Silent Hill

I've got my stuff in an unfinished basement and my girls are still toddlers. That said, I figured leaving enough spiders down there would deter girls from even thinking about going downstairs.

Not the strongest library, but the top-tier games are majestic. I've also never had an issue with the controller like a lot of people who claim to wrestle with it. I will say nostalgia is a driving factor for me since it came out when I was at an age where playing local multiplayer was the best thing on Earth. I can still pick up Goldeneye and THPS, play the entire game in one sitting, and love every second of it. Also has the best wrestling games of all time.

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Would you mind sending pics of OoT Collector's Edition cart? I'm looking for a super clean one.

Just asking for a source man. I don't think that's too much to ask. Edit: I tried googling some stuff like "why is celebrating diversity wrong?" or "Is celebrating diversity bad?", and "bad progressive diversity ideas" and I found next to nothing. I went out on a limb and googled "society's agreed upon consensus for dealing with race" but nada. You can find a bunch of articles/studies on why diversity programs fail/backfire and it primarily seems to be based on how the program/content is delivered. Of course diversity is important and a good thing, but the content and delivery can have a negative impact if done incorrectly.

I think they understand. I think they get off on trying to be cute and not having to directly say their racist thoughts. It's almost as pathetic as labeling people closet racists because they have differing opinions.

Curious if anyone else on the board shares this opinion. If so, please speak up, I'd love to get another POV since I'm so out of my league with this argument. Maybe I'm missing the full context here and my comment is totally irrelevant, but an example of being frustrated with someone who can't speak English well is a judgement on their speech ability, not their race? Ex: Two people from India, one speaks very rough English - hard to understand, the other speaks it more fluently and can be understood well. Frustration with both is probably racist since it points to something deeper as speech isn't the cause of frustration, but only being frustrated with the one who can't speak it well isn't racist as the speech is the factor, not the person's race. Again, maybe I'm way off-base here....

Seems like there are some expansions to accommodate voter volume at locations and expand early voting, unless I'm misinterpreting this: https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/03/27/what-does-georgias-new-voting-law-sb-202-do "One of the biggest changes in the bill would expand early voting access for most counties, adding an additional mandatory Saturday and formally codifying Sunday voting hours as optional. Counties can have early voting open as long as 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., or 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at minimum. If you live in a larger metropolitan county, you might not notice a change. For most other counties, you will have an extra weekend day, and your weekday early voting hours will likely be longer Another change that was proposed last year and is now law would require large polling places with long lines to take action if wait times surpass an hour at certain times during the day. Those massive polls with more than 2,000 voters and wait times longer than an hour would have to hire more staff, add more workers or split up the precinct after that election. More than 1,500 of Georgia's precincts have over 2,000 voters"

The police and politicians decide which crimes they are going to go after. Police stations nationwide think it is more important to over-police poor colored communities, like when Eric Garner was killed for selling loose cigarettes, but the governement put's little to no effort in catching white collar criminals who are often educated and white. That is the definition of racist. "The police and politicians decide which crimes they are going to go after" - Not sure what this has to do with my comment. I'm talking about police & public interactions, not court cases. Police do think it's more important to "over-police" poor colored communities high-crime areas. You're proving my point by solely focusing on the racial makeup of the area's population instead of the volume of crime as well. I'd be interested to see statistics around over-policing an area that has a high poverty/minority population but low-average crime. I think then you'd have a point of targeting by race/class. PS: Eric Garner wasn't killed for selling loose cigarettes. That is exceptionally dishonest. PPS: Is "colored" not a considered a derogatory term anymore?

