Imagine a reboot of The Abyss, but with the intestinal breathing apparatus filled with oxygenated perfluorocarbonated liquid going up your butt...

When will they discover that people are like batteries too? Can harness human heat and maybe even have them running in giant hamster wheel generators.

Bent wrote on Jun 13, 2022, 14:54:

China’s “Path-Breaking” Plan- Will Launch 1st-Ever, Space-Based 'Solar Power Station' That Will Transmit Electricity To Earth

So, basically, they plan to have a 10kw space laser weapon which no one can tell if or when they are using.

Platinum Games' Vanquish comes to mind - although obviously you can tell it was being used.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jun 5, 2022, 01:09:
My favorite color is most definitely not blue.

My favourite website is run by Blue.

jdreyer wrote on Jun 1, 2022, 23:21:
Only if you want the CCP to ban you from mainland China.

True - and I also forgot that the 50 Cent Army may come and dox you too.

Is it okay to say Taiwan is a country?

RedEye9 wrote on May 30, 2022, 16:23:
Is there anything else we can do instead of putin Statins in the drinking water.

I suggest putin' them into Mountain Dew.

Finding the reason for SIDS is a big deal. They've been trying to figure that out for decades...

I watched a TED talk a few years ago, where the presenter claimed that dogs can live way longer if vegetables comprise at least one third (by volume?) of their meals. He presented a study where Great Danes can live up to 17 years with a balanced diet like that. I recall that Great Danes usually don't make it past 10 years...

I found the link to the TED Talk - I hope I didn't misremember the details in it:
https://youtu.be/1sE96vd8W40

Beamer wrote on May 12, 2022, 07:23:
I don't see the victims in this thread you claim to, other than those offended that a developer dared try to make a Star Wars game with a female lead

My comment is not about people in this thread. It's about the people who feel they need to be represented by characters that look like them. They have a victimhood mindset and need help.

I was merely responding to Darks' comment. Somehow fujijuice misunderstood that. That was the context.

Some information and resources:
What Is a Victim Mentality?
Unraveling the Mindset of Victimhood - Focusing on grievances can be debilitating; social science points to a better way

Darks wrote on May 11, 2022, 15:09:
On a side note, I'm in San Diego, We are very diverse here. I have a lot of Hispanic, Black and Asian friends, and they all play game's and I have never once heard them say anything about not being represented in a game. They love playing games, and that's what this should really be about.

Hear hear! I am not white and I don't give a damn about "my race" being represented in any (fictional) medium. Tying my self-esteem to something as superficial as skin color and facial shape is counterproductive and a recipe for unhappiness and leads to narcissism or depression or self-destruction (or even all of them). Victimhood as a lifestyle is a dead end - that is a life lesson that some people learn the hard way. It will eat you up from the inside like a parasitic wasp, believe me on this, I've seen it.

I feel sorry for those whose self-respect/self-esteem hinges on how physically alike to themselves an artist's character is drawn (or written). It should speak to their inner being. Not the outer superficial body! (Is that buddhist?)

I also grew up in a very diverse neighborhood, like Darks. None of my non-white ethnic newly immigrant friends had any issues with any of the characters of the videogames we played. Nor with the movies they've watched. But I guess back then we didn't have a victimhood indoctrination squad to tell us how horrible it must be to live among the whites*. Oh how ignorant we were - and how much better we were for that.

* No, our lives were not like the Koreans living in Japan from the AppleTV series, Pachinko. There is a reason why our parents chose North America to emigrate to.

This comment was edited on May 12, 2022, 02:38.

There may be a problem with those studies linked earlier, related to this:
How to Detect Politically Biased Psychology

jdreyer wrote on Apr 16, 2022, 00:15:
Also, lots of non-Americans stirring the pot, at least contributing to the divisiveness in the US at any rate.

BLAME CANADA!

That's pretty wild - fossils of dinosaurs that may have actually died from the asteroid strike nearly directly, and not from the long-term effects!

I would love to see UE5 be converted over from C++ to the Rust programming language.
(My hope springs eternal)

Cutter wrote on Mar 12, 2022, 19:50:

Doesn't sound like it from this article....

You should check out his substack. NYMag is wary of him because he is their competition. Taibbi reminds me a lot of Spider Jerusalem. Even Warren Ellis, in a later interview, thinks so.

BTW that nymag article convinced me to check out Taibbi's substack. Maybe you didn't fully read the article? (Yes, I am aware people accuse you of not reading articles properly...)

Cutter wrote on Mar 12, 2022, 15:35:
God, I miss Hunter. I'd dearly love to read what he has to say with everything going on in current events. Meeting him was definitely one of the great highlights of my life.

If you meant Hunter S. Thompson, Matt Taibbi is the spiritual successor!

RedEye9 wrote on Feb 21, 2022, 17:50:

Acleacius wrote on Feb 21, 2022, 15:17:
A truck is not a speech. A horn is not a voice. An occupation is not a protest. A blockade is not freedom, it blocks the liberty of all. A demand to overthrow a government is not a dialogue. The expression of hatred is not a difference of opinion. A lie is not the truth.

THANKS!!!
Forwarded to everyone on my list. The response has been tremendous.

This is a good one too, from an Ottawa resident:
A night with the untouchables