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Quote from: FatherlyNick on February 13, 2018, 03:51:41 AM

I waited over 10 years for it to come out and it did not disappoint. id is currently working on the latest xxx_mlg_Quak3_mlg_xxx game and I'm hoping we can get another Strogg Quake game before a doom sequel.

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Judging by the ending of the game, there will be a sequel

Come play Quake with the rest of us. I'm doing a tournament for all the people in my stream.

buy quake for me

You can buy a code for like $2 my man.

Good thing he's okay. My dog is getting older as well and it's starting to show.

Hey Kits, you doing alright?

Happy birthday man.

Sounds like you need to clean your bloody room BUCKO

Yeah, I was pretty bored. I had exam supervision and it's hours of just sitting there.

From what I can tell, the contents of the C16 bill seem to have been exaggerated and mischaracterized by many – Peterson included. There’s numerous articles and expert opinions that have covered this in depth. The effects of the law have been discussed in detail by professors of law and the Canadian Bar Association. Reading the text of the law itself and the accompanying explanatory notes should help clear much of that up.

The law changes two things. One, that gender identity is now explicitly recognized in the criminal code for sentencing and the crimes of advocating genocide and the willful promotion / public incitement of hatred. Using the wrong pronoun does not fall under this by any stretch of the imagination. Two, it adds gender expression to the Canadian Human Rights Code. This is nothing new and has been the case where Peterson lives for 5 years already. It relates to discrimination in certain areas such as employment and housing, meaning that you cannot do things like deny people jobs or rent based solely on the fact that they’re transgender. As the Canadian Department of Justice has already confirmed, this will not provide transgenders with special rights. There’s several other articles out there that include interviews with legal experts and overviews of Canadian court cases / official statements on this topic, but I’ll just give you a few more if you want to go through them. Warning, the last one is far too personally negative when it comes to Peterson but gives a very lengthy (6000 words) and detailed overview of the law and what it entails.

So yeah, in my opinion many blanket statements do amount to fearmongering and give the impression that people will face criminal charges for using the wrong pronouns. Peterson himself has admitted he doesn’t actually know the legal side of things very well, yet he still presents himself as an expert talking at length about farfetched and very questionable interpretations of the law that has actually already been applied in most Canadian regions for years without any of the concerns turning out to be true. In my opinion, the "SJW's are going after free speech and you're going to be in trouble for not catering to gender whims" narrative seems very unsubstantiated here.

As for the Damore memo, there are again very extensive factchecks that present alternative evidence, research and studies that challenge or add nuance to his claims. This 40 page overview by a behavioral science and evolutionary biology PhD candidate seems to cover much of it. It includes over a 100 references and concludes with links to numerous books and other analyses by scientists in a variety of fields. From what I can tell, Damore appears to be pushing an evolutionary biology narrative that is outdated and no longer supported by the majority. He cites studies and research of which the authors themselves have since said that his conclusions are not in line with their work or not necessarily applicable to the situation he’s referring to. The core of much of this resistance seems to be that while he gets the basics of some things right (there are of course some differences between men and women), Damore has overstated much of them, selectively ignored heaps of recent evidence challenging some of his points, paid little to no attention to how discrimination and social patterns can perpetuate inequalities rather than innate biological differences, and drew implications regarding human abilities and work skills that are inaccurate, all without recognizing the nuances and pitfalls of research in this field. One of the biggest issues with his memo is how it incorrectly appears to present particular schools of thought as fact and reflecting consensus while this is not the case at all, and how it misses findings in neuroscience that suggest conditioning and culture are at play rather than the biology he implies.

Damore raises some sound and relevant points and this discussion should be had, but a good amount of what he says simply lacks says nuance or is selectively interpreting evidence to make very questionable claims – as does much of the criticism depicting him as some sexist monster.

Quote from: Aether on February 08, 2018, 06:35:53 PM

Sri Mooji. That dude turned me away from a dark path that would've left me so miserable and broken I would probably be dead right now.

I'm beginning to feel the same towards Jordan Peterson as well.

i have no idea what to think about jordan peterson

he's the most down-to-earth and well-spoken person i've ever seen on the right-wing and he's obviously a smart guy, but he's also just dead wrong about so many things, and he comes across as smug to me

The cultism around him is pretty concerning. Dude's smart and says some good things, but he does talk about things not within his area of expertise. Much of what he said on the topic of Canada's law on gender discrimination was factually wrong and little more than fearmongering, and he also pushed some points as absolute truth about identity / human development that I've seen "factchecked" as actually being highly contested in scientific circles (as with the Damore memo that he supported).

Same. I also came from Bnet. I dont know where else to go.

I'm sure you'll fit right in.

Instagib is coming to Quake Champions soon. Come play with the rest of us.

https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/special-forces-soldier-fights-debt-collectors-wearing-exoskeleton-gets-pardoned/

"Russian Iron Man: Russia's Special Forces soldier and Kosovo war veteran fights debt collectors wearing exoskeleton, gets pardoned.

... However, the one item deserving the most attention is Maltsev’s homemade exoskeleton that earned him the nickname 'Russian Iron Man'.

Maltsev welded the exoskeleton using titanium alloy and reinforcing rods and mounted a helmet on top. He made it so it could be outfitted with a bullet-proof vest. Once, Maltsev armed with the Saiga even chased a debt collector through the yard for all neighbors to see, according to the attorney."

Welcome!

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Quote from: FatherlyNick on February 08, 2018, 04:33:47 AM

Its 2018, is it okay to be white yet? Are slavs even white? Are Mongolians white?

No, slavs and Finns aren't white, but their white-ish. White lite

So I can use the 'N'et neutrality word freely?

Why, are you a slav? An attractive slav?

I'm a slav alright. Attractive is subjective

Don't be mean

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Why are people in the background doing tug of war?

This is the Griffith Observatory. They are leaning on the barrier.

Yeah I know, I meant the two people in the top left corner who look like they're trying to pull something out out of each other's hands. Probably just stretching or something, looks like an older Asian woman in your typical Asian photography stance.

Quote from: Jono on February 08, 2018, 03:35:58 AM

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Any chance Recon migrates here?

He's too busy taking care of his gold and silver pawn shop

With his son, Fat Fuck?

You never know what's gonna be under the ban hammer next.

Quote from: Flee on February 07, 2018, 05:48:25 PM

That looks great for 10 minutes of work. Draw Anarki from Quake Champions.

 This one was fun! Heckin hard to do in 10 mins but fun regardless xD

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Good work dude, well done. We have a few other artists on the site (such as Big Boss), so I hope you'll fit in well.