I lean more towards legalization for things like marijuana and mere decriminalization for things like meth. This provides police grounds for some more forceful interventions. Even those european countries like portugal people sometimes cite as having legalized all drugs only decriminalized all drugs.
Also I think competitive games would be more interesting with larger teams, e.g. 10v10 or 12v12. I know they do it because of simplicity but I much more enjoy playing/watching games with larger teams.
How memory of the First World War is handled is an absolute travesty imo. I don't mean things like myths about the war such as "it was all trenches all the time".
I mean things like "What an absolute horrid waste of time that all was". There's like a prevailing cultural feeling that the war was useless, and pointless, and that generals just threw lives away for no reason. This however ignores much context and nuance of the whole situation - it also ignores the fact that many wanted to go to war (Though I could agree there's an argument to be made that they were swayed to feel that way), and even during the war many still felt it had to be fought and won. I love All Quiet on the Western Front and Oh! What a Lovely War, but they're specific pieces of media made years after the event that reflect the culture of the time they were written better than what people felt as it was happening.
To add onto this as well. While the first day of the Somme ended up being a travesty, in the end the Somme is what won the war for the Allies. Pressure was relieved from Verdun, and Germany knew they could not withstand another Somme.
Life is Strange is kind of a guilty pleasure for me.
I know that there are issues with the game such as the visuals (i.e. the ingame art style being kind of janky and the bad lip sync) and the dialogue (Which I didn't mind as much, especially since most of the voice acting was convincing enough to me), but I did like other aspects of the game, like the time-traveling mechanic, the cozy vibe, and the fact that you can try to help everyone.
Overall, I enjoyed the episodes and what it was trying to go for.
[QUOTE=Skerion;52394929]Life is Strange is kind of a guilty pleasure for me.
I know that there are issues with the game such as the visuals (i.e. the ingame art style being kind of janky and the bad lip sync) and the dialogue (Which I didn't mind as much, especially since most of the voice acting was convincing enough to me), but I did like other aspects of the game, like the time-traveling mechanic, the cozy vibe, and the fact that you can try to help everyone.
Overall, I enjoyed the episodes and what it was trying to go for.[/QUOTE]
LiS is a great game. I'd argue that it's better than anything Telltale put out post-Sam and Max (yes this includes Walking Dead s1 and Wolf Among Us).
I'm pissed that Dontnod couldn't stick the landing. The ending is pretty terrible but iirc they ran out of money during the development of episode 5, so they had to rush the episode out. That being said, the highs that the game reached are higher than anything Telltale has put out imo.
The game was doomed to have a negative reception (by the gaming community) from the start for 3 reasons: the hipster aesthetic, the cringey dialogue (which dissipates for the most part halfway through the game, and honestly is kind of endearing at that point anyway) and the launch trailer quoting Polygon saying something about it being similar to Gone Homo (which is a DEATH SENTENCE)
While I think Matthewmatosis makes some good videos and has some solid points a lot of the time, I don't like how people usually act like he's always 100% right and treat his stuff as gospel.
Smoking should be banned in all apartments and restricted to specific smoking areas away from the building.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;52395877]Smoking should be banned in all apartments and restricted to specific smoking areas away from the building.[/QUOTE]
What dummy doesn't ban it ? If you're the owner/HOA of the apartment block you're just asking for your property value to be hurt if you don't ban it. Shit gets in the walls and stays p. much forever.
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52395883]What dummy doesn't ban it ? If you're the owner/HOA of the apartment block you're just asking for your property value to be hurt if you don't ban it. Shit gets in the walls and stays p. much forever.[/QUOTE]
I don't think the management committee has the power to ban smoking inside the apartment itself, only common areas.
I know pugs are a cruel breed and all, but I still kind of like them because it's nice to know that there's someone else who's a fat wrinkly ugly fuck who can barely do physical activity let alone breathe.
[QUOTE=Carlito;52396187]I know pugs are a cruel breed and all, but I still kind of like them because it's nice to know that there's someone else who's a fat wrinkly ugly fuck who can barely do physical activity let alone breathe.[/QUOTE]
I think they're adorable as fuck but i feel bad for their existence. I think in the end the best thing we can do is try and breed their bad parts out of them.
[QUOTE=megafat;52396309]I think they're adorable as fuck but i feel bad for their existence. I think in the end the best thing we can do is try and breed their bad parts out of them.[/QUOTE]
TBH I kinda feel the same about myself fam
[QUOTE=bdd458;52394846]How memory of the First World War is handled is an absolute travesty imo. I don't mean things like myths about the war such as "it was all trenches all the time".
