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12451
« on: November 30, 2014, 04:28:48 PM »
The Patriot had me rooting for the Redcoats from start to finish.  As for why people side with the baddies, I think it depends on their own views/how the bad guys are portrayed/context and all that. In the patriot, the britbongs were made out to be the nastiest monsters on the planet which is to be expected from a piece of gibson propaganda (See Braveheart for more). It's stupid and it's quite fun to watch yanks get shit on for once, even if they do win at the end. With the Empire, your post in the flood sums it up pretty well. The joker is funny and likeable, even if he's a psychotic terrorist. I'd say that's more to do with cherry picked scenes though, considering he blew up a hospital full of people and sank a few cruiseliners iirc. He had a very smooth and witty way of talking, people like that. A better example might be Raas al ghul in Batman Begins, I was pretty hacked off when Batman turned on the league considering they were completely right. The farmer he refused to lop killed someone out of sheer greed, so instead of killing him he butchers about 20 ninjas and blows up the entire complex. GG you 'pacifist' dolt.
12452
« on: November 30, 2014, 04:16:36 PM »
I love the empire and the rebels sucked shit, but nuking Alderaan is about as easy to justify as nuking Nagasaki.
They were sympathisers and they were hiding the important rebels... ooookaaaaaayyyy buuut we didn't turn Pakistan into a glass crater because Bin Laden was hiding there .-.
Well prior to Disney's colossal fuck up with the EU it had been established that Alderaan was directly responsible for creating the rebel alliance, had been funding them, and were supplying them.
Oh right, well allahu ackbar it is then.
12453
« on: November 30, 2014, 03:53:59 PM »
I love the empire and the rebels sucked shit, but nuking Alderaan is about as easy to justify as nuking Nagasaki.
They were sympathisers and they were hiding the important rebels... ooookaaaaaayyyy buuut we didn't turn Pakistan into a glass crater because Bin Laden was hiding there .-.
12454
« on: November 30, 2014, 03:31:22 PM »
Blissey Exp Farm.
You can thank me later...
This got my Azumarill from level 90 to 100 in like 2 minutes. Like 22,000 exp per kill.
Dayum, that's pretty awesome 
12455
« on: November 30, 2014, 03:31:01 PM »
Every Pokemon game is always the same, is it not? Also, Gen 1 is the best.
They follow a similar formula but they aren't just clones of the previous generation of games.
Some generations add more than others, like Gen 3 brought full colour and a lot more animation along with contests and the battle frontier. Gen 4 wasn't really all that ground breaking. Gen 5 is where they went for a proper story with some more interesting characters like N and Ghetsis along with the 3D stuff starting to appear. Gen 6 introduced a few gimmicky things and a few great things and streamlined a lot of the older mechanics to make the game a lot more enjoyable <.<
Then with ORAS, probably the two biggest changes are freedom of flying where you fly around Hoenn on the back of Latios/Latias and land wherever you like (within reason) and the DexNav which allows you to seek out specific pokemon and try to capture them with a new mechanic.
Did you get your copy?
Indeed I did
10 hours on the first day >_______>
It's glorious ;-;
Side effects include fits of nostolgia and trouble sleeping
What's you're FC?
Didn't get the alert thing for this <____< It's in the pokehub thread sticky, I'm going add everyone on there in a bit <.<
12456
« on: November 30, 2014, 12:45:33 PM »
It's not a surprising finding.
I can't quite recall the study name, but there was one done about recording the number of faces a baby was exposed to.
White baby - How many ethnic faces?
And the result was pretty low, somewhere between 0-1 was the average IIRC.
So you have a different culture and an unfamiliar face structure/colour and it's not too surprising that it's hard for people to empathise with them. I would expect to find similar mirrored results for Asians and Blacks if the study was conducted in countries like Nigeria and Japan.
I'll elaborate if I can dredge the information properly <.<
As for a personal level, I don't have difficulty empathising with people of a different race. I'm just stuck with a silly displaced empathy problem to people in general, it's still there and certainly not lacking but you throw animals into the equation and it gets very screwy >_>
12457
« on: November 30, 2014, 10:22:06 AM »
Well if it doesn't take them two years to release the whole thing on bluray, then I'll be picking it up quite quickly >.>
Although I sort of need to get the F/0 ones first <.<
And the books >.>
12458
« on: November 30, 2014, 10:18:35 AM »
I'm still playing through the story, but when I get to the postgame I'll be happy to help breed stuff for people >.>
12459
« on: November 30, 2014, 09:21:40 AM »
They can be, but they are then subject to a change in societal ethics over the course of time <.<
Eg. 'It's immoral to be homosexual' used to be considered a legitimate argument in the 1950s say, but nowadays you'll probably just be laughed at for saying something like that.
