BruceVC

I had such a nice day today on my leave , I went to gym in the morning. Then I did some banking for most of the morning and in the early afternoon I carried on playing Witcher 3 and I just made myself a nice Spaghetti Bolonaise for dinner...and now I plan to carry on playing W3

Hmm, I wonder what the implications for Uber and Lyft are with young kids? It sounds like Denver might be the best option, plus I can always rent a car to make it easier to get around. You guys should try to meet for drink? If Hurlshot is in Denver anyway it would seem to be a waste to not at least try to get together for a nice lunch or dinner ?

It's probably safe to say that even the mildest level of intellectual disability precludes a successful university application. 1. What's 85% of? It's right there in the quote. Y'know, if "ability to parse written text that is right in front of you" is an academic skill below the 6th grade level, I may actually have some bad news for you... In any case, I took the liberty of bolding it for your convenience. Using the numbers given in the source link and the wonders of simple arithmetics, we can easily determine that it covers 0,9-1.1 million people in the US. Symptoms: And yet you didn't answer the second part which is you're suggesting retarded people, even at the mildest level, can't get into University? In your own words, Y'know, if "ability to parse written text that is right in front of you" is an academic skill below the 6th grade level, I may actually have some bad news for you... Game. Over. I don't think there's anything ill-conceived about asking people to not call those who disagree with their political opinions developmentally challenged. I agree, I find the whole generalization and characterization annoying and unnecessary

How active is it? I have logged on a few times and left after about 10 minutes What abuse do you receive, do you mind going into detail ?

And yet you didn't answer the second part which is you're suggesting retarded people, even at the mildest level, can't get into University? In your own words, Y'know, if "ability to parse written text that is right in front of you" is an academic skill below the 6th grade level, I may actually have some bad news for you... Game. Over. But surly that question is obvious ? Even mildly retarded would have a very difficult time gaining entry

You're confusing the issue Bruce which is understandable. What you're trying to say is you identify with people with a mob mentality who are using social advocacy as a crutch to vent their frustration through the internet and in real life campaigns. And the SJWs dress up their mob mentality as being political correct to get away with their hypocrisy. I believe that's check and mate! I can see we are never going to find any common ground on this debate....lets just leave it

Well there many people who support and identify with so called "SJW " causes and campaigns but they are more involved in SJ causes in RL ..so they dont call themselves "SJW" Like me for example, so if you generalize about all " SJW " then you going to include people who only support SJ causes in RL as there strong ties between SJW and people who support SJ in RL. It doesnt seem reasonable to call them all insane ? Sure, if you have no idea what the term means. That definition fits SJWs to a t. Thanks for linking that definition because now we have a standard to measure SJWs by. In future, professionals should be able to address the root cause at an early age before the retardation sets in. Hiro does it not bother your moral compass that you can generalize about millions of people like you do? Calling all SJW insane or irrational or whatever the latest insult is Surly it must bother you a bit...just a smidgen? The truth hurts. Oh I support the truth, I believe in the truth And if this was the truth you, know me Meshugger, I would be the first one supporting it

Sure, if you have no idea what the term means. That definition fits SJWs to a t. Thanks for linking that definition because now we have a standard to measure SJWs by. In future, professionals should be able to address the root cause at an early age before the retardation sets in. Hiro does it not bother your moral compass that you can generalize about millions of people like you do? Calling all SJW insane or irrational or whatever the latest insult is Surly it must bother you a bit...just a smidgen?

You must,...but since I'm currently played W3 I'm horribly biased...and I'll probably get to play the expansions as part of my first play through But I very, very seldom ever replay any game ..in fact only GTA IV, I dont like the fact I know how the game ends with any replay..that's what puts me off

Lexx this game looks good....are there any Romance options ?

No, why would I want to change my mind ? Lets say for argument sake we could somehow change our minds there is absolutely no way I would ever consider changing my mind ...I like myself and I'm happy with my thought patterns the way I rationalize things Of course we can always improve on things but that doesn't mean I want a refund for my psyche

That's not how it works, Bruce. Did Churchill's policies result in the death and suffering of millions? Yes, they did, and therefore the comparison has legs. You can't just say "well they were brown people and history books don't mention it so it doesn't count and anyways the good outweighs the bad". What do you mean I can't just say " something " ....I just said it didn't I ? Thats a joke by the way but of course you raise some valid points, I dont know much about how much Churchill is directly/indirectly responsible for death of millions of Indians. I need to do some research about this and get back to you but thanks for the link, its a good starting point for me

Vals has called me insane on numerous occasions, he has said I suffer from cognitive dissonance amongst other things But my cognitive dissonance I support and value as a positive because its allows me to see both sides of an argument and allows me to change my mind if faced with evidence...and when I change my mind on a particular stance I never feel inconsistent because of cognitive dissonance. So it really is a positive personality trait for me

