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- 2019-07-04 04:57pm
- Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
- Topic: Why you shouldn't eat strange bugs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14321
Re: Why you shouldn't eat strange bugs
Let me get this straight: he ate it raw?
- 2019-06-29 08:36am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Your city gets some Police Tanks (RAR!)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 19525
Re: Your city gets some Police Tanks (RAR!)
The citizenry is going to ask some very angry questions on why the fuck do we need tanks. There are barely protests, never mind riots here. My town is too small for riots. Our roads sure as hell don't want them, we are barely able to keep them in repair as is. Then everyone writes it off as the resu...
- 2019-06-24 12:24pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: A group of Republican politicians are in hiding — and US police have been sent to track them down
- Replies: 52
- Views: 19088
Re: A group of Republican politicians are in hiding — and US police have been sent to track them down
To me it sounds like a problem with how the state legislature works. Someone being late or being stuck in traffic is accidentally a political action. So maybe change things so this is not a valid political tactic and that a minority can't sabotage what is supposed to be a democratic process? For goo...
- 2019-06-03 08:24am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: What do you want the force, and the Jedi to mean?
- Replies: 127
- Views: 97564
Re: What do you want the force, and the Jedi to mean?
The Force a cosmic background energy. Psychic partially. I want Jedi to be Space Monk-Knights that do a general moral good and in service of something greater than just themselves. Chiefly, the Republic and being both its servants and a counterbalance within it to keep it a good society. And within ...
- 2019-06-03 05:55am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Ahsoka Tano vs Rey (Skywalker?)- what makes a "Mary Sue"?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31635
Re: Ahsoka Tano vs Rey (Skywalker?)- what makes a "Mary Sue"?
Ahsoka started out as a Mary Sue at first. I didn't like her. She eventually evolved out of it as the show progressed and became more likable. Either that, or investment in the show eventually overcame her dislikeability. Ahsoka also SURVIVED a fight, which is a high archivement but not quite the s...
- 2019-06-01 03:21am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Ahsoka Tano vs Rey (Skywalker?)- what makes a "Mary Sue"?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 31635
Re: Ahsoka Tano vs Rey (Skywalker?)- what makes a "Mary Sue"?
Ahsoka started out as a Mary Sue at first. I didn't like her. She eventually evolved out of it as the show progressed and became more likable. Either that, or investment in the show eventually overcame her dislikeability. Ahsoka also SURVIVED a fight, which is a high archivement but not quite the sa...
- 2019-05-17 09:51am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: What should the command staff do about the Lurkers(Babylon 5)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10242
Re: What should the command staff do about the Lurkers(Babylon 5)
Wouldn't the obvious solution be to just buy these people a ticket back home (or anywhere where people need workers) AND run restrictions on access?
- 2019-05-05 05:25am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: New Star Wars comic featuring Vader-obsessed fan girl causes controversy.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23766
Re: New Star Wars comic featuring Vader-obsessed fan girl causes controversy.
Sometimes writers just fuck up and can't see what an outside reader can. That's partly the job of an editor, and also partly why there is a need for writing teams to be more diverse in background. Because it will increase the odds of people actually reading what the story is about and giving feedba...
- 2019-05-04 03:55pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: New Star Wars comic featuring Vader-obsessed fan girl causes controversy.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23766
Re: New Star Wars comic featuring Vader-obsessed fan girl causes controversy.
Sometimes writers just fuck up and can't see what an outside reader can.
- 2019-05-03 01:28pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The Dangers of Living the Anarchist Dream
- Replies: 29
- Views: 39202
Re: The Dangers of Living the Anarchist Dream
The thing I don't understand with "living in a nation of my own making" is this: say you managed the impossible and have your own patch of extremely remote piece of land that no nation is going to bother contesting you for. Now what? Even if you are well-prepared and have equipment to, say...
- 2019-04-25 08:30am
- Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
- Topic: Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order Trailer
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13766
Re: Star Wars: Jedi - Fallen Order Trailer
Like most AAA games, it'll probably be only really worth playing once they patched it all up and released all the DLCs. EA deserves that policy in the double.
- 2019-04-14 05:30am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Do resource crises and conflicts in advanced sci fi settings make sense?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 45018
Re: Do resource crises and conflicts in advanced sci fi settings make sense?
I'd like to add these to the discussion. 1. Warfare isn't rational. You keep assuming that interstellar societies will always seek the most rational and efficient solution to a problem caused by resource shortage, however temporary and fixable that resource shortage is. Or that the resource shortage...
