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7621
« on: September 22, 2015, 01:24:58 AM »
Of course I'll do Santa, have to keep up the magic of the season.
7622
« on: September 22, 2015, 01:20:47 AM »
nooooo, your name has to be "oh".
7623
« on: September 22, 2015, 01:10:16 AM »
Okay we fucking get it, MGSV just fucking came out, I'm tired of fucking hearing about it
Between here and /k/ it's getting fucking annoying. Literally one sentence, as a joke. Anyway, VanDyke set up SoL a while back, this isn't really news.
He's a fucking idiot who is going to get people killed. He has no military training and, as anyone who's seen his doc can attest, is completely incompetent. He can't shoot for shit and has no understanding of combat tactics. All the man has going for him is an absurd amount of sheer luck.
The article was released a few days ago, and that's why I put it up. From the interview: Although my primary duties are leading SOLI and serving as an advisor to militia leadership, I also participated in training the NPU on occasion, and assisted with the development of the training curriculum and its implementation. The training programs, however, are designed and run by our ex-military trainers, as this is their field of expertise. On the volunteer combatants: So far all of our personnel have been US military veterans, though we have had applicants from the UK and Europe. We have nearly 1,000 applicants, most US veterans and some of whom are retired high-ranking officers.
Applicants also include former Special Forces and other exceptional candidates who could make a small fortune in military contracting but are willing to volunteer for SOLI because they believe in the cause of helping the defenseless to defend themselves and defeat ISIS. Literally read the article.
7624
« on: September 22, 2015, 01:00:52 AM »
Messi
7625
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:45:25 AM »
but it isn't physical. It's just ones and zeroes right? right?
7626
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:40:53 AM »
It's because the C: drive is always full.
7627
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:38:59 AM »
7628
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:37:05 AM »
Crowning the glory of our advance
Fire ants to water beetles
These Freemasons adjacent to pacing pins and needles
Pupil turned pedagogue, benediction to my dream
Beaming a billion bottle rockets off the golden mezzanine
7629
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:09:56 AM »
I kinda feel like legalization would totally burn out contemporary weed culture in a few years or so.
I kinda get that feeling, too, actually.
But I dunno. There's still "alcohol culture". We don't normally think of it like that, but it's there.
Alcohol culture is a much older, deeply ingrained aspect to western society though, isn't it? That one's a little bit harder to curb.
I dunno, the tobacco market (which is older than the USA) has been a thing since the 17th century and smoking is on the decline.
Now resurrected in bastard form as vaping no doubt.
Vaping doesn't use tobacco though, fam. Only nicotine, and that's to ween a smoker off of it.
Gotta start somewhere I guess. I never really did buy into that whole weening off to quit thing though.
All the people who I've ever seen set themselves up to ween themselves off have failed. Little bit of psychology in there. They set their own barriers from the get go and fail because of it. It's just mental trickery with themselves. The only people who I've ever seen quit smoking did it cold and hard.
My bad. Ramblings. Anyway. Whatever gets those folks through I guess. We might eventually drag our way to some semblance of a functioning society.
Neat.
Except vaping actually works because a bigger cloud = more nicotine at once, even though the doses are smaller. Over time you can drop from 15mg to 10mg, 10mg to 5mg, and so on until you're free of it. It's not the same as weening off of cigarettes where you get the same amount of nicotine in every hit (unless you constantly switch brands).
Interesting. Although once more, folks as always seem to find a way to bugger shit up. Some people don't use vaping to quit, I assume you're aware?
Well yeah. In which case, it's a safe hobby that also costs hundreds of dollars to do.
Hmm. Well, people find a way I guess. No more expensive than smoking or any other form of drugs I'd wager. I don't think Nicotine is exactly the best for the human body though, no?
People who vape for recreation use nicotine-free juice, just like ex-smokers eventually do. It costs around $150 for a "good" vape, and $10 for 15g bottles of juice. The former is an initial cost, the latter is a constant cost.
7630
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:01:19 AM »
I kinda feel like legalization would totally burn out contemporary weed culture in a few years or so.
I kinda get that feeling, too, actually.
But I dunno. There's still "alcohol culture". We don't normally think of it like that, but it's there.
Alcohol culture is a much older, deeply ingrained aspect to western society though, isn't it? That one's a little bit harder to curb.
I dunno, the tobacco market (which is older than the USA) has been a thing since the 17th century and smoking is on the decline.
Now resurrected in bastard form as vaping no doubt.
Vaping doesn't use tobacco though, fam. Only nicotine, and that's to ween a smoker off of it.