I mean things like "What an absolute horrid waste of time that all was". There's like a prevailing cultural feeling that the war was useless, and pointless, and that generals just threw lives away for no reason. This however ignores much context and nuance of the whole situation - it also ignores the fact that many wanted to go to war (Though I could agree there's an argument to be made that they were swayed to feel that way), and even during the war many still felt it had to be fought and won. I love All Quiet on the Western Front and Oh! What a Lovely War, but they're specific pieces of media made years after the event that reflect the culture of the time they were written better than what people felt as it was happening.
To add onto this as well. While the first day of the Somme ended up being a travesty, in the end the Somme is what won the war for the Allies. Pressure was relieved from Verdun, and Germany knew they could not withstand another Somme.[/QUOTE]
it's more because the war didn't really solve or fix any problems, and if anything made the world much worse off. most of the powers that went into that war was broken up and dissolved into numerous smaller nations (or reconstituted their empires after a great deal of fighting), most of which fell into dictatorship and lost a great deal from the war. they eventually started a new world war which was even more brutal than the last one.
a lot of the time it was treated as the "war to end all wars", and one of the reasons america joined was so as to make the world safe for democracy. a lot of men died because they genuinely believed that what they were doing would make the world a better place.
the fact that so many died and yet the world did not get better, but worse is why its remembered like that. it really [b]was[/b] a horrible waste of time because at the end of the day none of the problems which caused the war in the first place were fixed, and the victorious powers were all self-serving hypocrites.
[QUOTE=The golden;52396790]I bought No Man's Sky (with low expectations mind you) during the current steam sale and I'm legitimately really enjoying it. For $30 I'd honestly say that it's a really good game. I never was on the hype train so maybe that is why.... but either way I'm quite happy with it.[/QUOTE]
There is currently an ARG going on so it might be getting soon substantial update.
What I want to say is that most people overestimate and exaggerate the lengths the government actually goes towards fulfilling a goal and give out highly complex, specific explanations when in reality most problems are actually quite simple to explain.
That, and some people lacking awareness of the place where they live.
As an example.
In Mexico people my age (at the least the ones who are middle-upper class) always bring up 1984 and dystopian novels about evil governments when describing their perspective of Mexico.
According to them, having military on the streets is bad because "they're oppressing the population", cameras and surveillance towers being placed in parks is "the government trying to watch over the citizen and study them".
Well, that's their perspective on the country. A perspective where for some reason the government has literally no other purpose but controlling people and they have absolutely no reason to place security.
My perspective, which is usually shared by people who have lived in rough parts of the country.
We have military on the streets because criminals are highly dangerous. Every day serveral people get killed and the numbers keep on rising, the vast majority of the population (especially the lower class) has been victim of assault/sexual harassment/violent crime by either individuals or organized crime.
The military doesn't have an easy time either. I have family in the military and their job revolves around more important things than just "oppressing" helpless teeangers like in most recent dystopian novels.
The military risks being killed all time and they can't just shoot down criminals and can't keep them locked for more than a couple of years. Meawhile, criminals have shoot the military, police and innocent people and almost always get away without facing any consequence
I live in a middle class gated community, with razor-wire fence and private security patrolling the streets, plus cameras and lights. It wasn't the government who placed these things, it was us, the people who live surrounded by CCTV and walls.
We don't place those things to study the population or to scheme our big evil plan to take over the city. We placed those things because we want to stay away from criminal organizations, who have tried, in several occasions, to break into our neighborhood and break havoc.
I believe that the fact that criminals are so powerful here to the point where people like me are forced to live in closed communities is actually a consequence of [I]not having enough [/I]regulation and security enforced by the government.
[QUOTE=megafat;52396309]I think they're adorable as fuck but i feel bad for their existence. I think in the end the best thing we can do is try and breed their bad parts out of them.[/QUOTE]
Their problem is that one of their really bad parts is the thing that defines them.
The best thing would be to not bread them, at all. Same with most (or all) designer dogs
[QUOTE=cardfan212;52394210]All drugs should be legalized for recreational use in order to (hopefully) reduce gang related violence, give users proper information and a safe source, and allow people easier means to addiction recovery options rather than throwing them all in prison.[/QUOTE]
I'm not a fan of legalizing shit that makes people break into houses and bite people. "All" is a bit strong.
The interior of a car is vastly more important than the exterior. It can look like shit on the outside as long as the inside looks good and is /comfy/.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;52395877]Smoking should be banned in all apartments and restricted to specific smoking areas away from the building.[/QUOTE]
My apartment complex has a strict "no smoking" policy inside the building and near the building, it's great
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52397979]The interior of a car is vastly more important than the exterior. It can look like shit on the outside as long as the inside looks good and is /comfy/.[/QUOTE]
To the people rating this post with "Disagree," would you rather have a car that looks good on the outside, but have the simple act of driving it be extremely uncomfortable and inconvinient??? Doesn't make much sense
I think it depends on what you're gonna use the car for.
