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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: July 24, 2015, 01:15:02 am »
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General Discussion / Re: Religion and Spirituality Discussion: Yet Another Thread
« on: July 24, 2015, 01:11:07 am »
It's significantly harder to spell than it is to pronounce. Pretty easy to repeat vocally, really. Not a very tongue twisty name at all.
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Other Games / Re: The "Forgotten the name of this game?" thread. Ask here to prevent clutter.
« on: July 23, 2015, 06:46:06 pm »
No direct control, and the robots weren't really giant.
Better idea of what time period "ancient" is referring to would probably help, really...
Better idea of what time period "ancient" is referring to would probably help, really...
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: July 23, 2015, 06:31:30 pm »
Weirdest thing. Some of Brain Lord's soundtrack sounds a lot like some of La Mulana's. Not identical, but like they were made by the same person, or at least folks that knew each other. It's odd mostly because there's over a decade between the release of the two...
Definitely different composers, though, checking on it. Just some uncanny resemblance.
... also, uh, neo. That. A lot of people breath like that? It's a bit unhealthy, iirc, but fairly common. The upper chest can pretty easily move when you breath in.
Definitely different composers, though, checking on it. Just some uncanny resemblance.
... also, uh, neo. That. A lot of people breath like that? It's a bit unhealthy, iirc, but fairly common. The upper chest can pretty easily move when you breath in.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: July 23, 2015, 09:56:41 am »
Only if you tighten it too much.
Because corsets for dogs are actual things that actually get sold. They're not only legal, they're marketed and bought.
Because corsets for dogs are actual things that actually get sold. They're not only legal, they're marketed and bought.
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General Discussion / Re: Religion and Spirituality Discussion: Yet Another Thread
« on: July 23, 2015, 09:55:01 am »
Also something about iron chariots?
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General Discussion / Re: Gender trumps results. Who has it worse?
« on: July 23, 2015, 09:53:28 am »Recognized for something mundane instead of that awesome thing you did. It is arguably worse then not being recognized for that awesome thing at all.In my experience, it's a matter of frequency. The first time or two you're lauded for doing little, it maybe feels a little nice (and probably confusing, because it's pretty bloody likely you recognize you haven't done anything worthy of notable praise). It very, very quickly stops feeling even remotely good, and can start feeling very, very shitty. By and large means the people showing appreciation don't actually give a damn about what you do, and entirely devaluate your actions. There's not really any amount of praise that makes up for someone implicitly saying your effort is worth shit to them.
Can actually end up being a nasty bit of psychological mess-up if it's persistent enough. I've seen some folks kinda' screwed over by unmoderated praise. Can start generating some very serious ennui and apathy, or kick off some major narcissism problems. Not good juju.
Insofar as ranking goes, I'd mostly agree with Caz. My caveat would be that I don't think any of them is actually in a net positive situation -- there's no best in this scenario, just least worst.
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General Discussion / Re: You wake up to find that you've been transformed into a Pokemon.
« on: July 23, 2015, 09:04:21 am »
... my inner pokemon is apparently jynx. Alrighty then.
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General Discussion / Re: Religion and Spirituality Discussion: Yet Another Thread
« on: July 23, 2015, 08:42:54 am »
Other interpretation is that that's statement's under the assumption that if the critter wasn't, it would, y'know, actually do something about all the shitty shit what shits upon existence. Maybe not be a genocidal jackass, as a bonus, I'unno.
Personally, if my knowledge of the world included a means to prevent shit like stillborns, SIDS, etc., so forth, so on, I would probably get right on that. Maybe not order mass rape, commit mass murder and infanticide, allow all the torturous atrocities mankind gets up to, stuff like that. Try to come off as something besides a homicidal egoistic psychopath. The little things.
Some sort of lack of agency goes a long way towards... well, not exactly excusing that, but at least making it understandable. Plays nicely into the atemporal thing that's often posited regarding the critter's nature, too. All that happens has already been done by that way of looking at things, and the critter's a slave, in the sense of being unable to do anything about it, to actions already committed. The omniscience is just part of the decision making that's already occurred, even if it's in the relative (to mankind) future.
Dunno if that's actually particularly in line with the biblical depictions, though. Iirc, there's bits where the critter is stated as changing its mind (the second covenant bit would be a pretty big one, imo), and the omniscience thing is... arguable, as is exactly what that entails even if that is how the all-knowing stuff tracks. Critter gets played up a lot in the fanfiction, really...
Personally, if my knowledge of the world included a means to prevent shit like stillborns, SIDS, etc., so forth, so on, I would probably get right on that. Maybe not order mass rape, commit mass murder and infanticide, allow all the torturous atrocities mankind gets up to, stuff like that. Try to come off as something besides a homicidal egoistic psychopath. The little things.
