The Bore does what NeoGAF doesn't.

[SmokyDave]

That feel when no one mentions you in the "classic GAF posters" thread

Makes me feel weird when people do mention me. My last 6 months on the board were ugly, I'd much rather be forgotten.

[Tasty]

Got mentioned

[SmokyDave]

Apparently I got banned after saying some racist stuff regarding UK immigration or some sort.

Today of all days, and people still can't grasp what my actual issue with widespread uncontrolled immigration was. What a waste of time.

To add insult to injury, I was actually banned for taking a shitty potshot at a bunch of pompous ignorant fuckers, a potshot executed so badly I just ended up taking a swing at the whole US. If I have to have a shameful legacy, it could at least be an appropriate shameful legacy.

At least I bowed out before the Vita became the Peado Pocket Pal of choice I guess.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Well you got your wish smokey congrats

Im sure the EU will welcome free trade without free movement of people 

You guys are now free to accept our terms or not, that's much smarter then actually having influence on laws

When you look at the face of a typical UKIP or Leave voter you can see they are simple people from the province mostly, driven by fear and hate, the same people that vote for Trump, PIS, Dansk Folparti, Geert Wilders and all the other shitheads, same people that support Putin.

This wave of right wing stupidity that is sweeping the world is disgusting.

[SmokyDave]

Well you got your wish smokey congrats

Im sure the EU will welcome free trade without free movement of people 

I actually voted Remain. Sometimes the price for getting what you want is just too high to bear. Sadly, the legacy of our last Labour government will not be forgotten in a hurry, so we leave regardless.

Edit: yes, the current noisy right wing are idiots. That's because Newton's fourth law tells us that for every period of idiotic left wing governance, the pendulum swings to an equally batty period of right wing governance. Inevitable when the voices in the middle are drowned out.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Sorry Smokey I'm mega pissed and sad today, had make myself a cup of Freedom Grey now.

[SmokyDave]

Sorry Smokey I'm mega pissed and sad today, had make myself a cup of Freedom Grey now.

Oddly enough, I'm right there with you. I thought I'd reluctantly voted for remain, but when I saw the result this morning I was genuinely bummed. Doesn't help that me and the family were planning on moving now over to France in a few years

Still, life goes on. I guess we just wait and see how this shit plays out now.

[curly]

Edit: yes, the current noisy right wing are idiots. That's because Newton's fourth law tells us that for every period of idiotic left wing governance, the pendulum swings to an equally batty period of right wing governance. Inevitable when the voices in the middle are drowned out.

This is probably the dumbest theory of politics I've ever read.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Not surpisingly it is a idiot called Geordiemp at Neogaf spouting some fairytales how the Germans will bend over backwards to be able to sell cars in the UK.

You gotta be from Essex to be this dumb.

[VomKriege]

Democracy 

Well until it no longer goes your way. Then it is a mistake, nothing but trash.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238626

But yes, direct democracy is a terrible system. Nationwide matters, especially of economic complexity, should almost never be up for popular vote just because of the education problem

It would be nice to have some kind of general packet of unbiased information that fills the voter in that is required reading before voting. the fact that we have, often, people voting against their best interests and not realizing it is fucking ridiculous

It'd work fine if there was a tiny little quiz before casting ballots that ensured those who voted knew the most basic of facts about what and whom they were voting for.

Seriously. You don't hinge huge shit like leaving the EU on maybe 1 guys vote.

And yet 50% +1 is perfectly fine to choose the people with their fingers on the nuclear button, apparently ? 

Etc, etc, ad libitum

Honestly I think the utter contempt of self declared elites for their fellow voters is a bigger problem for liberal democracies than the surmised lack of education of the masses (who, arguably, are better educated now than they ever were).

I don't know if this is a real quote by Churchill but it's quite fitting:
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Great quote. Problem is it applies to all the "smart guys" in Poli-GAF too.

[demi]

Whats this about TBS doing porn?

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208169799&postcount=114

He did scenes with Sean Michaels and some other famous porn stars. The video was leaked early on The Coli and he was clowned to hilarious effect. I'll dig it up in the morning.

