I hate him for making me like him for so long, then just flat-out making a move on someone's fiancé.
Roy was a violent emotionally abusive dick who Pam was only with out of inertia.
This is spoilery so:
I thought that was a little bit skeevy on the part of the writing, honestly. Like, Jim is intended to be the PoV character (somewhat), and through him you can relate to something like having an office crush. Then the shows says, 'Well what if the office crush's SO is an asshole? Jim (aka you, the viewer) is such a nice guy! It's okay to make a move if her SO is an asshole,'
That made me so mad. It would be one thing if, say, Pam broke up with Roy and then hit it off with Jim (which as I understand it happened later?) - but the post-poker scene, IMHO, was just an overwhelmingly dickish thing for Jim to do.
is it intrinsically dickish to pursue someone already in a relationship, or does the moral onus to adhere to monogamy fall on the person in the relationship
i'm gonna go check the mail but i encourage you all to shriek at one another re this topic
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is it intrinsically dickish to pursue someone already in a relationship, or does the moral onus to adhere to monogamy fall on the person in the relationship
i'm gonna go check the mail but i encourage you all to shriek at one another re this topic
fully depends on whether i am mr. steal-yo-girl or not
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
i think when there is like a hyper competitive VR game.
i will get it and become the best at it.
that sounds like a good future.
I'm just gonna play holopoint until I'm literally Hanzo irl
here is the real Q
do all of the games sorta kinda suck and do i have time to get in on the ground floor for the first real serious git gud scrub VR multiplayer game?
It's really hard to tell if games sorta kinda suck at this point because literally everything is just mind-blowing for the sheer experience of it.
Like, this is week one, and I'm still at the stage where I'm playing a game and I'm like "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS A THING I OWN HOW IS THIS SOMETHING I JUST HAVE IN MY HOUSE?"
Playing pretty much anything in VR is just fundamentally more fun than playing a video game. Like, holopoint is an incredibly simple and basic game that would probably be mind-numbing to play on a mouse and keyboard or with a regular controller. But playing it in VR is absurdly enjoyable.
i think when there is like a hyper competitive VR game.
i will get it and become the best at it.
that sounds like a good future.
I'm just gonna play holopoint until I'm literally Hanzo irl
here is the real Q
do all of the games sorta kinda suck and do i have time to get in on the ground floor for the first real serious git gud scrub VR multiplayer game?
It's really hard to tell if games sorta kinda suck at this point because literally everything is just mind-blowing for the sheer experience of it.
Like, this is week one, and I'm still at the stage where I'm playing a game and I'm like "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS A THING I OWN HOW IS THIS SOMETHING I JUST HAVE IN MY HOUSE?"
Playing pretty much anything in VR is just fundamentally more fun than playing a video game. Like, holopoint is an incredibly simple and basic game that would probably be mind-numbing to play on a mouse and keyboard or with a regular controller. But playing it in VR is absurdly enjoyable.
i mean the wii was cool but i'm wondering if that will wear off
i think when there is like a hyper competitive VR game.
i will get it and become the best at it.
that sounds like a good future.
I'm just gonna play holopoint until I'm literally Hanzo irl
here is the real Q
do all of the games sorta kinda suck and do i have time to get in on the ground floor for the first real serious git gud scrub VR multiplayer game?
It's really hard to tell if games sorta kinda suck at this point because literally everything is just mind-blowing for the sheer experience of it.
Like, this is week one, and I'm still at the stage where I'm playing a game and I'm like "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS A THING I OWN HOW IS THIS SOMETHING I JUST HAVE IN MY HOUSE?"
Playing pretty much anything in VR is just fundamentally more fun than playing a video game. Like, holopoint is an incredibly simple and basic game that would probably be mind-numbing to play on a mouse and keyboard or with a regular controller. But playing it in VR is absurdly enjoyable.
i mean the wii was cool but i'm wondering if that will wear off
This is absolutely, 100%, not the Wii.
Like, I can't impress upon you, this is by far the most exciting material thing I have ever owned.
i think when there is like a hyper competitive VR game.
i will get it and become the best at it.
that sounds like a good future.
