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in connecticut elementary school shooting (Started by Titiln December 14, 2012, 07:08:45 pm
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Another tragedy that could've been avoided. This is why kids need to be raised to be compassionate, caring human beings - sure, maybe the fuckwads of the world may call them pussies, but the world that will be left in the wake of their upbringing would be a far safer place to live, and people just don't understand that. The media, like everybody else, is trying to find a scapegoat - it was VIDYA GAMES and LAX GUN LAWS that killed those children, and not the environment that engendered a man so hateful towards the world he was brought up in that he brought a handgun into an elementary school and ended the lives of eighteen innocent children to satiate his repressed hatred. This sure as hell isn't the first nor only incident of mass shooting that has happened this year alone - nearly one hundred and eighty kids were slaughtered in the Middle East from drone attacks, and the news didn't bother to give it more than a marquee. The point is the same - hatred between us and our fellow man is the sole cause of these tragedies, and the upbringing of the people who commit these atrocities is an effect of this cause.
Re: capcom vs alexlexus vs the world part 4 and 1/2
December 23, 2012, 10:29:51 pm
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in The thread, the myth, the LEGEND: the shit thread (Started by gfw spacezilla August 30, 2007, 01:40:47 pm
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I remember SBZ. In my first foray into the Mugen world I made the mistake of assuming that he wasn't spewing bullshit and backing him up on it. Mind you, he did help greatly when I was working on SF3 Sagat (and a couple of other characters, most likely), but at the same time, his continuously antagonistic stance against the Mugen community is a horrid, horrid affair and after years of hearing about it, all I have to say on it is:
Shut up about SBZ, because he loves this kind of attention. His conduct is generally bad, and the posts he makes are purely inflammatory, so stop feeding his ego already, so we can find some new attention whore to make injokes about.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
November 28, 2012, 09:37:56 pm
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in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pm
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That lower court thing is the only recent news item about it and the whole Israel/Palestine situation has been overshadowing it, not the reverse.
Yes, but no threads exist for it on this forum - I was referring to the absence of relevant topics on that subject on MFG.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
November 28, 2012, 12:04:54 pm
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in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pm
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I mean, right now Israel and the Palestinians are shooting rockets at each other, paving the way for a larger, bloodier war, and we're all gawking over a healthcare bill that most people don't know the first thing about.
What are you even talking about, the health care bill is barely in the news anymore and there's been a ceasefire for the Israel/Palestine conflict for almost a week.
...?
I'm kind of confused, considering that this thread is still active.
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 am
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Goddamn it, I shouldn't have started a rap discussion.
I created a monster waiting to happen.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 am
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Basara, have you ever shot anyone?
No, and what about you?? Have you even shoot someone in the chest to say it's "easy"?? Especially if your life depends of it?? I say the old guy wasn't innocent if he could shoot those kids with cold blood, and not just the fact of just shooting, but make sure they were dead shooting more after they falled. If the kids were unarmed, that's clearly a murder and he should pay for that. Also, I agree with Titiln in various aspects about the man probably have experience with guns before
As so many people here pointed out, it's a fight-or-flight type action. If the man doesn't know if his life is in danger, he prepares for the worst as much as possible in the little time he has to react. Most of the times he was robbed were likely by armed criminals, since his house was apparently so prone to them.
Also, I have never shot anyone, so I probably wouldn't do too well in that sort of situation unless I react better than I expect to.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 am
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Basara, have you ever shot anyone?
Then you don't know what you're talking about. Guns, contrary to what people may think from playing video games, take skill and practice to wield effectively, and the chest area is the largest (and therefore easiest) place to shoot at. If the man WERE a halfway decent marksman, he might've been able to hit any other area, but he was just a frantic old man with a rifle in the middle of being robbed for the ninth fucking time. You don't need "shooting education" in the United States to own a gun, you just need to be legally clean and have a license for the type of gun being purchased. Things like training and practice are optional, at least legally. A "normal person with a gun" probably has a gun for a reason, and would probably use it when said reason arises (being robbed, hunting flesh-eating monsters, etc.).
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 am
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you sound like one of those fucking YOU SAY JUSTIN BIEBER I SAY PINK FLOYD youtube comments
You sound like one of those "You sound like X" Youtube comments.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 am
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I dunno, if someone laughed in the middle of me shooting the shit out of them, I would shoot a few more times in the same situation, given that laughing isn't a normal reaction to being shot. Two kids break into a random house, and get shot. I don't see what isn't clear about this situation. At all.