He was also on the Steve Harvey Show.

Why was he on steve harvey show?

[thisismyusername]

At least I bowed out before the Vita became the Peado Pocket Pal of choice I guess.

No you didn't.

[demi]

Found this quick google:



LMFAO

[Mupepe]

Democracy 

Well until it no longer goes your way. Then it is a mistake, nothing but trash.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238626

But yes, direct democracy is a terrible system. Nationwide matters, especially of economic complexity, should almost never be up for popular vote just because of the education problem

It would be nice to have some kind of general packet of unbiased information that fills the voter in that is required reading before voting. the fact that we have, often, people voting against their best interests and not realizing it is fucking ridiculous

It'd work fine if there was a tiny little quiz before casting ballots that ensured those who voted knew the most basic of facts about what and whom they were voting for.

Seriously. You don't hinge huge shit like leaving the EU on maybe 1 guys vote.

And yet 50% +1 is perfectly fine to choose the people with their fingers on the nuclear button, apparently ? 

Etc, etc, ad libitum

Honestly I think the utter contempt of self declared elites for their fellow voters is a bigger problem for liberal democracies than the surmised lack of education of the masses (who, arguably, are better educated now than they ever were).

I don't know if this is a real quote by Churchill but it's quite fitting:
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Great quote. Problem is it applies to all the "smart guys" in Poli-GAF too.

I don't even think this is necessarily a strictly liberal trait.  People turn into babies and fascists when important decisions don't go their way. 

[archie4208]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208217206&postcount=206

"Largest gaming forum on the planet" 

[Kara]

Yeah, not surprised to see GAF talking about plebiscites being undesired.

[Mr. Nobody]

Democracy 

Well until it no longer goes your way. Then it is a mistake, nothing but trash.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1238626

But yes, direct democracy is a terrible system. Nationwide matters, especially of economic complexity, should almost never be up for popular vote just because of the education problem

It would be nice to have some kind of general packet of unbiased information that fills the voter in that is required reading before voting. the fact that we have, often, people voting against their best interests and not realizing it is fucking ridiculous

It'd work fine if there was a tiny little quiz before casting ballots that ensured those who voted knew the most basic of facts about what and whom they were voting for.

Seriously. You don't hinge huge shit like leaving the EU on maybe 1 guys vote.

And yet 50% +1 is perfectly fine to choose the people with their fingers on the nuclear button, apparently ? 

Etc, etc, ad libitum

Honestly I think the utter contempt of self declared elites for their fellow voters is a bigger problem for liberal democracies than the surmised lack of education of the masses (who, arguably, are better educated now than they ever were).

I don't know if this is a real quote by Churchill but it's quite fitting:
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Great quote. Problem is it applies to all the "smart guys" in Poli-GAF too.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208195722&postcount=31



 

[archie4208]

Get your opinion on world politics from anime, brehs.

[kick51]

that's what all dictators say

I only talk to pubs at the end of the match and only to insult them for being bad and stupid.

if i'm solo and it's going laughably bad, I tell everyone to go Mei.  Actually got on all Mei team recently and we lost horribly but it was super cute. 

[Kara]

if i'm solo and it's going laughably bad, I tell everyone to go Mei.  Actually got on all Mei team recently and we lost horribly but it was super cute.

Something something "Mei-day distress signal".

spoiler (click to show/hide)

a-MEI-zing!

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[kick51]

the way she looks around on the character select screen 

edit: shouldn't have read that classic poster thread, i had completely forgotten terrisus was a thing

[VomKriege]

[Direct democracy :] Its similar to the concept of too many chefs in the kitchen, all that causes is chaos.

24.06.2016 16:08 in Switzerland, no chaos for about 150 years. But maybe it will start soon. Any minute now.

Are we ignoring that Switzerland bankrolled the 3rd Reich, stashed property stolen by the Nazis, and helped thousands of SS officers escape Europe to South America like... 70 years ago?

People like to pretend that the Swiss are operating some egalitarian utopia, yet selectively remember that the Swiss banking economy is built on the cement foundation of the Nazi gas chambers. The Swiss themselves have a collective amnesia about this.

