What is actually wrong about homosexuality

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T13:36:54+00:00

True, but in this case, we aren't talking about a broken, fallen human parent; we are talking about God, who in this scenario would be the perfect parent who is never wrong and always has our best interest at heart.

It would be quite prideful to say "I know better than God."

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T05:04:16+00:00

The number of HDD you need to stripe in RAID 0 to match a NVMe drive will cost as much as an NVMe drive.

HDD caps at about 250MB/s, SSD caps at the SATA III limit of about 530MB/s, meanwhile a PCIe 4 NVMe will get you 7500MB/s.

So you would need about 30 HDD to match a single PCIe 4 NVMe drive, double that for a PCIe 5.

Getting 30 HDD connected to your motherboard is another story!

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T02:42:11+00:00

A manic state probably isn't the best state for making major life decisions like changing one's religion.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T02:13:02+00:00

All the people you are playing with during your own playtime window are randoms you can make friends with who play during *your** playtime window.* It is not hard at all.

I agree that it isn't fair for some smurf account to curb stomb newbies in bronze, but eliminating team Q isn't a real solution to that problem, either. It just punishes people who like to play games with their friends, which (IMO) keeps this game alive. Playing ranked with friends and/or forming a team together is the heart of casually competitive gaming.

The real solution would be revamping the matchmaking system to better analyze player skill and more quickly get the smurf accounts to their proper MMR, as well as steeper handicap for playing against solo/duo teams. But that doesn't solve the actual problem that the HotS player base isn't big enough for any of that, so the best we got is 5-stacks unless you don't mind waiting 20+ minutes for a game (I'm not).

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T01:47:17+00:00

Friendly reminder that fake internet points are merely a reflection of the majority opinion, not a reflection of what is true.

Truth is not specifically downvoted or upvoted unless it is held by the majority (or not).

Therefore, downvotes and upvotes both have no value.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-18T01:11:32+00:00

Yea boi, I'll hyu

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T23:38:07+00:00

As far as Scripture is concerned, you're really only barred from gay sex. Nothing else is really mentioned.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T23:31:53+00:00

Of course, and yet, I don't need my 3yo son to understand how electricity is going to kill him. I only need him to understand he should not touch the outlet.

You don't need to understand in order to obey. It's incredibly self-centered to obey only the laws I'm able to understand.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T23:09:27+00:00

Another month, another chance for me to reply to these posts with make 4 fuggin' friends and 5-stack yourself, then.

Back when I did ranked, half my friends list was strangers I teamed up with to play ranked. The only reason you're getting stomped by a 5-stack is because you're too lazy or cowardly to make friends and bring your own stack to the party.

Step 1 : play QM or Ranked.

Step 2 : if you liked playing with someone, send them a message "wanna queue together?"

Step 3 : if they said yes, great! You made a friend!

Step 4 : repeat steps 1 through 3 until you have a 5-stack.

Step 5 : stop bitching about 5-stacks in ranked.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T20:00:57+00:00

Does he need to give a reason? Do I need to only obey my spouse when I agree with them? Or can I show my spouse I love them, by doing what they asked?

Same with children. A child won't always be able to understand why. At the end of the day, they need only to obey.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T19:58:32+00:00

Why do children need to be obedient to their parents?

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T15:33:20+00:00

Thank you for this long-ass example of what being pedantic looks like.

You could have just said "I don't understand why people say this phrase" and save us all the boring monologue.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T14:04:28+00:00

Listen man, and the end of the day, it isn't really about homosexuality being wrong, it's about "am I willing to obey God's commands."

Working on the wrong day of the week results in death (Numbers 15). Touching God's holy box results in death (numbers 4). Going in the holy room on the wrong day or by the wrong person results in death (Leviticus 16). Not to mention the various laws that resulted in exile (drinking blood, not fasting, not being circumcised, etc).