Then you have the more unchanging ethics, like Killing people/Stealing which have been recognised as generally wrong since societies started to form. An argument over whether it is right or wrong to kill another person would generally be led by the ethical stance of 'it's wrong because it harms others' >.>
12460
« on: November 30, 2014, 08:56:27 AM »
I wonder how many occupying hospital beds honestly didn't need to take a trip to the hospital. If you can't guarantee everybody equal medical access then the government doesn't need to nationalize healthcare
Alright bueno, the doc is in. Pepper your angus etc etc. I wonder how many occupying hospital beds honestly didn't need to take a trip to the hospital. None, you aren't booked into a mental hospital if you can be treated as an outpatient or if you are faking. Ironically if someone is good enough at faking mental illness to sneak into a mental hospital, they are probably ill in the first place with something like Munchausens. When people are turned away from them after suicide attempts, do you really think they have the time or resources to suffer fools? If you can't guarantee everybody equal medical access then the government doesn't need to nationalize healthcare There is so much wrong with this part that I don't even know where to begin. 1. How many people under a privatised system are guaranteed healthcare? Oh that's right, only the ones who can afford it. 2. How many people under a socialised system are guaranteed by law to have access to medical treatment? Oh that's right, everyone. 3. Why were these people unable to get the treatment they need? Budget cuts and freezes when the population is growing and incidences of mental illness are on the rise. 4. Obummercare =/= Nationalised healthcare, it could have been but surprise surprise it was sabotaged by the relentless partisan politics that goes on in the USA. 5. If you can't guarantee everyone equal medical access then the government needs to nationalise healthcare.
12461
« on: November 30, 2014, 08:48:30 AM »
The first one was great, I hope this one is just as good >.>
no offense, but you must be incredibly easily pleased
Heh, for most things yes >.>
I reserve higher standards for stuff like Books/Video Games and even then it's not exactly stringent >.>
If I enjoy it, that's what counts.
maybe it was the build up that killed it for me; I expected something special
Hmm, well I didn't really get on the hype train >.>
12462
« on: November 30, 2014, 08:44:58 AM »
Every Pokemon game is always the same, is it not? Also, Gen 1 is the best.
They follow a similar formula but they aren't just clones of the previous generation of games.
Some generations add more than others, like Gen 3 brought full colour and a lot more animation along with contests and the battle frontier. Gen 4 wasn't really all that ground breaking. Gen 5 is where they went for a proper story with some more interesting characters like N and Ghetsis along with the 3D stuff starting to appear. Gen 6 introduced a few gimmicky things and a few great things and streamlined a lot of the older mechanics to make the game a lot more enjoyable <.<
Then with ORAS, probably the two biggest changes are freedom of flying where you fly around Hoenn on the back of Latios/Latias and land wherever you like (within reason) and the DexNav which allows you to seek out specific pokemon and try to capture them with a new mechanic.
Did you get your copy?
Indeed I did 10 hours on the first day >_______> It's glorious ;-;
12463
« on: November 30, 2014, 08:44:11 AM »
The first one was great, I hope this one is just as good >.>
no offense, but you must be incredibly easily pleased
Heh, for most things yes >.> I reserve higher standards for stuff like Books/Video Games and even then it's not exactly stringent >.> If I enjoy it, that's what counts.
12464
« on: November 29, 2014, 07:08:50 PM »
If anything I say pisses you off, just assume I'm playing devil's advocate. Meta can feel free to answer these as well since he likes economics and stuff.
What's the main purpose for universal healthcare over private care? Is the reason economical or ethical? (Is it better because more people can receive care or is it better because more people receiving care helps the economy?)
Does the NHS have death panels? Are they a good thing? Wouldn't you have to spend a lot of money to prevent the need to have death panels? I think we'd all like it if hospitals didn't have to prioritize patients over others, but how realistic is that really?
Similar to the first question, is the reason for trying to prevent suicide merely ethical? And if it is just an ethic, wouldn't it just be better to not report these incidents so no one feels hurt or offended?
