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Can someone tell me how Pokemon Go is any different from birdwatching or trainspotting, thanks
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Jul 22, 2016 15:35
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more/less padophilia.
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Jul 22, 2016 15:36
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ElGroucho posted:Can someone tell me how Pokemon Go is any different from birdwatching or trainspotting, thanks Neither are performed by millennials, so it's harder to make fun of the current generation for them.
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Jul 22, 2016 15:36
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ElGroucho posted:Can someone tell me how Pokemon Go is any different from birdwatching or trainspotting, thanks Old people don't understand kids these days
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Jul 22, 2016 15:38
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burexas.irom posted:So the Kickass Torrents owner just got raided by the feds in Poland. The piece of evidence that connects him to the accounts and proves he's the owner: a legal purchase via Itunes. Lesson here kids, never buy digital media legally. Oh well, another site bites the dust. You'd think people by now would have learned how to keep their identities separate if they're going to do something like run a torrent site. I feel so drat old that I remember the time when "don't let anyone know who you are on the internet" was just what you did as common sense.
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Jul 22, 2016 15:46
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eagy7Y9QVgo
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Jul 22, 2016 15:51
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Malachite_Dragon posted:And here I am with my perfectly good phone that still works perfectly fine but is too old a model to run Pokemon Go I've got an HTC m8 and it doesn't work on my phone either 
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Jul 22, 2016 17:05
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Hyperlynx posted:I've got an HTC m8 and it doesn't work on my phone either Runs on my wife's M8. I don't know how well, though.
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Jul 22, 2016 17:32
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TotalLossBrain posted:Runs on my wife's M8 so? It's not her friend man, it's just a machine.
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Jul 22, 2016 17:34
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ElGroucho posted:Can someone tell me how Pokemon Go is any different from birdwatching or trainspotting, thanks People doing the other two activities are interacting with real things and not fictional characters in a game that will cease to exist as soon as everyone else stops playing the game.
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Jul 22, 2016 17:41
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how dare people have fun in ways i don't agree with 
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Jul 22, 2016 18:03
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Wade Wilson posted:People doing the other two activities are interacting with real things and not fictional characters in a game that will cease to exist as soon as everyone else stops playing the game. Whether or not those birds or trains exist at all is irrelevant once they've written them down in their Great, now I'm defending the game.
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Jul 22, 2016 18:09
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Wade Wilson posted:People doing the other two activities are interacting with real things and not fictional characters in a game that will cease to exist as soon as everyone else stops playing the game. Those birds will die. Those trains will rust or stop running. Nothing is forever. Let the people enjoy their game.
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Jul 22, 2016 18:13
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If you're interacting with the birds or trains you're probably doing it wrong.
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Jul 22, 2016 18:16
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:If you're interacting with the birds or trains you're probably doing it wrong. You usually only get to interact with the train once.
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Jul 22, 2016 18:25
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Outrail posted:It's not her friend man, it's just a machine. Speaking of having fun in ways I don't agree with, this dumb joke made me laugh like an rear end in a top hat.
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Jul 22, 2016 18:25
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ElGroucho posted:trainspotting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su-DMP_z_rs
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Jul 22, 2016 18:34
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Lotta pokemaster itt
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Jul 22, 2016 19:00
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Semprini posted:I'm sure this has been posted before, but... I thought it was going to be that video of the guy who basically orgasms at the sight of a rare train car. I guess that's not schadenfreude though. Pokémon Go is exactly the same as this kind of thing. Its going to places you may not normally go to, and waiting for something to happen that most people don't give a poo poo about. There is no added value to you as a person because you've seen this train car or that species of bird. The only advantage is that it at least gets you out of the house and involves maybe some mild exercise, and the same can be said of Pokémon Go. Basebf555 has a new favorite as of 19:10 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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Jul 22, 2016 19:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nlF-3NQNJQ
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Jul 22, 2016 19:29
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Any Pokemon Go stories coming out of the middle east? Either massive potential for sad stories or impromptu ceasefires when a bug wanders past. If I was running game development I'd stick the really rare/valuable Pokemon out in the most desolate hard to reach places to really encourage some adventure. Pitcairn Island and solitary rocks in the middle of the Indian ocean, up in the Arctic, tops of mountains, active war zones, middle of the pentagon/white house lawn, the Chernobyl reactor. Have some fun with it.
