
123123x | Maybe something got lost in translation. No one needs to "run around" to "get stuff" in a PR hospital. Medicines for long term care may be bought in the adjunct pharmacy. OTOH, most everything else is supplied and administered by staff.
Also, healthcare costs are about half of that in the U.S., but the quality of care is essentially the same. Board certified doctors left and right.
That said, I completely understand the black fungus issue. Funding for public hospitals simply isnt that good.
Tl;dr it's not as bad as OP made it seem | Maybe something got lost in translation. No one needs to "run around" to "get stuff" in a PR hospital. Medicines for long term care may be bought in the adjunct pharmacy. OTOH, most everything else is supplied and administered by staff.
Also, healthcare costs are about half of that in the U.S., but the quality of care is essentially the same. Board certified doctors left and right.
That said, I completely understand the black fungus issue. Funding for public hospitals simply isnt that good.
Tl;dr it's not as bad as OP made it seem
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cn07q2s | Maybe something got lost in translation. No one needs to "run around" to "get stuff" in a PR hospital. Medicines for long term care may be bought in the adjunct pharmacy. OTOH, most everything else is supplied and administered by staff.
Also, healthcare costs are about half of that in the U.S., but the quality of care is essentially the same. Board certified doctors left and right.
That said, I completely understand the black fungus issue. Funding for public hospitals simply isnt that good. | it's not as bad as OP made it seem |
supacrispy | To be brutally honest, I just don't like that players are expected to read. While I'd like to get into the lore, I don't think that games should require a player to go through supplemental reading material in order to get the full story. A game is just that, a game. While a rich universe in which to build a game is great, and I love a game that does it well, players should not have to rely on outside material to understand characters, plots, or world building to understand what's going on in the games themselves. I feel like 343 could have done a better job of making sure the players, especially those like myself who haven't read all the outside material, understand the world and the characters without having to reference those outside sources.
TL:DR Books should be supplemental to the game, not required reading. | To be brutally honest, I just don't like that players are expected to read. While I'd like to get into the lore, I don't think that games should require a player to go through supplemental reading material in order to get the full story. A game is just that, a game. While a rich universe in which to build a game is great, and I love a game that does it well, players should not have to rely on outside material to understand characters, plots, or world building to understand what's going on in the games themselves. I feel like 343 could have done a better job of making sure the players, especially those like myself who haven't read all the outside material, understand the world and the characters without having to reference those outside sources.
TL:DR Books should be supplemental to the game, not required reading.
| HaloStory | t5_2vomh | cn06viy | To be brutally honest, I just don't like that players are expected to read. While I'd like to get into the lore, I don't think that games should require a player to go through supplemental reading material in order to get the full story. A game is just that, a game. While a rich universe in which to build a game is great, and I love a game that does it well, players should not have to rely on outside material to understand characters, plots, or world building to understand what's going on in the games themselves. I feel like 343 could have done a better job of making sure the players, especially those like myself who haven't read all the outside material, understand the world and the characters without having to reference those outside sources. | Books should be supplemental to the game, not required reading. |
gnarwhaler | most of those titles I enjoy, actually.
I'm not one to hop on the "blargh sjw comic" bandwagon, I don't really see it. They're getting more inclusive in their characters sure, but theres only a few issues I have with mainstream comics:
I don't really like Ms. Marvel. I'm not really into the whole "tumblr-incarnate" personality she has.
I don't care for Falcon becoming Capt. America, and female Thor because these are not permanent changes, it just feels like they're doing it for brownie points. In a year Steve will be CapAm again and Thor will once again be a dude. It's a superior spider man situation, they're just doing it to shake things up.
With that in mind, I did NOT have an issue with Miles Morales becoming Spider Man because it was a permanent change.
tldr: inclusiveness in comics is cool, except when it's not permanent and only their to shake up the status quo. | most of those titles I enjoy, actually.
I'm not one to hop on the "blargh sjw comic" bandwagon, I don't really see it. They're getting more inclusive in their characters sure, but theres only a few issues I have with mainstream comics:
I don't really like Ms. Marvel. I'm not really into the whole "tumblr-incarnate" personality she has.
I don't care for Falcon becoming Capt. America, and female Thor because these are not permanent changes, it just feels like they're doing it for brownie points. In a year Steve will be CapAm again and Thor will once again be a dude. It's a superior spider man situation, they're just doing it to shake things up.
With that in mind, I did NOT have an issue with Miles Morales becoming Spider Man because it was a permanent change.
tldr: inclusiveness in comics is cool, except when it's not permanent and only their to shake up the status quo.
| KotakuInAction | t5_33726 | cn0csg9 | most of those titles I enjoy, actually.
I'm not one to hop on the "blargh sjw comic" bandwagon, I don't really see it. They're getting more inclusive in their characters sure, but theres only a few issues I have with mainstream comics:
I don't really like Ms. Marvel. I'm not really into the whole "tumblr-incarnate" personality she has.
I don't care for Falcon becoming Capt. America, and female Thor because these are not permanent changes, it just feels like they're doing it for brownie points. In a year Steve will be CapAm again and Thor will once again be a dude. It's a superior spider man situation, they're just doing it to shake things up.
With that in mind, I did NOT have an issue with Miles Morales becoming Spider Man because it was a permanent change. | inclusiveness in comics is cool, except when it's not permanent and only their to shake up the status quo. |
Farbear | Funny that I saw this tonight as my friend and I were talking about how she went from a somewhat religious person (non-denominational christian) to more of an agnostic/anti-established religion stance. But the question is guided towards me:
The way I think about it is that IF(and I do mean if) there is a "god" or someone of higher being, power, etc then I believe that if he has manifested himself he did so in a way that was easily digestible for the people of the time when he was "getting big". What I mean by that is, I believe that if there is someone/something out there then he is all of the lead gods from ALL of the religions (Yahweh, God, Allah, Etc) and he just showed up in different ways for the different people be it culturally or otherwise. This also leads for me to want to be more Spiritual more so than religious. Similar to most indigenous populations religious and cultural beliefs that there was the great spirit who inhabited all (similar to Gaia or Mother Earth type belief system).
Now I also believe in the possibility that there is in fact no one and that we get our one life, so one must use it accordingly. these are opposite beliefs but I think that I believe in both of them maybe because I was raised Catholic so I believe there is SOMETHING just because of my upbringing and maybe as I get older my beliefs may change into leaning one way or another.
I have yet to experience any positive effects of this line of reasoning maybe because there is a very broad idea that I brought. I'm in this weird in between space of believing and not believing that makes it easy to get lost. Negatives I have had though, I attend a small private Catholic college(not super Catholic curriculum wise but religious people obviously go there) and I have friends whose faith honestly baffles me. Not because I think they are stupid for believing but because they have such STRONG faith for people around my age. The reason that it is negative however, is that many of my friend group all go to church together on Sunday nights and I rarely, maybe 3-4 times a semester, go with them and it almost makes me feel left out and I know that it is not something that is actually happening, and that it is only in my mind.
So uh.... yeah I trailed off a bit but that is kinda my belief system
tl;dr: If there is god he is every religions major god. If there is no god, have an awesome life because there is nothing after it. No positives. Negatives: my mind makes me think I'm being left out by my religious friends in school. | Funny that I saw this tonight as my friend and I were talking about how she went from a somewhat religious person (non-denominational christian) to more of an agnostic/anti-established religion stance. But the question is guided towards me:
The way I think about it is that IF(and I do mean if) there is a "god" or someone of higher being, power, etc then I believe that if he has manifested himself he did so in a way that was easily digestible for the people of the time when he was "getting big". What I mean by that is, I believe that if there is someone/something out there then he is all of the lead gods from ALL of the religions (Yahweh, God, Allah, Etc) and he just showed up in different ways for the different people be it culturally or otherwise. This also leads for me to want to be more Spiritual more so than religious. Similar to most indigenous populations religious and cultural beliefs that there was the great spirit who inhabited all (similar to Gaia or Mother Earth type belief system).
Now I also believe in the possibility that there is in fact no one and that we get our one life, so one must use it accordingly. these are opposite beliefs but I think that I believe in both of them maybe because I was raised Catholic so I believe there is SOMETHING just because of my upbringing and maybe as I get older my beliefs may change into leaning one way or another.
I have yet to experience any positive effects of this line of reasoning maybe because there is a very broad idea that I brought. I'm in this weird in between space of believing and not believing that makes it easy to get lost. Negatives I have had though, I attend a small private Catholic college(not super Catholic curriculum wise but religious people obviously go there) and I have friends whose faith honestly baffles me. Not because I think they are stupid for believing but because they have such STRONG faith for people around my age. The reason that it is negative however, is that many of my friend group all go to church together on Sunday nights and I rarely, maybe 3-4 times a semester, go with them and it almost makes me feel left out and I know that it is not something that is actually happening, and that it is only in my mind.
So uh.... yeah I trailed off a bit but that is kinda my belief system
tl;dr: If there is god he is every religions major god. If there is no god, have an awesome life because there is nothing after it. No positives. Negatives: my mind makes me think I'm being left out by my religious friends in school.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn0dhm3 | Funny that I saw this tonight as my friend and I were talking about how she went from a somewhat religious person (non-denominational christian) to more of an agnostic/anti-established religion stance. But the question is guided towards me:
The way I think about it is that IF(and I do mean if) there is a "god" or someone of higher being, power, etc then I believe that if he has manifested himself he did so in a way that was easily digestible for the people of the time when he was "getting big". What I mean by that is, I believe that if there is someone/something out there then he is all of the lead gods from ALL of the religions (Yahweh, God, Allah, Etc) and he just showed up in different ways for the different people be it culturally or otherwise. This also leads for me to want to be more Spiritual more so than religious. Similar to most indigenous populations religious and cultural beliefs that there was the great spirit who inhabited all (similar to Gaia or Mother Earth type belief system).
Now I also believe in the possibility that there is in fact no one and that we get our one life, so one must use it accordingly. these are opposite beliefs but I think that I believe in both of them maybe because I was raised Catholic so I believe there is SOMETHING just because of my upbringing and maybe as I get older my beliefs may change into leaning one way or another.
I have yet to experience any positive effects of this line of reasoning maybe because there is a very broad idea that I brought. I'm in this weird in between space of believing and not believing that makes it easy to get lost. Negatives I have had though, I attend a small private Catholic college(not super Catholic curriculum wise but religious people obviously go there) and I have friends whose faith honestly baffles me. Not because I think they are stupid for believing but because they have such STRONG faith for people around my age. The reason that it is negative however, is that many of my friend group all go to church together on Sunday nights and I rarely, maybe 3-4 times a semester, go with them and it almost makes me feel left out and I know that it is not something that is actually happening, and that it is only in my mind.
So uh.... yeah I trailed off a bit but that is kinda my belief system | If there is god he is every religions major god. If there is no god, have an awesome life because there is nothing after it. No positives. Negatives: my mind makes me think I'm being left out by my religious friends in school. |
Motivated_Me | There's a bunch of spare-part mech decks that use parts + antonidas + general aggressive board control for the KO. Mimirions head only requires 2 mechs + itself so things like harvest golem etc. are great + they add to general much synergy.
Tldr: it's very possible. | There's a bunch of spare-part mech decks that use parts + antonidas + general aggressive board control for the KO. Mimirions head only requires 2 mechs + itself so things like harvest golem etc. are great + they add to general much synergy.
Tldr: it's very possible.
| hearthstone | t5_2w31t | cn18pom | There's a bunch of spare-part mech decks that use parts + antonidas + general aggressive board control for the KO. Mimirions head only requires 2 mechs + itself so things like harvest golem etc. are great + they add to general much synergy. | it's very possible. |
EdibleSamurai | Joined a DW Bank Heist: Cash for a quick million bucks (it's quicker than Hox Breakout if you have a saw for loot in the vault).
I kill a guard, another guy kills another, so there are only 2 guards on the map, one in the camera room and one walking around.
The host then says "we rush k?" (note that he didn't say "ECM rush"). I ask him, "Shouldn't we get a keycard to deactivate the cameras, since we need that so the alarm doesn't go?", to which the host replies "no we can shot dem out". I answer "No, the cams on DW are unbreakable.". He's completely dumbfounded and says "fuk u, that's bullshit", and runs into the lobby of the bank *without an ECM, fires his unsilenced gun into the air for everyone to hear*, and gets the alarm sounded. He then says "no big deal this is overkill and i got dodge". He then proceeds to run around outside the map until he bumps into a Skulldozer and gets buttfucked. Now, remind me only ever to play with myself or with friends only, since this man may have been mentally slower than an IBM computer running Crysis.
TL;DR: Host tries to ECM rush Bank on DW without ECMs and the cameras still up, tells me this is Overkill (it's not) and that he has dodge, and gets killed by a Skulldozer while running around the map. | Joined a DW Bank Heist: Cash for a quick million bucks (it's quicker than Hox Breakout if you have a saw for loot in the vault).
I kill a guard, another guy kills another, so there are only 2 guards on the map, one in the camera room and one walking around.
The host then says "we rush k?" (note that he didn't say "ECM rush"). I ask him, "Shouldn't we get a keycard to deactivate the cameras, since we need that so the alarm doesn't go?", to which the host replies "no we can shot dem out". I answer "No, the cams on DW are unbreakable.". He's completely dumbfounded and says "fuk u, that's bullshit", and runs into the lobby of the bank without an ECM, fires his unsilenced gun into the air for everyone to hear , and gets the alarm sounded. He then says "no big deal this is overkill and i got dodge". He then proceeds to run around outside the map until he bumps into a Skulldozer and gets buttfucked. Now, remind me only ever to play with myself or with friends only, since this man may have been mentally slower than an IBM computer running Crysis.
TL;DR: Host tries to ECM rush Bank on DW without ECMs and the cameras still up, tells me this is Overkill (it's not) and that he has dodge, and gets killed by a Skulldozer while running around the map.
| paydaytheheist | t5_2t0hx | cn0g0fm | Joined a DW Bank Heist: Cash for a quick million bucks (it's quicker than Hox Breakout if you have a saw for loot in the vault).
I kill a guard, another guy kills another, so there are only 2 guards on the map, one in the camera room and one walking around.
The host then says "we rush k?" (note that he didn't say "ECM rush"). I ask him, "Shouldn't we get a keycard to deactivate the cameras, since we need that so the alarm doesn't go?", to which the host replies "no we can shot dem out". I answer "No, the cams on DW are unbreakable.". He's completely dumbfounded and says "fuk u, that's bullshit", and runs into the lobby of the bank without an ECM, fires his unsilenced gun into the air for everyone to hear , and gets the alarm sounded. He then says "no big deal this is overkill and i got dodge". He then proceeds to run around outside the map until he bumps into a Skulldozer and gets buttfucked. Now, remind me only ever to play with myself or with friends only, since this man may have been mentally slower than an IBM computer running Crysis. | Host tries to ECM rush Bank on DW without ECMs and the cameras still up, tells me this is Overkill (it's not) and that he has dodge, and gets killed by a Skulldozer while running around the map. |
WheninRome | It depends on the hardware. In 4.4, Android introduced Bluetooth absolute volume. I thought it was great and much needed since I used tasker to set the volume automatically.
With 4.4.1, it was removed. They cited compatibility issues, and introduced a black/white list, which was controlled by the engineers themselves. The devices I used, even though they worked great, were black-listed. When I looked at the code, it appeared that a few Sony speakers were on the whitelist, while everything else was blacklisted. That was the last time I checked the black/white list, but even going into 5.0, bluetooth absolute volume, as it was introduced, was gone.
However, 5.0 brought something different. When I had my Nexus 5 on 5.0, the volume I set my BT to was always remembered, and even without using tasker, Android automatically set the BT stream volume in my car separately than the media volume, which avoid the issue of having full blast volume on games and other media.
tl;dr: Your BT speakers might be whitelisted to use Absolute Volume, which uses the volume of the speaker, NOT the volume in Android. Those that are blacklisted have 2 independent volume controls. | It depends on the hardware. In 4.4, Android introduced Bluetooth absolute volume. I thought it was great and much needed since I used tasker to set the volume automatically.
With 4.4.1, it was removed. They cited compatibility issues, and introduced a black/white list, which was controlled by the engineers themselves. The devices I used, even though they worked great, were black-listed. When I looked at the code, it appeared that a few Sony speakers were on the whitelist, while everything else was blacklisted. That was the last time I checked the black/white list, but even going into 5.0, bluetooth absolute volume, as it was introduced, was gone.
However, 5.0 brought something different. When I had my Nexus 5 on 5.0, the volume I set my BT to was always remembered, and even without using tasker, Android automatically set the BT stream volume in my car separately than the media volume, which avoid the issue of having full blast volume on games and other media.
tl;dr: Your BT speakers might be whitelisted to use Absolute Volume, which uses the volume of the speaker, NOT the volume in Android. Those that are blacklisted have 2 independent volume controls.
| SonyXperia | t5_2y3ed | cn0ld5y | It depends on the hardware. In 4.4, Android introduced Bluetooth absolute volume. I thought it was great and much needed since I used tasker to set the volume automatically.
With 4.4.1, it was removed. They cited compatibility issues, and introduced a black/white list, which was controlled by the engineers themselves. The devices I used, even though they worked great, were black-listed. When I looked at the code, it appeared that a few Sony speakers were on the whitelist, while everything else was blacklisted. That was the last time I checked the black/white list, but even going into 5.0, bluetooth absolute volume, as it was introduced, was gone.
However, 5.0 brought something different. When I had my Nexus 5 on 5.0, the volume I set my BT to was always remembered, and even without using tasker, Android automatically set the BT stream volume in my car separately than the media volume, which avoid the issue of having full blast volume on games and other media. | Your BT speakers might be whitelisted to use Absolute Volume, which uses the volume of the speaker, NOT the volume in Android. Those that are blacklisted have 2 independent volume controls. |
frogtaku | [This article]( has everything you need to know. tl;dr: they intervene only in specific cases. | [This article]( has everything you need to know. tl;dr: they intervene only in specific cases.
| lotr | t5_2rfb9 | cn17rn1 | This article]( has everything you need to know. | they intervene only in specific cases. |
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branmuffinzed | Hello, fellow teen here.
Favourite podcasts include:
* Judge John Hodgman
* Reply All / TLDR
* Startalk
* Night Vale
* Hello Internet
* Serial
| Hello, fellow teen here.
Favourite podcasts include:
Judge John Hodgman
Reply All / TLDR
Startalk
Night Vale
Hello Internet
Serial
| podcasts | t5_2qh1d | cn0ta5u | Hello, fellow teen here.
Favourite podcasts include:
Judge John Hodgman
Reply All / | Startalk
Night Vale
Hello Internet
Serial |
Syllba | [This]( appears to be the article the one posted references.
The Holland interview they reference is [here]( and was filmed approximately a week after s4 ended when NONE of s5 was written. The part where she talks about someone (possibly) not returning is right around 55 seconds in. It's all very non-committal because unless it's her that's not returning for season 5, there is no way she would know at the time of the interview.
As for the suggestion that someone is coming back, I don't remember and can't find a source for that, unless it's the [IMDB page for 501]( which anyone with an account can edit to say whatever they want.
**TL;DR**: 0 credibility. Just trying to stir up interest for season 5. Not a bad thing, but I wish they were less misleading. | [This]( appears to be the article the one posted references.
The Holland interview they reference is here not returning is right around 55 seconds in. It's all very non-committal because unless it's her that's not returning for season 5, there is no way she would know at the time of the interview.
As for the suggestion that someone is coming back, I don't remember and can't find a source for that, unless it's the [IMDB page for 501]( which anyone with an account can edit to say whatever they want.
TL;DR : 0 credibility. Just trying to stir up interest for season 5. Not a bad thing, but I wish they were less misleading.
| TeenWolf | t5_2sjll | cn1c916 | This]( appears to be the article the one posted references.
The Holland interview they reference is here not returning is right around 55 seconds in. It's all very non-committal because unless it's her that's not returning for season 5, there is no way she would know at the time of the interview.
As for the suggestion that someone is coming back, I don't remember and can't find a source for that, unless it's the [IMDB page for 501]( which anyone with an account can edit to say whatever they want. | 0 credibility. Just trying to stir up interest for season 5. Not a bad thing, but I wish they were less misleading. |
LOAARR | Once the shield is down, the damage scaling doesn't matter anymore. Furthermore, you can't crit on a shield unless the shot that crits is also the shot that breaks the shield.
The enemy's level is also not important, only that you are above the light level of the enemy being hit. Even then, as long as the Explosive Rounds perk is the only variable being manipulated in a given set of tests, the results will be perfectly valid as per basic experimental design principles. Furthermore, your damage is normalized down to the level of the mob being hit, to a point. Ever notice how you can crit over 1000 damage on level 30+ mobs, then only crit for a few hundred when you're patrolling Cosmodrome?
tl;dr: The level, damage reduction, and shield of the mob are irrelevant and accounted for in any case that they are. | Once the shield is down, the damage scaling doesn't matter anymore. Furthermore, you can't crit on a shield unless the shot that crits is also the shot that breaks the shield.
The enemy's level is also not important, only that you are above the light level of the enemy being hit. Even then, as long as the Explosive Rounds perk is the only variable being manipulated in a given set of tests, the results will be perfectly valid as per basic experimental design principles. Furthermore, your damage is normalized down to the level of the mob being hit, to a point. Ever notice how you can crit over 1000 damage on level 30+ mobs, then only crit for a few hundred when you're patrolling Cosmodrome?
tl;dr: The level, damage reduction, and shield of the mob are irrelevant and accounted for in any case that they are.
| DestinyTheGame | t5_2vq0w | cn1lm2a | Once the shield is down, the damage scaling doesn't matter anymore. Furthermore, you can't crit on a shield unless the shot that crits is also the shot that breaks the shield.
The enemy's level is also not important, only that you are above the light level of the enemy being hit. Even then, as long as the Explosive Rounds perk is the only variable being manipulated in a given set of tests, the results will be perfectly valid as per basic experimental design principles. Furthermore, your damage is normalized down to the level of the mob being hit, to a point. Ever notice how you can crit over 1000 damage on level 30+ mobs, then only crit for a few hundred when you're patrolling Cosmodrome? | The level, damage reduction, and shield of the mob are irrelevant and accounted for in any case that they are. |
bmsuperfly | Our division is arguably the toughest in any sport in terms on competitiveness this year it's never going to be easy with or without Dragic or any third star.
That being said, I'm not sure mid jumpers help solve anything the most worrying thing this year is so many threes missed when people are wide open. We miss like 5-6 open threes a game maybe it has to due to big roles for people and it's hindering their game a bit. (Ariza playing 40 mins a night, Terry running the second unit 75% of time).
Turnovers have to stop at the consistency they happen though for any chance for a championship. We're 29th in the league in TO only ahead of Philly. The passing has to get better everyone wants to squeak in passes with 1 hand bounce passes that always get tipped, dumb alley oop passes to Dwight, and careless passes over and behind people when posted up. It's just dumb basketball that won't work come playoffs against a stacked West.
TL;DR: Ball movement without turnovers is the one thing that truly needs changed. | Our division is arguably the toughest in any sport in terms on competitiveness this year it's never going to be easy with or without Dragic or any third star.
That being said, I'm not sure mid jumpers help solve anything the most worrying thing this year is so many threes missed when people are wide open. We miss like 5-6 open threes a game maybe it has to due to big roles for people and it's hindering their game a bit. (Ariza playing 40 mins a night, Terry running the second unit 75% of time).