Interior is very important if you're gonna have passengers frequently. Stuff like a clean space, comfortable seats and good looking interiors are nice for passengers.
If you rarely have passengers and plan to use the car for more dedicated driving and such, then exterior and performance is more important. I mean, why would you need a luxury interior and lots of space if most of the time you'll be the only person in the car besides a friend or partner in the other seat?
[QUOTE=RichyZ;52399293]a lot of gearheads tend to not care about the interior if the internals and the exterior are cool[/QUOTE]
I'm a gearhead and I prefer a car be comfortable to drive than uncomfortable lmao
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52397979]The interior of a car is vastly more important than the exterior. It can look like shit on the outside as long as the inside looks good and is /comfy/.[/QUOTE]
From the outside, my car is one of the most low-key generic shitbox SUVs out there, but god damn I would be lying if I said the interior isn't the top-comfy, especially with the A/C at full blast.
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[QUOTE=Sgt. Nikolai;52400105]I think it depends on what you're gonna use the car for.
Interior is very important if you're gonna have passengers frequently. Stuff like a clean space, comfortable seats and good looking interiors are nice for passengers.
If you rarely have passengers and plan to use the car for more dedicated driving and such, then exterior and performance is more important. I mean, why would you need a luxury interior and lots of space if most of the time you'll be the only person in the car besides a friend or partner in the other seat?[/QUOTE]
My point on the interior was that that's what you will feel the most. A nice exterior is pretty good but you won't see it most of the time and good/bad exteriors will just fade into the back of your mind with time.
With a bad interior you're pretty much reminded every day how shit the audio is compared to back home, how bad the seats are, etc.. Having a good or bad commute can do wonders on how your day will feel.
Having great internals and exterior is nice but I'd save that for a second car. With the first primary car being the most comfy efficient econobox you can find. Why waste that sweet engine in traffic?
[QUOTE=INH;52400445]I'm a gearhead and I prefer a car be comfortable to drive than uncomfortable lmao[/QUOTE]
To the person who rated dumb on this, you really think it's dumb to want to enjoy and be comfortable while driving? If you think otherwise, I don't think I'm the dumb one here.
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;52395877]Smoking should be banned in all apartments and restricted to specific smoking areas away from the building.[/QUOTE]
I think all people that think this way shoukd be restricted to a specific wuss apartments away from everybody else.
Stop banning things because you dont personally like it. People smoking in balconys doesnt effect you at all.
[QUOTE=The golden;52401219]If a person in the suite below me lights up a cig on either their balcony or out an open window - it completely floods our suite with the stench of cig smoke. If they light up enough then the smell starts sticking to our carpets and clothing. I don't want to be inhaling someone else's 2nd hand smoke thank you very much. Take that shit someplace else.[/QUOTE]
I don't think second hand smoke is that bad for you.
[QUOTE=WhiteGirl88;52401225]I don't think second hand smoke is that bad for you.[/QUOTE]
Studies have shown its just as bad as actually smoking (especially repeatedly being subject to it). Personally, as an asthmatic, it could easily kill me.
[QUOTE=INH;52400805]To the person who rated dumb on this, you really think it's dumb to want to enjoy and be comfortable while driving? If you think otherwise, I don't think I'm the dumb one here.[/QUOTE]
i would respond but i can't bear the humiliation that this post has brought me
[QUOTE=The golden;52401226][URL]https://encrypted.google.com/#q=dangers+of+secondhand+smoke[/URL]
Please keep your smoke out of my lungs and home.
If I wanted to deal with cig smoke then I would smoke. Obviously.[/QUOTE]
And is cigarette smoke the only thing that can cause smoking related diseases, or could you get it from other sources as well?
[QUOTE=bdd458;52401230]Studies have shown its just as bad as actually smoking (especially repeatedly being subject to it). Personally, as an asthmatic, it could easily kill me.[/QUOTE]
I don't really trust the studies that much. I feel they're almost as biased as the the cigarette companies. Neither seem unbiased.
[QUOTE=The golden;52401219]Apartment resident speaking. Been living in one for nearly 20 years.
If a person in the suite below me lights up a cig on either their balcony or out an open window - it completely floods our suite with the stench of cig smoke. If they light up enough then the smell starts sticking to our carpets and clothing. I don't want to be inhaling someone else's 2nd hand smoke thank you very much. Take that shit someplace else.
And don't tell me to close windows either because it's 30 goddamn Celsius out there.[/QUOTE]
Yeah i lived in apartments all my life and in the ghetto where most of the resident smoke cigs or weed. Never had it flood inside our apartment. Worst case the hallways smells a bit during parties. It sounds like your apartment is constructed pretty shitty.
Consider moving instead of forcing your lifestyle down other throats?
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