Duke wants you to wear a mask during covid "Or he will rip your head off an shit down your neck"
#181 Posted 29 July 2020 - 08:53 AM
You gotta look at how consistent and persistent a behavior is, which might be beyond you or anyone else's time & patience. Which is fine. I guess from a mod's perspective it's easier to maintain the status quo, so I don't blame you. Seriously, no sarcasm. I'll drop the subject for now.
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#182 Posted 29 July 2020 - 11:20 AM
Cartaphilus, on 29 July 2020 - 06:48 AM, said:
In my experience, socialist or communists are the worst kind at overestimating their intelligence.
That's also one of the reason why socialist leaders always turned into dictators. They believe themselves to be the smartest individual alive, so who's better to command?
However the results prove the opposite: socialists have below average intelligence.
#183 Posted 29 July 2020 - 11:40 AM
Fox, on 29 July 2020 - 11:20 AM, said:
Great thing I'm strictly neither then. Definitely not communist and if I've accepted any labels it's out of exasperation with the constant straw manning that passes for debate here. I also don't want to run anything and don't propose a change in leadership.
"Socialists have below average intelligence" is a totally impartial and objective factual statement, I take it? Or are you referring only to the leaders? In most instances, I'd agree. (Venezuela under Maduro for example). One man is never competent enough to control the lives of millions and even if there was someone, I wouldn't set a dangerous precedent by giving them all the power.
A forum is not the same thing, though. But it's alright, I think Hendricks weighing in on these sociopolitical topics is a positive change (not saying it never happened before) and provides a much needed counterbalance. You see, democracy of the type where people don't get expelled even for being stupid, can only function when there is some kind of authority either representing or protecting minority viewpoints. Otherwise the most aggressive and unified people push everyone else out. (Also why political representation is important).
gemeaux333, on 27 July 2020 - 09:59 AM, said:
PS. I'm also not trying to say here that Hendricks and I are somehow on the same page or trying to label him, lest I get another reaction a la "you don't fuggin' know who I am, bitch". Just saying he's far enough from Duke4's right wing crew to be appreciated as a dissenting voice.
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#184 Posted 29 July 2020 - 01:39 PM
Is you are go calling everyone stupid, odds are that you are the stupid one.
#185 Posted 29 July 2020 - 01:43 PM
Fox, on 29 July 2020 - 01:39 PM, said:
Is you are go calling everyone stupid, odds are that you are the stupid one.
I can't tell if the broken grammar and unrelated question is somehow your attempt at humor, but I'll take it. Thanks.
#186 Posted 29 July 2020 - 02:53 PM
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
I wasn't saying success is bound to an ethnic demographic. But success is bound to cultural homogeneity, regardless of race. You guys are whiter than us btw.
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
Ok? I thought it was free, lol.
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
Dude, America is the only reason Stalin didn't run over your entire continent with tanks after WWII. What do you think the Iron Curtain was? This is peak European projection.
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
Wrong. USA consistently appears in top 10 lists for medical tourism, and typically not even among European nations.
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
Commie propaganda.
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 05:57 AM, said:
Che Guevara was a murderer. Commie propaganda.
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#187 Posted 29 July 2020 - 04:30 PM
R A D A Я, on 29 July 2020 - 02:53 PM, said:
If you're going to make this claim, you should find a more accurate way to describe it than "homogeneity". Something like, "We all agree to uphold a certain baseline of constructive social and civic practices."
#188 Posted 29 July 2020 - 05:15 PM
#189 Posted 29 July 2020 - 07:10 PM
Due to the nature of the virus, any mask, even handmade/handcrafted, even unperfect is still a hundred time better than nothing, Covid-19 is not only highly contagious, its highly virulent, any test prove the quantity of viruses on a given infected surface is exponentially superior to any flue, it litterally overwhelm the immune system if its not cured quickly when the first symptomes appears (which include many of the symptomes of regular flues and colds, which include fiever, kof and loss of smell/taste/flavor among other) and kill within 4 days without any medical attention, peoples with diabete, respiratory issues and immune derficience (or weakened as old peoples are) are highly vulnerable, and whenever you are exposed to the virus and don't get sick you become a (unnafected) carrier which is even more dangerous for the other peoples !
#191 Posted 29 July 2020 - 07:52 PM
gemeaux333, on 29 July 2020 - 07:10 PM, said:
There is already a COVID topic in general discussion though. Upvoted to show there is no ill-will.
#192 Posted 08 January 2021 - 07:16 AM
"What? This really pisses me off! Suck my dick you little fuckers, I oughta cram those face masks off in your asses! Face masks are for pussies!"
I believe Duke is not subject to any nonsense, the only mask he respects is the snorkel in his scuba gear, which he uses for breathing when he sets out to kick Alien Queen's ass!!
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#193 Posted 08 January 2021 - 12:03 PM
#194 Posted 08 January 2021 - 01:06 PM
Micky C, on 19 July 2020 - 04:28 AM, said:
Lazy Dog, on 19 July 2020 - 09:38 AM, said:
Couldn't find the source, so i cobbled together this from 4 screenshots.
The Watchtower, on 20 July 2020 - 08:14 AM, said:
MrFlibble, on 21 July 2020 - 06:12 AM, said:
That's my map Duke 2070:
#195 Posted 08 January 2021 - 04:57 PM
I'm seriously considering leaving this place for good (not that it matters to anyone but me). I have no business being on forum where this kind of shit flies and it is not something new here. No wonder so many people stay away from this place.
Hendricks, I'm impressed that you tried to have a real conversation here. I wouldn't have this kind of patience.
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#197 Posted 08 January 2021 - 08:00 PM
#198 Posted 08 January 2021 - 11:06 PM
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#199 Posted 09 January 2021 - 04:40 AM
Borion, on 08 January 2021 - 04:57 PM, said:
The Internet in general can be depressing. Don't let the human negativity get to you and instead focus on the cool shit that has you around in the first place, like that Perro Seco comparison screenshot which is the raddest thing in this thread, what happened there exactly, someone liked the map so much they essentially turned it into their own artwork? So sweet.
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#200 Posted 09 January 2021 - 08:58 PM
#201 Posted 10 January 2021 - 04:20 AM
Jimmy, on 09 January 2021 - 08:58 PM, said:
Well that's kinda what I'm trying to see; the image looks more like a fan recreation than anything official to me, or is it? Was the artist directly hired to make it for the background of that show? Or did they just nick it from somewhere online and then the artist ended up rolling with it?
'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness' (Oscar Wilde) - gotta love how the last part of that quote constantly gets overlooked.
#202 Posted 10 January 2021 - 12:46 PM
#203 Posted 10 January 2021 - 02:59 PM
#204 Posted 11 January 2021 - 09:25 AM
Just askin'. There is that possibility, isn't there?
After all, that artist took care to put a lot of recognisable elements from the game into one set piece, against the backdrop of Perro Seco's map. Personally I don't find anything disrespectful here, neither towards Duke the game nor the map layout which was used as the base.
If the entire work does not have any credits attached (or does it? please correct if I'm wrong here), I'm not sure if there's enough reason to blame anyone for not specifically crediting the map author.
If a similar image was based on a screenshot from one of the official levels, would anyone complain that the Levelord or Allen Blum (for example) were not explicitly credited?