Turnovers have to stop at the consistency they happen though for any chance for a championship. We're 29th in the league in TO only ahead of Philly. The passing has to get better everyone wants to squeak in passes with 1 hand bounce passes that always get tipped, dumb alley oop passes to Dwight, and careless passes over and behind people when posted up. It's just dumb basketball that won't work come playoffs against a stacked West.
TL;DR: Ball movement without turnovers is the one thing that truly needs changed.
| rockets | t5_2rnac | cn1b4mp | Our division is arguably the toughest in any sport in terms on competitiveness this year it's never going to be easy with or without Dragic or any third star.
That being said, I'm not sure mid jumpers help solve anything the most worrying thing this year is so many threes missed when people are wide open. We miss like 5-6 open threes a game maybe it has to due to big roles for people and it's hindering their game a bit. (Ariza playing 40 mins a night, Terry running the second unit 75% of time).
Turnovers have to stop at the consistency they happen though for any chance for a championship. We're 29th in the league in TO only ahead of Philly. The passing has to get better everyone wants to squeak in passes with 1 hand bounce passes that always get tipped, dumb alley oop passes to Dwight, and careless passes over and behind people when posted up. It's just dumb basketball that won't work come playoffs against a stacked West. | Ball movement without turnovers is the one thing that truly needs changed. |
furiouskoala | I'm 20, and I smoke pretty much every day both socially and by myself. After smoking regularly for three years, I would say the biggest positive is that it fights my normally crippling anxiety, allowing me to be comfortable in my own skin and socially interact with new people every day.
It also helps me sleep at night as a sort of pain reliever that helps with the disc in my back I slipped in high school, and a lot of people, even those who cannot get medical marijauna cards, use 'recreational' marijuana to fight little aches and pains like this.
Healthwise I have noticed no negative effects, although my lungs probably aren't as clean as they used to be. I smoked ciggarettes for a brief time last year, and after a month of smoking those you can feel the tar and other junk building up in your lungs, but thats not the case with Marijuana.
To me, the biggest con against weed is that is illegal, and you can catch a fine, a drug record, and possibly even jail time for possessing or smoking it. In my opinion, laws like marijuana prohibition are made to protect the public from something dangerous. In this case however, the most dangerous thing to a pot smoker IS the law, not actually smoking pot, which is counterintuitive.
TLDR- Pro's: Relaxing, painkiller, fun to do socially Cons: Illegal | I'm 20, and I smoke pretty much every day both socially and by myself. After smoking regularly for three years, I would say the biggest positive is that it fights my normally crippling anxiety, allowing me to be comfortable in my own skin and socially interact with new people every day.
It also helps me sleep at night as a sort of pain reliever that helps with the disc in my back I slipped in high school, and a lot of people, even those who cannot get medical marijauna cards, use 'recreational' marijuana to fight little aches and pains like this.
Healthwise I have noticed no negative effects, although my lungs probably aren't as clean as they used to be. I smoked ciggarettes for a brief time last year, and after a month of smoking those you can feel the tar and other junk building up in your lungs, but thats not the case with Marijuana.
To me, the biggest con against weed is that is illegal, and you can catch a fine, a drug record, and possibly even jail time for possessing or smoking it. In my opinion, laws like marijuana prohibition are made to protect the public from something dangerous. In this case however, the most dangerous thing to a pot smoker IS the law, not actually smoking pot, which is counterintuitive.
TLDR- Pro's: Relaxing, painkiller, fun to do socially Cons: Illegal
| Marijuana | t5_2qhhn | cn1jboo | I'm 20, and I smoke pretty much every day both socially and by myself. After smoking regularly for three years, I would say the biggest positive is that it fights my normally crippling anxiety, allowing me to be comfortable in my own skin and socially interact with new people every day.
It also helps me sleep at night as a sort of pain reliever that helps with the disc in my back I slipped in high school, and a lot of people, even those who cannot get medical marijauna cards, use 'recreational' marijuana to fight little aches and pains like this.
Healthwise I have noticed no negative effects, although my lungs probably aren't as clean as they used to be. I smoked ciggarettes for a brief time last year, and after a month of smoking those you can feel the tar and other junk building up in your lungs, but thats not the case with Marijuana.
To me, the biggest con against weed is that is illegal, and you can catch a fine, a drug record, and possibly even jail time for possessing or smoking it. In my opinion, laws like marijuana prohibition are made to protect the public from something dangerous. In this case however, the most dangerous thing to a pot smoker IS the law, not actually smoking pot, which is counterintuitive. | Pro's: Relaxing, painkiller, fun to do socially Cons: Illegal |
strangerflower | I agree with all of the legal ramifications that /u/OneEsk brought up. I want my SO there for me and I want to be able to provide for him should I pass away.
My anti-marriage feelings have melted away - but it's definitely not for everyone. My SO is a pain in my ass, but is the love of my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
yes, I took vows in front of family and friends, but it wouldn't have mattered one bit if those people weren't there. Those vows were between me and my SO, and they were completely devoid of religion. We got married because it was what we both wanted out of life, not because it was what our friends were doing (it was the exact opposite of what our friends were doing), or what our families wanted for us.
but as much as it works for me - there are people like, hm, my mother - that it didn't work out well for - she had three marriages - the 1st one (my father) - he turned out to be gay, the 2nd was an abusive alcoholic that drove into our apartment building one night, and her last marriage was the one that stuck but they were together 10 years and had bought a house before even thinking about getting married.
tl;dr - Do what you want and what is right for your relationship. Screw what your friends are doing, and what your family might want for you. Ultimately, it's you living your life, so it better be what you want for it. | I agree with all of the legal ramifications that /u/OneEsk brought up. I want my SO there for me and I want to be able to provide for him should I pass away.
My anti-marriage feelings have melted away - but it's definitely not for everyone. My SO is a pain in my ass, but is the love of my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
yes, I took vows in front of family and friends, but it wouldn't have mattered one bit if those people weren't there. Those vows were between me and my SO, and they were completely devoid of religion. We got married because it was what we both wanted out of life, not because it was what our friends were doing (it was the exact opposite of what our friends were doing), or what our families wanted for us.
but as much as it works for me - there are people like, hm, my mother - that it didn't work out well for - she had three marriages - the 1st one (my father) - he turned out to be gay, the 2nd was an abusive alcoholic that drove into our apartment building one night, and her last marriage was the one that stuck but they were together 10 years and had bought a house before even thinking about getting married.
tl;dr - Do what you want and what is right for your relationship. Screw what your friends are doing, and what your family might want for you. Ultimately, it's you living your life, so it better be what you want for it.
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cn1v6aw | I agree with all of the legal ramifications that /u/OneEsk brought up. I want my SO there for me and I want to be able to provide for him should I pass away.
My anti-marriage feelings have melted away - but it's definitely not for everyone. My SO is a pain in my ass, but is the love of my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
yes, I took vows in front of family and friends, but it wouldn't have mattered one bit if those people weren't there. Those vows were between me and my SO, and they were completely devoid of religion. We got married because it was what we both wanted out of life, not because it was what our friends were doing (it was the exact opposite of what our friends were doing), or what our families wanted for us.
but as much as it works for me - there are people like, hm, my mother - that it didn't work out well for - she had three marriages - the 1st one (my father) - he turned out to be gay, the 2nd was an abusive alcoholic that drove into our apartment building one night, and her last marriage was the one that stuck but they were together 10 years and had bought a house before even thinking about getting married. | Do what you want and what is right for your relationship. Screw what your friends are doing, and what your family might want for you. Ultimately, it's you living your life, so it better be what you want for it. |
DatAssuka | Hey all, would appreciate if I could get voted to the top to quell any unrest or argument about the colours on Vivian-
I'm just here to correct some information that I think you're all not getting correctly here on /r/KotakuInAction- the statement is 'true' to some regards to the context of Piccolo Dick-
The lovely lady who originally drew Vivian [Monoru] and posted it on /v/ on that fateful ~August 24th actually did characterize it in the image of Piccolo Dick / Daily Dose / 'thanks doc.' - that being said- the design is still satire and apparently these SJWs are incapable of getting it.
History has a way of having half truths- and the people who think that the purple and green portion of her attire was not intentional or 'conspiracy' in the context to satire of Piccolo Dick are as uninformed as the SJWs themselves.
Original drawer of Vivian / creator of the concept drawing;
Tl;dr;
- Yes, the colours are about Piccolo Dick as said by the original creator.
- Anybody who has been browsing 4chan for significant amounts of time or has been browsing since ~2007 will associate purple and green on 4chan with Piccolo Dick.
- No, it is not made to harass LW or whatever other victim complex formulated by these SJWs.
- Yes, Vivian was made by a tumblr crossposter who also draws porn on the side and also is female- yes, this angers SJWs. | Hey all, would appreciate if I could get voted to the top to quell any unrest or argument about the colours on Vivian-
I'm just here to correct some information that I think you're all not getting correctly here on /r/KotakuInAction- the statement is 'true' to some regards to the context of Piccolo Dick-
The lovely lady who originally drew Vivian [Monoru] and posted it on /v/ on that fateful ~August 24th actually did characterize it in the image of Piccolo Dick / Daily Dose / 'thanks doc.' - that being said- the design is still satire and apparently these SJWs are incapable of getting it.
History has a way of having half truths- and the people who think that the purple and green portion of her attire was not intentional or 'conspiracy' in the context to satire of Piccolo Dick are as uninformed as the SJWs themselves.
Original drawer of Vivian / creator of the concept drawing;
Tl;dr;
Yes, the colours are about Piccolo Dick as said by the original creator.
Anybody who has been browsing 4chan for significant amounts of time or has been browsing since ~2007 will associate purple and green on 4chan with Piccolo Dick.
No, it is not made to harass LW or whatever other victim complex formulated by these SJWs.
Yes, Vivian was made by a tumblr crossposter who also draws porn on the side and also is female- yes, this angers SJWs.
| KotakuInAction | t5_33726 | cn24hqg | Hey all, would appreciate if I could get voted to the top to quell any unrest or argument about the colours on Vivian-
I'm just here to correct some information that I think you're all not getting correctly here on /r/KotakuInAction- the statement is 'true' to some regards to the context of Piccolo Dick-
The lovely lady who originally drew Vivian [Monoru] and posted it on /v/ on that fateful ~August 24th actually did characterize it in the image of Piccolo Dick / Daily Dose / 'thanks doc.' - that being said- the design is still satire and apparently these SJWs are incapable of getting it.
History has a way of having half truths- and the people who think that the purple and green portion of her attire was not intentional or 'conspiracy' in the context to satire of Piccolo Dick are as uninformed as the SJWs themselves.
Original drawer of Vivian / creator of the concept drawing; | Yes, the colours are about Piccolo Dick as said by the original creator.
Anybody who has been browsing 4chan for significant amounts of time or has been browsing since ~2007 will associate purple and green on 4chan with Piccolo Dick.
No, it is not made to harass LW or whatever other victim complex formulated by these SJWs.
Yes, Vivian was made by a tumblr crossposter who also draws porn on the side and also is female- yes, this angers SJWs. |
dolcecullo | Breast milk is the milk produced by the breasts (or mammary glands) of a human female for her infant offspring. Milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest other foods; older infants and toddlers may continue to be breastfed, either exclusively or in combination with other foods.
Tl:Dr Suckin on ma momma tittay! | Breast milk is the milk produced by the breasts (or mammary glands) of a human female for her infant offspring. Milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest other foods; older infants and toddlers may continue to be breastfed, either exclusively or in combination with other foods.
Tl:Dr Suckin on ma momma tittay!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn1vlue | Breast milk is the milk produced by the breasts (or mammary glands) of a human female for her infant offspring. Milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns before they are able to eat and digest other foods; older infants and toddlers may continue to be breastfed, either exclusively or in combination with other foods. | Suckin on ma momma tittay! |
iggy14750 | More specific questions would be easier to answer but here I will try to tell you what I can. Note: I am only a sophomore engineering student, not a full-time engineer or programmer.
caallen is right, Terminal on your Mac will work very much the same as the Terminal in linux. This is because they are both based on Unix. But to really get a feel for linux, the best thing to do is actually play around with it. If you have a USB stick available, you can run linux off of that without having to actually install the OS. very useful for trying out new distros (different kinds or versions of linux).
Get the ISO (the OS itself) [here]( and [this]( will walk you through making a bootable USB stick.
Using a virtual machine is something I have never done, so I don't know how easy or hard it is. It could be very useful if 1) your computer has decent hardware (would not recommend if you have a MacBook Air) and 2) you don't want to have to reboot to do something in the other OS.
Otherwise, all I really know about Pi's is that they use a different processor architecture than does your computer (look up CISC v RISC), so you can't compile a program that both works on your computer and the Pi (without an emulator, but that's a whole other bag of worms). On the other hand, if the plan is to write scripts (with a language like Python), should be no problem.
Tell me if any of that was confusing or if you have any other questions, even if you feel like they are silly.
TL;DR
Terminal on Mac is good.
Try using a bootable USB stick.
A virtual machine like VirtualBox may be a good tool.
You can write scripts that work on both your computer and the Pi, but not compiled programs.
Ask questions!
| More specific questions would be easier to answer but here I will try to tell you what I can. Note: I am only a sophomore engineering student, not a full-time engineer or programmer.
caallen is right, Terminal on your Mac will work very much the same as the Terminal in linux. This is because they are both based on Unix. But to really get a feel for linux, the best thing to do is actually play around with it. If you have a USB stick available, you can run linux off of that without having to actually install the OS. very useful for trying out new distros (different kinds or versions of linux).
Get the ISO (the OS itself) [here]( and [this]( will walk you through making a bootable USB stick.
Using a virtual machine is something I have never done, so I don't know how easy or hard it is. It could be very useful if 1) your computer has decent hardware (would not recommend if you have a MacBook Air) and 2) you don't want to have to reboot to do something in the other OS.
Otherwise, all I really know about Pi's is that they use a different processor architecture than does your computer (look up CISC v RISC), so you can't compile a program that both works on your computer and the Pi (without an emulator, but that's a whole other bag of worms). On the other hand, if the plan is to write scripts (with a language like Python), should be no problem.
Tell me if any of that was confusing or if you have any other questions, even if you feel like they are silly.
TL;DR
Terminal on Mac is good.
Try using a bootable USB stick.
A virtual machine like VirtualBox may be a good tool.
You can write scripts that work on both your computer and the Pi, but not compiled programs.
Ask questions!
| linux4noobs | t5_2qy7t | cn21kew | More specific questions would be easier to answer but here I will try to tell you what I can. Note: I am only a sophomore engineering student, not a full-time engineer or programmer.
caallen is right, Terminal on your Mac will work very much the same as the Terminal in linux. This is because they are both based on Unix. But to really get a feel for linux, the best thing to do is actually play around with it. If you have a USB stick available, you can run linux off of that without having to actually install the OS. very useful for trying out new distros (different kinds or versions of linux).
Get the ISO (the OS itself) [here]( and [this]( will walk you through making a bootable USB stick.
Using a virtual machine is something I have never done, so I don't know how easy or hard it is. It could be very useful if 1) your computer has decent hardware (would not recommend if you have a MacBook Air) and 2) you don't want to have to reboot to do something in the other OS.
Otherwise, all I really know about Pi's is that they use a different processor architecture than does your computer (look up CISC v RISC), so you can't compile a program that both works on your computer and the Pi (without an emulator, but that's a whole other bag of worms). On the other hand, if the plan is to write scripts (with a language like Python), should be no problem.
Tell me if any of that was confusing or if you have any other questions, even if you feel like they are silly. | Terminal on Mac is good.
Try using a bootable USB stick.
A virtual machine like VirtualBox may be a good tool.
You can write scripts that work on both your computer and the Pi, but not compiled programs.
Ask questions! |
Nomicakes | Quoting Rebecca:
>There will be more than 15 Fomorians as far as I know.
>Also, about the 'point multiplier':
>"- Fomorian missions with a higher level of difficulty will provide extra points.
Leaderboards are available for players that want to compete for the best score during Fomorian Sabotage Missions. Your individual score is determined by the amount of damage dealt to the Fomorian Power Core during a single run. The highest scores can only be achieved by squads with coordinated deployment of Fomorian Disruptors, and efficient attacks on the Power Cores"
>There are two schools of points:
>Battle Points (1 per Fomorian)
>Score points (Clan Leaderboard metric).
>**The only thing being multiplied as per difficulty are the Score points for Clan Leaderboards.**
>Sorry for any confusions this caused - definitely need to be careful about how the scoring is laid out but I hope this clears up some of the issue.
TL;DR, battle Point multipliers aren't a thing. Only multipliers for the score to get the singular rewards per Fomorian.
Source: | Quoting Rebecca:
>There will be more than 15 Fomorians as far as I know.
>Also, about the 'point multiplier':
>"- Fomorian missions with a higher level of difficulty will provide extra points.
Leaderboards are available for players that want to compete for the best score during Fomorian Sabotage Missions. Your individual score is determined by the amount of damage dealt to the Fomorian Power Core during a single run. The highest scores can only be achieved by squads with coordinated deployment of Fomorian Disruptors, and efficient attacks on the Power Cores"
>There are two schools of points:
>Battle Points (1 per Fomorian)
>Score points (Clan Leaderboard metric).
> The only thing being multiplied as per difficulty are the Score points for Clan Leaderboards.
>Sorry for any confusions this caused - definitely need to be careful about how the scoring is laid out but I hope this clears up some of the issue.
TL;DR, battle Point multipliers aren't a thing. Only multipliers for the score to get the singular rewards per Fomorian.
Source:
| Warframe | t5_2urg0 | cn1zq2g | Quoting Rebecca:
>There will be more than 15 Fomorians as far as I know.
>Also, about the 'point multiplier':
>"- Fomorian missions with a higher level of difficulty will provide extra points.
Leaderboards are available for players that want to compete for the best score during Fomorian Sabotage Missions. Your individual score is determined by the amount of damage dealt to the Fomorian Power Core during a single run. The highest scores can only be achieved by squads with coordinated deployment of Fomorian Disruptors, and efficient attacks on the Power Cores"
>There are two schools of points:
>Battle Points (1 per Fomorian)
>Score points (Clan Leaderboard metric).
> The only thing being multiplied as per difficulty are the Score points for Clan Leaderboards.
>Sorry for any confusions this caused - definitely need to be careful about how the scoring is laid out but I hope this clears up some of the issue. | battle Point multipliers aren't a thing. Only multipliers for the score to get the singular rewards per Fomorian.
Source: |
yyderf | well, I recently got curious about how much I did spent in HS. I never bought more than 15 packs at one time, but i did it pretty often (about once every month + plus as gifts from friends and family). so it come at about $200 (not all came from my pocket, but point stands) + naxx. what it got me during about year-long playing HS was finished expert collection (in November), 2 level 60 classes and other 5 at 50+ (so yeah, I played HS a lot) - no golden class yet, because I play many games in arena (to complete collection) and changed classes for constructed often.
what i wanted to say that yes, it was very much worth it. those "handful" of games on steam are all nice and pretty, but if I would compare money spent per a hour playing HS vs games from steam, it would be really in HS favor (and hey, i played some great games from steam -e.g. Far Cry 3, which is very long or Dishonored, which has great replayability value). it simply doesn't compare
also, "unlock everything" in game such as HS is feature I would expect company to put if they didn't believe in their game. They believe in their game that it will keep you play long and always feel some kind of progression (card collection, class levels, golden classes in constructed, maybe even how far you can get in one season...). and that is the whole point I think. Currently the most important for me is getting more level 60 classes and completing GvG. Before GvG i was starting to get golden versions of my current decks (about 20 out of 30 cards in my deathrattle priest were golden)
SO, TLDR: "unlock everything" would make the most people stop playing HS after couple of months on average, because they would have everything and no real reason to keep playing | well, I recently got curious about how much I did spent in HS. I never bought more than 15 packs at one time, but i did it pretty often (about once every month + plus as gifts from friends and family). so it come at about $200 (not all came from my pocket, but point stands) + naxx. what it got me during about year-long playing HS was finished expert collection (in November), 2 level 60 classes and other 5 at 50+ (so yeah, I played HS a lot) - no golden class yet, because I play many games in arena (to complete collection) and changed classes for constructed often.
what i wanted to say that yes, it was very much worth it. those "handful" of games on steam are all nice and pretty, but if I would compare money spent per a hour playing HS vs games from steam, it would be really in HS favor (and hey, i played some great games from steam -e.g. Far Cry 3, which is very long or Dishonored, which has great replayability value). it simply doesn't compare
also, "unlock everything" in game such as HS is feature I would expect company to put if they didn't believe in their game. They believe in their game that it will keep you play long and always feel some kind of progression (card collection, class levels, golden classes in constructed, maybe even how far you can get in one season...). and that is the whole point I think. Currently the most important for me is getting more level 60 classes and completing GvG. Before GvG i was starting to get golden versions of my current decks (about 20 out of 30 cards in my deathrattle priest were golden)
SO, TLDR: "unlock everything" would make the most people stop playing HS after couple of months on average, because they would have everything and no real reason to keep playing
| hearthstone | t5_2w31t | cn24t0v | well, I recently got curious about how much I did spent in HS. I never bought more than 15 packs at one time, but i did it pretty often (about once every month + plus as gifts from friends and family). so it come at about $200 (not all came from my pocket, but point stands) + naxx. what it got me during about year-long playing HS was finished expert collection (in November), 2 level 60 classes and other 5 at 50+ (so yeah, I played HS a lot) - no golden class yet, because I play many games in arena (to complete collection) and changed classes for constructed often.
what i wanted to say that yes, it was very much worth it. those "handful" of games on steam are all nice and pretty, but if I would compare money spent per a hour playing HS vs games from steam, it would be really in HS favor (and hey, i played some great games from steam -e.g. Far Cry 3, which is very long or Dishonored, which has great replayability value). it simply doesn't compare
also, "unlock everything" in game such as HS is feature I would expect company to put if they didn't believe in their game. They believe in their game that it will keep you play long and always feel some kind of progression (card collection, class levels, golden classes in constructed, maybe even how far you can get in one season...). and that is the whole point I think. Currently the most important for me is getting more level 60 classes and completing GvG. Before GvG i was starting to get golden versions of my current decks (about 20 out of 30 cards in my deathrattle priest were golden)
SO, | unlock everything" would make the most people stop playing HS after couple of months on average, because they would have everything and no real reason to keep playing |
john_stuart_kill | Context: I grew up in a very bilingual community in northern Ontario (~70% native French speakers and ~30% native English speakers). My dad is anglophone, my mom francophone. I went to a French primary school and an English high school. Almost everyone I grew up with is a native speaker of both French and English, almost everyone in my town used both French and English every day.
That being said, while I am now, as an adult, very conscious of what language I am speaking, it was definitely the case all the time growing up that children would code-switch without noticing it. I mean, easily back and forth ten times in a five-minute conversation; this would not be unusual. And I don't mean just toddlers: until around ten to twelve years old, I would say, many/most of the kids I grew up with (including myself, my brother, and many of my cousins from a bilingual background) would catch ourselves having changed languages mid-sentence without noticing, until maybe someone points it out or you take a moment to reflect on what you said (I would compare it to times when you say something other than what you meant because you're distracted, and only realize it when someone looks at you puzzled and you think back on what you just said).
