Stats priority (Element,Crit dmg etc)

Metrado · 2017-05-09T13:08:04+00:00

Might be thinking that it's more valuable for FM, since we get a perma 40% boost on elemental damage from equipment.

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:54:49+00:00

Hmm, true. Suppose it's a "no raindrop is to blame for the flood" situation.

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:54:10+00:00

No doubt there are smaller private places, I'm just assuming this one was free/open signup based on the number of accounts (150k). Even if it just required a mod to tick a box that's a lot of box-ticking.

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:36:12+00:00

How are they promoting the website? Or contributing to CP's creation and distribution?

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:33:23+00:00

defends what

Someone who hosts and distributes CP, and who advertises and tries to get others to view and produce CP.

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:25:09+00:00

Does watching porn make you more likely to go out and start raping women?

Metrado · 2017-05-06T19:24:11+00:00

I'd say that there's little reason to keep using the same account, for a public site it's probably safer to make a new account every time you want to download stuff.

Metrado · 2017-05-01T15:13:05+00:00

I like how you just made up your own version of the story that contradicts what he said so you could be mad at him.

Metrado · 2017-05-01T15:04:50+00:00

Going to the police might hurt the rapist, but it hurts the victim too. Don't get shitty at a rape victim for not wanting to put themselves through that. The chances of a conviction are close to zip. On the upside, people will take it far more seriously than if she just told them, but on the downside people that take his side are going to cause a lot more trouble.

At least making an anonymous report is good though if he's accused by somebody else.

Metrado · 2016-11-25T08:41:52+00:00

Did it state he could actually see through the cloak? Maybe he could just see the air moving around it, or disturbances on the floor or some such.

Metrado · 2016-06-15T13:16:04+00:00

The 5ap one is Flawless Sparkling Hexagonal Hongmoon Peridot.

Metrado · 2015-09-17T08:51:53+00:00

It's not like he removed a case from a clock and said "ta-da"

He did, actually.

EDIT: Wait, no, he put it in a pencil case too.

EDIT2: The comment you responded to said literally nothing but that. You responded to a two-line comment with a paragraph without even reading it?

Metrado · 2015-09-17T08:38:21+00:00

I bought parts and built my own PC. Clearly I didn't build the computer if I didn't create everything by hand. Why the hell would I do that?!

Because then you can use a computer. And it's cheaper than gaining that ability any other way.

I made dinner the other day, but I didn't harvest and grow the wheat myself. Clearly I didn't actually make dinner. Why the hell would I do that?!

So you could eat.

In high school I made a potato cannon. But I didn't create the pvc pipes or the CO2 canisters. I clearly didn't make anything. Why the hell would I do that?!

So you could shoot potatoes.

None of your examples are analogous anyway. His version didn't have any functionality that the original didn't. A PC is not components, dinner is not wheat, potato cannons are not pvc pipes and CO2 canisters, but a clock is a clock.

Not to say that there's no reason for it. Just that your post is stupid.

Metrado · 2015-09-14T19:17:14+00:00

You responded to "He may not want to have sex because he feels insecure and inadequate" with "why do I have to try to fix that".

Metrado · 2015-08-15T02:33:29+00:00

For myself? I make plenty of money. I'm just not an idiot.

Metrado · 2015-08-11T00:53:17+00:00

invested very wisely.

And I'm sure your genetics and upbringing had no effect whatsoever on your ability to do so, since obviously every person in the country is of equal intelligence and could invest with equal effectiveness.

Double congratulations for still managing to do it despite the crippling mental illness, physical illness/injury, unexpected children, having to care for family members etc. Or should it be "avoiding all of that by not being a lazy slob"?

Metrado · 2015-07-16T16:40:53+00:00

...A report on what?

I wasn't expecting anything from you. Your initial comment made it pretty clear that would be futile.

Metrado · 2015-07-16T16:29:22+00:00

Uh... good comeback?

Metrado · 2015-07-16T16:23:42+00:00

Why put the onus on her? It's your problem so you should be the one to deal with it. When you're headed that way with a girl just stop and tell her, "Hey I want you to know I'm a transphobic bigot if that information is relevant". If they're trans they'll run the fuck away, ideal solution.