It doesn't (and didn't) piss me off if people ask a question, even a blunt one <.< What winds me up is people blathering about it and assuming their ignorance is in some way correct. Anyhoo, I can do some of these now because they've piqued my interest <.< What's the main purpose for universal healthcare over private care? Is the reason economical or ethical? (Is it better because more people can receive care or is it better because more people receiving care helps the economy?) In my book it is a mixture of the two, I view the duty to help others above pretty much all so a system that provides healthcare to those who in a privatised system would be left to die from treatable diseases (Or face bankruptcy) is the ideal option. Even if people have to wait longer for non-serious or non-urgent (Life threatening) illnesses, I think it's better than leaving people untreated altogether. From an economic standpoint, I think that it at least mitigates the overall cost in taxes by reducing the impact of sickness on the economy. It will never be a profit making sector on the scale of universal healthcare (Meta, if I'm wrong please let me know) but it's still important to give healthcare to everyone without making them bankrupt to access it. Does the NHS have death panels? Are they a good thing? Wouldn't you have to spend a lot of money to prevent the need to have death panels? I think we'd all like it if hospitals didn't have to prioritize patients over others, but how realistic is that really? Aside from the grossly charged word >_> It has something similar enough, but not quite the death panels of fox news stories. Older and vulnerable patients are asked about their end of life wishes/options and the like, my grandpa received a letter asking him to detail things like this should he fall gravely ill. Like a DNR form and the like, he was pretty enraged until I read it out to him clearly that it wasn't the NHS trying to get him to kick the bucket quickly but it was trying to make sure his wishes were respected should he be unable to state them personally in the future. As for prioritising patients and the like, it's kind of a touchy subject because hospitals have limited resources and it's not a very well kept secret that doctors do 'kill off' patients. It's not quite pillow to the face, but when a patient is dying in agony and there is nothing more they can do (This is basically what happened to my gran) they ramp up the morphine and withhold water for a few days until they die peacefully. It's awful that they have to bend the rules like that, because of the hissy fits over euthanasia that people throw. So death panels aren't necessarily a bad thing, some patients do just simply need to die quickly. I don't mean that in some horrific orwellian way, it's just a simple fact that if they are on their way out and there is nothing more anyone can do - keeping them on a ventilator until they expire is wrong. They should be allowed to end their life, or the family should be allowed to decide that. (Flee, could you add on about the belgian euthanasia systems?) Similar to the first question, is the reason for trying to prevent suicide merely ethical? And if it is just an ethic, wouldn't it just be better to not report these incidents so no one feels hurt or offended? Somewhat, I would say it is primarily an ethical obligation. I make the distinction and I think professionals do too, between euthanasia suicides and abrupt ones (I forget the proper term). Basically offing yourself in a hospital on a lethal injection because you are dying =/= Shooting yourself in the head over depression. Euthanasia-Suicide should be legal but regulated properly with 'death panels' to ensure no abuse or pressuring of the patient occurs. Abrupt Suicides should be prevented with every ounce of effort possible, it's a senseless waste of a life unfulfilled. From an economic standpoint - they don't repay what society has put into them so there is a net loss there. From an ethical and human standpoint, it's just not right for someone to die like that when they could be given help and thus live out the rest of their days properly. Unfortunately that's eet for tonight because I'm dropping off, but reply and I'll check back in the morning <.<
12465
« on: November 29, 2014, 06:35:49 PM »
On second thought, I'm not going to waste my time getting wound up by some irredeemable fool.
Am I the only one here who debates for knowledge and not winning? I know this subject is 'touchy' for you but I don't see why you can't go back and fourth on the arguments. As long as you're being open about your arguments and positions and not trying to glue yourself to any one idea or side, you and everyone else reading through this may end up learning something.
It's not really about winning, I'm just rather fed up of arguing the same point with the same people who refuse to understand that mental health hospitals don't just accept any old person off the street, and if someone gets sectioned then they are deeply ill. But sure, I'm in less of a grouchy mood since my headache has abated so I'll go over this thread if people want to discuss it. I'll do so tomorrow morning though >.> Shoot any questions you have/points you wish to discuss and I'll dissect kinder's post when I wake up <.<
12466
« on: November 29, 2014, 12:47:01 PM »
The pacing seems fine, believable timings for it all too >.> Good stuff
12467
« on: November 29, 2014, 10:26:07 AM »
As long as mercenaries are held accountable to the same standards set for the rest of the armed forces, there shouldn't really be a problem.
That being said, they are still mercenaries and they are fighting for a juicy paycheck not because they give two shits about why they are fighting. I know the same could be argued for the regular armies, but they are less likely to start shooting you in the back because the other side now pays more <.<
I think any country that becomes reliant upon mercenary/PMC forces is idiotic in the extreme.
