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« on: May 11, 2020, 07:26:32 PM »
Can someone explain Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2O49 because I really don't understand how people love them so much
basically started cyberpunk, which a lot of people think is the coolest aesthetic in the world—you either get it, or you don't one of the earliest movies to ask questions like "at what point do robots become people," which are somewhat passe now, but were very thought-provoking at the time has great performances, great writing, cool cinematography, cool atmosphere, and overall rock-solid film-making took me more than a couple of watches to really appreciate it, and i still think it's a tad overrated, but it's still a really cool movie
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« on: May 11, 2020, 07:19:57 PM »
i have a lot of catching up to do, so don't take this at all seriously
Seemed-pretty-great tier:
2014 - Gone Girl, Nightcrawler, Birdman, Whiplash, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Movie
2015 - The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Hateful Eight, Sicario, The Force Awakens
2010 - The Social Network, Black Swan, Scott Pilgrim, Inception, 127 Hours, Deathly Hallows Part 1, pre-cynic Toy Story 3
Seemed-pretty-solid tier:
2012 - Wreck-It Ralph, The Avengers, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Chronicle, Project X (viewed as social commentary)
2017 - The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Seemed-pretty-meh tier:
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street, Prisoners, Under the Skin
2019 - Parasite, Joker
2011 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Deathly Hallows Part 2
Wait-really?-That's-it? tier:
2018 - Infinity War
2016 - Uhhhhhhhhh... Split?
from what i've seen, Gone Girl is probably my favorite movie of the past decade; The Revenant is pretty close
783
« on: May 10, 2020, 05:34:26 PM »
this is the most powerful weapon i've ever been bestowed now anyone who disagrees with ANY of my star wars opinions, they have to put up with knowing that they agree with ben shapiro
784
« on: May 10, 2020, 04:30:00 PM »
Kinda surprised in the apparent lack of interest in Control here.
Honestly this thread was the first time I'd heard about it. So I don't really have anything to say on it for better or worse.
It's heavily inspired by the SCP Foundation, and I seem to recall a lot of Bnet people being into that stuff. Not necessarily you, I guess, but yeah.
785
« on: May 10, 2020, 11:48:25 AM »
Kinda surprised in the apparent lack of interest in Control here.
786
« on: May 10, 2020, 03:15:12 AM »
a simple "happy mother's day" should do like always
787
« on: May 09, 2020, 09:28:02 PM »
Or you could use the established term "ethnic/racial minorities" when stating the need for greater representation.
that's another option, albeit a more clinical and less personal one
Certainly a lot less political and also more all-encompassing, since as I mentioned PoC seems mostly aimed at black people and other groups seem more of an after thought. I see black and PoC used pretty interchangeably.
either we've had very different experiences, or i'm just very literal-minded, but i've personally never seen the term used only to refer to black people even then, if PoC can be corrupted in this way, i'm not seeing why "racial minorities" couldn't be as well
788
« on: May 09, 2020, 06:31:11 PM »
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« on: May 09, 2020, 06:25:12 PM »
Ironic, I have told my friends repeatedly that the only way I would buy a Switch is if they put some meme/joke character (like Goku) in Smash.
joker didn't sell you?
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« on: May 09, 2020, 06:16:45 PM »
Or you could use the established term "ethnic/racial minorities" when stating the need for greater representation.
that's another option, albeit a more clinical and less personal one
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« on: May 09, 2020, 06:15:51 PM »
if they put goku in smash i'm selling my switch
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« on: May 09, 2020, 05:36:50 PM »
I suppose, but it definitely seems like it can be a double edged sword to me used by people who want to completely separate whites from all other races in any and all contexts.
