u/SelectaRx

13.8k post karma · 131.5k comment karma · joined Jun 2011

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    [USA-OR] [H] Asus ROG Strix GTX 1080 GPU, EK Ni/Plex ROG Strix W-blocks(x2), G.Skill Ripjaws 2400 DDR4 8G(x4), Aquainlet 150ml XT & Aquastream Ultimate res & pump, Raystorm Pro CPU W-block, Inwin 509 Case, EK Coolstream XE 360 Rad, EK Vardar F4 120 Fans(x3), EVGA 750 G2 PSU [W] PayPal, Local cash (self.hardwareswap) [SELLING]

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    [USA, OR] [H] ASUS ROG STRIX 1080, EK NI-PLEX WBLOCKS FOR ROG STRIX(x2), G.SKILL RIPJAWS 2400, 15 15 35 DDR4 8G, AQUACOMPUTER AQUAINLET 150ML XT AND AQUASTREAM ULTIMATE RES AND PUMP, XSPC RAYSTORM PRO CPU WBLOCK, INWIN 509, EK COOLSTREAM XE 360 RAD, EK VARDAR F4 120 FANS, EVGA 750 G2 [W] PAYPAL (self.hardwareswap) [SELLING]

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    [REQUEST] A father of two injured in a chemical equipment malfunction at work, unable to to cover all their medical costs; the godparents of a friends child need assistance if you can spare anything at all. (self.Need)

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    [REQUEST] A father of two injured in a chemical equipment malfunction at work, unable to to cover all their medical costs; the godparents of a friends child need assistance if you can spare anything at all. (gofundme.com)

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    Buyer on ebay is threatening to sue me. (self.legaladvice)

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    EK... bad luck, or bad products? (self.watercooling)

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It's actually "6 Inch" by Beyoncé, and it turns out they both sampled "Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes.

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Ugh, no thanks. Almost as bad as 2wicky being sampled in that shitty Rhianna song that makes no goddamned sense.

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Miscreated is super good. There was a zombie survival fps that looked identical to Minecraft, but it's name escapes me, and a search didn't turn up anything that looked like the gameplay I remember, sooo, I'm not sure if they gave up on development or what, but you never know.

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Pedophilia is a mental disease...

By no means means am I advocating pedophilia, but there is a difference between a biological urge thats found elsewhere in other species, and participating in the social contract of human community and law. Humans have (needfully and rightfully) developed strong moral and legal standings regarding pedophilia, because it harms an individual with potential to further the species by way of potential for work, contribution to human society, etc. The moral and ethical failing of the pedophile is (again, an entirely necessary) human construct.

However when we look to the animal kingdom, we see no such repercussion for similar, in fact worse behavior (I can't recall the first exact specifics, but if I'm not mistaken, adult otters will sometimes rape baby seals to death, and no one is certain why... Penguins will rape baby penguin chicks... Ditto dolphins and chimps, possibly the worst offenders dismember and eat infant chimps in front of their mothers, presumably in an attempt to drive the females back into estrus).

Obviously, humans have out-evolved the necessity for these extreme behaviors, but to claim they're a disease is disingenuous. It's more like they're long buried instinctual drives that seem to catch the less vigilant or the weak of mind, or the egotistical by some sort of dark allure, and a chain of events is set into motion.

By human standards is this behavior pathological? It's actually tough to say at this point. We simply do not know enough about the human brain and evolution to make that judgement call. Is it despicable in the eyes of the human social contract? Absolutely. Humans have developed the ability to deny these primordial urges, and evey attempt should be made to punish and avoid them at all costs, because that's not how human society is geared to progress anymore, at the very least. At any rate, calling pedophilia a disease is at least something of a misnomer. Wrong? Absolutely. However, most likely not pathological at its core.

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Thanks for that. Many of us were curious.

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I am sick and tired of getting to know someone, only to find out they're actually a trebuchet. You'd think I'd know the difference by now... the numerous wooden beams, the pulleys, the weights, but every single time I think it's safe to trust someone, they turn out to be just another medieval war machine. It's getting old.

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licks yr armpit, and begs 4 cummies owo

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Okay, yes, and where do my feet go?

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High end gaming rig and console owner. Can confirm, HZD blew me the fuck away. Helped I played it upscaled to 4k (with my bravia 800d,) but regardless, it was a F'n beautiful experience.

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SNES master race begs to differ.

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I was one of thousands, probably more who experienced serious issues with the PC launch of GTAV. I was completely unable to launch the game for at least two days. It was took a community effort to realise there was a server with a corrupt chunk of the download that required basically pure luck that you didn't download from that server. I had to download the game about three different times, alternately trying to verify different chunks with checksum values the community was able to scavenge from various game files and whatnot. It was insanely frustrating, and Rockstar customer service continually maintained it was not an issue on their end, and that users experiencing this issue were hacking this problem because of the nature of PC components being so diverse or some shit, which was infuriating because it was obviously an issue on their end, and they made no effort to make it right, or even admit theirs error. Did a lot of damage to my goodwill towards R*.