U'RE A NAZY

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208224379&postcount=217

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Democracy is just a code word for people voting for shit I like.  Otherwise it's fascism.  By the way, the term socialism is misunderstood because of blanket assumptions.

Good thing GAF has no power or influence whatsoever.

[Kara]

It's given us some horrible results (Proposition 13, Proposition 8, that high-speed rail Foundation Pit) but I can't imagine living in a U.S. state without direct democracy being a check on our local government.

[octopushover]

Sorry Smokey I'm mega pissed and sad today, had make myself a cup of Freedom Grey now.

Oddly enough, I'm right there with you. I thought I'd reluctantly voted for remain, but when I saw the result this morning I was genuinely bummed. Doesn't help that me and the family were planning on moving now over to France in a few years

Still, life goes on. I guess we just wait and see how this shit plays out now.

i hear property's cheap in the north end of calais

[I'm a Puppy!]

Democracy is just like capitalism. Constantly fucking you up the ass. But at least it's a cock you know.

[Rufus]

We're pretty nervous about direct democracy in Germany.

[kick51]

they think there'd be time to pass legislation before most of the world's population is decimated (aka the result if any single race were granted super powers)
www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208233684&postcount=47

[bork]

Get your opinion on world politics from anime, brehs.

[stufte]

That democracy thread wouldn't exist if brexit had gone the other way. There would have been a huge thread about how democracy works like it should.

[octopushover]

That democracy thread wouldn't exist if brexit had gone the other way. There would have been a huge thread about how democracy works like it should.

well to be fair, democracy SHOULD favour the status quo. it should be incredibly difficult to change the lives of millions of people. a referendum was simply a bad choice.

the recent move left in a lot of places isn't necessarily a sign that the world is ready to "progress", simply that ideology has shifted in their favour for the time being. there will be a pendulum swing back in the other direction at some point, and the brexit is an example of how it's already happening in some parts of the world.

this is why i don't think bernie sanders and donald trump represent healthy politics -- they embody an all-or-nothing strategy that implies one-person-one-vote will always lead to a better world for everyone.

which is objectively false.

[stufte]

That democracy thread wouldn't exist if brexit had gone the other way. There would have been a huge thread about how democracy works like it should.

well to be fair, democracy SHOULD favour the status quo. it should be incredibly difficult to change the lives of millions of people. a referendum was simply a bad choice.

the recent move left in a lot of places isn't necessarily a sign that the world is ready to "progress", simply that ideology has shifted in their favour for the time being. there will be a pendulum swing back in the other direction at some point, and the brexit is an example of how it's already happening in some parts of the world.

this is why i don't think bernie sanders and donald trump represent healthy politics -- they embody an all-or-nothing strategy that implies one-person-one-vote will always lead to a better world for everyone.

which is objectively false.

Oh I agree, I was just pointing out how GAF is predictable AF.

[Let's Cyber]

the recent move left in a lot of places...

moved to the left socially, yes.  Let's not pretend the Third Way, heavily pro-corporate, fiscally conservative framework Bill Clinton and Tony Blair advocated hasn't become the status quo "left" in both countries.  Things like "radical" and "extreme" get thrown around now for pushing further left fiscally than where Bill Clinton was in the 1990s.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

"Left" pretty much means "socially liberal" these days.  The modern left is a-ok with Wall Street fucking you in the ass as long as they have a rainbow banner on their Facebook account when gay marriage got legalized.

[Cerveza mas fina]

not here bro

[Phoenix Dark]

"Left" pretty much means "socially liberal" these days.  The modern left is a-ok with Wall Street fucking you in the ass as long as they have a rainbow banner on their Facebook account when gay marriage got legalized.

Really reminds us that if the GOP wasn't so blatantly bigoted and opposed to [insert young person concern/issue] entered the 21st century they wouldn't have a hard time competing for votes.

