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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: October 11, 2019, 10:20:13 am »
That's fair enough, and I butt heads with fundamentalists too. That's why I tend to snap back when people seem to be firing on religion as a whole, rather than the problematic parts.

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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: October 11, 2019, 09:06:40 am »
That's the price of being inclusive, considering conservatism and religiousness run deep in the exclusionary aspect.

There's "being inclusive" and there's

Quote from: Religion
Read whatever texts are considered sacred depending on which religion you follow
Your religion has all of the answers, questions are useless
Stifle knowledge collection, it could allow people to question your religion
All other religions are false, silence them
In the process, spread your religion
Pretend your religion is nice until your religion gets more power than all others
Use said power to force your religion on others
Ignore the bits of your religion that you don't like, claiming those were for ancient dumb people who didn't know not to shit in the water that shellfish live in
Misinterpret the bit about The Gays"

Everything struck out is ignorant at best and malicious at worst. You can verify this by noting the large number of religious scientists (hi), the history of many religious people of having discussions with people from different religions, and the fact that many religious people are fundamentally nice people, and not just "in spite of" their religion.

You can't lampoon religion for changing and not changing at the same time.

Also scientists don’t try to silence religion.

How would you describe your current activity?

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General Discussion / Re: AmeriPol thread
« on: October 11, 2019, 07:48:42 am »
Bay12Forums: A bastion of thoughtfulness and empathy... unless you're religious or conservative.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: October 09, 2019, 11:58:46 am »
They definitely pick up a lot of wild stuff because of the focus on indie devs. I don't imagine they have much in the way of investors to look after - what they have have gotta be pretty relaxed.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: October 09, 2019, 11:45:51 am »
Devolver's catalogue of games that aren't wild is probably much smaller than their catalogue of "normal" games. I dunno how they do it, but they seem to successfully publish everything from genital-based competitive games to deep artsy platformers with a side of triple-A looking survival.

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Connect red clip to nose of assailant, black clip to left ear. Press "Charge" button, wait four seconds or until humming stops, press "Discharge" button. Turn key in ignition.



Edit: Friend I thought had committed suicide has not. He just vanished from all visibility after sending me a message that looked a hell of a lot like a suicide note. I found this out by contacting his girlfriend via a mutual friend. I'm glad he's alive, but I also low-key want to slap him (except that obviously it wouldn't help).

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Broforce is also by a South African studio. If there's anything we're good at, it's bros, bro.

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This is the most hilarious parody of Jo'burg broe culture I've ever seen. I have no idea if it's as funny to a non-South African, but it had me chuckling, boet.

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I've certainly never heard anyone refer to, say, Jimi Hendrix as a guitar hero. It seems reasonable enough as original to the game to me.

You spoke too soon:

https://www.discogs.com/Jimi-Hendrix-Guitar-Hero/release/3974905

"Jimi Hendrix ‎– Guitar Hero" was apparently an actual album title from 1978.

Well, just 'cause I hadn't heard it didn't mean it didn't exist! Interesting.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: October 07, 2019, 01:11:37 pm »
Looks like that's optimised for mechanical reading. Doesn't make it any more comprehensible, but it does explain why it looks like that.

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I've certainly never heard anyone refer to, say, Jimi Hendrix as a guitar hero. It seems reasonable enough as original to the game to me.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: October 07, 2019, 02:36:41 am »
It's also contingent on the last straw actually being absurd, or the stressors being resolvable.



It's quite likely that one of my friends committed suicide last week. I can't tell for sure. It's slightly distressing how little it bothers me. I'm just so burnt out and detached from reality these days. Nothing really seems to matter, and I keep having dissociative moments.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: October 06, 2019, 08:59:56 am »
Your journey starts here.

At least, IMO that's one of the best available introductions to machine learning with neural nets. I'm not going to try to cram an explanation into one post. :P

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Other Games / Re: How did you last *own*?
« on: October 05, 2019, 11:27:05 am »
I am not a sniper player. In fact, I often make derogatory comments vis a vis my aim and a dog. However! I went 27/5/16 and top damage with arguably the hardest long-range champion in the game, Kinessa. Feels pretty good.

Paladins.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: October 05, 2019, 10:27:37 am »
Fencing would be a lot less confusing if they ceased with all the rules to simulate people getting hurt and just gave Each other sharp points and then counted the amount of holes in each combatant after the duel

That's basically how epee works already. It's regular rapier dueling to first blood. Foil is only more complicated because it's epee fenced with perfect form, aiming to kill. :P

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