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Sundae posted:Very true, but sometimes that's all you can get people to play. Either I'm Bad With Friends, or it's impossible to get people to sit and learn Dominion or Pandemic. Just bring out Risk or Chutes and Ladders if they want to play games for babby. Real men play Diplomacy.
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Nail Rat posted:Not that I think any of these games are the greatest game ever, but man people who play board/card games a lot really hate board/card games somehow. People dislike Bad Examples of things they like. Not really surprising. I could post about my 401k's 3% expense ratio funds in BFC and we'd all be shocked and disgusted. I could tell my girlfriend about them and she'd say "why do you get so mad about it if you say you like finance"
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Numbers aren't really subjective like games though. I can't just have an opinion of what my net worth is
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Nail Rat posted:Numbers aren't really subjective like games though. I can't just have an opinion of what my net worth is Our president says otherwise
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monster on a stick posted:Real men play Diplomacy. The game you get to play with friends once.
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Modest Mouse cover band posted:Our president says otherwise
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 23:03 |
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BWM is when they decided not to go with the isotropic Dominion and went with their dumb implementation of Dominion to monetize online. I would have paid $$ a month just to pay on Isotropic.
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Nail Rat posted:Numbers aren't really subjective like games though. I can't just have an opinion of what my net worth is I agree with this statement but don't see the relevance at all. I'm sure we agree that people have stronger opinions on their interests than on things they don't care about, though?
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 23:11 |
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Can't you play dominion online for free? Game rules aren't copyrightable, at least in the US... Pretty sure the isotropic guy said no.
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Nail Rat posted:Numbers aren't really subjective like games though. I can't just have an opinion of what my net worth is Numbers are always nondeterministic in this real life There is a radical inequality in nondeterminism Like, even hundreds-of-years-old-and-rock-stable currencies like the pound can have discontinuities over political brexit poo poo Sure, the number is a number but in order for that number to have worth you have to, eg, be able to spend it, be assured that it won't inflate much between now and when you spend it, make sure that facts about the world don't conspire to make it so that you can't buy the poo poo you're looking for before you're buying it I mean, the system underlying it is very developed but very old and occasionally very fragile
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Is Dominion the one where you play different ideologies or something? I think I played it once.
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curufinor posted:Numbers are always nondeterministic in this real life
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 23:25 |
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More like bored games, right?
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# ? Mar 3, 2017 23:48 |
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BWM/BWCG (card games) Buying Cards Against humanity as a DINK couple that never has friends over and doesn't drink anymore (a necessary part of cards against humanity) Used it twice. My best friend's wife was one of the people who bought exploding kittens off of kickstarter, it's a really stupid game and once you go over the rules for 15 minutes, the play gets really lame. At least with cards against humanity I got to hear my Mother In Law say all kinds of curse words For a little old lady from Louisiana, she sure has a way of delivering them. I guess giving up booze is GWL and GWM. That's my humblebrag for the year. E: Pathfinder is the poo poo and some of the best memories of my life were made as "Trapper Dan"
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Cards Against Humanity is responsible for the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. Playing it with people you don't know very well is a goddamn minefield though. I've been in groups where the most sexist and racist poo poo is getting thrown out there, but someone played the Six Million Jews card and that night was OVER
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Cards Against Humanity is responsible for the hardest I've ever laughed in my life. I had someone unironically propose CAH for a work offsite activity.
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Special Rule: Most benign answer wins
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Accretionist posted:Special Rule: Most benign answer wins
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Subjunctive posted:I had someone unironically propose CAH for a work offsite activity. My mom asked me to bring to Thanksgiving that one funny card game that's about fingerbanging and other stuff. Yea no thanks mom.
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Dunno if it has been brought up, but CFPB.gov has a treasure trove of public complaints between people and lenders. There is some depressing stories, but it give one a look at how evil the system can be as well.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Dunno if it has been brought up, but CFPB.gov has a treasure trove of public complaints between people and lenders. There is some depressing stories, but it give one a look at how evil the system can be as well. Find some good ones. We desperately need a diversion from board game chat and I'm on my phone right now and can't be the hero we need.
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And here I was just randomly naming two games. I have no friends. Board games are a lie.
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# ? Mar 4, 2017 01:47 |
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Everyone just play Flash Point. Robo Rally is the game your friends will only play with you once
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Find some good ones. We desperately need a diversion from board game chat and I'm on my phone right now and can't be the hero we need. Ooh, maybe a few pages from now we ought to take a revisit to the security clearance appeals page if there hasn't been one recently.
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Subjunctive posted:I had someone unironically propose CAH for a work offsite activity. As an intern at a tech company, I participated in CAH as a work offsite activity. It was very awkward despite the drinking and the game slowed to a halt once everyone's hand was just things that were too offensive to actually play in front of coworkers. Also one of my coworkers didn't speak enough English to understand any of the cards and was constantly looking things up, and occasionally tried to ask us what things were because "sharting" isn't in too many foreign language dictionaries.
