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#1108899
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

Blake’s poem

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon England’s mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land.

Okay, that clearly is not about the literal city of Jerusalem itself.

I don’t see why this is controversial.

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#1108563
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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I thought Majora’s Mask was really just decent. The whole story, theme, and atmosphere of the game are sad and dark; and many sidequests are hard to follow without a guide unless you’ve beaten the game umpteen times. The one big positive of the game for me was the classic Zelda overworld theme when you leave Terminus.

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#1108527
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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ray_afraid said:

chyron8472 said:

what I’m really saying is that I’m a fan of Nintendo and I want to want the Wii U. But at $250 and with no major exclusives that I don’t already have, I can’t justify it and it makes me sad to say so.

Trade “Wii U” for “Switch” and “$250” for “$500” and I totally agree.

Switch is $300.

The WiiU can run every console Zelda title since the gamecube’s WW.
That’s four games and two remakes. The Switch can only run one.

The Wii may not support HDMI, but it does support GameCube titles (of which I have many). Effectively, the WiiU’s VC catalogue is really not much bigger than the Wii’s. Also, I really am not impressed with the Gamepad.

There might not be a whole lot of reason for you to own a Switch yet if you have a WiiU, but there is also not much reason for me to own a WiiU if I own a Wii and had the option between a WiiU and a Switch when the price difference is 50 bucks.

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#1108473
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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You weren’t replying to me, but you also weren’t having a private conversation. In public, other people in the room are allowed to chime in now and then.

In any case, what I’m really saying is that I’m a fan of Nintendo and I want to want the Wii U. But at $250 and with no major exclusives that I don’t already have, I can’t justify it and it makes me sad to say so.

Meanwhile, Samus Returns just came out, and because I find the portability of the Switch surprisingly useful, I find myself really wanting a New 2DS XL. The whole DS/3DS line had plenty of games I passed on because I once thought portabilty an unnecessary novelty for myself as an adult.

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#1108443
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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Possessed said:

(ahem BOTH ZELDAS cough)

Both? …Oh! You mean both N64 Zelda games. For me, those are just two among many, given that I have every Zelda game ever made for a set top console (except the HD remakes for Wii U). Since I can play every single one of them with my Wii and my Switch, I don’t bother with emulating them on my PC.

ray_afraid said:

Possessed said:

I don’t yet have any interest in the switch. When I finish playing through the twilight princess remake for wiiu I plan on picking up breath of the wild for the wiiu.

Solid plan. I’m playing BOTW on wiiu. It’s fantastic.

That’s the thing, though. I waited to buy a WiiU until it had an exclusive Zelda or Metroid game. But nope. Never happened. I always said of the Wii U that if I had one I would straight up buy Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, but I would only buy them for it, not buy it for them.

Given that Nintendo held off on Breath of the Wild until the release of the Switch, owning a Wii U seems almost pointless to me now.

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#1108208
Topic
Video Games - a general discussion thread
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RayRogers said:

PC Mustard Race here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dm2lBzm2AE

😃 Oh, that was good.

Only consoles I have are emulators since I’m a lazy arse.

I have consoles simply because I want certain exclusives. I’m not waiting around for a Nintendo Switch emulator before I can play Breath of the Wild. My computer armoir actually is in my living room right next to the TV, so having a console for that purpose is moot.

I did originally buy a PS3(Slim) primarily because I needed a bluray player, but since I now ALWAYS rip every physical disc I own immediately to Plex, that has also become moot.

