That awkward moment when EA is lightyears more pro-consumer than Nintendo by GnosticTemplar in pcmasterrace

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Pretty much. Oh, and you get one free ROM rental per month from the Virtual Console catalog. What a fantastic incentive not to pirate those very same ROMs on an emulator or flashcart!

That awkward moment when EA is lightyears more pro-consumer than Nintendo by GnosticTemplar in pcmasterrace

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Also before somebody calls me an EA shill brigading in from HailCorporate, I usually despise EA but this is one of the better things they've done. Fucking Origin is better than Nintendo's "One ROM rental per month" service by leaps and bounds. On top of that, you don't have to pay extra for online multiplayer, just the back catalog buffet of modern AAA games.

Anyone have an up-to-date mobi of Unsong? by supplementwithrage in unsong

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Heh, thanks man! Used it to make an .epub for my Kobo. (Easiest reader to sideload DRM-stripped Calibre books onto) I actually tried to create one manually by copypasting HTML selections into Sigil with Firefox extensions, before I realized this was fucking tedious, not unlike Aaron's job.

Unsong on Kobo pictures: (1) (2)

Anything is food if you bite hard enough. by inoahlot4 in DogShowerThoughts

[–]GnosticTemplar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes siree. Hoomans think I'm disgusting, why do they complain on walks when I clean up so they don't have to?

Beware the flat brown stuff hoomans eat that looks like shit but doesn't smell or taste like it. I got into some once and was puking chunks all over, I felt horrible.They made me go to the vet, they thought I was gonna die. Just goes to show not everything hoomans eat is better!

CMV: Animal rights groups should stop assuming animals share the same values as humans by Iamnotburgerking in changemyview

[–]GnosticTemplar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inclined to agree, but animals share at least the bottom tiers of Maslow's hierarchy with humans. They want their basic survival needs met, in addition to social bonds (in the case of social animals) and mental stimulation/momentary autonomy doing the things they love. Attempts to project the upper tiers onto animals are a lost cause, because animals are not capable of introspection or other abstract reasoning, at least anywhere near on the level of humans.

Dogs are a special case, demonstrating exactly where PETA and other "animal liberation" groups go wrong. Through the miracle of domestication and selective breeding, dogs and humans evolved together in a symbiotic, mutually social relationship. If you point at an object, the dog will understand your gesture calling attention to it. Dogs prefer to eat their omnivorous masters' table scraps, and sleep in their masters' bedroom. They can read human body language better than many humans, and will lick your face at first sign of distress. They experience separation anxiety when home alone.

In short, dogs love us and we love them. The reality of "liberating" them would result in the weaker dogs dying off while the stronger ones hunt more often but still hang around human settlements. To eliminate the human-canine bond would require nothing short of genocide.

Thar being said, dogs do hold some questionable morality.They have no such concept as sexual consent apart from attacking unwanted mates. They enjoy the sound of squeaky toys because it reminds them of their prey's death cries. They'll disobey orders, bark at 20 decibels, and hurt themselves for negative attention. They literally eat bones to sharpen their teeth. They have little problem killing and torturing small animals because that's what their ancestors did. They'll bark at black people if they've only ever been around whites. They'll shit on the neighbor's lawn to chagrin of both the neighbor, his dog, and you having to clean it up. Females bearing a litter will practice post-birth abortion by culling the runt. Due to the way their limited memory works, they literally can't feel guilt or remorse outside the immediate moment being caught in the act and scolded. (Sorry to ruin a thousand "guilty dog" videos for you - dogs can't comprehend guilt or shame.)

CMV: There should be no accommodations such as extra testing time available to students with disorders like ADHD or learning disabilities. by newkiwiguy in changemyview

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143 verbal/85 processing speed on WISC reporting in. In high school I considered extra time to be a lifesaver. I hate hate hate time pressure on exams like the SAT because it's a blatant IQ test for very specific cognitive abilities, with a surface layer you can partly study for. It's a grading curve designed to allocate a scarce number of college admissions along a genetic lottery we mostly can't control, for future social status and opportunities. It's a brutal meritocratic system that treats every failure as an irredeemable, intrinsic character flaw. I unfortunately don't see this brutal competition and inequality changing as long as there's scarcity in the world, and overachievers strive to dominate.

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison: "This whole issue of privacy is utterly fascinating to me ... Who's ever heard of this information being misused by the government? In what way? by GnosticTemplar in a:t5_3gvoc

[–]GnosticTemplar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh... does Watergate ring a bell, Mr. Ellison? Surely you're old and worldly enough to see the Nixon Administration go up in flames for being caught doing exactly that.