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3541
« on: January 13, 2016, 03:26:50 PM »
Wish they would do that here in America. Instead we give in and give the protesters whatever they like.
To be honest - for the amount that is paid in tuition, room and board, etc for a typical 4 year public school, I'm surprised there aren't more protests.
They also give out scholarships like candy here, though. If you start college without a single scholarship, you're either a white male with shitty grades out of high school or just didn't try.
3542
« on: January 13, 2016, 03:24:54 PM »
Everybody dies at the Asylum Demon their first time. Anyone that says otherwise is a liar; it's a rite of passage.
I didn't.
Just because you couldn't beat him on your first try doesn't mean others couldn't.
That's fine, I just don't believe you.
3543
« on: January 13, 2016, 01:50:02 PM »
I couldn't find anything about their movement except that it's about stopping white supremacy and privilege on campus. Do they have any actual goals besides removing a statue?
3544
« on: January 13, 2016, 01:21:31 PM »
Let Carl Sagan's sultry voice walk you through the birth of the universe to the background of 80's animation and vaporwave.
3545
« on: January 13, 2016, 12:58:49 PM »
Everybody dies at the Asylum Demon their first time. Anyone that says otherwise is a liar; it's a rite of passage.
Anyways, don't get tripped up on the messages while you play. The vast majority are helpful, like a notice about an ambush or what strategy to use, or just in-jokes that are fun to see ("you're in the know, right?", "praise the sun", "let us cleanse these foul streets", etc). Honestly, I can't even recall a single instance where a message was purposefully misleading except as an obvious, tongue-in-cheek joke (like "try jumping" in front of a cliff, or "I can't take this" in front of a tough boss).
3546
« on: January 13, 2016, 10:54:34 AM »
>"the dna evidence was contaminated and protocol was breached"
>"lmao yeah, mistakes happen and protocol has to be deviated sometimes, that's how life operates lol"
You can't make this shit up.
"Literally never done before in the history of the lab, but it was just a common sense decision, dontcha know"
3547
« on: January 13, 2016, 08:55:53 AM »
"It would have been easier to kill him."
jesus christ
 “If we wanted to eliminate Steve, it would’ve been a whole lot easier to eliminate Steve than to frame Steve...or if we wanted him killed, it would be much easier just to kill him” >Admits that despite DNA evidence and 22 eyewitness, he still believe Steve raped that girl Fuck this guy. I can't believe he's not in jail. Speaking of insane things said during this case: remember when Brendan's own lawyer said his family was completely evil and they needed to stop their gene pool?
3548
« on: January 13, 2016, 08:25:00 AM »
3549
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:10:45 PM »
Sounds like you guys are going on a date.
As long as he's not allergic to rufilin, at least one of us will have a good time.
3550
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:09:56 PM »
This is like the #1 show on Netflix right now; there's no way you shits people haven't seen it yet.
3551
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:08:59 PM »
I have the opposite reaction, which is why I stay away from MMOs.
3552
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:05:55 PM »
Can we watch a stream of it somewhere?
3553
« on: January 12, 2016, 05:17:08 PM »
Saw this earlier and they've already made plans to release them.
3554
« on: January 12, 2016, 01:47:29 PM »
Speaking of BB, someone hop on and help me kill the Orphan of Kos.
3555
« on: January 12, 2016, 12:43:52 PM »
So...
Did it have a brain, was it for all intents and purposes an alive person?
No, it's incredibly misleading for the doctor to say the fetus was "technically alive". The lump of tissue was alive in the same way a tumor is alive; it is composed of living cells, but it was not a living fetus by any interpretation.
3556
« on: January 12, 2016, 10:42:17 AM »
You guis gun fug?
No
Wow, this is a disappointment.
3557
« on: January 12, 2016, 10:07:00 AM »
Anybody else making their way through this show? For the uninitiated, it's a true-crime documentary about a man arrested for murder shortly after being released from jail for a wrongful accusation 18 years prior. I'm not finished yet, and while I don't want to spoil anything this doesn't really seem like a show that really can be spoiled; it's all taking place 8 years ago and the conclusion of the case can be read online. Spoiler My current theory: at least two of the cops saw an opportunity to frame Steven Avery for Teresa Halbach's murder when one of them stumbled upon her vehicle. They planted evidence in her car and in Avery's house (at various points in the investigation), burned her corpse on his property and then moved it to his fire pit, then hid the car in a very easy to find location, and coerced a false confession from Brendan Avery. I'm not willing to go so far as so to say the police murdered Halbach themselves, though it seems pretty certain that it was in direct response to his lawsuit against the sheriff's office for 36 million.
I don't think Kratz (the prosecutor) is in on it, but all law enforcement personnel involved seem determined to make Avery responsible for the crime. It still blows my mind that Kratz was allowed to make a press conference detailing how Avery (supposedly) killed Halbach, based on the obviously false and coerced confession by Brendan, presented as fact. Everyone in the state was hearing this narrative for over a year before the trial; there's no way they could ever get an unbiased jury for the case.
