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  1. LostTheTone

    Any Brits here?

    According to the rumour mill she resigned because the police have begun interviewing senior SNP members over 500k that suspiciously disappeared from their accounts.
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    Elden ring!

    Is it cynical of me to say I kinda hope they don't make any new bosses :lol: I know that From have really good history of making baller DLC bosses, but holy shit if I have to wade through yet another boss who has too much HP, multiple phases, long combos and willfully obtuse attack timing...
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    Elden ring!

    That's an interesting point, but I am reasonably sure that PvP really wasn't well thought through back in the day and From have been forced to just keep on with it. But... Has any Soulslike had better PvP? Or better online stuff? Is there actually a good way to do PvP in this kind of game?
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    Elden ring!

    I used to be very into doing different builds and styles in From games, but neither DS3 or Elden Ring felt much fun to do that in to me. In both those games I kinda felt like every weapon does just about the same damage (in DPS) so there just doesn't feel like much difference. There are plenty...
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    Elden ring!

    I know that there are some mad people who are just into Soulsborne PvP but I have never ever understood why. I guess they must be the same kind of people who are super into fighting games, but given the jankiness and occasional brokeness of FromSoft games it doesn't seem like a good venue for...
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    The First World Problem Thread...Voice Your Struggle

    :lol: At least you are now a funny story to be told to nurses, so that's something. The urologist did compliment me on the neatness of my tubes, so that's nice. Except that they don't work any more. One of those compliments that's difficult to answer except with "I always suspected".
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    The First World Problem Thread...Voice Your Struggle

    Yeah, that's pretty much exactly how I would describe the feel of it. Like someone was literally breaking my balls :lol: Having said that, it's now two days on and I am almost back to normal. If I poke the incision then they sting, but otherwise it's only painful if I flap my balls around...
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    The First World Problem Thread...Voice Your Struggle

    My fucking balls ache. I had a vasectomy today, and now the local anaesthetic has worn off my balls ache like crazy. In trying to find a comfortable way to sit I have done something aggravating to my back, so my back hurts too. Also, the surgeon who tended to my scrotum bore an uncanny...
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    Any Brits here?

    Read the bit you quoted. The Queen can give whoever she likes the opportunity to form a government. I will concede that "appointing" isn't the same as "have a crack at gaining the confidence of the house" but if we are talking about another Tory it's unthinkable that they would vote down their...
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    Any Brits here?

    I take that that very much as a compliment 😁 And the way that our government works is genuinely complex and arcane. On balance it's a good thing IMHO, but it is difficult to understand. The thing about very clear and simple structures is that it's easy to manipulate them. If there is a real...
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    Any Brits here?

    In fairness, there is no specific reason why Boris shouldn't stay in post until his replacement is elected, and in a strictly constitutional sense it is probably the correct move for him to make. It's still galling, but still makes sense. The thing is that the UK doesn't have a clear line of...
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    Any Brits here?

    You need to understand how the British system works. The people you are reading about are, in effect, congressmen. They were appointed to jobs in the government too, but they aren't people who are primarily employed to be ministers. They are all elected representatives who are not going...
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    Blackmachine new headless models

    I can certainly respect someone who wants to do their own thing or decides that the obvious thing isn't for them. Having said that, there is a used B2 up on reverb right now for 30 grand. And you know it looks nice. But it's superstrat, and whatever else it might be, it's not obviously special...
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    Blackmachine new headless models

    No lies detected. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but that brown finish makes it look like a set of crushed velvet curtains.
  15. LostTheTone

    Is industrial metal still a thing? Lol

    Well, yes and no. Yes, in the sense that Jeff Gordon totally gets industrial metal. No, in the sense that there isn't anything new there, just a new audience finding it. However, the importance of video game music shouldn't be understated. A really critical element in industrial metal (and...
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    Is industrial metal still a thing? Lol

    Thing is that the industrial scene and the metal scene are both relatively small, and the intersection is even more so. I am a huge fan of both, so that works great for me, but neither genre nor their fusion is especially accessible. The period when industrial metal was a big deal was down...
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    Any Brits here?

    Thing is though... I read the Guardian. And every single day I see both paid columnists and individual commenters posting the same thing - That Boris wishes to be either dictator or king. I suppose you might be seriously right wing, and be parodying such comments, but even in that case you've...
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    Formula One thread

    But the Piastri deal is (supposedly) going to be structured like the old Russell-Mercedes deal - Alpine to pay Piastri's salary and provide engines to Williams for next to nothing. Latifi brings some cash, sure, but does he inspire any confidence from Williams other non-personal sponsors...
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    Formula One thread

    You don't have to be a Canuk to be sad about Stroll and Latifi's abilities 🤣 You're right though - Stroll is not great, but he has had flashes. That last season as Racing Point was enough to make me feel like he might have the chops after all. Perez was clearly better than him, but a pole and a...
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    Formula One thread

    As I understand it we are just waiting on an official announcement from Williams, which will come sometime this month. The official outlets tend not to touch anything until the teams have done their PR bit, but I don't think that The Race would be reporting it is a done deal if it wasn't going...
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