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6781
« on: October 15, 2015, 08:17:41 AM »
There's nothing wrong at all with thinking surveillance is good; after all, it just shows you have high political efficacy. However, that doesn't mean that the opposite opinion isn't also acceptable. It's about disagreeing with the perspective, but at the same time acknowledging that someone else may fundamentally have different views of the subject.
6782
« on: October 15, 2015, 08:12:42 AM »
Then let's have robots instead of humans, then.
6783
« on: October 14, 2015, 09:59:18 PM »
It says more than once that the incident was due in no small part due to negligence of procedures; at the very least, there should be repercussions for not operating properly.
6784
« on: October 14, 2015, 09:31:03 PM »
That's how laws are changed, genius. Look at the civil rights movement.
Not a fair example. We're not living in a world where we can't have an honest discourse about the law anymore. And besides--the brunt of what led to civil rights was due to protests, which are legal. Rosa Parks sparked a conversation--she didn't change the law.
Protests which broke the law. People sat down in places they were prohibited from sitting, walked into whites-only establishments, etc. The bulk of the civil rights movement was people peacefully breaking the law.
I mean, that's not what ended the Jim Crow era; building a case of separate not being equal is what finally overturned it. Examples leading up to the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education, include Sweatt v. Painter and McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents; the large case itself is composed of five separate instances: Davis v. School Board of Prince Edward County, Briggs v. Elliot, Gebhart v. Belton, Bolling v. Sharpe, and the case of the same name. The protests didn't change the law, but they successfully raised awareness relating to the issue.
6785
« on: October 14, 2015, 09:08:46 PM »
Orwell's best works were his essays tbh.
Never read them and tbh I don't have much interest for essays I just read stories.
that tbh felt patronizing im sorry i didnt intend i to be
I mean, essays can be stories too you know. Try Shooting an Elephant. Something like three pages long.
6786
« on: October 14, 2015, 09:06:48 PM »
Orwell's best works were his essays tbh.
6787
« on: October 14, 2015, 08:45:09 PM »
Have you read Brave New World? Much better counterpart that tackles similar topics, save doublethink. 1984 was really only interesting on that subject, everything else more or less served to establish the concept.
Doublethink was an interesting concept, I'll give him that. Brave New World is next on my agenda, but after reading the premise, I have to wonder what makes people think I'll like it more than 1984.
Because while 1984 really doesn't mesh with your values (in combination with its over-the-top setting), BNW revolves around the ideas of struggle and literature instead of privacy and totalitarianism. At that, it's only a dystopia in the sense that in conflicts with the ideas of the traditional family, promiscuity, and other values that people from the 1930s through the modern day can sympathize with. I actually lost my copy a while back, I think I'm going to order another copy so I can read through it again.
6788
« on: October 14, 2015, 08:43:20 PM »
What did you think of Winston's conversation with O'Brien? That and the ending itself were the highlights tbh.
Sure. But at that point, my darkness-induced audience apathy had grown far too strong.
The ending is predicated under the premise, and I didn't like the premise, sooo.
What started as just mindless sex between the two ended up developing into a genuine love; otherwise, I doubt Julia would have gone as far as she did otherwise. Then, at the very end, they feel absolutely nothing for each other. There was no going back for them, and we're straight up told what's going to happen to them. Winston broke, and we get to hear it for a chapter in that perspective. I realize you weren't fond of the premise, but having someone you've been following for some hundred and something odd pages give in during the final stretch is something that isn't done all that often, and that's probably why it had such an effect. He, in every sense of the word, lost in his struggle that he's had since the beginning of the book. O'Brien is highly intelligent, and he makes sure not to hide that in his chat with Winston; he knows exactly what's going on in the world and whole-heartedly believes it's the right thing. Even worse, Winston can't even argue against him besides saying "you're just wrong!". I don't know, maybe it's the same as the reason why I liked the ending, but you don't see the protagonist losing those kind of motivation-defining arguments very often.
6789
« on: October 14, 2015, 08:31:27 PM »
What did you think of Winston's conversation with O'Brien? That and the ending itself were the highlights tbh.
6790
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:22:54 AM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
Then they killed him.
But then he rose again as a Lich and made everyone enter his undead domain
ADVENTURE TIME?
Blasphemy, how dare you compare or lORD to an abomination intent on defiling our planet.
Our Lord and sAVIOR will keep the memory of our paradise clean in the halls of heaven while the hedonistic vices of worldliness slip away into the splintered remains of a sinful wastleland.
wut
Die for Jesus, he loves you very much and would appreciate your immortal soul participating in the next skeleton war
6791
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:21:35 AM »
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
It's a disappointed wtf more than a shocked one.
same with teen titans go
Yeah, but Scooby-Doo is like one of my favorite cartoons ever, next to the Flintstones and the Tick. Teen Titans was great, but it's a defined seperate entity in a franchise that's always tended to be a rollercoaster for quality; Scooby has always been relatively consistent before this dead-eyed McFarlane-tier abomination.
6792
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:18:05 AM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
Then they killed him.
But then he rose again as a Lich and made everyone enter his undead domain
ADVENTURE TIME?
Blasphemy, how dare you compare or lORD to an abomination intent on defiling our planet. Our Lord and sAVIOR will keep the memory of our paradise clean in the halls of heaven while the hedonistic vices of worldliness slip away into the splintered remains of a sinful wastleland.
6793
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:14:58 AM »
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
It's a disappointed wtf more than a shocked one.
6794
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:12:17 AM »
You could always make a Serious thread about comparing analyses of the book. It'd be easier to respond to given that I'm on my phone more than computer nowadays. right
can i just ask, though--why was it you wanted me to read it so much again?...