Also it's hilarious how PoliGAF has spent the last year denying the mere idea that corporate donations have an impact on legislation, politician positions, etc. Rich people just wanted to hear Hillary Clinton give a speech, nothing more! (And I'm voting for her, this isn't me shitting on her. Moreso shitting on those who act like they don't know what time it is)

[Dennis]

Holy shit it looks like Boris Johnson is the likely next British PM

UK:   

[stufte]

Holy shit it looks like Boris Johnson is the likely next British PM

UK:   

I didn't know who that was so I googled him:



This is a good "first impressions" pic...

[agrajag]

Looks like Trump.

[VomKriege]

the recent move left in a lot of places...

moved to the left socially, yes.  Let's not pretend the Third Way, heavily pro-corporate, fiscally conservative framework Bill Clinton and Tony Blair advocated hasn't become the status quo "left" in both countries.  Things like "radical" and "extreme" get thrown around now for pushing further left fiscally than where Bill Clinton was in the 1990s.

Not just anglosaxon countries, though it's maybe much more transparent there. Left parties all over Europe have no real economic or politic alternative to offer since the fall of Marxism and even seem to have forsaken fundamentals on better labor conditions. It's all about championing "middle classes" now all over the political spectrum when the gap amplitude is through the roof while the bottom of the barrel is pierced.

[octopushover]

i'm canadian so we're riding the majority liberal wave

not just socially liberal but fiscally liberal

feels good man, but i'm not going to forget that during the conservative majority they really fucked us over. that's why democracy should move slowly.

Also it's hilarious how PoliGAF has spent the last year denying the mere idea that corporate donations have an impact on legislation, politician positions, etc. Rich people just wanted to hear Hillary Clinton give a speech, nothing more! (And I'm voting for her, this isn't me shitting on her. Moreso shitting on those who act like they don't know what time it is)

ehhhhh, as a speech writer i find the "speeches as bribes" argument pretty stupid. i've seen nobodies charge $12,000 for even WRITING a 20 minute speech that they won't be credited for. it's a lucrative business, and it's not like when wall street brings in someone like yao ming and pays him an absurd speaking fee anyone clamours to condemn him for being beholden to goldman sachs.

"it's what they offered" sounds like a stupid excuse but no, that is actually the going rate for a speech of a celebrity of her calibre.

[Rufus]

the recent move left in a lot of places...

moved to the left socially, yes.  Let's not pretend the Third Way, heavily pro-corporate, fiscally conservative framework Bill Clinton and Tony Blair advocated hasn't become the status quo "left" in both countries.  Things like "radical" and "extreme" get thrown around now for pushing further left fiscally than where Bill Clinton was in the 1990s.

Not just anglosaxon countries, though it's maybe much more transparent there. Left parties all over Europe have no real economic or politic alternative to offer since the fall of Marxism and even seem to have forsaken fundamentals on better labor conditions. It's all about championing "middle classes" now all over the political spectrum when the gap amplitude is through the roof while the bottom of the barrel is pierced.

Our social democrats seem intent on ruining themselves with that one. Middle this, middle that, protecting working people from jobless moochers, yadda yadda. They are at their lowest numbers in decades, because the conservatives they like to form coalition governments with are saying essentially the same thing, only more convincingly.

[VomKriege]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208207002&postcount=66

Extremely well, like it always does. Tekken may not be overly popular in the US, but every single time I've been to Tokyo, Tekken machines have dominated every Club SEGA. Hell, last time I checked (about 3 months ago), Tekken 7 was dominating the charts and Tag 2 had only been knocked out of the top 10 as of the start of this year.

Why is SEGA supporting Namco?

 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208207176&postcount=68

KevinCow now AbeSimpsoning 

[thisismyusername]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=208207176&postcount=68

KevinCow now AbeSimpsoning 

He's not wrong. Consoles killed the arcades here in the US/western world. So it's really weird that SEA/Japan continues to hold out in Arcades.

[Let's Cyber]

i'm canadian so we're riding the majority liberal wave

not just socially liberal but fiscally liberal

feels good man, but i'm not going to forget that during the conservative majority they really fucked us over. that's why democracy should move slowly.

I didn't know you where Canadian.  I don't mean for this to come off as combative but why do you love Hillary so much?

Not to say you shouldn't be interested in US politics obviously.  I closely followed the last Canadian election and like Trudeau quite a bit.  I'm curious what her big appeal is to someone outside the US bubble. 