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Jul 22, 2016 20:05
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Outrail posted:If I was running game development I'd stick the really rare/valuable Pokemon out in the most desolate hard to reach places to really encourage some adventure. In the states? You'd take massive PR hits for white people dying in the desert or falling off cliffs or some poo poo because they went into the wilderness with no equipment.
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Jul 22, 2016 20:21
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ElGroucho posted:Lotta pokemaster itt Let me guess, your mom thinks you're cool?
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Jul 22, 2016 20:27
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Roro posted:Let me guess, your mom thinks you're cool? No my mom is a Bulbasaur
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Jul 22, 2016 20:38
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So this might be fitting the Schadenfreude thread. In Denmark it recently was discovered that over 5 million Personal ID number, the majority of the the country population, was accidentally send to the Chinese Visa Agency. On two un-encrypted CD's. And it happened in February, 2015.
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Jul 22, 2016 20:46
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How do you do that accidentally? I can see forgetting to encrypt something because of carelessness, but why collect all those numbers on CDs in the first place, and who would you normally send that stuff to that it could accidentally end up being shipped to China?
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Jul 22, 2016 20:54
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ScotchDK posted:So this might be fitting the Schadenfreude thread. In Denmark it recently was discovered that over 5 million Personal ID number, the majority of the the country population, was accidentally send to the Chinese Visa Agency. "accidentally"
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Jul 22, 2016 21:05
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It's ok the government here in the States lost all our personnel data to totally not Chinese hackers, just to hackers who happened to be Chinese.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:28
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Well, it happens when somehow a special delivery from the State Serum Institute was supposed to be delivered by the Danish Postal Service to the Danish Statistic Database, but for some reason was given to the Chinese Visa Application Centre instead.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:28
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Outrail posted:Any Pokemon Go stories coming out of the middle east? Either massive potential for sad stories or impromptu ceasefires when a bug wanders past. Not Middle East but I read an article earlier this week about PG being a problem in Eastern Europe where kids are wandering into minefields left over from the 90s.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:30
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ElGroucho posted:Can someone tell me how Pokemon Go is any different from birdwatching or trainspotting, thanks Bird watchers and trainspotters aren't doing their "hobby" while driving a car on the interstate or trespassing on private property like autistic dipshits?
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Jul 22, 2016 21:34
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On topic both as schadenfreude and as being about Pokemon Go: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/pokemon-go-state-department/ You can Ctrl+F for Pokemon in here too: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/07/260371.htm Edit: poo poo, already posted, my bad.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:36
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Wasabi the J posted:It's ok the government here in the States lost all our personnel data to totally not Chinese hackers, just to hackers who happened to be Chinese. You're leaving out the best parts of this. The personnel data is directly connected to anyone holding a security clearance and that means it's a lot of very personal data not just about that person but also about lots of people associated with them -friends, family, coworkers. This breach was discovered during a cybersecurity vendor's demonstration onsite and it had been in place for nearly a year at that point. I would pay to have been in that room as it unfolded. I work at a National Lab and so I work with clearance holders. I got to see the letters they were sent post-breach (alongside with 1 year of identity protection lol) and they were not pretty at all. Paraphrasing: "Sorry we lost your data. Chinese government stole it, please be very aware of any new friends, any new contacts, offers, phone calls you don't recognize, emails, phone hangups etc etc etc plz watch your back" The Schadenfreude is that the paranoid assholes responsible for needling your relatives and friends when you get a clearance lost all of that data because they are loving incompetent. I refuse frequent requests I get a clearance. gently caress that.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:43
