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  1. Nah, the election isn't until November, I'm sure voting won't be an issue by then. Alot of states could easily do mail in voting and there's plenty of time for those systems to be placed into effect before then.
  2. Yep its out today. The bosses might seem to take so long because nobody has solid strategies for beating them yet. I dunno. The Yongyea review said the developers changed up the plot near the end, but he didn't spoil it. But it should have an impact on how the story is apparently being changed from the original game for the follow up sequels. Check out his review in the yongyea topic. Also, if you haven't played the demo yet, give it a try. It's a solid hour of gameplay so you can see if you like it or not.
  3. They marketed this movie completely wrong and the trailer was garbage that didn't portray the movie correctly. I'd almost say their own production company wanted it to fail. It was a great movie and I thoroughly enjoyed it. They should have never called this movie Birds of Prey. It was completely a Harley Quinn movie from beginning to end. The Birds of Prey team up didn't happen until the end of the movie and even then that wasn't what they were. The small team of them at the end formed the group and slight spoiler the group doesn't even include Harley Quinn. Worst name for a movie. It's like calling a new Batman movie Teen Titans, but the entire movie is about Batman and the barely developed side characters form up their Teen Titans group at the end for 1 fight scene and after that scene it's just Batman again in another scene or 2.. but that one fight scene makes it a Teen Titans movie? Wtf. The movie should have been called "Harley Quinn" and that's it. The trailer didn't explain anything about the movie either. It's basically around 1 1/2 hours of Harley Quinn character development with alot of great fight scenes, dark humor and Harley Quinn shenanigans while introducing side characters leading up to a finale. Highly enjoyable movie with great pacing. Margot Robbie did a great job with her character.
  4. I didn't even think about that but you're right. I don't get why they didn't show it off. Odd. I hope the controller comes in a dark blue/black or all black variation.
  5. Thats a good review. I'm getting even more hyped for FFVII. I'm a bit worried now about what he said about the ending.. If they're taking the plot in a different direction, I hope its a good one.
  6. If you get a 403 error its a known issue thats being looked into. If you get the error, hit back, change your post to plain text links so it doesn't embed a link/video into the post and hit submit and it'll work. Hopefully it'll get resolved soon.
  7. With the way Covid19 has wrecked this country, everything Bernie was running on would have never been funded. If he couldn't get enough turnout to win the primaries, theres no way he could have gotten the numbers to actually win the presidency. I don't blame him for dropping out at this point, the next four years after Covid19 is not going to be a pleasant presidency. New prediction for 2021... First off, National debt numbers from the official US government treasury website for reference. Obama years: https://treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/search?startMonth=01&startDay=20&startYear=2009&endMonth=01&endDay=20&endYear=2017 $19,947,304,555,212.49 at the peak when he left office. Pretty much the last 4 years of Obama's presidency I considered the "No" years. No major legislation that I can think of passed because congress said "No" to pretty much everything to stonewall everything. Biggest reason.. national debt.. theres no money, etc. Trump years so far up to 04/08/2020: https://treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/search?startMonth=01&startDay=20&startYear=2017&endMonth=04&endDay=08&endYear=2020 $24,011,523,316,653.36 The national debt never went down. Its done nothing but gone up. And as far as I know these numbers do not include the recent stimulus packages funds. Jobs and employment went up with Trump in office, but the main reason for that is because of all the corporate tax breaks. Since corporations got significant tax breaks, they could keep their stock holders happy and keep employment up because they didn't need to cut jobs to increase revenue. Sounds great, but at the same time the burden for that money is now on the government. The debt has continued to go up since those tax breaks where enabled. The debt is so high now that it far exceeds the "No" years of Obama. But for Trump, it was like an endless spending bonanza.. not direct spending, but instead it was basically running up the credit of the country as a whole to pad the numbers for the rest of the country. Prediction: Now that the debt is at the highest its ever been (still not counting the multiple Covid19 stimulus), the next four years of whoever is going to be president is going to have to make drastic course corrections. Even if we get the economy back up an running in a few months and things look on the upside, the overall debt will be so high they'll have to change the tax laws again. Companies that were enjoying all those lucrative tax reductions will now get hit with higher taxes again in an already destroyed economy and to try to boost stock values, they'll shutter multiple locations across the country. I'm predicting huge unemployment numbers for 2021 and on for years. If that doesn't happen, then maybe the tax laws stay the same and the US just keeps printing endless money and eventually Dollar stores will have to change their brand to $10 stores because of the massive inflation.
  8. Any of the few friends I actually considered friends from high school are all still friends with me on facebook even if we don't actually talk much on there if at all. As for other friends or foes, I haven't looked up any of them. I know Lady had some friends that have passed away over the years that she found out about from other people or old friends.
  9. It looks nice a sleek but I don't like all that white. I bet the controller will look permanently dirty with wear marks within a month of me owning it with my sweaty hands.
  10. I've used those tubes for 20 years. btw, I don't know about your bank, but every bank I'm part of has check deposit right at the ATM so you don't even have to use a tube. Put your card in, type in the pin# and the ATM screen has a deposit option, click that, then it tells you to have your checks signed and does an animation for what direction to feed the checks into the slot. It sucks the check in, shows the deposit info on the screen and will even print a small receipt with the image of the check on it. My banks and credit union also have apps that let me deposit checks by being logged into the account and taking pics of the check. I haven't talked to a person at my bank in over a year. lol. Its Relena with watermarks all over it. 😛 The only ads on AC are only google ads and they're disabled for I think all logged in members regardless of rank now. The ad codes are out of date so they're probably not actual relevant ads, just generic ones.
  11. Interesting concepts about universal union and deflation taxes. On a side note, I googled Universal Union and it brought up results for the game Half-Life. 😲 I have a couple family members on SSI. The limitations with that system are dumb and counter productive. I had one family member making $700 a month on SSI, she worked a part time job. That job paid her like $100 a week. So instead of now having $1100 a month income, SSI deducts her pay from the $700 a month and paid only $300 a month to make sure she stayed at $700 a month total. It basically wants nobody to get ahead in life and stay perpetually in poverty. Might as well not work at all as a disabled person, keep the full benefits and no paper work/ tax filling. But that $2000 total assets is bullshit too. They don't even want anyone to be able to have a savings or they'll cut off money benefits. wtf. I found out it does not apply to home ownership as a house does not apply to that total. But if that same person took out a home equity loan to make house repairs and had that money in the bank and SSI found out, nope.. cash benefits either cut off or reduced significantly. wtf.
  12. I borrowed a friend's air fryer last week. I let it sit for a week and then cleaned it good, just in case of conoravirus. I was pleasantly surprised with how it cooked shake and bake chicken tenders. They had a nice crispyness. I reheated some pork chops in it yesterday and it turned out good. But the home cut potato fries didn't turn out crispy, but super fluffy inside. I think I used too much oil. I'm still experimenting with this air fryer but so far I'm liking it. I think I might have to buy one.

