jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2021, 20:32:
I really hope that her shunning of science had nothing to do with her death.
Cutter wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 21:02:
I want to start an 80s synth band called The Quasars and write songs about black holes n' stuff.
Mike1233 wrote on Jan 12, 2021, 08:08:
I've found it really easy to find fluff and entertainment on Google, but specific research topics and developed articles are harder to find. More and more of the biggest information and media services are slowly progressing towards... providing disposable information at a rapid pace? At some point that I think that engagement might be so large that niche interests will become even less profitable and manageable. Sucks.
Saboth wrote on Jan 10, 2021, 14:14:
If we go that route, then I'd also argue Fox, Newsmax, OANN, and the others need massive oversight and regulation. If you purport to be news, you should employ journalists with actual degrees and experience in journalism, be held to some kind of journalistic standards, have to provide at least some kind of sources for your "stories" (other than "some people believe"), etc. Hell, we also need to bring back the Fairness Doctrine that Reagan scrapped that paved the way for these political propaganda outlets.
Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 11, 2021, 00:13:
But then I don't have a particularly myopic political axe to grind and therefore use a general plurality of "people" instead of a specific singular example.
Simon Says wrote on Jan 9, 2021, 17:36:The Half Elf wrote on Jan 9, 2021, 15:48:
I got to the 2 min mark and turned it off. It's just a clickbait video that has quite a bit of opinion and not so many facts.
Maybe it's because the facts were AFTER the 2 minutes mark?
It is 24 minutes long after all. 2 minutes in is just still in the intro. What did you expect?
Choobeastia wrote on Jan 8, 2021, 12:53:
Agreed, but getting him out of office prevents him from using the powers of said office. He can't pardon any of the insurrectionists, or use the presidency as a soapbox from which to speak to his cultists. It won't fix things, and of course the cultists can continue on their own, but it can limit the damage he can do, which seems important. As it is, the US has proven rather resilient, considering the hubris infecting him and so many others in power.
Choobeastia wrote on Jan 8, 2021, 11:08:
This also isn't over. It is important that we get Trump out of office ASAP, because the Q crowd are still planning things based off of his latest speech on Parler.
NKD wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 16:25:
Yesterday was not normal. Yesterday was not the equivalent of someone breaking some windows, or even the equivalent of setting fire to an empty police station.
Cutter wrote on Jan 7, 2021, 14:32:
I think more than angry, if I was American, I'd be embarrassed by what happened yesterday, humiliated more like.
jdreyer wrote on Jul 5, 2020, 16:22:
When you or I go out for drinks, the cost is a factor in how much we drink. That factor was removed from the equation for her. Chris was getting her free drinks and encouraging her. His intent is obvious here. That's not to say she doesn't have responsibility.
jdreyer wrote on Jul 5, 2020, 16:22:
And if this had just been a single incident, nothing would have happened. But Chris was the instigator here. He took specific actions with an intent for a certain outcome. He's done this so many times that he's been banned from some conventions. It's a pattern, and even if it's not technically illegal, it's super-creepy, and well within a company's right to terminate business with him. Which is exactly what happened.
Pr()ZaC wrote on Jul 5, 2020, 08:54:
There's always the other side of the coin and you won't know what really happened there. Unless there's hard evidence... Is there?
jdreyer wrote on Jul 4, 2020, 21:02:
1) Chris was plying her with free drinks on his company dime, so cost as a limiting factor was not present.
2) He was plying her with Midori sours, a drink of strong flavors that masks the alcohol so you're unaware of how strong the drink is or how much alcohol you're consuming.
Drayth wrote on Jun 30, 2020, 11:22:
For me, Force Awakens was passable. It didn't fall flat on it's face, and was a decent jumping off point.
Drayth wrote on Jun 30, 2020, 11:22:
Last Jedi just spit all over the lore. Fin suddenly knows how to pilot ships. Hux goes from being Kylo's peer amongst the first order to a complete comic buffoon. Then there was the real world parallels; prank cell phone call joke, war profiteering and animal rights worming their way into the plot. Ugh. Plenty of other issues.
Drayth wrote on Jun 30, 2020, 11:22:
Kind of a waste of the new actors as well. I thought they were all great, just trapped in this horrible story arc.
Beamer wrote on Jun 27, 2020, 16:31:
What was the last post Cutter made in which he wasn't offended and outraged?
deqer wrote on Jun 27, 2020, 18:14:
"Our goal is to appease to mobs so that we can continue making money off them."
Beamer wrote on Jun 27, 2020, 16:27:
In some ancient cultures, pooping on someone was considered socially acceptable. I'd somehow doubt you'd allow me to, though
Beamer wrote on Jun 23, 2020, 10:16:
"You could slap your secretary on the ass and she'd find it funny! These days, when you tell a woman that she's gained too much weight for you to date but you'd certainly give her a roll in the hay, she gets offended. When you tell a black man that your grandpappy used to own people like him, he gets angry. Why can't we go back to the good old days when white men could say and do whatever they wanted and everyone else had to laugh or else? We need to go back to that! Make America Great Again. For white people to not have to be polite or respectful, yet everyone else needs to towards us!"