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@Nyxified
As if by fate, Hubbard didn't win a medal this time due to some either cracking under pressure or aging (she blames aging).
I actually think that this outcome is superior for trans athletes as now they can justify their participation far more. In 2060 it wouldn't surprise me if we see trans athletes snare many medals from cis females. Time will well, that is for sure.
Had Hubbard performed as well as she had in the Pacific Games, we'd have seen more backlash come towards the unfairness. Age and perhaps nerves (can't be easy being on the Olympics as the first trans athlete) caused her to shake and drop the weight a couple times.
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@Dr.Franklin
If you do, BlueStacks is the best emulator of Android on PC that I can find, brilliant for grinding the game while not wasting phone battery.
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@Theweakeredge
I already am in HoF but if I see a thread of mine or debate of mine has chance (this time will be the first year that's unlikely actually) then I'd vote for my own, always. It's not immoral, I am not immorally rewarding myself for genuine contribution to the site, I am morally doing so.
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@Dr.Franklin
Do you play it then?
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@Theweakeredge
No it isn't, if the rules don't rule it out, it's mandatory to vote for yourself so as to cancel out the votes others will give themselves.
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@Nyxified
You are just misinformed at this point.
It's about ratio and angles (as well as raw ligament strength) not just the fact that indeed they have a length and width advantage.
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There's nothing immoral about voting for yourself... Like nothing at all.
If the rules allow it and you are viable to win the nomination, always vote yourself or your thread etc, it's never wise not to.
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In weightlifting in particular, the pelvis and shoulder as well as raw hand size vs arm ratios make males superior at it than females of the same size and weight. This doesn't begin to explore resistance to pain because while testosterone is part of that, the brain of men themselves react less severely to pain thab females' do.
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@Bones
I'll see what I can do, I still owe blamonkey a thing
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@Bones
These were ruder than my other thing and I think this was cringier too.
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There is one way that free-to-players play dirty though if they've paid or have a good emulator for Android on PC, they have multiple instances of the game across 4 accounts (one is their main) and abusively farm crates, cash and ammunition (the latter isn't as easy to do though as you have to get to mansion level 9 to make it worth the grind and that involves crates and cash to build for the farm accounts)
Farming is seriously lame and wastes more of your life anyway than the game already is, so unless you badly badly want to dominate a server, don't bother.
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Unlike the ads, Mafia City isn't a 3d game where you make tough decisions, it's at first a run of the mill pay-to-win clan war game.
If you ever were too inactive or lazy, just tap 'redo city' because you'll never catch up in that particular server, they almost always start you off fairly though but if you're unlucky enough to start bang in the middle of a period where a server isn't 'overfull' and there aren't enough to justify opening another you'll be a straggler so if you notice you're waaaay waaaay behind anyone, just ride it out and get a feel for the game then start a new server when the option comes (if you just start anew there and then, you're probably ending up in an even worse city where you're even more behind the curve).
The reason I recommend this game is that unlike the other clan war games I've played, this has legitimate, fully viable ways for an 'addicted' free-to-play gamer to catch up with and snowball a freely bought VIP upgrade as well as then using the privileges like a second building queue to their advantage enough to genuinely out-compete or equally compete with the average pay to win player. You will never truly be top of a server if you aren't a pay to win hardcore type but you can genuinely maintain a high rank in a server for a long, long time (servers don't last forever but they last many months making the grind worth it, I think it's like up to 8 idk).
I have played one or two other clan war games and they not only throw you in the deep end but their 'flexibility' is actually very deceptive. Mafia City's simplicity is in fact its strength (there's only one direct means by which to pillage others and you can't hijack the pillaging army during, you can only defensively defend your own clanmember or alternatively sacrifice them and attack the attacker preemptively but that's usually the worse option as you first want to make their attack itself fail and their forces significantly deplete). You have constant daily missions guiding you on what to do and when. You don't need to follow it to play 'correctly' if you're pay to win or hardcore grinding but it helps to abide by the quests that come daily because the rewards are absolutely generous and add up to equal having paid a full 5 dollars for upgrades over just 3 days of properly abiding by it vs that.
