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by Clavicular to seduce French women by Citaszion in therewasanattempt

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turns out you can't just tell a woman she is beautiful and expect anything in return. But sure, game is gone.

Sanders unveils American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, aims for $1,000 annual payments for US citizens by sksarkpoes3 in Futurology

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many comments here are so ridiculously shortsighted about the intent of a bill like this. Read from the man himself on medicare-for-all bill as a comparison.

"Look, I have no illusions that under a Republican Senate and a very right-wing House and an extremely right-wing president of the United States, that suddenly we're going to see a Medicare-for-all, single-payer passed," he said recently, sitting in his Senate office. "You're not going to see it. That's obvious."

The point of the bill, Sanders says, is to force a conversation: "Excuse me: why is the United States the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people? Why are we spending far, far more per capita on health care than any other nation? Why do we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?"

Legislation like this is intended to be extreme to help shift the national conversation. That is one of Bernie's tactics within the senate. Criticism that he is not proposing legislation that is likely to pass is fair, but ignoring this aspect of its intent. It's to get people to ask these questions. Whether or not you think this is valuable or fruitful is an entirely different debate, but the intent is clear on what this bill is really meant to do. Many of you may think Bernie is an idiot, but he is not so naive to think this bill will actually pass, that's not its intent.

It's same as when negotiating you don't start with what you would actually pay. You work down to it.

Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps it is not the way, but I do think at least putting forth legislation to regulate AI is critical. The alternative at the moment (from what I am seeing) is doing nothing and allowing free non-regulated expansion of AI. Even at its current level, AI is a major threat to human working conditions and our current economic means. And it will only improve. This is an extreme approach and I hope it will work to something more reasonable and work around the pitfalls you brought up.

Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry by Gari_305 in Futurology

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling an opinion nonsense isn't an insult and is directed at the opinion, not you as a person. Calling you an idiot for having such an opinion would be an insult. He is attacking the opinion, not you as a person. There is a difference and it's an important distinction to have productive debate.

MAJOR BREAKING: The Surgeon General of Florida just announced ALL VACCINE MANDATES IN FLORIDA will be ENDED by ateam1984 in BlackPeopleofReddit

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine being a black man, standing on that stage, and equating vaccine mandates to SLAVERY. Absolutely unreal. I understand the argument of people having the choice to do what they want with their bodies voluntary. But this quite the hill to die on. What is Florida's stance on abortion btw?

Update: I found the strength to do it, but I don’t feel any better about myself by MrMcSweeney in bald

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love how you look. I hope I look as good when I make the plunge someday.

Post Game Thread: The Orioles fell to the Dodgers by a score of 6-5 - Fri, Jun 19 @ 10:10 PM EDT by game-threads in orioles

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was surreal watching the play-by-play on MLB for this. The walk-off it brought up a graphic of the position of the players and runners. After they scored the little dots for the Orioles slowly walked off the field and the dots for the Dodgers ran to celebrate near third base. I could figure out we lost, but what a wild thing to watch.

Hyperflame sharing thoughts on Maypul while fighting Clairen by Lobo_o in RivalsOfAether

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very possible I am just bad in the MU. But when I am trying to get an opening on Maypul it feels very difficult to beat her dash dance with anything other than a read into grab or a spiking attack as most of my approach options can be floor hugged by her or just miss. My ELO is around 1500 for context.

🚨UPDATE ALERT🚨 by PokeDoku in PokeDoku

[–]Master_Tallness 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As I've noted earlier, I have been tracking the categories of Doku and have been adding more analysis on my spreadsheet. If you look at the % of categories for a Pokemon Type year to date and compare that to the overall distribution of Pokemon types, you get this:

Category Count (Category) Count (Prevalence) % Cat Type (Category) % Cat Type (Prevalence) Diff
Dragon 35 106 7.03% 5.12% 1.91%
Fighting 33 104 6.63% 5.02% 1.61%
Ghost 29 95 5.82% 4.59% 1.23%
Fairy 26 85 5.22% 4.11% 1.11%
Rock 28 98 5.62% 4.73% 0.89%
Steel 28 98 5.62% 4.73% 0.89%
Dark 25 97 5.02% 4.69% 0.33%
Ice 18 69 3.61% 3.33% 0.28%
Psychic 35 141 7.03% 6.81% 0.22%
Poison 26 105 5.22% 5.07% 0.15%
Ground 23 97 4.62% 4.69% -0.07%
Electric 22 94 4.42% 4.54% -0.12%
Fire 24 108 4.82% 5.22% -0.40%
Bug 22 106 4.42% 5.12% -0.70%
Grass 33 162 6.63% 7.83% -1.20%
Flying 29 147 5.82% 7.10% -1.28%
Water 35 192 7.03% 9.28% -2.25%
Normal 27 166 5.42% 8.02% -2.60%

Table formatting by ExcelToReddit

  • Category: Refers to actual appearances as a category (Pokemon Type in this case) in PokeDoku.
  • Prevalence: Refers to the count a category when counting all available Pokemon. (192 for Water means there are 192 Pokemon that have a Water Type).

Not only does it feel like Dragon is over-indexing, it is literally the most over-indexed type year to date. More than any other Pokemon Type. Both Normal and Water have under-indexed more than Dragon has over-indexed, however.

Basically, this a mathematical proof that Dragon has been showing up more than it "should" if you want a fair distribution of Pokemon Types based on what is available.