Spoken like a true, power mongering sadist. Congratulations.
Why thank you. On that note, the man was robbed eight times before, as you stated - at that point, can you see how someone would snap in that sort of situation? Sure, the man could've shot them in non-fatal areas, but he didn't. Titiln has a good point - it ISN'T a fucking video game, and the man isn't some expert marksman or anything.
And for the record, when I said "I would shoot a few more times", it's because I would be scared shitless of the guy who laughs off bullets, and I'm pretty sure that guy was too, assuming said laughing actually happened. Also, Bea has a point - the legal system in the United States is actually crazy enough to allow a burglar to win a court case against the guy he/she robbed. Don't count on the "logical" side of the court system here.
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 am
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So, they're the Backstreet Boys, but from the present?
I can't wrap my head around how musical tastes change so often, but continue to yield bad results. Bands like One Direction are bereft of any problems, and are painful to hear, while Pink Floyd managed to pull off one reunion show in 2005, and separated once and for all afterward.
And I haven't even started to complain about today's shitty rap artists, either.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 am
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the article is pretty horrible because most of the people they itnerviewed are friends and family of the kids.
Well of course - they're going to pull the "innocent kids" card, even though it was stated that the kids had drug problems that were bad enough to compel them to fucking BREAK INTO A HOUSE AND ROB IT. I would probably say that the kid who laughed might have been on something - I wouldn't be laughing if I got shot.
Man defends himself, family gets emotional about it. I understand that they just lost their fucking CHILDREN over it, but that doesn't make the kids heroes or martyrs.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
November 27, 2012, 06:33:53 pm
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in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pm
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QuoteBut the red people were in league with Satan, that's different.
That's the first I've ever heard of that, where'd you learn that? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
Yes, people actually believed that shit back then.
A bit late, but necessary nonetheless.
1. Overall, were the acts committed by the SS worse than the Manson family? Massively more innocent deaths, psychological trauma to survivors, etc... so yeah.
2. Would I say it is better to be a part of the SS or Manson family? Well the SS killed more people! But that doesn't really argue this question one way or another, it doesn't fit so I must acquit.
Let's take it a step further and ask, "Who has more cool points, Hitler or Charles Manson?"
I'd totally go for Hitler because fuck lame hippies and their peace and love and murder, this is America damn it!
That isn't relevant at all to this topic. Apart from that, the acts committed by both parties were equally wrong on both moral and legal grounds - Hitler just did more of it. Is the serial killer who kills five people more innocent than the one who kills twenty? No, because people still DIED.
People in the United States need to be better informed in general, because all of this absurdly silly shit about the Affordable Health Care Act pretty much springs from its opponents being ignorant (in the lower classes) or rich and conservative (and therefore in a position to lose money). I mean, right now Israel and the Palestinians are shooting rockets at each other, paving the way for a larger, bloodier war, and we're all gawking over a healthcare bill that most people don't know the first thing about.
I gotta wonder why no one made a thread about that, to be quite honest. Normally that shit pops up here within hours of it happening.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 am
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I dunno, if someone laughed in the middle of me shooting the shit out of them, I would shoot a few more times in the same situation, given that laughing isn't a normal reaction to being shot. Two kids break into a random house, and get shot. I don't see what isn't clear about this situation. At all.
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in Happy Men's Day, bros!! (Started by Basara Dandy November 19, 2012, 07:52:53 pm
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Its a mans world anyway, so what changed? Besides a better excuse to be the more manly? 
Pretty much, yeah.
Also, too late, guess I have to save the voice-deepening-device for next year.
Re: Man dies and comes back to life JUST to vote
November 25, 2012, 08:46:34 am
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in Man dies and comes back to life JUST to vote (Started by I wish for nuclear winters. November 25, 2012, 01:30:15 am
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Re: Police arrest man who told kids Santa Claus isn’t real
November 25, 2012, 08:44:37 am
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Posted by The Railgunner
in Police arrest man who told kids Santa Claus isn’t real (Started by Iced November 23, 2012, 01:04:23 pm
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And even if he was sober, it'd still be a dick thing to do.