And honestly, to this day, I'll once in a while slip into French when upset even when speaking English (cursing is *way* better in French if you actually want to express anger), though I generally realize it within a second or so.
So, **tl;dr**: I don't find it that unusual to not be entirely conscious of one's linguistic practices and capacities, particularly if they are the same as those in which one grew up and which almost everyone around you shares.
Edit: context added | Context: I grew up in a very bilingual community in northern Ontario (~70% native French speakers and ~30% native English speakers). My dad is anglophone, my mom francophone. I went to a French primary school and an English high school. Almost everyone I grew up with is a native speaker of both French and English, almost everyone in my town used both French and English every day.
That being said, while I am now, as an adult, very conscious of what language I am speaking, it was definitely the case all the time growing up that children would code-switch without noticing it. I mean, easily back and forth ten times in a five-minute conversation; this would not be unusual. And I don't mean just toddlers: until around ten to twelve years old, I would say, many/most of the kids I grew up with (including myself, my brother, and many of my cousins from a bilingual background) would catch ourselves having changed languages mid-sentence without noticing, until maybe someone points it out or you take a moment to reflect on what you said (I would compare it to times when you say something other than what you meant because you're distracted, and only realize it when someone looks at you puzzled and you think back on what you just said).
And honestly, to this day, I'll once in a while slip into French when upset even when speaking English (cursing is way better in French if you actually want to express anger), though I generally realize it within a second or so.
So, tl;dr : I don't find it that unusual to not be entirely conscious of one's linguistic practices and capacities, particularly if they are the same as those in which one grew up and which almost everyone around you shares.
Edit: context added
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cn27m0e | Context: I grew up in a very bilingual community in northern Ontario (~70% native French speakers and ~30% native English speakers). My dad is anglophone, my mom francophone. I went to a French primary school and an English high school. Almost everyone I grew up with is a native speaker of both French and English, almost everyone in my town used both French and English every day.
That being said, while I am now, as an adult, very conscious of what language I am speaking, it was definitely the case all the time growing up that children would code-switch without noticing it. I mean, easily back and forth ten times in a five-minute conversation; this would not be unusual. And I don't mean just toddlers: until around ten to twelve years old, I would say, many/most of the kids I grew up with (including myself, my brother, and many of my cousins from a bilingual background) would catch ourselves having changed languages mid-sentence without noticing, until maybe someone points it out or you take a moment to reflect on what you said (I would compare it to times when you say something other than what you meant because you're distracted, and only realize it when someone looks at you puzzled and you think back on what you just said).
And honestly, to this day, I'll once in a while slip into French when upset even when speaking English (cursing is way better in French if you actually want to express anger), though I generally realize it within a second or so.
So, | I don't find it that unusual to not be entirely conscious of one's linguistic practices and capacities, particularly if they are the same as those in which one grew up and which almost everyone around you shares.
Edit: context added |
AlterAsc | Future of PC looks okay. Although to me it always seemed that it was okay.
Problems that i see - AAA-games will be shirtports 80% of the time. There were shitports before too, but when shitports came from 10year old hardware, shittiness was not that noticable. Also this recent trend that florished with newgen. The one about 30fps being cinematic and so on. Before current gen it was more like a needed sacrifice and people accepted it. This would be exclusive console problem, if shitports were not shitports, but they are. So 30fps on PC gets more common. Not nice, but fuck those who do that shit.
Unexpected but nice is the japanese devs' decision to get some games on PC. Also kickstarters for VNs that were funded very quickly are also good thing, but that's not exactly PC issue, since they don't come out only on PC.
tl;dr - moar shitports incoming!
| Future of PC looks okay. Although to me it always seemed that it was okay.
Problems that i see - AAA-games will be shirtports 80% of the time. There were shitports before too, but when shitports came from 10year old hardware, shittiness was not that noticable. Also this recent trend that florished with newgen. The one about 30fps being cinematic and so on. Before current gen it was more like a needed sacrifice and people accepted it. This would be exclusive console problem, if shitports were not shitports, but they are. So 30fps on PC gets more common. Not nice, but fuck those who do that shit.
Unexpected but nice is the japanese devs' decision to get some games on PC. Also kickstarters for VNs that were funded very quickly are also good thing, but that's not exactly PC issue, since they don't come out only on PC.
tl;dr - moar shitports incoming!
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cn22exm | Future of PC looks okay. Although to me it always seemed that it was okay.
Problems that i see - AAA-games will be shirtports 80% of the time. There were shitports before too, but when shitports came from 10year old hardware, shittiness was not that noticable. Also this recent trend that florished with newgen. The one about 30fps being cinematic and so on. Before current gen it was more like a needed sacrifice and people accepted it. This would be exclusive console problem, if shitports were not shitports, but they are. So 30fps on PC gets more common. Not nice, but fuck those who do that shit.
Unexpected but nice is the japanese devs' decision to get some games on PC. Also kickstarters for VNs that were funded very quickly are also good thing, but that's not exactly PC issue, since they don't come out only on PC. | moar shitports incoming! |
urethral_lobotomy | Well this kinda depends on the game.
For example I just started playing Oblivion recently and with some mods it looks pretty damn good. Id say half the age it actually is. And it would be even better if I had a better computer that could handle the better mods. Plus its extremely easy to mod,even for noobs like myself.
But im also playing the first Mass Effect which even at maxed out settings, doesnt look that great. And im too scared to even try and mod it since it doesnt have a Mod Manager like Oblivion.
TL:DR: I agree. | Well this kinda depends on the game.
For example I just started playing Oblivion recently and with some mods it looks pretty damn good. Id say half the age it actually is. And it would be even better if I had a better computer that could handle the better mods. Plus its extremely easy to mod,even for noobs like myself.
But im also playing the first Mass Effect which even at maxed out settings, doesnt look that great. And im too scared to even try and mod it since it doesnt have a Mod Manager like Oblivion.
TL:DR: I agree.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cn27bdt | Well this kinda depends on the game.
For example I just started playing Oblivion recently and with some mods it looks pretty damn good. Id say half the age it actually is. And it would be even better if I had a better computer that could handle the better mods. Plus its extremely easy to mod,even for noobs like myself.
But im also playing the first Mass Effect which even at maxed out settings, doesnt look that great. And im too scared to even try and mod it since it doesnt have a Mod Manager like Oblivion. | I agree. |
MelAlton | Well all that water is still going to come out, just somewhere else. The Mississippi river's spring is located in Minnesota, doncha know. It was plugged up for 3 days in 1741; that's how the Great Lakes were formed. So if you plug it up again, the Great Lakes will fill up even more.
TL;DR: you will flood Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Toronto | Well all that water is still going to come out, just somewhere else. The Mississippi river's spring is located in Minnesota, doncha know. It was plugged up for 3 days in 1741; that's how the Great Lakes were formed. So if you plug it up again, the Great Lakes will fill up even more.
TL;DR: you will flood Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Toronto
| shittyaskscience | t5_2sw51 | cn24nb0 | Well all that water is still going to come out, just somewhere else. The Mississippi river's spring is located in Minnesota, doncha know. It was plugged up for 3 days in 1741; that's how the Great Lakes were formed. So if you plug it up again, the Great Lakes will fill up even more. | you will flood Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Toronto |
crinnie | MANGER ELECTIONS! SO much fun. I was telling /u/wmichaelis about it and that's why he ran that 'Unusual Holiday Traditions' contest.
Okay, here goes.
Over the years of their marriage, my parents managed to collect several different nativity sets. My Dad is Mr. Dollar Store so a lot of said sets are absolute crap. Like the figures have half of their faces melted off, are missing limbs, and we have dozens of everything.
We couldn't ever decide which figures go in the manger - so we hold an election. A booze-fueled, vote-rigging, electioneering, inappropriate-humor election.
There are 22 kings. I'm the eldest child, so I'm the MC. While my mom was alive, she was the MC, until she had too much champagne punch - then I'd take over. I yell, "22 KINGS ENTER! 3 KINGS STAY! THE REST GO BACK IN THE BOX!" All the nieces and nephews sit by me and we parade all the figures around for everyone to see. Then we cast votes. The adults bribe the kids with candy, torture them with tickles to get their votes for their favorites.
The worst thing is - my brothers and one sister-in-law LOVE a funny manger. So they try to get the most mismatched, weird manger scene. Last year's St. Joseph was about 6" tall. St. Mary? 1". See what I mean?
[Here are some of the favorite figures.](
TL:DR - my family can't decide which figures go into the Nativity scene, so we hold a booze-fueled, inappropriate election. | MANGER ELECTIONS! SO much fun. I was telling /u/wmichaelis about it and that's why he ran that 'Unusual Holiday Traditions' contest.
Okay, here goes.
Over the years of their marriage, my parents managed to collect several different nativity sets. My Dad is Mr. Dollar Store so a lot of said sets are absolute crap. Like the figures have half of their faces melted off, are missing limbs, and we have dozens of everything.
We couldn't ever decide which figures go in the manger - so we hold an election. A booze-fueled, vote-rigging, electioneering, inappropriate-humor election.
There are 22 kings. I'm the eldest child, so I'm the MC. While my mom was alive, she was the MC, until she had too much champagne punch - then I'd take over. I yell, "22 KINGS ENTER! 3 KINGS STAY! THE REST GO BACK IN THE BOX!" All the nieces and nephews sit by me and we parade all the figures around for everyone to see. Then we cast votes. The adults bribe the kids with candy, torture them with tickles to get their votes for their favorites.
The worst thing is - my brothers and one sister-in-law LOVE a funny manger. So they try to get the most mismatched, weird manger scene. Last year's St. Joseph was about 6" tall. St. Mary? 1". See what I mean?
[Here are some of the favorite figures.](
TL:DR - my family can't decide which figures go into the Nativity scene, so we hold a booze-fueled, inappropriate election.
| Random_Acts_Of_Amazon | t5_2tx47 | cn29lqo | MANGER ELECTIONS! SO much fun. I was telling /u/wmichaelis about it and that's why he ran that 'Unusual Holiday Traditions' contest.
Okay, here goes.
Over the years of their marriage, my parents managed to collect several different nativity sets. My Dad is Mr. Dollar Store so a lot of said sets are absolute crap. Like the figures have half of their faces melted off, are missing limbs, and we have dozens of everything.
We couldn't ever decide which figures go in the manger - so we hold an election. A booze-fueled, vote-rigging, electioneering, inappropriate-humor election.
There are 22 kings. I'm the eldest child, so I'm the MC. While my mom was alive, she was the MC, until she had too much champagne punch - then I'd take over. I yell, "22 KINGS ENTER! 3 KINGS STAY! THE REST GO BACK IN THE BOX!" All the nieces and nephews sit by me and we parade all the figures around for everyone to see. Then we cast votes. The adults bribe the kids with candy, torture them with tickles to get their votes for their favorites.
The worst thing is - my brothers and one sister-in-law LOVE a funny manger. So they try to get the most mismatched, weird manger scene. Last year's St. Joseph was about 6" tall. St. Mary? 1". See what I mean?
[Here are some of the favorite figures.]( | my family can't decide which figures go into the Nativity scene, so we hold a booze-fueled, inappropriate election. |
stabwah | >cmd ping google.com -t shows very stable ping
man with skills like that you should be a network engineer!
in all seriousness, notice the massive lag spike in the network graph that lines up exactly with when you died? that was the connection being dropped.
pinging google after the fact proves absolutely nothing, you could have at least run WinMTR to the gateway you connect to like GGG support usually ask.
TLDR; noobs will blame GGG for shitty net connections | >cmd ping google.com -t shows very stable ping
man with skills like that you should be a network engineer!
in all seriousness, notice the massive lag spike in the network graph that lines up exactly with when you died? that was the connection being dropped.
pinging google after the fact proves absolutely nothing, you could have at least run WinMTR to the gateway you connect to like GGG support usually ask.
TLDR; noobs will blame GGG for shitty net connections
| pathofexile | t5_2sf6m | cn2nlmc | cmd ping google.com -t shows very stable ping
man with skills like that you should be a network engineer!
in all seriousness, notice the massive lag spike in the network graph that lines up exactly with when you died? that was the connection being dropped.
pinging google after the fact proves absolutely nothing, you could have at least run WinMTR to the gateway you connect to like GGG support usually ask. | noobs will blame GGG for shitty net connections |
NsRhea | IN DEFENSE of the Bucs... their offensive coordinator is actually their QB coach. This was supposed to be his first ever year coaching anything EVER at the NFL level, and it was to be QB coaching only. In preseason however, the Bucs OC got terribly sick (cancer I believe) and went to the hospital. It was expected he was going to return to the team by regular season but he decided to step down permanently and this guy the Bucs have now is that QB coach. I feel really bad for him because I'm sure he did like 0 prep expecting to run the entire team's offense for the entire year. Even if he did do some prep work it's his first ever year at the NFL level.
TL;DR OC got cancer in preseason. QB coach took over with expectation OC would return. OC didn't return and QB coach got perma-promoted for the season having never coached before in the NFL. | IN DEFENSE of the Bucs... their offensive coordinator is actually their QB coach. This was supposed to be his first ever year coaching anything EVER at the NFL level, and it was to be QB coaching only. In preseason however, the Bucs OC got terribly sick (cancer I believe) and went to the hospital. It was expected he was going to return to the team by regular season but he decided to step down permanently and this guy the Bucs have now is that QB coach. I feel really bad for him because I'm sure he did like 0 prep expecting to run the entire team's offense for the entire year. Even if he did do some prep work it's his first ever year at the NFL level.
TL;DR OC got cancer in preseason. QB coach took over with expectation OC would return. OC didn't return and QB coach got perma-promoted for the season having never coached before in the NFL.
| GreenBayPackers | t5_2qqd2 | cn2w0dh | IN DEFENSE of the Bucs... their offensive coordinator is actually their QB coach. This was supposed to be his first ever year coaching anything EVER at the NFL level, and it was to be QB coaching only. In preseason however, the Bucs OC got terribly sick (cancer I believe) and went to the hospital. It was expected he was going to return to the team by regular season but he decided to step down permanently and this guy the Bucs have now is that QB coach. I feel really bad for him because I'm sure he did like 0 prep expecting to run the entire team's offense for the entire year. Even if he did do some prep work it's his first ever year at the NFL level. | OC got cancer in preseason. QB coach took over with expectation OC would return. OC didn't return and QB coach got perma-promoted for the season having never coached before in the NFL. |
datmotoguy | My parents had just retired when I went in to college (and separated). My mom made some money, but my dad had no income (retired) and he paid for my medical insurance. This made him the "most contributory parent". I worked full time which paid for housing, and all other living expenses. I didnt get aid from dad (beyond the medical ins), but because his annual income was nothing fafsa gave me tuition and a little scratch for books. Got through college with zero debt. I did also go to a inexpensive state school.
Best friends family: he was one of three and they made just enough to be lower middle/upper lower for the area. He got no aid from parents either (and his parents definitely would not be able to help at all). Because his parents worked, he got no aid from fafsa. He certainly would've been more deserving IMO from a assistance programs perspective.
Tldr: FAFSA is broken as shit. | My parents had just retired when I went in to college (and separated). My mom made some money, but my dad had no income (retired) and he paid for my medical insurance. This made him the "most contributory parent". I worked full time which paid for housing, and all other living expenses. I didnt get aid from dad (beyond the medical ins), but because his annual income was nothing fafsa gave me tuition and a little scratch for books. Got through college with zero debt. I did also go to a inexpensive state school.
Best friends family: he was one of three and they made just enough to be lower middle/upper lower for the area. He got no aid from parents either (and his parents definitely would not be able to help at all). Because his parents worked, he got no aid from fafsa. He certainly would've been more deserving IMO from a assistance programs perspective.
Tldr: FAFSA is broken as shit.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cn2z8sy | My parents had just retired when I went in to college (and separated). My mom made some money, but my dad had no income (retired) and he paid for my medical insurance. This made him the "most contributory parent". I worked full time which paid for housing, and all other living expenses. I didnt get aid from dad (beyond the medical ins), but because his annual income was nothing fafsa gave me tuition and a little scratch for books. Got through college with zero debt. I did also go to a inexpensive state school.
Best friends family: he was one of three and they made just enough to be lower middle/upper lower for the area. He got no aid from parents either (and his parents definitely would not be able to help at all). Because his parents worked, he got no aid from fafsa. He certainly would've been more deserving IMO from a assistance programs perspective. | FAFSA is broken as shit. |
zjcarey | I am from a small town in Missouri about 60 miles southwest of St. Louis and obviously we don't have a basketball team, but I LOVE basketball. When I was in the 4th grade there was this book called "Dynamic Duos" that I bought from a book fair. On the cover of that book was a picture of Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury. After reading all about the greatest duos of the mid-late 90's, Garnett and Marbury stood out to me. Maybe it was because I liked the logo too, but nonetheless, I started watching them when I could and before long I was watching every game by the time i was 8th grade. Kevin Garnett was simply a joy to watch every single night.
TLdr, Kevin Garnett is the reason I am a Timberwolves fan
| I am from a small town in Missouri about 60 miles southwest of St. Louis and obviously we don't have a basketball team, but I LOVE basketball. When I was in the 4th grade there was this book called "Dynamic Duos" that I bought from a book fair. On the cover of that book was a picture of Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury. After reading all about the greatest duos of the mid-late 90's, Garnett and Marbury stood out to me. Maybe it was because I liked the logo too, but nonetheless, I started watching them when I could and before long I was watching every game by the time i was 8th grade. Kevin Garnett was simply a joy to watch every single night.
TLdr, Kevin Garnett is the reason I am a Timberwolves fan
| timberwolves | t5_2s64h | cn31j35 | I am from a small town in Missouri about 60 miles southwest of St. Louis and obviously we don't have a basketball team, but I LOVE basketball. When I was in the 4th grade there was this book called "Dynamic Duos" that I bought from a book fair. On the cover of that book was a picture of Kevin Garnett and Stephon Marbury. After reading all about the greatest duos of the mid-late 90's, Garnett and Marbury stood out to me. Maybe it was because I liked the logo too, but nonetheless, I started watching them when I could and before long I was watching every game by the time i was 8th grade. Kevin Garnett was simply a joy to watch every single night. | Kevin Garnett is the reason I am a Timberwolves fan |
dontgetborn | Next time you're meditating, find out where this lonely impulse comes from, what it's saying, and contrast it contextually. I think that we are so content to be alone that as soon as our biological imperatives kick in about the opposite sex, we suddenly feel compelled away from ourselves. Either this means that the habit of solitude should be broken, or it means that you should see these desires within their context.
Surround yourself with friends and, if they aren't shitty, family. You've gotta feel fine as you are first.
tl;dr: You're "other"-ing. Grass is greener stuff. It's a fantasy that hurts the more you dream it. | Next time you're meditating, find out where this lonely impulse comes from, what it's saying, and contrast it contextually. I think that we are so content to be alone that as soon as our biological imperatives kick in about the opposite sex, we suddenly feel compelled away from ourselves. Either this means that the habit of solitude should be broken, or it means that you should see these desires within their context.
Surround yourself with friends and, if they aren't shitty, family. You've gotta feel fine as you are first.
tl;dr: You're "other"-ing. Grass is greener stuff. It's a fantasy that hurts the more you dream it.
| INTP | t5_2qhvl | cn38fyu | Next time you're meditating, find out where this lonely impulse comes from, what it's saying, and contrast it contextually. I think that we are so content to be alone that as soon as our biological imperatives kick in about the opposite sex, we suddenly feel compelled away from ourselves. Either this means that the habit of solitude should be broken, or it means that you should see these desires within their context.
Surround yourself with friends and, if they aren't shitty, family. You've gotta feel fine as you are first. | You're "other"-ing. Grass is greener stuff. It's a fantasy that hurts the more you dream it. |
mannyrmz123 | US > Mexico
In everything
Except soccer
But that changed with Landon Donovan in 2002
**TL;DR** US > Mexico | US > Mexico
In everything
Except soccer
But that changed with Landon Donovan in 2002
TL;DR US > Mexico
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3a1ai | US > Mexico
In everything
Except soccer
But that changed with Landon Donovan in 2002 | US > Mexico |
bearsnchairs | Not in everything. :'(
TL;DR Mexico > US | Not in everything. :'(
TL;DR Mexico > US
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3hrzz | Not in everything. :'( | Mexico > US |
soomuchcoffee | Why are between-sized pants so hard to find? I'm a total 33 waist. The best life can offer me is a 32 with a weird bulge situation and a quasi muffin top, or a 34 with a belt and a...still sort of crotch situation?
AND WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, GENERALLY PROBLEMATIC CROTCH AREA!? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY TEAM, YO.
It's like, bro, relax. You're 29. Guess where you're probably not going at 5:30AM on a Tuesday? Yeah, there. Mr. Hips is only vaguely interested. We can barely make a fist at this hour anyway. It's fucking 5:30 in the goddamn morning. Mr. Mouth has morning breath that is one of the great tragedies of our time. And Wifey McHideyHole isn't exactly a princess at this hour anyway. Yeah, if she brings it up we're there, but why don't we just go have a coffee and wait for this to blow over? The rest of us don't really want to be late for work because you honestly think "if you don't use it, you'll lose it."
To my cat: dude. Fucking Jesus dude. You're the man, I like you. Please stop paw banging my pie hole at 3AM. I assure you I am still alive. And, let's say I'm not. You're going to eat my dead ass and we both know it. So let's not hide behind this "looking out for your old pal Soomuchcoffee" farce. You're better than that. You get two kinds of treats, man. Give a guy a break.
[TLDR: Don't you hate pants!?] ( (/everything?) | Why are between-sized pants so hard to find? I'm a total 33 waist. The best life can offer me is a 32 with a weird bulge situation and a quasi muffin top, or a 34 with a belt and a...still sort of crotch situation?
AND WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, GENERALLY PROBLEMATIC CROTCH AREA!? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY TEAM, YO.
It's like, bro, relax. You're 29. Guess where you're probably not going at 5:30AM on a Tuesday? Yeah, there. Mr. Hips is only vaguely interested. We can barely make a fist at this hour anyway. It's fucking 5:30 in the goddamn morning. Mr. Mouth has morning breath that is one of the great tragedies of our time. And Wifey McHideyHole isn't exactly a princess at this hour anyway. Yeah, if she brings it up we're there, but why don't we just go have a coffee and wait for this to blow over? The rest of us don't really want to be late for work because you honestly think "if you don't use it, you'll lose it."
To my cat: dude. Fucking Jesus dude. You're the man, I like you. Please stop paw banging my pie hole at 3AM. I assure you I am still alive. And, let's say I'm not. You're going to eat my dead ass and we both know it. So let's not hide behind this "looking out for your old pal Soomuchcoffee" farce. You're better than that. You get two kinds of treats, man. Give a guy a break.
[TLDR: Don't you hate pants!?] ( (/everything?)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3bkkn | Why are between-sized pants so hard to find? I'm a total 33 waist. The best life can offer me is a 32 with a weird bulge situation and a quasi muffin top, or a 34 with a belt and a...still sort of crotch situation?
AND WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, GENERALLY PROBLEMATIC CROTCH AREA!? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY TEAM, YO.