I have never ever come across a clan war game where if you are dedicated and observant enough you can genuinely be on equal footing with hardcore pay-to-win scrubs. When I say pay to win, I respect that they fund the game's production, of course, but when someone literally pays 100 US dollars' worth to stampede past 2-2.5 weeks of hard work in-game, in a server that's fresh and where their lead then lets them snowball their clan hard there comes to be a level of 'hmph'.
Interestingly, though, the game's design is very clever, there's become a culture of 'don't unnecessarily pick on the noob clans' among the higher clans and it's enforced within the clans by either kicking the member full out or letting the member be attacked by the other clan first and then warning them (but the latter won't usually work if they messed with a noob clan).
It's a very fair culture in the game, I don't feel the same as in other clan war games at all, the culture seems to be that the big dogs pick on each other and any little league clan is kind of ignored and left to compete on their own level in the outskirts of the map as they please. This is largely due also to the fact that the game doesn't 'kill' newer players' armies as much it just wounds them and also it pays out only 50% what you'd naturally earn from a player if it feels their level is too low compared to yours.
There's many nerfs and structures in the game that make it a very healthy balance between an individual adventure and social gaming.
No, I wasn't paid to write this, I just truly feel this game is on another level in terms of clan war games.
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So I recommend the Riot Games
League of Legends
and
Legends of Runeterra
but I also suggest a couple games that are phone-only (or you can play on an android emulator)
Autochess by Dragonest (competes with Teamfight Tactics by Riot Games, it bought out the copyright for the autochess from the original Dota 2 based autochess)
and then I recommend Mafia City.
Which I haven't mentioned before.
Unlike the ads, Mafia City isn't a 3d game where you make tough decisions, it's at first a run of the mill pay to win clan war game.
If you ever were too inactive or lazy, just tap 'redo city' because you'll never catch up in that particular server, they almost always start you off fairly though but if you're unlucky enough to start bang in the middle of a period where a server isn't 'overfull' and there aren't enough to justify opening another you'll be a straggler so if you notice you're waaaay waaaay behind anyone, just ride it out and get a feel for the game then start a new server when the option comes (if you just start anew there and then, you're probably ending up in an even worse city where you're even more behind the curve).
The reason I recommend this game is that unlike the other clan war games I've played, this has legitimate, fully viable ways for an 'addicted' free-to-play gamer to catch up with and snowball a freely bought VIP upgrade as well as then using the privileges like a second building queue to their advantage enough to genuinely out-compete or equally compete with the average pay to win player. You will never truly be top of a server if you aren't a pay to win hardcore type but you can genuinely maintain a high rank in a server for a long, long time (servers don't last forever but they last many months making the grind worth it, I think it's like up to 8 idk).
I have played one or two other clan war games and they not only throw you in the deep end but their 'flexibility' is actually very deceptive. Mafia City's simplicity us in fact its strength (there's only one direct means by which to pillage others and you can't hijack the pillaging army during, you can only defensively defend your own clanmember or alternatively sacrifice them and attack the attacker preemptively but that's usually the worse option as you first want to make their attack itself fail and their forces significantly deplete). You have constant daily missions guiding you on what to do and when. You don't need to follow it to play 'correctly' if you're pay to win or hardcore grinding but it helps to abide by the quests that come daily because the rewards are absolutely generous and add up to equal having paid a full 5 dollars for upgrades over just 3 days of properly abiding by it vs that.
I have never ever come across a clan war game where if you are dedicated and observant enough you can genuinely be on equal footing with hardcore pay-to-win scrubs. When I say pay to win, I respect that they fund the game's production, of course, but when someone literally pays 100 US dollars' worth to stampede past 2-2.5 weeks of hard work in-game, in a server that's fresh and where their lead then lets them snowball their clan hard there comes to be a level of 'hmph'.