12468
« on: November 29, 2014, 10:05:55 AM »
Chavs have sufficiently diverged from the human genome to be no longer classifiable as Homo Sapiens.
At best they can be considered a subspecies, a stupid and violent subspecies mind you >.>
12469
« on: November 29, 2014, 10:03:25 AM »
I know what they are there for but you'd have to have a pretty good grip to make sure you didn't accidentally roast your fingers on it ._.
Isnt it the same on a normal lightsabre?
Somewhat, but you only have to be concerned with one 'blade' <.<
Although the double sided lightsabre was stupid enough >.>
Not as dumb as the whipsaber.
Indeed, that just sounds downright insane. Most of the whip-based fighting styles I've seen (All two of them >_____> ) at some point involved the cord touching the user, such as coiling for a strike. I guess it's possible, but it's a reaaaaaally hazardous weapon to use <.<
12470
« on: November 29, 2014, 09:52:58 AM »
I know what they are there for but you'd have to have a pretty good grip to make sure you didn't accidentally roast your fingers on it ._.
Isnt it the same on a normal lightsabre?
Somewhat, but you only have to be concerned with one 'blade' <.< Although the double sided lightsabre was stupid enough >.>
12471
« on: November 29, 2014, 05:23:08 AM »
I know what they are there for but you'd have to have a pretty good grip to make sure you didn't accidentally roast your fingers on it ._.
12472
« on: November 29, 2014, 04:55:16 AM »
I- is that a black clone?
Not all the Storm Troopers are Clone Troopers
This is news to me.
I was actually quite surprised when I learned that too, turns out that a lot of the stormtroopers were just regular soldiers rather than the clone remnants.
12473
« on: November 29, 2014, 04:11:35 AM »
The first one was great, I hope this one is just as good >.>
12474
« on: November 29, 2014, 03:33:50 AM »
When you think about it, plenty of mainstream religions have a single deity at their head, especially Judaism and Islam. I don't see it as relating to one specific religion
But, y'see, there's this thing called secularism. . .
But meta, there is a book out there...
12475
« on: November 29, 2014, 03:31:29 AM »
I suppose this does lend some credence to the idea of panspermia
That sounds gay. This is what happens when you turn from the righteous path children. Spoiler OT: That's certainly quite interesting, and the implications of it are quite important too >.>
12476
« on: November 29, 2014, 03:28:21 AM »
I didn't see a light saber the fuck you guys talking about
The lightsabre with the crossbar, the guy in the woods with a cloak powers it up near the end of the trailer.
Huh how did I miss that.
Looks impractical.
Yup, it looks impractical and stupid as all hell.
But it'll sell a lot of new lightsabre toys!
It's like they don't know how to make a lightsaber, which sounds dumb. My guess is that it is then an 'early' lightsaber... which would make this guy a cliche 'ancient evil' fuck.
Ehhh I guess I can see that, but at the same time the crossbar ignited after the blade so surely they could just... not have the crossbar... ._.
12477
« on: November 28, 2014, 04:23:08 PM »
Guess it's a good thing I didn't bother to learn Mandarin after all.
GG Commies.
This
Now I only have to learn Spanish!
Ew, learn German instead
They have the 3rd strongest economy and are the number one exporters in the world. This translates them being a major part of the business world and any company that deals heavily in this field would hire you
German would be a lot more fun to learn, I really want to fluently understand at least one more language. Just not Chinese or Japanese...
I'd certainly go with German.
12478
« on: November 28, 2014, 03:57:04 PM »
If they bring out TES VI before Fallout 4, I'm actually going to kill someone.
But TES is the superior series :^)
Psy is blind.
Just because I'm wearing sunglasses in a dark room, doesn't mean I'm visually impaired.
stevie wonder pls
I know the name but I don't get the reference >_>
Spoiler Blind singer/songwriter that wears (wore?) sunglasses.
Ahhh Well I'm not blind, I just have a headache. So fitting for a psyduck :l
12479
« on: November 28, 2014, 03:40:02 PM »
If they bring out TES VI before Fallout 4, I'm actually going to kill someone.
But TES is the superior series :^)
Psy is blind.
Just because I'm wearing sunglasses in a dark room, doesn't mean I'm visually impaired.
stevie wonder pls
I know the name but I don't get the reference >_>
12480
« on: November 28, 2014, 03:37:52 PM »
If they bring out TES VI before Fallout 4, I'm actually going to kill someone.
But TES is the superior series :^)
Psy is blind.
Just because I'm wearing sunglasses in a dark room, doesn't mean I'm visually impaired.
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