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Quote from: Rikaria on 2015 Jun 10, 09:34:18
What Nature and IVs do you want on it? (Rather, which IV do you NOT want 31 on?)
Quote from: Rikaria on 2015 Jun 09, 20:54:29
What in particular do you want for Ninetales, by the way? If it's something that can be done via breeding, I can take a request (as long as it doesn't involve a shiny).
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2015 Jun 09, 13:30:19Spoiler: showThe idiotic indoctrination of telling kids that the world is theirs for the taking and that anything can be achieved with hard work and dedication has got to stop. It's killing the souls of our youth.
I'm a millennial, like many in my generation I grew up being told that I could be anything I want to be, that I can do anything I set my mind to. It doesn't take long in the real world to realize what an utter fairy tale that worldview is. I had that figured out before I even finished high school. That's why I didn't go to college - I knew that; contrary to what my parents, teachers, and politicians were telling me, an overpriced piece of paper does not guarantee success in life. And I was right. Oh, was I right! Any number of unemployed college grads can tell you that.
Of course, today the very people who instilled this fantasy in our kin have done a complete foot-in-mouth 180. Take my mother for example, her response to the staggering percentage of recent college grads unemployed, or working for minimum wage? "It's their own fault they can't find a job, they should have majored in something more practical. I majored in nursing because I knew this country has a nursing shortage and I would get a job. They should have looked before they leaped."
Oh really, mom? What ever happened to "You can do anything."? What happened to "Follow your dreams."? They were just doing what their parents told them to and pursing a career in what interests them. Weren't you the one who told me "Never let money rule you, do what you love and don't worry about getting rich."? At what point did that turn into "You should have gone into a more lucrative field."? By telling grads they chose the wrong field, you're admitting that what you told us while we were growing - that we can do anything we set our minds to - was a bold-faced lie.
The problem is poor parenting. It's a parent's job to prepare their children for the real world, not set them up for disappointment by keep them in a feel-good fantasy land. And boomer parents totally failed in that department.
Quote from: Rikaria on 2015 May 29, 18:29:33
I spammed the final level of Reflect (or whatever it was called) for that fight
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2015 May 26, 13:40:52
Getting banned from a Minecraft server for griefing my own house.
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2015 Apr 07, 21:15:58
Okay I'll bite...
1. It's been disproved that raising minimum wage causes inflation equal to the raise. Yes it will cause slight inflation but not nearly enough that minimum wage workers won't see benefit.
2. Minimum wage was not designed to live on because during the time the concept was established the only people making minimum wage were teenagers in their first jobs at fast food joints. Over the centuries the wealthy have gotten greedier and greedier and are hoarding more and more of the nation's wealth. They expect workers to work longer and harder for the same wages while they pocket all of the profits from increased productivity and won't pay it out to payroll.
3. Stop acting like corporations are in a pinch. If they wanted to pay their workers more then they could by cutting into those record profits they keep reporting year after dadgum year. Here's a dose of reality for you:
In 70s the top 1% took home 9% of the nation's income. Now they take home 25% and their share continues to rise. If you don't think something is screwed up with that then you're blind.
I think this country would be a lot better if the government would repeal archaic anti-labor union laws and allow out workforce to fully unionize. Countries with unionized workforces have WWWWWAAAAAAYYYY better equality than those who low-unionized workforces. The underclass deserves a voice. Workers deserve to be treated like human beings, not expendable resources.
Look at the few industries of the American economy with high unionization rates - Education, Law Enforcement, Postal Service. Notice how these industries have extremely high wages compared to other similar industries? Because they don't roll over and let the bigwigs walk on them. They unionize and fight for themselves.
Quote from: Rissian on 2015 Apr 07, 21:05:42
A dynamic rate is just another form of regulation which will hurt the consumer not the company.
Quote from: Midnight Breeze on 2015 Apr 07, 18:15:48
Everyone knows that. Both major political parties agree that the minimum wage needs to be raised. Everyone wants it raised except for the overpaid suits who get to make that decision: congress.
I'd rather see a flat minimum wage abolished, anyway. The best way to raise the standards of the underclass is to put a cap on the multiplier between the highest paid and lowest paid employees in a corporation. Say the CEO can only make 100x as much as the lowest paid employee. That way the only way for the CEO to get a raise would be to give his employees raises. that would close the wealth gap overnight.
Quote from: Vick McBread on 2015 Mar 31, 23:28:48
Schools and churches of America are businesses. When you go to school, the school makes money. The Education System is completely bought and paid for. I wish I was home schooled instead. I actually REGRET listening to my teachers SO intently. I was the most obedient little boy that all the teachers liked. THUS I didn't have any guts, any spine. TODAY, I can call myself a man, because I stopped listening to BS, and got my head screwed on right. AND YES! I EAT CHICKEN NUGGETS! THEY TASTE GOOD WITH KETCHEP! HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT'S IN THE WATER OF AMERICA? THERE IS SO MUCH CRAP YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT!
...Thank you for listening to my rant today...
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2015 Mar 30, 18:18:10Spoiler: showTrying to watch the recording of Rooster Teeth's Final Fantasy 15 demo livestream on Twitch, and it keeps hitting spots where it has to stop and buffer. I thought the days of waiting for something to buffer were behind me.
Weeell... what I've seen so far (the combat tutorial), the game's pretty awesome. I can't wait to get it.
Post Merge
I reeeeally reeeeally want Final Fantasy 15, and I plan to get it when it comes out, but... I'm not sure if I can get used to the fact that Noctis sounds like Batman. I don't like it. The voice does not fit the way he looks at all. They did a fine job with the other three, and then Noctis is like... a skinny teenager who stole Batman's voice via black magic or something. Seriously, is it too late for them to change his voice? Please? It's like, a teenager who's trying way too hard to sound edgy and gritty.
Quote from: Chishio Kunrin on 2015 Mar 29, 14:42:46
Hope you had fun!
And yesss, banana pudding is so good. But I only like it if it has Nilla Wafers in it. And I only like Nilla Wafers if they're in banana pudding.
Choco Tacos. It just makes me sad that each box only has 4 tacos.Spoiler: show