I'm just gonna play holopoint until I'm literally Hanzo irl
here is the real Q
do all of the games sorta kinda suck and do i have time to get in on the ground floor for the first real serious git gud scrub VR multiplayer game?
It's really hard to tell if games sorta kinda suck at this point because literally everything is just mind-blowing for the sheer experience of it.
Like, this is week one, and I'm still at the stage where I'm playing a game and I'm like "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS A THING I OWN HOW IS THIS SOMETHING I JUST HAVE IN MY HOUSE?"
Playing pretty much anything in VR is just fundamentally more fun than playing a video game. Like, holopoint is an incredibly simple and basic game that would probably be mind-numbing to play on a mouse and keyboard or with a regular controller. But playing it in VR is absurdly enjoyable.
i mean the wii was cool but i'm wondering if that will wear off
As someone who has demo'ed a ton of VR... It does wear off, at least for me. But there are still some very cool games, even after the wow factor goes away.
Granted, I'm sure that a lot of the gleam will eventually wear off. It just remains a wholly unique experience that I have never witnessed before any other way.
I would concede and call it 'intrinsically' dickish in a monogamous culture, despite my reluctance to consider any attribute intrinsic, because the pursuit perhaps necessarily clashes with the established culture in conjunction with deceitful, usurpous, and covetous undertones, but there are narrowly constructed justifications and excuses, arguably
erm, that is to say, as it were, like,
Eddy on
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
is it intrinsically dickish to pursue someone already in a relationship, or does the moral onus to adhere to monogamy fall on the person in the relationship
i'm gonna go check the mail but i encourage you all to shriek at one another re this topic
The pursuit in and of itself is not morally reprehensible.
However, the actions taken based on that knowledge can quickly create a moral quagmire.
If someone on a diet were to be offered ice cream no party could be at fault until an action is taken.
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Umm, you nerds should check out Icy's poast in the Frogramming thread in G&T. It's magnificent.
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is it intrinsically dickish to pursue someone already in a relationship, or does the moral onus to adhere to monogamy fall on the person in the relationship
i'm gonna go check the mail but i encourage you all to shriek at one another re this topic
The pursuit in and of itself is not morally reprehensible.
However, the actions taken based on that knowledge can quickly create a moral quagmire.
If someone on a diet were to be offered ice cream no party could be at fault until an action is taken.
There is a difference between the desire and the action of course, but I see no difference in 'pursuit' and 'action'
Once an identifiable action is taken to achieve a desire it then turns into a pursuit instead of an idle daydream does it not
Eddy on
"and the morning stars I have seen
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
My opinion has almost always been that the onus is on the person in the relationship not to cheat, while cheating with is just kind of selfish. But that opinion is likely based heavily both on the rather ingrained thoughts of "I'm not going to turn down an opportunity with this girl because she has a boyfriend she hates" and "I'm not going to be mad at the dude involved if my girlfriend cheats on me," both of which I haven't examined but are almost certainly loaded with unpleasant assumptions.
Like, the huge, massive difference is just the sheer physicality of it.
The good VR games are games that you play with your entire body. And not only are you using your entire body to control it, but you feel as though you identify your body as being in this place. It is a really bizarre feeling when a game gives you hands and right away you feel like "these are my hands".
I end up doing things like unconsciously trying to scratch an itch on my arm using my minecraft pick-axe. It's a really fascinating experience.
I would concede and call it 'intrinsically' dickish in a monogamous culture, despite my reluctance to consider any attribute intrinsic, because the pursuit perhaps necessarily clashes with the established culture in conjunction with deceitful, usurpous, and covetous undertones, but there are narrowly constructed justifications and excuses, arguably
erm, that is to say, as it were, like,
I disagree. For it to be intrinsically dickish it requires a necessarily detrimental outcome for the pursued or at the very least malicious intent.