Some sort of lack of agency goes a long way towards... well, not exactly excusing that, but at least making it understandable. Plays nicely into the atemporal thing that's often posited regarding the critter's nature, too. All that happens has already been done by that way of looking at things, and the critter's a slave, in the sense of being unable to do anything about it, to actions already committed. The omniscience is just part of the decision making that's already occurred, even if it's in the relative (to mankind) future.
Dunno if that's actually particularly in line with the biblical depictions, though. Iirc, there's bits where the critter is stated as changing its mind (the second covenant bit would be a pretty big one, imo), and the omniscience thing is... arguable, as is exactly what that entails even if that is how the all-knowing stuff tracks. Critter gets played up a lot in the fanfiction, really...
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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: July 23, 2015, 04:30:04 am »
... I can't recall him starting to be that, so... I guess? Critter is fairly overpowered compared to most everything he's been ISOT'd into (with exceptions starting to show up a few volumes in), but not what I'd call running the whole edgelord thing, and the LNs/manga handle the excessive power pretty decently for their mediums. The holy faction hasn't even had much screen time, so far, and the MC and co. haven't actually been being evil and dark much at all (though the more recently translated volumes change that a bit, though not towards the religious faction or humans in general).
LN, at least, even gives a fair amount of word time to explaining how the MC is thinking, as well as some of the whys of it (including the whole No Longer Human thing, which has very definite effects).
It does meander a bit, but the LNs are pretty great and the manga's far from bad. No interest in seeing the anime, but the more core material is handled pretty decently, imo.
LN, at least, even gives a fair amount of word time to explaining how the MC is thinking, as well as some of the whys of it (including the whole No Longer Human thing, which has very definite effects).
It does meander a bit, but the LNs are pretty great and the manga's far from bad. No interest in seeing the anime, but the more core material is handled pretty decently, imo.
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General Discussion / Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« on: July 23, 2015, 01:17:59 am »
... at least as far as I got through the manga, "edgy" is definitely how I'd describe that particular series. Takes itself entirely too seriously* given its premise, characters, and set pieces. Can't speak for the anime, though.
I mean, you eventually run into a guy in bondage gear that sets people on fire and whatnot. The cyborg chick. Buncha' other stuff. It's... definitely silly and bloody, and not really in exactly a good way. Not precisely bad but... I did stop reading after a point.
*E: And by too seriously, I mean at all.
E2: Oh, and if my memory's not failing me you really don't have much to worry about regarding a harem showing up involving the ladies in the main character group you've seen so far. You'll find out why if you keep watching :V
E3: There's a surprisingly decent (and decently lengthy) fanfic floating about that takes the premise of MC getting caught by one of major antagonists right off the bat, though. By and large just as edgy, but somewhat more interesting, ha.
I mean, you eventually run into a guy in bondage gear that sets people on fire and whatnot. The cyborg chick. Buncha' other stuff. It's... definitely silly and bloody, and not really in exactly a good way. Not precisely bad but... I did stop reading after a point.
*E: And by too seriously, I mean at all.
E2: Oh, and if my memory's not failing me you really don't have much to worry about regarding a harem showing up involving the ladies in the main character group you've seen so far. You'll find out why if you keep watching :V
E3: There's a surprisingly decent (and decently lengthy) fanfic floating about that takes the premise of MC getting caught by one of major antagonists right off the bat, though. By and large just as edgy, but somewhat more interesting, ha.
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Other Games / Re: Terraria - 1.3 released. Big Patch!
« on: July 22, 2015, 10:42:10 pm »
... there actually is a dungeon fishing biome, iirc, there's just not terribly much interesting in it. There's dungeon crates in the game, anyway.
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Other Games / Re: Terraria - 1.3 released. Big Patch!
« on: July 22, 2015, 08:39:12 pm »
If it makes you feel any better, NFO, I can't beat plantera without cheating in the current version. Could a few versions back (along with the other hard mode bosses :V), when the hard mode stuff didn't seem to include quite so much of a performance hit, but no longer.
... cheating's pretty trivial, though. Both health and mana (and most other things, really) are just 4 byte/int 4 addresses, so they're incredibly easy to identify with cheat engine or whatev'.
... cheating's pretty trivial, though. Both health and mana (and most other things, really) are just 4 byte/int 4 addresses, so they're incredibly easy to identify with cheat engine or whatev'.
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: July 22, 2015, 08:31:43 pm »Or this:That. For the bringing of the boxes upstairs, though, not the boxes being put up top. That's what the pulley is for :VSpoiler (click to show/hide)
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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you laugh today: Capitalism and murder
« on: July 22, 2015, 07:39:38 pm »Pictured: Misspelling goatse for little fun and no profit.At least it's not a zombie goast?FTFY