- 2019-04-13 07:27am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: What if the Fair Folk reemerged? (RAR)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10509
Re: What if the Fair Folk reemerged? (RAR)
What's interesting is that the more superstitious countries (or at least those that retained their traditions more) actually have a (temporary) advantage, in that they'd more likely retain lore and traditions that would help appease the Fair Folk. The problem is also going to depend heavily on the F...
- 2019-04-11 03:56pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The furore over the fish-eating vegan influencer is a warning to us all
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18687
Re: The furore over the fish-eating vegan influencer is a warning to us all
Capitalism isn't the problem, or rather, not the key problem. The key problem is how foods are designed and how. In most industrialized places, healthiness is seen as an aspirational ambition and turned into a premium that is attempted to be sold rather than a natural part of food culture. "Ca...
- 2019-04-11 12:57pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: The furore over the fish-eating vegan influencer is a warning to us all
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18687
Re: The furore over the fish-eating vegan influencer is a warning to us all
I would like to leave this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr4MmmWQtZM Capitalism isn't the problem, or rather, not the key problem. The key problem is how foods are designed and how. In most industrialized places, healthiness is seen as an aspirational ambition and turned into a premium that i...
- 2019-03-30 01:17pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: Batman at Eighty.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 27749
Re: Batman at Eighty.
The problem with Batman is that he's an icon and thus cannot be changed. Change him and you potentially undercut the profit. I mean look at the wedding. One comic, it's preperations for the wedding. Next comic, out of nowhere, the entire universe contorts itself for Batman to hate Catwoman . I stopp...
- 2019-03-27 12:04pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Do resource crises and conflicts in advanced sci fi settings make sense?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 45018
Re: Do resource crises and conflicts in advanced sci fi settings make sense?
Thanos gone insane because his homeworld did not listen to him when he predicted the catastrophe that happened. The catastrophe happened and what Thanos saw that he was not aggressive enough in his vehemence, so he makes the same prediction for the entire universe. That is what the film heavily impl...
- 2019-03-20 02:57pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Is gun compromise possible?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 23860
Re: Is gun compromise possible?
Americans are going to stand by more school shootings, because that's what they already do . The USA has simply accepted school shootings and mass shootings mostly as a fact of life. There is always outcry, yes, and it always dies down eventually until the next one. Gun control only ever comes up wh...
- 2019-03-09 11:43am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18501
Re: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
And the season finale is on us!
I don't feel like making individual comments right now.
I don't feel like making individual comments right now.
- 2019-03-05 12:42pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Spiderman - into the spider verse.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17647
Re: Spiderman - into the spider verse.
I feel that the problem with Noir, Pig and Penni spiders were that they didn't have much to contribute. You could have left out Noir and you've only comedy and extra fighters mostly. Penni's more important bit was making the goober. Except for Pig, who turned around by giving his bit in Mile's room....
- 2019-03-03 09:33am
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18501
Re: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
New episode is more calm after the last one. Well, I figured that the Genlock always-on network is going to bite them in the ass sooner or later. My inner shipper is getting gleeful at Yas and Chase. I dub the new ship Raptors. Also, possibly Macaw due to the bird having both blue and yellow feather...
- 2019-02-24 03:31pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14980
Re: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
One of the better routes would be to get the target on a ship that is constantly moving. Could T-800 make some improvised explosives out of whatever suitable chemicals may be available? To kill T-1000 requires doing some massive damage essentially shattering it to bits and then preventing those bits...
- 2019-02-23 12:52pm
- Forum: Science Fiction
- Topic: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18501
Re: Genlock, the new mecha series by RoosterTeeth
Well this episode was a gutpunch. So we finally got to the "copies of mind" thing out out. I thought the show would avoid transhumanism. There should have been self-destructs in the Holons, preferably followed by "emergency download". A rather glaring oversight. The scene with Ka...
- 2019-02-22 11:18am
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14980
Re: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
There is another thing that really tips the balance in favor of the T-1000: transport. Yes, both terminators can run tirelessly. But in terms of the mission, one of the things that allowed the T-800 to win was the ability to escape the T-1000 by motored vehicles (and smooth asphalt). That is why th...
- 2019-02-21 04:25pm
- Forum: Fantasy
- Topic: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14980
Re: A Skynet Terminator in King Aerys' Court.
There is another thing that really tips the balance in favor of the T-1000: transport. Yes, both terminators can run tirelessly. But in terms of the mission, one of the things that allowed the T-800 to win was the ability to escape the T-1000 by motored vehicles (and smooth asphalt). That is why the...