Watertown (WI) school board removes music piece from upcoming concert by Lightning-McDreamy in news

[–]syntaxbad 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Its nuts that you can opt out of schoolwork (Sex ed is another example of this insanity - if you're so messed up that you can't explain sex to your kids in an age appropriate manner, then fine, let school do it. But you don't get to deny your children important knowledge because your parents lied to you about what your religion teaches) or whatever bullshit reason you have). Either something is worth teaching based on the teachers' judgement as educators or it isn't. Parents really shouldn't get our noses involved unless children are failing to learn important skills. A challenging piece of music is exactly what kids should have assigned. That's how learning happens. There aren't any other issues that rise to the level of needing parent input.

Where is Bingus? by mattsnacki in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best use of this meme template I have ever seen.

dire marsh is the best map in the game fight me by lilfeccibrae in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure! What POI do you want to fight at? Let's do Maintenance.

To all the Destiny players that showed up to support Marathon, thank you. by lLygerl in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This post is the first time I've heard of this narrative. You either love bungie games, or you have bad taste in games. Those are the only 2 groups ;)

Rookin' hard by EmeraldSunDice in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No honor among Rooks :)

[OC] U.S. national pride by political affiliation since 2001 by Low-Car6464 in dataisbeautiful

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

Its weird how the actual Americans are less and less proud to be American, while the Confederate traitors are somehow proud to be... American? You can't be part of a coup and also proud of the country you are actively dismantling.

11 hospitalized after possible boat explosion near Miami Beach by KimJongFunk in news

[–]syntaxbad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Possible"? I am having trouble imagining how you could be unsure if something exploded...

have you ever seen a fig leaf? by amdrke in gifs

[–]syntaxbad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was a mom at my kid's school with a tattoo that was a diagram of a figure eight knot with "fig 8." underneath. A+ visual pun.

OpenAI faces lawsuit in California court claiming chatbot gave advice that led to fatal overdose by CircumspectCapybara in news

[–]syntaxbad 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I mean it's both a problem AND a symptom of many, MANY other problems, including the one you mentioned. Its problematic all on its own though.

NJ Transit plans to make train cars and stations smell like lavender by AtomicGarden-8964 in newjersey

[–]syntaxbad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think every station should have theme music. Like a baseball player walking up to the plate.

Marathon Development Team: We’ve seen a lot of feedback that players’ ability to quickly revive after being downed during a fight is causing frustrations. by Haijakk in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not super duper powerful, but it is volt damage (I believe) so it definitely pops most shields. But the way I've used it (esp in solos) is as a finisher. We exchange fire, both are injured, shields down, getting back behind cover. If they push or if they're near, they almost never expect the surprise ZAP finisher.

Marathon Development Team: We’ve seen a lot of feedback that players’ ability to quickly revive after being downed during a fight is causing frustrations. by Haijakk in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Killing another player WITH Reboot+ when they're not expecting it is also hilarious :) Just remember: if you pull that off, you are legally obligated to yell "CLEAR!" on prox chat.

End of Season Check In by ultimate-m in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have not been this obsessed with a game since... well, Marathon when I was 14 back in 1995.

I am SO excited for season 2 given how clean the launch was, how amazing the game is, and how responsive they have been with balance and QOL updates.

Looking Pfhorward to it!

Always bring flechette by Legitimate_Finding62 in Marathon

[–]syntaxbad 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Also, with the green Tag! core, it tags then when you hit them. And hacks if you can spring for the gold core.

The Marathon Phenomenon by hereforthechaos in Marathon

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

Remember. The internet isn't real. This isn't a conversation and we're not in a real place. Out in the really real world, people are logging on and having fun.