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Resist Pokémon Go https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/07/pokemon-go-pokestops-game-situationist-play-children/
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@acuteanniemay bad article.
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@moonman @acuteanniemay Ironically I saw it on RDN and I just went *lolpalm* ( which is like a combination of lol and facepalm ) for I am sure whoever wrote this just got a few anti brony articles applied a potato masher :+
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@critialcloudkicker @acuteanniemay Jacobin is not incapable of making good articles I just found this unconvincing. There are really obvious Marxist critiques of Pokémon but on the ground the game is creating more prosocial behavior and as of yet the manipulation is minimal.
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It is beginning, people are dumping their VR headsets on used-products websites en masse.
Friday, 15-Jul-16 13:15:18 UTC from web-
@mushi Haha, well the WiiMote was a success actually, and then Sony and Microsoft had to create their own version. And I do not think anyone could ever unironicaly defend those things ( http://imgur.com/QG3T2kd ). Think about it, the Wii sold billions mostly because of that gimmick ( but mostly because it just worked right, and you could do things with it like bowling, and people know bowling, so they could just pick it up and play )
VR technology on the other hand. Oculus ( now FaceBook ) was dumping tonnes of money into it and mayhaps took too long perfecting it, now the competition has ran off with similar idea's. Just like with the Motion Controller idea actually. Does that mean it will inevitably go away ? I hope not, VR is a kickass experience. Kinda like your first roller coaster ride ( *wink wink* )
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@critialcloudkicker yes, it made success, but there are real few games that make a decent use of the motion controllers and they usually do not aim the more serious game fan. Leave alone that making a game for VR probably would demand way more time and money to create than one fore controllers.
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@mushi There are 2 things I am sensing here. Firstly, relax, there is no way that VR gaming will become bigger than traditional gaming with a monitor/tv/viewscreen. Well at least not until computers become powerfull enough to make something like a virtual reality desktop become both comfy and easy. Which probably will not happen for a long long while.
And you are confusing "popular" with "serious". I mean, skydiving is popular right now, doesn't mean that everyone who can strap on a parachute will try it.
A lot of people have a computer at home for things like taxes, official documents, and whatnot, so why not game on it ?. That is a cornerstone of the PC's power, and doing taxes with a virtual reality headset ? I do not see that happening untill we are FAR FAR into the future, or the living costs of a bigger house start to outweigh the space you would need for a monitor...
The future will be fun :)
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@pennyfortheguy I'd buy a car from Hillary Clinton. Mostly because the law partially covers material exchanges goods for money/service transactions, and because cars tend to burn longer compared to university degrees.
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Oh wow, obviously Wolf Blitzer really loves the word "obviously"... obviously...
Thursday, 14-Jul-16 10:27:54 UTC from web -
You know when you fart and you produce a huge cloud of green gas?
Thursday, 14-Jul-16 07:46:54 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin Yes, you get 15 exp. http://www.whompcomic.com/comics/2011-11-11-Fartual-Reality.jpg
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I have just been reading up on Pokemon Go. Can anyone explain to me what happens to your pokemon you have left at a gym gets taken over by the opposite team ? ( I mean, that is the only actual question I have left )
Wednesday, 13-Jul-16 19:47:29 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Oh good, that is way better. I read something somewhere that you put them pokemon down in a gym just like how you put down a single L8 Resonator in Ingress. And long story short, I am ALWAYS hurting for L8 resonators since the enemy team keeps blowing them up. That had me a little bit worried right there.
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@critialcloudkicker what are talking about?
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@shadowboltmoon In the great wide world of AR games there is one software developer called Niantic whom has created 2 games up till now. The first one is called Ingress and long story short, you pick a team ( blue or green ), walk up to a portal, hack it for items, and throw down a mini-building known as a resonator to capture it for your team. There is a limit of how much resonators you can put on there ( depending on your level, and the level of the resonator ), and the resonators on the portal make up the (tech) level of the portal. It takes 1 person at max level to create a lvl 5 portal, 2 people to make a level 6 portal, 3 to make a level 7, and 8 to make a level 8 ( max ) portal. Since L8 resonators mostly drop from level 8 portals you can probably immagine they do not grow on trees. And because the opposite team keeps destroying them I am always pinching for L8 resonators. As such, when I heard that in PoGo the pokemon left at gyms worked like resonators, I worried.
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DICKS OUT FOR HARAMBE
Wednesday, 13-Jul-16 18:59:26 UTC from web- orungano likes this.
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@ceruleanspark where the cherry did this meme come from
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@rarity The complete history: www.dailydot.com/unclick/dicks-out-for-harambe/
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@ceruleanspark ... ( no words ) (( < except those ones )) ((( < and those ))) ...
