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#1

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 11:26:40 AM

You need to have means to get to America frpk house countries, though.

I am not saying the majority of Muslims in Europe want caliphate I am sure they do not. What I am unsure about is how many of them are opposed to the thought enough to work against it, but that part shan't become an issue for many decades.

But I think it's naive to think they or their families have come to Europe because of shared values. I am pretty sure most migrants everywhere are economic ones and they settle in their new countries despite and not because of the cultural differences from their original home.

Koopman's studies point to about 40% to 50% of muslims being fundamentalist. So pretty sure that there's a lot of them that would gladly dismantle our civilization and replace it with islamist junk.
In Brussels at least that conversion seems quite advanced too (at the verge of chasing away the traditional secularists out of the Parti Socialiste, imagine that)

#2

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 11:06:23 AM

Hmmm... well... I live in a place where bears are fairly frequent. I can tell you that more women are killed by men every year than are killed by bears. I'd wager that the number of incidents of women having had encounters where they felt threatened or scared by a man's behaviour is orders of magnitude greater than those who've had scary encounters with bears. I think most women have felt endangered by a man at some point in there lives; and if they haven't, they know a women who has. I doubt the same is true when it comes to bears.

Perhaps if you calculated the rate of scary encounters and the rate of murders per encounter, men would be statistically safer than bears due to the large number of encounters. But in terms of absolute numbers men have a much higher impact on women's safety than bears.

It seems only natural that this would impact women's threat perception. And it seems pretty silly to be offended by that, IMO.

Yes. Of women I've spoken to about it I think more or less all have experienced male violence or the threat/risk of violence. Also waited with female friends at the bus stop that I don't need at a discreet request because there's a man who is concerning them in some way.

I think it's mad to be offended by that or think it's about you.

It's made me conscious of how I behave - I mean I'm an incredibly weak, fairly herbiverous gay man but that's not clear at night when I'm walking down the street. So if I'm walking somewhere for example and I'm behind a woman on her own, chances are I'll cross the road - no extra time/impact for me, but hopefully remove something that could concern her.

#3

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 10:59:46 AM

Oh RIP

#4

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Solmyr - Today at 10:43:31 AM

RIP Theoden King. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192

#5

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Solmyr - Today at 10:42:30 AM

The only people trying to make the West a caliphate are right-wingers trying to enforce "traditional values".

#6

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Tamas - Today at 10:19:15 AM

You need to have means to get to America frpk house countries, though.

I am not saying the majority of Muslims in Europe want caliphate I am sure they do not. What I am unsure about is how many of them are opposed to the thought enough to work against it, but that part shan't become an issue for many decades.

But I think it's naive to think they or their families have come to Europe because of shared values. I am pretty sure most migrants everywhere are economic ones and they settle in their new countries despite and not because of the cultural differences from their original home.

#7

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 10:16:54 AM

From what I understand the game was always going to require a Playstation Network account (advertised on store front as well), but at launch the servers were dying, so they suspended it.

And now Sony want to enforce it. And do it in the most hamfisted way possible. The funniest bit is that they sold the game in countries that don't have PSN and now removed it from sale in those territories (apparently people who bought it will get refunds).

It's as if Sony saw the Escape from Tarkov devs shooting themselves in the foot and said, "Hold my Sake!"

For a summary: Escape from Tarkov had been running on the promise of never being pay to win, and that people who bought the $150 edition (which was, after years, many active players) would get all future DLC free. Then they announced a new $250 edition that would include PvE ... but it would not be part of the $150 pledge, because "it's a new game mode, not DLC." (Also, the edition includes items that will give owners a tangible advantage over players not owning them.) Which went about as well, as you'd think. There was some back and forth and semantics and the devs backtracked, promising that the $150 purchasers would also get access to the PvE mode at some point, but pointed out that they don't have server capacity for all those customers at the moment.

even Japan appears to be on that list! Possible biggest fuckup of the year in the industry, right here.

#8

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Caliga - Today at 10:02:11 AM

But that is a very huge if. I for one believe that most people moving here are not trying to make the west a caliphate and in general share our common values.

I would tend to agree based on my own anecdotal experiences.  My boss is from Iran and one of my neighbors is from Syria.  Both of them hate the regimes they fled from and speak openly about how much they love America.  My neighbor is actually the Imam at the main mosque in Louisville, even.

#9

Off the Record / Re: Being a boy in 2024

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 09:46:08 AM

If you run into a bear in the woods it won't accuse you have sexual assault.

#10

Gaming HQ / Re: Crusader Kings III

Last post by Zanza - Today at 09:23:55 AM

The power struggle between Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, Henry the Lion, Pope Alexander III and the Lombards and Normans in the Holy Roman Empire and Italy is also fairly interesting at that new start date.