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Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Snooze Cruise posted:

Lmao, he actually is.

Also Epic of Gilgamesh is extremely good. Everyone should actually go read that if they haven't, its fairly short.
I read that for a class on epic poetry in college and it was pretty fun.

That whole class was good.

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Ms. Unsmiley
Feb 13, 2012

PantsBandit posted:

Oh she didn't, that's why he asked me for her. He knew she'd want it so he figured he'd just ask. I've known them both a long time so I wouldn't have cared either way but she's pretty shy.

youre a good friend

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

Raxivace posted:

I read that for a class on epic poetry in college and it was pretty fun.

That whole class was good.

The bit where Gilgamesh rejects Istar is probably one of my favorite bits of writing in general.
Its not often you get to read about someone destroying another person by describing them as a lovely back door.

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice

Snooze Cruise posted:

The bit where Gilgamesh rejects Istar is probably one of my favorite bits of writing in general.
Its not often you get to read about someone destroying another person by describing them as a lovely back door.

This is only marginally related but across multiple myths Ishtar's go-to threat when things don't go her way is to smash the doors of the underworld so the dead come back and outnumber the living but never even once does she do it

Like, the epic describing a hero fixing that mess practically writes itself. loving Sumerians never fired Chekhov's gun

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
HEY SPIDEY



YOU DA MAAAN!


(the yellow marker, is a car driving through a building)

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

where's my pizza

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

spiderman.... what cracks, baby ??

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

I lost my ballooooooooooooooon

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
we are all the one random guy in spider-man 2 for the gamecube who randomly shouts "THE WEBSLINGER"

LOCKPICKING IS AN ART... AND YOU CAN'T RUSH ART

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
Mythology, epic poems, and folklore is good stuff, I really need to read a lot more of it.

Instead I just spend all my time hating on Joesph Campbell instead of reading good stuff.

The Colonel posted:

HEY SPIDEY



YOU DA MAAAN!


(the yellow marker, is a car driving through a building)

My balloon!

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

oooh...shizzle

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
i can't wait to replay spider-man 3 and constantly have guys ask me to deliver their fruit pies

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY
Feb 3, 2006

Please keep stories about buying pedo porn for your friends in some other hosed up thread tia.

Samuringa
Mar 27, 2017

Best advice I was ever given?

"Ticker, you'll be a lot happier once you stop caring about the opinions of a culture that is beneath you."

I learned my worth, learned the places and people that matter.

Opened my eyes.
there better be a "Press X to Do A Flip" in the Ps4 Spider-Man

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:

Please keep stories about buying pedo porn for your friends in some other hosed up thread tia.

Yeah, I mean what else is the Vita thread even for?

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Ciaphas posted:

yeah by comparison the greek gods were just randy as hell but total peaceniks

Ajax the lesser got owned

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

al-azad posted:

if hentai means one less real human is abused then it’s tolerable.

IIRC the existence of fictional child pornography does nothing to reduce real cases of it. It actually might be detrimental since it normalizes that kind of behavior.

One of the saddest thing I ever read was about a young adult that knew he was a pedophile, absolutely hated it, but couldn't do anything about it because its what his hosed up brain found attractive. I dunno how you're supposed to help people like that.

On a lighter note: a kid in my computer science class did a PowerPoint presentation about Fortnite and it made me die a bit inside.

CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Internet Kraken posted:

On a lighter note: a kid in my computer science class did a PowerPoint presentation about Fortnite and it made me die a bit inside.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2V_58xws9g

Doorknob Slobber
Sep 10, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

Internet Kraken posted:

IIRC the existence of fictional child pornography does nothing to reduce real cases of it. It actually might be detrimental since it normalizes that kind of behavior.

Anime made me love children just like video games made me a serial killer/thief/city engineer/general

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

Doorknob Slobber posted:

Anime made me love children just like video games made me a serial killer/thief/city engineer/general

Oh, so this is the account of Gilles de Rais

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice

Internet Kraken posted:

IIRC the existence of fictional child pornography does nothing to reduce real cases of it. It actually might be detrimental since it normalizes that kind of behavior.

One of the saddest thing I ever read was about a young adult that knew he was a pedophile, absolutely hated it, but couldn't do anything about it because its what his hosed up brain found attractive. I dunno how you're supposed to help people like that.

On a lighter note: a kid in my computer science class did a PowerPoint presentation about Fortnite and it made me die a bit inside.

therapy can help, which is why it's hosed up that therapists are legally obligated in the US to report such cases to the police

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
https://files.catbox.moe/uv7khv.mp4

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

hum hum

https://twitter.com/oniongames/status/993656791769600000

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

cheetah7071 posted:

therapy can help, which is why it's hosed up that therapists are legally obligated in the US to report such cases to the police

Yup the article talked about that. The legal obligation to report people that confess to pedophilic urges means people never admit to them even if they want to get help. Cause the end result is that you end up branded as a sex criminal even if you haven't done anything. Some people see that as justice but its not like people choose to be this way. Its depressing.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Internet Kraken posted:

Yup the article talked about that. The legal obligation to report people that confess to pedophilic urges means people never admit to them even if they want to get help. Cause the end result is that you end up branded as a sex criminal even if you haven't done anything. Some people see that as justice but its not like people choose to be this way. Its depressing.

My wifes a ny psychiatrist and she said its not a regulation she ever heard of maybe its state by state?

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice

Real hurthling! posted:

My wifes a ny psychiatrist and she said its not a regulation she ever heard of maybe its state by state?

I'm remembering from an NPR article from years ago so yeah they could easily have been talking about a subset of states

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Its funny to me that the states i imagine have that rule are the ones that refuse to get rid of child weddings

al-azad
May 28, 2009



I just don’t buy media enables people because a rational person knows it’s not okay to hurt real people. The problem is always a lack of support and to a lesser extent social stigmas that prevent seeking support.

What I’m saying is, Kirby, you have an eating disorder.

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox

LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:

Please keep stories about buying pedo porn for your friends in some other hosed up thread tia.

Nah

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!
In Chulip you are required to run around in public naked as a young boy and flash the law enforcement in order to ultimately complete the game.

Some moments in the game are optional but this action is required to progress in the story.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/993661709070954496

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
I love that photography modes became really popular just in time for the new Spider-man game to really take advantage of it.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001





Im not really interested in nes games with leaderboards but im sure some people will be very into it. I feel bad for the kids out there playing splatoon that are gonna get in trouble asking for money out of the blue in a few months. Kinda hoped nintendo could have got poo poo in order last year but whatever.

al-azad
May 28, 2009



Snooze Cruise posted:

I love that photography modes became really popular just in time for the new Spider-man game to really take advantage of it.

Yeah, I'm really excited for all of Spider-Man's dynamic spread eagle poses in 4k.

cheetah7071
Oct 20, 2010

honk honk
College Slice
On the subject of genre fiction from yesterday I just finished rereading The Children of Hurin and I cannot recommend it enough to fans of Lord of the Rings who are interested in the backstory of the world but are intimidated by the (deserved) reputation the Silmarillion has as a very difficult book

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

You all weren't kidding about DDS2, im currently 5 layers deep into the Sun and the visual design of everything is just getting radder and radder. What a great finale to the slowly growing craziness of this narrative

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!
ATTN, major video gaming lore has just been dropped:

https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/993690716105687040

This is canonically what The Big D looks like naked.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




A belt and santa coat is still naked in my book

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

Viewtiful Jew posted:

ATTN, major video gaming lore has just been dropped:

https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/993690716105687040

This is canonically what The Big D looks like naked.

But buff Triple D is all blue.

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Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
Why does he have a wifebeater built into his skin

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