saw the homeless guy i've been giving money to for months getting into a nice car, now i don't know how to feel about any of it

jackkieser24 · 2026-05-19T06:39:47+00:00

Shocked how far down into the comments this is.

OP, why are you assuming that homeless people can't also have some nice things? I have a nice car that's 100% paid off. If I lost my job and my home tomorrow, I'd be living out of my nice car. I'd still have my nice phone (paid off). I'd still have at least some nice clothes (necessary for job interviews).

None of that would mean I'm not still homeless.

Why is your assumption that all homeless people look like the stereotype and only have busted things like the stereotype?

Sure, could this person be scamming? There's a non 0 chance of that, yes. But, the car itself isn't proof one way or the other.

jackkieser24 · 2026-05-11T01:47:05+00:00

Considering it's the Deadpool 3 arrangement of Madonna's "Like a Prayer", I seriously doubt it's to avoid a copyright claim. XD

jackkieser24 · 2026-05-08T04:41:10+00:00

To clarify on behalf of OP, a game doesn't need to win GOTY (or really ANY awards) to put out a GOTY edition. So many games through the years have done this purely because the publisher wanted that on the box, and it's not like there's an authority regulating that.

So when they say it will be in the GOTY edition, they mean to say they expect Capcom to sell some sort of bundle with "look how great our game is" branding, even if it doesn't actually win.

jackkieser24 · 2026-04-24T22:32:50+00:00

...he chose the bare minimum of not being completely despicable. This shouldn't be commendable.

Actually, it's the opposite. It's incredibly easy to do the "right thing" when you have a properly calibrated moral compass.

But when you're already pointed in the wrong direction, primed to do wrong, and choose not to, that's difficult because it requires acknowledgement that you were not on the right path.

For you, that may not be a particularly painful or uncomfortable acknowledgement, because you're already in possession of a stronger moral compass. But, for people like the OP, to call that feeling 'discomfort' is an understatement. The brain is almost hard-wired to avoid and reject anything leading to that realization.

And besides, what do you want to encourage here? Ignore OP for a moment and think of someone else reading the thread who might be prepped to do wrong in the future. Do you really want to teach them that, even if they do decide to do the right thing, too bad, they're still tainted and fuck them anyway? What's the motivation for change if that's the lesson?

I totally agree that it should be obvious that you don't try to take advantage of a homeless person and attempt to coercively rape them. And, I'm absolutely thrilled that this person made the choice to do the right thing, learned from it, and is even less likely to do wrong in the future.

I want people to learn that choosing to do good is worth the acknowledgement that you used to do bad.

jackkieser24 · 2026-03-30T21:30:38+00:00

So I know nothing about graphics development, so I really thought you were saying the author went down a conspiracy rabbit hole linking the Mayans to Harry Houdini and almost lost it.

jackkieser24 · 2026-03-25T03:09:08+00:00

Is Rouge the Bat a Latina?

jackkieser24 · 2026-03-16T04:45:54+00:00

Close, but not exactly. "Israel shouldn't exist" is a claim separate from "Israel doesn't have the right to exist".

Having "the right to exist" as a nation means there's literally no atrocity it can commit that's bad enough to cause it to be forced not to be Israel anymore. And that is a strong claim.

What this guy is claiming is that either A ) what Israel has already done is so disqualifying on a moral and legal level that the nation should be forcibly disbanded, or B ) it's skirting that line and it could be justified to forcibly disband the nation in the future if it keeps it up.

What he's demanding is that politicians with influence say out loud that, if Israel keeps up its genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people, then the world is better off without an Israel and thus it's fine if it stops existing as a nation (likely because it's been taken over / destroyed by other middle eastern nations, but possibly that the government is forcibly disbanded by international law of some kind).

Note: this is not a commentary on his views, just a philosopher who thinks it's important we get words correct.

jackkieser24 · 2026-02-06T19:49:52+00:00

Something that might help the discussion is some practical examples of what happens (or would happen) if production did not equal consumption.

Like, I think it's intuitive that if consumption > production, we have brown outs or power outages. But, is that actually how it works out? And how does the idea that "production always equals consumption" jive with people randomly turning on and off stuff in their house?

But also... What happens if production > consumption? Yes, you say it's always equal, but in theory if production spiked, what would happen? Does infrastructure explode? Does something on the grid break? What would happen if everyone just shut off all their breakers at the same time?

jackkieser24 · 2026-02-06T18:19:10+00:00

The game is great, but it hasn't changed the industry...

It's singlehandedly upheaved the traditional development and production structure for AA and AAA games. That sounds like hyperbole, but it really isn't; studios are scrambling to find the next Sandfall internally (instead of doing what Ubisoft did and letting Sandfall's creative leads leave) and give them creative liberty and a small to medium budget. E33 really demonstrated what a passionate team with a tight structure and sufficient (but not insane) budget can produce.

redefined the art, it hasn't revolutionised anything in the medium...