I guess there will always just be people who will take virtually anything and try to use it in a negative or counterproductive way.
yeah, it's no more of a double-edged sword than any other descriptive terms that we could use so let's be more concerned about what people actually do to each other rather than how we describe each other
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« on: May 09, 2020, 05:16:14 PM »
But what is the utility of putting all other races into a single category separate from whites instead of just viewing each one as their individual race? That seems very weird to me.
for those contexts in which referring to non-white races collectively would be convenient, especially when whites are a majority "black people need more representation in government" is one statement "asian people need more representation in government" is another "indigenous people need more representation in government" is yet another you could say these one at a time if you wanted, or you could save time with a catch-all term such as "people of color"
794
« on: May 09, 2020, 04:18:06 PM »
hey, it's that guy who would never beat superman in a fight
ever
795
« on: May 09, 2020, 04:14:17 PM »
What I don't understand about the term "people of color" is that it still divides whites and all other races, which to me seems exactly like what white racists want to do. the problem is that racism threw the first punch there's a community where members of the black population happen to get disproportionately murdered by police for committing petty crimes that white people are known to get away with all the time, because the cops are trigger-happy racists in order to point out this issue, you must acknowledge that there's a statistical divide between the races—if we choose to be colorblind, that's inefficient, because we're not actually cutting to the core of the problem in a perfect world, we wouldn't have to acknowledge race at all—we wouldn't need terms like "people of color"—but because racism exists, we can't
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« on: May 09, 2020, 03:07:26 PM »
off topic but the term "people of color" always sounded dumb to me.
colored = super offensive and racist
people of color = 100% acceptable and encouraged
I just don't get it man
it's called "people-first" language, because it's considered respectful to recognize people as people first, and whatever traits they happen to have second "colored" makes it sound like an affliction, like "rabid" or "demented" or "retarded"—these are words that put you into a box, which is part of why they're not PC anymore you don't have to like it, but i think it makes perfect sense honestly
797
« on: May 08, 2020, 03:34:19 PM »
Spoiler Is he talking about the miracle, though, or the actual lightning spear that the mimic in Sen's Fortress drops?
Spoiler you know, somehow, i never actually realized how that could be a source of confusion
regardless, he can't use spears either; he's short just 1 Dex point
Spoiler Can't even use spears at lvl 1? Wow. Is there no ring that boosts dexterity like DKS3 has? I can't even remember. Or would that somehow invalidate the sl1 challenge, I wonder.
Rings like that would be fine if they existed in this game, but I'm not sure if they do. The idea (for me, at least) is just to use all the tools at your disposal while remaining SL1. Some prefer not to use Black Firebombs and whatnot, but I think tacking on extra rules like that is kind of arbitrary, and tends to ruin the novel simplicity/purity of the challenge.
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« on: May 08, 2020, 02:33:51 PM »
Spoiler Is he talking about the miracle, though, or the actual lightning spear that the mimic in Sen's Fortress drops?
Spoiler you know, somehow, i never actually realized how that could be a source of confusion
regardless, he can't use spears either; he's short just 1 Dex point
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« on: May 08, 2020, 02:25:39 PM »
Don't forget to pick up that lightening spear tho
You'll need it
it's a SL1 run, so he can't use those anyway the requirement parameters for even the least-demanding talismans in the game require 10 Faith; at SL1, you only have 8 there's still some pretty powerful pyromancies to work with, though
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« on: May 08, 2020, 02:03:33 PM »
i already cleared that shit up
it didn't even need clearing up in the first place
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« on: May 08, 2020, 01:50:11 PM »
Well I don't think anyone actually really believes I am. I would hope not.
Perhaps I got the wrong impression from Mordo? I just didn't know whether he would consider the scenario I explained to be racist, as I would not. As you said, I would see it as impolite. He seems to believe it is racist though as his response would tell me, regardless of if the white person had any racist intentions.
I think that's something we're probably just not going to see eye to eye.
it doesn't help that you're both incredibly obtuse people he said that it would be racist because of the word's centuries of racist history this sort of innately implies that, if you so happen to be ignorant of such history, then it wouldn't be racist there, does that make you happy or something
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« on: May 08, 2020, 01:28:59 PM »
Yeah but that would be a total assumption. I really cant stand collectivism in general.
