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    spacekungfumanspacekungfuman Poor and minority-filled Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    Excuse me miss. What's the problem? The local gang kidnapped your son and you are too poor to afford ransom. Don't worry, I'll save him.

    *brutally murders every member of the gang, without doing anything to protect the child first or to put him out of harms way*

    Here is your son. No, I don't need a reward. I'm a good guy.

    *gets 5 good guy points*

    *steals everything in the woman's house, including things that will just be sold or possibly discarded to make room on inventory*

    RPG morality is so weird.

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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    evilbob wrote: »
    What I love about the pouches is how tiny so many of them are. Like, you couldn't fit shit in them. Do you really need to carry every piece of spare change in a separate pocket?

    single bullet pouches

    alternatively, cocaine, xanax, percocets, oxycontin, molly, LSD...the artist's fuel

    Liefield is just drawing himself

    3DS: 2165 - 6538 - 3417
    NNID: Hakkekage
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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    21c king of goose

    poo
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    DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I really really really try to not be like this, but jesus christ, 21st, just fucking stop it already.

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    P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    fantasy rpgs are even better about warped morality accepted as fact

    orc/goblin/gnoll genocide ogogo

    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    would taking a data science class at one of those tech learn-y places be a dumb idea

    i am not sure

    my friend took a back end web dev class at one of those places and then got a pretty good job after being a fucking health inspector

    and i have 4 years of good consulting / marketing work experience

    hm

    hm

    i'm thinking i might be sending in an NYU / Columbia bschool apps just to have options, tho hm not sure if bschool is the right thing for me

    poo
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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Huh, this weeks Gotham was actually good.

    Maybe because it was 90% Bullock.

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    bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    Huh, this weeks Gotham was actually good.

    Maybe because it was 90% Bullock.

    Yeah, the weird Selina segment was awful and terrible and that poor girl has a terrible face.

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    CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    Excuse me miss. What's the problem? The local gang kidnapped your son and you are too poor to afford ransom. Don't worry, I'll save him.

    *brutally murders every member of the gang, without doing anything to protect the child first or to put him out of harms way*

    Here is your son. No, I don't need a reward. I'm a good guy.

    *gets 5 good guy points*

    *steals everything in the woman's house, including things that will just be sold or possibly discarded to make room on inventory*

    RPG morality is so weird.
    He is a child so is immortal and obviously wouldn't need to be protected.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    P10 wrote: »
    fantasy rpgs are even better about warped morality accepted as fact

    orc/goblin/gnoll genocide ogogo

    Well, yeah, but those races are evil.

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    SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    I considered bringing up problematic moral values in videogames in the GG debate because while I don't think GTA turns people into prostitutemurderers, there may be some real damage by only consuming media that constantly tells you that you are the hero, saving the world, fuck what laws you need to break because you are the law, and that everyone else is either incompetent or corrupt. It feeds rather neatly in the Randian world ideal.

    Steam: SanderJK Origin: SanderJK
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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    @BEAST!‌ @Hakkekage‌
    In the interest of saving coin, why don't you stop by ours and play a quick game of lifeboat where I can make a round and leverage the safety of your pets for preferential in game treatment

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    SanderJK wrote: »
    It feeds rather neatly in the Randian world ideal.

    I sense someone without moral clarity.

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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    Huh, this weeks Gotham was actually good.

    Maybe because it was 90% Bullock.

    Yeah, the weird Selina segment was awful and terrible and that poor girl has a terrible face.

    I just blank those parts out in my head.

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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    time for a call about a job

    idk if this is an interview or not lol

    poo
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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    would taking a data science class at one of those tech learn-y places be a dumb idea

    i am not sure

    my friend took a back end web dev class at one of those places and then got a pretty good job after being a fucking health inspector

    and i have 4 years of good consulting / marketing work experience

    hm

    hm

    i'm thinking i might be sending in an NYU / Columbia bschool apps just to have options, tho hm not sure if bschool is the right thing for me

    I wouldn't recommend going full time, but part times cool.

    @gooey can offer a counterpoint

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    SanderJKSanderJK Crocodylus Pontifex Sinterklasicus Madrid, 3000 ADRegistered User regular
    There is a dog in Skyrim that follows you around waiting for you to complete a quest. (The dog is actually a devilthing in a dogbody)
    I never did that quest so I had escort dog forever.
    Until he sat down in a cave and wouldn't move. Nothing I did could move him, and I went through a few loading screens so I didn't have an autosave.
    And that frustration ended my Skyrim run.

    Steam: SanderJK Origin: SanderJK
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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    i need to buy a bookshelf should it just be ikea

    poo
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    DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    Huh, this weeks Gotham was actually good.

    Maybe because it was 90% Bullock.

