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The Mess Hall / Re: NA's and EU's, who is the best all time 1v1 leader in your region?

« on: March 30, 2021, 09:25:50 pm »

Takes a lot of courage to think anyone comes to close to our lord and savior, Maple.

41st could have gone all the way.

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The Mess Hall / Re: Who's the best NA duelist in your opinion?

« on: March 19, 2021, 05:22:20 pm »

Dante top 5 easily

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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread

« on: February 11, 2021, 05:46:26 am »

Support the CPUSA

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The Mess Hall / Re: NW Decade Awards

« on: February 05, 2021, 08:01:56 am »

Waste didn't even need suitcases, just a card holder.

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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread

« on: February 04, 2021, 01:12:32 am »

Environmentally speaking, it simply isn’t profitable and/or practical enough yet for the switch to more sustainable energy. You have bastards like Exxon who funnel millions into worldwide disinformation campaigns meant to discredit wind, air, and solar so that their competition remains non-existent.

California has an incredible amount of solar power generation. unfortunately the technology doesn't exist to make it a) worth the cost and b) consistent enough to power the grid. there are a lot of examples of jurisdictions that spend a lot of money and time trying to make their grids run on renewables but it doesn't work because renewables can't provide baseline supply to match demand changes

the "exxon spends all this money in environmental disinformation" is a position straight out of 2005. at this point, the anti-fossil fuel movement is a multi billion dollar industry with influence and reach 10x the scale of anything pro fossil fuel. especially in a state like California, the influence pro-renewables groups have is wayyy bigger than Exxon or any group

You’re right in that the state has a lot of renewable sources (almost 40% last I checked) but I simply do not buy the government’s statements that they are taking the issues that fossil fuels present seriously. The time to act was 20 years ago. I hope you’re right in the sense of their influence, but it better pick up its pace in a world that is still run largely by fossil.

Even if the Exxon point is a bit outdated, the relevance still holds. They knew in the 80s that emissions needed to drop and still kept going. I try to avoid going down the deep ecology route, but if the reports are right and planet turns into a hellhole, then justified or not they are going to be as equally reviled as some of the biggest mass murderers in history.

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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread

« on: February 03, 2021, 11:17:50 pm »

I'm just glad that I don't live in California right now. 

What is happening?

Our governor is a moron that contradicts himself at every turn.

Virus cases keep fluctuating since the state has no actual plan.

Wildfires are getting worse and no one is doing anything to address it.

Smelt, a species of fish that is commonly used to indicate overall environmental health in the Delta (and California as a whole), continue to spiral towards functional extinction.

Homeless people. Everywhere.

yeah pretty much

OOF

Wait I remember I watched a Youtube Vid from a German living in California talking about how shit the state has become.

Is there a particular Reason why your politicians dont do shit against those issues?

Much like the rest of the the country, we can’t implement effective precautions towards the virus since social and economic safety nets are extremely barebones. The federal government can not agree on any approach without it turning into a partisan bloodbath, effectively ensuring that no meaningful aid will be provided. This in turn leaves the state governments with no choice but to end the lockdowns so that more businesses don’t get permanently closed.


On top of that, you have rent moratoriums ending in a few months, leaving many with no choice but to move in with relatives/friends or end up on the streets. Of course, this could be avoided if the rents were simply suspended, but that would go against their ethical code of malignantly preying on the poor and marginalized till every last cent is squeeze out of them.


Environmentally speaking, it simply isn’t profitable and/or practical enough yet for the switch to more sustainable energy. You have bastards like Exxon who funnel millions into worldwide disinformation campaigns meant to discredit wind, air, and solar so that their competition remains non-existent.


Homelessness? I don’t know the answer to that one. We’ve thrown billions at the issue and most of it goes unspent or towards pork barrel projects that do nothing but provide positive PR for its respective figurehead. I suppose a good first step would be to stop treating them like parasites and props for gubernatorial ads.

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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread

« on: February 03, 2021, 07:23:20 pm »

I'm just glad that I don't live in California right now. 

