The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
Please vote in the Forum Structure Poll. Polling will close at 2PM EST on January 21, 2025.

The [chat] bully

123457

Posts

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Elldren wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    I mean, I don't hold any love for the show.

    But if this was as widespread as it's being claimed to be then it would've come out way sooner.

    Why?

    I'm assuming amphetamines

    Why would it have come out sooner?

    Cause it was apparently treatment every contestant ever on the show received and I have a hard time believe that this sort of secret on that sort of scale in this sort of information saturated environment stays a secret for as long as it apparently has.

    but if I'm wrong then fuck the people behind all of it cause this is some really nightmarish stuff I'm reading

  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    Yeah, chat is chopping at the bit for OW, you'll get at least 30 hours of chatplay out of it.

    I'll probably buy it then.

  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    tyrannus wrote: »
    tyrannus wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    Honk wrote: »
    I feel like credit score is a very singularly US thing that I don't completely understand.

    You get points for using credit cards and doing good on your payments?

    Basically the better your score, the better terms you can expect from financial institutions, usually for loans.

    I wouldn't give someone with a credit score of 200 a 100K mortgage, but I'd feel better if their score was 800.

    Ok makes some sense, I think banks here mostly are interested in checking income and whatever levels of loans that warrant. I bet they factor in other stuff like if the loan is for a house, how does the market look for that area etc.

    Don't know if we still have the system with what was colloquially called "dots". Like if you let a payment lapse to the third lapse-level (when the state takes over the collection) you'd get a dot for five years and if you had dots you were basically outlawed in the eyes of anyone sitting on money.

    where is here, exactly

    Swedistan

    oh yeah, your banks are super friendly

    Yeah, I've had surprisingly few bad experiences with financial stuff so far.

    PSN: Honkalot
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    I feel like credit score is a very singularly US thing that I don't completely understand.

    You get points for using credit cards and doing good on your payments?

    Basically the better your score, the better terms you can expect from financial institutions, usually for loans.

    I wouldn't give someone with a credit score of 200 a 100K mortgage, but I'd feel better if their score was 800.

    200?

    Try anything less than a 700.

    Isn't the lowest possible score the reporting agencies have 300?

    I think so, but you won't get approved for anything without exorbitant interest rates if you're sub 700.

    If you do somehow manage to hit 200, you end up some kind of case study, like a credit-based Unit 731, where they extend you a line of credit just to watch the horrors unfold.

    They extend you a line of credit and half of Japan suddenly declares bankruptcy.

    A long tiled corridor extends before you, punctuated by heavy steel doors with tiny windows.

    "Zees ees vhere ve keep our most... eeeenteresting subjects."

    Peering through each one as you walk...


    A woman clicks a mouse button and is immediately electrocuted but is left unfazed, then a shoebox drops from a chute into her lap. She sets it aside in a mounting pile, and clicks again...


    A man reaches across an empty table for a stack of loan documents, and the documents recoil from his grasp on their own, unaided.


    A man sits on a chair in a room made up to resemble a used care salesman's office. In the corner, huddled and shivering, the therapist cowers dressed like a used car salesman, stuttering out "A...anything... any interest rate... anything I put in front of him... he signed..."



    "Ahhhhh, here ve are, our most exemplary subect, you vill not want to mees zis..."


    A large monitor on the wall of the cell displays the current stock price of several major credit card issuing banks. In front of them is a table, a man seated, credit cards piled haphazardly before him. He looks upon them listlessly, slowly reaches out and picks one up off the table. As he brings it close to examine it, a set of once-green numbers on the monitor begin to decrease, switching to red. He drops the card. As it clatters to the floor, he reaches for another...

    nibXTE7.png
  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    edited May 2016
    It sounds like they got fed an ECA stack, which is one of those "you can get a script for all parts of it but not for weight loss" things.

    Milski on
    I ate an engineer
  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    It's kind of interesting to see what sort of ads algorithms target you for. Today Facebook sent me ads for a pregnancy test, how to make money in Wisconsin from home, and match.com. I think Facebook thinks I'm a single unemployed expecting mom.

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Why is there another Seth Rogan movie? When will this national nightmare end?

    Happiness is within reach!
  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    yeha I'm gonna play OW like I would play Team Fortress 3

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    Gave my DE razor a good scrubbing to make it shiny and chrome again.