    1. DeathscytheX

      DeathscytheX

      I use to love ranch dressing... and I still do, but only fresh made like from restaurants. I guess I eat out so much I got spoiled and I find Hidden Valley, Kraft, and even Ken's to be just nasty. I can taste all the preservatives. Next time I do baked potatoes I'll just buy that $8 canister of Hidden Valley ranch dust and see how that works. XD I love ranch flavoring, just not the bottled stuff.

    2. Sledgstone

      Sledgstone

      lmao! XD Be careful not to spoil yourself too much, you might eventually have so many fresh tortilla chips that Doritos start tasting stale right out of the bag. XD You could ruin snack foods for yourself. XD

      I actually want to buy that ranch dust too. That looks really good to me. 

    3. DeathscytheX

      DeathscytheX

      XD I don't think Doritos has guar gum. The local chicken tender place here makes the best ranch ever. I've eaten it so much its probably the main culprit. I've said it before but my liking for soda has been ruined too. I'd never buy coke from the store, but I'll enjoy a fountain coke any day of the week. its night and day.

      Oh and Hostess sucks now that it's owned by a Mexican company. Due to regulations it now has to be frozen before it comes to the US and into the stores. So everything doesn't taste fresh. Twinkies are garbage now, even the chocolate covered one... so in a way some snacks have been ruined. XD Oreos are still good though, I guess freezing them doesn't matter if they have to be frozen.