Just to discuss any point relating to it, really, whether it be on the subject of personal freedom, government oversight, the malleability of information, might != right, how the people who care the most take loss the hardest. I'm just spit balling ideas here, anything tangent is game.
6795
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:06:43 AM »
HA
GODDEEM
i messaged you on steam by the way, before the debates
just letting you know something
You could always make a Serious thread about comparing analyses of the book. It'd be easier to respond to given that I'm on my phone more than computer nowadays.
6796
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:02:40 AM »
That's pretty embarrassing sounding. No scratch that, "stupid" is the word I'm looking for.
6797
« on: October 14, 2015, 12:00:28 AM »
What?
you edited your post
the joke doesn't work anymore
HA GODDEEM
6798
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:59:20 PM »
>tfw you wanna drink but your on meds so you can't drink
Weigh the pros and cons Cinderp
You know what you want more
the last time i advocated someone's death, i got a lecture
What? I'm going to assume that's a joke lol
6799
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:57:35 PM »
>tfw you wanna drink but your on meds so you can't drink
Weigh the pros and cons Cinderp You know what you want more than drinking
6800
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:55:36 PM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
Then they killed him.
But then he rose again as a Lich and made everyone enter his undead domain post-mortem from that point onward, signalling the beginnings of an apocalyptic plot.
So the Jews are still alright alright alright
wtf
The Rapture will take us all in its fire bosom, ripping our world apart at the seams from the holy war our realm has eternally fought in the shadows.
So, we've failed Jesus by not bringing about the end of times? Now I feel sad.
No, we haven't failed him. Dying is what we need to do. We need to fill out his undead army so that our combined might can easily topple the anti-christ. Die for Jesus because we love him and he loves us
6801
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:54:16 PM »
It's hard to say at the moment, because I'm not really in a rut right now. Uh, probably the fact that my current satisfactions will put me in financial burden later in life.
6802
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:50:50 PM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
Then they killed him.
But then he rose again as a Lich and made everyone enter his undead domain post-mortem from that point onward, signalling the beginnings of an apocalyptic plot.
So the Jews are still alright alright alright
wtf
The Rapture will take us all in its fire bosom, ripping our world apart at the seams from the holy war our realm has eternally fought in the shadows.
6803
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:47:58 PM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
Then they killed him.
But then he rose again as a Lich and made everyone enter his undead domain post-mortem from that point onward, signalling the beginnings of an apocalyptic plot. So the Jews are still alright alright alright
6804
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:46:06 PM »
I don't buy that at all, tbh. It seems more like time constraints and the game being tushed.
How many years ago was the game announced? 2? I'd wager the game has been in development for just under a year and a half.
Obviously conjecture but w/e. Most games run on a dev cycle of around 1-2 years. The only time in takes longer is if they have to use a new engine or there were massive delays in development which they didn't. I don't see it happening tbh. But I'll wait to see some reviews and stuff.
What's the expanation for no story mode tho?
I personally am still a bit upset about no campaigns or Galactic Conquest, but I'm not the ultimate in gaming opinions. Other people might rather have the survival and drop-in missions, it does fit the casual arcade-y motif of the game. I'm pretty sure an EA representative said in an interview a while back that it just wasn't profitable to have campaigns, and that in a time where game production costs are peaking, they have to cut the fat where it sags the worst. Not my words, just a paraphrasing of his. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find it on Google, anyway.
6805
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:39:35 PM »
The Jews produced jESUS, our Lord and sAVIOR. That gives them a pass in my book.
6806
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:30:03 PM »
It does look and feel like Star Wars, it's just that there's a perceived empty spot where old game modes have been cut out.
It just doesn't make any sense to cut everything based on the prequels, Galactic Conquest, story mode, and IIRC other things that are essentially staples of the franchise.
The most rational way I can make sense of this is that they want to cash in on the hype for Episode VII.
The game is a tie in for Episode VII. The first DLC, The (new) Battle of Jakku, apparently plays a role in the universe around the time of the film. That's why it's all OT content, because that's where the new movie is springboarding from. As for cutting space battles and Galactic Conquest, I don't have an explanation for the why. The fact of the matter is that the absence of those is a negative in relation to BF2, not this game of itself in terms of launch content. They haven't technically been cut, they've been replaced; whether survival and a series of co-op missions with AI is equivalent or not comes down to individual opinion.
6807
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:22:17 PM »
It's stuff like this that makes me sad we have to settle for what we're getting next month.
I mean, imagine they "remade" Battlefront (with aspects of BF2) like this... it would be a swan song; a love letter to fans; the magnum opus of the series. The game looks and feels like Star Wars.
Instead we get the EA-ified version of something that could've been spectacular.
It does look and feel like Star Wars, it's just that there's a perceived empty spot where old game modes have been cut out.
6808
« on: October 13, 2015, 11:08:58 PM »
I haven't really walked away from this debate any more certain of who I'd want as the candidate than I was before. Hillary's a great orator, but that's because she's a career politician and she know how to play a crowd; Bernie panders to the grassroots crowd, but his ideas are just too extreme to be viable.
The only difference is that I now know that Webb is a Vietnam veteran who is certain that he'd be the best commander and chief, O'Malley wants the US to use 100% renewable energy by 2050, and Chafee buckles under pressure.
6809
« on: October 13, 2015, 09:35:13 PM »
i don't really see his appeal
he's witty? i guess
He has a very fascinating history to me, he's had personal insights developed from said history that provides a different perspective to events, he's the most genuine (bigwig) journalist these days, and he's a great looking guy.
6810
« on: October 13, 2015, 09:32:57 PM »
It's been said a lot in this thread, but Cooper is so bae
He's mine.
But he's already in a committed relationship.
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