It's like, bro, relax. You're 29. Guess where you're probably not going at 5:30AM on a Tuesday? Yeah, there. Mr. Hips is only vaguely interested. We can barely make a fist at this hour anyway. It's fucking 5:30 in the goddamn morning. Mr. Mouth has morning breath that is one of the great tragedies of our time. And Wifey McHideyHole isn't exactly a princess at this hour anyway. Yeah, if she brings it up we're there, but why don't we just go have a coffee and wait for this to blow over? The rest of us don't really want to be late for work because you honestly think "if you don't use it, you'll lose it."
To my cat: dude. Fucking Jesus dude. You're the man, I like you. Please stop paw banging my pie hole at 3AM. I assure you I am still alive. And, let's say I'm not. You're going to eat my dead ass and we both know it. So let's not hide behind this "looking out for your old pal Soomuchcoffee" farce. You're better than that. You get two kinds of treats, man. Give a guy a break.
[ | Don't you hate pants!?] ( (/everything?) |
dinosaur_train | Call your lawyer and see if an emergency motion can be filed or see if there is any legal way to hold back the visit. Don't listen to us telling you what you can and cannot do, when you will pay the cost for that.
tl;dr - these are questions for your lawyer. | Call your lawyer and see if an emergency motion can be filed or see if there is any legal way to hold back the visit. Don't listen to us telling you what you can and cannot do, when you will pay the cost for that.
tl;dr - these are questions for your lawyer.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cn3ecw3 | Call your lawyer and see if an emergency motion can be filed or see if there is any legal way to hold back the visit. Don't listen to us telling you what you can and cannot do, when you will pay the cost for that. | these are questions for your lawyer. |
LolaRuns | IMO it's just a normal tradeoff. Like linearity versus openness, so is conceptualizing a solution versus executing a solution. Though being execution based often moves a game closer to platformer. Think let's say something like Super Meatboy. You look at the level, you conceptualize where you have to jump, but you still have to get the timing right.
You can do puzzle games without any execution elements where you have as much time as you want to execute your moves or picking the right moves guarantees that the execution will be easy, but I don't think that it is that unusual for a puzzle game to have at least some timing elements. Again it's like a sliding scale between pure conceptual puzzler to puzzler with timing elements to let's say platformer with puzzle elements.
I can understand however how it can be annoying when a game for example switches. I think that's why for example so many people hate timed sections in point and click adventures. For 90% of the game you have all the time in the world to execute your puzzles and suddenly just a short section has an execution element, where even if you know/have conceptualized the right solution you can still fail for example if you don't do it fast enough.
Thomas Was Alone is another game where I felt most puzzles were focused more around conceptualizing and then suddenly there were a few levels in the middle that seemed a lot more execution based and I found that very irritating.
TLDR: I don't think that there's a perfect mixture of conceptualization based versus execution based, but I do think it can get annoying when a game switched the mixture too heavily mid game. | IMO it's just a normal tradeoff. Like linearity versus openness, so is conceptualizing a solution versus executing a solution. Though being execution based often moves a game closer to platformer. Think let's say something like Super Meatboy. You look at the level, you conceptualize where you have to jump, but you still have to get the timing right.
You can do puzzle games without any execution elements where you have as much time as you want to execute your moves or picking the right moves guarantees that the execution will be easy, but I don't think that it is that unusual for a puzzle game to have at least some timing elements. Again it's like a sliding scale between pure conceptual puzzler to puzzler with timing elements to let's say platformer with puzzle elements.
I can understand however how it can be annoying when a game for example switches. I think that's why for example so many people hate timed sections in point and click adventures. For 90% of the game you have all the time in the world to execute your puzzles and suddenly just a short section has an execution element, where even if you know/have conceptualized the right solution you can still fail for example if you don't do it fast enough.
Thomas Was Alone is another game where I felt most puzzles were focused more around conceptualizing and then suddenly there were a few levels in the middle that seemed a lot more execution based and I found that very irritating.
TLDR: I don't think that there's a perfect mixture of conceptualization based versus execution based, but I do think it can get annoying when a game switched the mixture too heavily mid game.
| truegaming | t5_2sgq6 | cn3j3r7 | IMO it's just a normal tradeoff. Like linearity versus openness, so is conceptualizing a solution versus executing a solution. Though being execution based often moves a game closer to platformer. Think let's say something like Super Meatboy. You look at the level, you conceptualize where you have to jump, but you still have to get the timing right.
You can do puzzle games without any execution elements where you have as much time as you want to execute your moves or picking the right moves guarantees that the execution will be easy, but I don't think that it is that unusual for a puzzle game to have at least some timing elements. Again it's like a sliding scale between pure conceptual puzzler to puzzler with timing elements to let's say platformer with puzzle elements.
I can understand however how it can be annoying when a game for example switches. I think that's why for example so many people hate timed sections in point and click adventures. For 90% of the game you have all the time in the world to execute your puzzles and suddenly just a short section has an execution element, where even if you know/have conceptualized the right solution you can still fail for example if you don't do it fast enough.
Thomas Was Alone is another game where I felt most puzzles were focused more around conceptualizing and then suddenly there were a few levels in the middle that seemed a lot more execution based and I found that very irritating. | I don't think that there's a perfect mixture of conceptualization based versus execution based, but I do think it can get annoying when a game switched the mixture too heavily mid game. |
Sterling__Archer_ | The discussion needs to be had, and people need to look at statistics and facts just as you have. I'm glad you're taking a rational, logical approach to it. It gives me hope that it can be had, at least on reddit.
You're right, about everything really. But now that we have why (society is afraid) how do you change that? Looking to your TLDR, we would need to change the actions of a lot of people. That way, people wouldn't have a reason to be afraid.
gonna be a long road ahead of us. | The discussion needs to be had, and people need to look at statistics and facts just as you have. I'm glad you're taking a rational, logical approach to it. It gives me hope that it can be had, at least on reddit.
You're right, about everything really. But now that we have why (society is afraid) how do you change that? Looking to your TLDR, we would need to change the actions of a lot of people. That way, people wouldn't have a reason to be afraid.
gonna be a long road ahead of us.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn3k0du | The discussion needs to be had, and people need to look at statistics and facts just as you have. I'm glad you're taking a rational, logical approach to it. It gives me hope that it can be had, at least on reddit.
You're right, about everything really. But now that we have why (society is afraid) how do you change that? Looking to your | we would need to change the actions of a lot of people. That way, people wouldn't have a reason to be afraid.
gonna be a long road ahead of us. |
TheTokingBlackGuy | Once society can discuss this question in a civilized manner, we can really begin to make progress. Seeing this question posted on reddit in and of itself is pretty encouraging.
This is all just my opinion, but I think society is afraid of black men for a few reasons. We (black men) generally are arrested and jailed more often than other races, so it's not like the fear of black men comes from nowhere. The reasons behind us being arrested at such disproportional rates are vast.
For one, poor people commit more crime. (desperate times, desperate measures) And black people in America are *generally* poorer than most other races.
Why are we poorer? A couple of reasons. But a pretty big one is simply the lingering affects of Jim Crow and slavery. I know a ton of folks will read that and say "come on, slavery was 200 years ago!" But laws prohibiting pregnant black women from getting treated at hospitals and being forced to give birth on sidewalks - only stopped being federal laws in the 1960s.
Another reason that we're generally poorer is institutionalized racism. It can be harder to get a job interview if your name is Tyrone. It can be harder to move up the corporate/social ladder if you and your family aren't well-connected. It can be harder to find good housing in good neighborhoods if you're a minority. People often hear black folks complaining about racism and assume they mean "racism" as in random people disliking blacks. That's not the racism most black folks are concerned about. It's the *institutional racism* that really holds us back.
Now, it wouldn't be much of a discussion if I said society is afraid of black men because we're generally poorer and therefore generally more likely to commit crime. And that all of this is strictly the product of slavery, jim crow, and institutionalized racism. That would be lazy.
Black folks have had a hand in this too. Way too many of our youth aspire to be the gangsta rappers they see on TV. A lot of this comes from lacking positive role models in real life, but the rappers themselves aren't doing their people any favors.
Additionally, a fair amount of black Americans want someone to make things right for all of the years that we were wronged. But that isn't going to happen. The people who held slaves are all gone. The people who enacted Jim Crow legislation are all gone. The white folks in America today, by in large, aren't to blame for the problems blacks still face. So who's going to answer for their ancestors? Nobody. It's a tough pill to swallow, and I think a lot of my people just aren't ready to swallow that pill yet.
**TLDR: Society is probably afraid of black men because 1) We commit more crime than other races and 2) we tend to emulate and look up to gangsters. There are valid historical and socio-economic explanations for both of these things, but in order to discuss them, society has to acknowledge the elephant in the room.**
EDIT: Thank you for the Gold. This response is proof that people really do want to have these discussions and that's a beautiful thing. | Once society can discuss this question in a civilized manner, we can really begin to make progress. Seeing this question posted on reddit in and of itself is pretty encouraging.
This is all just my opinion, but I think society is afraid of black men for a few reasons. We (black men) generally are arrested and jailed more often than other races, so it's not like the fear of black men comes from nowhere. The reasons behind us being arrested at such disproportional rates are vast.
For one, poor people commit more crime. (desperate times, desperate measures) And black people in America are generally poorer than most other races.
Why are we poorer? A couple of reasons. But a pretty big one is simply the lingering affects of Jim Crow and slavery. I know a ton of folks will read that and say "come on, slavery was 200 years ago!" But laws prohibiting pregnant black women from getting treated at hospitals and being forced to give birth on sidewalks - only stopped being federal laws in the 1960s.
Another reason that we're generally poorer is institutionalized racism. It can be harder to get a job interview if your name is Tyrone. It can be harder to move up the corporate/social ladder if you and your family aren't well-connected. It can be harder to find good housing in good neighborhoods if you're a minority. People often hear black folks complaining about racism and assume they mean "racism" as in random people disliking blacks. That's not the racism most black folks are concerned about. It's the institutional racism that really holds us back.
Now, it wouldn't be much of a discussion if I said society is afraid of black men because we're generally poorer and therefore generally more likely to commit crime. And that all of this is strictly the product of slavery, jim crow, and institutionalized racism. That would be lazy.
Black folks have had a hand in this too. Way too many of our youth aspire to be the gangsta rappers they see on TV. A lot of this comes from lacking positive role models in real life, but the rappers themselves aren't doing their people any favors.
Additionally, a fair amount of black Americans want someone to make things right for all of the years that we were wronged. But that isn't going to happen. The people who held slaves are all gone. The people who enacted Jim Crow legislation are all gone. The white folks in America today, by in large, aren't to blame for the problems blacks still face. So who's going to answer for their ancestors? Nobody. It's a tough pill to swallow, and I think a lot of my people just aren't ready to swallow that pill yet.
TLDR: Society is probably afraid of black men because 1) We commit more crime than other races and 2) we tend to emulate and look up to gangsters. There are valid historical and socio-economic explanations for both of these things, but in order to discuss them, society has to acknowledge the elephant in the room.
EDIT: Thank you for the Gold. This response is proof that people really do want to have these discussions and that's a beautiful thing.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn3jktz | Once society can discuss this question in a civilized manner, we can really begin to make progress. Seeing this question posted on reddit in and of itself is pretty encouraging.
This is all just my opinion, but I think society is afraid of black men for a few reasons. We (black men) generally are arrested and jailed more often than other races, so it's not like the fear of black men comes from nowhere. The reasons behind us being arrested at such disproportional rates are vast.
For one, poor people commit more crime. (desperate times, desperate measures) And black people in America are generally poorer than most other races.
Why are we poorer? A couple of reasons. But a pretty big one is simply the lingering affects of Jim Crow and slavery. I know a ton of folks will read that and say "come on, slavery was 200 years ago!" But laws prohibiting pregnant black women from getting treated at hospitals and being forced to give birth on sidewalks - only stopped being federal laws in the 1960s.
Another reason that we're generally poorer is institutionalized racism. It can be harder to get a job interview if your name is Tyrone. It can be harder to move up the corporate/social ladder if you and your family aren't well-connected. It can be harder to find good housing in good neighborhoods if you're a minority. People often hear black folks complaining about racism and assume they mean "racism" as in random people disliking blacks. That's not the racism most black folks are concerned about. It's the institutional racism that really holds us back.
Now, it wouldn't be much of a discussion if I said society is afraid of black men because we're generally poorer and therefore generally more likely to commit crime. And that all of this is strictly the product of slavery, jim crow, and institutionalized racism. That would be lazy.
Black folks have had a hand in this too. Way too many of our youth aspire to be the gangsta rappers they see on TV. A lot of this comes from lacking positive role models in real life, but the rappers themselves aren't doing their people any favors.
Additionally, a fair amount of black Americans want someone to make things right for all of the years that we were wronged. But that isn't going to happen. The people who held slaves are all gone. The people who enacted Jim Crow legislation are all gone. The white folks in America today, by in large, aren't to blame for the problems blacks still face. So who's going to answer for their ancestors? Nobody. It's a tough pill to swallow, and I think a lot of my people just aren't ready to swallow that pill yet. | Society is probably afraid of black men because 1) We commit more crime than other races and 2) we tend to emulate and look up to gangsters. There are valid historical and socio-economic explanations for both of these things, but in order to discuss them, society has to acknowledge the elephant in the room.
EDIT: Thank you for the Gold. This response is proof that people really do want to have these discussions and that's a beautiful thing. |
Grunnakuba | This has nothing to do with being afraid of black but here is my story of seeing racial discrimination for the first time.
I am a white male for starters. It was 4 of my friends and I. We decided to go to Athens, Georgia for the night to go to bars cause we were bored. We all dress really well. You know slacks, button down, collard shirts. What you expect a young year old male in the South to wear. We had one black friend with us who dressed the same way and was working for a good engineer firm as an intern. We go to this bar and I enter first cause I told them it was a fun bar. They let me and another white friend in. Then the black friend tried to enter and they say he pants are to baggy and cant enter. I look at his pants and their are tailored slacks. No bagginess at all. Then I see them deny a group of black guys but this time their had baggy pants. So I tried to enter with baggy pants and got in no problem. Pretty much my first time seeing racial profiling. I was pretty pissed because it was complete bullshit
TL:DR: Bars in Athens are not a fun place for black people. | This has nothing to do with being afraid of black but here is my story of seeing racial discrimination for the first time.
I am a white male for starters. It was 4 of my friends and I. We decided to go to Athens, Georgia for the night to go to bars cause we were bored. We all dress really well. You know slacks, button down, collard shirts. What you expect a young year old male in the South to wear. We had one black friend with us who dressed the same way and was working for a good engineer firm as an intern. We go to this bar and I enter first cause I told them it was a fun bar. They let me and another white friend in. Then the black friend tried to enter and they say he pants are to baggy and cant enter. I look at his pants and their are tailored slacks. No bagginess at all. Then I see them deny a group of black guys but this time their had baggy pants. So I tried to enter with baggy pants and got in no problem. Pretty much my first time seeing racial profiling. I was pretty pissed because it was complete bullshit
TL:DR: Bars in Athens are not a fun place for black people.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn3xv8a | This has nothing to do with being afraid of black but here is my story of seeing racial discrimination for the first time.
I am a white male for starters. It was 4 of my friends and I. We decided to go to Athens, Georgia for the night to go to bars cause we were bored. We all dress really well. You know slacks, button down, collard shirts. What you expect a young year old male in the South to wear. We had one black friend with us who dressed the same way and was working for a good engineer firm as an intern. We go to this bar and I enter first cause I told them it was a fun bar. They let me and another white friend in. Then the black friend tried to enter and they say he pants are to baggy and cant enter. I look at his pants and their are tailored slacks. No bagginess at all. Then I see them deny a group of black guys but this time their had baggy pants. So I tried to enter with baggy pants and got in no problem. Pretty much my first time seeing racial profiling. I was pretty pissed because it was complete bullshit | Bars in Athens are not a fun place for black people. |
SJ_Gemini | Every single thing Alim and Gumi do in the context of the game is a "cash grab". There are no other incentives to creating new content or new RS units in the game other than generating revenue. The thing is that Gumi is taking the same game that Alim made and doing it in a way that is less favorable to the players, obviously, but in the end they make more money. I would love to see Alim try to market their own game into a billion dollar enterprise with the same tactics that it's using right now. On another note: Gumi owns a large part of Alim's equity so if Gumi sees more potential in BF for the future then it will undoubtedly invest into Alim for further content development which in turn is going to benefit everybody. People are basically hating Gumi for doing business well. Personally to me the cash grabs are quite poorly marketed and their balancing team needs work, but purely from a business administration standpoint Gumi's growth is phenomenal.
Cash grabs ultimately make the company function. Comparing Gumi to Alim is illogical because Alim is in no way some global standard for how the game should be run. Gumi's trying to maximize revenues and leverage as much of the company assets for the upcoming IPO which is why Gumi is reluctant to heavily invest into infrastructure capacity i.e. servers because if the influx of new players or investors don't see a future for the game then these investments are going to go to shit and the company is be in a hole bigger than it can manage.
tl;dr: No use complaining about Gumi's business tactics because it's going to stay this way until the IPO. | Every single thing Alim and Gumi do in the context of the game is a "cash grab". There are no other incentives to creating new content or new RS units in the game other than generating revenue. The thing is that Gumi is taking the same game that Alim made and doing it in a way that is less favorable to the players, obviously, but in the end they make more money. I would love to see Alim try to market their own game into a billion dollar enterprise with the same tactics that it's using right now. On another note: Gumi owns a large part of Alim's equity so if Gumi sees more potential in BF for the future then it will undoubtedly invest into Alim for further content development which in turn is going to benefit everybody. People are basically hating Gumi for doing business well. Personally to me the cash grabs are quite poorly marketed and their balancing team needs work, but purely from a business administration standpoint Gumi's growth is phenomenal.
Cash grabs ultimately make the company function. Comparing Gumi to Alim is illogical because Alim is in no way some global standard for how the game should be run. Gumi's trying to maximize revenues and leverage as much of the company assets for the upcoming IPO which is why Gumi is reluctant to heavily invest into infrastructure capacity i.e. servers because if the influx of new players or investors don't see a future for the game then these investments are going to go to shit and the company is be in a hole bigger than it can manage.
tl;dr: No use complaining about Gumi's business tactics because it's going to stay this way until the IPO.
| bravefrontier | t5_2zich | cn3thyp | Every single thing Alim and Gumi do in the context of the game is a "cash grab". There are no other incentives to creating new content or new RS units in the game other than generating revenue. The thing is that Gumi is taking the same game that Alim made and doing it in a way that is less favorable to the players, obviously, but in the end they make more money. I would love to see Alim try to market their own game into a billion dollar enterprise with the same tactics that it's using right now. On another note: Gumi owns a large part of Alim's equity so if Gumi sees more potential in BF for the future then it will undoubtedly invest into Alim for further content development which in turn is going to benefit everybody. People are basically hating Gumi for doing business well. Personally to me the cash grabs are quite poorly marketed and their balancing team needs work, but purely from a business administration standpoint Gumi's growth is phenomenal.
Cash grabs ultimately make the company function. Comparing Gumi to Alim is illogical because Alim is in no way some global standard for how the game should be run. Gumi's trying to maximize revenues and leverage as much of the company assets for the upcoming IPO which is why Gumi is reluctant to heavily invest into infrastructure capacity i.e. servers because if the influx of new players or investors don't see a future for the game then these investments are going to go to shit and the company is be in a hole bigger than it can manage. | No use complaining about Gumi's business tactics because it's going to stay this way until the IPO. |
jonasthewicked | I'm surprised this post isn't full of Tyler Walker haters. He's one of the most talented sprint car drivers I've ever seen race, and has always been super nice in the pits and hospital to the fans. It's a shame to see Tyler let drugs take hold and bring him to the position in life he's currently at. I've seen Tyler at his best, smoking a world of outlaws field, and I've seen Tyler at his worst, cussing and grabbing his crotch at the Williams grove officials. The kid had it all, he had a chance at NASCAR, he drove sprint cars for big names like kasey Kahne, and always had his talent in a sprint car to fall back on like when he ran 410s with the outlaws and around Pennsylvania for Keen Motorsports(which he won the Kings Royale at Eldora with...a $50,000 payday) and the Sorokach family. I really hope Tyler can overcome his addiction and get back to doing what he does best...wheeling a sprint car, I just hope he hasn't burnt all his bridges in the business where no team is willing to take another shot at him, because let's face it, there's drivers who don't abuse drugs and work just as hard and have the talent who many feel deserve that seat in a 410 PA or 360 NY sprint team. Either way I hope he can clean up off the drugs for himself and his family and get back to racing. The problem with Tyler is he's had and blown so many chances, only time will tell if he will find himself strapped into a race car in the future. I hope he does because outside of the drug use, he's one of the best drivers that will search for the fastest line and can hang a sprint car out slideways on the top.
TL;DR I've always been a fan of T-Dub the race car driver, and hope he can get away from the drugs and get back to a sober lifestyle racing. | I'm surprised this post isn't full of Tyler Walker haters. He's one of the most talented sprint car drivers I've ever seen race, and has always been super nice in the pits and hospital to the fans. It's a shame to see Tyler let drugs take hold and bring him to the position in life he's currently at. I've seen Tyler at his best, smoking a world of outlaws field, and I've seen Tyler at his worst, cussing and grabbing his crotch at the Williams grove officials. The kid had it all, he had a chance at NASCAR, he drove sprint cars for big names like kasey Kahne, and always had his talent in a sprint car to fall back on like when he ran 410s with the outlaws and around Pennsylvania for Keen Motorsports(which he won the Kings Royale at Eldora with...a $50,000 payday) and the Sorokach family. I really hope Tyler can overcome his addiction and get back to doing what he does best...wheeling a sprint car, I just hope he hasn't burnt all his bridges in the business where no team is willing to take another shot at him, because let's face it, there's drivers who don't abuse drugs and work just as hard and have the talent who many feel deserve that seat in a 410 PA or 360 NY sprint team. Either way I hope he can clean up off the drugs for himself and his family and get back to racing. The problem with Tyler is he's had and blown so many chances, only time will tell if he will find himself strapped into a race car in the future. I hope he does because outside of the drug use, he's one of the best drivers that will search for the fastest line and can hang a sprint car out slideways on the top.
TL;DR I've always been a fan of T-Dub the race car driver, and hope he can get away from the drugs and get back to a sober lifestyle racing.
| NASCAR | t5_2qs08 | cn3xhye | I'm surprised this post isn't full of Tyler Walker haters. He's one of the most talented sprint car drivers I've ever seen race, and has always been super nice in the pits and hospital to the fans. It's a shame to see Tyler let drugs take hold and bring him to the position in life he's currently at. I've seen Tyler at his best, smoking a world of outlaws field, and I've seen Tyler at his worst, cussing and grabbing his crotch at the Williams grove officials. The kid had it all, he had a chance at NASCAR, he drove sprint cars for big names like kasey Kahne, and always had his talent in a sprint car to fall back on like when he ran 410s with the outlaws and around Pennsylvania for Keen Motorsports(which he won the Kings Royale at Eldora with...a $50,000 payday) and the Sorokach family. I really hope Tyler can overcome his addiction and get back to doing what he does best...wheeling a sprint car, I just hope he hasn't burnt all his bridges in the business where no team is willing to take another shot at him, because let's face it, there's drivers who don't abuse drugs and work just as hard and have the talent who many feel deserve that seat in a 410 PA or 360 NY sprint team. Either way I hope he can clean up off the drugs for himself and his family and get back to racing. The problem with Tyler is he's had and blown so many chances, only time will tell if he will find himself strapped into a race car in the future. I hope he does because outside of the drug use, he's one of the best drivers that will search for the fastest line and can hang a sprint car out slideways on the top. | I've always been a fan of T-Dub the race car driver, and hope he can get away from the drugs and get back to a sober lifestyle racing. |
drioqka | If you bulk slow enough, you WILL build muscle while staying lean at the same time. But you will always put on at least as much fat as muscle. So over time you will eventually have to cut down your bodyweight for a little. The slower you bulk, the longer you can stay lean.
