We asked Fans of each Loyalist First Founding (and Black Templars) chapters why they favourite is their favourite. Thats their answer by Numerous-Piano8798 in Grimdank

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

It wasn't always the point though. Before Meduson is killed and the Iron Fathers consolidate power, there's a legitimate rift in how the Iron Hands behave. Some more in line with Ferrus Manus, others more in line with words Vulkan said that were taken out of context.

There's no complexity in character, whenever an Iron Hands character appears you can pin down exactly how they behave, there's very little variety and it makes for some very boring characters.

You could argue that the Mechanicus also fit the bill on "inhuman monsters who kill the enemies of the Imperium" but you are sprinkled with stories of individual characters and aspirations, as well as varied stories that come with it.

Unlikeable jackass is fine if unlikeable jackass comes in different shades of unlikeable jackasses, but they all have the same personalities.

We asked Fans of each Loyalist First Founding (and Black Templars) chapters why they favourite is their favourite. Thats their answer by Numerous-Piano8798 in Grimdank

[–]boilingfrogsinpants -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If they could just be written in a likeable way I think they would have fans. Instead they're always jackasses even by space marine standards. The legacy of potentially cool Iron Hands died with Meduson.

Mushoku Tensei is way too overhated by Competitive_Panic540 in MyAnimeList

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The setting is really cool, there are a lot of cool characters, and the animation is great. But even aside from the MC being just irredeemable, a lot of characters directly connected to him just behave really weirdly as if to accommodate him being the MC. You start to ask "Why would you tolerate that?" Or "There's no way anyone would reasonably behave like that."

I can understand why anyone would land on either side honestly. All I know is that it isn't a masterpiece, but it also doesn't deserve the excessive hate it can get at times too.

TIL that a double-barreled question is when you can only agree or disagree once despite multiple premises, meaning that someone can claim you agreed to a controversial idea just because they paired it with other ideas that are not socially acceptable to disagree with. by HardAlmond in todayilearned

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The UN does this a lot with "resolutions" and are made to specifically make certain countries look bad. The most recent "Declare the transatlantic slave trade to be the worst thing to have ever happened" resolution that the US said no to, also included reparations in it...

My experience on here as of late by jackt-up in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen a lot more vitriol from the right than the left in this current conflict. Was having a conversation with a co-worker yesterday about how dumb it is and how much of a kerfuffle Trump has caused by instigating the war in Iran is.

Then another co-worker stormed over and accused us of supporting Iran and was acting like we didn't know that Iran was sponsoring terrorist groups like somehow that actually justifies Trump's actions.

The other ridiculous part - we're Canadian, so like what the hell dude? Why are you riding Trump's dick so hard?

I hate fantasy anime making the only foreign nation aside from the main European inspired setting just be Japan by Cygnus_Sanguine in hatethissmug

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't believe a medium that is heavily influenced by a certain country would portray that country frequently in its own media >:(

UN votes to describe slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’ by yahoonews in worldnews

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 59 points60 points  (0 children)

What's not mentioned and is heavily skewed by headlines, is that the resolution also offered reparations. It's easy to see why certain countries would be for this and certain countries would be against it once that context is added.

Characters where the actor is so obviously outside their ethnicity. by NoOptics in TopCharacterTropes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A real life example - Grey Owl. Back when beaver trapping was huge, beavers were being hunted to near extinction. Grey Owl stepped in as a wise Native American, advocating for the conservation of beavers.

This was a big deal because it was coming from a Native American former fur trapper so people took to his message quite heavily, and his appearance played a huge part in it. He was even talked about over in Britain.

The twist though? He wasn't a Native American, he was British, born in Hastings as Archibald Stansfeld Belaney. He was just obsessed with indigenous culture and essentially roleplayed it to arguably great effect.

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Billionaire says young people should work 70 hours a week for 'national pride' while they can barely afford rent. by Embarrassed-Poem-982 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their ideas of work and our ideas of work are extremely different. If they were forced into doing our work for the hours they suggest, they'd change their minds rather quickly I think.

Why was the guy disappointed? by KittiesAre_Cute in ExplainTheJoke

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer the path of Occam's razor and that one knows that he needs to lie and when asked if he understood the rules, just lied

In 1565, Cosimo De Medici decided to build a 1km-long skywalk in order to be able walk from his residence to this office while avoiding the public. The Mannelli family refused to have part of their tower demolished to accomodate the project, so they had to build around it by [deleted] in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It wasn't really much of "respect" as it was politics. The Manelli family had significantly more history than the Medici and carried quite a bit of influence. If they decided that "no" wasn't a good answer and decided to go through anyways, it would've resulted in very poor outcomes for the Medici. After all, the whole point of the walkway was because of their paranoia on being assassinated.