Gotta start somewhere I guess. I never really did buy into that whole weening off to quit thing though.
All the people who I've ever seen set themselves up to ween themselves off have failed. Little bit of psychology in there. They set their own barriers from the get go and fail because of it. It's just mental trickery with themselves. The only people who I've ever seen quit smoking did it cold and hard.
My bad. Ramblings. Anyway. Whatever gets those folks through I guess. We might eventually drag our way to some semblance of a functioning society.
Neat.
Except vaping actually works because a bigger cloud = more nicotine at once, even though the doses are smaller. Over time you can drop from 15mg to 10mg, 10mg to 5mg, and so on until you're free of it. It's not the same as weening off of cigarettes where you get the same amount of nicotine in every hit (unless you constantly switch brands).
Interesting. Although once more, folks as always seem to find a way to bugger shit up. Some people don't use vaping to quit, I assume you're aware?
Well yeah. In which case, it's a safe hobby that also costs hundreds of dollars to do.
7631
« on: September 21, 2015, 11:54:45 PM »
I kinda feel like legalization would totally burn out contemporary weed culture in a few years or so.
I kinda get that feeling, too, actually.
But I dunno. There's still "alcohol culture". We don't normally think of it like that, but it's there.
Alcohol culture is a much older, deeply ingrained aspect to western society though, isn't it? That one's a little bit harder to curb.
I dunno, the tobacco market (which is older than the USA) has been a thing since the 17th century and smoking is on the decline.
Now resurrected in bastard form as vaping no doubt.
Vaping doesn't use tobacco though, fam. Only nicotine, and that's to ween a smoker off of it.
Gotta start somewhere I guess. I never really did buy into that whole weening off to quit thing though.
All the people who I've ever seen set themselves up to ween themselves off have failed. Little bit of psychology in there. They set their own barriers from the get go and fail because of it. It's just mental trickery with themselves. The only people who I've ever seen quit smoking did it cold and hard.
My bad. Ramblings. Anyway. Whatever gets those folks through I guess. We might eventually drag our way to some semblance of a functioning society.
Neat.
Except vaping actually works because a bigger cloud = more nicotine at once, even though the doses are smaller. Over time you can drop from 15mg to 10mg, 10mg to 5mg, and so on until you're free of it. It's not the same as weening off of cigarettes where you get the same amount of nicotine in every hit (unless you constantly switch brands).
7632
« on: September 21, 2015, 11:40:31 PM »
I kinda feel like legalization would totally burn out contemporary weed culture in a few years or so.
I kinda get that feeling, too, actually.
But I dunno. There's still "alcohol culture". We don't normally think of it like that, but it's there.
Alcohol culture is a much older, deeply ingrained aspect to western society though, isn't it? That one's a little bit harder to curb.
I dunno, the tobacco market (which is older than the USA) has been a thing since the 17th century and smoking is on the decline.
Now resurrected in bastard form as vaping no doubt.
Vaping doesn't use tobacco though, fam. Only nicotine, and that's to ween a smoker off of it.
7633
« on: September 21, 2015, 11:12:20 PM »
I kinda feel like legalization would totally burn out contemporary weed culture in a few years or so.
I kinda get that feeling, too, actually.
But I dunno. There's still "alcohol culture". We don't normally think of it like that, but it's there.
Alcohol culture is a much older, deeply ingrained aspect to western society though, isn't it? That one's a little bit harder to curb.
I dunno, the tobacco market (which is older than the USA) has been a thing since the 17 th century and smoking is on the decline.
7634
« on: September 21, 2015, 10:36:13 PM »
I always play offline because idgaf about FOB. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
7635
« on: September 21, 2015, 10:31:30 PM »
ahh
Is this the first time music like this has been used in a Metal Gear game?... Seems kinda surreal.
Licensed music? Yeah. Choosing your music for your helicopter, ACC, and gameplay? Yeah.
7636
« on: September 21, 2015, 10:28:17 PM »
what are the mixtapes for
You can use your own music to create mixtapes within MGSV (but only on PC). This allows you to play music of your choice inside the Helicopter or during gameplay. But I don't have the PC version, so I'm doing it because playing the game has brought on another 80s wave for me. So I made a playlist of 80-84 music for shits and giggles.