If you aim for a 1 pound bodyweight gain per month, you can build muscle throughout the year while staying lean. But after a whole year you'll have put on some fat. It's inevitable. You'll be 12 pounds heavier. But you can drop 5lbs of bodyweight in a month while sparing a lot of muscle if you eat enough protein and go right back to being lean and putting on muscle again.
However, when most people do bulk/cut cycles, they tend to gain 4lbs a month or more. I'm not an advocate of this since there's pretty much a genetic limit on how much muscle you can put on in a month anyway. On top of that, they then have to spend a long time cutting (cutting down over 1lb a week is not advisible as you start to lose too much muscle doing it, so you cant just cut at a higher deficit to speed the process). In my opinion a super slow bulk puts on more net muscle than a fast bulk because you put on a higher percentage of fat per week on a faster bulk, and on top of that, you have to spend more time cutting (which means less time putting on muscle and more time potentially LOSING muscle).
On the other hand, its very hard to build muscle while staying the same weight. You can only really do that if you are a pure beginner, have insanely elite genetics (and even then you will reach a point of diminishing returns quickly), or on steroids.
**TL;DR:** You can stay lean while building muscle if you bulk slow enough. You can add more net muscle over a year with a slow bulk than fast cut/bulk cycles. If you stay the same weight for a whole year, however, you're gonna have a hard time doing it. | If you bulk slow enough, you WILL build muscle while staying lean at the same time. But you will always put on at least as much fat as muscle. So over time you will eventually have to cut down your bodyweight for a little. The slower you bulk, the longer you can stay lean.
If you aim for a 1 pound bodyweight gain per month, you can build muscle throughout the year while staying lean. But after a whole year you'll have put on some fat. It's inevitable. You'll be 12 pounds heavier. But you can drop 5lbs of bodyweight in a month while sparing a lot of muscle if you eat enough protein and go right back to being lean and putting on muscle again.
However, when most people do bulk/cut cycles, they tend to gain 4lbs a month or more. I'm not an advocate of this since there's pretty much a genetic limit on how much muscle you can put on in a month anyway. On top of that, they then have to spend a long time cutting (cutting down over 1lb a week is not advisible as you start to lose too much muscle doing it, so you cant just cut at a higher deficit to speed the process). In my opinion a super slow bulk puts on more net muscle than a fast bulk because you put on a higher percentage of fat per week on a faster bulk, and on top of that, you have to spend more time cutting (which means less time putting on muscle and more time potentially LOSING muscle).
On the other hand, its very hard to build muscle while staying the same weight. You can only really do that if you are a pure beginner, have insanely elite genetics (and even then you will reach a point of diminishing returns quickly), or on steroids.
TL;DR: You can stay lean while building muscle if you bulk slow enough. You can add more net muscle over a year with a slow bulk than fast cut/bulk cycles. If you stay the same weight for a whole year, however, you're gonna have a hard time doing it.
| Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cn49zve | If you bulk slow enough, you WILL build muscle while staying lean at the same time. But you will always put on at least as much fat as muscle. So over time you will eventually have to cut down your bodyweight for a little. The slower you bulk, the longer you can stay lean.
If you aim for a 1 pound bodyweight gain per month, you can build muscle throughout the year while staying lean. But after a whole year you'll have put on some fat. It's inevitable. You'll be 12 pounds heavier. But you can drop 5lbs of bodyweight in a month while sparing a lot of muscle if you eat enough protein and go right back to being lean and putting on muscle again.
However, when most people do bulk/cut cycles, they tend to gain 4lbs a month or more. I'm not an advocate of this since there's pretty much a genetic limit on how much muscle you can put on in a month anyway. On top of that, they then have to spend a long time cutting (cutting down over 1lb a week is not advisible as you start to lose too much muscle doing it, so you cant just cut at a higher deficit to speed the process). In my opinion a super slow bulk puts on more net muscle than a fast bulk because you put on a higher percentage of fat per week on a faster bulk, and on top of that, you have to spend more time cutting (which means less time putting on muscle and more time potentially LOSING muscle).
On the other hand, its very hard to build muscle while staying the same weight. You can only really do that if you are a pure beginner, have insanely elite genetics (and even then you will reach a point of diminishing returns quickly), or on steroids. | You can stay lean while building muscle if you bulk slow enough. You can add more net muscle over a year with a slow bulk than fast cut/bulk cycles. If you stay the same weight for a whole year, however, you're gonna have a hard time doing it. |
RespectThisUsername | Background: He was the gentlest, calmest, almost comically and cartoonishly most caring man on the universe. Early forties, white, poker faced, never spoke above a nervous whisper and made only the tamest of dad jokes. He was the counselor and the anti-drug spokesperson of the school.
In a nutshell, the school was filled with gangs, shanks, homemade tattoos, and administrator-approved fist fights.
Naturally the two worlds clashed.
One day our class decided to abandon all semblances of order. Screaming, fighting, leaping off of tables, you name it. It was a madhouse. All of a sudden, out of the chaos, we hear the loudest fucking 'EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' of our elementary school lives. I look over and I see him standing there with his hands clasped in front of his waist and his face beet red, obviously embarrassed at his own outburst. After a moment of frightened silence on both sides he calmy proceeds to show us fake tar-blackened lungs.
TL;DR Other teachers throw furniture and burst into tears. This one very politely broke our eardrums. | Background: He was the gentlest, calmest, almost comically and cartoonishly most caring man on the universe. Early forties, white, poker faced, never spoke above a nervous whisper and made only the tamest of dad jokes. He was the counselor and the anti-drug spokesperson of the school.
In a nutshell, the school was filled with gangs, shanks, homemade tattoos, and administrator-approved fist fights.
Naturally the two worlds clashed.
One day our class decided to abandon all semblances of order. Screaming, fighting, leaping off of tables, you name it. It was a madhouse. All of a sudden, out of the chaos, we hear the loudest fucking 'EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' of our elementary school lives. I look over and I see him standing there with his hands clasped in front of his waist and his face beet red, obviously embarrassed at his own outburst. After a moment of frightened silence on both sides he calmy proceeds to show us fake tar-blackened lungs.
TL;DR Other teachers throw furniture and burst into tears. This one very politely broke our eardrums.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3x9s0 | Background: He was the gentlest, calmest, almost comically and cartoonishly most caring man on the universe. Early forties, white, poker faced, never spoke above a nervous whisper and made only the tamest of dad jokes. He was the counselor and the anti-drug spokesperson of the school.
In a nutshell, the school was filled with gangs, shanks, homemade tattoos, and administrator-approved fist fights.
Naturally the two worlds clashed.
One day our class decided to abandon all semblances of order. Screaming, fighting, leaping off of tables, you name it. It was a madhouse. All of a sudden, out of the chaos, we hear the loudest fucking 'EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!' of our elementary school lives. I look over and I see him standing there with his hands clasped in front of his waist and his face beet red, obviously embarrassed at his own outburst. After a moment of frightened silence on both sides he calmy proceeds to show us fake tar-blackened lungs. | Other teachers throw furniture and burst into tears. This one very politely broke our eardrums. |
babblemammal | Had 3 different teachers in jr high this happened to. The first one was a new history teacher, she must have been in her early twenties at the time. Unfortunately for her we were the worst class in the school and she was a pushover, zero control over this group of kids. After a couple of months it was pretty routine for her to just sit at her desk for about 20 minutes and then start crying. I vividly remember several times that this happened the entire class would go dead quiet and stare intensely at her for about 30 seconds, then go back to whatever they were doing before she started up. The kicker is that I knew her outside of school, she lived across the street at her parents' house, her little brothers (something like 12 years younger) were my best friends.
The next teacher was a new math teacher, I dont actually remember what year I was but she taught baby algebra. She wasnt as much of a pushover as the history teacher, but she wasnt exactly a brick wall either. She did cry once or twice but it was more of the screaming rage type of crying. On her calmer days she would tell us about her protestant minister father who had to exorcise their house when she was very young. Many of my best ghost stories sprang from this class as she would describe the possession of the house in bright, child-scarring detail.
Ooookay, teacher number three was my favorite. She was a new music teacher (none of these teachers came back for a second year btw), not really a pushover so much as 75% oblivious to the world around her. She was a very large, very round, american southern black lady, and the term "old battleaxe" comes to mind as well. Some background on the music room: my school was made up of two buildings, the main school building and a strange old dormitory between the playground and the main building. The music room, for that year only, was located in the ground floor of the dormitory, I suppose this was done to isolate the "music" we would be playing. This was a terrible bit of planning in hindsight. This teacher was a great believer in sending kids "to the office" for discipline, and to do so she had to phone ahead and let them know a student would be outside for the brief time it would take them to cross a small courtyard. The games quickly commenced, with a building all to ourselves there was zero chance of a more authoritative teacher overhearing the torture and coming in to break it up. There were many pranks played in addition to general misbehavior. A list: passing a blank piece of paper around the room on days she had us sit in a circle to play recorders, giggling the whole time while she failed to turn quickly enough to catch it, putting tacks/pins on her chair (this was sometime between 2000 and 2005, not the 1950's) and laughing hysterically when she sat on them, a classmate began wearing glasses, on the first day of this we convinced her that he was an exchange student, and also very deaf, there was a small kid we would hide in one of the cabinets in the back of the room before she called roll that would nicely eat up the first half of class with frantic phone calls to the office until we slipped him back out again and went about business as usual. The crowning achievement of our class was the day we were sent as a group (about 15 or 16 of us, cant remember) to the front office of the school. Upon entering the office we were treated to the receptionist attempting not to laugh out loud for a few minutes, and then being told to go back to the classroom. When we got back to class a good friend of mine, having recognized the root of our problems, stole some scissors off the teacher's desk, walked over to the phone on the wall, cut the phone line, and calmly replaced it while the teacher's back was turned. All hell broke loose at this point, we might as well have been an actual pack of rabid dogs. Needless to say this was met with angry screeches and threats to send us to the office again. The profanities we learned when she couldnt get a dial tone were absolutely breath-taking to our pre-pubescent minds.
TLDR; 3 teachers had the bad luck to have my class in their first year at my school. Two pushovers and the woman who introduced us to the wide world of expletives in our finest hour.
EDIT; several typos | Had 3 different teachers in jr high this happened to. The first one was a new history teacher, she must have been in her early twenties at the time. Unfortunately for her we were the worst class in the school and she was a pushover, zero control over this group of kids. After a couple of months it was pretty routine for her to just sit at her desk for about 20 minutes and then start crying. I vividly remember several times that this happened the entire class would go dead quiet and stare intensely at her for about 30 seconds, then go back to whatever they were doing before she started up. The kicker is that I knew her outside of school, she lived across the street at her parents' house, her little brothers (something like 12 years younger) were my best friends.
The next teacher was a new math teacher, I dont actually remember what year I was but she taught baby algebra. She wasnt as much of a pushover as the history teacher, but she wasnt exactly a brick wall either. She did cry once or twice but it was more of the screaming rage type of crying. On her calmer days she would tell us about her protestant minister father who had to exorcise their house when she was very young. Many of my best ghost stories sprang from this class as she would describe the possession of the house in bright, child-scarring detail.
Ooookay, teacher number three was my favorite. She was a new music teacher (none of these teachers came back for a second year btw), not really a pushover so much as 75% oblivious to the world around her. She was a very large, very round, american southern black lady, and the term "old battleaxe" comes to mind as well. Some background on the music room: my school was made up of two buildings, the main school building and a strange old dormitory between the playground and the main building. The music room, for that year only, was located in the ground floor of the dormitory, I suppose this was done to isolate the "music" we would be playing. This was a terrible bit of planning in hindsight. This teacher was a great believer in sending kids "to the office" for discipline, and to do so she had to phone ahead and let them know a student would be outside for the brief time it would take them to cross a small courtyard. The games quickly commenced, with a building all to ourselves there was zero chance of a more authoritative teacher overhearing the torture and coming in to break it up. There were many pranks played in addition to general misbehavior. A list: passing a blank piece of paper around the room on days she had us sit in a circle to play recorders, giggling the whole time while she failed to turn quickly enough to catch it, putting tacks/pins on her chair (this was sometime between 2000 and 2005, not the 1950's) and laughing hysterically when she sat on them, a classmate began wearing glasses, on the first day of this we convinced her that he was an exchange student, and also very deaf, there was a small kid we would hide in one of the cabinets in the back of the room before she called roll that would nicely eat up the first half of class with frantic phone calls to the office until we slipped him back out again and went about business as usual. The crowning achievement of our class was the day we were sent as a group (about 15 or 16 of us, cant remember) to the front office of the school. Upon entering the office we were treated to the receptionist attempting not to laugh out loud for a few minutes, and then being told to go back to the classroom. When we got back to class a good friend of mine, having recognized the root of our problems, stole some scissors off the teacher's desk, walked over to the phone on the wall, cut the phone line, and calmly replaced it while the teacher's back was turned. All hell broke loose at this point, we might as well have been an actual pack of rabid dogs. Needless to say this was met with angry screeches and threats to send us to the office again. The profanities we learned when she couldnt get a dial tone were absolutely breath-taking to our pre-pubescent minds.
TLDR; 3 teachers had the bad luck to have my class in their first year at my school. Two pushovers and the woman who introduced us to the wide world of expletives in our finest hour.
EDIT; several typos
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3xi63 | Had 3 different teachers in jr high this happened to. The first one was a new history teacher, she must have been in her early twenties at the time. Unfortunately for her we were the worst class in the school and she was a pushover, zero control over this group of kids. After a couple of months it was pretty routine for her to just sit at her desk for about 20 minutes and then start crying. I vividly remember several times that this happened the entire class would go dead quiet and stare intensely at her for about 30 seconds, then go back to whatever they were doing before she started up. The kicker is that I knew her outside of school, she lived across the street at her parents' house, her little brothers (something like 12 years younger) were my best friends.
The next teacher was a new math teacher, I dont actually remember what year I was but she taught baby algebra. She wasnt as much of a pushover as the history teacher, but she wasnt exactly a brick wall either. She did cry once or twice but it was more of the screaming rage type of crying. On her calmer days she would tell us about her protestant minister father who had to exorcise their house when she was very young. Many of my best ghost stories sprang from this class as she would describe the possession of the house in bright, child-scarring detail.
Ooookay, teacher number three was my favorite. She was a new music teacher (none of these teachers came back for a second year btw), not really a pushover so much as 75% oblivious to the world around her. She was a very large, very round, american southern black lady, and the term "old battleaxe" comes to mind as well. Some background on the music room: my school was made up of two buildings, the main school building and a strange old dormitory between the playground and the main building. The music room, for that year only, was located in the ground floor of the dormitory, I suppose this was done to isolate the "music" we would be playing. This was a terrible bit of planning in hindsight. This teacher was a great believer in sending kids "to the office" for discipline, and to do so she had to phone ahead and let them know a student would be outside for the brief time it would take them to cross a small courtyard. The games quickly commenced, with a building all to ourselves there was zero chance of a more authoritative teacher overhearing the torture and coming in to break it up. There were many pranks played in addition to general misbehavior. A list: passing a blank piece of paper around the room on days she had us sit in a circle to play recorders, giggling the whole time while she failed to turn quickly enough to catch it, putting tacks/pins on her chair (this was sometime between 2000 and 2005, not the 1950's) and laughing hysterically when she sat on them, a classmate began wearing glasses, on the first day of this we convinced her that he was an exchange student, and also very deaf, there was a small kid we would hide in one of the cabinets in the back of the room before she called roll that would nicely eat up the first half of class with frantic phone calls to the office until we slipped him back out again and went about business as usual. The crowning achievement of our class was the day we were sent as a group (about 15 or 16 of us, cant remember) to the front office of the school. Upon entering the office we were treated to the receptionist attempting not to laugh out loud for a few minutes, and then being told to go back to the classroom. When we got back to class a good friend of mine, having recognized the root of our problems, stole some scissors off the teacher's desk, walked over to the phone on the wall, cut the phone line, and calmly replaced it while the teacher's back was turned. All hell broke loose at this point, we might as well have been an actual pack of rabid dogs. Needless to say this was met with angry screeches and threats to send us to the office again. The profanities we learned when she couldnt get a dial tone were absolutely breath-taking to our pre-pubescent minds. | 3 teachers had the bad luck to have my class in their first year at my school. Two pushovers and the woman who introduced us to the wide world of expletives in our finest hour.
EDIT; several typos |
Thesirike | 8th grade Spanish. I wasn't in the room when it happened. But this is what I heard:
So Ms.Teacher was generally disliked among students. She was bitchy, forced everyone to do stupid activities, etc. One day as she was teaching, she overhears some kid say a rude comment about her while he is texting. She completely flips out, starts crying while screaming at him, pulls his phone from his hands, and chucks it up against the wall. The phone shatters, the kid gets pissed and yells at the teacher. By this point, these two are making enough noise that the entire cluster could hear (the school had open rooms situated in clusters, but the language room got doors). Eventually the principal came in to break it up, and that's as far as I know. I'm pretty sure she got fired however
TL;DR Kid makes rude comment, teacher flips and breaks his phone, shit goes down | 8th grade Spanish. I wasn't in the room when it happened. But this is what I heard:
So Ms.Teacher was generally disliked among students. She was bitchy, forced everyone to do stupid activities, etc. One day as she was teaching, she overhears some kid say a rude comment about her while he is texting. She completely flips out, starts crying while screaming at him, pulls his phone from his hands, and chucks it up against the wall. The phone shatters, the kid gets pissed and yells at the teacher. By this point, these two are making enough noise that the entire cluster could hear (the school had open rooms situated in clusters, but the language room got doors). Eventually the principal came in to break it up, and that's as far as I know. I'm pretty sure she got fired however
TL;DR Kid makes rude comment, teacher flips and breaks his phone, shit goes down
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn3z2ul | 8th grade Spanish. I wasn't in the room when it happened. But this is what I heard:
So Ms.Teacher was generally disliked among students. She was bitchy, forced everyone to do stupid activities, etc. One day as she was teaching, she overhears some kid say a rude comment about her while he is texting. She completely flips out, starts crying while screaming at him, pulls his phone from his hands, and chucks it up against the wall. The phone shatters, the kid gets pissed and yells at the teacher. By this point, these two are making enough noise that the entire cluster could hear (the school had open rooms situated in clusters, but the language room got doors). Eventually the principal came in to break it up, and that's as far as I know. I'm pretty sure she got fired however | Kid makes rude comment, teacher flips and breaks his phone, shit goes down |
L_Columbicana | Honestly, I'd recommend you check the bp.tf classifieds and outpost market to see if any current sellers are getting any kinds of offers on them. My guess would be that the hat in question would be less than 19 keys (aka the price is outdated) so its probably not that great of a deal. Also, as a general note, if there's more than one person attempting to quicksell the hat, there's no demand for it and you won't benefit from trading for it.
Personally, I always assume I won't get the backpack.tf value for hats I trade for. If I do manage to get it, well then I made an extra profit.
**tl;dr**: Unlikely to be a good deal, I think.
| Honestly, I'd recommend you check the bp.tf classifieds and outpost market to see if any current sellers are getting any kinds of offers on them. My guess would be that the hat in question would be less than 19 keys (aka the price is outdated) so its probably not that great of a deal. Also, as a general note, if there's more than one person attempting to quicksell the hat, there's no demand for it and you won't benefit from trading for it.
Personally, I always assume I won't get the backpack.tf value for hats I trade for. If I do manage to get it, well then I made an extra profit.
tl;dr : Unlikely to be a good deal, I think.
| tf2trade | t5_2s0s4 | cn424mu | Honestly, I'd recommend you check the bp.tf classifieds and outpost market to see if any current sellers are getting any kinds of offers on them. My guess would be that the hat in question would be less than 19 keys (aka the price is outdated) so its probably not that great of a deal. Also, as a general note, if there's more than one person attempting to quicksell the hat, there's no demand for it and you won't benefit from trading for it.
Personally, I always assume I won't get the backpack.tf value for hats I trade for. If I do manage to get it, well then I made an extra profit. | Unlikely to be a good deal, I think. |
bape_escape | I get sappy about this, haha. You gotta learn to walk before you can run. Dragoon for example: you start with one three button combo. Mix in some cooldowns, then later you earn different combos that are better, but only in certain situations. Then you get others that apply enemy debuffs and self buffs. Then you get start chaining those skills and combos together strategically.
By the time you complete your lv50 job quest, you'll have learned - naturally through progressively more complex gameplay - how to read a battle, how to position yourself for maximum efficiency, and how to plan your skills a few moves - or a few combos - ahead of your next attack.
Endgame forces 8 players to apply all that learning in unison and get a little creative with it. The focus is less on individual skill and more on teamwork. Don't get me wrong, it requires skill - but the best Dragoon in the world can't clear Binding Coil without the help and protection of 7 other players. (Just...ignore that 4 -man T8 clear for now.)
If you're more of a solo player, that may not be interesting to you. But XIV does teamwork better than any other MMO I've ever played, and I keep playing because I enjoy the team dynamic. You can't just overgear and brute force your way through endgame - you and your party all learn new strategies together and start fighting together as a unit. It's a strange feeling, knowing you can rely on a group of perfect strangers (or close friends!) to keep you alive through a fight. It hits you around the same time you realize that they're depending on you to keep them alive too.
TLDR: Leveling teaches you how to play your job. Endgame teaches you how to play your job with 7 other people that went through the same slog you did. You know what you do best, they know what they do best...but you learn how to do things from each other that you'd never be able to even experience otherwise. Other MMOs do this too, but XIV does this in a really rewarding and satisfying way IMO. | I get sappy about this, haha. You gotta learn to walk before you can run. Dragoon for example: you start with one three button combo. Mix in some cooldowns, then later you earn different combos that are better, but only in certain situations. Then you get others that apply enemy debuffs and self buffs. Then you get start chaining those skills and combos together strategically.
By the time you complete your lv50 job quest, you'll have learned - naturally through progressively more complex gameplay - how to read a battle, how to position yourself for maximum efficiency, and how to plan your skills a few moves - or a few combos - ahead of your next attack.
Endgame forces 8 players to apply all that learning in unison and get a little creative with it. The focus is less on individual skill and more on teamwork. Don't get me wrong, it requires skill - but the best Dragoon in the world can't clear Binding Coil without the help and protection of 7 other players. (Just...ignore that 4 -man T8 clear for now.)
If you're more of a solo player, that may not be interesting to you. But XIV does teamwork better than any other MMO I've ever played, and I keep playing because I enjoy the team dynamic. You can't just overgear and brute force your way through endgame - you and your party all learn new strategies together and start fighting together as a unit. It's a strange feeling, knowing you can rely on a group of perfect strangers (or close friends!) to keep you alive through a fight. It hits you around the same time you realize that they're depending on you to keep them alive too.