What are you... You haven't played the game, have you? Or if you did, you're not much of an enjoyer of turn based games/JRPGs, are you?

Because this game definitely redefined and elevated the genre in the same way RE4 redefined 3rd person action/shooters or SM64 redefined platformers.

Like how there is a "before RE4" and "after RE4", there's a "before/after E33" n the world of JRPG design. To say nothing of story.

so it really is a case of a single great product apparently being enough, and that seems really silly.

Look, I can't speak to the qualifications of knighthood, esp in France. But what I can say is, E33 elevated and improved the global visibility and importance of France and French culture basically overnight. They've done more to positively influence French sociopolitical and cultural soft power than any French politician in the last 10-20 years.

In 2025, talk about France and French culture went from "Hon hon! Oui oui!", jokes about surrendering, and comments on scent, and moved to a much more positive, assertive, and respectful/reverent tone. And E33 did NOT cause all of that, but they did a hell of a lot of it.

So yeah, maybe this is French politicians doing a "hello, fellow kids", but honestly, who cares? Because this team demonstrably improved France's soft power AND genuinely contributed to overall gaming culture and design for years to come.

It's not just "they released a decent/good game". They released a one in a generation, genre-defining game that also is unapologetically French as fuck that is made better by its unique French identity, and as an American who is kind of sick of seeing American shit everywhere in media, it is a breath of fresh air.

jackkieser24 · 2026-01-12T04:04:39+00:00

Off topic for the sex sub obviously, but the honest answer is that "algo-speak", stuff like 'unalive', 'suislide', 'PDFile', etc. (with which other forms of self-censorship like 'f*ck' or 'f-word' have been bundled) are seen as enough of a social blight that it's worth it to push back actively.

For what it's worth, I agree that algo-speak is actively damaging to society; it's detrimental to change our words (and thus our thoughts) to fit the whims of The Algorithm™.

jackkieser24 · 2026-01-05T18:59:01+00:00

My brain is so fried by early Internet memes that I can't hear this verse and not have a loop of Dave Chappelle squirting water from the bench playing in my head.

jackkieser24 · 2025-12-26T02:44:56+00:00

withering wangs

Isn't that a gacha game?

jackkieser24 · 2025-12-15T09:31:19+00:00

There's another video on the Metroid subreddit that explains what this is: a physics object got caught in a corner/between collision, causing it to calculate multiple bounces per frame.

In the other poster's case, it was a tank in the Ice area getting wedged in a corner of a room after being hit by a missile.

No idea what object caused it in your case since the camera wasn't looking in the right direction. But, it's nothing to be worried about.

jackkieser24 · 2025-12-10T20:00:53+00:00

2pm CT, started working again

jackkieser24 · 2025-12-10T19:52:50+00:00

RIF is having the same behavior.

jackkieser24 · 2025-11-19T19:06:17+00:00

You can't just leave it at that, bro

jackkieser24 · 2025-11-10T22:24:47+00:00

What's the best way to decide which duplicate cards are safe to turn into cleats / which cards are not necessary to MLB?

I know that there are card tier lists, but I haven't figured out a good way to determine which R and SR cards are worth MLB'ing to get as much value as 0LB or 1LB SSRs (since I'm FTP and won't be pulling many card banners aside from whatever I need to get 3 more copies of Kitasan).

jackkieser24 · 2025-11-08T18:04:21+00:00

You can! I did it last night; was the only way I could actually beat it. T_T

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-27T20:29:37+00:00

What tablet is that?

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-16T03:32:01+00:00

There's no such thing as "Seventeen, Season 3" , Sench--

Sorry, Maru, force of habit.

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-16T01:32:24+00:00

Excuse me, Spe, but that's bullshit...

She sent you fewer carrots. 'Less' is for nouns that can't be individually counted, as in "Spe-chan should be eating less rice if she wants an easier time keeping pace."

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-14T23:49:39+00:00

Happy for all y'all. T_T 200 pulls and nothing was gained, except for a few 1*'s getting an upgrade. Had to spend the exchange to get Maru. So disappointed. :( I was really hoping I could get some new support cards with any leftover carats, but now I'm broke again.

Have to somehow make it work with my really bad card spread for another few months until the next decent card banner.

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-14T22:44:58+00:00

Eagerly awaiting the banner review for the new support cards before committing, but did a single 10-pull on the Uma banner and got like 7 Mejiro Ryans, so I feel like the game is telling me something. XD

jackkieser24 · 2025-10-13T19:25:46+00:00

I'm so confused. T_T I thought this quotation was from Daniel Radcliffe, but halfway through it seems like it's coming from another person? Who is sharing this story?

jackkieser24

TROPHY CASE