The Blackangel
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I don’t see religions getting along. The Abrahamic religions have basically been at war with each other since their creation. They call each other heretics and demand conformity to what they think you are required to believe. There is a religion that I hate everything and anything even remotely related to it, but that’s because through my entire life I have gotten nothing but abuse from those people.
Now take other religions than the Abrahamic religions. Hindu, Buddhism, Jainism, Satanism, Hellenism, Paganism, tribal beliefs, and all the others that I’m missing. They actually do tend to get along for the most part. But that’s doesn’t mean they’re friends when it comes to religious practices.
I honestly don’t see peace between religions. So many of them are completely intolerant of the fact that not everyone bends their knee to each other’s imaginary friends. Until we can abolish religion and just believe in something bigger than yourself, there will never be peace.
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Landing on an asteroid isn’t like it’s portrayed in the movie Armageddon. You have to time it perfectly to do it. Then you also have to have a new kind of spacecraft to haul the results of the mine. Now the vast majority of elements in an asteroid is iron, which is not particularly in high demand. Finding an asteroid to mine is pure dumb luck. The NASA budget for finding asteroids and anything of that nature that could be a threat is practically nonexistent. Armageddon at least got that right. So if they don’t have the means to find any asteroids to mine, how are we to mine it? And who are you going to send to live on it and actually do the mining? Astronauts? Coal miners? And who is going to be able to afford to pay them? The American government is already 13 trillion in debt, so we can’t afford it. Just to emphasize that it’s 13,000,000,000,000. Twelve zeros. And how many people would be willing to leave their homes and families behind to work in space? Potentially for years.
There's no practical way to do this.
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Sassafras. Dig up the roots in winter when the sap is all down there in them. You can make some of the best tea you’ll ever have. All you have do is throw a little bit of the root in a pot of water and set it to boil. Take your ladle to give yourself a cup, and enjoy.
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I could have meals every day without having to be in the kitchen myself. That’s my problem. I live to eat, but I HATE cooking. Just ask @Rain Dew about my appetite. She’ll tell you that I’m a bottomless pit.
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This kind of thing is playing with fire but not having a fire extinguisher. People who start reporting anyone they didn’t like or who did something they themselves wanted. There is no way this could possibly work, without in turn causing more problems than before.
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I would jump at the chance to have a robot to cook for me.
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The N64 controller was certainly unique. But despite its shortcomings, it is what gave gamers the first taste of full 360° view and control in gaming. Personally, I always held the middle prong in my left hand, with my finger on the trigger button. I held the right prong with my right hand so I could use the buttons.
It showed us what gaming could achieve. The previous system was 16 bit graphics. The N64 was, as the name implies, a 64 bit system.
The standard design of controllers is pretty much set. Nintendo likes to experiment with its systems and, unless someone was specifically wanting to take first place in the uniqueness category, Nintendo has that one all to themselves.
I honestly liked it. No, I didn’t like it. I LOVED IT.
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The only kind of sustainable fuel we could have for this kind of thing would be if we can harness the power of ambient solar radiation, then convert it into energy. Now we’ll discuss the destination and travel specifics. We’re going to go with a moon, because it’s literally 100% impossible to go anywhere in the gas giants. So that said, not counting Mars, the nearest mooned planet is Jupiter. It took 546 days for Voyager 1 to reach Jupiter. But it needs noted that Voyager was moving at a speed of 38,210 mph. Which is more G’s than any human body could survive. At the fastest speed survivable it would take 5-6 years to get there. Even longer if the planets are at their furthest point. Then it starts at roughly eight years. So unless cryogenic freezing is fully harnessed, I doubt there is anyone willing to spend years on the same ship the entire time.
And just to offer a bit of context, we have half of cryogenic freezing figured out. Just not all of it.
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Inter planetary travel is nothing more than fantasy. It will be a decades before we could even begin to think about such a thing. Possibly even 100 years. The technology and resources required is astronomical. We simply don’t have the requirements to do it yet. And I doubt we will live to see such a thing.
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Game prices should stay in one place. If someone wants exclusive content, they have the right to pay for it. If someone else doesn’t want it, it’s not right to make them pay for something they’re not interested in. It’s flat out corporate abuse. If that’s where the world is going to, then I’m done. I will not be gaming again on ANYTHING modern.
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The government interfering in gaming would be a disaster waiting to happen. They would start banning everything that made them feel icky. The American government would remove everything game they would refer to as “woke” which is fucking bullshit. The only games left on the American market would be be games to force xtianity down everyone’s throats. We have the rating system for a reason. Government intrusion would destroy the gaming industry.