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TotalLossBrain posted:You're leaving out the best parts of this. The personnel data is directly connected to anyone holding a security clearance and that means it's a lot of very personal data not just about that person but also about lots of people associated with them -friends, family, coworkers. They gave them a free year of bargain bin "identity protection" so they really made up for it.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:53
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Outrail posted:If it was one on one with a fresh bull I might see some sort of man vs beast style thing but it's so handicapped by the end. Was hoping for a goring the while time. You should go to a rodeo, the bulls are much bigger, selected for meanness and strength, and the poor bastards on their backs have no weapon but their own reflexes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aun8CpmwXhE And a lot of 'em have really lovely reflexes due to being bulled in the head so much. Note that the vests aren't Western fashion; they're fuckin' Kevlar. You know it's a good man vs. beast sport when the man has to wear a bulletproof vest and most choose to wear hockey helmets. Also, remember that five of the bull's six ends are pointy -- they really want to dance upon the cowboy's kidneys with their pointy little hooves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIGCwHG_LY Outrail posted:Any Pokemon Go stories coming out of the middle east? Either massive potential for sad stories or impromptu ceasefires when a bug wanders past. There are some only reachable by boat (only like a mile offshore, within kayak distance). I like your idea, though, it's add a new "first ____" to Everest. Also, conversely, think of the poor Pitcairn Islanders who have a ton of Missingnos and NOTHING ELSE. Actually, I'm not sure Pitcairners even have mobile phones, given that all 56 or so of 'em (of which six -- the doctor, police officer, and governor, and their spouses -- are temporary residents, not natives) are within shouting distance of each other on that tiny Godforsaken rock in the middle of nowhere. Also there is a gym on the border between the two Koreas; it's right next to one of the most cellphoned countries on Earth, but you can't get to it because one side or the other will shoot/landmine you.
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Jul 22, 2016 21:54
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Delivery McGee posted:You should go to a rodeo, the bulls are much bigger, selected for meanness and strength, and the poor bastards on their backs have no weapon but their own reflexes: Most people who have never seen bill riding live will understand how loving fast and big those things are. Those riders are usually cornfed fuckers built like defensive ends, and bulls throw 'em around like dogs with a sock.
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Jul 22, 2016 22:06
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Outrail posted:Any Pokemon Go stories coming out of the middle east? Either massive potential for sad stories or impromptu ceasefires when a bug wanders past. Now I want to see a modern reboot of All Quiet On The Western Front where everyone puts down their guns and bombs and plays Pokemon Go. 
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Jul 22, 2016 22:09
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BOOTY-ADE posted:Bird watchers and trainspotters aren't doing their "hobby" while driving a car on the interstate or trespassing on private property like autistic dipshits? Kids been ringing your doorbell and running away again grandad?
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Jul 22, 2016 22:19
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SiKboy posted:Kids been ringing your doorbell and running away again grandad? Something tells me said kids like that end up getting pasted by playing chicken on Railway tracks, so unlikely.
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Jul 22, 2016 22:33
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Wasabi the J posted:Most people who have never seen bill riding live will understand how loving fast and big those things are. Those riders are usually cornfed fuckers built like defensive ends, and bulls throw 'em around like dogs with a sock.  not really, most bullriders are 5'6" or so and scrawny -- if they were any taller their feet would drag on the ground. I mean, they still have the physique of Adonis, just bantamweight. More like a wide receiver.And, as Garth Brooks points out in his rewrite/cover of Aerosmith's song about heroin, it's more an addiction that a job: quote:He takes one last breath "Time turns inside-out" is probably the best way to describe it. I've never rode a bull, but I've poked my lens through the bars of the next gate over in my newspaper days, and yeah, sucks to be that guy. Ignore the lovely video, this is the only youtube of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrYFA7XXmE Edit: I've met Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, no way in hell he's over 6' as he claims. Maybe 5'10". Also he's terrible at basketball (I met him at a charity hoops event run by my hometown retired NBA star.) Chillbro Baggins has a new favorite as of 22:41 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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