Yelling that Santa doesn't exist is a dick move, okay. But not "horrible". It's not the end of the world if someone tells your kids that you've lied to them, and "let them keep their childhood" is a dumb response. Kids don't need this or that specific pretty story to have a childhood.
I have to agree with DKDC at this point - I went my entire life knowing that my parents were the ones putting presents under the tree, replacing my teeth with dollar coins in the middle of the night, and hiding plastic, garishly colored eggs around the house, and I turned out a few pegs short of sane. Regardless of my minor lack of mental stability, I'd think that, while yelling at kids that Santa doesn't exist is rude and inappropriate, its more that he was drunk and unruly rather than the subject material he had to work with that makes this "bad".
On a side note, you'd think children would be more appreciative of said presents if they knew that their parents were behind it all, removing the need to please an old, fat, bearded man living in the Arctic in order to receive gifts once a year. You know, by reducing the urge to piss off Mom and Dad. Then again, that didn't work so well for me, so my opinion probably isn't terribly valid in that regard.
Re: [Theme Thread] Street Fighter 3/CPS3 Sprite thread
November 25, 2012, 08:33:00 am
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in [Theme Thread] Street Fighter 3/CPS3 Sprite thread (Started by Hoshi April 21, 2010, 09:50:12 pm
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Do not acknowledge this animation.
WDF!
Damn man! your skills are crazy! o.O
Did he stutter? Because I thought I distinctly heard/read "Do not acknowledge this animation."
I'm not impressed. Do a winpose.*
*Seriously, though, amazing work as always. And no, you don't have to take orders from me. At least, I don't think you do.
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in [Theme Thread] CVS Sprite thread (Started by Hoshi April 21, 2010, 09:51:37 pm
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not finish
His name is Jack, and I strongly urge you to finish this sprite.
Re: Sheg Long' Parents travel to JAPAN... to be nice
November 19, 2012, 04:26:20 pm
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in The thread, the myth, the LEGEND: the shit thread (Started by gfw spacezilla August 30, 2007, 01:40:47 pm
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"the Long that Shegged me"
Fix'd.
My experience playing Halo 4:
I remember back in Halo 2 when dual-wielded Needlers topped pretty much any weapon arrangement in the game, to the point where it had to be nerfed for 3. With dual-wielding being dropped in 4, Needlers lose the nerf, and are perfect for when you just plain-ass need a kill - ANY kill (Regicide in particular). That aside, the Suppressor is my main weapon, perfect for full frontal assault or for spread fire on a mid-range target. The Scattershot (Forerunner shotgun) fills the same role as the UNSC shotgun in every way, though in exchange for a reduced clip size (5 shots), it will instakill anything in close range. Pulse grenades are useful for weakening opponents in small levels with obvious chokepoints, but lacks any real application in large, open areas. Battle Rifles are as useful as always, still lethal at mid- to long-range with good enough aim. Light Rifles (Forerunner equivalent to the DMR and Battle Rifle) seems somewhat underpowered compared to its counterparts, but has impressive range and accuracy to boot - I don't know how many times I've been killed by the guy who camps with one of these.
Incinerator Cannons are fun to play with, and stronger than either Rocket Launchers or Fuel Rod Cannons, but are both slower and have a single-shot clip, making them more a tactical weapon that should be reserved for vehicles or groups of enemies rather than single opponents. The Boltshot is unique for being deadly at point-blank range (charging it allows you to use it like a shotgun, and is a one-shot kill when used properly), but it lacks power when used as an actual pistol rather than a mini-shotgun. It's good for taking out enemies coming around corners, but its utility is lost on larger or more open maps.
Armor abilities, armor abilities: I can't play with out a jet pack - being able to strike from higher ground is always helpful, plus the flying armored dude makes a great distraction for your buddies on the ground while they take out well-hidden opponents. Sentries, like Pulse Grenades, are good for securing chokepoints, and the Regeneration Field can be added to a central area to keep you and your team alive during a heavy-assault scenario. Active Camouflage (near-invisibility) is best for stealthy assassin types, though having the invisible guy do EMP assists is another way to use this powerup effectively. Support upgrades are relatively benign boosts, such as extra ammo or increased explosive power and range, that allow you to squeeze just a little extra from your existing arsenal. Finally, Tactical Packages are an inbetween - the abilities are constant, but more noticable in-game, such as increased Armor Ability regeneration, being able to use two primary weapons instead of a primary and a secondary (Primaries being Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, and their non-UNSC equivalents, while secondaries are...pistols), not to mention increased grenade-carrying capacity (Sticky ALL the things!).
