Bartimaeus

That pretty much sounds like the worst the situation could possibly get. I do not envy the victim in having to make the choice between dragging the situation out even further (especially with what might not be that great chance of success because of the mistakes of others) in trying to see some justice done + some personal closure vs. just getting back to your life. Gah...life.

Someone I know was raped just a few weeks ago...even went through having a rape kit done on them, which they said would be a slam dunk against the rapist. She refuses to go through with it, though, for reasons that are hard to accept for anyone besides actual victims. It's out of everyone's besides her hands, though. Like you, I'll also likely see them once in a while for reasons. :/

Hey, some of my family members get moderately to extremely drunk literally every day, and perpetually insist that they don't have a problem. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Well, that was about the worst timing I could've ever possibly had for what was supposed to be a stupid, flippant remark that I came up with pretty much at random. That's awful to hear...best of luck and here's to hoping for happier days to come.

My apologies...I did not look into the context of the conversation far enough to understand that when you said "On Origin too", you meant "I'm still talking about Origin", not "in addition to Steam", which is what I was actually wondering about and what I actually care about. Again, my bad.

1. Does that actually prevent updating when you try to a launch a game that has an update available for it? 2. Where is that option? There are no options for "updates": there are the "downloads" options, but there's no option like you suggest that I can see.

Yeah, I saw that one earlier, but opted for my video because I wasn't sure if showing dead people and such was really appropriate when I could choose not to...and also I wasn't sure if it was implicitly against the rules or something.

I have trouble believing that either phone or person could survive that...but I guess crazier things have happened. (e): ENGLISH

Unrelated: something's broken with the avatar system (see: Woldan and myself). Can't upload anything. pls fix admin (e): That person seems likely to be dead...surprised by how quickly the footage was somehow recovered, though.

Some context: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3gr1bh/huge_explosion_reported_in_chinese_port_city_of/cu0odde

Explosion in China.

Way-Off Topic posts stop counting recently for some reason...in other words, I'll be stuck in the 700s for the next few years. (e): Officially, I blame Raithe for spamming the funny things thread.

http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1533/

So...basically, my ideal scenarios would be (with it becoming less and less ideal as we go down): 1. Bernie wins the Democrat nomination as well as the Presidential Election. 2. Bernie wins the Democrat nomination, but is unable to win the majority in the general election...but neither are the Republicans, very possibly because of the antics of Trump. Difficult to predict what would happen as a result. 3. Bernie does NOT win the Democrat nomination, but runs as an independent...as does Trump, who similarly failed to secure the Republican nomination. The two of them manage to split the vote for both Democrats and Republicans so badly that a few states actually manage to go independent, resulting in the same outcome as above (though with significantly less chance, I think, for Bernie to become president...and absolutely so if Trump manages to knock him out of the top three). 4. Bernie does NOT win the Democrat nomination and runs as an independent, but Trump somehow wins the Republican nomination. I simply cannot see Trump possibly getting even close to winning the general election, so it falls to Bernie and any other third parties to take away votes and steal a state or two from the Democrat nomination (whom would likely be Hillary at this point, though that may change in the future) and make a mess of things. In this scenario, Bernie would technically have a better chance if it came to a general election deadlock, but it would seem like there's much less of a chance of that happening. It seems most likely the Democrat nominee would win in this scenario. 5. Bernie, having lost his Democrat nomination bid, does not run at all. Trump loses his Republican nomination bid and runs as an independent, however, and somehow manages to steal a few states and cause a general election deadlock like above. Much more likely, the Democrat nominee just outright wins it in the general election, though. 6. All other possibilities likely result in one of two crappy nominees (based on past presidential elections, anyways) winning, and que sera, sera and nihil sub sole novum and etc. Though I generally identify (lol) as more of a Republican than a Democrat (political leaning tests usually always place me right in between the two, so I'm really more an independent that's dissatisfied with both, ), I'm tempted to register as a Democrat to vote for Bernie to help him win the Democrat nomination, since all the potential Republican candidates seem universally terrible, whereas I at least sort of respect and like Bernie.

If Bernie Sanders cannot win the Democrat nomination, then I would love to see him run as an independent: I would like to see the election ending up with no-one being elected with a majority in this ridiculous presidential election system, and seeing what absolute nonsense the House would cook up when it decides who becomes president (House decides it in the event of no majority, from what I recall from high school, right?) and the subsequent outrage from the population.

You didn't really answer his question...

The only thing I wish is that there'd be a Democrat equivalent...I'd rather see the process break down on both sides, not just the Republicans.

What about if I extract the CD-key from my Steam version of Stalker?

Yeah, but he's a Republican who legitimately doesn't seem to really give a crap about whether he's winning or losing...but seems much more dead-set on exploding this whole entire farce of a presidential election system...particularly on the Republican side. Bernie, on the other hand, is just trying to stay in the Democrat race as best as he can, and doesn't need any media complications or accusations of being racist or whatever else other stupidity that people might conjure up against him.

Better to have one speech go wrong (...and hopefully it remains just one speech...) than to allow the media ammunition in which to demonize him.

You were also the one that almost killed them, but I suppose that's besides the point. @Woldan: "truckloads of data of Iceland"? Data about what about Iceland? Just the sort of information you already brought up? I can't remember what you do for a living, but if you can get a good job there and it seems like a perfect fit, why not?

Dangit! Earlier, when you had mentioned "snidely passive-agressive dismissals", I considered snarking, "Are we talking about Nonek or Bruce, here? ", but ultimately decided against it. Alas, such opportunities, once passed, are gone with the wind... (e): Why do I need to have a space after for it to work? What nonsense!

That's...that seems really unusual, particularly if your brain instantly shut itself down. Bad enough when somebody suddenly dies of heart failure from a birth defect that was never detected or something: at least they have a few seconds before everything goes dark. You didn't even have that much...fine one second, braindead the next. Man, that's terrifying, particularly since there was no apparent cause to be found...I'd be so scared of that happening again... Here's what I suggest you do in regards to this thread: (EDIT): that is meant to be like an "abandon thread" gif, JUST IN CASE that wasn't clear. I should think about these things before I post.

I can't play CK because there's too many rulers with different traits and just too many variables in general: trying to play that game makes me actually a little physically ill because of my OCD-like behavior. I enjoy EU4, though, particularly considering it's an immeasurable step up in complexity over like, the Total War games, which I thought were decent for a long while until actually trying EU4...at which point the TW games come across more as bad jokes to me. (e): How do people ninja-post before me so many times around here? I never feel like quoting the post I'm replying to because it doesn't seem necessary (since I'm posting directly after the person I'm replying to), but I always have to edit my post to put the quote back in after actually hitting post.

What the heck actually happened that caused that, if you don't mind saying (and if you know)? You make it sound like your brain was directly hit with a bulldozer or something.