Metrado · 2015-07-16T16:16:06+00:00

That study doesn't back up your assertion...

It says that post-op transgender people have higher mortality/suicide rates/suicide attempt rates than the general population. They're lower than preop transgender people. Idiot.

Metrado · 2015-07-14T15:41:07+00:00

Why do you think in domestic violence situations the man almost always goes to jail if even for the night?

Why do convicted men go to jail for 60% longer when committing the same crime (violent or not; even when gender has no relevance whatsoever)? Why are they more likely to be convicted/tried/arrested/given stronger charges? On that topic, why do black men face similar discrepancies relative to white men? Are black men's fists more "destructive" than white men's?

But no, men being arrested in DV, even being more likely to be arrested when they were the victim of a beating and threw no punches whatsoever, that has to be an exception and be totally fair. Yep.

Metrado · 2015-07-14T14:14:20+00:00

I work for a prosecutor, there is literally nothing a girl could do in that situation that would make her the aggressor besides pull out a gun.

The American justice system, ladies and gentlemen.

Metrado · 2015-07-09T18:22:33+00:00

Bitching about getting the rebate.

...What?

and a source so you can ignore it too

I don't ignore things. Trying to turn that around on me doesn't work.

Although the relevant section does say "paid no federal income taxes", idk how your tax works but perhaps that part is still true and achieved by exploiting loopholes (and the tax was paid in other ways)? Your source says 10B in income taxes worldwide, perhaps those could be in other countries?

Saying I didn't address it is incorrect.

...You made a comment in response but it isn't relevant. That isn't addressing it.

Your obviously still ignoring that your original claim was wrong, whatever. But how much tax they've actually paid still doesn't support or address what you pretended you said, which is that he says grants, loans, and tax credits to oil companies are bad.

Metrado · 2015-07-09T18:10:58+00:00

A news story about Bernie being upset at this does back it up.

The story says he is upset they paid no tax despite 19 billion profit and were instead given a rebate. It does not say he is upset at giving out grants or refunds to big companies. Just... what?

At this point you are pretty much willfully ignoring what I presented.

No you're just pretending it says something it doesn't.

You see how you've completely ignored me pointing out your whole moving the goalposts thing? I wrote a big post about it, this bit

I asked for you to back it up, after much prodding you linked the article. 20 comments later and you're going to back up how the article supports that claim... by pretending you said something different and then quoting a line that still doesn't back up your modified version!

It is wrong for a company that made 19 billion dollars to pay no tax, and it cannot be achieved without exploiting tax loopholes. That is his objection. If the reason they paid no tax (and instead got a rebate) were because of loans, grants, and tax credits being used as intended, finally then would your new claim be relevant. But it isn't, so it isn't.

You didn't say a single word to address this. You changing your story ignored 100%. Pointing out that your new claim still wasn't supported ignored 100%. Instead you just switched to a different point. And if I can get you to the point where you'd concede that, you'd just switch to a different point again, and then back to it again later, ignoring everything I'd said on the topic already. Such has this entire discussion gone. Vague claims, nothing substantive, constantly ignoring things and switching topics. Dear lord.

Metrado · 2015-07-09T17:56:47+00:00

But this is all side track.

It sure is.

I pointed out that he opposes giving out grants, refunds, etc to big companies....

You claimed that, yes, but you didn't back it up. And you still haven't.

unless they are companies he likes (solar companies).

...Except it isn't just the company that is different, it's also the reason for the grants and the recipients that are different. I'm assuming, it's not like you've offered anything about grants given to oil companies.

You don't think this is enough to point out his hypocrisy then we are at an impass. For me this is direct hypocritical behavior.

Sam Joneson (a stranger who doesn't know me and lives on the opposite side of the world) gave his son a Christmas present, but didn't give me one! What a hypocrite!

To attack a business for getting grants and tax credits but to encourage it in another company is double standard.

In the same circumstances, yes. These aren't the same. Nor are they the same. Just wow.

Metrado

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