It's probably for the best that Halo did away with Elites as playable characters - the way that multiplayer is set up (it has a story now - the people you play against are in-training Spartan-IVs, and multiplayer matches are simulations) doesn't have much room for them. Still, with the degree of customization available, as well as the introduction of specializations, the Halo 4 multiplayer experience, with all of its new features and top-of-the-line graphics, is worth exploring in full. Except for Capture the Flag on Ragnarok (the Valhalla remake map), that shit's just a straight-up clusterfuck.
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in connecticut elementary school shooting (Started by Titiln December 14, 2012, 07:08:45 pmBoard: All That's Left
Re: capcom vs alexlexus vs the world part 4 and 1/2
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in The thread, the myth, the LEGEND: the shit thread (Started by gfw spacezilla August 30, 2007, 01:40:47 pmBoard: Hall of Fame
Shut up about SBZ, because he loves this kind of attention. His conduct is generally bad, and the posts he makes are purely inflammatory, so stop feeding his ego already, so we can find some new attention whore to make injokes about.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
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in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pmBoard: All That's Left
That lower court thing is the only recent news item about it and the whole Israel/Palestine situation has been overshadowing it, not the reverse.
Yes, but no threads exist for it on this forum - I was referring to the absence of relevant topics on that subject on MFG.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
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Posted by The Railgunner
in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pmBoard: All That's Left
I mean, right now Israel and the Palestinians are shooting rockets at each other, paving the way for a larger, bloodier war, and we're all gawking over a healthcare bill that most people don't know the first thing about.What are you even talking about, the health care bill is barely in the news anymore and there's been a ceasefire for the Israel/Palestine conflict for almost a week.
...?
I'm kind of confused, considering that this thread is still active.
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 amBoard: All That's Left
I created a monster waiting to happen.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 amBoard: All That's Left
Basara, have you ever shot anyone?No, and what about you?? Have you even shoot someone in the chest to say it's "easy"?? Especially if your life depends of it?? I say the old guy wasn't innocent if he could shoot those kids with cold blood, and not just the fact of just shooting, but make sure they were dead shooting more after they falled. If the kids were unarmed, that's clearly a murder and he should pay for that. Also, I agree with Titiln in various aspects about the man probably have experience with guns before
As so many people here pointed out, it's a fight-or-flight type action. If the man doesn't know if his life is in danger, he prepares for the worst as much as possible in the little time he has to react. Most of the times he was robbed were likely by armed criminals, since his house was apparently so prone to them.
Also, I have never shot anyone, so I probably wouldn't do too well in that sort of situation unless I react better than I expect to.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 amBoard: All That's Left
Then you don't know what you're talking about. Guns, contrary to what people may think from playing video games, take skill and practice to wield effectively, and the chest area is the largest (and therefore easiest) place to shoot at. If the man WERE a halfway decent marksman, he might've been able to hit any other area, but he was just a frantic old man with a rifle in the middle of being robbed for the ninth fucking time. You don't need "shooting education" in the United States to own a gun, you just need to be legally clean and have a license for the type of gun being purchased. Things like training and practice are optional, at least legally. A "normal person with a gun" probably has a gun for a reason, and would probably use it when said reason arises (being robbed, hunting flesh-eating monsters, etc.).
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 amBoard: All That's Left
you sound like one of those fucking YOU SAY JUSTIN BIEBER I SAY PINK FLOYD youtube comments
You sound like one of those "You sound like X" Youtube comments.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 amBoard: All That's Left
I dunno, if someone laughed in the middle of me shooting the shit out of them, I would shoot a few more times in the same situation, given that laughing isn't a normal reaction to being shot. Two kids break into a random house, and get shot. I don't see what isn't clear about this situation. At all.Spoken like a true, power mongering sadist. Congratulations.
Why thank you. On that note, the man was robbed eight times before, as you stated - at that point, can you see how someone would snap in that sort of situation? Sure, the man could've shot them in non-fatal areas, but he didn't. Titiln has a good point - it ISN'T a fucking video game, and the man isn't some expert marksman or anything.