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#1108113
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejediknighthusezni said:

It is certainly True that Jesus and the Apostles put great emphasis on products of the Spirit such as love, joy, peace, patience… Jesus placed extreme burdens on his missionary clergy the Disciples. Of course they would, they were launching the most radical faith system in history in the face of intense depravity holding all worldly power. Christians could not be antagonizing in their regular day-to-day lives. But these are not the only fruits of the Spirit, and we do not always act in a regular day-to-day manner. Jesus himself whipped the moneychangers, hurled the worst possible curse words and invective at the Pharisees, vowed again and again and again and again that he would hurl the rebellious into eternal agony, commanded Christians to sell their garments if necessary to buy the weapons for bloody defense… Jesus and the apostles commanded castigation, shunning, extreme judgement of all…

You truly have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. Jesus rebuked the moneychangers for turning the temple into a marketplace of greed and profit. He lambasted the Pharisees because they held themselves up as righteous and yet their hearts were cold, empty and bitter, as “whitewashed tombs”. He said love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, as even pagans love their friends. He made friends with tax collectors and prositutes. He didn’t berate them. He didn’t teach people to belittle others or to be verbally abusive. How dare you.

You really have no idea at all what you’re talking about. You just want some excuse to be vile.

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#1108036
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejediknighthusezni said:

Different plumbing is no excuse for trying to empower a PROVEN purely depraved mass-murdering psychopath. If Killery had been the relatively outside real estate developer and Donald was the vomitously corrupt stage manager of the Arab Spring cataclysm for the Middle East AND Europe, I would have voted for the female.

AGAIN, you are being neither pleasant nor decent in this horrible, dismissive, inflammatory attitude. And you are at this point angering me. So I would appreciate it if you would please, PLEASE. Be. Quiet.

I voted for Hillary. There. I did. I would have voted for her in '08 if not for Obama. I am a late-Gen-X devout Christian white male from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who has a wife and a daughter, and owns a house with two cats and a golden retriever. By rights, I should be normal. Yes? But I voted for Hillary, so I’m depraved and ought to be subject to public shaming.

No. Stop it.

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#1108017
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejediknighthusezni said:

a Regular American is one [who has an] appreciation for the Principles that have fostered everything pleasant and decent in American society

Also, how many people do you know who do this? Have you read Facebook? Have you read any Youtube comments? Most of the people commenting on the net are vicious. Is that ideal? No. Not by a long shot. But it apparently is normal.

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” -Oscar Wilde

Further, apparently normal people voted for Donald Trump. DONALD. TRUMP. From as early as the primaries. Donald Trump does not “appreciate the principles that have fostered everything pleasant and decent in American society”. Are Trump voters “normal”? Why then are people who dislike Trump not normal? Why are people who wanted to vote for the first female President and/or a person who is vastly more qualified to lead the country than DONALD TRUMP, why are they not normal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52KPdo-u3po&t=1m10s

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#1108000
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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thejediknighthusezni said:

I would say that a Regular American is one who is a born or properly naturalized citizen with appreciation for the Principles that have fostered everything pleasant and decent in American society and who have considerable desire to live their lives according to what we all, underneath it all, know to be True (this will shock many, but that doesn’t include “transgender” 9 year old boys in skin-tight pink outfits on the covers of our most august publications.)

So what you’re saying is: people who don’t like the music that you like are not normal; people in a certain region who don’t appreciate the things you perceive people in that region should appreciate are not normal.

People who play D&D are not normal. People who dress up in funny costumes and go to conventions to hang out with other people in funny costumes are not normal. People who do not dress how you would have them dress are not normal. People who are not politically conservative are not normal. …and people who belittle others in a Politics thread on a Star Wars forum are not normal. Wait what?

You, sir, are not normal.

And I would say that your assertion that only normal people are pleasant and decent, while saying eccentric gay people are not by default, just speaks to your narrow view of what is pleasant and decent. Especially because you are being neither pleasant nor decent.

The Bible does say that the Fruit borne of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Such things are ideal, but we live in a fallen sinful world, with hurting people, who all have their own hurts, habits and hang-ups. You are no measure by which to judge how “normal” said hurting sinful people (including myself) do or do not match up to that ideal. Especially when American culture in general is extremely selfish and doesn’t place much value in many of those traits.

The biggest difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals don’t trust the powerful corporations, and want the government to regulate business while staying out of their personal lives; conservatives don’t trust a powerful government, and want the government to regulate society while staying out of their business activities. People from either viewpoint are equally normal.