chyron8472

Warbler said:

CatBus said:

Here’s how it seems to be going down tomorrow. They are actually going to try to go for confirmation on schedule. No withdrawal, no three-day delay for FBI investigation of newly-revealed materials. Full steam ahead.

We have several people now with stories of Kav engaging in sexual assault, with varying degrees of witnesses, evidence that the stories were shared years ago (not just invented for this confirmation), sworn affidavits, and so on. And Kav perjuring himself at every opportunity doesn’t help his case. He couldn’t even manage a fluff interview on Fox without verifiably lying about his underage drinking.

They can’t turn any of that off, but they can increase the noise in an attempt to drown out the signal. Now suddenly at the last minute, in addition to these women with plausible stories, corroboration, and names, it looks like we suddenly have a new raft of even more sensational stories–but anonymous this time, with no paper trail, no names, no nothing, and trivial to simply deny. And two men have volunteered to the committee that they assaulted Dr. Ford instead of Kav (because not only could that mistaken identity thing be for real, but being assaulted by two guys makes it un-possible to be assaulted by a third…it’s a little-known medical fact, and, oh yeah, people jump up and confess to sexual assault all the time when they’re not even under suspicion). Presumably, the idea is to have the bulk of the hearing’s time devoted to unsubstantiated phantom assaults everyone knows didn’t happen, hoping that the other ones with witnesses and corroboration become less believable by association. Or maybe they’ll run out of time before they have the chance to discuss them at all.

It’s brutally cynical and transparent. And it can work because it doesn’t even have to convince a single person. It just allows the Senators to say with a straight face after-the-fact “Who could possibly have known four of the seventeen assaults discussed at the hearing were for real? Most of them seemed so farfetched, so we voted to confirm.” It also shows who’s driving this, and how desperately they want it–if more than one Republican Senator steps out of line and this vote fails, you can bet they’re getting primaried and worse.

Primaried?

That means the party will try to get them to lose the next primary election by supporting a different candidate that supports status quo party views. Voting against the party has a potential consequence of the party throwing its money behind someone else and you lose your job.

Jay said:

All I know is that activism is slowly replacing reason on the left

While that may be true, activism has already replaced reason on the right. Both sides demonizing each other and glorifying themselves, as though either side has a monopoly on reason, to the detriment of reason itself.

Consider that Rush and Hannity cater exclusively to the right and have done so for a long time; and how many on the right are quick to defame Obama or Hillary, but are extremely hesitant, or flat out refuse, to oppose Trump’s views or actions (except in secret) now that he’s the president.

Why would it be good news that you lost £20?

DuracellEnergizer said:

If listening to an audiobook is reading, then reading liner notes is listening to an album.

It isn’t reading it to yourself; it’s having someone read it to you. If it’s unabridged and the storyteller doesn’t worsen the experience compared to reading it first-hand, then I don’t see the issue other than one of semantics.

Maybe I should have said that it’s not necessarily true that you won’t find someone. Either way, not knowing certainly makes it harder if one decides to focus on it.

That depends on which Castlevania game you’re talking about, of the 30+ games in the core franchise. A lot of people really like Symphony of the Night, which is open-world and is primarily responsible for starting the term “Metroidvania” to describe similar games that are not, themselves, Metroid or Castlevania.

Isn’t there a thought repeating in that barbaric brain of yours? The name “Friendly”—Mr. Edgar Friendly?

…Don’t you have someone to kill?

Yeah, it’s not true that you won’t meet someone. It’s just hard not knowing who, when, or where that is so it feels a long way off. But in any case, it really is better that you got through this with her now rather than stringing yourself along forever.

How could you possibly think the Force is simply a way to have telepathy, telekinesis and ESP?

Ben Kenobi from Star Wars, Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back, and Luke from The Last Jedi specifically say that it is not, and Luke directly chastizes Rey for assuming that it is.

