It feels like that to me. It feels like someone is trying to be a smartass with that cultural difference as an excuse. Where have they been hiding, under a rock? If they didn't want to live in a different culture then they can always move where their own culture is prevalent.

Part of moving into some place is to also accept the cultural differences, and not impose your own-- especially on private companies that have people who hold their own culture and beliefs. It would be a mistake to actually favor them in this situation, since student loans are a huge issue on their own.

Yet zero interest rate? Pfft. Yeah, and my culture involves backstabbing Machiavellisms (just look at the great history of the Athenian republic) does that mean it's OK for me to act like that?

Yes, it's a silly excuse, but she does come from a culture where loans with interest are pretty much taboo. It's not the same as calling on some arbitrary reason to be treated as a special snowflake.

I think that the foundations from the renaissance come from Roman culture, and not the Greek one directly. Or at least, the fall of the Byzantine empire allowed the culture, and ideas to come in the west and trigger the Italian renaissance.

What about the foundations of contemporary Western society?

Don't worry, the god of capitalism welcomes money from any religion and belief.

This one doesn't talk, but meeting him is the most annoying experience in the game for many new players.

Speaking on the subject, wasn't there a research that criticized the effectiveness of women's groups, and received a mixed conclusion? (I can't recall its name) That being said, if the group is anti-white then it's certainly racist, but if the group is aimed to bring different "minorities" closer then that's another story.

I am putting minorities in quotes because, honestly, each different person who moves from their home country has their own reasons and experiences. Plus, black people are so many in the UK that I wouldn't call them a minority, but rather truly a part of the British population.

So many people from the Middle East nowadays live in the UK, and the UK is actually stupidly tolerant as far a democracy is concerned-- even this kind of stupid gathering in a university is tolerated, and let's not even start about all the issues with trials against those who are muslim. (That are too often way too lenient wherever their belief is comes in the picture)

If you truly want equality then you must strive for equality, further segregation does not lead to equality, but only further focus on issues than solutions. However, I think Mustafa and whoever supports her is mentally stupid to understand that they should be thankful that in the UK, at least, this kind of stuff is tolerated.

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Also "queer anti-racist feminist killjoy" is such a terrible title.

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PLEASE DON'T COME, MY FAKE UTERUS WILL FEEL OPPRESSED BY MEN WHO AGREE THAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN SOME WAY OR FORM MIGHT BE REALLY WRONG AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR ETHNICITY, GENDER AND OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION. HOWEVER, WE WILL GIVE YOU SHIT TO DO FOR US, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FEMINISM IS ABOUT EQUALITY AND YOU MALE PIG CHAUVINISTS SHOULD RESPECT THAT. SINCE YOU MESSED THE WORLD UP. SCREWING UP FEMINISM AND MARXISM IS ALSO MY HIDDEN FETISH.

‘if you’re a man and/or white PLEASE DON’T COME.

Maybe the real issue is to understand on why would someone leave in the middle of an online game. Rage quit, impossible challenge, the game not being fun? The issue with online gameplay experience is that it depends heavily on the community. It might be unacceptable for people to leave a match, but a community that builds genuine hate around these people is also the same one that causes people to leave matches.

Maybe the problem lies with the games themselves. Games that revolve around some sort of competition are always bound to bring out the worst aspects from its players, including hypocrisy and a sense of superiority or minority depending on how successful the player is in the game.

Therefore someone will always leave from games that fundamentally build around some sort of competition, and even more so when the competition itself feels rigged, bad or unfair.

I think the current government is fighting two sides; the European one that applies pressure on the government to pass policies that fit the European agenda that would further condemn Greece into a black hole, and on the other hand the internal politics that are using every chance to twist each situation to make the government look bad.

The idea is that Greece shouldn't be forced into further austerity measures, and that the debt has to be something to be paid for; but in a way that it doesn't condemn the country. There's no "old ways" since the majority of the people involved in those ways are not in power.

My worry is that, however, as soon the economy starts working again then people's mentalities will switch back into those of the past, and might even vote again for those who caused the current situation. Syriza can work all it wants, but people's  mentality, and the mentality of the countries in the EU? That's something it might not achieve to change.

The current Greek government is trying, that's why I am hopeful for something to work out. That remains to be seen, however. New Democracy, PASOK and Potami have some people expecting that there will be elections in June, and they have been working too aggressively against the government in rather stupid ways.

I am not sure whether they went nuts and want to achieve power again just to sell the nation to Germany, or they have lost all sorts of credibility as diplomats and negotiators in the eyes of the rest of Europe. (Hence the current situation where Syriza is at power, and they are not)

Do you think that the Greek Government is seriously trying to reform so financial crisis will never hit Greece like this again, or do you think that they are just going to try to put off reforming and just get out of the immediate crisis, then go back to their old ways?

Desperate measures for saving the plot.

Honestly, I hear that too often wherever Greece is mentioned. This kind of anti-Greek propaganda should really stop. Just gives more credit to nationalist groups. Similarly to how some people mistook that Syriza's plan was not to pay the debt.

Pay your debts, gyro eating degenerate

Isn't this the serious board? Do you really think these are serious discussions and replies? They are not. I am not a mod, so take the call out with a pinch of salt, but I think this thread fails to meet the requirements to be in Serious at this rate.

So, on the actual subject; they are buying time for the negotiations. They have to do this, so it's required if they actually want to get somewhere and then at the same time the country doesn't go bankrupt. So, it's all a gamble with time, and negotiation skill. The government stated many times that it wants to pay the salaries, and pensions, plus the debts.

An Athens-based analyst told Reuters: "This is a pre-emptive move to ensure that they will be able to secure as much liquidity as possible because of the squeeze."

It's all a game of strategy, and I do hope that it ends up in favor of the debt being paid based on the development. Meanwhile, the other parties are having fun mocking the government at actually negotiating with the EU. (Especially PASOK and ND, who are also the "main" culprits behind the current situation)

"We all want Greece to succeed. The answer is in the hands of the Greek government."

Yeah, to succeed by further decimating the country to pay an impossible debt at this rate, and further condemning it just to keep afloat certain banks in the EU. Yeah, maybe the answer isn't just in the Greek government, maybe it can be found into not being a hypocrite and looking at how the whole EU neighborhood is a mess.

The Chief becomes the new Didact to control the Forerunner machines and prevent them from destroying humanity.

ESA, you should never go full retard.

Why do people dislike Polygon?

I think they are inferior compared to some older anime.

Quote from: Latsu on April 15, 2015, 02:01:41 AM

I bet you all the people here who says SAO is shit likes SNK.

What if I say they're both shit?

Never, although I do have plenty of backup plans.