7637
« on: September 21, 2015, 10:24:16 PM »
I finally got around to making my MGSV mixtape. OPERATION MIXTAPE 1: "The Man Who Sold The World" Midge Ure
2: "She Blinded Me With Science" Thomas Dolby
3: "I Ran (So Far Away)" A Flock of Seagulls
4: "Take On Me" a-ha
5: "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" Ultravox
6: "Let's Dance" David Bowie
7: "Do You Know, Do You Care?" Phil Collins
8: "Africa" Toto
9: "Shout" Tears For Fears
10: "Call Me" Blondie
11: "Rebel Yell" Billy Idol
12: "Rock The Casbah" The Clash
13: "Walk Like An Egyptian"
14: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Joy Division
15: "Maneater" Hall & Oats
16: "I Want To Break Free" Queen
17: "Every Breath You Take" The Police
18: "Rise Above" Black Flag
7638
« on: September 21, 2015, 10:10:28 PM »
I mean, the console versions have like 8 more gigabytes of data than the PC version... which makes sense. I don't think you can datamine a console version disc.
You can. The first datamined gamescript was the subtitles from the X360 version of the game.
7639
« on: September 21, 2015, 09:13:46 PM »
Okay, but that's still not a viable justification to not make it significantly more problematic for 'dumbfuck' teenagers to endeavour in their dumbfuck activities. Again--I'm not arguing against it. Really, I'm just making fun of the fact that you're under the impression that age restrictions, as ineffective as they are, are some great solution. Enough to adulate them in your first post in this thread.
Where exactly did you get the impression I did?
Once again, looking too much into other people's posts as usual.
And that's why we have minimum age requirements.
Literally the only response toward the subject you had made in the thread up to that point. Maybe you should get off your high horse and not act like a prick. The OP is about teenagers simply being teenagers, and his conflation with that of responsible adults. I'm simply illustrating why we have sensible laws in place to make it difficult for these 'dumbfuck' teenagers to engage in egregious behaviour. Cool, and that wasn't what I replied to, nor did you share this viewpoint beyond "this is why we have minimum age requirements" until after I replied. If you don't intend to present a misinformed or narrow view, then don't provide one.
7640
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:19:27 PM »
Well, there you go.
I meant in the sense that you could never take one puff of marijuana and be addicted, physically or otherwise. Like you said--it has to be habitual, so that necessitates frequent usage. That's what I was getting at.
And I'm against habitual usage of drugs, as should any person. There aren't any drugs that give benefits when used habitually, whether it be ibuprofen, penicillin, or pot.
7641
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:12:18 PM »
Unless we're only talking about marijuana, in which case, yeah, it's been shown time and time again that it's not inherently addictive, so whatever, I guess that's bullshit.
Which is only a half truth. A person can't form a physical dependency on marijuana, but mental dependencies (habitual smokers, for example) are quite common.
7642
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:08:34 PM »
Uh, I'm talking about the "one time and you're hooked" mantra. Which is why I followed that up with statements about physical dependency on drugs.
My point still stands.
Not saying it doesn't, just that it doesn't really respond to what I was saying.
7643
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:05:59 PM »
Well, let's not pretend it hasn't happened, now. There are cases where people have died after one dose of heroin. Or cocaine, or ecstasy. It happens.
We can't just ignore that fact just because it doesn't happen very often.
Uh, I'm talking about the "one time and you're hooked" mantra. Which is why I followed that up with statements about physical dependency on drugs.
7644
« on: September 21, 2015, 08:03:28 PM »
 In 2013, VICE spoke to Matthew VanDyke, an American documentary-maker who decided to pick up a gun and fight against Gaddafi in the Libyan revolution. His story is extraordinary. Taking his place at the frontline in a recent Middle-eastern conflicts, Matthew lives a life that makes Hemingway's look a little dull. He's traveled North Africa and the Middle-East by motorbike, visited Bin Laden's home, and been taken as a prisoner of war. (He escaped when rebels and other prisoners freed him.)
In the two years since his last conversation with VICE, VanDyke has seen two of his close friends, James Foley and Steven Sutloff, murdered. He has set up his own private security firm, Sons of Liberty International (SOLI), an organization that is actively fighting ISIS in Iraq, and he's kickstarted humanitarian projects and trained hundreds of Iraqi militiamen. The article includes a Q&A with the man, with one of the most notable statements being the following: Anyone who kills friends of mine has made me their target. I won't stop until ISIS is destroyed. Where were you when Big Boss was willed into existence? Joking aside, he considers SOLI to be a life-long commitment. Despite the evidence toward that being true, the thought that this is a war that will possibly continue for decades is still quite surreal.
7645
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:55:42 PM »
I'm just glad it's not the overused memes "Kept you waiting, huh?", "you're pretty good", and "age hasn't slowed you down one bit".