    Yeah, the weird Selina segment was awful and terrible and that poor girl has a terrible face.
    they went for somebody that looked like a cat. brilliant move, that. And seriously the little bit of that show I saw was just so ham-fisted. "My name is Selina...but you can call me...Cat".

    Batman Muppet Babies

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    TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    I always take my vacations on the sands of the beach of stupidity.

    Bless your heart.
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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    would taking a data science class at one of those tech learn-y places be a dumb idea

    i am not sure

    my friend took a back end web dev class at one of those places and then got a pretty good job after being a fucking health inspector

    and i have 4 years of good consulting / marketing work experience

    hm

    hm

    i'm thinking i might be sending in an NYU / Columbia bschool apps just to have options, tho hm not sure if bschool is the right thing for me

    I wouldn't recommend going full time, but part times cool.

    @gooey can offer a counterpoint

    nah if i do go to b school i am going full time i am p sure imo

    poo
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    CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    SanderJK wrote: »
    There is a dog in Skyrim that follows you around waiting for you to complete a quest. (The dog is actually a devilthing in a dogbody)
    I never did that quest so I had escort dog forever.
    Until he sat down in a cave and wouldn't move. Nothing I did could move him, and I went through a few loading screens so I didn't have an autosave.
    And that frustration ended my Skyrim run.

    Console commands?

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    At this point I'm just using b school as a points scam

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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    my room is clean it's weird

    poo
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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    mostly clean...

    poo
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    cptruggedcptrugged I think it has something to do with free will. Registered User regular
    Excuse me miss. What's the problem? The local gang kidnapped your son and you are too poor to afford ransom. Don't worry, I'll save him.

    *brutally murders every member of the gang, without doing anything to protect the child first or to put him out of harms way*

    Here is your son. No, I don't need a reward. I'm a good guy.

    *gets 5 good guy points*

    *steals everything in the woman's house, including things that will just be sold or possibly discarded to make room on inventory*

    RPG morality is so weird.

    One of the only times I'd seen a game actually do something with this was an old old jrpg. I can't even remember the name. But at one point you walk into a house and theres a chest. Well of course you open the chest and it gave some decent armor piece. As you start to leave the town, the sheriff stops you and says they had a report of robbery and you're caught red handed wearing the armor. He even says "What were you thinking? just walking into someones house and taking their things!" It put you in the jail, you lost the armor and had to pay gp to get out.

    This play on normal rpg mentality was great.

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    DiannaoChongDiannaoChong Registered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    evilbob wrote: »
    What I love about the pouches is how tiny so many of them are. Like, you couldn't fit shit in them. Do you really need to carry every piece of spare change in a separate pocket?

    single bullet pouches

    alternatively, cocaine, xanax, percocets, oxycontin, molly, LSD...the artist's fuel

    Liefield is just drawing himself

    Reminds me of the PA "olol draw like liefield" contest a few years ago where liefeild entered drawing himself.

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    Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    hm, i just noticed, this is kind of ironic, i am using the cardboard box for a decorative storage bin to store things in

    but i have no such bin, musta been my roommates

    such classy

    poo
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    KalkinoKalkino Buttons Londres Registered User regular
    I've had a series of annoying arguments at work recently. Everyone knows they are pointless and arguing won't change the various issues but yet I get trotted around the circle all the same. These people must be bored.

    Freedom for the Northern Isles!
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    HakkekageHakkekage Space Whore Academy summa cum laudeRegistered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    @BEAST!‌ @Hakkekage‌
    In the interest of saving coin, why don't you stop by ours and play a quick game of lifeboat where I can make a round and leverage the safety of your pets for preferential in game treatment

    yes we're on board :D tell us what time! Caveat: We have to sleep early cause early flight

    3DS: 2165 - 6538 - 3417
    NNID: Hakkekage
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    TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    Previously on Halloween: Spandex Morphsuits
    Next on Halloween: Fleece Onesies?

    Actually
    I'm alright with the zipup fleece onesies.
    They look comfortable.

    Bless your heart.
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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    BEAST!‌ Hakkekage‌
    In the interest of saving coin, why don't you stop by ours and play a quick game of lifeboat where I can make a round and leverage the safety of your pets for preferential in game treatment

    yes we're on board :D tell us what time! Caveat: We have to sleep early cause early flight

    Fair enough. It is a school night anyway. I just texted raz to see when she can get out of work. will update when i hear back

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    Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    Hakkekage wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    Deebaser wrote: »
    a5ehren wrote: »
    It's probably a mistake, but today I'm getting a straight answer as to whether I'm getting a position at this place and how much I'll get paid.

    If they don't want to put it in writing... well, It means they're not confident they'll keep me...

    Yeah, that's pretty much definitely a mistake. Don't you have a couple months left?

    That's a p shitty plan, 21st.