If the gaming industry loses the American market, that’s it. The entire market would crumble completely, and everything since 1983 would have been wasted effort.
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I’m not an Xbox gamer. I’ve just never been a fan of the system. Despite that, it seems to me that Xbox is on its way out. Everywhere I look, people are talking about either the PlayStation or Nintendo. I never hear anyone talking about Xbox. At Walmart, the Xbox section is tiny. Virtually nonexistent. PlayStation and Nintendo have huge sections by comparison. It also seems (correct me if I’m wrong) that there is little to no support from Microsoft for the Xbox. I don’t want to see it disappear. As a gamer I want to see more platforms in the market, not less.
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Has anyone else wondered how this started? The only thing I can think of is that some woman named Karen was bitching out some employee wherever the hell she was, and when asked for her name she told them it was Karen. From there it begins as an inside joke. Then it’s picked up by other people and snowballs from there.
I wonder about weird shit like this. Maybe it’s because I’m weird.
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When I’m playing RDR2 and come across a dog in the game, my yorkie tends to get in a fight with it. It’s actually kinda cute.
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Evan Williams, white label. It’s just as strong as Turkey, but has a richer flavor and goes down smoother.
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I can deal with snow as long as I have 2 pair of sunglasses. I’m so damn photosensitive that I often have to wear sunglasses inside.
But to get back on topic, I will always prefer the rain.
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If we have a future where we still exist, then the movie Surrogate is where we’re going.
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I can definitely see a lot of these games and their copycats in my mind’s eye without effort. There’s a few that I’m not particularly educated about, but that’s mostly just because they’re areas of gaming that I absolutely hate or just no interest in.
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First off, you can’t ignore the fact that Nintendo pretty much saved gaming in 1983. Here (western market)the NES didn’t even appear on the market until 1985. If I remember correctly, it released in 1984 in the east under the name of Famicom.
It revolutionized gaming by jumping from the 2 bit graphics of systems such as the Atari 2600, all the way up to 8 bit graphics. The angles, and interactive background was beyond anything gamers of the era could have imagined. It also gave rise to Galoob who created the Game Genie. The Game Genie was a lifesaver for some. It was required for me to actually beat Mike Tyson, after years of trying and failing.
It gave an inkling to where gaming could potentially go if companies used up-to-date hardware, and kept a highly skilled arts department.
In short, if it wasn’t for the NES, it we wouldn’t be talking, as we never would have met and several friendships would never exist for the same reason.
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There are two demographics in this country that are both in extreme danger. That is Hispanics and transgender women. The level of hate and intolerance towards both is almost at a “kill on sight” point. Adolf absolutely HATES both. But first and second place seems to be shifting. It was initially transgender women who were first in line too receive the abuse, with Hispanic people in a close second. Now it seems to have flipped. Anyone with dark skin is in danger. I know some white women who had kept a tan all their life who are refusing to tan anymore. There are multilingual in this country who refuse to speak Spanish anymore. I have quit learning Spanish for this very reason. We allowed a psychopath to seize power in 2016. When he lost in 2020 he ordered a treasonous domestic terrorist attack. Now we allowed another reign under him. He’s been convicted of 34 felonies, and his sentence was probation. Had that been me (or any random citizen) they would have built the gallows in my front yard. Just take this video for example of what they’re doing.
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I fully believe that people should be encouraged to explore religions. Find what you truly believe independently from religion. Then explore religions. If you find one that lines up with what you actually believe, then explore that religion further. If religion matters to you that is. The problem with religion is titles and forced belief.
Also, has anyone ever noticed that everyone believes the same thing as their parents, and coincidentally enough, it just happens to be the CORRECT religion?
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I hate having my picture for two reasons.
1) I find it invasive.
2) I ALWAYS look like shit in pictures. I’m absolutely not photogenic. I’m photosensitive as hell, but that’s another topic for another time.
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I would say either Skyrim, or RDR2. They still have a heavily dedicated fan base. TLOU2 seems to be in the running as well, but since I’m unable to play it, I really can’t comment.
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All things considered, it’s pretty difficult to repair them. The electrical components, like capacitors and resistors, have changed so much that it’s hard to find parts for a damn near 50 year old system.
How do you feel about using psychedelics for spiritual purposes?
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If it’s something that a religion has used for hundreds or thousands of years in a religious aspect, then I have no problem with it. If you’re just citing that as an excuse to get stoned, then there’s a problem. I don’t like people disgracing their own culture for such a reason. I can’t remember if it’s the Apache or Navaho who used it, but they used peyote in a religious way. They have done it since LONG before white people came to the Americas. So it’s absolutely obscene to try to stop them from continuing their religious practices.