[toku]

https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/746515381347463168

was notch this crazy before the bajillion dollars?

[Dennis]

https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/746515381347463168

was notch this crazy before the bajillion dollars?

I think Notch would be much happier if he gave his money away to me and was forced to do stuff for a living again.

[Great Rumbler]

That's John Romero's wife he's talking to, by the way.

[thisismyusername]

That's John Romero's wife he's talking to, by the way.

Now I want to know what the conversation was.

"JOHN ROMERO'S ABOUT TO BE CUCKED. SUCK IT DOWN?"

[demi]

Brenda Romero has such an OG twitter handle

[bork]

He's not wrong. Consoles killed the arcades here in the US/western world. So it's really weird that SEA/Japan continues to hold out in Arcades.

Arcades are slowly dying over there, too.  Every time I go over to Japan, there's less places open and less new games available.  Namco keeps Tekken going as an arcade-only thing for a couple of years before doing home versions and Arc releases their games in arcades first, but others have taken to console-only games or releasing titles at home before they get arcade releases.  Games like Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 had no arcade releases.  Super Street Fighter IV and DOA5 came out on consoles first.  Street Fighter V and KOF XIV are home platform only titles right now.  That's not to say that there's not titles hitting arcades first, but it's pretty clear that in arcades things were not what they once were.

[zepblackstar]

between gaf and the guardian, even if I disagree with the Brexit result

This video makes me happy they left and all the 18 years are crying.



https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/10154285363056323/

[toku]

take joy in the disillusionment of others brehs

[Kara]

ehhhhh, as a speech writer i find the "speeches as bribes" argument pretty stupid. i've seen nobodies charge $12,000 for even WRITING a 20 minute speech that they won't be credited for. it's a lucrative business, and it's not like when wall street brings in someone like yao ming and pays him an absurd speaking fee anyone clamours to condemn him for being beholden to goldman sachs.

"it's what they offered" sounds like a stupid excuse but no, that is actually the going rate for a speech of a celebrity of her calibre.

It's much easier to imagine money corrupting noble politicians in an Edenic morality play than it is to confront the systemic reality of wealth concentration, increasingly unfettered campaign finance, et cetera.

[nudemacusers]

https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/746515381347463168

was notch this crazy before the bajillion dollars?

Al that money/success and you conduct yourself on the internet like a 20 year old basement dwelling forever alone.

[Dennis]

https://twitter.com/GreyTheTick/status/746515381347463168

was notch this crazy before the bajillion dollars?

Al that money/success and you conduct yourself on the internet like a 20 year old basement dwelling forever alone.

Forever alone is forever alone whether in a basement or $100,000,000 mansion.

[Tasty]

take joy in the disillusionment of others brehs

Isn't that basically this forum in a nutshell tho

[thisismyusername]

That's John Romero's wife he's talking to, by the way.

Now I want to know what the conversation was.

"JOHN ROMERO'S ABOUT TO BE CUCKED. SUCK IT DOWN?"

"JOHN ROMERO'S ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HOW GET CUCKED HARD BY A NECKBEARD IN A FEDORA."

"JOHN ROMERO'S ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO GET CUCKED HARD BY A DEPRESSED SWEEDISH NECKBEARD WITH A FEDORA. M'LADY DOWN!"

spoiler (click to show/hide)

I can't improve it.

[close]

[Great Rumbler]

Also, Brenda Romero worked on a ton of great games. Notch just worked on one. And it wasn't really that great.

[VomKriege]

between gaf and the guardian, even if I disagree with the Brexit result

This video makes me happy they left and all the 18 years are crying.

https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/10154285363056323/

- Soylent green ! It is old people !
- Good riddance ! Why should their vote count when I have to live with their decision ?
- Well we have experience and perspective and only want the best for y...
- Whatev' Grandpa, I need to focus on my Candy Crush run. See you next year.

"Boris Johnson next at 10 Downing Street ?"



Also we all know ultimately the police will find something buried in Notch's garden. I'll hazard that he was like that before the crazy money went in and that he really needed that job focus he will now longer have a need for ever.