Everything posted by Hurlshort
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
People also try to make too much of Star Wars. It's fun space fantasy. All of the movies have been entertaining in their own right. Not everything has to be high art.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
I don't think most people find it hard to imagine at all.
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What are you playing right now?
My first campaign in Xenonauts went pretty badly a few years back, and I stopped playing when I couldn't keep up with the UFO's. I've started a new game and it seems to be going much smoother. I just built my 3rd base and I'm starting to make plasma weapons, although my lasers are still pretty great.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
https://www.yahoo.com/news/needs-paint-job-trump-blasts-virginia-restaurant-asking-sarah-sanders-leave-130000156.html I think this whole scenario is pretty dumb, but the reactions of everyone is just cray cray. The restaurant deserves some terrible yelp reviews and all that. I do not understand why the President of the United States is wasting time talking about the state of their canopies. I need to repeat that. I do not understand why the President of the United States is wasting time talking about the state of their canopies.
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
Korg was the best part. Would you like to join my revolution?
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The Weird, Random or Interesting Things That Fit Nowhere Else Thread
Pretty sure this guy was a member here at some point.
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What are you playing right now?
Don't explain yourself to these young punks, MW.
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The Athenaeum - Reading updates and Literary Review from the Obsidian Elite (this means you)
That was the dumbest thing I have read in awhile. People were way tougher in the dark ages when literacy rates were like 1 percent.
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Funny Posts - New and Improved with Same Great Taste
Go to a farmer's market I think Gfted is near Chicago. Not all farmer's markets are equal.
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What did you do today?
Did my first Olympic distance Triathlon today! If you've been following along, you might remember that the swim has been a struggle for me, both in my first sprint event last month and the open water training I did a few weeks ago. For some reason today it just clicked though, and I was able to swim strong freestyle for the entire 1750 yards. I was actually so surprised how easy it was to stay in the rhythm and sight people that I found myself pushing pretty hard halfway through. I ended up with a 30 minute split which was about 4 minutes faster than my previous speed average. I hit the bike fast (after another slow transition, I've gotta practice that!) and felt good on the course. It was a pretty fun course, basically a quick 5 miles out of town, then about a 10 mile steady climb (not too steep, maybe 400 feet) and then a fast 10 miles back down. Much like the swim, I stayed with a group and felt good. I averaged about 20 miles per hour, so it took 1:15 to finish. The run was tough. That is typically my strength, but this was a hilly trail course with lots of gravel. I was hoping for a 7:30 pace, but ended up with 8:15 over the 10k distance. It took 50 minutes. I'm not too down about it, I passed a lot of miserable people walking the hills and my time was pretty decent for my age group. Overall I finished in 2:43, and that put me 24th out of 55 in my age group. I'm bummed I didn't place higher, but you can't control the other people. My goal was to finish under 2:45 and I hit that. The bike is still my weakness, even though I've been working hard at it. But just a mile or two slower than competitors comes out to some pretty big gaps. Still, my first Olympic is in the books and hopefully I'll keep getting faster.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - VISUAL NOVELS ALLOWED
I have no idea if Cyberpunk will be good, and I'm not really a Witcher fan, but CPDR has apparently improved with each title they have released, so they've earned their street cred.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Sharpie is probably trying to post the source, but the mods are blocking it.
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Steam summer sale deals and recommendations
If anyone hasn't got this one yet, you better grab it on sale. It was the best game I played in the last year.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - VISUAL NOVELS ALLOWED
I doubt 15% off is a good indicator of a game bombing. That's a pretty tiny discount. Usually new games that come out during the holidays are offered up with those types of discounts, and it doesn't necessarily mean they aren't selling well.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Huh, didn't know Volo was pro-life.
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What are you playing right now?
I don't play team based multiplayer games because I am the terrible player that Malc and Bart have to cover for.
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Cinema Paradise - the Movie Thread Transformed
I am not sure how they really expected Solo to succeed, given the messy production.
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What did you do today?
I was pretty disappointed in FO4, but I still put in a lot of hours exploring. Tyranny isn't really going to scratch that itch, it is much more of a narrative experience and also quite a bit smaller in scope. Pick up both. You will get to them eventually.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
As has been pointed out by a lot of outlets, the practice of separating families is not a new one, but the scale is. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-at-the-border-by-the-numbers/ Also, this was an interesting article about the different 'options' people trying to immigrate have: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/world/americas/mexico-family-separation-immigration.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
I guess that means in 20 years or so GD can support him in the Libertarian Party primary and hope to finally crack the 5% barrier. Can't, I'm Cuban Whatevs, Obama was a Muslim from Kenya.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Yikes, I was fooled!
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Ah yes, probably shot at the same studio as the moon landing. Wake up sheeple! Trump has broken from the zero tolerance policy, so seems like things will calm down a bit.
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The Kickstarter Thread
Didn't take long for Xenonauts to hit the goal, 12 hours.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Yep, its truly a moving tale. Are you aware that US immigration laws have existed since 1790? He's an american history teacher... of course he doesn't know Actually I teach Medieval World History, not Immigration Law. I mean, I know most people on the internet know everything, but I've never claimed that. The amount I do not know about Immigration laws and policies far outweighs what I do know. Thankfully we live in an age of information, where even a sharp guy from Poland can look up stuff and be an expert on every subject imagineable.
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Politics Thread - Ka-tet of 19
Yep, its truly a moving tale. Are you aware that US immigration laws have existed since 1790? I am aware, but do you really think people fleeing poverty and violence are going to be well-versed in immigration laws? I'd guess they will be more familiar with the symbols and sentiments of the supposed land of opportunity than the complicated path to citizenship. Also that link you put up has a whole lot of super racist policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Geary Act, so I'm not if it is the best defense for our current policies.