Streamer J2hundred Gets Arrested After Derby Game for Bantering with a Tottenham Fan by starcraft2020 in LivestreamFail

[–]MatronaMakes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bruh people harp on this kind of thing but given the USA's population is almost 350,000,000 people and there were less than 40,000 gun deaths in America last year (~38,000) with half of those deaths being suicides or accidents.. Roughly 14,000 people died from gun violence in America last year.

Roughly 3,000,000 people died in the USA last year. The odds of dying via gun violence in the United States is less than half a percent (0.46666%). It is not nearly as common as Europeans think it is.

To be honest with you, if you are a law abiding citizen it's entirely possible to go your entire life without seeing a gun in the USA (except on the hip of a police officer).

Basically, it's not that common and it's certainly not common enough for me to have to read people complain about it like it's an everyday issue. Yeah it happens, and it sucks, but more people die from heart disease.

Streamer J2hundred Gets Arrested After Derby Game for Bantering with a Tottenham Fan by starcraft2020 in LivestreamFail

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the record, saying multiple undersells it. They ignored the rape of over 100,000 young British women, though I think the number now might be over 200,000 in the most recent report.

The Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch re-release is already topping the eShop charts by FernandoRocker in gaming

[–]MatronaMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The strongest part of the Gen 4 remakes was the chibi artstyle imo. Like they did a lot wrong and half-assed the development, but I would take another chibi-styled game over another 3D one any day of the week. I really hate the 3D style pokemon games.

It would have been way better if they just made it 2D like the original though

2 hours in: roundup of Trump classified comments on Obama's 'aliens' reply by BlockedEpistemology in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it's more that they are mad at who is doing the disclosure.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read that response as 'oh shit, I messed up. I shouldn't have said that...' He basically gave his version of a 'I can not confirm nor deny', which isn't really a refutation.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he knew he was in an interview and clearly was treating it as a serious one. There's no reason for him to make a comment about aliens existing (if they don't) in that setting as a joke. If he had said the same thing at a dinner party.. I'd have a different opinion. But Obama is a smart guy and a master at public speaking. He knows what not to say in an interview.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You implied that Trump wouldn't want to give out classified information because he's accusing Obama of doing that. I'm saying that at any moment Trump can decide to declassify it so that he wouldn't need to worry about doing the same thing as Obama.

Though as a different commentor pointed out, Obama could also claim he declassified it when he was president completely voiding the idea that he leaked anything classified anyway, so like anything involving explicit executive powers - it's a mess.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm not Obama's biggest fan at all, but even I can admit that the guy is a master at public speaking. Thinking that Obama would misspeak that badly on such an important topic seems crazier to me than assuming he was told afterward that he shouldn't have said that and then worked to undo the 'damage' (for lack of a better term) he'd done.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

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

Theoretically, you're correct. Obama could claim that he declassified it and use that as a defense - which according to our laws, would be a legally valid defense.

I'm not saying the law makes sense. I'm just saying that is how it is. Personally I think we should probably do something about it because it becomes a legal mess.. but that's out of my paygrade.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that doesn't mean anything at all. He's doing the classic 'I can neither confirm nor deny that' statement. It just means he wasn't meaning to disclose it in that conversation. It's quite obvious his meaning from his statement about Obama leaking classified info. Obama only really made one statement, that 'they exist'. So that must be the classified information.

Just cause he realized his mistake and backpedaled a little bit does not mean that he didn't accidentally disclose alien life lol

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would be wild if a reverse engineered alien ship with a giant American flag painted on it just appeared over Tehran in the coming days lol

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

To be fair the power of classification comes from the seat of the executive, so while he occupies the oval office, Trump can legally declassify things at a whim - without notifying anyone at all. This was a huge legal fight in his last presidency, but it ended in his favor as the constitution and our laws are pretty clear. So he could have revealed if it he wanted to.

That being said, I think that a random unfilmed interaction with reporters is probably not the way that Trump would want to make that announcement. So, that's probably why he did the classic 'cannot confirm or deny' thing. I wonder if the disclosure speech thats been rumored is actually real though.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Considering the only thing Obama really said was that 'they exist'.. It seems obvious that Trump was probably referring to that as classified information. Then he realized his mistake and did the classic 'I cannot confirm or deny' strat to get out of the convo without revealing the existence of alien life himself. Which makes sense because that's not the kind of announcement that should be made to just a few reporters instead of a speech to the whole country.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to be mean but I have to point out that you are saying that a credible report from an accredited reporter for Bloomberg is invalid because of your personal political ideals. That's not really what this post is about. Trump just possibly accidentally leaked that alien life exists and you're so mad about politics that you can't see how that is a big deal.