And for the record, when I said "I would shoot a few more times", it's because I would be scared shitless of the guy who laughs off bullets, and I'm pretty sure that guy was too, assuming said laughing actually happened. Also, Bea has a point - the legal system in the United States is actually crazy enough to allow a burglar to win a court case against the guy he/she robbed. Don't count on the "logical" side of the court system here.
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in Look at the picture (Started by Bastard Mami November 27, 2012, 03:53:38 amBoard: All That's Left
I can't wrap my head around how musical tastes change so often, but continue to yield bad results. Bands like One Direction are bereft of any problems, and are painful to hear, while Pink Floyd managed to pull off one reunion show in 2005, and separated once and for all afterward.
And I haven't even started to complain about today's shitty rap artists, either.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 amBoard: All That's Left
the article is pretty horrible because most of the people they itnerviewed are friends and family of the kids.
Well of course - they're going to pull the "innocent kids" card, even though it was stated that the kids had drug problems that were bad enough to compel them to fucking BREAK INTO A HOUSE AND ROB IT. I would probably say that the kid who laughed might have been on something - I wouldn't be laughing if I got shot.
Man defends himself, family gets emotional about it. I understand that they just lost their fucking CHILDREN over it, but that doesn't make the kids heroes or martyrs.
Re: SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling)
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in SCOTUS: Obamacare is constitutional as a tax power (5-4 Ruling) (Started by Ricepigeon June 28, 2012, 04:32:39 pmBoard: All That's Left
QuoteBut the red people were in league with Satan, that's different.That's the first I've ever heard of that, where'd you learn that? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?
Yes, people actually believed that shit back then.
A bit late, but necessary nonetheless.
1. Overall, were the acts committed by the SS worse than the Manson family? Massively more innocent deaths, psychological trauma to survivors, etc... so yeah.
2. Would I say it is better to be a part of the SS or Manson family? Well the SS killed more people! But that doesn't really argue this question one way or another, it doesn't fit so I must acquit.
Let's take it a step further and ask, "Who has more cool points, Hitler or Charles Manson?"
I'd totally go for Hitler because fuck lame hippies and their peace and love and murder, this is America damn it!
That isn't relevant at all to this topic. Apart from that, the acts committed by both parties were equally wrong on both moral and legal grounds - Hitler just did more of it. Is the serial killer who kills five people more innocent than the one who kills twenty? No, because people still DIED.
People in the United States need to be better informed in general, because all of this absurdly silly shit about the Affordable Health Care Act pretty much springs from its opponents being ignorant (in the lower classes) or rich and conservative (and therefore in a position to lose money). I mean, right now Israel and the Palestinians are shooting rockets at each other, paving the way for a larger, bloodier war, and we're all gawking over a healthcare bill that most people don't know the first thing about.
I gotta wonder why no one made a thread about that, to be quite honest. Normally that shit pops up here within hours of it happening.
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in Kids try to rob a man, get shot (Started by San2 November 27, 2012, 09:07:32 amBoard: All That's Left
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in Happy Men's Day, bros!! (Started by Basara Dandy November 19, 2012, 07:52:53 pmBoard: All That's Left
Its a mans world anyway, so what changed? Besides a better excuse to be the more manly?
Pretty much, yeah.
Also, too late, guess I have to save the voice-deepening-device for next year.
Re: Man dies and comes back to life JUST to vote
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Re: Police arrest man who told kids Santa Claus isn’t real
November 25, 2012, 08:44:37 am View in topic context
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in Police arrest man who told kids Santa Claus isn’t real (Started by Iced November 23, 2012, 01:04:23 pmBoard: All That's Left
And even if he was sober, it'd still be a dick thing to do.Yelling that Santa doesn't exist is a dick move, okay. But not "horrible". It's not the end of the world if someone tells your kids that you've lied to them, and "let them keep their childhood" is a dumb response. Kids don't need this or that specific pretty story to have a childhood.
I have to agree with DKDC at this point - I went my entire life knowing that my parents were the ones putting presents under the tree, replacing my teeth with dollar coins in the middle of the night, and hiding plastic, garishly colored eggs around the house, and I turned out a few pegs short of sane. Regardless of my minor lack of mental stability, I'd think that, while yelling at kids that Santa doesn't exist is rude and inappropriate, its more that he was drunk and unruly rather than the subject material he had to work with that makes this "bad".