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  13. I got my preorder in and download started.
  14. I mentioned it to Strider in a status update.. apparently the stimulus package gives everyone on unemployment an extra $600 a week for up to 4 months. https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-package-unemployment-benefits-increase-2020-3 That seems like alot of money. I'm guessing its so people can get the COBRA insurance and be able to afford health insurance. I'm guessing alot of people wont do that and will bank the money instead. I know unemployment doesn't pay your full amount of your normal weekly pay, but damn.. I bet alot of people on unemployment will be making more money than what they were getting just for working. Its like Andrew Yang's plan of giving everyone money every month is getting kicked up a notch and is being tested right now. Between the $1200 for everyone and unemployment bonus, the government will be passing out cash left and right.
  15. I think people aren't taking it serious yet because of politics. (Beginning rant) Texas has alot of republican people. I mention it because alot of republican people watch Fox News.. and for the first 2-3 months of coronavirus Fox News basically told everyone it was either a hoax, a common cold, nothing to be taken seriously, etc (echoing what Trump's opinion of it at the time except more embellished). Only recently have they actually given a shit and reported the actual news and severity of it (because Trump did as well). And of course people say "the impeachment distracted Trump and the media from emphasizing how severe this is"... ah sure.. Trump was so distracted he still golfed like 20 days and had time to plan a superbowl party. And yes, all the cable news talked about nothing but the impeachment shit, but thats why people have to watch and read actual news. AP, Reuters & NPR and others have been reporting on this since day one. (End rant) I think the other thing is that theory about "we already had it in January"... I'm really starting to doubt that especially now since there is 300+ local cases and another person in my county died last night bringing it up to 3 and a second Centro bus driver and some farmers the next county over have now been diagnosed with it which means alot of people have already been exposed all over the area.. Thats alot of sick people simultaneously in roughly a 2-3 week span for something we all got back in January. And I've read where people say that face masks wont necessarily help you from catching it.. true.. buts its good at preventing others from catching it from you... well if thats the case, we should all wear face masks because we don't know who is asymptomatic or not. If we all have a mask on then the guy shopping at walmart near me who has it but not showing symptoms won't spread it to me.. or if I get it and don't know, I could help others by having a mask on. *puts on face mask* Oh, and Lady's dad is getting out of the nursing home this weekend, he had knee surgery and had to be in a nursing home for recovery. Hes a prime target for Covid19. If he gets this, theres a damn strong chance it'll kill him. He gets hospitalized by the flu or phenomena once a year, I don't see how he could survive this.
  16. Yeah she had some medical issues that definitely did not help her overall health fighting the flu. No real changes here still an overall lockdown with no end date set. Schools have been closed for weeks now, all non essential businesses are all still closed. Any restaurants still open are all drive through only or curbside pickup, but more restaurants are laying everyone completely off and closing weekly. Theres a local plastic manufacturing plant that has new contracts to mass produce face shields for hospitals so they seem ok, we have great hospitals in this area so there's only been 2 deaths so far here, over 300 cases as of right now in my local county. It sounds like NYC is a night and day difference to the rest of the state, they sound screwed. Everyone is finally starting to wear face masks and old people seem to finally be staying at home. The restrictions on purchases at the stores does seem to work out. Still limited selections at Walmart and you can only buy 1 package of toilet paper, but it's actually in stock (only 4 packs there earlier today on all those empty shelves but it was there) because they're forcing ppl to not hoard purchase. I think once everyone gets a stimulus check/direct deposit the stores will be a mad house again. Theres no curfew but it's like everyone is doing it on their own here. I bought fast food tonight for dinner and the parking lot for burger king, arbys, and 15 other stores and restaurants around 6:30pm only had about 15 total cars out of an area that would normally be packed with hundreds. It was a bit unsettling. All the local schools have been delivering school breakfast and lunches to families with kids so all the bus drivers are still working. They go to all their normal stops but instead of picking up kids, a parent comes out to the bus and takes their food package that's sitting at the door. And it's for all kids not just kids on low income. And all the kids now have chrome books and the teachers are doing lesson plans over the internet. And any kids without internet got discounted and/or temporary free high speed internet until this passes. For an unexpected epidemic I think this state is handling it pretty well for the most part. And while I haven't/wont always agree with governor Cuomo's ideas and actions (political stuff, nothing at all with what he's doing right now during all this though), he's done a damn good job of keeping everyone in the state well informed.
  17. Sledgstone