Honestly I hear them so much that at this point it's just starting to get annoying rather than cool.
I agree. I always thought people's use of "Kept you waiting, huh?" was pretty cringey, tbh.
Boss, I've waited nine years. Nine years for those words. Say them, for old times' sake. "Kept you waiting, huh?" Say it.
7646
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:48:53 PM »
Preaching abstinence is fucking retarded in every case. Well, it certainly worked a whole hell of a lot for me. Why? Do I just kick ass, and everyone else sucks, or what?
that's what i like to tell myself
There is certainly a straight-edge crowd who refuse to do drugs regardless of their effects or facts about them. But as you are aware, most people aren't; and when Joe Schmuck smokes pot once and realizes that it won't make you go insane and try to kill people, he also realizes that he was probably lied to about other drugs as well. The notion that "it only takes one" is very detrimental, because very few drugs can cause a physical dependency with only one encounter. It takes a number of acts, and is a process that is hard to see evolve from the perspective of the user or an outsider. And that's not what I meant; education would mean to teach what a substance is and what effects it has (both short and long term). It's gonna be pretty hard to do that without having some sort of agenda. Not that agendas are bad. But teenagers are retards--they rebel for the sake of rebellion all the time, and we both know that. So personally, I think it's just fucked.
The only agenda should be to let people know what they're doing to themselves. Smoking pot? It relieves the side-effects of chemotherapy, and prolonged use over a such and such period of time causes an impaired ability to take in information and your ability to simply function on a day-to-day basis as a person. And in reference to teenagers, that is the reason we have minimum age laws. Teenagers still have forming brains, particularly the frontal lobe (which is the part of the brain responsible for judgement). Of course teenagers are stupid, and that's why they aren't allowed to drink or run for president. They still should be educated on the subject; because even with impaired judgement abilities, knowing what the fuck you're looking at still helps people to make the right decision.
7647
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:32:31 PM »
education you're kidding, right
all throughout K-12, "drugs are bad" is fucking HAMMERED into your brain
but people STILL don't give a fuck
Preaching abstinence is fucking retarded in every case. That's why DARE was an utter failure; all they did was yell "ONE HIT AND YOU'RE DEAD". In reality, everything they taught was absolutely bogus and only encouraged kids to do drugs (because they realized everything they were told were lies). And that's not what I meant; education would mean to teach what a substance is and what effects it has (both short and long term). Also teach how to get help with addiction in the case that it occurs. And when I say teach it, I mean don't distort the truth to be a fucking fear monger. Give people access to information on this stuff so that they can make informed decisions on their choices. Because at the moment, the [incorrect] perspective that marijuana dunt do nuffin is stupidly popular. And that's because, as a Category 1 substance, studies related to its effects are much more sparse in comparison to things such as tobacco and alcohol.
7648
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:23:34 PM »
abuse. How would you define "abuse"? Curious.
Actual plot spoilers--do not click if you don't want to be spoiled Any and all recreational use is abuse.
Going by the definition of substance abuse (as defined by the WHO): "Substance abuse refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs." So yes, you are entirely correct. Pot is both a psychoactive substance and a category one controlled substance (highly illicit). But for the sake of this argument, I'm using it to mean using a substance to the point that 1) it permanently impairs your ability to function, and/or 2) dependence syndrome forms.
7649
« on: September 21, 2015, 07:18:00 PM »
And that's why we have minimum age requirements.
There are more than 2,200 deaths from alcohol poisoning each year in the US, or six per day. Three out of four of each death are men between the ages of 35 and and 64. 38 million US citizens reportedly binge drink.
And this is with a substance that is known to substantially incapacitate and possibly kill a person. If this occurs with a substance that has that kind of reputation, I don't think putting an age limit on pot (AKA muh miracle plant) means diddly-squat in terms of limiting abuse.
So you think Cannabis should be accesible to any age group?
Of course not. People will kill each other anyways, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have laws against murder. I was responding to the claim that we have minimum age policies to prevent abuse. I'm saying that the notion of minimum age laws preventing abuse is silly. All it does is better restrict usage to a percentage of the population in general. It's aimed at preventing minors from possessing or consuming a substance, not to prevent abusing it. The most effective way to prevent abuse is to offer education and rehabilitation for drugs. Changing public perspective toward rehab and addiction are also crucial, but aren't really things that government can directly influence.
7650
« on: September 21, 2015, 04:26:35 PM »
15,000+ club or go home
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