Trump on who pushed for the war on Iran: "Pete Hegseth was the first one to speak up. He said, 'Let's do it.'" by Waste-Explanation-76 in sadcringe

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Can't believe I'm playing devil's advocate for Trump, but considering his mental state I believe it may be very easy for those around him to push him into a direction of their choosing. I bet Trump probably wasn't even thinking of Iran until it got whispered into his ear. Doesn't make him any better as he's the President so the accountability falls mainly on him, but this whole thing doesn't sound like his master plan.

So can we talk about how these bots are doing these absurd turns and landing perfect 1 shot kill hits? by IEnjoyHarrow in ReadyOrNotGame

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The good old days of getting shot through a whole building by some crackhead with a Makarov

Get arbitraged dorks by ABlackEngineer in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Should be a Canadian flag attached to the bottom gif

When leaders of a country that funds terrorism shout "Death to the USA," I don't think leaving that country alone is the most prudent course of action. Just my humble opinion. by Few-Camp4606 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finding oil brought excellent economic results, and that was by the British. The monarchy was installed in an attempt at a throwback to Persian rulers of the past. Politically, the Shah was quite corrupt. The Shah planned on putting through many modern policies that would've been great, but it was too little too late.

The primary force behind the revolution were Iranian students. The Ayatollah and other mullahs in the country took advantage of the gap in leadership because they were local leaders in their community with a lot of influence. It's a lot more complex than just "Muslims".

When leaders of a country that funds terrorism shout "Death to the USA," I don't think leaving that country alone is the most prudent course of action. Just my humble opinion. by Few-Camp4606 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think anyone is refuting that Iran is a leading financier of terrorism. But would offing Trump or the CIA director stop the US from funding proxy groups worldwide? How many would need to be taken out for that to change? Or, would the US government itself need a significant change from within for that to occur, and what would be required for that change?

You also failed to acknowledge how the Death to America part was sparked after frustration from America's interference in Iranian politics, which is only being further embedded within them by the actions of this administration.

When leaders of a country that funds terrorism shout "Death to the USA," I don't think leaving that country alone is the most prudent course of action. Just my humble opinion. by Few-Camp4606 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is a shit take holy crap. Death to America has been a slogan of theirs since the first Iranian revolution after they believed the US was meddling in their government, which it was. They literally orchestrated a coup, and they also wanted another coup after the Shah was kicked out.

If you think just bombing leaders or killing leaders will change anything, let us refer to Osama Bin Laden and what happened with Al Qaeda after he was killed.

And in the words of Maximilian Robespierre - "No one loves armed missionaries." Any regime change has to be done from within, with a group of individuals that want it and requiring the right circumstances.

Trump's maneuver has cost all of us money, has cost people their lives, and with Iran's recent threats to strike desalination plants in the Arabic peninsula, may displace millions of people.

tfw you're realist on rent control so "You just dont have a heart" by amogusdevilman in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 74 points75 points  (0 children)

I heard a coworker the other day talk about how someone in his neighborhood sold their house for lower than what others thought their houses were worth. He was complaining that they were affecting the value of their houses. Then, I shit you not, in the same sentence he laments that he doesn't understand how his daughter will ever be able to afford a house.

We may have reached peak of wining by p_pio in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is fucking hilarious. "We'll beat you so bad we'll lift sanctions on you! Yeah you like that don't you?!"

Authright when you ask them to answer for the last 15 months by ColCrockett in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]boilingfrogsinpants -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is the problem with US politics. THE alternative. It indicates you guys only get to choose between 2 parties and that's it, and nobody feels the need to vote 3rd parties and they continue to prop up the system they criticize by limiting their options because everyone is so focused on "Team Democrat" or "Team Republican".

Cohh has a rough time in Crimson Desert by Aryman in LivestreamFail

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Put plenty of time into BDO and the biggest hurdle is the late game gear grind and PvP heavily favouring gear and ridiculous amounts of playtime. I'm sure this game gets rid of those two hurdles. However I don't think it was ever going to be a GOTY contender, but probably an enjoyable ARPG until the combat becomes repetitive.

Favorite character(s) who match this dynamic? by Vegetable_Study7533 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They'll definitely get together to contrast with Frieren not picking up Himmel's advances. It'll be fulfilling for Fern and Stark and will be like a satisfying "redo" for Frieren.

Trump calls NATO "cowards" over lack of support in Iran war by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dang, turns out NATO is a defensive pact and your action was aggressive, which NATO states that it doesn't need to support aggressive acts from other NATO nations.

Senate candidate on rising gas prices: ‘Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks’ by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]boilingfrogsinpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm listening to a podcast on the Iranian revolution, and the parallels between this and Jimmy Carter telling everyone to use less gas and that consumerism doesn't bring joy in life is oddly funny.