    CjE-cjhXAAApiJf.jpg:medium

  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    I mean, I don't hold any love for the show.

    But if this was as widespread as it's being claimed to be then it would've come out way sooner.

    Why?

    I'm assuming amphetamines

    Why would it have come out sooner?

    Cause it was apparently treatment every contestant ever on the show received and I have a hard time believe that this sort of secret on that sort of scale in this sort of information saturated environment stays a secret for as long as it apparently has.

    but if I'm wrong then fuck the people behind all of it cause this is some really nightmarish stuff I'm reading

    They might've just not told the contestants that the drugs were illegal.

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    Probably the best way to build credit while young would be to tie yourself to one of your parents' lines of credit. Like see if you could be added as an authorized user to one of their accounts assuming they are responsible adults.

    AAAAHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    I didn't feel there was enough progression in Overwatch to keep me interested. Even like, Counter Strike has round by round progression with money kinda stuff. The loot crates in OW seemed pretty sparse. Game was fun, but I can see myself not feeling the desire to play for lack of a reward, especially with a backlog of RPG titles and stuff that I have.

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular

    Coinage wrote: »
    Why is there another Seth Rogan movie? When will this national nightmare end?

    do you not want us to have Preacher?

    is that it?

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    It's kind of interesting to see what sort of ads algorithms target you for. Today Facebook sent me ads for a pregnancy test, how to make money in Wisconsin from home, and match.com. I think Facebook thinks I'm a single unemployed expecting mom.
    Well stop discovering weird tricks and they'll stop thinking that!

    Happiness is within reach!
  • MilskiMilski Poyo! Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    I mean, I don't hold any love for the show.

    But if this was as widespread as it's being claimed to be then it would've come out way sooner.

    Why?

    I'm assuming amphetamines

    Why would it have come out sooner?

    Cause it was apparently treatment every contestant ever on the show received and I have a hard time believe that this sort of secret on that sort of scale in this sort of information saturated environment stays a secret for as long as it apparently has.

    but if I'm wrong then fuck the people behind all of it cause this is some really nightmarish stuff I'm reading

    An ECA stack is a common enough that I can see people not realizing it's illegal.

    I ate an engineer
  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    Why is there another Seth Rogan movie? When will this national nightmare end?

    You can have my stoner comedies when y

    what

    what was I saying again

    nibXTE7.png
  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    i'd play overwatch to get gud and hopefully join in the competitive scene when they put it in because of course they'll put it in

  • DeebaserDeebaser on my way to work in a suit and a tie Ahhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    I feel like credit score is a very singularly US thing that I don't completely understand.

    You get points for using credit cards and doing good on your payments?

    Basically the better your score, the better terms you can expect from financial institutions, usually for loans.

    I wouldn't give someone with a credit score of 200 a 100K mortgage, but I'd feel better if their score was 800.

    200?

    Try anything less than a 700.

    Isn't the lowest possible score the reporting agencies have 300?

    I think so, but you won't get approved for anything without exorbitant interest rates if you're sub 700.

    If you do somehow manage to hit 200, you end up some kind of case study, like a credit-based Unit 731, where they extend you a line of credit just to watch the horrors unfold.

    Hey Gary Transunion! Can I borrow $100?
    "Sure thing Deebaser"
    Thanks bro!
    *lights $100 bill on fire in front of Gary. Vanishes in the smoke*

  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    tyrannus wrote: »
    yeha I'm gonna play OW like I would play Team Fortress 3

    maget

    t9plcgq9ig98.jpg

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    milski wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    Elldren wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    I mean, I don't hold any love for the show.

    But if this was as widespread as it's being claimed to be then it would've come out way sooner.

    Why?

    I'm assuming amphetamines

    Why would it have come out sooner?

    Cause it was apparently treatment every contestant ever on the show received and I have a hard time believe that this sort of secret on that sort of scale in this sort of information saturated environment stays a secret for as long as it apparently has.

    but if I'm wrong then fuck the people behind all of it cause this is some really nightmarish stuff I'm reading

    An ECA stack is a common enough that I can see people not realizing it's illegal.

    the guy apparently literally brought the drugs into the room in a brown paper bag.