    What should I do, then? Just... wait another month before they drop me and get a new intern to replace me? I don't really like this place and I don't want to stay much longer if they're just wanting free labor...

    You don't want to work there, but you don't exactly have any other offers at the moment. Hang tight, don't make waves, and send your resume to everyone, everywhere.

    Don't even mention walking out the door until you have somewhere to go.

    I need to make mistakes in life.
    You don't need to make easily avoided mistakes. Listen to me and deebs. We got this shit on lock. While you are seething with resentment in your job look up positions elsewhere and send out your resume. I bet you have enough downtime to do that while at work.

    I can't stay here if they're not serious about keeping me.

    look

    just admit to yourself what you're doing

    you don't like working; you'd rather be jobless and living at home with mom

    so you complain and complain and try to set up these ultimatums that will result in you feeling justified in quitting

    and living at home and faffing around with games

    but you need to consider that you're a grown-ass man and trying to seize responsibility for your life is something you should be doing at your age

    the intern economy sucks, but it's what's happening to people your age now. finish your internships. even if this place doesn't hire you as a permanent, it's valuable experience and will look good on a cv. learn how to set your jaw and suck it up and show up to a job every day. maybe even learn how to work and contribute!

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    Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    evilbob wrote: »
    What I love about the pouches is how tiny so many of them are. Like, you couldn't fit shit in them. Do you really need to carry every piece of spare change in a separate pocket?

    they're for action figures

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    Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator Mod Emeritus
    SanderJK wrote: »
    I considered bringing up problematic moral values in videogames in the GG debate because while I don't think GTA turns people into prostitutemurderers, there may be some real damage by only consuming media that constantly tells you that you are the hero, saving the world, fuck what laws you need to break because you are the law, and that everyone else is either incompetent or corrupt. It feeds rather neatly in the Randian world ideal.

    media in can shape the way we think about things. it is right and just to critique media from this perspective. however, allowing disagreeable expressions is also an important thing, and there's some necessary friction between these two goals.

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    DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    Deebaser wrote: »
    would taking a data science class at one of those tech learn-y places be a dumb idea

    i am not sure

    my friend took a back end web dev class at one of those places and then got a pretty good job after being a fucking health inspector

    and i have 4 years of good consulting / marketing work experience

    hm

    hm

    i'm thinking i might be sending in an NYU / Columbia bschool apps just to have options, tho hm not sure if bschool is the right thing for me

    I wouldn't recommend going full time, but part times cool.

    gooey can offer a counterpoint

    nah if i do go to b school i am going full time i am p sure imo

    This path worked great for Gooby. It didn't work so hot for other people I know. Im a risk averse scaredy cat that hates debt, so the idea of staying out of the work force and losing out on two years of career progression makes me nauseous. I also recognize that this is my neuroses and YMMV

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    bowenbowen How you doin'? Registered User regular
    i need to buy a bookshelf should it just be ikea

    Generally it falls into this category:

    If you can drop >$1000, buy a real bookshelf from a furniture store

    If you cannot, buy ikea.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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    PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    21stc if you are no longer anxious about job can you apply that same change to driver's license testing? Maybe that's something productive you can work on in the last month of your internship

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    descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    cptrugged wrote: »
    Excuse me miss. What's the problem? The local gang kidnapped your son and you are too poor to afford ransom. Don't worry, I'll save him.

    *brutally murders every member of the gang, without doing anything to protect the child first or to put him out of harms way*

    Here is your son. No, I don't need a reward. I'm a good guy.

    *gets 5 good guy points*

    *steals everything in the woman's house, including things that will just be sold or possibly discarded to make room on inventory*

    RPG morality is so weird.

    One of the only times I'd seen a game actually do something with this was an old old jrpg. I can't even remember the name. But at one point you walk into a house and theres a chest. Well of course you open the chest and it gave some decent armor piece. As you start to leave the town, the sheriff stops you and says they had a report of robbery and you're caught red handed wearing the armor. He even says "What were you thinking? just walking into someones house and taking their things!" It put you in the jail, you lost the armor and had to pay gp to get out.

    This play on normal rpg mentality was great.

    There was an Amiga game called Twinsen's Adventure where you run around opening boxes and getting stuff. At some point you end up in a town talking to a woman in her house. If you then run over and open drawers in her house, she says, "Feel free to go through my stuff, jerk!"

    As a kid playing it circa 1990 or so I was quite surprised.

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    AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    Atomika wrote: »
    Liefield is a man of many, many weird tics.

    - can't draw feet
    - can't draw hands
    - everyone has a tiny face
    - everyone has giant boobs
    - pouches, everywhere!
    - weird, seemingly-pointless headgear
    - more weapons than any one person could use
    - more pouches

    Also giant guns.

    He's a man of extremes.

    Giant guns, pouches, boobs, legs.
    Tiny heads, hands,feet, faces, mouths.

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