Interestingly, though, the game's design is very clever, there's become a culture of 'don't unnecessarily pick on the noob clans' among the higher clans and it's enforced within the clans by either kicking the member full out or letting the member be attacked by the other clan first and then warning them (but the latter won't usually work if they messed with a noob clan).
It's a very fair culture in the game, I don't feel the same as in other clan war games at all, the culture seems to be that the big dogs pick on each other and any little league clan is kind of ignored and left to compete on their own level in the outskirts of the map as they please. This is largely due also to the fact that the game doesn't 'kill' newer players' armies as much it just wounds them and also it pays out only 50% what you'd naturally earn from a player if it feels their level is too lower compared to yours.
There's many nerfs and structures in the game that make it a very healthy balance between an individual adventure and social gaming.
No, I wasn't paid to write this, I just truly feel this game is on another level in terms of clan war games.
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@Lunatic
Uriah only wins if the enemy slips up, Sean wins even when the enemy doesn't unless the enemy is just as skilled and aggressive from the get-go.
That is just what I believe.
Uriah needs to stop waiting for the enemy to make a mistake and start racking up points regardless. His fighting style only works vs the type of fighter who gambles too hard too fast.
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Some fathers are involved in toxic overbearing ways tbh, they try to ensure their children to best but drive them to the other end, especially in terms of motivation to do well.
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To be clear, last HoF the campaigning and group PM rule were removed. Are you reverting it then?
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@TheUnderdog
What you're saying is crying about is worth crying about you fucking ignoramus. Homophobia isn't a joke.
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Those highest on the totem pole in official status are often slaves to many string-pullers behind the scenes.
One of the only exceptions to this rule amongst very powerful nations is Putin and Russia, in Putin's Russia he is also the alpha figure within the kleptocracy but of course there's reason to doubt that (it is, after all, a very convenient truth to perpetuate the appearance of if in fact it isn't the case).
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@DebateArt.com
Even if you copy and paste with indentation, this text field edits them out upon publication. There's more to alter than just the option, I think. Your formatting has 'ruled out' indentation as a factor. The way I made a pseudo-indentation just there was with multiple space characters.
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@Outplayz
When it comes to religion, it was just obvious to me it's man-made as soon as i was old enough to think for myself.
Same here, I actually had the fortune of having parents who are kind of 'closet agnostics' (their generation you couldn't really admit you were/are one but they both have figured out how artificial it all is).
I was literally introduced to Christianity, for instance, by telling me that it's a religion about this guy called Jesus and he was born in a manger and died on a cross (nothing more to it). I came home from school one day asking my mother about if Jesus was the son of God and she said 'sure, if you choose to believe that'.
I kind of knew from a very young age vs the norm that religion was just a choice/trend/norm as opposed to 'the truth' because that is precisely how my own parents introduced religion(s) to me. I don't agree with the wording 'choose to believe' but I can totally relate to you discovering how BS it all was from a very young age. After all, I did inherit my cynicism from my parents, most likely (they're both pretty cynical when it comes to how 'true' religion is but both are neutral and even enthusiastic about respecting traditions).
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@Theweakeredge
Almost every thread by this Underdog guy makes me cringe at his ignorance of the very topic he's made the thread about.
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@TheUnderdog
SJWs believe in equality and protecting the vulnerable, tolerance comes along with the protection aspect.
They do not ever need to tolerate intolerance because the very basis of their tolerance is protecting the outcasted and vulnerable from being intolerantly bullied and neglected.
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@fauxlaw
Came back with...
Protein shake and a cutting-edge vibrator, realising that the kitchen wasn't the only place I was slacking.
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@fauxlaw
Reece's story ending refers to the fact that cards against humanity has cards that have beginnings of sentences that you must end in the funniest way possible.
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Why is this in Politics, I wrote this in Religion forums I thought
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@Dr.Franklin
Interesting, still the Questions point stands.