Totally agree that once he was on the ground, the whole situation went to shit. That's where Chauvin sealed both of their fates. My only point was that his skin color had nothing to do with why he was placed/held on the ground. They initially tried to treat him like a "white guy", as you described. Door #3 may hold a more reasonable point of data: Police patrol areas of crime more heavily than areas with lower crime, which makes total sense. A majority of these higher crime areas have a larger minority population. Now this can go down the rabbit hole of what's causing the high crime - high poverty/unemployment may increase theft/robbery crimes, gang activity increases drug-related crimes, homicides, etc. but I'm just looking at it from a high-level, statistical standpoint, not the reason(s) behind the volume of crime. That's an entirely different discussion. Chicago, as an example: Population = ~50% white, ~30% black, ~20% other races. Just looking at homicide data, ~75% of murder victims are black and ~71% of people committing those murders are also black. Police are patrolling these high-crime areas more heavily, which leads to interactions and skews the data and some people may view it as racially targeted, at face value. Even where I live, ~30% of the population is black and ~60% of the homicide victims are also black. Black males are 14x more likely to be a victim of homicide than white males. I know very well where police patrol heavily in this city, and it's these high-crime areas. Not targeting race, but targeting areas of high-crime. It's just an unfortunate statistic that it's primarily areas that consist of a higher minority population. I don't share these to make a blanket statement that black people are "worse people" than other races, that's not at all what I'm trying to convey here. I'm also not trying to say that there are no cops who do target innocent people solely because of their race. I do think they exist, but are in the extreme minority. I'm just sharing why I believe the interactions, when broken down by race, are skewed compared to the population size.

To be fair, GF wasn't "tackled", he asked them to place him on the ground. And this was after many minutes of him refusing/resisting to get in the cruiser. The bodycam footage before he was on the ground shows that they were trying to get him to comply and even offered to place him in the front seat, with the windows down, etc. Anything to get him in the cruiser. Even though GF wasn't white, if he were to have gotten in the cruiser, he would still be alive. Doesn't excuse what Chauvin did, though. I'm not defending his actions at all - just pointing out that you're painting an inaccurate picture of what happened to further push the racial narrative. Also, check out Tony Timpa if you want to see a white man get killed by police in a similar fashion. Lastly, consider that the discrepancy in use-of-force data by race is multi-factored, one factor being the number of police interactions per race. It's not a fair assumption to claim any, or the majority, use of force by police towards minorities is racially driven.

You guys are a trip. God forbid someone brings a bottle of water if they have to stand in a line. Nobody is forced to bring anything. The law even says self-serve stations can be set up. "I have to bring MY OWN water, or even worse, get it myself from an unmanned station?! This is racist!"

Ok. Simple enough to bring a water/snack and totally dismantle this "systemically racist" law. Problem solved.

Just asking questions, big guy. No need to start labeling me as a racist quite yet. I know you've been itching to though.

I'm still failing to see how this is intentionally racist. Is the law only in effect for specific areas of GA, or the whole State? Regardless, it's just food and water, and only impacts who can distribute it and within what vicinity. It's not like it's preventing anyone from voting and if you're going to be standing in line for a few hours, bring a drink/food if needed. Is the theory that the predominately black communities won't be able to cast their vote because they'll bail from starvation/hydration before voting? Because they rely on others, especially those who are part of a political organization, to provide them food/water?

It seems the limitation of handing out food/water is only for politically affiliated groups, just so there's no concern of influencing votes? It's not a full ban on food/water, but only for the type of person(s) distributing it. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/29/josh-holmes/facts-about-georgias-ban-food-water-giveaways-vote/

I may have a few more for you, I'll check tonight and circle back.

Outside of issues with control/camera, which I eventually got used to managing, it's a wonderful game. Great level design, ability to play as different characters, and fantastic music. I randomly hum the main theme very often.

I only use change (quarters) at the self-serve Car Wash but I do use cash often at local game stores to work out deals. They love not paying the CC transaction fees. One store in particular doesn't even keep inventory or give out receipts when I buy stuff. Just pockets the cash.

Woof. At this point I would respond with *affect and be on my way, never to deal with them again. Also love that they use "RARE!" on a majority of their listings...

You've hit a very important piece in this puzzle which are the parents. A school like the one described in Baltimore may very well have enough "resources" compared to other schools that have a much better student success, but the parents aren't doing those kids any favors. Listening to his Mom speak on the issue was alarming to me. No accountability to be had. Pepper in school choice within these areas with strong parenting and I'd bet you'd see the trajectory change.