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My mom is going to go to the zoo just to play Pokemon Go. I think there's a problem here.
Wednesday, 13-Jul-16 18:51:28 UTC from web-
@redenchilada yes, remember her to go into the animal's cage
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@redenchilada Yes there is. It is called "you have the coolest mom ever !". Which probably isn't a problem, Unless if she randomly runs away when there are hot things on the stove.
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@mushi We do not need another Harambe :(
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Gold elimination as Mei B O Y S
Wednesday, 13-Jul-16 17:45:02 UTC from web-
@mrmattimation I haven't played it either. I don't like online multiplayer games. They bore me very quickly.
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@mrmattimation YES !
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I went onto isidewith.com to see which US candidate I agree with most. Sanders is a 97% match, Stein and Clinton are both 94%, Johnson is 69% and Trump is 21%.
I bring this up because after what happened over here, I've become very averse to apolitical, defeatist attitudes. I understand being disenfranchised and thinking your vote won't matter but it's simply not the way to be when you have a voice. If there's a chance that you might make a difference for the better, please go out on a limb and make that fraction of a difference. Vote if you can. If you can't, get informed, get angry if you think you should. You owe it to yourself.Tuesday, 12-Jul-16 22:04:51 UTC from web- Scribus and Harry Underwood like this.
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@tiffany I just wish that being informed didn't make me angry, and that my anger accomplished anything but making me depressed. I will still vote, I will still try, but I won't deny I'd love to just pull the plug, given the chance.
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@scribus It's certainly not fun nor goading to be involuntarily kiwied by your country over and over but at the absolute least I support the influx of politicality that comes with it
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@tiffany i did this and was surprised how much I supposedly agree with Trump, but not at all surprised how much more I agree with Johnson. Not Boris.
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Oh lordielordie, why does a 64km ( 64 divided by 1.6 = 40 miles ) take 3 hours with public transportation ? That is like 21.3 kmph ( 13.4 miles per hour ). I could just about beat that with my bicycle. Not that I am going to now, I'm returning from a mini vacation and my body is just short of wasted.
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I am coping with a difficult question right now. You see, I am part of a council for the embodyment of client-rights in the WMO-system. And I am on a somewhat impromptu mini vacation with friends right now. Now we do have somewhat significant pull/weight when it comes down to client rights and the upcoming agenda contains some really heavy stuff. Now I just got word that the biggest friend and likeminded person when it comes to this council also just left for an impromptu vacation. Soo, should I cut my vacation short by about half just because I fear that the management waltzes over the remainder of the council ?
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@broniebrown thanks for actually recommending that I should buy "I hate fairyland". It was great. Sort of a weird ending though.
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Or maybe magnetic shotgun shells... Because that couldn't be dumb, right?
Monday, 11-Jul-16 22:18:58 UTC from web-
@scribus I believe I saw that in https://youtu.be/twuzqSIBlaA
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@critialcloudkicker I mean, it can't be a good idea, but it has to be a fun one, right?
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I can't believe the baby who was conceived in the Dashcon ball pit is 16 months old.
Monday, 11-Jul-16 21:45:19 UTC from web-
@redenchilada Gherkin is recycling. http://pny.lv/0nq83
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Survived a forgein bed, stillwoke up too early with a headache :(. all my friends seem still asleep. Guess I'll just go soak up sunrays in a near meditative state for a while. Though this forrest is so full of sounds, It'll be hard ... ... ... HOLY ! ... A bird flew into me as I'm typing
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Trying to fall asleep in my friend's families vacation house... Feels like my body is rejecting trying to fall asleep :s . so weird.
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I'm in a vacation house by the beach with 2 of my friends ( and a sister ... )... And we just drove out to the civilized world to get supplies/grocerirs when it hit us when we saw the near empty parking lot. It is Sunday, everything is closed. Now waiting for pizza, and making it seems to takrle forPotato Knishesingever. ... My belly rumbles !
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@critialcloudkicker gas stations sell food
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Farmers lobbying for the right to fix own tractors
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@dolus I am not really sure how I feel about any of it. On one hand it is absolutely rediculous that farmers have to jump through hoops to continue their livelyhood when their machine breaks down. But on the other hand, if you were to replace the word "farmer" with "obnoxious starbucks sipping artist who uses a Mac"... ... ... I guess what I am saying is that I really like to see a cascade effect of such magnitude after farmers are allowed to repair their own machinery :D
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Spunk still means what it did in the 60s, right?
Sunday, 10-Jul-16 08:40:19 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin In school I had to read books about people making deals with the devil and planing and committing a murder.
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@adiwan The most traumatic school experience was 8 weeks in a row singing "Moring has broken".
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THE FIRST GHOSTBUSTERS 2016 REVIEW IS OUT
SURPRISE IT SUCKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Pvk70Gx6c- dolus repeated this.