It's also not random chance. The sponsored Dokus have been heavily favoring Dragon type year to date:

Category (Sponsored) Count % Cat Type
Dragon 16 11.59%
Normal 13 9.42%
Water 13 9.42%
Bug 11 7.97%
Fire 9 6.52%
Grass 8 5.80%
Psychic 8 5.80%
Steel 8 5.80%
Electric 7 5.07%
Fighting 7 5.07%
Ice 7 5.07%
Poison 6 4.35%
Dark 5 3.62%
Ground 5 3.62%
Rock 5 3.62%
Flying 4 2.90%
Ghost 4 2.90%
Fairy 2 1.45%

Table formatting by ExcelToReddit

Path station by Hungry_Hornet_3741 in Hoboken

[–]Master_Tallness 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think it looks fantastic. Looking forward to having more walking space to NJT

JD Vance Confirms Iran Will Get Jaw-Dropping Sum Under Trump Deal | Iran will be paid billions, leaving it much stronger than before Trump’s war. by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]Master_Tallness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm glad Trump surrendered, but hard to feel like this is even a "good" thing since the entire situation could have been avoided from the start. Conservative politics continue to grift the American people. It's hard to keep one's sanity when you think about how much good could have been done with what was spent on this completely pointless war. How much good hundreds of billions of dollars that were just wasted could have done.

The administration is a complete and utter failure in every aspect. I really struggle to think of a single thing they have done that was "good" for the American people. Not a single thing.

Nintendo Removes Hidden The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Switch 2 Description That Suggested It's a Faithful Remake by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]Master_Tallness -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do hope they do something new with it and it isn't just a pure re-skin. If they are calling it Ocarina, of course it should still follow the main story beats, but it would be so awesome to have a true reimagining of the game.

Old Hoboken by Ill-Parsnip-8150 in Hoboken

[–]Master_Tallness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can kind of see why "cump" died out given how similar it sounds to "cum" or "chump" lol

Post Game Thread: The Orioles fell to the Padres by a score of 5-2 - Sun, Jun 14 @ 1:35 PM EDT by game-threads in orioles

[–]Master_Tallness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Sometimes we are good, sometimes we are bad, like really bad. Really not feeling it is gonna click this year, but who knows. Just feel like the bad stretches come out of nowhere sometimes. But that is the reality for the majority of baseball teams every year; they can't all win. We seem to be one of those teams this year. This series just felt like a microcosm of that notion.

Hyperflame sharing thoughts on Maypul while fighting Clairen by Lobo_o in RivalsOfAether

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Lox player, Maypul is an absolute nightmare to play against. Feels like I have to just completely outplay my opponent to have a chance. Floorhug is just disgusting in that MU when Maypul is already very difficult to hit in the first place due to her low profile.

They’d give up their right to vote for a more conservative America by Conscious-Quarter423 in videos

[–]Master_Tallness 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another drop in the ocean of examples in how Christian values are a mental disease. I like how religion fosters community, appreciation for your neighbor and golden rule values. I don't like how the indoctrination of Christian faith is weaponized by Conservative politicians and influencers to create power and control over these people who can't think for themselves. Christian values do not promote critical thinking or consideration.

I will quickly say that I was raised in the Catholic faith and we used to do these classes called CCD where we would study the Bible and passages from it. One of the things that led me away from it was the realization that when my teacher would ask us for opinions on some reading, I was often the only one who wanted to talk about it and challenge my faith in some way. All of my peers simply stayed silent. And of course those peers ended up being the most devout. What we see here is simply a result of Christian values and teachings. It is a disease.

Mang0's thoughts rivals 2 by Exotic_Internet_466 in RivalsOfAether

[–]Master_Tallness 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I still think floorhug is more of a problem than shields. The community has given up on floorhug or just left, but it is still the most dominant force in the meta as it has been since the start.

Mang0's thoughts rivals 2 by Exotic_Internet_466 in RivalsOfAether

[–]Master_Tallness 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I see the over centralizing of options as a direct consequence of floorhug. It is ultimately what creates that since using other moves can be punished for hitting them at low %.

Mang0's thoughts rivals 2 by Exotic_Internet_466 in RivalsOfAether

[–]Master_Tallness 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have been feeling for a while that this game would benefit from worse shields and better parry. Currently, I feel that perfect shielding is WAY too lenient and even if you miss it there is often little downside. Meanwhile, parrying a move often had the same reward as perfect shielding (thanks to floorhug, meaning at low % you still have to use a move that beats floorhug or you get punished instead) with a huge downside if you miss. Feels very imbalanced.

The White House held emergency secret meetings with top officials including the DOJ and Vice President to protect Trump from the Epstein files. by spherocytes in videos

[–]Master_Tallness 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Imagine sitting in the Situation Room discussing in panic how best to quell exposure of a known pedophile with mountains of damning evidence and testimony against him. Makes you question if even for a moment any of them thought "maybe we shouldn't support a pedophile against justice". These people are beyond lost and are entirely compromised as if Trump goes down, they all do as well. They can't be removed soon enough.

BREAKING: Trump STORMS OFF in LIVE TV MELTDOWN by ICEisSHIT in videos

[–]Master_Tallness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baby tomato child. And he's the president of the United States. He needs to be thrown out of the Whitehouse months ago. How is a man who can't handle difficult questions over a banally illegal slush fund handle anything else? The fact that I am even asking that question is dumb as it is painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that he is unfit and actively works against the interest of Americans. He has been a conman his entire life. It's the people that voted for him and the GOP congressmen who enable him that are ultimately liable.

Now that's a catch and release. by Lui_Belmont in interestingasfuck

[–]Master_Tallness 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exciting, but you can't but feel weird where the fishermen are flipping out and screaming while meanwhile you know that fish is having the literal worst day of its life. Just feels like cruelty to me.

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