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TerpenoidTester 13 points ago +14 / -1

While some argue that her dry sense of humor fueling cringe-worthy and viral moments is being missed, more than a few say they get her schtick but still do not like her content.

Translation: "I'm deciding to ignore the truth because it is inconvenient for my argument."

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TerpenoidTester 7 points ago +8 / -1

That's called an Umlaut.

How to Make an Umlaut on a Computer

Windows users press Win+R > charma p. Double-click the character, select Copy, then Ctrl+V to paste.

Mac users press and hold the Option key while typing the letter or use the Character View program.

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TerpenoidTester 21 points ago +22 / -1

Staff have a legal contract to act a certain way, the students don't.

If you sign a contract you must abide by it.

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TerpenoidTester 53 points ago +54 / -1

Josh Kruger, a leftist journalist and activist who was based in Philadelphia, was shot and killed inside his home on Monday. Kruger had a long history of downplaying violent crime in the city, often openly mocking those who expressed concerns about homicides in Philadelphia.

My personal favorite:

Some idiot just said you're more likely to get shot and killed than die of COVID in Philly to make some insensitive rhetorical point for 'his side.' Folks, four times as many Philadelphians have died of COVID than gun shots this year. I understand math is hard but do better," stated another.

Sometimes fate has a way of making things work out.

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TerpenoidTester 10 points ago +11 / -1

“Tyree Smith is an individual with a psychiatric illness requiring care, custody and treatment,” the board stated in its report this week. “Since his last hearing Tyree Smith has continued to demonstrate clinical stability. Mr. Smith is medication compliant, actively engaged in all recommended forms of treatment, and has been symptom-free for many years.”

Smith, who was 36 at the time, was sentenced to 60 years in a psych ward in September 2013 (effectively a life sentence) after a jury found him not guilty of murder by way of insanity.

In December 2011, Smith murdered a homeless man, Angel Gonzalez, mutilated his body and ate his brains and eyeballs.

A psychiatrist previously testified that Smith said he heard voices that told him to eat Gonzalez’s brains and eyes ‘to better understand human behavior’ and ‘to gain vision into the spiritual real.’. He also expressed his desire to consume her flesh.

Here is my favorite part.

“He denied experiencing cravings but stated that if they were to arise, he would reach out to his hospital and community supports and providers,” the report stated, according to the CT Post.

Oh yeah. He'll...self report. The insane guy.

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TerpenoidTester 46 points ago +47 / -1

This is the first I've heard of this, seems to be deliberately blacked out across media.

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TerpenoidTester 11 points ago +12 / -1

Introduced in 1930, Betty Boop initially appeared as a dog-like stage performer who sang and danced with another dog-like character, Bimbo.

I think I would have preferred that version.

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TerpenoidTester 5 points ago +6 / -1

The FF series seems like an outlier, they just throw shit at the wall since the series has so much built in lore and rabid fanbase that they can't do much else. It is like pokemon they will ride that cash cow into the ground and try to 'adapt' to modern players with various tweaks to the same formula.

I think I played the ones you mentioned but they all blend together, I am a huge fan of the original FF7 and the earlier ones so I always preferred it turn based. Not sure if it is more popular now that it is more hack and slash.

I'd rather each company focus on what works for them, than try to have every company try to do everything.

That'd be awesome in theory but in practice they always seem to want to go 'bigger' in the sequels which means adding more mechanics and often changing the setting. In a way it makes sense since they want to improve on their original product but it is a fine line.

I think that is why Bethesda is finding such a problem with this release, they tried to do too much and forgot what made their games addictive in the first place. Probably because it is easier to monetize this way.

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TerpenoidTester 11 points ago +12 / -1

My issue is that so few devs have even tried to come up with something besides basic level and grinding systems.

You don't NEED 'stats' in a RPG it is just what they've all decided is the norm based ib past success and nobody wants to do anything different because they are afraid of failure.

That's why indie games that don't have that fear are the only ones who try to do things different. The big studios are so risk averse that they will repeat what works until it stops making money.

I thought the concept of Sifu forcing you to age as you fail was super cool. Likewise Hotline Miami and Super Meat Boy allowing you to throw your character into the meat grinder just to see what works with no punishment.

Granted those aren't RPGs but the point is that right now nobody WANTS to change the formula. Not at the Bethesda level.

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TerpenoidTester 21 points ago +22 / -1

Don't forget the crowd funded 'justice funds' that basically just get used by certain gangs as get out of jail free cards whenever they have bail (which is rarely).

Every person who contributes money towards someones release from prison should be held accountable if they commit a crime.

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TerpenoidTester 7 points ago +8 / -1

The government claims the regulation will “ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.”

Wait, that is their rationale? That is the dumbest shit I've ever seen in my life, even from the Nazis in the North.

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TerpenoidTester 16 points ago +17 / -1

Here's a fucking laugh for you today.

A group of Portlanders experiencing homelessness filed a class action lawsuit Friday in Multnomah County Circuit Court challenging the city’s homeless camping restrictions.

This is what they call homeless now in Oregon by the way.

The lawsuit alleges the city’s camping restrictions violate current Oregon law and the state Constitution because they subject people who are involuntarily homeless to unreasonable punishments – including potential fines and jail time – for engaging in unavoidable activities such as sleeping and staying warm and dry.

Lawyers at the Oregon Law Center, which is representing the plaintiffs, asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the city from enforcing the restrictions until the lawsuit is resolved.

Who the fuck are these lawyers and who is paying them?

“The ordinance subjects the approximately 10,000 Portlanders living outside every night to 30 days in jail for violating a law that is impossible to understand or comply with,” the lawsuit alleges.