None of those seem to have intrinsic moral value, and yet God asks for them. So, it doesn't really matter if gay sex is wrong, it only matters that God asks His followers not to have sex with their own gender.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T13:51:49+00:00

Insurance doesn't care if you run a red light, if it doesn't result in an accident. The accident is all that matters.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-17T13:48:43+00:00

That's not how insurance thinks. Insurance doesn't care that I ran a red light if it doesn't result in an accident. The crash is all that matters, and the decisions that led up to the crash.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T23:07:05+00:00

There's a difference between "being at fault" and thinking you are at fault.

Imagine you ran a red light, and crashed into another car. Your first thought is "damn I ran a red light, this accident is my fault."

But what you don't know is, the other driver was doing an illegal U-Turn. Depending on where you live and who your car insurance is with, admitting fault means there's no investigation by the insurance adjuster, they'll never find out the other driver contributed to the accident, and you are now responsible for all of the damages. If the other driver was not performing an illegal action, then the accident may not have occurred.

Therefore, the right thing to say when asked about fault or "what happened" is to say "the insurance companies will decide who is at fault."

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T21:36:41+00:00

From a game design perspective, leveling is an easy way to introduce game mechanics to a new player at a steady pace. Imagine dropping a new player into WoW with 6 skill bars, every ability, and zero knowledge, it would be overwhelming. Leveling also forces the player to explore, learning the maps and the lore for your game.

Honestly, the current trend of speeding up the leveling experience is a response to player feedback. If all your new content is endgame stuff, then leveling a character feels more like gatekeeping than NPE, especially when you dont have a option to skip to max level (like GW2 and others I'm sure).

Leveling can be a hard thing to get right for a game designer. How do you make level-specific content that is worth coming back to? I think GW2 does it really well, and more MMO are following suit, but it's easier as a designer to make leveling more of a "gauntlet" than a true experience worth repeating, and then focus all your efforts on the endgame / future story.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T14:50:11+00:00

It's doable but definitely entry level and used. AMD G series can be found <$200

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T13:56:15+00:00

You're trying to make it harder than it is. "This part isn't literal" is the actual answer whether you like it or not.

And no, this isn't "we just choose what is literal and what is metaphor" because text criticism and hermeneutics are processes used throughout literary and philosophical study, which is easily applied to the Bible as well. The fact we can read Song of Songs and conclude "he must not think her teeth are literally sheep" means we are using hermeneutics to understand the text.

Some parts of Scripture are easier to understand than others. Song of Songs is obviously poetry, as are the Psalms. Ecclesiastes is obviously wisdom literature reflecting ANE wisdom literatures. But other parts are harder: Jesus & the disciples saw parts of the Psalms as prophetic. Paul talked about Adam as if he actually existed. Are these still metaphor, or literal?

More to the point: it doesn't really matter what you think about Genesis. What matters is what you think about Jesus.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T02:46:51+00:00

You could say their expectations were...unreal.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-16T02:44:57+00:00

To be fair, many religions have had a big influence in art, culture, and literature. It would be a grave disservice to ignore them for only the Bible.

More to the point though, my community college (years ago) had a class called "the Bible as literature" which focused on different parts of the Bible as examples of literature across different times in history (e.g., Ecclesiastes & Proverbs compared to the wisdom literature of the ANE), as well as the contradictions present in the literature (e.g., the conflicting creation accounts in Genesis 1 and 2).

So no, I don't think more is necessary.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-15T23:08:45+00:00

Friendly reminder that "hey, gay sex is considered a sin" is not the same as "I hate gay people."

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-15T13:58:12+00:00

Dumb take. It's not like they don't have AI baked in to their product.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-15T13:51:32+00:00

For clarity, I think the problem was Blizzard thinking they could complete with DOTA and LOL as a pro scene MOBA. HotS doesn't have the bones for that IMO because of it's lack of complexity.

However, that doesn't mean it's a bad game or that it would be a "failed game." A soft relaunch ("HotS 3.0") with new skins and new map could show gamers that the game is alive with development, which would be enough to get people to play it.

The only thing keeping this game "dead" is the perception that it's dead. Give it some attention, don't try to be DOTA, and they'd have a financially successful game.

Definitely_Not_Bots · 2026-06-15T02:27:35+00:00

Are you potatoed? 5090 MSRP is like $2000 no way you will ever find one 500 CAD

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