    Plus the show would supposedly kick you off if you tried to lose weight via pill so them getting it in the first place should've been a signal

  • skippyskippy Registered User regular
    Atomika wrote: »
    Everyone is Overwatching but I just wanna get back into Destiny because A) I've been out for a while and there's some new content on the way and B) I already own it and C) shuddup no u

    what new content

  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    tyrannus wrote: »
    i'd play overwatch to get gud and hopefully join in the competitive scene when they put it in because of course they'll put it in

    Yes I will take Overwatch as seriously as I did Starcraft 2 and then burn out and lose interest when the reality of my perpetual mediocrity is made apparent.

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    It's kind of interesting to see what sort of ads algorithms target you for. Today Facebook sent me ads for a pregnancy test, how to make money in Wisconsin from home, and match.com. I think Facebook thinks I'm a single unemployed expecting mom.

    Sounds about right

    fuck gendered marketing
  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    tyrannus wrote: »
    i'd play overwatch to get gud and hopefully join in the competitive scene when they put it in because of course they'll put it in

    Yes I will take Overwatch as seriously as I did Starcraft 2 and then burn out and lose interest when the reality of my perpetual mediocrity is made apparent.

    i'm pretty much not going to judge myself and take it easy

    try and play calm without getting mad like I do in like, rocket league

    that way I can deal with being mediocre

  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    I didn't feel there was enough progression in Overwatch to keep me interested. Even like, Counter Strike has round by round progression with money kinda stuff. The loot crates in OW seemed pretty sparse. Game was fun, but I can see myself not feeling the desire to play for lack of a reward, especially with a backlog of RPG titles and stuff that I have.
    First up against the wall.

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    I would buy overwatch except I dont wanna

  • skippyskippy Registered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Yeah, chat is chopping at the bit for OW, you'll get at least 30 hours of chatplay out of it.

    I'll probably buy it then.

    ugh I dont even like it but

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    I didn't feel there was enough progression in Overwatch to keep me interested. Even like, Counter Strike has round by round progression with money kinda stuff. The loot crates in OW seemed pretty sparse. Game was fun, but I can see myself not feeling the desire to play for lack of a reward, especially with a backlog of RPG titles and stuff that I have.

    I find the lack of entrenched progression a bonus. I don't have to earn weapons or the best sights or whatever. I just jump in, play with bros. Stop when I want. It is amazingly nice for me.

    On top of the game play being really nice and tight.

    u7stthr17eud.png
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »

    WTF there's another one!?

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    Chat's obsession wih Overwatch is even worse than Dark Souls.

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    Winky wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »

    WTF there's another one!?

    Came out today.

    u7stthr17eud.png
  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Oh shit POI season one
    Veronica Mars's dad I did not expect to be evil, right up until they got on the boat. The teacher/kid relationship threw me.
    He is one of the best characters in the show.
    And that relationship and the fact that it was Veronica Mars's dad threw off me and my wife, too.

    8i1dt37buh2m.png
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    New mouse and keyboard just got delivered.
    CLICKITY CLACK
    CLICKITY CLACK
    CLICKITY CLACK

    Bless your heart.
  • AlazullAlazull Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.Registered User regular
    Working nights again reminds me how much I used to hate going to the bar after work on the weekends.

    It's a bunch of people you never see around and they're all catty and just trying to unwind with a beer and a smoke is apparently weird.

    User name Alazull on Steam, PSN, Nintenders, Epic, etc.
  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    Sarksus wrote: »
    Winky wrote: »
    Yeah, chat is chopping at the bit for OW, you'll get at least 30 hours of chatplay out of it.

    I'll probably buy it then.

    ugh I dont even like it but

    DON'T YOU WANT TO BE COOL

    But why buy it then, don't people still play the other games like League or Dota or whatever?

  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    He is one of the best characters in the show.
    ehhhhhh

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Honk wrote: »
    Heavy metal poisoning is scary.

    In chemistry we read about some mining town in Japan, not too long ago. They weren't after the heavy metal, they were mining some regular stuff but there was a lot of a specific heavy metal released by the mining processes. Can't remember exactly which element it was but it worked by slowly replacing calcium in their bone structure iirc, which is not great to have happen.

    That sounds carcinogentastic

  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »

    Man these are so good they make me want to buy it and I was just talking about not buying it.

    Also, those tattoos are rad.

  • ZephiranZephiran Registered User regular
    I got beer for Hockey, the US got wrecked against Russia.

    Alright and in this next scene all the animals have AIDS.

    I got a little excited when I saw your ship.
This discussion has been closed.