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In many years time, I will be in a sunforsaken concrete basement in my parent's house. The warmth radiating from my gpu, sitting at the end of a twin xl mattress, Star Wars duvet crumpled in a heap, RGB mouse illuminates the signed Chell cosplay poster I ordered from Amazon. The mattress is on the floor, atop a milk crate makeshift box-spring. The sheets are grey, spotted with waifu inspired ejaculate. A small, bifurcated window gives a view of suburbia. A blanket of unraked leaves to match the patch of unruly pubic hair and unkempt beard. A child on a tricycle pedals in the distance. My waifu, my gorgeous bluehaired pillow, idealized figure, hair as blue as the daylight sky I never see, and eyes as large as my oversized Razr mouse. She is dressed in a school girl outfit and flashing the "victory" or "peace" symbol. I have her across the bed, exposed to the screen so she may watch my victories and defeats. Her stuffing bared, mother has yet to mend it like she said she would... For many hours we entwine, always silent, always sweaty. Finally with a quiver of the blended fabric, my Aphrodite falls back, motionless, because she's a body pillow with an illustration on it. I myself, of course, am still fully erect, but even pillows need time to dry. I slake my thirst with a can of Mountain Dew Black Label. Between gulps, I stuff my desiccated maw with the remnants of the Halo limited edition Doritos I've saved for this very occasion. Crumbs trickle down upon the spotted front of my Stargate Atlantis shirt. I eyeball the inside of the bag, barren, save the most reluctant of crumbs. I reach for another bag, this one presenting a tougher challenge to open. For some reason, this is a the most difficult bag of limited edition Halo Doritos I've ever tried to open. Truly one of the hardest things I've ever endured in my nearly 30 years on this Earth. "It's still not as hard as it was the first time I saw the first Red Dead Redemption 2 gameplay trailer."

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I think it's kind of the point of the whole system, not to be a black or white, Saint or devil, but to make choices as you go along and note that there may be consequences to your actions, and no one is either wholly good or entirely evil. Sure it can be fun to set out that way, and play through as a total asshole, but I gather the systems are there so the player can make a choice by choice path for themselves, unique to every player and play-through. It's people's natural inclination to try to boil things down to a good/bad binary that breaks the system, in favor of simplifying the whole thing for various reasons. If you keep a mind that the system is meant to be experienced decision to decision, you'll have a bit more fun, in terms of experiencing the game on the level it was holistically designed, as opposed to worrying about extremes of the binary. Yes there's good and bad, but there's lots of stuff in between.

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I was literally thinking, "did some dumb karmathirsty jagoff seriously drag a dinosaur costume all the way out into the jungle just to chase monkeys across a log?" Kinda surprised at my obliviousness.

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Pinko Fraud is my favorite musician group.

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No we can’t agree. Just bc you knew what it means doesn’t make language any less important. People like you are the worst- attempting to discredit me for some reason with no actual point to make. When people fall into a “it’s okay, you know what I mean” mentality, that leads to “muh freedom of speech” or “lol it was just a prank” type of edgy things that’s really harmful to us. There’s a quote about how it’s all fun and games for a group of people to pretend to be idiots until an actual idiot joins and thinks he’s in good company. Language matters and sets the stage for others. But please go ahead and act like an outright dickhead by tying to pat yourself on the back for not caring about rules or something.

No we can’t agree.
"No," and "we can't agree," are independent clauses and should, therefore, be separated by either a period or a comma. In this case, when responding to a question, if the main clause of the sentence summarizes the answer, a comma is traditionally used. Otherwise a period is preferred.

Just bc
Usage of an abbreviation that some people may not know seems a tad hypocritical in a statement designed to defend the universal usage of proper language, wouldn't you agree?

you knew what it means doesn’t make language any less important. People like you are the worst-
Hyphens are used to conjoin words. Proper punctuation here would have been a comma, separating the dependent clauses you were trying to convey. Extra points off for irregual spacing.

attempting to discredit me for some reason with no actual point to make. When people fall into a
"A" before consonants, "an" before vowels.

“it’s okay, you know what I mean” mentality, that leads to “muh freedom of speech” or “lol it was just a prank” type of edgy things that’s really harmful to us. There’s a quote about how it’s all fun and games for a group of people to pretend to be idiots until an actual idiot joins and thinks he’s in good company. Language matters and sets the stage for others.

But please go ahead and act like an outright dickhead by tying to pat yourself on the back for not caring about rules or something.
Ambiguously defined closing clause. Persuasive writing demands careful word choice and well defined arguments. Closing a sentence with "or something" leaves the reader questioning the author's true intent. If you don't know what "something" is, best to leave it out of the work entirely.

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The author seems confused and hostile in their attempts to rebut. Insults should be met with an air of "the bigger man," and addressed in a calm and patient tone. In revealing their offense, the author also reveals a persecution complex, and the work suffers, reading more like the airing of a personal vendetta than an argument for the usage of standard grammar. Also ill defined is, specifically, what standards for text and grammar should be used in this particular context; AP style guidelines? Chicago? "See Spot Run?"

Having neither successfully argued their cause, and simultaneously revealed their personal failings, likewise does this comment fail in its every intent. I offer post-reddit grammar study groups, and barring that, I would suggest supplemental grammar study in the commenter's free time.

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I think one thing we can agree on is that grammar nazis should shut the fuck up.

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Die