TLDR: Leveling teaches you how to play your job. Endgame teaches you how to play your job with 7 other people that went through the same slog you did. You know what you do best, they know what they do best...but you learn how to do things from each other that you'd never be able to even experience otherwise. Other MMOs do this too, but XIV does this in a really rewarding and satisfying way IMO.
| ffxiv | t5_2rgs7 | cn4psu1 | I get sappy about this, haha. You gotta learn to walk before you can run. Dragoon for example: you start with one three button combo. Mix in some cooldowns, then later you earn different combos that are better, but only in certain situations. Then you get others that apply enemy debuffs and self buffs. Then you get start chaining those skills and combos together strategically.
By the time you complete your lv50 job quest, you'll have learned - naturally through progressively more complex gameplay - how to read a battle, how to position yourself for maximum efficiency, and how to plan your skills a few moves - or a few combos - ahead of your next attack.
Endgame forces 8 players to apply all that learning in unison and get a little creative with it. The focus is less on individual skill and more on teamwork. Don't get me wrong, it requires skill - but the best Dragoon in the world can't clear Binding Coil without the help and protection of 7 other players. (Just...ignore that 4 -man T8 clear for now.)
If you're more of a solo player, that may not be interesting to you. But XIV does teamwork better than any other MMO I've ever played, and I keep playing because I enjoy the team dynamic. You can't just overgear and brute force your way through endgame - you and your party all learn new strategies together and start fighting together as a unit. It's a strange feeling, knowing you can rely on a group of perfect strangers (or close friends!) to keep you alive through a fight. It hits you around the same time you realize that they're depending on you to keep them alive too. | Leveling teaches you how to play your job. Endgame teaches you how to play your job with 7 other people that went through the same slog you did. You know what you do best, they know what they do best...but you learn how to do things from each other that you'd never be able to even experience otherwise. Other MMOs do this too, but XIV does this in a really rewarding and satisfying way IMO. |
machine_gun_murphy | We picked up a drunk guy once and gave him a ride home. It was cold out (December I think) and it was a slow night. The guy was friendly as hell and said he was too drunk to drive. So we dropped him off at his house and went on our way. About an hour later we get a call from dispatch to respond to a domestic dispute in progress, and sure as shit, the same guy we gave a ride home was beating his wife. So, needless to say, new department policy prohibited us from giving any more vehicle escorts.
TLDR: We gave a drunk guy a ride home so he could beat his wife. | We picked up a drunk guy once and gave him a ride home. It was cold out (December I think) and it was a slow night. The guy was friendly as hell and said he was too drunk to drive. So we dropped him off at his house and went on our way. About an hour later we get a call from dispatch to respond to a domestic dispute in progress, and sure as shit, the same guy we gave a ride home was beating his wife. So, needless to say, new department policy prohibited us from giving any more vehicle escorts.
TLDR: We gave a drunk guy a ride home so he could beat his wife.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cn4jv61 | We picked up a drunk guy once and gave him a ride home. It was cold out (December I think) and it was a slow night. The guy was friendly as hell and said he was too drunk to drive. So we dropped him off at his house and went on our way. About an hour later we get a call from dispatch to respond to a domestic dispute in progress, and sure as shit, the same guy we gave a ride home was beating his wife. So, needless to say, new department policy prohibited us from giving any more vehicle escorts. | We gave a drunk guy a ride home so he could beat his wife. |
DrAgOn__HeAt | 3V3 tourny.
Our snake player was laned off break and I saw their snake player slide is as a home player.
I immediately called out snake to my dorito corner, slid into snake, and realized he wasn't looking down the tape. I immediately ran down snake, bunkered him, rounded snake, shot their home player in the side, and then outgunned their dorito player.
Kinda one of those things where what I was doing kept working so I just went with it.
TL;DR I did 3 man run through down a man in a tournament. We still have the clips on video as well. | 3V3 tourny.
Our snake player was laned off break and I saw their snake player slide is as a home player.
I immediately called out snake to my dorito corner, slid into snake, and realized he wasn't looking down the tape. I immediately ran down snake, bunkered him, rounded snake, shot their home player in the side, and then outgunned their dorito player.
Kinda one of those things where what I was doing kept working so I just went with it.
TL;DR I did 3 man run through down a man in a tournament. We still have the clips on video as well.
| paintball | t5_2qkm6 | cn4h5yw | 3V3 tourny.
Our snake player was laned off break and I saw their snake player slide is as a home player.
I immediately called out snake to my dorito corner, slid into snake, and realized he wasn't looking down the tape. I immediately ran down snake, bunkered him, rounded snake, shot their home player in the side, and then outgunned their dorito player.
Kinda one of those things where what I was doing kept working so I just went with it. | I did 3 man run through down a man in a tournament. We still have the clips on video as well. |
ThreeTimesUp | > So how can you protest then.
It's going to require changing laws.
Mall owners (invariably large politcally-connected corporations) have intentionally contrived to create a public space that is immune from several various freedoms the public enjoys in order maximize the public thrusting money at their tenants.
tl;dr: You can demonstrate -outside- of Macy's, but you can't demonstrate IN Macy's. | > So how can you protest then.
It's going to require changing laws.
Mall owners (invariably large politcally-connected corporations) have intentionally contrived to create a public space that is immune from several various freedoms the public enjoys in order maximize the public thrusting money at their tenants.
tl;dr: You can demonstrate -outside- of Macy's, but you can't demonstrate IN Macy's.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn4vqdz | So how can you protest then.
It's going to require changing laws.
Mall owners (invariably large politcally-connected corporations) have intentionally contrived to create a public space that is immune from several various freedoms the public enjoys in order maximize the public thrusting money at their tenants. | You can demonstrate -outside- of Macy's, but you can't demonstrate IN Macy's. |
ThreeTimesUp | > these people were in fact illegally on private property
But in a public space.
Reconcile that - or better yet, bring private rights vs. civic responsibilities up for discussion in your next law school class.
My prediction: the malls are employing a not-evolutionarily-sucessful tactic.
tl;dr: we're all part of a larger organism, and the well-being of the larger organism is of paramount imortance. | > these people were in fact illegally on private property
But in a public space.
Reconcile that - or better yet, bring private rights vs. civic responsibilities up for discussion in your next law school class.
My prediction: the malls are employing a not-evolutionarily-sucessful tactic.
tl;dr: we're all part of a larger organism, and the well-being of the larger organism is of paramount imortance.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn4wbeu | these people were in fact illegally on private property
But in a public space.
Reconcile that - or better yet, bring private rights vs. civic responsibilities up for discussion in your next law school class.
My prediction: the malls are employing a not-evolutionarily-sucessful tactic. | we're all part of a larger organism, and the well-being of the larger organism is of paramount imortance. |
esinohio | Just an aside to your comment. Having lived in the area since this mall was built I can tell you mall management is active and on site. A simple check of the police blotter locally will show that the mall management AND several patrons of the mall called the police. While you can call this a "public space" it is indeed on private property.
The mall can choose to admit or bar anyone the don't choose to do business with as can the individual businesses located inside. We reserve the right to refuse service is the right of the business is it not? It might piss you off but that is the law.
The equal protection laws you were referring to here(vaguely referenced by your next law school comment) do NOT apply as the mall did not discriminate against the protesters in any way. Specifically they are termed "A patron accompanied by a large group of non-customers looking to sit in". Excluded from equal protection. They also can be deemed, "Patrons who are unreasonably rowdy or causing trouble". Both specifically outlined in law literature as common reasons for refusal of service.
tl;dr The mall has every right to kick them out on their arrogant asses.
| Just an aside to your comment. Having lived in the area since this mall was built I can tell you mall management is active and on site. A simple check of the police blotter locally will show that the mall management AND several patrons of the mall called the police. While you can call this a "public space" it is indeed on private property.
The mall can choose to admit or bar anyone the don't choose to do business with as can the individual businesses located inside. We reserve the right to refuse service is the right of the business is it not? It might piss you off but that is the law.
The equal protection laws you were referring to here(vaguely referenced by your next law school comment) do NOT apply as the mall did not discriminate against the protesters in any way. Specifically they are termed "A patron accompanied by a large group of non-customers looking to sit in". Excluded from equal protection. They also can be deemed, "Patrons who are unreasonably rowdy or causing trouble". Both specifically outlined in law literature as common reasons for refusal of service.
tl;dr The mall has every right to kick them out on their arrogant asses.
| news | t5_2qh3l | cn50iw5 | Just an aside to your comment. Having lived in the area since this mall was built I can tell you mall management is active and on site. A simple check of the police blotter locally will show that the mall management AND several patrons of the mall called the police. While you can call this a "public space" it is indeed on private property.
The mall can choose to admit or bar anyone the don't choose to do business with as can the individual businesses located inside. We reserve the right to refuse service is the right of the business is it not? It might piss you off but that is the law.
The equal protection laws you were referring to here(vaguely referenced by your next law school comment) do NOT apply as the mall did not discriminate against the protesters in any way. Specifically they are termed "A patron accompanied by a large group of non-customers looking to sit in". Excluded from equal protection. They also can be deemed, "Patrons who are unreasonably rowdy or causing trouble". Both specifically outlined in law literature as common reasons for refusal of service. | The mall has every right to kick them out on their arrogant asses. |
FairlyAwkward | When I was in college, I was walking down Main one night--that was the street where all the bars where in my podunk little college town. A drunk-ass young dude came out of a bar with a can of beer. Cop just happened to be there. You can't have an open container on Main, so the cop told the kid to go back in the bar or throw the can out. (There was a city garbage can right there.) Kid starts trying to drink the rest of the beer. Cop said, "No, throw it out or go back inside." The kid polishes it off and tosses the can at the garbage. It hits the side and falls to sidewalk. Cop calls the kid back and starts to harangue him about being a jerk and littering. Cop tells the kid to throw the can in the garbage. Kid won't. Cop pulls out his little book and threatens him with a ticket. Kid basically pulls a Paul Rudd in "Wet Hot American Summer" and tosses the can into the garbage. Cop thanks him and starts to walk away. Kid waits until the cop gets a block down the street. Then he calls for the cop. Cop turns around and the Kid grabs the city garbage can, dumps it over, and runs like hell. Cop didn't even bother to chase him. Kid was just gone.
tl;dr: Kid almost got busted for littering. Then pisses off a cop. | When I was in college, I was walking down Main one night--that was the street where all the bars where in my podunk little college town. A drunk-ass young dude came out of a bar with a can of beer. Cop just happened to be there. You can't have an open container on Main, so the cop told the kid to go back in the bar or throw the can out. (There was a city garbage can right there.) Kid starts trying to drink the rest of the beer. Cop said, "No, throw it out or go back inside." The kid polishes it off and tosses the can at the garbage. It hits the side and falls to sidewalk. Cop calls the kid back and starts to harangue him about being a jerk and littering. Cop tells the kid to throw the can in the garbage. Kid won't. Cop pulls out his little book and threatens him with a ticket. Kid basically pulls a Paul Rudd in "Wet Hot American Summer" and tosses the can into the garbage. Cop thanks him and starts to walk away. Kid waits until the cop gets a block down the street. Then he calls for the cop. Cop turns around and the Kid grabs the city garbage can, dumps it over, and runs like hell. Cop didn't even bother to chase him. Kid was just gone.
tl;dr: Kid almost got busted for littering. Then pisses off a cop.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn4rzl3 | When I was in college, I was walking down Main one night--that was the street where all the bars where in my podunk little college town. A drunk-ass young dude came out of a bar with a can of beer. Cop just happened to be there. You can't have an open container on Main, so the cop told the kid to go back in the bar or throw the can out. (There was a city garbage can right there.) Kid starts trying to drink the rest of the beer. Cop said, "No, throw it out or go back inside." The kid polishes it off and tosses the can at the garbage. It hits the side and falls to sidewalk. Cop calls the kid back and starts to harangue him about being a jerk and littering. Cop tells the kid to throw the can in the garbage. Kid won't. Cop pulls out his little book and threatens him with a ticket. Kid basically pulls a Paul Rudd in "Wet Hot American Summer" and tosses the can into the garbage. Cop thanks him and starts to walk away. Kid waits until the cop gets a block down the street. Then he calls for the cop. Cop turns around and the Kid grabs the city garbage can, dumps it over, and runs like hell. Cop didn't even bother to chase him. Kid was just gone. | Kid almost got busted for littering. Then pisses off a cop. |
RustyNutsack | 4 TCs minimum + wheelbarrow being researched + bow saw researched within the first few minutes of castle is generally my goal. At first, I spam as many villagers on food as possible, then I throw in a few woodcutters to keep it balanced. You want to be able to get 200 food every 30 seconds so you can make 8 villagers a minute. Only que up one villager at a time in your TC, and use the excess food on eco/military upgrades. While doing this, you should also be using excess wood on military buildings. Once you're good on food/wood to continue building military buildings + villagers constantly, assign 2 TCs to gold so you get your 800 gold fast. Click up to imp around 30 minutes in. By the time imp rolls around, you should have 20-30 military units and a few military upgrades. Just keep producing and upgrading from this point on.
tl;dr - never have any excess resources and have 3-4 TCs working at once. If you have a villager qued up in each TC and 500 food, then use that food on upgrades or create military units. The only time you should ever save up resources is if you're trying to advance/saving up for some sort of vital upgrade.
Edit: This is assuming a turtle map is being played. If you are on an open map, you will want military units within a minute of reaching the castle age (generally knights are made). | 4 TCs minimum + wheelbarrow being researched + bow saw researched within the first few minutes of castle is generally my goal. At first, I spam as many villagers on food as possible, then I throw in a few woodcutters to keep it balanced. You want to be able to get 200 food every 30 seconds so you can make 8 villagers a minute. Only que up one villager at a time in your TC, and use the excess food on eco/military upgrades. While doing this, you should also be using excess wood on military buildings. Once you're good on food/wood to continue building military buildings + villagers constantly, assign 2 TCs to gold so you get your 800 gold fast. Click up to imp around 30 minutes in. By the time imp rolls around, you should have 20-30 military units and a few military upgrades. Just keep producing and upgrading from this point on.
tl;dr - never have any excess resources and have 3-4 TCs working at once. If you have a villager qued up in each TC and 500 food, then use that food on upgrades or create military units. The only time you should ever save up resources is if you're trying to advance/saving up for some sort of vital upgrade.
Edit: This is assuming a turtle map is being played. If you are on an open map, you will want military units within a minute of reaching the castle age (generally knights are made).
| aoe2 | t5_2sg7u | cn5bh01 | 4 TCs minimum + wheelbarrow being researched + bow saw researched within the first few minutes of castle is generally my goal. At first, I spam as many villagers on food as possible, then I throw in a few woodcutters to keep it balanced. You want to be able to get 200 food every 30 seconds so you can make 8 villagers a minute. Only que up one villager at a time in your TC, and use the excess food on eco/military upgrades. While doing this, you should also be using excess wood on military buildings. Once you're good on food/wood to continue building military buildings + villagers constantly, assign 2 TCs to gold so you get your 800 gold fast. Click up to imp around 30 minutes in. By the time imp rolls around, you should have 20-30 military units and a few military upgrades. Just keep producing and upgrading from this point on. | never have any excess resources and have 3-4 TCs working at once. If you have a villager qued up in each TC and 500 food, then use that food on upgrades or create military units. The only time you should ever save up resources is if you're trying to advance/saving up for some sort of vital upgrade.
Edit: This is assuming a turtle map is being played. If you are on an open map, you will want military units within a minute of reaching the castle age (generally knights are made). |
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Tiny161092 | For Ref im 6'5 350lb of white 'murica lovin caucasian male.
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Bakers gon Bake | For Ref im 6'5 350lb of white 'murica lovin caucasian male.
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| trees | t5_2r9vp | cn5bs01 | For Ref im 6'5 350lb of white 'murica lovin caucasian male. | Bakers gon Bake |
nmandelas_ghost | I haven't played FH2, only read a bit, but I would think that by far, the closest you'll come will be with The Crew. I'm enjoying it alot but it's FAR from a perfect game and it doesn't nearly get the praise that FH2 does so check out some reviews and decide yourself. My TL;DR would be: it's got a lot of issues but somehow keeps me entertained nonetheless. | I haven't played FH2, only read a bit, but I would think that by far, the closest you'll come will be with The Crew. I'm enjoying it alot but it's FAR from a perfect game and it doesn't nearly get the praise that FH2 does so check out some reviews and decide yourself. My TL;DR would be: it's got a lot of issues but somehow keeps me entertained nonetheless.
| pcgaming | t5_2qhfg | cn5jk4j | I haven't played FH2, only read a bit, but I would think that by far, the closest you'll come will be with The Crew. I'm enjoying it alot but it's FAR from a perfect game and it doesn't nearly get the praise that FH2 does so check out some reviews and decide yourself. My | would be: it's got a lot of issues but somehow keeps me entertained nonetheless. |
SphincterClinch | Two months late, but shit, I have a decent story.
My very first, and only "legitimate", Skyrim playthrough was on the 360 because I was a console peasant before I ascended. Enter Maturik Rohi, a heavy armor-clad, battleaxe wielding Orc seeking similar mate. Enter Uthgerd the Unbroken, the perfect fit. Our travels across Skyrim left a wake of corpses and volumes of adventures.
We were travelling through The Pale when we stumbled upon Shearpoint, a dragon word wall, and went to investigate. Here there be dragons! Fierce and mighty, the dragon soared through the sky, it's dovah thu'um echoing through the land! The battle was hard, long, and bloody, Uthgerd fell to her knees more than once as Maturik was barely able to dodge fire breath! But, with a swing of his axe, the great beast fell before him.
Maturik went to check on Uthgerd, to make sure her wounds were not too serious. As he approached, a stone slab flew off a nearby sarcophagus and Krosis rose from his slumber. With a zap of his staff, Uthgerd fell, lifeless. Maturik flew into a berserker rage and slew Krosis with a mighty swipe of his hefty axe! He crouched over Uthgerd, feeling a tinge of sadness, and took her armor.
Many years, and many levels later, he still holds on to that set of armor, as a reminder that life is fleeting, and set.essential xx 1 will forever prevent another such loss.
TL;DR Uthgerd was an awesome follower until Krosis killed her after she was defeated in a, IIRC, epic dragon battle at Shearpoint. | Two months late, but shit, I have a decent story.
My very first, and only "legitimate", Skyrim playthrough was on the 360 because I was a console peasant before I ascended. Enter Maturik Rohi, a heavy armor-clad, battleaxe wielding Orc seeking similar mate. Enter Uthgerd the Unbroken, the perfect fit. Our travels across Skyrim left a wake of corpses and volumes of adventures.
We were travelling through The Pale when we stumbled upon Shearpoint, a dragon word wall, and went to investigate. Here there be dragons! Fierce and mighty, the dragon soared through the sky, it's dovah thu'um echoing through the land! The battle was hard, long, and bloody, Uthgerd fell to her knees more than once as Maturik was barely able to dodge fire breath! But, with a swing of his axe, the great beast fell before him.
Maturik went to check on Uthgerd, to make sure her wounds were not too serious. As he approached, a stone slab flew off a nearby sarcophagus and Krosis rose from his slumber. With a zap of his staff, Uthgerd fell, lifeless. Maturik flew into a berserker rage and slew Krosis with a mighty swipe of his hefty axe! He crouched over Uthgerd, feeling a tinge of sadness, and took her armor.
Many years, and many levels later, he still holds on to that set of armor, as a reminder that life is fleeting, and set.essential xx 1 will forever prevent another such loss.
TL;DR Uthgerd was an awesome follower until Krosis killed her after she was defeated in a, IIRC, epic dragon battle at Shearpoint.
| SkyrimPTSD | t5_33c79 | covbvvq | Two months late, but shit, I have a decent story.
My very first, and only "legitimate", Skyrim playthrough was on the 360 because I was a console peasant before I ascended. Enter Maturik Rohi, a heavy armor-clad, battleaxe wielding Orc seeking similar mate. Enter Uthgerd the Unbroken, the perfect fit. Our travels across Skyrim left a wake of corpses and volumes of adventures.
We were travelling through The Pale when we stumbled upon Shearpoint, a dragon word wall, and went to investigate. Here there be dragons! Fierce and mighty, the dragon soared through the sky, it's dovah thu'um echoing through the land! The battle was hard, long, and bloody, Uthgerd fell to her knees more than once as Maturik was barely able to dodge fire breath! But, with a swing of his axe, the great beast fell before him.
Maturik went to check on Uthgerd, to make sure her wounds were not too serious. As he approached, a stone slab flew off a nearby sarcophagus and Krosis rose from his slumber. With a zap of his staff, Uthgerd fell, lifeless. Maturik flew into a berserker rage and slew Krosis with a mighty swipe of his hefty axe! He crouched over Uthgerd, feeling a tinge of sadness, and took her armor.
Many years, and many levels later, he still holds on to that set of armor, as a reminder that life is fleeting, and set.essential xx 1 will forever prevent another such loss. | Uthgerd was an awesome follower until Krosis killed her after she was defeated in a, IIRC, epic dragon battle at Shearpoint. |
BraKes22 | I used to race some small open wheel cars when I was younger, not karts but close. We had belts and a roll cage, and were always told to hold our hands on the wheel as to not risk breaking an arm or hand by the car rolling onto it.
One broken arm -and several months away from the track- later, I started letting go of the wheel. When you get hit on one of the front corners and it's a direct, mechanical linkage to your hands, there is a shitload of force transfered.
TL;DR: Held the wheel in a wreck, 0/10 would not recommend. | I used to race some small open wheel cars when I was younger, not karts but close. We had belts and a roll cage, and were always told to hold our hands on the wheel as to not risk breaking an arm or hand by the car rolling onto it.
One broken arm -and several months away from the track- later, I started letting go of the wheel. When you get hit on one of the front corners and it's a direct, mechanical linkage to your hands, there is a shitload of force transfered.
TL;DR: Held the wheel in a wreck, 0/10 would not recommend.
| NASCAR | t5_2qs08 | cn5ndxc | I used to race some small open wheel cars when I was younger, not karts but close. We had belts and a roll cage, and were always told to hold our hands on the wheel as to not risk breaking an arm or hand by the car rolling onto it.
One broken arm -and several months away from the track- later, I started letting go of the wheel. When you get hit on one of the front corners and it's a direct, mechanical linkage to your hands, there is a shitload of force transfered. | Held the wheel in a wreck, 0/10 would not recommend. |
FullNuclearBreakfast | In organic chemistry, an aromatic compound is a compound based on a benzene ring, which is comprised of 6 carbon atoms and 6 hydrogen atoms, with the electrons spread evenly around the ring, as opposed to being bound to each electron as in cyclohexane.
tl;dr TIL this is the wrong subreddit for chemistry jokes | In organic chemistry, an aromatic compound is a compound based on a benzene ring, which is comprised of 6 carbon atoms and 6 hydrogen atoms, with the electrons spread evenly around the ring, as opposed to being bound to each electron as in cyclohexane.
tl;dr TIL this is the wrong subreddit for chemistry jokes
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cn66fw3 | In organic chemistry, an aromatic compound is a compound based on a benzene ring, which is comprised of 6 carbon atoms and 6 hydrogen atoms, with the electrons spread evenly around the ring, as opposed to being bound to each electron as in cyclohexane. | TIL this is the wrong subreddit for chemistry jokes |
amalied88 | I'm eating keto to avoid diabetes. In the early days I remember reading a study where people having diabetes and eating low carb were tested. Some ate 4 times a day, some 3, some 2, some 1 time a day and some one meal every two days.
