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I am so tired of people wanting to just BURN IT ALL NOW as the solution to our problems, without giving sufficient thought for the consequences or what comes after you break the system. Again, that's how we got into this mess. Since you and hyperbole aren't on speaking terms, think of it as everyon...

You know, it never seemed like a better time for everyone to agree to dissolve the union and start over. Otherwise the cycle of ascendant ideologies taking turns viciously and smugly beating down on each other will continue until you guys start shooting each other again, and frankly a large swath of...

I'll probably give up and pre-order, because I have money and don't give a fuck about supporting standards since I just want base indulgences for a few minutes.

I don't really blame 'fanboys' for the success of franchises that have been tanked. Relatively tiny demo. I blame parents with disposable income who will never read a game review in their lives and just know that their kid 'liked the other one'. For the middle class, I can confirm that the cost of g...

We just choose to forget and do nothing, most of the time. Then you need to establish a clear set of rules for who's going to pay for what. A question which is far more difficult when the people who directly owe you compensation for their ancestor's actions are themselves dirt poor, experiencing po...

Sigh. It was just too hard for them to make another Fallout RPG. I mean, it's what the masses love I guess, it's just not what I'm looking for. When I play Fallout (or any other mega-hour time-sink like Skyrim, Ark, Witcher 3 or Just Cause 3), it's with mods in one hand and cheat codes in the other,...

I sat down and tried to consider the logistics of booting all the non-Native Americans out of North America and/or requiring them all to transfer ownership of their land to a coalition of Native governments...and within moments the list of unassailable obstacles was longer than the single pro of rev...

While it may or may not have been a motive, CBC reports that they contacted Facebook and confirmed that the "incel" post was real before Facebook took it down. What makes you think it's a hoax?

And the ATF, FBI, (and possibly) CIA, local, state, and federal law enforcement just fucking let them stockpile millions in ridiculously illegal hardware? Even if IF IF, I could by something remotely to that effect. The entire place would be a media frenzy as "ATF refuses to take illegally own...

Yelled down the hall: "YOU CAN'T STICK THAT IN A RABBIT, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"

I refuse to seek context.

My basic point is, sure you can remove Facebook from your life, but it's not as trivial as you claim it is. I don't mean to belittle or trivialize it; I recognize the difficulty in switching platforms. My question continues to be: If they are your friends, and leaving Facebook MATTERS to you, would...

I'd be happy if you suggest an alternative platform that provides communication, social updates, event organisation for free. Bonus points if that platform also has a wide support for community hangouts, lets communal groups such as students, neighborhood associations, volunteer networks easily tal...

Now I kind of want a mod that allows each player to see every single unit, city, and policy in place for each opposing Civ, and then play one-on-one in a duel against an AI that has its difficulty set to 'Skynet'. I'm curious if, barring the ability to cheat, and giving the human the same advantage ...

Ridicule Facebook all you want, but it lets me keep in touch with dozens of friends from around the world, who otherwise I'd lose touch with. How lousy your friends are that they have access to the whole internet, but won't muster the effort to talk to you via literally any other means? If my frien...

Go to Facebook and ask him. He's a guy, not the Great and Powerful Oz.

Here's the recipe for being a balanced fucking human being: Step 1: Don't read reviews, don't read spoilers, don't watch trailers. Don't have a clue who's directing, or who's starring, or who's writing, or who the Key Grip is. Don't let prejudice spoil anything. Go see all movies blind. Take a *shit...

That's awesome. You guys have better Google Fu than we did.

I'm looking for the name of a system of government wherein people vote on issues, but the vote carries no weight and is used mainly as a way to see how people feel about things. Either a single dictator or a designated group can ignore the results of any vote and pass laws as they see fit. My friend...

I get onboard with this... and then I don't. The legal definition of gambling is actually... not defined well and is overly broad in some instances. But generally I have taken it to assume a system where a win scenario has a payout based on different factors whereas a loss scenario pays out nothing...

AKA if you narrow it down, aside from the digital divide, what's the difference between CCG booster packs (which no one considers gambling) and this? Honestly? I had a pretty decent MtG collection, and even so I have zero problem with labelling that as gambling and banning kids from buying them. Th...

If I buy a car, I can hope the engine holds out, the value doesn't depreciate quickly, it does what I need to to do. Hell, even how well you "fit" into it can be a gamble that a test drive done for 15-30 minutes can't compare to driving it for 1,000 miles. But the gamble in buying a car i...

Ralin wrote: ↑2017-11-25 09:07pmThe cover-up continues.

Called it on the other page. Now wait for him to get busted for cocaine possession, and I'm a goddamn prophet.

Step 1: Find crowd of conspiracy nuts.
Step 2: Rile up conspiracy nuts, tell them to give you money so you can prove their beliefs are true.
Step 3: Claim some element of the conspiracy caused you to fail.
Step 4: Cocaine.

Yes- but as noted, "don't drink and drive" is a much simpler norm to establish than "don't drink and party." An absolute ban on combining alcohol consumption and mingling with the opposite sex is going to be a tough sell. I'm saying that in that example, it's easy to *explain* t...

This is a bit of a departure from the OP, but...look, I don't know how to reach every jerk on the planet, because some people are just crazy and others are willing to die in a fight. I only know for a fact that you can't treat people like shit even if they are objectively shitty; American prison doc...