I'm not really trying to defend the use of the word so much as I'm trying to figure out why people believe the act of using it is what is racist instead of the person's intentions behind it.
i don't think anyone believes that, though—nobody in this thread, at least mordo gave you the acting example, which means that he clearly realizes intention matters i don't see anyone trying to argue that it's the act itself that's racist
803
« on: May 08, 2020, 01:18:58 PM »
what if, instead of racist, he just said "extremely impolite"
would that be a problem, or do you still want to say the word without being seen as impolite
That would make a lot more sense to me. There are a lot of words that I wouldn't expect to be seen as being polite when saying them.
I just don't understand how, for instance, I would be racist for using the word while having this discussion. There are plenty of contexts in which a person might say it without any intention of being derogatory or having any prejudice against black people.
there's an argument to be made that your weird defensiveness towards the word's usage could be seen as a canary in the coalmine for some unspoken racism you might be holding deep down, while other white people such as myself are perfectly content in saying, "well, it's not a word i would ever use anyway, so it's not a big deal to me" which is the more correct position though, full disclosure, while i've never used the word to describe a person, i have used it in jokes before on this website, but i'd probably think twice about ever doing it again, because i don't find those jokes funny anymore
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« on: May 08, 2020, 12:46:39 PM »
Unless you're an actor in a performance piece that is designed to portray that kind of role, (which 99% of the population isn't) then no, there's not much context which justifies a white person to use the word.
How is a word inherently racist? It literally only has meaning because we ascribe meaning to it. If a person has absolutely no racist intentions when saying the word "nigger/nigga" then how does that mean that person hates black people or believes their race is superior?
If you have a group of friends of various races who all use the word "nigga" as a synonym for "dude" or "bro," how does a white person in that group doing the same thing a racist act?
I genuinely want to know your logic behind that belief.
what if, instead of racist, he just said "extremely impolite" would that be a problem, or do you still want to say the word without being seen as impolite
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« on: May 08, 2020, 12:43:05 PM »
Imagine you live with your parents who use curse words all the time without batting an eye.
Then during a Skype call, you drop an f bomb or something and your parents give you 'the eye' or even start shouting at you for cursing in their home.
i really hope you realize just how horrible this comparison is though if you did, you probably wouldn't have posted it, so i'm not sure
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« on: May 08, 2020, 01:46:29 AM »
it's a classic
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« on: May 07, 2020, 09:38:08 PM »
are these ranked within the ranks
808
« on: May 07, 2020, 09:36:32 PM »
I was going to make a tier list with those games but decided not to because nearly 30 of them I couldn't care less about and Persona 5 was the only game on the list that I thought was near-flawless.
of the ones i'm at least somewhat interested in, are there any you've played that you'd say i shouldn't bother with
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« on: May 07, 2020, 07:50:19 PM »
Had a somewhat fun idea for a tier list: https://tiermaker.com/create/tga-game-of-the-year-nominees-11379Here, you can rank all the games that were nominated for GotY over the past decade by The Game Awards (or their previous incarnation, the Spike Video Game Awards). Note the hardcore Western bias, and the emphasis placed on the most mind-numbingly commercial crap imaginable. The terrible selection of games should make this all the more interesting, I think. If the tiers don't work for you, you can relabel them to whatever you need them to be. Most of you should probably add a "haven't played" tier, for example. I'm personally not qualified to make my own list yet, because I haven't played 90% of this bullshit, but I know most of you guys have, so I'll leave it up to you. Instead, I decided to relabel the tiers and rank them in terms of how interested I am in playing them.  If I had to pick a personal GotD from these fifty-two, I'd have to say BotW (it's actually Dark Souls, though). Oh, and if you're wondering about "RTHST," that's supposed to be Hearthstone, but it wouldn't fit because it doesn't have any packaging artwork. Journey and PUBG are cut off for similar reasons. Sorry about that.
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