Warbler said:

Warbler said:

oojason said:

I’ll leave the conversation there - as it wasn’t about you (or anything to do with this site)

In that case, I apologize. Next you may want to it more clear what it is you are talking about.

To be clear, I meant “Next time you may want to it more clear what it is you are talking about.”

or you could try not taking offense or assuming offense was intended.

ChainsawAsh said:

people are bitching about DW having an “agenda” now.

Wow. I used to frequent their forums quite a lot, around when Tales of Monkey Island was released.

RogueLeader said:

I’m not saying either side is right or wrong, but I do get yotsuya’s perspective.

If you worked at a bookstore, for example, and you had to choose whether to put Star Wars books in the fantasy section or the science fiction section, which section would you put them in?

But Star Wars books treat the science of the SW universe differently than the movies do. The TFA novel actually explains how Starkiller Base’s primary weapon works and how it can destroy planets while on the other side of the galaxy. The movies don’t do that. In the movies, the science takes a backseat and is almost never explained.

DrDre said:

DominicCobb said:
Absolutely baffles me. Technology is of exactly zero importance in Star Wars. It’s there, that’s it. The films are not about that at all. They are modern myths, and very clearly so. You cannot with a straight face tell me that Star Wars is more similar to Shelly and Verne than to Tolkein and Arthurian legends.

I disagree with this statement. The original Star Wars trilogy was very much about technology.

No. Just because it includes technology, that doesn’t make the story about technology.

LordZerome1080 said:

Warbler said:

LordZerome1080 said:

Warbler said:

It is clear this is marketed to feminists. ugh.

What’s wrong with that? Are you anti-feminist?

I am not what you would call anti-feminist, but I am not a feminist either.

So you are anti-feminist but refuse to admit it. I see.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

Mrebo said:

Warb, I only have a half-eaten bag of marshmallows with which I defend my stamp collection. Actually I don’t have a stamp collection. Nor a gun. And the marshmallow bag is now empty.

allol.

Mrebo said:

I defend my stamp collection. Actually I don’t

Lynx

ringworm

Possessed said:

Ratatat (super Mario rpg forever)

Tribble

Handman said:

Never understood drinking. Had one drink on my 21st birthday, terrible. Never considered it before or since, it seemed obligatory.

I don’t understand people who get drunk on cheap beer. I don’t drink to get drunk, nor do I drink very often at all. But when I do, I drink something that tastes good. I much prefer Shiner Bock over Keystone as beers go; and if I were to drink with the intent to get lit, you can bet I’d drink screwdrivers or margaritas or fireball cinnamon whisky instead of downing a case of Natural Light. Yuck.

ChainsawAsh said:

dahmage said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Handman said:

Wait, your name isn’t Ash?

On the off-chance this isn’t a joke, nope, it’s not! There are a few users on here that now my real name. It’s actually in the ESB:R credits instead of my username, too, if I remember right.

I before your real name?

Except after C!

Collipso said:

it felt like i was going to throw up most of my organs.

That’s called dry heaves.

Handman said:

chyron8472 said:

Don’t come on too strong. Seriously. Yes, talk to her, but don’t let your emotions or hormones or whatever run away with you.

How do you recommend I approach this situation?

I suggest being gentle about it, and letting her have the chance to respond. Like, if you’ve ever seen the movie Hitch, you come 90% of the way and let her come the last 10%. Give her the chance to show you some of her cards before you show all of yours. Dumping all of your feelings in her lap all at once has the potential to be overwhelming and maybe creepy.

You can lead the conversation, but let her follow. And… and I’m really serious about this, don’t take the relationship too fast even if your hormones want you to, because leaving mystery for later makes it better and more memorable. Going fast can be exhilarating on its own, but that feeling can disappear like a flash in a pan. You want a slow burn, not an explosion.

Don’t come on too strong. Seriously. Yes, talk to her, but don’t let your emotions or hormones or whatever run away with you.