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New profile format both leages out last online time as well as the entire Questions section.
Both are accessible via switching to Debates, Forums or Friends. These unlock the 'how long ago' last online time and Questions tab.
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@Dr.Franklin
Americans DONT WANT unrestricted capitalism garbage where everything is profit, they want a moral free market where the restrictions are duties to the employees, nation, community, and God.
And like the right-wing of pretty much all nations where there really is one, you're conned by bullshit promises and propaganda to vote against what you want in favour of an evil worse than 'the Left' that would actually help out the small business owners and working class far more.
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Biden has severe dementia and they are lying about it to not risk a reelection favoring the Republicans.
It is too blatant for us on the left to deny without outright lying at this point. There is something dirty going on in the Dem party atm, they're lying about their leader's mental competency.
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@Dr.Franklin
If you believe 90-9-1 is a rule and not a sign of a bad community for the 90, then what's the point of this thread?
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@Dr.Franklin
Most US leftwingers are centre-economics-wing. The Right of the US is economically further Right than any other highly developed nation in existence.
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@Bones
Solving means all colours match across all sides.
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Dr franklin are you a socialist? Must we enforce equality of participation?
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If the devil is the ruler of hell, why isn't Jesus the ruler of heaven?
They aren't rivals, they are completely different people. The devil isn't out to convert and convince, he's in it for the thrill.
Jesus is in it for the compliments and fulfiment from a daddy figure that will never see him as someone truly on his level.
If Jesus is God and calls himself his own father that is just so twisted, in a depraved way that implies a deeply weird desire in him to make himself his own male underling... What is more interesting is why he made himself go through such a masochistic ending.
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Before you retort that homosexuals can be alpha males, I am aware but there is a type and it doesn't add up.
Jesus is a needy guy, clingy, attention-seeking (almost entirely with males who are themselves rebellious and dominant except for John), compliment-thirsty and at the same time is hardheaded, ruthless, cunning and teaches his followers to be cowards.
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If you really think about it all for a minute, we all can in some way relate to or know someone that can relate to this devil Satan character.
He wants the freedom from a tyrannical piece of shit and yet comes to become the very thing he hated God for being and winds up the ultimate tester and enforcer of sinning spirits.
He struggles in a way that suggests genuine agony and psychological trauma, not just weird hypocrisy.
The character Jesus seems conflicted, the guy in one way is an outgoing alpha male and in others is a very homosexual needy type. In one way, he wants us all to forgive and love each other and yet also we are taught to resent and loathe the devil and all those who dare sympathise with him.
This devil character is not angled as an enemy of Jesus but rather a bully, yet in reality it is Jesus who is potentially the bully to the devil. It comes entirely down to who is lying about who.
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There's two core fundamental approaches to this and you are approaching it from the other angle to me.
I aim to write such that even the most casual reader can follow what I'm saying without stressing their brain or eye too much.
You aim to write such that the most intensive readers can rapidly pick up on the logical framework of your rebuttals and point-extensions.
Ultimately these two polarities are stylistic debating vs structural debating. Debaters like yourself exist also in real-life tournaments, you don't flex your eloquence, you just slam in as many words as possible in the amount of time and are skilled enough to know what types of lines-of-logic the judge is looking for. You overload your opponent in many rebuttal-tangents while maintaining anything the opponent failed to rebuke as a point you still maintain (and you repeat these each Round).
I was always a more stylistic debater, especially in person and it's why I was much stronger as a late-Round speaker than a first-Round speaker (all teams I worked with agreed with me on this both positively and negatively, I will go a bit creative and crazy if I'm forced to speak first and always will spice up or tone down a contention or two if I feel it's necessary for defense later on, which both annoys the team and is a position I myself dislike to be in as I don't know for sure how well or how poorly the enemies nor my allies will actually have pulled off said points, I much prefer/preferred to be the backup there for rebuttal-defense and creative angling).
