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War Room Lounge v53: Short Notice

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HockeyBjj said:
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Imagine if he didn't mess his knee up, maybe he could've won it.

Jones was easily the least impressive of the main card winners, his return to LHW after his suspension has been really underwhelming.
 
Kafir-kun said:
The author can do that if they wish but a certain portion of their audience is going to find it jarring and I think I have laid out a plausible and justifiable reason as to why. If I am watching a fantasy based on ancient China or feudal Japan I really don't want a white person out of nowhere even with an internally consistent reason, much less without one.
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I understand people will find it jarring, I'm just looking at a logically consistent reason for it. As in "that detail broke my immersion for XYZ reasons". If it's just out of personal biases, then fuck that portion of the audience. Their gripes don't really speak to the quality of the storytelling.

Besides, a lot of examples we're talking about don't consist of just one character appearing out of nowhere. It's not really gratuitous. In the Matt Damon film he was not the only western, and in The Last Samurai the plot was partially about Japan opening itself to the West (so plenty of other western characters)...

To be clear I am completely aware that the insertion of certain characters isn't sincere (like the random chinese characters in a lot of recent movies) and exclusively to achieve some promotional goal, but if it doesn't interfere with the story in a way that makes it not believable, who cares?
 
Fawlty said:
If they limit their profile it will say something like: "This member limits who may view..." and if banned it's "Profile not available."

I'm sure he'll be back at some point though, he's the sort who comes back.
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He seemed to be getting pretty "immersed" lately.

What happened?
 
Gregolian said:
The thing I never got about the annoyance with Furiosa was that narrative going around that Max wasn't the main character. Max was 100% the fucking main character. Movie starts with him, him being silent is a huge driving force in Furiosa needing to trust this silent psychopath and an issue in their ability to work together. He's the one that suggests going BACK to the settlement.

The only time Furiosa really outshines him is the fighting against Bullet Farmer cause Max can't apparently shoot for shit and then at the end when he quietly leaves.



I need to watch that movie again. Can't do it while there is a fucking 3 year old running around where I have my TV set up though.
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I just found the movie had no plot or characters. It was like a music video. I didn't get the hype at all.
 
waiguoren said:
Ok, which one of you is the gentleman in this video? Looks like a lovechild of Shannon Sharpe and Chris Tucker.

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A black man can't even drag a cop down the highway with his truck anymore? Trump's AmeriKKKa...
 
Yorkist said:
A black man can't even drag a cop down the highway with his truck anymore? Trump's AmeriKKKa...
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I'm not really sure why the cop kept holding on though. Was he trying to pull off some Hollywood heroics? Probably smarter to let go and let the Sherdogger drive away?
 
Jack V Savage said:
@Prokofievian



I don't recall well enough to know what his take on a carbon tax is, but I'd say that a carbon tax is kind of a market-based solution, in that the current situation (i.e., no carbon tax) allows companies to incur costs that they don't pay. We don't have a proper market, and taxation could create one. That said, I like the idea of the gov't directly funding R&D, with the aim of developing exportable green tech. Since we don't control what other countries do, exporting green tech seems to me to be an important tool in the box. I'm not speaking for Pinker there (I could just go back and read the chapter, but not feeling it at the moment--I'm reading "The Savage Detectives" and "Catching Fire" and I don't want to get off), but I'd be surprised if he disagreed with that.
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The Savage Detectives is one of my favorite books.
 
Fedorable said:
These 8 games are in my steam checkout:

8.99

South Park: The Fractured But Whole - Gold Edition
$2.49

Call of Juarez
$5.99

Call of Juarez Gunslinger
$7.49

Darkest Dungeon
$3.99

Vessel
$2.24

Day of the Tentacle Remastered
$1.29

Pathologic Classic HD
$0.99

The Silent Age

for 33.47

am I making a big mistake here?
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That’s a pretty wide variance of genres. South Park, Gunslinger, Darkest Dungeon and Day are the ones I’ve played and would recommend them all, especially on discount.

Man, Day of the Tentacle takes me waaay back. Might even buy the remastered version and replay.
 
Kafir-kun said:
Imagine if he didn't mess his knee up, maybe he could've won it.

Jones was easily the least impressive of the main card winners, his return to LHW after his suspension has been really underwhelming.
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Is it true that Santos tore every ligament in his knee?

That's super serious, right? That sounds like the injuries that happened to Teddy Bridgewater and Daunte Culpepper in the NFL and nearly ended both of their careers after keeping them out 18-24 months.

Also, it's crazy thinking that it's been 7 years since Jones' win over Belfort, which feels like the last time he seemed like a true super human that couldn't be touched.
 
Trotsky said:
Is it true that Santos tore every ligament in his knee?

That's super serious, right? That sounds like the injuries that happened to Teddy Bridgewater and Daunte Culpepper in the NFL and nearly ended both of their careers after keeping them out 18-24 months.

Also, it's crazy thinking that it's been 7 years since Jones' win over Belfort, which feels like the last time he seemed like a true super human that couldn't be touched.
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Not all tears are madness equal though, he’s supposed to undergo surgery next week so we’ll see.

His management said something about eight months but that’s sounds wildly optimistic.
 
I got a book on Balyaev's experiments domesticating foxes in Russia and the little pups are totally bawwwwww. Author is clearly in love with them too. Named one Pushinka which apparently translates roughly to "little ball of fuzz".

Pics forthcoming I'm on mobile.
 
I think the insane thing is that in any normal sport, when you tear your knee, you are done and end the competition. In MMA, injuries are expected and therefore you often fight through it. Cannot be good for the outlook.

But it is also crazy to think that as recently as 20-25 years ago, an ACL tear meant early retirement for athletes.
 
JDragon said:
I think the insane thing is that in any normal sport, when you tear your knee, you are done and end the competition. In MMA, injuries are expected and therefore you often fight through it. Cannot be good for the outlook.

But it is also crazy to think that as recently as 20-25 years ago, an ACL tear meant early retirement for athletes.
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Yeah, with something as delicate as the knee you’d expect most people to stop right away and cut their losses. Ignoring an injury is often a bad idea.

For better or worse MMA has this warrior mentality where you’re supposed to keep going and tough it out. Not having a teammate to carry on doesn’t help either.

Also injury TKOs are laaaame.
 
@luckyshot Askren was legit in that interview with Helwani, though: saying that what Masvidal did took a lot of skill and is something that Askren himself can't do, talking about confirmation bias in reviewing his preparation, picking Masvidal and looking past him to the title shot, saying he doesn't deserve a rematch given the finish.
 
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On top of your mother?
 
Trotsky said:
@luckyshot Askren was legit in that interview with Helwani, though: saying that what Masvidal did took a lot of skill and is something that Askren himself can't do, talking about confirmation bias in reviewing his preparation, picking Masvidal and looking past him to the title shot, saying he doesn't deserve a rematch given the finish.
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I hate it when LnP artists sound reasonable. You’re supposed to make it easier to hate on you, you fuck.

Asking for a rematch would’ve been a bitch move though.
 
Anyone remembered Kid in that finish?
 
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