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I'm hesitant to let the government step in due to their history with media censorship (Hayes Code etc.) but do think the threat of this happening is a good way to get them to self-regulate and drop the predatory practices towards minors and the addiction prone. Let's be fair here, I respect the view of 'people should make their own choices and doesn't need the government to tell them what's good for them,' but this applies to those who are accountable and capable of making healthy, rational decisions which significant portions of the population are not. Minors, mentally ill, even the poorly educated generally do not have the capability of making an informed choice and often this has impact on everyone else. If all drinkers were allowed to drive, their choices could kill. The obesity epidemic affects insurance premiums. Rsise your kids the way you want? Fine, but for some people that's tying them up in the barn. Second-hand smoke. Drugs. Anti-vaxxers do what they think is best, and in doing so put not only their child but others at risk by screwing with herd immunity. And gambling addictions cause moneysinks of debt, crime, mental problems etc. that affect others and require tax money for cops and take money away from that previous free capitalist economy. I'm hesitant to have government step in not on principle but because they often **** it up, but ideally the government exists to tell people what they can or cannot do because people are dumb cattle. Call me a cynic, but the only problem with getting regulation is that sometimes it's made by that cattle. Get more independent research done and bring the right information to the table, if that clearly states this lootbox stuff is bad for those who can't be held accountable then it needs regulation. I'm not saying this as someone who thinks he's always accountable and capable of making decisions. My personal lingstanding history with mental illness makes me acutely aware of the many times I did things that someone should have stopped me from because I wasn't capable of making rational decisions. Regulation's great, as long as it helps the weak and abused and if you run into issues with that, either the government ****ed it up again or just maybe you're a dumb cow. But then, maybe I'm just too cynical. Either way, in the real world right now the cattle's putting people like Trump or May in charge. So yeah, more research and qualified people in office before someone enforces regulation please. Because my faith in government, civilisation and democracy is severely shaken, and I thought humans were cattle before that... /rant

I played Octodad again this weekend, but then as a 4-player co-op experience. It was by far the most hilarious thing I've ever done. Highly recommend it for a fun evening with friends. For anyone not familiar, Octodad is a game about an octopus pretending to be a boring middle-aged man. The gameplay lies in him having trouble moving like a person and you have to control his limbs individually. This is difficult and by yourself it's a bit of a rage game. However, co-op mode gives each player one arm or leg to control and hilarity ensues.

Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas

Uhh... source? Because that sounds suspiciously like some Cobra Commander level bull****. http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-gop-social-security-20171130-story.html I do not believe those were the exact words, but that seems about right.

That's what they want you to think.

Sometimes I wonder if this is all a libertarian ploy to make sure the government gets so horrible that the only thing people can still do is get rid of it entirely.

Yeah that movie was watchable, but anyone can pretty much cover the whole experience by watching the trailer.

Why? Most of the fun in Obs games comes from their own world-building.

Siamese "Fighting Fish" are calledthat exactly why you think and are regularely used for team names and such for martial arts schools. Couple of martial arts flicks under that name from different countries too, including an awful dutch martial arts flick that was heavily advertised here being the first and thankfully so far only martial arts film from the Netherlands, which is how I learned this crap in the first place.

Gl hf USA with that new tax bill that the Senate wasn't allowed to read. Good to know the Republicans care enough about their constituents to know what they put through instead of just voting through whatever bullhonkey out of tribalism.

Rango No, I'm not even kidding

The Rock 2020!

I hope you never see anybody actually getting emotional.

The one reference you hope people won't get since it means they had to sit through that movie. I feel your pain, man.

Really? I can count at least three just on this page alone. Trump 2020! Well, that explains a lot, since I see snarky debates that you couldn't even call "heated" when you're talking about leebruls being sensitive. Really, meltdowns?

Oh, that's entirely true but it doesn't cover the first part: "yes, but" True as your statement is it does not deflect or mitigate those things everyone knows teh evil yuropeons did which makes it pretty much entirely irrelevent information in this situation. Bringing it up changes nothing, whether the people you're informing know it or not. Going 'indians killed each other too' in response to 'gosh, the US is a bit racist to induans' or 'gosh, imperialists killed a lot of indians' doesn't affect anything. It's a non-argument. Those imperialists still killed a lot of indians. The US is still a bit nasty to native Americans. Gosh! It's like when you watch American History X and Edward Norton makes a black guy put his face on the curb and stomps down and then you go 'well, you guys better remember that in Africa black people killed blacks too'. What's it change? It's not really relevant to the point being made. Yes, it's important to know real history and it's freaking annoying when people ignore shades of gray for sake of outrage and blame. But right now the only way I can respond to your 'yes, but how 'bout dat native american autogenocide!' is: Yeah? So? What about it? At best, I guess it's a piece of tangentially related trivia? Edit: Not actually why I went here. I was gonna go: lol, white house statement to Trump tweeting fake videos is 'who cares if the evidence is fake if we know in our gut the charges are true?'

While I haven't watched it yet, I assume having so many unique aesthetics come together and having to form a cohesive whole is going to end in a disappointing hodgepodge anyway so it's hard to see this working.

The horse died while protecting Pediga marchers!? Also, wow the alt-right lies train is targeting the Netherlands today. Trump retweeted a video of a "muslim immigrant" beating up a "dutch boy with crutches". But it actually was "dark-haired dutch boy beats up blonde dutch boy crutches" as the 'assailant' turned out to be neither an immigrant nor descended from immigrants nor a muslim. Also the video was sourced to dutch comedy site "Dumpert" (it's like 9gag meets 4chan) which casts serious doubt on its authenticity as it's a known source of hoaxes, so there's that. https://nos.nl/artikel/2205150-trump-trapt-in-nepnieuws-en-retweet-nederlandse-anti-moslim-video.html

Yeah, police statement clarifies that animal passed due to heart failure that was deemed entirely unrelated to the demonstrations. It also wasn't an Antifa demonstration. It was a demonstration that turned from a lawful march to an unlawful blockage of an refugee asylum center by far-right organisation PEGIDA (an organisation led by a literal Nazi and criminal) and Antifa was present there solely as a counter-demonstration. https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/politiepaard-komt-om-bij-demonstraties-in-nijmegen~aa056f9f/ Either very misinformed or lying through your teeth this time, Sharp_one. For shame. Check your sources.

Did anyone ever tell you you're an expert at "yes, but they're evil nazis TOO!"?

I did use that for a while, but at this point my screenname is a relic of the past and I use a different one everywhere else. I'm about as neutral as acid.

Eh, not dumb I'd say. He seems like the typical NPD asshat. Only naked force can change their mind, sadly Alright, more of a willfully disinterested butthole than average.

I figured you weren't in either group because I assume you also wouldn't want the government to stick their hands in the homeless. (Now there's an image.)

With all due respect, Trump being rude is no cause to refer to any kind of ignorance as "systemic" since he's clearly dumber than average.

Wow, I completely misread this. I had to reread it twice before I realized you didn't say it was the number one topic with your black business associates while black. Maybe I need to get my eyes checked. Whoohoo, European healthcare!