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2 minutes ago, Silent Hill said:

99.9% of the time, you'll be just fine

I don't know what the percentage is. The problem is you can't read the cops mind, so you don't know what their intention is.

10 minutes ago, Silent Hill said:

I just remembered something, do not talk to cops.

I'm pretty sure that piece of advice (in addition to whatever personal experiences he had) was also referencing this viral video:

31 minutes ago, RH said:

Oh, and I've never played it but I think someone has patched Metroid to include an in-game map. 

this one includes a save system, in game map on the pause screen, and adds the ability to combine ice/wave beams

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1186/

I love the music and atmosphere of Metroid. It could be better, but its still deserves a lot of credit. I think it was the first game that scrolled in four direction?

14 hours ago, The Strangest said:

I think it’s possible for there to be “bad apples” in the police force and still acknowledge that those bad apples exist because of a fundamental flaw in our police system in the United States. My police officer friends agree. 

this was a very interesting essay written by a former cop, explaining how some of the systemic/cultural problems within law enforcement are reinforced and perpetuated:

7 minutes ago, Estil said:

So does this mean we should not have "equal suffrage in the Senate"?  That's actually the only thing the Constitution does NOT allow Amendments for; no state "without its consent" shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.  You do know if we went by popular vote and it too required a majority, the 1992/1996/2000 elections would've had to have been decided in the House/Senate?  In fact, with R's in the House/Senate at the time it's quite possible they could've chosen Bob Dole!  Think that sounds ridiculous?  Check this out...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824_United_States_presidential_election

The only other alternative (again if a majority is required; not just a plurality) would be a run-off election between the top two candidates in the event that no candidate gets a majority of the popular vote the first time around.  You guys really want to have TWO Election Days/cycles?

All I can say to those who are clamoring for getting rid of the Electoral College...you better be very darn careful with what you wish for!!!

I think the Senate should be abolished. We only need the House of Representatives. The constitution probably needs to be redone from scratch. The world has changed a lot since it was written and it can only be patched and plastered so much.

I also think Supreme Court appointments should have term limits.

I really hate our two party system. I think Biden is a terrible candidate, but Trump is an existential threat. In an ideal world I could just vote my conscience with some third party, but in this situation, I really don't know if want to risk a second Trump term.

Reworking our electoral system would be one way to fix this problem of always being forced to pick "the lesser of two evils"... National popular/ranked choice voting. There's a reason no other democracy in the world has ever tried to imitate our convoluted electoral college system... Because it makes ZERO sense! yes, yes... I know that would mean California and New York would have more power than Nebraska, but if you are making that argument, you are still thinking of it in terms of each state making a choice and deserving equal representation, rather than viewing it as one country. The fact is smaller, less populated states don't deserved to represented equally to a state with 20x their population. Democracy is simple to understand. One person = one vote. Every vote is counted equally. Ranked choice would eliminate the problem of "throwing your vote away" on a candidate you really want, or having to worry about "splitting the vote" among a popular majority group, and losing to the unified minority.

I just beat Leisure Suit Larry 3

4 hours ago, JamesRobot said:

I really want want a modern Space Invaders. 

 

But yeah, no way that's going in the home.  Maybe if I had a new game room/basement...

 

That Space Invaders Frenzy machine is awesome

This article illustrates a perfect example of whats wrong with this country. 17,000 workers laid off in March while 3 million is paid to 3 people.

Not my thing, by I can respect how influential they were.

I enjoy their music, but a lot of their songs sound very similar... especially any song with the word "California" in the lyrics. 

"Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?"

My son is going through Earthbound right now. He's really gotten into it. He's currently in the Winters area.

On 4/12/2020 at 10:34 AM, Kguillemette said:

Queen- Greatest Hits. Would have been in 94 or 95.

This was my first too. Classic Queen, (The green one).  I bought it with a Sam Goody gift certificate. It came in one of those tall boxes, (because all the music shops were still using the bins sized for vinyl records. I probably got it in 92, because I think Wayne's World had just come out.

I'll play. Maybe I won't be first boot 3 times in a row.

when just considering the set as a collection of artifacts, I would probably go for the Oddysey 2, because I find the box designs appealing in their 70s retro-futuristic color schemes and graphic designs

I'm bummed I missed out on the sale for Doom 1 & 2

Scientists is funded! Still a couple more hours on the clock.

We just need about 20 more backers. 

Sharing it facebook and Sharing it on Twitter are a couple ways to help get the word out. I've got a list of people I will be contacting directly too.

the gang's all (mostly) here

@SuperJimtendo Here's your kickle pic

5 minutes ago, SuperJimtendo said:

Backed. I got a couple questions regarding publishing and printing if you don’t mind. When you have time of course. 

Thanks man. I'm happy to answer your questions. (and send me your picture request too)

@Ferris Bueller @littlesamson @Fleck586

I'll draw you guys a custom profile pic if you'd like. Just let me know what you want!

On 2/22/2020 at 11:33 PM, Reed Rothchild said:

Does it matter if it's a McGuffin?  It's like comparing the time travel in Looper against the time travel in Back to the Future: neither matters, they are just needed to propel the story forward.

it matters in the sense that one I feel wants me to take it seriously, where the other one is just being pure fantasy so its a little easier to just go along for the ride.