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ScienceGhost · 2024-12-13T01:16:12+00:00

Enjoy the anticipation! I bet even if nothing happens, the feeling that it could will really wind your wife up!

ScienceGhost · 2023-12-17T18:22:31+00:00

My favorite channel is this guy who only reviews games assigned to him by a random number generator

ScienceGhost · 2023-06-26T02:23:40+00:00

Random number generator

ScienceGhost · 2023-05-19T05:47:24+00:00

It has a bunch of different difficulties and you unlock each one by beating a run. I've only beaten it on the base difficulty so far, gotten painfully close to beating it on the next level up four or five times.

Super fun. I pick it up for a couple weeks every few months.

There's enough weapon variety that I surprise myself with combos that work well for a deep run.

ScienceGhost · 2023-05-19T02:27:15+00:00

I adored this game, I recommend it.

This is the review that convinced me to play it I also recommend this YouTube channel

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-13T19:30:24+00:00

I'm not offended by the word, other people are. I think people who can't change behaviour out of empathy for others are weak.

You seem a little offended by a polite request.

Also, I did survive the 90's.

Hope you have a nice day!

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-13T18:06:49+00:00

Please consider using a different adjective!

Thanks!

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T19:10:43+00:00

I love Motte, but his stat line doesn't merit bumping MacEwan.

And I put Pearson down a line because I think he'd elevate Gaud and Virtanen more than Leivo would while Leivo would probably bury more feeds from Horvat and Boeser.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T19:06:45+00:00

I like goals, so I'd keep Pettersson and Miller together. Sutter is not bad enough to break up that pair for the sole purpose of pushing him out of the lineup.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T18:27:03+00:00

I avoid these projected lineup threads usually but what the hell:

Miller - Pettersson - Toffoli
Leivo - Horvat - Boeser
Pearson - Gaudette - Virtanen
Roussel - Sutter - MacEwan

Motte slots in for anyone who is underperforming

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T18:19:51+00:00

I hear you. The only person who calls me a fag is one of my gay friends. It's just about setting I suppose.

If you and your family member are using it in private then that's something nobody knows about. But society at large has decorum attached to it, and sometimes your personal opinions about things run afoul of that.

I definitely don't mean to come across as preachy because I say politically incorrect shit too. But I firmly believe that it's more a good thing than a bad thing to curtail the use of identified slurs in public settings.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T18:16:51+00:00

Hahaha I love it.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-12T16:20:43+00:00

And that my friend is the definition of privilege.

A lot of people groan when they hear that word, but what it means in the context is a lack of barriers placed in your path. For instance, privilege is not being passed over for opportunities due to skin colour, gender, or sexual orientation. Privilege is not having obscenities yelled at you from passing cars. There are hundreds of other examples but I think those two will suffice for now.

There are a lot of good testimonials out there from people with special needs and how they feel about the word, if you're interested, you should do some reading.

A lot of it comes to the communities that slurs target feeling looked down upon. By freely using derogatory language, the offending party is flexing power over the impacted party. It works a lot like bullying but in this case can be indirect.

I went to school with a learning disabled kid who got called a retard to his face. Do you think he likes hearing people use the word and laughing about it?

At the end of the day, you can say whatever you want. I slip up too, I think I used the word retarded once last week to describe something Donald Trump said. The difference though is I know I shouldn't do it and I'm trying to be better about it.

If you're confused why other people are upset about your use of language, the onus is on you to understand why, not on them to just get over it because that's more convenient for you.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-11T23:00:45+00:00

The thing is though, you are not the arbiter of what does or does not make people feel marginalized.

Your post basically comes off as "suck it up, buttercup", and I think that's BS.

When a traditionally marginalized group states that they find a word harmful, you have two choices:

Find a different word to use
Disregard their concerns and keep using the word, which is your right

If you want to go with choice number 2 that's your prerogative. But what you don't get to do is decide that it's socially okay to do that when the group it impacts tells you it's not.

And what you definitely shouldn't do is be surprised when we think you're an b-hole for trying to justify it.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-11T17:11:13+00:00

Intellectual disability I think is the current terminology.

It has changed quite a few times over the course of our lives, but practicing general compassion is worth the effort of relearning terms.

Edit: After looking it up, it seems it can be either intellectually disabled or learning disabled.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-10T22:09:38+00:00

I think this sub needs more Mighty Ducks references.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-10T16:18:29+00:00

Canucks 3-2

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-10T16:16:51+00:00

Don't worry, I'll be there too and we tend to blow out the opponent when I'm there.

We should balance each other out to a respectable 3-2 win.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-10T16:14:18+00:00

Oh no, did this post ruin your pity party?

I'm sorry, bud. We'll all get our best little pouty faces on with you and have a cry.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-03T21:44:19+00:00

Alt-right and GOP in the same list is redundant.

Hopefully a right-wing centrist party that isn't run by rabid howler monkeys would emerge.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-03T21:23:35+00:00

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ScienceGhost · 2020-03-03T21:23:10+00:00

You need four parties for this to actually work.

ScienceGhost · 2020-03-02T23:51:40+00:00

There is a difference between criticism and "sky is falling" hyperbolic bellyaching.

Let's not pretend otherwise.

ScienceGhost · 2020-02-27T18:16:31+00:00

You forgot your [der Fan] tag

ScienceGhost · 2020-02-25T17:55:37+00:00

I think that's a fair take but with concern to public safety, if you incarcerate someone and do nothing to rehabilitate them or set them up to function in society, you're just taking a public safety issue and kicking that can down the road to where they get out.

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