Ah, my clients are too stupid and too homeless to follow directions. Classic.

Here's the biggest joke:

The ordinance forbids camping in public parks and near schools and outlaws camping in any public place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Once the city begins enforcing the rules, campers would receive two warnings if they break the regulations and a third violation could result in jail time or a fine.

Amazingly useless.

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TerpenoidTester 19 points ago +21 / -2

Singer, ‘John Wick’ Spinoff Star Rina Sawayama Says She was Groomed By a Teacher at 17

John Wick: Chapter 4 star Rina Sawayama says she was groomed by a teacher at the age of 17. The pop singer, now 33, told BBC News’ In Conversation that she only realized she “was actually groomed” as a teenager when she reached her 30s, because that’s how old her groomer was.

Oh of course.

“Why that realization happened in my thirties was because I was finally his age,” Sawayama told BBC’s Megha Mohan.

Because that makes perfect sense.

“There’s a secondary school [near where I live] and to think that it could ever be acceptable for me to look at a 17 year old and say, ‘Oh yeah, that’s fine,’ and try to go for them, I remember distinctly how uncomfortable that made me, but I didn’t put two and two together,” she continued.

Doubling down.

Now here's the reason for this 'discovery':

“It was through this very intense form of therapy, which I feel so lucky to be able to have access to, that I was able to come to terms with that, and it completely broke my whole world apart,” the Turn Up Charlie actress added.

Ah, intense therapy. Of course.

Sawayama explained that she later “developed shame” about her sexuality after being “slut-shamed” at school when her peers found out about the relationship.

Because of course.

“I was so badly slut-shamed that I developed shame around my sexuality, and completely lost my sense of self. I detached from my skin, I don’t know how to describe it. I felt so afraid of things and had anxiety attacks,” she said.

Fucking hell.

“You have no agency in that situation,” Sawayama continued. “To me, 17 is a child. You’re in school, you have no autonomy most of the time, and especially if you’re in a school setting. If a school teacher is coming on to you, that’s an abuse of power.”

17 is a child? Who can't decide what to do with their body?

The actress and singer, who reportedly identifies as “pansexual,” went on to say that she hopes not all of her music will be “autobiographical” in the future.

Ahhhh there it is.

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TerpenoidTester 3 points ago +4 / -1

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/14/us-coronavirus-vaccine-first-doctor

Dr Yves Duroseau was one of five healthcare workers to receive the inoculation as frontline workers and nursing home residents get priority

He is the first doctor – and the second healthcare worker – in the US to receive a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, three days after the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization of the Pfizer BioTech drug, according to Northwell Health.

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TerpenoidTester 25 points ago +26 / -1

Or who brought the cocaine into the White House.

Or the weed, three times previously.

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TerpenoidTester 14 points ago +15 / -1

Linsley will continue working with Chargers doctors and meeting with outside specialists in the coming days to gather more information, the team said. Linsley is in good spirits but is disappointed he cannot be on the field with his teammates, according to the Chargers.

I've never seen this happen and suddenly it happens a half dozen times over two seasons?

With the news of Damar Hamlin playing again for the Bills I'm wondering which NFL player will be the first to die on the field at this rate.

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TerpenoidTester 37 points ago +38 / -1

She's literally just in place to be a woman. Nobody wants her actually touching the business so she can't fuck it up.

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TerpenoidTester 10 points ago +11 / -1

He's the first Doctor to take it, so he was part of the propaganda push.

What makes it worse is that he's a Doctor, so he understood the dangers of what he was doing and still rolled up his sleeve and tried to convince others to follow him.

He's human garbage and deserves people spraying him down with water wherever he goes.

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TerpenoidTester 41 points ago +42 / -1

Duroseau, who was the first doctor in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine

Fuck this guy and his whole family. I hope everyone who sees him sprays him down.

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TerpenoidTester 19 points ago +20 / -1

Professor Vittert warns that “America desperately needs people to have more babies, but all the signs are pointing toward fewer relationships, fewer marriages and fewer babies.”

“There have been 600,000 fewer births in 2023 in the U.S. relative to 15 years ago. The number of children per woman has decreased by more than 50 percent in the last 60 years,” Vittery continues.

This means that America will not have enough people in the workforce, and therefore won’t be able to pay its bills.

Boy, I wonder if this Professor is trying to make some sort of claim for immigration...

The professor concludes by warning that AI girlfriends are “enabling a generation of lonely men to stay lonely and childless, which will have devastating effects on the U.S. economy in less than a decade.”

How dare we give this men any outlet other then the one we choose for them.

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TerpenoidTester 13 points ago +14 / -1

To that point, Andreeva quoted an anonymous executive who informed her, “No one is buying. This is the worst marketplace that I have ever experienced.”

An anonymous writer also informed her, “Across the board, what I have heard from buyers is they will be buying less and making less.”

Another anonymous studio executive also stated, “The strike just sped up the inevitable pullback; I suspect everybody will be doing less.”

So basically this the litmus test for Hollywood: will they finally stop all the woke bullshit female driven projects that they know are bad...or are they going to double down on them and that is all we get?

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TerpenoidTester 0 points ago +1 / -1

That's the problem, it isn't the same breed.

Pit bull owners all want to pretend their dogs are AmStaffs so they are allowed in rental apartments / restaurants / etc that ban pit bull breeds.

Since it is one of the closest breeds it is the most commonly faked breed for a pit bull owner who is lying about their breed.

They are totally different animals in temperament.

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TerpenoidTester 0 points ago +1 / -1

AmStaffs are generally purebreds, they rarely have aggressive tendencies.

A lot of pit bull owners pretend their pits are AmStaffs for this exact reason.

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