On a side note, you'd think children would be more appreciative of said presents if they knew that their parents were behind it all, removing the need to please an old, fat, bearded man living in the Arctic in order to receive gifts once a year. You know, by reducing the urge to piss off Mom and Dad. Then again, that didn't work so well for me, so my opinion probably isn't terribly valid in that regard.
Re: [Theme Thread] Street Fighter 3/CPS3 Sprite thread
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in [Theme Thread] Street Fighter 3/CPS3 Sprite thread (Started by Hoshi April 21, 2010, 09:50:12 pmBoard: Graphics
Do not acknowledge this animation.
WDF!
Damn man! your skills are crazy! o.O
Did he stutter? Because I thought I distinctly heard/read "Do not acknowledge this animation."
I'm not impressed. Do a winpose.*
*Seriously, though, amazing work as always. And no, you don't have to take orders from me. At least, I don't think you do.
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in [Theme Thread] CVS Sprite thread (Started by Hoshi April 21, 2010, 09:51:37 pmBoard: Graphics
not finish
His name is Jack, and I strongly urge you to finish this sprite.
Re: Sheg Long' Parents travel to JAPAN... to be nice
November 19, 2012, 04:26:20 pm View in topic context
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in The thread, the myth, the LEGEND: the shit thread (Started by gfw spacezilla August 30, 2007, 01:40:47 pmBoard: Hall of Fame
"the Long that Shegged me"
Fix'd.
I remember back in Halo 2 when dual-wielded Needlers topped pretty much any weapon arrangement in the game, to the point where it had to be nerfed for 3. With dual-wielding being dropped in 4, Needlers lose the nerf, and are perfect for when you just plain-ass need a kill - ANY kill (Regicide in particular). That aside, the Suppressor is my main weapon, perfect for full frontal assault or for spread fire on a mid-range target. The Scattershot (Forerunner shotgun) fills the same role as the UNSC shotgun in every way, though in exchange for a reduced clip size (5 shots), it will instakill anything in close range. Pulse grenades are useful for weakening opponents in small levels with obvious chokepoints, but lacks any real application in large, open areas. Battle Rifles are as useful as always, still lethal at mid- to long-range with good enough aim. Light Rifles (Forerunner equivalent to the DMR and Battle Rifle) seems somewhat underpowered compared to its counterparts, but has impressive range and accuracy to boot - I don't know how many times I've been killed by the guy who camps with one of these.
Incinerator Cannons are fun to play with, and stronger than either Rocket Launchers or Fuel Rod Cannons, but are both slower and have a single-shot clip, making them more a tactical weapon that should be reserved for vehicles or groups of enemies rather than single opponents. The Boltshot is unique for being deadly at point-blank range (charging it allows you to use it like a shotgun, and is a one-shot kill when used properly), but it lacks power when used as an actual pistol rather than a mini-shotgun. It's good for taking out enemies coming around corners, but its utility is lost on larger or more open maps.
Armor abilities, armor abilities: I can't play with out a jet pack - being able to strike from higher ground is always helpful, plus the flying armored dude makes a great distraction for your buddies on the ground while they take out well-hidden opponents. Sentries, like Pulse Grenades, are good for securing chokepoints, and the Regeneration Field can be added to a central area to keep you and your team alive during a heavy-assault scenario. Active Camouflage (near-invisibility) is best for stealthy assassin types, though having the invisible guy do EMP assists is another way to use this powerup effectively. Support upgrades are relatively benign boosts, such as extra ammo or increased explosive power and range, that allow you to squeeze just a little extra from your existing arsenal. Finally, Tactical Packages are an inbetween - the abilities are constant, but more noticable in-game, such as increased Armor Ability regeneration, being able to use two primary weapons instead of a primary and a secondary (Primaries being Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles, and their non-UNSC equivalents, while secondaries are...pistols), not to mention increased grenade-carrying capacity (Sticky ALL the things!).
It's probably for the best that Halo did away with Elites as playable characters - the way that multiplayer is set up (it has a story now - the people you play against are in-training Spartan-IVs, and multiplayer matches are simulations) doesn't have much room for them. Still, with the degree of customization available, as well as the introduction of specializations, the Halo 4 multiplayer experience, with all of its new features and top-of-the-line graphics, is worth exploring in full. Except for Capture the Flag on Ragnarok (the Valhalla remake map), that shit's just a straight-up clusterfuck.