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#108851: Jan 15th 2016 at 1:46:38 PM

People think it's the Nintendo minifig collection, which was basically Amiibo before Amiibo, there were two sets both with a Mario and Luigi in it. There are two Luigi in that screenshot.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#108852: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:25:17 PM

So at last night's debate, Trump said that he would have his children run the government alongside his executives.

Cronyism at its most goddamn blatant.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#108853: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:26:40 PM

One of the Bundyites has been arrested after making a grocery run in a vehicle looted from the refuge.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#108854: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:27:27 PM

[up][up]Wasn't that his company he was talking about?

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#108855: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:29:20 PM

Actually, if it's his kids then it's Nepotism, not Cronyism. Which is even worse.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
FieldMarshalFry Field Marshal of Cracked from World Internet War 1 Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Field Marshal of Cracked
#108856: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:30:24 PM

he's setting up a Dynasty... that is never a good sign

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ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#108857: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:31:24 PM

Apparently, people are saying that Trump...won the debate last night?

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#108858: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:32:41 PM

So how are the Yee Hawdists reacting to the arrest?

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#108859: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:32:51 PM

[up][up]I'm sure that Trump himself is saying that.

edited 15th Jan '16 3:33:04 PM by pwiegle

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#108860: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:33:54 PM

Again considering the amount of doublethink and subjective fact thing going on with Republicans right now it's impossible to determine a winner with their debates.

Oh really when?
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#108861: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:40:47 PM

"don't do something with/to another person unless they say they want you to"

@The hashtag that shall not be named: as you know, it's actually about ethics in video game journalism.

edited 15th Jan '16 3:42:29 PM by TheHandle

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Field Marshal of Cracked
#108862: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:41:21 PM

at this point I would not be surprised if the Republicans claimed up is down and the sky is purple just to spite each other and Obama

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#108863: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:42:35 PM

How does that joke go? If Obama wanted to get the Republicans to leave him alone he just needs to publicly endorse breathing. They'll suffocate to spite him.

[up][up]Is that embed working for anyone? I'm just seeing a blank box.

edited 15th Jan '16 3:43:14 PM by Kostya

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#108864: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:45:01 PM

Speaking of spiting, what the heck is wrong with Clinton's campaign folks? Attacks on Sanders? Really? Hardly seems like a smart move. Even The Daily Show is bizarrely committed to attacking Sanders in surprisingly petty ways. No such critique towards Hillary, though.

Lots of disappointed reactions to that one, let me tell ya.

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Lost in Space
#108865: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:49:00 PM

@The hashtag that shall not be named: as you know, it's actually about ethics in video game journalism.

Nominally. In reality, it's a venue for vicious attacks on women in gaming media.

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LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#108866: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:49:40 PM

Woosh

Oh really when?
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#108867: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:50:06 PM

The hashtag that shall not be named: as you know, it's actually about ethics in video game journalism.

Seeing as the ban on this topic seems to no longer be in effect (as demonstrated by how people are regularly allowed to mock and take shots at the hashtag) I'll bite.

If you look into it you'll actually find that there are a lot of legitimate questions about the practices of games journalists that were raised, it's a bloody shady industry at times, the people carrying out abuse certainly did exist and are assholes but they were far from alone, the counter hashtag had lots of people sending death threats as a response and the entire thing got very ugly.

The press response focuses on the abuse, publicising it and very much feeding the trolls and possibly helping to abuse continue and escalate, it also helped the press to ignore the actual legitimate criticisms being levied against them as they were able to dismiss the people going "hey shouldn't your journalists disclose in they have a close personal relationship with the developer of a game they're reviewing?" By lumping them in with abusers that they shared nothing but an uncontrolled hashtag with.

There are legitimate questions about gaming journalists lack of ethics that were swept under the rug by legitimate questioners being forcefully lumped in with abusers, even if they never used the hashtag they would still be lumped in with it, their points ignored and they themselves bombarded with death threats.

edited 15th Jan '16 3:52:05 PM by Silasw

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Lost in Space
#108868: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:52:42 PM

Eh, I shouldn't have allowed the floodgates to open. My bad. There is no possibility of having a reasoned debate about journalistic ethics (which are a serious problem) when there is so much noise coming from the anti-woman crowd. Those people would do well to divorce themselves from that hashtag.

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Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#108869: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:55:10 PM

Would our government be more efficient if Congress was replaced by a Parliament?

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Lost in Space
#108870: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:58:09 PM

It would be different. That doesn't translate into "better" automatically. Parliamentary systems help dilute the "your vote is meaningless" issue of winner-take-all elections, but they also give voice to a lot of elements that would be better left in obscurity. Witness the existence of nakedly Fascist and Communist parties in Europe. They can also lead to the hijacking of a government by a minority that the ruling coalition needs to stay in power.

The real problem with our Congress is that it is not representative of the people thanks to gerrymandering, especially in the House. Fix that and you fix a lot of other problems.

edited 15th Jan '16 3:59:13 PM by Fighteer

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A procrastination in of itself
#108871: Jan 15th 2016 at 3:59:40 PM

You'd be replacing more then Congress, you'd be replacing the executive as well. It would be more centralised and more able to act with one mind, but that would also mean less checks and ballences, so it's a trade off.

[up] A Parliment doesn't mean getting rid of First Past The Post.

edited 15th Jan '16 4:00:16 PM by Silasw

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pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#108872: Jan 15th 2016 at 4:02:50 PM

Can someone please explain the actual differences? The only reference I have is Robin Williams' quip: "Parliament is like Congress with a two-drink minimum." (Which, admittedly, isn't really very helpful.)

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United Earth
#108873: Jan 15th 2016 at 4:03:26 PM

About the hashtag, I didn't mean it literally. I thought "it's actually about ethics in videogame journalism" was a well-established punchline by now, and spoke it out in a purely referential sense.

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#108874: Jan 15th 2016 at 4:04:31 PM

It would mean Paul Ryan would be Prime Minister.

So...

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#108875: Jan 15th 2016 at 4:05:57 PM

Your two-tiered legislature has always amazed me in its impracticality. Senators are two per state but congressmen are as many as one can gerrrymander!


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