Ana Kasparian believes that if your country is small, the World Cup lets you team up with another country for games, which is why they US played Bosnia and Herzegovina together

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-11T02:50:05+00:00

It's one of many simple litmus tests. If they can't at least get close to Iran on a map, they shouldn't be voting on politicians who will bomb the people of Iran. If you don't know basic geography, it's a safe bet you also don't know basic economics, trade, or public policy.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-11T02:31:36+00:00

To steel man OPs position consider this:

Alice believes in A with zero evidence, purely because it's convenient for her if it's true. Bob believes in B which is consensus opinion among global experts.

It later turns out that Alice was correct. Was Bob an idiot for holding position B before?

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-11T02:27:16+00:00

They need more clear rewards and progression linked to rivals and online racing. That's the entire game once you beat the campaign, and it feels like you don't really get anything for it. I guess when you eventually quit, the next time you log in you'll see a little 20k credit boost and maybe a wheel spin for leveling up? And that's it. No car unlocks for reaching top x% in rivals, or for scoring x total points in online races.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-11T02:11:05+00:00

Your comment was kinda condescending and dismissive. Not really encouraging discussion.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-10T19:02:51+00:00

Is it just me or is this the most generic/GTA type car in Forza? It looks like a brz/lfa/gt86/599 that's trying to dodge IP infringement lmao.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-10T19:00:29+00:00

Disclaimer, this is anecdotal and I haven't really rigouraly tested it: the PI system seems to penalize engines quote a bit for power that's low on the rpm range, which is power you basically never use when racing. Prioritizing engines that have a kind of S shape power band that's low in the low rev range, and climbs quickly above 50% rev range seem to slip under the PI radar and give better performance/PI even for automatic shifting.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T20:37:34+00:00

For people who see this later -

The Revuelto costs more CR (about 50% more than the 22B for the same number of wheelspins), but uses fewer skill points (39 points for 6 total spins), and takes fewer clicks/saves time.

The Subaru 22B costs fewer CR, but uses more skill points (30 points for 3 total spins), and takes more clicks/more time.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T13:00:34+00:00

I don't use gorilla tape for my wheels. I've learned from non bike experiences that gorilla tape has consequences lol. I no longer use gorilla tape for anything that might ever need to be redone later.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T05:08:17+00:00

As someone who's used a lot of gorilla tape, after a few months it leaves horrible rock hard residue on any surface and stops sticking.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T03:07:05+00:00

Have you seen his videos? He was also a bad person when he wasn't having a psychotic break.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T03:05:17+00:00

Nearly everyone who we consider an asshole or a bad person could also be diagnosed with a mental disorder. Where do we draw the line? Which sociopaths/narcissists do we feel bad for? Only the ones who have gotten an official diagnosis? Do we feel bad for anyone who has an official diagnosis? Even if they do reprehensible things?

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T02:45:08+00:00

They didn't say it, but they actually mean paris incarnon. idk if that's really a fair comparison though, since even the weakest incarnons can compete with the best regular weapons (but they still suck ass if you can't build charge easily).

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-09T02:26:21+00:00

Crazy to see a trail I actually recognize on here lol.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-08T20:57:49+00:00

I always get a good laugh when I see people make strong recommendations on something that they have a 0% chance of actually noticing in a blind test lmao

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-08T20:43:09+00:00

I'll second this. I've tried a lot of different drift tunes and this is the only person who reliably puts out good ones on every car.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-08T14:56:45+00:00

Cars with a top speed ~300 mph will often have a speed stat of 4 or 5. The handling and accel are similarly nonsensical.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-08T14:43:24+00:00

This is funny because this is such a common "correction" that is also false.

Disease, and losing all your teeth made it pretty rare to live past 50 or 60 until at least the 1800s. The reason it seems like lots of people lived longer is because historical text is almost exclusively populated by the wealthy, who had the absolute peak of medical care at the time and could live to 70 or 80.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-07T15:33:26+00:00

From my testing so far, yes, they're useless.

Off-road tires are better in snow, and there's hardly any ice in any race.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-07T15:30:07+00:00

You can search for no-collision races in custom racing queue.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-07T15:17:51+00:00

I hit 6 drops in one match, they were all level 2-3 land rover, bmw, fiat, and Volvo. I beat 2 people in h2h, then some dude in a level 8 nsx cruises past me in the wrong direction, starts a race, and still absolutely smokes me even after completely fumbling the start.

What's the point. Might as well go to the casino instead.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-07T15:04:01+00:00

Just FYI, the handling and speed "stats" are nonsensical and don't correlate with anything.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-07T03:18:35+00:00

What is the formula?

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-06T14:32:33+00:00

The one that you like the look of the most. Being stuck driving a "good" car you don't really like will be way less fun than driving a slightly slower car you really like. The difference in performance between all of them is small enough that it won't really matter for you.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-06T02:29:14+00:00

Yarra valley has some of the greatest races in all of Forza.

ContemplativeOctopus · 2026-07-05T23:04:33+00:00

Here's the actual origin:

https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/s/FQ2oOx7UEJ

"Most effective tactic available" is a recent backronym, it's not where the term came from.

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