Sanctus Spooki

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... I hate that I know everything that guy did wrong. Least of all is anyone can pry open a car door using a improvised hook, and a wallet...

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Hahaha... yeah I kinda let all the delightful conversation distract me from finishing up the CS yesterday xD

The 'Explain The Appeal Of......' Thread

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Can someone explain the appeal of Kingdom Hearts? I personally dont like the music and the visuals are a little too chidlkike for me, but I honestley cant get over the ridiculously simplified combat system, I mean there is more variety in a Koei Warriors game.

Not too mention the wildly complex plot, which I dont see the appeal of either.

@Dynamo Frokane

Never played kingdom hearts, so a huge guess on my part, but from what I understand it has tons of characters from Disney and other childhood shows/movies, so it's largely a nostalgia factor, it doesn't have to be an amazing game, when you get to save Halloween town with Jack Skellington, and go on adventures with Mickey and the rest of the gang. That and Square Enix fanboys.

Can someone explain the appeal of Vsauce? I've watched a few videos of his, and he occasionally talks about something interesting, but really he just talks in a funny way, (Almost shatner like) and repeats the same tidbit using different phrases, the actual information he presents can usually be summed up in a 2-3 minute video, but he stretches it all out.

After the End

Not nitpicking, but Sarah towers over a biblical giant, as well as the tallest man in recorded history. I like tall girls but daaayyyumm.

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Well that is subjective, haha, putting your fist through a car window, while it sounds awesome, is far less fun than it sounds (I assume, stop looking at me like that guys)

As for the inspirational part... I got nothing. in Carl Sagan's words “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”

He also has a quote where he says that without LSD, he never would have truly grasped the Helical nature of DNA, and describes sitting upon an atom, I can't find that online so...

My mistake it was "Francis Crick, the Nobel Prize-winning father of modern genetics, was under the influence of LSD when he first deduced the double-helix structure of DNA nearly 50 years ago."

I always thought it was weird that Carl Sagan would be so keen on DNA...

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Not to promote substance abuse, but drugs are some of the most inspiring shit in the world, there's a reason that musicians, artists, authors and other creative pursuits all have stereotypes like the alcoholic author, or the coked out musician, the beatles and lucy, etc etc. PLenty of famous artists actually "fell off" once they became sober. Sadly the drugs have a bad habit of killing them early,

And plenty of Adrenaline Junkies use plenty of drugs, for the simple reason that some of them will make you feel, and act, superhuman. It's why when you hear about the meth/crack addict putting his fist through a car window, those in the know are rarely impressed.

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America hasn't been a real competitor in freedom since 9/11 sadly, as many have said before, that was a pivotal point in history, in so many ways.

That's not to say they were the epitome of freedom before 9/11, but they were much, much better off.

(admittedly this is all from the point of view of a non-american)

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Double posting, but yes South Park was entirely incorrect, and I severely hope that you do not get your political information from that show.

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I wish Justin Trudeau was Trump....

Popular vote is not necessarily a good thing (Looking at you Boaty McBoatface and those who made it possible)

Britain is a Democratic Monarchy, much the same as Canada, they still have elections, Ministers are the same as the Presidential Cabinet, all appointed, in a Democratic Monarchy, it simply requires the queen to sign off on it ((essentially) in reality this normally falls to the Governor General (Queens Rep)

I'll avoid france, since I'm not quite as familiar, though it is a Republic from what I recall, and it's Democracy is based off the American system.

London has a mayor.
Paris has a mayor.

Brexit is a perfect example of Democracy in action, and why the popular vote is not always correct, which is why almost all modern democracies, (unlike the ancient greeks) use some sort of representational democracy.

Frankly, Aristo, take your time, I'm having fun :D

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America, Canada, Britain, France, most of the first world. I don't agree with all of their policy decisions, but that is democracy in action, it's not failing simply because you don't like the results :)