What is happening?

Our governor is a moron that contradicts himself at every turn.

Virus cases keep fluctuating since the state has no actual plan.

Wildfires are getting worse and no one is doing anything to address it.

Smelt, a species of fish that is commonly used to indicate overall environmental health in the Delta (and California as a whole), continue to spiral towards functional extinction.

Homeless people. Everywhere.

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Off Topic / Re: Stocks

« on: January 28, 2021, 08:39:40 pm »

If this is real then the entire upper echelon needs to be put away.

Spoiler

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Off Topic / Re: Stocks

« on: January 28, 2021, 06:15:48 pm »

don't know whether to be happy or sad that robinhood canceled my order

Robin is getting shit for it from every side. It’s pretty obvious that they are in the hedge funds’ pockets. They can either let people buy or face a complete meltdown.

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Off Topic / Re: Stocks

« on: January 28, 2021, 05:40:39 pm »

This amount of Market Manipulation gotta be illegal

It’s only acceptable when hedge funds who do the same practices that led to the GME bubble bleed billions and collapse.

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Off Topic / Re: Stocks

« on: January 27, 2021, 07:27:10 pm »

Jim Cramer is losing his fucking mind rn

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Off Topic / Re: The General Political Thread

« on: January 06, 2021, 11:48:49 pm »

2021 is off to a great start. Coup on day 6! The writers really managed to up the stakes, I really thought they couldn't match last season!

this season gonna be fire

I don't know if I think the election was stolen or not, personally I think I may be leaning towards the fact that it wasn't but there hasn't been a real wide-spread investigation yet for me to go off of.

To me though, I understand why this is happening and it takes me back to when the George Floyd riots were happening. Circumstances are different but the mission is the same, to fight against a (as deemed) corrupt system. No amount of peaceful protesting will ever get rid of people who shouldn't be in power. This doesn't always have to negate to violence though. In my humble opinion civil disobedience is actually a fundamental part of any society - if justified.

Probably a hot take but I feel like the incorrect thing to do in a situation where you think the most powerful man in the world got his position illegally, or if you think that your ethnic group is being wrongfully persecuted, is to sit back and do nothing.

This is happening because our beloved commander-in-chief has been revving his base up into a frenzy that can't be reasoned with. Spending the last four years legitimizing batshit insane conspiracy theories in order promote a post-truth society takes it toll.

Trump didn't do it because he actually thinks he lost. He is doing it because he realizes that his political Ponzi scheme is about to collapse right on top of him. His supporters, the GOP, and half of America would suffer an identity crisis if he conceded now. Why give up when your base is naïve enough to be this invested and willing to donate millions towards a lost cause? This is the death-knell of conservative identity politics.

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The Mess Hall / Re: NA Current Melee List *Drama*

« on: December 30, 2020, 04:05:35 am »

imagine not having ranch as the top condiment

I hated ranch at first but it grew on me

Just bathe some hot wings in that stuff and it will be twice as good. Popeyes had this deal not too long ago for 6$ buffalo tenders and ranch and it was heavenly.

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The Mess Hall / Re: NA Current Melee List *Drama*

« on: December 29, 2020, 11:58:45 pm »

Brothers Its supposed to be Mayo Ketchup together, makes a good sauce.

this



also pizzahut's hersheys triple chocolate brownie is THE most fire thing apart from bbq chicken pizza.

pizza hut expensive af though

sometimes they have there 5$ 5$ 5$ deal, 3 medium pizzas 15$ in total, at least in Canada not sure if they have it where you live.

They have bi-weekly half off deals since they do so poorly in my city. 20$ for an extra large (multiple toppings) with cookies and pepsi.

Just do papa johns.

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The Mess Hall / Re: NA Current Melee List *Drama*

« on: December 29, 2020, 08:21:37 pm »

Medium rare porterhouse steak goes great with smoked salmon, onion rings, and pink lemonade.

been saying this forever, MAYO and FRIES are fire

wtf i didnt say anything about mayo bro