3558
« on: January 12, 2016, 09:15:38 AM »
Why is this list such shit garbage?
tbh it's basically just a list of foundational philosophy. Like, Plato's Republic? You don't just pick that up one day for casual reading; most of these are comprehensive, intense, and frankly boring books that are difficult to swallow for even professional philosophers. I feel like this list is heavily lacking fiction, or anything but straight essays. Here's some modern fiction you might want to consider: Hopscotch: A Novel - Julio Cortazar; Experimental writing style in the form of a novel which can be read in any order while maintaining a coherent plot. The Innovators - Walter Isaacson; a detailing of several important figures in the technology world and their creative process. When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi; a novelized autobiography about a neurosurgeon's fight with lung cancer, up to his death before completing the book. The Savage Detectives - Robert Bolano; just read it. Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self - Danielle Evans; a short story debut collection. Fantastic characterization and storytelling. A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain - Robert Olen Butler; short story collection about post-war Vietnam. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer; Another debut story collection about the struggles of black people in America. ALSO Slade House; it's starts off about a little kid that gets high on Valium at a fancy party hosted by a creepy family. It's a series of interconnected short stories. It's incredible.
3559
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:37:20 AM »
Bloodborne alone is almost worth getting a PS4
3560
« on: January 12, 2016, 08:32:41 AM »
Fuck I hate when artists come out with weird-ass music chock full of random sound effects and guitar riffs and call it "prog rock".
Now, vaporwave -- that's a meme I can get behind.
3561
« on: January 11, 2016, 06:10:23 PM »
Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.
This doesn't really endear me to a series I feel has suffered greatly from power creep and inconsistency between canon material. I know that's not a popular opinion on here but I'm just explaining myself.
3562
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:42:42 PM »
What's your difficulty in seeing them return in the FPS format?
Also, I don't think they'll be turned into Daleks. It's been 8 years and counting since we last saw the Flood (6 years if you consider their inclusion in Halo Wars worth mentioning).
In the original trilogy, we apparently saw a very minor threat of the Flood, not at all comparable to a true return. In those games humanity came extremely close to extinction. I can't imagine how we could see a legitimate return without significant plot devices used (Cortana or someone else discovering another super-weapon or Precursor technology through the Domain). As a Spartan you can't be the person to discover these things; through an RTS you can see a much broader view of the fight. Basically, it's difficult to see how they could scale the conflict to be accurate to the lore while small enough to experience through a single soldier.
3563
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:21:10 PM »
If she can pass on banging you for a month you need to step up your game in the bedroom.
3564
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:19:22 PM »
A neat idea but not a practical method of lowering gun crime, be it accidental or intentional.
3565
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:14:38 PM »
Who knows, they might never come back with 343i's hard on for the lifeless Prometheans.
It is a strong theme of the Reclaimer Saga; immaterial life.
>Halo 4/5 plot >Having important themes Here's hoping 343 doesn't turn the Flood into the Daleks of the Halo universe -- bringing them back whenever they need a new baddy. It'd be great in an RTS setting (shit, a prequel series set in the time of the Forerunners would be interesting, though a significant ripoff of Starcraft). I just can't see how they could introduce a true Flood return from the perspective of an FPS.
3566
« on: January 11, 2016, 04:02:18 PM »
For the yanks, a scone is what you call a biscuit.
Scones aren't biscuits in America, they're a type of pastry. Anyway, it's pronounced like cone.
3567
« on: January 11, 2016, 03:30:14 PM »
They penned the lore dictating they would.
"We are the Flood. There is no difference. Until all space and time are rolled up and life is crushed in the folds ... no end to war, grief, or pain. In a *hundred and one thousand centuries ... unity again, and wisdom. Until then -sweetness."
*A typo in the book, the correct phrase was meant to be 'one hundred and one millennia.'
This isn't a prophecy, it's just the Primordial talking shit. And "one hundred and one millenia" would be 101,000 years and since it was spoken around 100,000 BCE that timeline fits just fine in the ballpark of the Halo series, in which we saw the Flood return and subsequently defeated.
3568
« on: January 11, 2016, 03:03:38 PM »
I'm not asking for a generalised answer, really, I'm more interested in your moral principles. When forced to choose, even if only in a single and highly improbably situation, I want to know what you would do.
What's the situation, then?
3569
« on: January 11, 2016, 03:02:06 PM »
I wouldn't even call it an abstract problem. Maybe in a overly-philosophical sense, sure how do you mean "overly-philosophical"
' I've seen a lot of philosophical discussion about the existential nature of nothingness, or our minds' inability to rationalize an absence of being, etc. I wasn't directing that at you. I wouldn't say 'nothing' exists like the color red exists; 'nothing' is a physical property of a space or set. I think a lot of people want to find some "thing" to ascribe 'nothing' to, like we do we dark matter for example. It's very overthought in most philosophical discussions.
3570
« on: January 11, 2016, 02:10:47 PM »
I wouldn't even call it an abstract problem. Maybe in a overly-philosophical sense, sure, but it's really just a self-induced ontological tongue-twister. 'Nothing', as a descriptor of the contents of some space or set, is quantifiable and measurable, but it isn't a physical thing.
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