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simonwolfi can feel a differencetoday, a differenceRegistered Userregular
I would concede and call it 'intrinsically' dickish in a monogamous culture, despite my reluctance to consider any attribute intrinsic, because the pursuit perhaps necessarily clashes with the established culture in conjunction with deceitful, usurpous, and covetous undertones, but there are narrowly constructed justifications and excuses, arguably
erm, that is to say, as it were, like,
he desperately sputters, casting about for any port in a storm to justify his ways
I would concede and call it 'intrinsically' dickish in a monogamous culture, despite my reluctance to consider any attribute intrinsic, because the pursuit perhaps necessarily clashes with the established culture in conjunction with deceitful, usurpous, and covetous undertones, but there are narrowly constructed justifications and excuses, arguably
erm, that is to say, as it were, like,
I disagree. For it to be intrinsically dickish it requires a necessarily detrimental outcome for the pursued or at the very least malicious intent.
I would say there'd need to be enormous caveats for me to be convinced someone stealing another's girlfriend isn't malicious.
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I have been informed of this in the aftermath
I... I guess it means one less thing to worry about in our move-in?
and i am over here like. . .well i ate more food today than i thought i would. so. i got that going.
congrats
I may be full of shit, but I think that's actually just the middle deltoid
(Well, actually...)
nope wrong
proof:
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
my arms seem slopey
hgmm
i will get it and become the best at it.
that sounds like a good future.
we haven't found a place yet, but we're looking
turns out everything is expensive, and she has blackballed my suggestion that we live under a bridge and eat passing billygoats
I'm just gonna play holopoint until I'm literally Hanzo irl
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Ah
Then just shoulder flyes or light presses is what you're looking for
facebook gem
I was gonna say...
here is the real Q
do all of the games sorta kinda suck and do i have time to get in on the ground floor for the first real serious git gud scrub VR multiplayer game?
This is spoilery so:
That made me so mad. It would be one thing if, say, Pam broke up with Roy and then hit it off with Jim (which as I understand it happened later?) - but the post-poker scene, IMHO, was just an overwhelmingly dickish thing for Jim to do.
i'm gonna go check the mail but i encourage you all to shriek at one another re this topic
fully depends on whether i am mr. steal-yo-girl or not
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
sorrynotsorry arch
what's light presses look like
It's really hard to tell if games sorta kinda suck at this point because literally everything is just mind-blowing for the sheer experience of it.
Like, this is week one, and I'm still at the stage where I'm playing a game and I'm like "HOLY SHIT HOW IS THIS A THING I OWN HOW IS THIS SOMETHING I JUST HAVE IN MY HOUSE?"
Playing pretty much anything in VR is just fundamentally more fun than playing a video game. Like, holopoint is an incredibly simple and basic game that would probably be mind-numbing to play on a mouse and keyboard or with a regular controller. But playing it in VR is absurdly enjoyable.
i mean the wii was cool but i'm wondering if that will wear off
This is absolutely, 100%, not the Wii.
Like, I can't impress upon you, this is by far the most exciting material thing I have ever owned.
erm, that is to say, as it were, like,
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
The pursuit in and of itself is not morally reprehensible.
However, the actions taken based on that knowledge can quickly create a moral quagmire.
If someone on a diet were to be offered ice cream no party could be at fault until an action is taken.
y'all know what I was talking about.
There is a difference between the desire and the action of course, but I see no difference in 'pursuit' and 'action'
Once an identifiable action is taken to achieve a desire it then turns into a pursuit instead of an idle daydream does it not
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
The good VR games are games that you play with your entire body. And not only are you using your entire body to control it, but you feel as though you identify your body as being in this place. It is a really bizarre feeling when a game gives you hands and right away you feel like "these are my hands".
I end up doing things like unconsciously trying to scratch an itch on my arm using my minecraft pick-axe. It's a really fascinating experience.
I disagree. For it to be intrinsically dickish it requires a necessarily detrimental outcome for the pursued or at the very least malicious intent.
I still don't because no link has been provided
This ain't China or Brisbane, you gotta cite them sources
he desperately sputters, casting about for any port in a storm to justify his ways
I would say there'd need to be enormous caveats for me to be convinced someone stealing another's girlfriend isn't malicious.