Debaters who aim to format their debates textually how you do, tend to be excellent mid-Round debaters actually, though they certainly are superior first-Round than last-Round debaters. The type of debaters who do best first-Round tend to be the ones who don't enjoy what rebuttals entail and that line of thinking in debates (they're great presenters of already well-built cases, not so much actually hot-seat defenders or attackers).
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@Vader
Firstly, true keto diet is indeed zero carbs because ketosis is what happens to starving poor people as their body gets sick and starts digesting its own flesh and fat to create energy (yes, that is where 'keto diet' gots its name from).
Secondly, I have in my own time noticed both personally and via trials a theory that salty and oily foods are catalysts that then make bodies worse at digesting and superior at retaining calories as fatty tissue. Scientists who are skeptical keep quiet as it gets you shunned if you oppose the mainstream idea that carbs make people fat. You see, it's from carb-heavy food that the calories come but it's from salty and fatty foods that the body gets a catalytic tendency to retain the calories as fatty tissue rather than to break it down or to burn it.
High carb diets only make you fat if you both lead a very sedentary lifestyle (including mentally, not just physically) and eat oily and fatty foods regularly too. It is also very correlated with you lacking vitamins and/or minerals especially the B-vitamins. B-vitamins are the opposite kind of catalyst to what oily and salty foods are; they almost outright force the stomach and body to break down and release carbs as energy rather than retain it as fatty tissue.
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@zedvictor4
I used to be an anger-prone guy but I was speaking of motive for Wylted's name-change, not result.
I am actually difficult to truly piss off now specifically due to good, learned anger management techniques and regularly meditating as well as a better diet and mild antidepressant I take.
My raw natural self is actually a calm guy who loves to laugh, that's how I was as a young guy, then bullies and life made me become miserable and I became an angry, toxic person. What helped me the most was realising that these toxic bullies are slaves to their own insecurities and rage, it's why they want their victims to feel both.
Once you see those that wish you misery as themselves being miserable, it gradually becomes easier to not get so triggered by them as you realise their motive is nothing more than spreading their own suffering.
I have never met someone who is genuinely happy and content who then sets out to wind others up.
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Do not do the keto diet. It works minimalistically well at the sake of any energy.
Human bodies are meant to experience carbohydrate- based energy.
It isn't carbs on their own causing fatness but believe what you want.
I'm a slim guy, I eat a lot of carbs (not nonstop ofc), it's because I also eat well with vitamins, minerals and fibre to balance it out (ofc protein too) that I and others like me (slim people who regularly eat carbs) don't end up overweight.
I also unironically believe that playing games that demand a lot on the brain as a hobby (rather than simple mind-numbing activities) is consistently correlated with being slimmer whereas being into 'dumber' hobbies that also aren't physically demanding results in one burning less calories during their spare time.
I don't think everyone wants to lose weight though, I'd know. I do however believe that the cold turkey cutting of carbs isn't the optimal approach to weight loss at all.
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@Aryanman
School shooters are mentally ill sociopaths if not psychopaths who rarely hit a single one of the people who even bullied them.
I am not sure where you draw the parallels here but me blocking you and noting you for being the racist scumbag troll you are isn't the same or even remotely similar to the vile thing you're comparing it to.
You are a seriously nasty person and your reply only furthers my case.
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@Aryanman
Blocked and permanently on my shitlist.
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@Aryanman
What the fuck are you even saying?
What is racist and true?
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Currently both Palestine and Israel are being led by hostile powers that have zero intention on negotiating with the other side, this is a significant issue that will repeatedly cause abrasion, not just attrition in an ongoing vicious cycle until something is done to broker a two-state solution and both sides have less of a knucklehead in charge.
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The fact you firstly think someone can't side with Palestine over Israel and not be antisemitic shows perhaps literal brain damage on your part.
The fact you took my two-state solution and denouncing of Hamas and all it has done to corrupt PLO and Palestine as me being anti-Israel is even more delusional.
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