I wish I had saved/copied the study but I did not have that routine yet.
The conclusion was that the one eating once evert two days did best with his diabetes. And those eating 4 times a day had the smallest benefit from the low carb diet.
So I usually eat twice a day - around 1 pm and 8 pm. Eating once every two days was to impractical for me.
TL;DR Few large meals are better than frequent small ones. | I'm eating keto to avoid diabetes. In the early days I remember reading a study where people having diabetes and eating low carb were tested. Some ate 4 times a day, some 3, some 2, some 1 time a day and some one meal every two days.
I wish I had saved/copied the study but I did not have that routine yet.
The conclusion was that the one eating once evert two days did best with his diabetes. And those eating 4 times a day had the smallest benefit from the low carb diet.
So I usually eat twice a day - around 1 pm and 8 pm. Eating once every two days was to impractical for me.
TL;DR Few large meals are better than frequent small ones.
| keto | t5_2rske | cn5s7fo | I'm eating keto to avoid diabetes. In the early days I remember reading a study where people having diabetes and eating low carb were tested. Some ate 4 times a day, some 3, some 2, some 1 time a day and some one meal every two days.
I wish I had saved/copied the study but I did not have that routine yet.
The conclusion was that the one eating once evert two days did best with his diabetes. And those eating 4 times a day had the smallest benefit from the low carb diet.
So I usually eat twice a day - around 1 pm and 8 pm. Eating once every two days was to impractical for me. | Few large meals are better than frequent small ones. |
FrattingtonBear | Your kind of a prick for that. You expect us to know every single model and every single spec? No one knows that.
Tldr you are a god damn asshole. | Your kind of a prick for that. You expect us to know every single model and every single spec? No one knows that.
Tldr you are a god damn asshole.
| PS4 | t5_2rrlp | cn6c4le | Your kind of a prick for that. You expect us to know every single model and every single spec? No one knows that. | you are a god damn asshole. |
cravingvapor | The PA ag is a beast. They honestly have some far reaching power anyways I've see them shut down scams across state lines before just for calling into to PA and being a shit. I hope anyone there that even bought ads files a complaint.
Tl:Dr PA vendors that paid him for anything should call the ag. They don't fuck around. | The PA ag is a beast. They honestly have some far reaching power anyways I've see them shut down scams across state lines before just for calling into to PA and being a shit. I hope anyone there that even bought ads files a complaint.
Tl:Dr PA vendors that paid him for anything should call the ag. They don't fuck around.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cn5ye6d | The PA ag is a beast. They honestly have some far reaching power anyways I've see them shut down scams across state lines before just for calling into to PA and being a shit. I hope anyone there that even bought ads files a complaint. | PA vendors that paid him for anything should call the ag. They don't fuck around. |
LameHam | Actually there are pimples you definitely SHOULD pop, but it's recommended to use blackhead removers. Not popping some zits can cause more scarring, which also can go the other way around.
TLDR: If you got acne you're pretty much fucked
Source: Me | Actually there are pimples you definitely SHOULD pop, but it's recommended to use blackhead removers. Not popping some zits can cause more scarring, which also can go the other way around.
TLDR: If you got acne you're pretty much fucked
Source: Me
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cn643fz | Actually there are pimples you definitely SHOULD pop, but it's recommended to use blackhead removers. Not popping some zits can cause more scarring, which also can go the other way around. | If you got acne you're pretty much fucked
Source: Me |
PCBreakdown | Happy New Years to Me
I have 2 big ones this year. To get healthy and to stop procrastinating. A lot of the things I need to accomplish cross over, so I figured I should aim for both and get myself mentally and physically back on track.
* Starting a diet 12/5. I know better than to start before the kids go back to school. Either back on Keto or just going low calorie. I need to seriously evaluate which is going to work for me long term because I can do either and get results for the first 2 months, but eventually fall off hard.
* Drink more water. This is a huge one for me. I don't think I have ever managed to drink 64oz a water in a day, even when consciously trying. My constant semi-dehydrated state is normal to me, but causes a lot of trouble when I have to give blood and I've heard many times that actually drinking your water helps with weight loss.
* Reschedule all my postponed doctors appointments. I've either cancelled or have the office cancel more than a couple appointments in the past few months that I've just had no interest in rescheduling. Allergist and ENT are just the ones I remember. I know I haven't seen the lady doctor in years.
* Find a gym that has daycare included in the monthly fee. I use my 2 year old as an excuse to not exercise constantly. It's awful. I need a place I can go during regular hours, that I can bring her. I actually like working out, I'm just lazy and will use any excuse not to leave the house.
* Deal with my student loans. I was supposed to be on my last semester of college now. I only have 2 semesters that I've needed to finish for a decade. I still can't go back because I still can't get my financial aid. I need to deal with my old loans, but I can't seem to want to deal with the loan companies to get them released into the government consolidation program. This one is a shining example of my habit of not trying rather than risking failure. Which is ridiculous because I left school with 3.7gpa and in the National Honor Society.
I'm sure there are other things I'm going to add to the list before the end of the year, but those are the big ones for now.
tl;dr: Stop standing in my own damn way in 2015 | Happy New Years to Me
I have 2 big ones this year. To get healthy and to stop procrastinating. A lot of the things I need to accomplish cross over, so I figured I should aim for both and get myself mentally and physically back on track.
Starting a diet 12/5. I know better than to start before the kids go back to school. Either back on Keto or just going low calorie. I need to seriously evaluate which is going to work for me long term because I can do either and get results for the first 2 months, but eventually fall off hard.
Drink more water. This is a huge one for me. I don't think I have ever managed to drink 64oz a water in a day, even when consciously trying. My constant semi-dehydrated state is normal to me, but causes a lot of trouble when I have to give blood and I've heard many times that actually drinking your water helps with weight loss.
Reschedule all my postponed doctors appointments. I've either cancelled or have the office cancel more than a couple appointments in the past few months that I've just had no interest in rescheduling. Allergist and ENT are just the ones I remember. I know I haven't seen the lady doctor in years.
Find a gym that has daycare included in the monthly fee. I use my 2 year old as an excuse to not exercise constantly. It's awful. I need a place I can go during regular hours, that I can bring her. I actually like working out, I'm just lazy and will use any excuse not to leave the house.
Deal with my student loans. I was supposed to be on my last semester of college now. I only have 2 semesters that I've needed to finish for a decade. I still can't go back because I still can't get my financial aid. I need to deal with my old loans, but I can't seem to want to deal with the loan companies to get them released into the government consolidation program. This one is a shining example of my habit of not trying rather than risking failure. Which is ridiculous because I left school with 3.7gpa and in the National Honor Society.
I'm sure there are other things I'm going to add to the list before the end of the year, but those are the big ones for now.
tl;dr: Stop standing in my own damn way in 2015
| Wishlist | t5_2qpbu | cn5y149 | Happy New Years to Me
I have 2 big ones this year. To get healthy and to stop procrastinating. A lot of the things I need to accomplish cross over, so I figured I should aim for both and get myself mentally and physically back on track.
Starting a diet 12/5. I know better than to start before the kids go back to school. Either back on Keto or just going low calorie. I need to seriously evaluate which is going to work for me long term because I can do either and get results for the first 2 months, but eventually fall off hard.
Drink more water. This is a huge one for me. I don't think I have ever managed to drink 64oz a water in a day, even when consciously trying. My constant semi-dehydrated state is normal to me, but causes a lot of trouble when I have to give blood and I've heard many times that actually drinking your water helps with weight loss.
Reschedule all my postponed doctors appointments. I've either cancelled or have the office cancel more than a couple appointments in the past few months that I've just had no interest in rescheduling. Allergist and ENT are just the ones I remember. I know I haven't seen the lady doctor in years.
Find a gym that has daycare included in the monthly fee. I use my 2 year old as an excuse to not exercise constantly. It's awful. I need a place I can go during regular hours, that I can bring her. I actually like working out, I'm just lazy and will use any excuse not to leave the house.
Deal with my student loans. I was supposed to be on my last semester of college now. I only have 2 semesters that I've needed to finish for a decade. I still can't go back because I still can't get my financial aid. I need to deal with my old loans, but I can't seem to want to deal with the loan companies to get them released into the government consolidation program. This one is a shining example of my habit of not trying rather than risking failure. Which is ridiculous because I left school with 3.7gpa and in the National Honor Society.
I'm sure there are other things I'm going to add to the list before the end of the year, but those are the big ones for now. | Stop standing in my own damn way in 2015 |
darrellcanfly7 | My main alt is a MW monk and what i can tell you is they aren't weak but very unforgiving. They can be extremely strong especially on longer fights. However if your basing them being kicked from pugs. its more than likely because most people pugging aren't that amazing. no offense to anyone who pugs.
As for dungeon healing they are imo by far the weakest
TLDR good calss just hard to play correctly resulting in bad representation overall. if you have any other monk specific questions feel free to message me | My main alt is a MW monk and what i can tell you is they aren't weak but very unforgiving. They can be extremely strong especially on longer fights. However if your basing them being kicked from pugs. its more than likely because most people pugging aren't that amazing. no offense to anyone who pugs.
As for dungeon healing they are imo by far the weakest
TLDR good calss just hard to play correctly resulting in bad representation overall. if you have any other monk specific questions feel free to message me
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cn613gh | My main alt is a MW monk and what i can tell you is they aren't weak but very unforgiving. They can be extremely strong especially on longer fights. However if your basing them being kicked from pugs. its more than likely because most people pugging aren't that amazing. no offense to anyone who pugs.
As for dungeon healing they are imo by far the weakest | good calss just hard to play correctly resulting in bad representation overall. if you have any other monk specific questions feel free to message me |
bananasby2 | I was drunker than I have ever been for my friend's going away party. A friend was talking to me and I got the spins, and I told him I'd love to talk, but I'm going to puke. He gets me up from the couch and another friend of mine get everyone out of the way. Now, picture a 6'4", 400-lb guy that downed 3/4 a fifth and half a pint in two hours on an empty stomach. It caught up. I stood up from the couch, turned to my left, and my body completely gave out. All 400 pounds of me went straight into my friend's door, and my face slid down and ricocheted off the door. I don't know whether I'm ashamed that happened, or proud my fat, gay ass didn't break through the door.
tl;dr too drunk, fat ass fell into door and SOMEHOW DID NOT BREAK THROUGH. | I was drunker than I have ever been for my friend's going away party. A friend was talking to me and I got the spins, and I told him I'd love to talk, but I'm going to puke. He gets me up from the couch and another friend of mine get everyone out of the way. Now, picture a 6'4", 400-lb guy that downed 3/4 a fifth and half a pint in two hours on an empty stomach. It caught up. I stood up from the couch, turned to my left, and my body completely gave out. All 400 pounds of me went straight into my friend's door, and my face slid down and ricocheted off the door. I don't know whether I'm ashamed that happened, or proud my fat, gay ass didn't break through the door.
tl;dr too drunk, fat ass fell into door and SOMEHOW DID NOT BREAK THROUGH.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn6g5b3 | I was drunker than I have ever been for my friend's going away party. A friend was talking to me and I got the spins, and I told him I'd love to talk, but I'm going to puke. He gets me up from the couch and another friend of mine get everyone out of the way. Now, picture a 6'4", 400-lb guy that downed 3/4 a fifth and half a pint in two hours on an empty stomach. It caught up. I stood up from the couch, turned to my left, and my body completely gave out. All 400 pounds of me went straight into my friend's door, and my face slid down and ricocheted off the door. I don't know whether I'm ashamed that happened, or proud my fat, gay ass didn't break through the door. | too drunk, fat ass fell into door and SOMEHOW DID NOT BREAK THROUGH. |
Urfrider_Taric | For food: farms aren't going to get you all the way through a 30 day winter simply because any food you store will go bad. Now there's multiple viable sources for food 1. Koalefants: 8 meat each plus the snout. Not very reliable because you might not always be able to find one and days are short and cold. 2. Pigs: kill 2 or more tier 3 spider dens and set up camp at a pig village, placing the spider nests close to you. Farm them every day for silk and monster meat to feed the pigs. Giving a pig 4 monster meat turns him into a werepig which is very easy to kite and always drops 2 meat and 1 pig skin. Use the meat for meaty stew or jerky. 2.5 cook the monster meat instead and feed it to an encaged bird for eggs. 1 monster meat + 3 eggs makes meatballs (so basically from 4 monster meat).
For grass/sticks: you'll just have stockpile those while it's still autumn. Use grass on spears and football helmets, sticks on tools and tents (use the silk you got from spider nests when using method 2 for nearly infinite sanity and health)
For wood: plant tons of trees close together and feed as many pigs as you can to get up to 100+ logs in 1 chopping day.
TL;DR beefalo overrated, pigs+spiders make for an easy winter
Edit: i guess it's not so much how to prepare and more what to do when winter already started but i hope it still helps | For food: farms aren't going to get you all the way through a 30 day winter simply because any food you store will go bad. Now there's multiple viable sources for food 1. Koalefants: 8 meat each plus the snout. Not very reliable because you might not always be able to find one and days are short and cold. 2. Pigs: kill 2 or more tier 3 spider dens and set up camp at a pig village, placing the spider nests close to you. Farm them every day for silk and monster meat to feed the pigs. Giving a pig 4 monster meat turns him into a werepig which is very easy to kite and always drops 2 meat and 1 pig skin. Use the meat for meaty stew or jerky. 2.5 cook the monster meat instead and feed it to an encaged bird for eggs. 1 monster meat + 3 eggs makes meatballs (so basically from 4 monster meat).
For grass/sticks: you'll just have stockpile those while it's still autumn. Use grass on spears and football helmets, sticks on tools and tents (use the silk you got from spider nests when using method 2 for nearly infinite sanity and health)
For wood: plant tons of trees close together and feed as many pigs as you can to get up to 100+ logs in 1 chopping day.
TL;DR beefalo overrated, pigs+spiders make for an easy winter
Edit: i guess it's not so much how to prepare and more what to do when winter already started but i hope it still helps
| dontstarve | t5_2v1jr | cn712ap | For food: farms aren't going to get you all the way through a 30 day winter simply because any food you store will go bad. Now there's multiple viable sources for food 1. Koalefants: 8 meat each plus the snout. Not very reliable because you might not always be able to find one and days are short and cold. 2. Pigs: kill 2 or more tier 3 spider dens and set up camp at a pig village, placing the spider nests close to you. Farm them every day for silk and monster meat to feed the pigs. Giving a pig 4 monster meat turns him into a werepig which is very easy to kite and always drops 2 meat and 1 pig skin. Use the meat for meaty stew or jerky. 2.5 cook the monster meat instead and feed it to an encaged bird for eggs. 1 monster meat + 3 eggs makes meatballs (so basically from 4 monster meat).
For grass/sticks: you'll just have stockpile those while it's still autumn. Use grass on spears and football helmets, sticks on tools and tents (use the silk you got from spider nests when using method 2 for nearly infinite sanity and health)
For wood: plant tons of trees close together and feed as many pigs as you can to get up to 100+ logs in 1 chopping day. | beefalo overrated, pigs+spiders make for an easy winter
Edit: i guess it's not so much how to prepare and more what to do when winter already started but i hope it still helps |
per54 | This isn't about the OP at all, this was simply a general comment/statement regarding the topic at hand (leaving to stay with your SO for a grad program). Your field is different. I'm in business, so the people in my life who have gone through this similar situation have all had ~2 year grad programs (MBA mostly). Those that do PHDs (I only know a small handful), have done theirs in ~5 If I recall correctly (I'm not too close to them to know all of the specifics). I am close to one and do know she has a phd In business . She now does consulting and 'teaches' at a top tier b-school. Her husband is a cool guy. He owns his own consulting business and they were apart while she did her program. He would visit her often, and I'm happy she didn't expect him to let go of a $50k/month business just cause they were going to spend a few years apart. He was able to pay for her entire living expenses because he stayed and continued to work. Don't know how they could've done that if he left his company.
Tl;dr: it's unfair and inreasonable to ask your SO to leave his/her work if they're happy with it and it's already well established.
If they're unhappy with their work, they can do their work elsewhere, they don't have work... Totally different. If they have nothing big to hold them down and they don't join you, that's just wrong. But to each his own. | This isn't about the OP at all, this was simply a general comment/statement regarding the topic at hand (leaving to stay with your SO for a grad program). Your field is different. I'm in business, so the people in my life who have gone through this similar situation have all had ~2 year grad programs (MBA mostly). Those that do PHDs (I only know a small handful), have done theirs in ~5 If I recall correctly (I'm not too close to them to know all of the specifics). I am close to one and do know she has a phd In business . She now does consulting and 'teaches' at a top tier b-school. Her husband is a cool guy. He owns his own consulting business and they were apart while she did her program. He would visit her often, and I'm happy she didn't expect him to let go of a $50k/month business just cause they were going to spend a few years apart. He was able to pay for her entire living expenses because he stayed and continued to work. Don't know how they could've done that if he left his company.
Tl;dr: it's unfair and inreasonable to ask your SO to leave his/her work if they're happy with it and it's already well established.
If they're unhappy with their work, they can do their work elsewhere, they don't have work... Totally different. If they have nothing big to hold them down and they don't join you, that's just wrong. But to each his own.
| TrollXChromosomes | t5_2sekm | cn6ytt5 | This isn't about the OP at all, this was simply a general comment/statement regarding the topic at hand (leaving to stay with your SO for a grad program). Your field is different. I'm in business, so the people in my life who have gone through this similar situation have all had ~2 year grad programs (MBA mostly). Those that do PHDs (I only know a small handful), have done theirs in ~5 If I recall correctly (I'm not too close to them to know all of the specifics). I am close to one and do know she has a phd In business . She now does consulting and 'teaches' at a top tier b-school. Her husband is a cool guy. He owns his own consulting business and they were apart while she did her program. He would visit her often, and I'm happy she didn't expect him to let go of a $50k/month business just cause they were going to spend a few years apart. He was able to pay for her entire living expenses because he stayed and continued to work. Don't know how they could've done that if he left his company. | it's unfair and inreasonable to ask your SO to leave his/her work if they're happy with it and it's already well established.
If they're unhappy with their work, they can do their work elsewhere, they don't have work... Totally different. If they have nothing big to hold them down and they don't join you, that's just wrong. But to each his own. |
jhaun | Assuming the other replies are correct and its a lg he4 with a 20a draw, the minimum resistance you should go is 0.21 ohms.
Tldr 0.5 is safe | Assuming the other replies are correct and its a lg he4 with a 20a draw, the minimum resistance you should go is 0.21 ohms.
Tldr 0.5 is safe
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cn6nns4 | Assuming the other replies are correct and its a lg he4 with a 20a draw, the minimum resistance you should go is 0.21 ohms. | 0.5 is safe |
hallsgator | I am sure group dynamics vary greatly, but my groups are shit for buying to resell, however, are not bad for selling. The main things that sell are kids, toys, clothes, video games, home appliances, etc (baby momma, middle age women stuff), but a lot of stuff gets decent prices.
The best things I've seen for resell possibilities are video games. Sometime people price stuff very cheaply to get rid of it, bundle it, or just don't know what they have. But you have to see it within 5-10 min or it's gone to someone else.
I think it's worth it because it takes 30 seconds to list stuff and I don't have to ship it.
tl;dr FB groups vary widely and you just have to get to know your market and what works best in it.
(It's also free entertainment when you get a bunch of rednecks fighting over Walmart clothes.) | I am sure group dynamics vary greatly, but my groups are shit for buying to resell, however, are not bad for selling. The main things that sell are kids, toys, clothes, video games, home appliances, etc (baby momma, middle age women stuff), but a lot of stuff gets decent prices.
The best things I've seen for resell possibilities are video games. Sometime people price stuff very cheaply to get rid of it, bundle it, or just don't know what they have. But you have to see it within 5-10 min or it's gone to someone else.
I think it's worth it because it takes 30 seconds to list stuff and I don't have to ship it.
tl;dr FB groups vary widely and you just have to get to know your market and what works best in it.
(It's also free entertainment when you get a bunch of rednecks fighting over Walmart clothes.)
| Flipping | t5_2y9q6 | cn72vdc | I am sure group dynamics vary greatly, but my groups are shit for buying to resell, however, are not bad for selling. The main things that sell are kids, toys, clothes, video games, home appliances, etc (baby momma, middle age women stuff), but a lot of stuff gets decent prices.
The best things I've seen for resell possibilities are video games. Sometime people price stuff very cheaply to get rid of it, bundle it, or just don't know what they have. But you have to see it within 5-10 min or it's gone to someone else.
I think it's worth it because it takes 30 seconds to list stuff and I don't have to ship it. | FB groups vary widely and you just have to get to know your market and what works best in it.
(It's also free entertainment when you get a bunch of rednecks fighting over Walmart clothes.) |
codayus | Demanding that your husband not look at porn is absolutely your right. It's also a huge ask, and a good indication that you have unresolved issues stemming from your abuse. If you haven't pursued all the obvious therapy avenues, you really should, because while it's certainly unfair to you, the plain truth is that your demands set you up for disasters like this one. "I asked my husband not to look at porn, he promised, and I found out he lied" is a staple of this subreddit. The blame lies on the husband, but I think most people would rather have a happy relationship than to be technically in the right in the wreckage of a destroyed relationship.
Anyhow, as to your actual issues: He treated you poorly before you were in a relationship, cheated on you once you were in a relationship, and kept lying throughout the relationship, and constantly doing things he knows hurt you.
> I’d think this girl is so stupid for staying with a guy that disrespects her feelings so much.
Stupid is a strong word. How about "it looks like a clear mistake on her part"?
> But on the other hand, I know that most guys (and plenty of girls) watch porn.
Yeah. If by "most" and "plenty" you mean "basically everyone". And for the overwhelming majority of them it is a healthy part of their sexuality. If you break up and date someone else, it is overwhelmingly likely they they routinely watch porn; if you ask them to stop for you they will probably either break up with you or lie.
Which doesn't matter; you still have every right to set your own boundaries and have them be respected. I mean, at some point, wouldn't being single be better than this?
Frankly, your husband sounds like a terrible person. You probably should break up. The hard part is going to be figuring out how you can form a healthy relationship in the future. Healthy relationships are based on trust, and you're going to have a real problem trusting anyone about porn after this experience. Again, I have to ask: Have you done everything you possibly can to recover from your earlier trauma? Because while you shouldn't have to change yourself to have a happy relationship, objectively your odds would sure improve.
TL;DR: Your husband is scum, but your problem is bigger than that. Sorry. :(
NINJA EDIT: Reading back through your post and your other comments, I think the porn issue is a huge red herring. This guy is way, way more abusive than I originally thought. You have a lot of problems, but your biggest and most urgent problem by far is the vicious, abusive, controlling monster you're married to. You need to get away, immediatly. Once you've done that, then you can maybe look into your other issues with trust, porn, childhood trauma, whatever. But your biggest problem is your husband. You need to break the fuck up, move to a new state, block him every way you know how, and ideally get a restraining order. Christ. Finding a compromise you and some future boyfriend can live with about porn can fucking wait. | Demanding that your husband not look at porn is absolutely your right. It's also a huge ask, and a good indication that you have unresolved issues stemming from your abuse. If you haven't pursued all the obvious therapy avenues, you really should, because while it's certainly unfair to you, the plain truth is that your demands set you up for disasters like this one. "I asked my husband not to look at porn, he promised, and I found out he lied" is a staple of this subreddit. The blame lies on the husband, but I think most people would rather have a happy relationship than to be technically in the right in the wreckage of a destroyed relationship.