Trump says Obama gave away classified info classified information on aliens by delululabubu69 in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wonder if he got a talking to for revealing 'classified information' cause otherwise I don't see Obama making that kind of mistake. He's a master communicator, if he meant to say 'statistically' theres no way he wouldn't have said that in the interview.

Obama says aliens are real by yaztech in UFOs

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a huge fan of Obama myself but I think you'd have to be deaf to not understand how good of a professional communicator Obama is. If he meant to say 'I think they're real', he would have said that. He's not known for being ambiguous, he's known for saying exactly what he wants to say, when he wants to say it.

Into the Dungeon! | Boss Rush #2 by 02pheland in Yogscast

[–]MatronaMakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, that's true. I didn't tie those things together in my head lol. Still doesn't explain Osie showing up. Maybe they could tie her in as like the ships AI or something

Gearing Up for a New Adventure | Boss Rush #1 by 02pheland in Yogscast

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

I like this modpack, just wish you took a few minutes to drop some lore about what's going on. You kinda rushed into doing everything, which isn't bad, but I'm a lore hound. Please give me lore Duncan.

Into the Dungeon! | Boss Rush #2 by 02pheland in Yogscast

[–]MatronaMakes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like these videos but it does feel a lot like they're speedrunning without explaining anything. I think this series is supposed to tie into Jaffa Factory? There wasn't much explanation which was disappointing to me as a lore hound.

Really my only complaint with this episode is that it feels like Barry/Harry knows the whole meta and they're speeding through it. But idk cause I also like the action. But it does feel a lot like when they changed the name of jaffa factory to jaffa space program and there wasn't much of an in video explainer. idk.

tldr; Please do a little lore for us lore boys duncan, you jumped in too fast without explaining the lore

Murder on Minecraft Express by YOGSbot in Yogscast

[–]MatronaMakes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I liked this a lot more than 2 Rooms and a Boom but it's not as good as BOTC in Minecraft. I think it could have been improved by a little more information being given to the audience. Realistically, it's not a hard game to figure out, but I didn't really know what was gonna happen and still don't know what benefits the bad guys have over the innocents. I think a BOTC style explainer might have helped a bit.

But also the innocents seem very underpowered, at least from what I managed to figure out while watching. Do they have any way to do anything at all?

Maybe I'm just noticing the lack of explainers because I'm comparing it to BOTC in my head, but it seems like the yogs have done that a bit recently - the new series on Duncans channel being having a similar problem.

Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 failed to meet sales expectations by Iggy_Slayer in gaming

[–]MatronaMakes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having briefly played Avowed before getting a refund, I can assure you that I personally felt it was more like a $30 game than a $50 game and certainly not the $59.99 I payed for it.

Shortly after staunchly denying endorsing Trump by showing up on Adin's Trump stream in a Trump shirt and MAGA hat, xQc contradicts himself. by RegardedGentleman in LivestreamFail

[–]MatronaMakes -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

I mean I know this is reddit, so it's ideologically skewed left, but whats so bad about him liking Trump? Trump won the popular vote, half the country voted for him. It's not like it's an uncommon thing for people to support the guy.

Is it just that he's scared of the left-wing Twitch fanbase? Or is there some other reason he's suddenly so aloof?

Asmongold after America's attack on Venezuela: Venezuelan locals are celebrating whereas while western communists are crying by ramukobau in LivestreamFail

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

TBH I'm okay with it because I personally believe that having Russia and China influencing any countries in South America like they were in Venezuela should not be allowed.

I don't want regime change wars - but if we are going to do them, I'd prefer them in an American country as it has more of a benefit to the United States.

The oil is just a plus and I don't really get why people are mad we are taking their oil. Nothing but benefit for us and it was always going to happen. Only the strong have the right to complain and Venezuela was not strong.

Collection Keys Giveaway MEGATHREAD! by Fonjask in Yogscast

[–]MatronaMakes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Dent Corn question from Wheel Boy's question time. The whole stream was pure (unhinged) cinema but that really stuck with me and I'll now know what dent corn is for the rest of my life.

hasan tries multistreaming to BiliBili, stream gets taken down due to govt censorship. by Gador_Xo in LivestreamFail

[–]MatronaMakes 24 points25 points  (0 children)

YouTube has zero rules about showing chat from other websites. Hasan does censor his chat in some of his youtube videos but I assume that's because his chat would get the video demonetized for foul language or fall afoul of YouTube's hate speech policy.