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crazysim posted:Ooh, maybe a few pages from now we ought to take a revisit to the security clearance appeals page if there hasn't been one recently. quote:Applicant had debts discharged in bankruptcy in 2007. Since then, she has accumulated 37 delinquent accounts totaling more than $58,000, which are unpaid. She intentionally failed to disclose those delinquent debts when she completed her security clearance application. She did not provide sufficient evidence to mitigate the security concerns under Guideline F, financial considerations or Guideline E, personal conduct. Clearance is denied. CASE NO: 14-03943.h1
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edit: beaten more security clearance fails please
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BraveUlysses posted:edit: beaten quote:Applicant attributed her financial problems generally to being periodically unemployed and recently added the fact that she is now a single mother. She offered no explanations as to why she had so many automobile loans, credit cards, and charge accounts with clothing stores and jewelry stores. She did explain why she had multiple cellular telephone accounts for the benefit of various family members, but she failed to demonstrate what actions she has taken to obtain the necessary funds from them to pay her accounts. Applicants delinquent student loans were placed into forbearance until December 31, 2015. Applicant has offered no documentary evidence of a good-faith effort to resolve any of her other delinquent debts. She essentially ignored them, and seemingly continues to do so. When she was still employed, she had a monthly budget deficit of minus $211, but now that she is unemployed and has a new child, her financial situation has deteriorated. There appear to be clear indications that Applicant's financial problems are not under control. Her actions under the circumstances confronting her do cast doubt on her current reliability, trustworthiness, and good judgment. Eligibility is denied. CASE NO: 12-11067.h1
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quote:Applicant—in reaction to learning of his wife’s infidelity—demonstrated questionable judgment by engaging in a pattern of odd if not bizarre conduct during 2002–2004 that, while falling short of the criminal offense of attempt, consisted of preparatory steps (for example, buying a firearm and digging graves) to carry out the murder of his wife’s paramour. quote:Buying the firearm was part of a revenge fantasy of taking action against his spouse’s paramour that preoccupied Applicant for the next couple of years. In addition to buying the firearm, it included grave digging (two graves located in the woods), buying a cutting tool, and buying a canvas to wrap the body. quote:His activities were not isolated, short-term events, but were sustained and planned actions (for example, using the book as a potential cover story). His conduct, even though it took place some years ago, continues to impugn his trustworthiness and good judgment. The same may be said of his masturbation in locations where one may not expect privacy and there is a risk of exposure. quote:This case is decided against Applicant. http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/doha/industrial/09-04014.h1.pdf
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Here's the site:http://www.dod.gov/dodgc/doha/industrial/2015.html Double posting for this choice entry: quote:Case Number: 14-04839.h1 Guy owns a million dollar company, takes home $125k a year, and is in hock up to his eyeballs. Owes $110k to the IRS alone. Wow... BigDave fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Mar 4, 2017 |
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Hoooooooly poo poo. This is an amazing find.
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# ? Mar 4, 2017 03:23 |
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My coworker was denied for a graffiti arrest
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# ? Mar 4, 2017 03:27 |
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How did this fantasy even come up under investigation?
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Mantle posted:How did this fantasy even come up under investigation? 100% self-inflicted. WHY WOULD YOU VOLUNTARILY DIVULGE THIS?
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I want to know more about free bottles of herb infused rum.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:100% self-inflicted. WHY WOULD YOU VOLUNTARILY DIVULGE THIS? The questioning may have involved a polygraph and many leading, embarrassing questions.
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CitizenKain posted:Easy, someone comes in to complain about their phone not working, they hand it across the desk to the clerk and then its gone. They aren't going to send a person to get it of course, but if someone gets a text from verizon to come to the store to work out their bill, they'll do all the work for you. I would definitely not want to be the minimum wage employee responsible for tricking people into getting their phones repossessed
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This isn't as bad as some of the security clearance ones but after the third time my jaw physically dropped I knew I needed to post it here. The whole thing is lengthy but here's some high points. https://theringer.com/postmates-caviar-los-angeles-32e0edfb4c06#.aniyexhlk quote:And please understand: There have been a fair few orders. We’ve lived in Los Angeles for 1,254 days — and we’ve ordered food from Postmates, Caviar, or LAbite 705 times. quote:Adam and I are among that customer base now, though we once lived a more traditional delivery life. During our New York days we were aware that things called “Grubhub” and “Seamless” existed, but we never really considered what those services had to offer. We were creatures of habit. Though we dabbled with FreshDirect come grocery time, we remained content with ordering breakfast, lunch, and dinner from our neighborhood spots. If a restaurant was outside of our delivery zone, we’d eat there rarely or not at all, based on a delicate calculus of whether our desire to sample certain goods or our aversion to putting on real pants proved more indomitable at a given moment. quote:Part of the reason my colleagues are so concerned about our delivery habits is because we frequently have some version of the following exchange: quote:I recognize that this is not normal behavior, but it’s become normal to me in part because it’s not a purely Epicurean pursuit. We live in a labyrinthian apartment complex that’s defeated its share of drivers, yielding a few “Please come to the front gate” submissions and more calls and texts begging for instructions. Adam is always the one fielding the calls, always the one throwing on flip-flops to rescue the misguided. Like any great love, our affair with food delivery apps has its pitfalls, but when we pop open the lid on the bucatini from Jon & Vinny’s (from which we’ve ordered 42 times, third most among L.A. establishments) it’s a love that’s still too sweet to abandon.
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IllegallySober posted:This isn't as bad as some of the security clearance ones but after the third time my jaw physically dropped I knew I needed to post it here. The whole thing is lengthy but here's some high points. What the gently caress?
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Volmarias posted:The questioning may have involved a polygraph and many leading, embarrassing questions. Also in general lying is a much worse offense than the offense itself in the eyes of the people that need to trust you with valuable information. See the people denied clearances not because they did drugs or had felonies or debt or bad associations in the past, but lied about them. This guy may have been hoping this fell under that umbrella. It just so happens that the Feds are ALSO worried about signs of impaired judgment or compromising info, which plotting to murder your wife's paramour and rubbing one out at work or in your car definitely falls under. I must say that was a surprise ending though, some real M Night Shyalaman poo poo out of left field
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