Anyhow, as to your actual issues: He treated you poorly before you were in a relationship, cheated on you once you were in a relationship, and kept lying throughout the relationship, and constantly doing things he knows hurt you.
> I’d think this girl is so stupid for staying with a guy that disrespects her feelings so much.
Stupid is a strong word. How about "it looks like a clear mistake on her part"?
> But on the other hand, I know that most guys (and plenty of girls) watch porn.
Yeah. If by "most" and "plenty" you mean "basically everyone". And for the overwhelming majority of them it is a healthy part of their sexuality. If you break up and date someone else, it is overwhelmingly likely they they routinely watch porn; if you ask them to stop for you they will probably either break up with you or lie.
Which doesn't matter; you still have every right to set your own boundaries and have them be respected. I mean, at some point, wouldn't being single be better than this?
Frankly, your husband sounds like a terrible person. You probably should break up. The hard part is going to be figuring out how you can form a healthy relationship in the future. Healthy relationships are based on trust, and you're going to have a real problem trusting anyone about porn after this experience. Again, I have to ask: Have you done everything you possibly can to recover from your earlier trauma? Because while you shouldn't have to change yourself to have a happy relationship, objectively your odds would sure improve.
TL;DR: Your husband is scum, but your problem is bigger than that. Sorry. :(
NINJA EDIT: Reading back through your post and your other comments, I think the porn issue is a huge red herring. This guy is way, way more abusive than I originally thought. You have a lot of problems, but your biggest and most urgent problem by far is the vicious, abusive, controlling monster you're married to. You need to get away, immediatly. Once you've done that, then you can maybe look into your other issues with trust, porn, childhood trauma, whatever. But your biggest problem is your husband. You need to break the fuck up, move to a new state, block him every way you know how, and ideally get a restraining order. Christ. Finding a compromise you and some future boyfriend can live with about porn can fucking wait.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cn7carr | Demanding that your husband not look at porn is absolutely your right. It's also a huge ask, and a good indication that you have unresolved issues stemming from your abuse. If you haven't pursued all the obvious therapy avenues, you really should, because while it's certainly unfair to you, the plain truth is that your demands set you up for disasters like this one. "I asked my husband not to look at porn, he promised, and I found out he lied" is a staple of this subreddit. The blame lies on the husband, but I think most people would rather have a happy relationship than to be technically in the right in the wreckage of a destroyed relationship.
Anyhow, as to your actual issues: He treated you poorly before you were in a relationship, cheated on you once you were in a relationship, and kept lying throughout the relationship, and constantly doing things he knows hurt you.
> I’d think this girl is so stupid for staying with a guy that disrespects her feelings so much.
Stupid is a strong word. How about "it looks like a clear mistake on her part"?
> But on the other hand, I know that most guys (and plenty of girls) watch porn.
Yeah. If by "most" and "plenty" you mean "basically everyone". And for the overwhelming majority of them it is a healthy part of their sexuality. If you break up and date someone else, it is overwhelmingly likely they they routinely watch porn; if you ask them to stop for you they will probably either break up with you or lie.
Which doesn't matter; you still have every right to set your own boundaries and have them be respected. I mean, at some point, wouldn't being single be better than this?
Frankly, your husband sounds like a terrible person. You probably should break up. The hard part is going to be figuring out how you can form a healthy relationship in the future. Healthy relationships are based on trust, and you're going to have a real problem trusting anyone about porn after this experience. Again, I have to ask: Have you done everything you possibly can to recover from your earlier trauma? Because while you shouldn't have to change yourself to have a happy relationship, objectively your odds would sure improve. | Your husband is scum, but your problem is bigger than that. Sorry. :(
NINJA EDIT: Reading back through your post and your other comments, I think the porn issue is a huge red herring. This guy is way, way more abusive than I originally thought. You have a lot of problems, but your biggest and most urgent problem by far is the vicious, abusive, controlling monster you're married to. You need to get away, immediatly. Once you've done that, then you can maybe look into your other issues with trust, porn, childhood trauma, whatever. But your biggest problem is your husband. You need to break the fuck up, move to a new state, block him every way you know how, and ideally get a restraining order. Christ. Finding a compromise you and some future boyfriend can live with about porn can fucking wait. |
eean | Well and if it's not the GPU locking up, the game itself will just segfault. I did win the game finally, but I had to replay the end of a mission over and over because an alien with an extended death got stuck in a weird state which caused a segfault when the mission ended. I actually wanted to replay the game, from talking to people at work it sounds like the game is highly replayable (they all had different plots) but the segfaults stopped me.
tl;dr: don't spend too much time trying to get this game to work | Well and if it's not the GPU locking up, the game itself will just segfault. I did win the game finally, but I had to replay the end of a mission over and over because an alien with an extended death got stuck in a weird state which caused a segfault when the mission ended. I actually wanted to replay the game, from talking to people at work it sounds like the game is highly replayable (they all had different plots) but the segfaults stopped me.
tl;dr: don't spend too much time trying to get this game to work
| linux_gaming | t5_2r2u0 | cn8kika | Well and if it's not the GPU locking up, the game itself will just segfault. I did win the game finally, but I had to replay the end of a mission over and over because an alien with an extended death got stuck in a weird state which caused a segfault when the mission ended. I actually wanted to replay the game, from talking to people at work it sounds like the game is highly replayable (they all had different plots) but the segfaults stopped me. | don't spend too much time trying to get this game to work |
Wingzero | Don't buy a car after you turn 18, but if you do, keep it cheap, and pay in cash. Also, you can start taking community college classes early, over the summer. Do not get hooked into selling insurance, and keep working your job and just finish community college. Your life will turn out better, bankruptcy at 21 is a bad bad thing.
**tl;dr the decisions I made between 18-20 years old took me from $5k in savings to bankrupt and a POS car as a daily driver at 21** | Don't buy a car after you turn 18, but if you do, keep it cheap, and pay in cash. Also, you can start taking community college classes early, over the summer. Do not get hooked into selling insurance, and keep working your job and just finish community college. Your life will turn out better, bankruptcy at 21 is a bad bad thing.
tl;dr the decisions I made between 18-20 years old took me from $5k in savings to bankrupt and a POS car as a daily driver at 21
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cn7gnnu | Don't buy a car after you turn 18, but if you do, keep it cheap, and pay in cash. Also, you can start taking community college classes early, over the summer. Do not get hooked into selling insurance, and keep working your job and just finish community college. Your life will turn out better, bankruptcy at 21 is a bad bad thing. | the decisions I made between 18-20 years old took me from $5k in savings to bankrupt and a POS car as a daily driver at 21 |
dinosaur_train | I'm at a loss right now. He takes your family and your career. You aren't in the USA and that might be a problem, although, IDK. Here, I'd be up a lawyer's ass and Rita would be gone, instantly. Is there something that can happen like that, there?
Your marriage is gone. Your focus needs to be on saving your career and protecting your daughter from these clowns. Lawyer up, big time and hit him hard. Over here, you could sue her for alienation of affection.. it's a damn shame you probably can't there.
tl;dr - lawyers, figure out how to protect your job and your daughter. you can deal with the emotions of everything else once this is in order.
Post an update! | I'm at a loss right now. He takes your family and your career. You aren't in the USA and that might be a problem, although, IDK. Here, I'd be up a lawyer's ass and Rita would be gone, instantly. Is there something that can happen like that, there?
Your marriage is gone. Your focus needs to be on saving your career and protecting your daughter from these clowns. Lawyer up, big time and hit him hard. Over here, you could sue her for alienation of affection.. it's a damn shame you probably can't there.
tl;dr - lawyers, figure out how to protect your job and your daughter. you can deal with the emotions of everything else once this is in order.
Post an update!
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cn7h56z | I'm at a loss right now. He takes your family and your career. You aren't in the USA and that might be a problem, although, IDK. Here, I'd be up a lawyer's ass and Rita would be gone, instantly. Is there something that can happen like that, there?
Your marriage is gone. Your focus needs to be on saving your career and protecting your daughter from these clowns. Lawyer up, big time and hit him hard. Over here, you could sue her for alienation of affection.. it's a damn shame you probably can't there. | lawyers, figure out how to protect your job and your daughter. you can deal with the emotions of everything else once this is in order.
Post an update! |
Norcetto | > The tips are useless on 99% of the PCs
They are tips for people using the OS for the first time, and with people getting new PCs, especially since XP has lost support, there are a ton of people picking up touch screen units.
Go to a store that sells PCs. The majority of the PCs on the shelf are touch capable now. The desktops don't tend to come with monitors and most people who don't really care are buying either laptops, all in ones, or tablet hybrids for their PC needs. Separate purchases and a bunch of wires are big turn offs for people who don't really care and only want to check the weather, their email, and maybe pay a bill or do some online shopping.
I work in one of those stores. Our focus isn't PC sales, but it's a large section of the floor and accounts for a decent portion of sales. Unless you buy a standalone monitor, any PC we sell is coming with a touchscreen. That's not to say that the bigger PC focused stores don't sell non touch computers, only that in my experience people are moving away from wanting a traditional desktop and non traditional desktops tend to be touch capable these days.
tl;dr - You're grossly underestimating how many people are buying touch screen PCs these days. | > The tips are useless on 99% of the PCs
They are tips for people using the OS for the first time, and with people getting new PCs, especially since XP has lost support, there are a ton of people picking up touch screen units.
Go to a store that sells PCs. The majority of the PCs on the shelf are touch capable now. The desktops don't tend to come with monitors and most people who don't really care are buying either laptops, all in ones, or tablet hybrids for their PC needs. Separate purchases and a bunch of wires are big turn offs for people who don't really care and only want to check the weather, their email, and maybe pay a bill or do some online shopping.
I work in one of those stores. Our focus isn't PC sales, but it's a large section of the floor and accounts for a decent portion of sales. Unless you buy a standalone monitor, any PC we sell is coming with a touchscreen. That's not to say that the bigger PC focused stores don't sell non touch computers, only that in my experience people are moving away from wanting a traditional desktop and non traditional desktops tend to be touch capable these days.
tl;dr - You're grossly underestimating how many people are buying touch screen PCs these days.
| windows8 | t5_2s692 | cn7vx7z | The tips are useless on 99% of the PCs
They are tips for people using the OS for the first time, and with people getting new PCs, especially since XP has lost support, there are a ton of people picking up touch screen units.
Go to a store that sells PCs. The majority of the PCs on the shelf are touch capable now. The desktops don't tend to come with monitors and most people who don't really care are buying either laptops, all in ones, or tablet hybrids for their PC needs. Separate purchases and a bunch of wires are big turn offs for people who don't really care and only want to check the weather, their email, and maybe pay a bill or do some online shopping.
I work in one of those stores. Our focus isn't PC sales, but it's a large section of the floor and accounts for a decent portion of sales. Unless you buy a standalone monitor, any PC we sell is coming with a touchscreen. That's not to say that the bigger PC focused stores don't sell non touch computers, only that in my experience people are moving away from wanting a traditional desktop and non traditional desktops tend to be touch capable these days. | You're grossly underestimating how many people are buying touch screen PCs these days. |
Cromagi | I'm glad you asked this
To respond to your first concern, it is alright to give up the first altar. I would however, atleast show presence or try to catch them in a good fight to contest. It's important to focus the Hard AD carry or AP carry first (preferable the AD carry if you get a chance). As long as you're able to re-capture that altar at a time that they are backed or it's 2v3 you should be fine.
Also, your laners need to realize that (if you are trying to collapse on their invade) it's okay to leave their lanes and the xp. It's more important to shut them down then to boost yourself up.
Lastly, if you can clear the first 2 camps efficiently then you will only lose like 1 camp from their invade if that. You shouldn't get shoved out too hard. If you feel that them controlling the altar pressures you to not do camps get the assistance of your team mates to kind of watch around you or sit in one of the bushes.
TL;DR, Presence is important, giving up the first altar isn't the end of the world though. | I'm glad you asked this
To respond to your first concern, it is alright to give up the first altar. I would however, atleast show presence or try to catch them in a good fight to contest. It's important to focus the Hard AD carry or AP carry first (preferable the AD carry if you get a chance). As long as you're able to re-capture that altar at a time that they are backed or it's 2v3 you should be fine.
Also, your laners need to realize that (if you are trying to collapse on their invade) it's okay to leave their lanes and the xp. It's more important to shut them down then to boost yourself up.
Lastly, if you can clear the first 2 camps efficiently then you will only lose like 1 camp from their invade if that. You shouldn't get shoved out too hard. If you feel that them controlling the altar pressures you to not do camps get the assistance of your team mates to kind of watch around you or sit in one of the bushes.
TL;DR, Presence is important, giving up the first altar isn't the end of the world though.
| LoLTwistedTreeline | t5_2y1f3 | cn7vcke | I'm glad you asked this
To respond to your first concern, it is alright to give up the first altar. I would however, atleast show presence or try to catch them in a good fight to contest. It's important to focus the Hard AD carry or AP carry first (preferable the AD carry if you get a chance). As long as you're able to re-capture that altar at a time that they are backed or it's 2v3 you should be fine.
Also, your laners need to realize that (if you are trying to collapse on their invade) it's okay to leave their lanes and the xp. It's more important to shut them down then to boost yourself up.
Lastly, if you can clear the first 2 camps efficiently then you will only lose like 1 camp from their invade if that. You shouldn't get shoved out too hard. If you feel that them controlling the altar pressures you to not do camps get the assistance of your team mates to kind of watch around you or sit in one of the bushes. | Presence is important, giving up the first altar isn't the end of the world though. |
enossirt | I'm a guy I haven't had a reddit account in awhile.
My ex cheated on me for money then she left to go be a literal ho. Who knows who else she cheated on me with. She couldn't tell the truth to someone if get life depended on it.
It destroyed me, hell I went from a nerdy dork into a frat star. It's years later and I still love her, but she could give about a fuck less.
We started taking again. At first I applied standard text book PUA and the conversations would get sexual, but I reverted to woo I used to be ended up going out with her then she more out less said we only friends blablah I'm drunk and at snow globe.
Btw I have hot girls who are fucking normal, who don't suck dick for money, and who are into me (albeit we have nothing in common) . But here's me chasing after whoreimus maximus. Wtf is wrong with me.
Never again, I used to not judge girls on there past, how they dress, their economic background, etc. Fuck that I'm judging hard.
Tldr; ex cheated for money is now a prostitute/hooker/escort and I'm still in love with her wtf is wrong with me. I was raised right. | I'm a guy I haven't had a reddit account in awhile.
My ex cheated on me for money then she left to go be a literal ho. Who knows who else she cheated on me with. She couldn't tell the truth to someone if get life depended on it.
It destroyed me, hell I went from a nerdy dork into a frat star. It's years later and I still love her, but she could give about a fuck less.
We started taking again. At first I applied standard text book PUA and the conversations would get sexual, but I reverted to woo I used to be ended up going out with her then she more out less said we only friends blablah I'm drunk and at snow globe.
Btw I have hot girls who are fucking normal, who don't suck dick for money, and who are into me (albeit we have nothing in common) . But here's me chasing after whoreimus maximus. Wtf is wrong with me.
Never again, I used to not judge girls on there past, how they dress, their economic background, etc. Fuck that I'm judging hard.
Tldr; ex cheated for money is now a prostitute/hooker/escort and I'm still in love with her wtf is wrong with me. I was raised right.
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cn99inw | I'm a guy I haven't had a reddit account in awhile.
My ex cheated on me for money then she left to go be a literal ho. Who knows who else she cheated on me with. She couldn't tell the truth to someone if get life depended on it.
It destroyed me, hell I went from a nerdy dork into a frat star. It's years later and I still love her, but she could give about a fuck less.
We started taking again. At first I applied standard text book PUA and the conversations would get sexual, but I reverted to woo I used to be ended up going out with her then she more out less said we only friends blablah I'm drunk and at snow globe.
Btw I have hot girls who are fucking normal, who don't suck dick for money, and who are into me (albeit we have nothing in common) . But here's me chasing after whoreimus maximus. Wtf is wrong with me.
Never again, I used to not judge girls on there past, how they dress, their economic background, etc. Fuck that I'm judging hard. | ex cheated for money is now a prostitute/hooker/escort and I'm still in love with her wtf is wrong with me. I was raised right. |
Volper2 | I'm in US and i just joined a couple big communities and used chat. After the first day i had a big ol friends list so it was easy to start from there on.
But yeah it was really easy. The most active community was weirdly enough the crusader one. No idea why, but when i join a bunch of class communities, consistently the only one active was crusader.
Anyway, yea.
Tldr;join community, post "LF(number of slots left)M FoM exp runs, (seasonal or non seasonal)) eg; Lf2M FoM+HoA3 ns.
You get requested invites/whispers, you invite, boom. | I'm in US and i just joined a couple big communities and used chat. After the first day i had a big ol friends list so it was easy to start from there on.
But yeah it was really easy. The most active community was weirdly enough the crusader one. No idea why, but when i join a bunch of class communities, consistently the only one active was crusader.
Anyway, yea.
Tldr;join community, post "LF(number of slots left)M FoM exp runs, (seasonal or non seasonal)) eg; Lf2M FoM+HoA3 ns.
You get requested invites/whispers, you invite, boom.
| Diablo | t5_2qore | cn98kbi | I'm in US and i just joined a couple big communities and used chat. After the first day i had a big ol friends list so it was easy to start from there on.
But yeah it was really easy. The most active community was weirdly enough the crusader one. No idea why, but when i join a bunch of class communities, consistently the only one active was crusader.
Anyway, yea. | join community, post "LF(number of slots left)M FoM exp runs, (seasonal or non seasonal)) eg; Lf2M FoM+HoA3 ns.
You get requested invites/whispers, you invite, boom. |
buffdude1100 | She won't do much because now your only front line is your jungler, who could very well be someone who isn't all that tanky.
Yeah she has a ton of damage, but she's not hugely tanky or offers any shields/heals. Double adc falls off pretty hard late game. In mid game it's alright because it's a lot of damage, but your team kinda NEEDS a tank/front line if you aren't already super ahead.
And she definitely is like teemo top.
Lots of damage? Check.
Good kiting? Check.
Not at all tanky? Check.
Wins most top lane matchups with ease? Check.
tl;dr She's fine bot lane although not the strongest if your mechanics suck or your support sucks, but please don't be that guy that plays her top. | She won't do much because now your only front line is your jungler, who could very well be someone who isn't all that tanky.
Yeah she has a ton of damage, but she's not hugely tanky or offers any shields/heals. Double adc falls off pretty hard late game. In mid game it's alright because it's a lot of damage, but your team kinda NEEDS a tank/front line if you aren't already super ahead.
And she definitely is like teemo top.
Lots of damage? Check.
Good kiting? Check.
Not at all tanky? Check.
Wins most top lane matchups with ease? Check.
tl;dr She's fine bot lane although not the strongest if your mechanics suck or your support sucks, but please don't be that guy that plays her top.
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cn8o1ax | She won't do much because now your only front line is your jungler, who could very well be someone who isn't all that tanky.
Yeah she has a ton of damage, but she's not hugely tanky or offers any shields/heals. Double adc falls off pretty hard late game. In mid game it's alright because it's a lot of damage, but your team kinda NEEDS a tank/front line if you aren't already super ahead.
And she definitely is like teemo top.
Lots of damage? Check.
Good kiting? Check.
Not at all tanky? Check.
Wins most top lane matchups with ease? Check. | She's fine bot lane although not the strongest if your mechanics suck or your support sucks, but please don't be that guy that plays her top. |
gladeyes | That looked like fun. Notice though the difference in cargo space in both vehicles. I bet with careful packing I could get an extra 1000 pounds ?2200 kilograms? in the Dodge and still expect it to hold 85 mph all day long. No disrespect to the Land Rover, they seem alright. I don't honestly know how much either of them is rated to tow but I wouldn't even worry about it with the Dodge until I got to a trailer 20 feet long and around 16000 pounds. But that's just off the top of my head and I'd probably ask around before trying it. And I'm just an ordinary joe, so what I'm really talking about is the amount of abuse we routinely do to our vehicles. There does reach a point where I would start checking what the hitch and the manual says the vehicle is rated to take.
TL-DR guess what I'm really saying is I expect a larger engine to be able to haul a larger load at speed for a longer time without trouble. | That looked like fun. Notice though the difference in cargo space in both vehicles. I bet with careful packing I could get an extra 1000 pounds ?2200 kilograms? in the Dodge and still expect it to hold 85 mph all day long. No disrespect to the Land Rover, they seem alright. I don't honestly know how much either of them is rated to tow but I wouldn't even worry about it with the Dodge until I got to a trailer 20 feet long and around 16000 pounds. But that's just off the top of my head and I'd probably ask around before trying it. And I'm just an ordinary joe, so what I'm really talking about is the amount of abuse we routinely do to our vehicles. There does reach a point where I would start checking what the hitch and the manual says the vehicle is rated to take.
TL-DR guess what I'm really saying is I expect a larger engine to be able to haul a larger load at speed for a longer time without trouble.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cn96f91 | That looked like fun. Notice though the difference in cargo space in both vehicles. I bet with careful packing I could get an extra 1000 pounds ?2200 kilograms? in the Dodge and still expect it to hold 85 mph all day long. No disrespect to the Land Rover, they seem alright. I don't honestly know how much either of them is rated to tow but I wouldn't even worry about it with the Dodge until I got to a trailer 20 feet long and around 16000 pounds. But that's just off the top of my head and I'd probably ask around before trying it. And I'm just an ordinary joe, so what I'm really talking about is the amount of abuse we routinely do to our vehicles. There does reach a point where I would start checking what the hitch and the manual says the vehicle is rated to take. | guess what I'm really saying is I expect a larger engine to be able to haul a larger load at speed for a longer time without trouble. |
Fix2it | I have always had a soft-spot for the current Lotus F1 team through all it's incarnations. Remember how I always chose Button's Benetton in the F1 2001 game, and loved their livery when they transformed into the Renault factory team. It was my like of the Renault F1 team that made Fernando Alonso my favourite driver from 2003 and beyond, and even though I switched allegiances to McLaren when he left, I still maintained my soft-spot for this team. I've seen them through the highs (2005-06, 2012) and the lows (2007,09 and right now), and hope that they survive til next year.
TL;DR: Lotus | I have always had a soft-spot for the current Lotus F1 team through all it's incarnations. Remember how I always chose Button's Benetton in the F1 2001 game, and loved their livery when they transformed into the Renault factory team. It was my like of the Renault F1 team that made Fernando Alonso my favourite driver from 2003 and beyond, and even though I switched allegiances to McLaren when he left, I still maintained my soft-spot for this team. I've seen them through the highs (2005-06, 2012) and the lows (2007,09 and right now), and hope that they survive til next year.
TL;DR: Lotus
| formula1 | t5_2qimj | cn9abv6 | I have always had a soft-spot for the current Lotus F1 team through all it's incarnations. Remember how I always chose Button's Benetton in the F1 2001 game, and loved their livery when they transformed into the Renault factory team. It was my like of the Renault F1 team that made Fernando Alonso my favourite driver from 2003 and beyond, and even though I switched allegiances to McLaren when he left, I still maintained my soft-spot for this team. I've seen them through the highs (2005-06, 2012) and the lows (2007,09 and right now), and hope that they survive til next year. | Lotus |
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