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@critialcloudkicker hell no. It's filled with spoilers.
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@zemichi I saw the "review" an now I am sad, shocked, and amazed. How could they ? Apparently the movie is literally soaked in sexism juices to the brim, which I can understand. Yes I said I can understand it, I do not approve of it one bit though. And that is not even taking into account that this is a beloved franchise. But now it has been "tainted" ( as in violently being sucked into ) a narrative of what I can only think of as some society statement that is going to make absolute zero sense a couple of years from now. And I would be able to forgive that if it did not make green-screen sins or make some cardinal movie logic errors. *sigh* right now I feel like SJW's have raped Bill Murray in the same fashion as that George Lucas raped that Storm Trooper in South Park.
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@critialcloudkicker It's disappointing.
Fans deserve better than this.
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Some people have too much money. I watch the SGDQ marathon and see that a lot of people donating over $100. $100 is quite a lot but still reasonable. Above $1000 is insane.
Saturday, 09-Jul-16 20:32:31 UTC from web-
@adiwan The laws and regulations regarding big money are somewhat scewed anyway. I dare to bet my hiney that any people who donate in amounts over the 750 Dollar ( ballpark figure ) exactly know what they are doing. Probably to the point where they know they will recieve more money back because they made this generous "donation". Examples are self-seeding and ball-funding, or even the fact that charity donations are taxfree.
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Today is the day we rant on well acclaimed games. ... .. . *sigh* I do not feel hateful enough today, can I just make a steaming pile on the YOLO army or something instead ?
Saturday, 09-Jul-16 13:49:06 UTC from web -
Could someone explain to me how to stand when you do something like a chain punch ? ( as in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mangoB8YS4uV4 ) I just got the question and, ehmm, I assume it really doesn't matter as long as both your shoulders are equally near the punching bag.
Friday, 08-Jul-16 21:23:41 UTC from web-
@critialcloudkicker knowing how your legs is the main part of any martial art, for chain punching you keep your legs shoulder-wide with your main leg ever so slightly forward, keep your knees loose (not too bent not too straight) and don't lock them into position, if your think your knees should be different trust your instinct
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@zennx I took a dive down memory lane and found some stuff from my Kuntao hokkien silat days and, yeah, I think I found one that would be good, ( and one backup in case it does not sit/fit well enough ). Also do not worry, it is only for training against a boxing-pillar. Originally not even for myself but someone else asked me after finding the boxing-pillar thingie in storage of the rec-room. But now that I have seen stuff like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZ8jSmNoYs I might just end up back into the art myself... dammit youtube, why are your recommended video's so viral for my brain ?
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I just realized, it is a race. A race between what will be easier when I lose a limb in the future. Will science be able to just grow me a new one from an artificial womb ? Or will I get some super biomechanical interface and a swiss-army knife of a new appendage ?
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Can anyone explain to me why old people like Bridge so much ?
Friday, 08-Jul-16 09:32:45 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin But I do not even know how to use such sorts of bridge
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@adiwan It actually seems more interesting than Bridge, I'll give you that :)
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@critialcloudkicker I think it's equally as boring as Bridge.
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There's a Pinsir near the office but I don't think my boss will let me take off to go catch it ):
Thursday, 07-Jul-16 21:24:13 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Yeah but I'm not an Ingress pro so
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@ceruleanspark There are not many things I want to slap people for, let alone actually do it. But if there is any trigger that has the potential to cause me to do that, it is tinfoil GPS drifting or flatout hacking/spoofing in a competetive multiplayer game. ... Not so sure about the competativeness of Pokemon Go though.
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@redenchilada Not with that attitude
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Bullapple thing of the day: If your Superhero is going through alternate universes, and he encounters Superhero But Lizard, Superhero But Steampunk, Superhero But Sentient Rock Man, don't make literally one of them Superhero But Female. Ladies aren't a special type of man. The multiverse of all possibilities should have a 50:50 gender ratio.
Wednesday, 06-Jul-16 09:28:27 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin Don't forget the countless single-sex species that consist only of hot females that want to shag half of the universe.
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@adiwan Are you sure you never played Mass Effect ? because that sounds really familliar
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@critialcloudkicker I started playing Mass Effect 1 but I stopped shortly after because of the awful localization. I look for the UK version for the XBox 360 to get the better voice acting.
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Inconsidderate spambot, can't you at least promote something with a bit more American on this holiest of days, the fourth of JulahahahaHAH*breaks out into laughter* I can not say that with a straight face.
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I believe today is the day where I get to sing the theme from "Team America" in the shower as loud as I can without giving a damn about what my neighbours think. Should I be confronted with my behaviour, I'll just blame America.
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