I don't know 2133 you say don't care about this topic or trading barbs is a waste of time yet you do seem to spend lots of time engaging in these types of debates....so it doesn't seem to be a waste of time for you I like to always say " a debate is an exchange of intelligence, an argument is an exchange of ignorance " I see what you doing as a debate, its interesting

Well I did think The Beast was twisted, nefarious and unlikable ....so I'm getting more hardcore Finding out the Beast was a molested child giving up his humanity for the power to punish his abuser and keep the magical land that rejected him from rejecting him again made him a little more sympathetic, but the whole no humanity thing makes him pretty much irredeemable now. And we can be even more sympathetic if we want because as you mentioned drinking from the magic stream also destroyed any remnants of his humanity...so you could argue he wasn't even human anymore. He was consumed by magic?

You guys do raise some good points about his character....its interesting how I seemed to overlook that as he did become a better person as the show went on and thats what I tended to focus on

Well I did think The Beast was twisted, nefarious and unlikable ....so I'm getting more hardcore

Also I have heard this criticism several times so I'm missing something, what for example is wrong with Quinton? What is wrong with his personality ....what do people expect him to act like? Seriously Bruce? You didn't see anything wrong with his behavior? I'm glad the show has gotten better since I stopped watching but he was a pretty horrible person in the first couple of episodes Here is the actor even saying the character starts off as unlikable No I honesty didn't think there was anything wrong with him because his flaws made him believable and human But its clear my view is in minority so its probably not accurate ..like this post you made that highlights the actors own view so it must carry credibility

I reject the notion that Winston Churchill was an evil SOB, he had some questionable views around how to maintain British rule but to compare him to Hitler and Stalin who are responsible for the deaths of millions is just an absurd and spurious comparison and no amount of specious Zora "anti-Western" logic is going to change the historical reality ..its like a discussion of Cecil Rhodes, very subjective. And Churchill played a very key part in defeating the Axis powers and ensuring Britain never surrendered ..imagine a world if the Nazis had won... What would Volo be calling people now " democratic SJW " or " liberal SJW "...because the " Nazi " insult would be considered a compliment But nowadays because people who commit genocide or real war crimes aren't ever generally considered good leaders we measure what a makes a good leader on different metrics For most people management of the economy is one of these key metrics, Putin had over a decade when the oil price was high to diversify the Russian economy. But he made the same mistake that countries like Brazil, Nigeria and Venezuela did. His policies of ensuring the Russian economy was sustainable consisted of relying on commodities and a high oil price. Thats bad economic insight and shows a bad leader, Putin was more concerned with ensuring the rise of Russian hegemony in the region But whats the point of having a strong military if your economy is in the doldrums and in the case of Russia a serious recession?

So it apparently is pretty simple to buy a fake Syrian passport. While it is a bit of a stretch to assume that getting a fake Turkish ID is going to be as easy it is just the logical next step, and once they're out of Turkey that's it. Sure thing, a fake Turk that isn't speaking any Turkish might not be that difficult to spot but they are getting free travel across the EU, so why would you check and double check? Not to mention that it still leaves a host of actual poor, unskilled and uneducated Turks free to travel to the EU for any length of time. People tend to forget that Turkey doesn't end at Istanbul. Yeah well, and what with Erdogan saying that assimilation is a crime against humanity and extorting the EU for more money half a week after signing the deal I do reserve the right to be cynical about it. This deal is a bad idea, and dealing with Erdogan in a manner as if he actually were an ally of the EU is a bad idea. He isn't, and he never will be. Well there is some good news, there are less immigrants trying to get into Europe than ever before. I watched an interview on CNN where the words used were something like " the amount of migrants attempting to get to Europe has substantially gone down " The problem being I can't find a link to support this so please just believe me

Also I have heard this criticism several times so I'm missing something, what for example is wrong with Quinton? What is wrong with his personality ....what do people expect him to act like?

No Volo I believe in equality but we need to address societal and historical imbalances that exist in the modern age amongst, for example, the races and genders And this imbalance will be different depending where you live. My question to you Volo is a simple one and only one you can answer " are you part of the problem....or the solution " ?

Oh and the hunter\werewolf quest, I let the werewolf kill the sister She was either insane or so stupid she doesnt deserve to live. She should have known the Werewolf would kill a stranger....she lead her own sister to death because she wanted her husband. In my world of " Witcher 3 Social Justice " (W3SJ) she deserved to die

Small steps ....its all small steps for me

I haven't played SoD yet, is the transexual NPC in question one of the established NPC's from BG1 and BG2? Or a wholly new character? I think I see where you going with this and I like it...if the transexual NPC is a new character then the Gandalf analogy becomes irrelevant ..because SoD is not fundamentally changing any of the original characters. Which makes certain criticism even more unreasonable