    YT thread

    Its recommended 37.5 grams of sugar per day for men!? According to my macros I'm eating 47-50 grams per day. I use too much sugar in my coffee. I'm glad I don't drink soda along with my 5 cups of coffee a day or I'd be blowing that number up inside my body. My doctor and just about every other doctor around here recommends vitamin D supplements. Winter is half the year here and we all wear coats and multiple layers. Half the year only our faces are exposed to actual sunlight and only in small amounts. x_x
  18. Yeah, no way I'll be waiting in a line with a bunch of sick people to get tested. X_x About that flu test though... I think they might be faulty. My brothers sister in law that was getting tested for covid19 did not test positive for the flu for the first 2 tests. She was tested weekly. First 2 weeks negative for flu, when they took her in to the hospital she was on deaths door. Took 24 hours to stabilize her. They tested her for covid19 and it came back negative, but a third test for flu came back positive. Wtf. The flu can be just as deadly as covid19, all depends on the person's health. The doctors think she had the flu the entire time.
  19. He does make a good point though. Everyone nowadays eats up negativity like its a buffet meal with endless steak and fried food. Its like that with everything, tho, cable news, etc. Everyone either hate watches or watches someone that hates something they agree with hating. I was watching a cinemassacre video the other day, it was one of the James and Mike play ones.. maybe the wheel of fortune ep? If I feel up to it I'll check. They actually talked about it like a week ago about how their negative videos do much better and they joked about making all new videos have horrible negative sounding titles for click bait because thats what youtube is now.
  20. You stay safe too slippers! I heard about that theory that corona has been here for a while now. I will say tho, it was in early January I was horrible sick. Lasted a solid two weeks with 4 of those days I was mostly bedridden with weakness and asthma issues. I figured it must have been a strong ass flu. I still think thats probably what it was tho. Seems odd that if its been going around for that long already, NYC is only now getting slammed with it just in the last couple weeks. Honestly, I hope that is what we had so we don't have to worry about it now. 😕
  21. ewwww. I did have a coworker once that loved mayo as a dipping sauce for french fries. I'd see her pound down an order of steak fries with like an entire cup of mayo. Somehow she was skinny as hell. I went out Saturday to buy some cigarettes from the natives and I was shocked at how many people were driving all over the place. wtf. Everywhere is closed except Walmart and Lowes in that area and there was easily as much traffic as a typical Saturday. These people need to stay the fuck at home. x_x btw, I don't smoke but Lady does. and NY tax on cigarettes is bullshit. 1 carton of 10 cigarette packs will cost you $100 at a gas station because the tax is more than the cost of the product. But if you go to a native store and buy their brand its $32 a carton. Huge price difference. Needless to say the natives were slamming with business. The one super large shop I usually go to was closed because they kept having lines of vehicles stretching out onto the highway so the state had to shut them down. The other natives run their smoke shop out of a gas station so its an "essential business". Drive through only and that line stretched around the building and down the road. I was in line for a solid hour. wtf. I bought her a 1 1/2 month supply just so I won't have to go there again. If I have to go again I'll take a day off and go in the morning on a weekday to beat the rush. Never going there on a weekend again. Oh and the natives around here don't technically have to follow any quarantine restrictions, since they are on their own sovereign lands. But because of the one shop having lines stretching out onto the state highway they had to shut down.. the different nations are also following the guidelines too and they did shut down the Turning Stone casino and canceled all concerts and events a while back. I went out Sunday around 5:30 for some fast food because its been almost 3 weeks since we had any and we wanted a break from cooking. Turns out that same area wasn't nearly as busy. I'm guessing Saturday was the last pay day check rush for a while. At least until everyone gets a stimulus check.
  22. March games are still available at the moment. Shadow of the Colossus and Sonic Forces April games:
  23. So true. Definitely how it works in USA. Check out this pic on this link, hard to see because the quality is crap. But there's Bush signing that $700+ billion stimulus last time and right behind him is Pelosi and McConnell with big ass grins on their faces. I can practically hear them thinking "these banks and corporations are going to owe us huge!" And looks like they're still doing fine for themselves and their campaigns all these years later, yeah. And they'll probably be in another pic with Trump signing this stimulus package to. https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080213-3.html And yeah I didn't know about that IV bag thing either until the other day. I think it was mentioned in that Joe Rogan episode.. or some other video I watched. Flipping crazy to have that all sourced from one location only. And it turns out China makes the majority of our countries medicine and our country has like no significant national stockpiles of meds or medical equipment.. wtf.
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