Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Benice]

Gah! I don't know if I'm gonna get AoC. My parents aren't really interested in it, I don't really know what it's like to play a hack-and-slash Warriors game  and I don't really like playing Zelda by myself...

Not gonna lie, I hope that it's canon and they lose in the end. That'd be a gutsy move and I'd love it.

[Lightcosmo]

5 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

But anyway, I finished Super Metroid with a time of 5:49 and 55% of items collected. But most importantly, I saved the animals and learned the stunning truth that Samus... wears sunglasses under her helmet! Now I'm in the mood to replay Fusion, since it's the sequel to this game. It's been 18 years since Fusion, when are we getting its sequel?

Congrats! That's not too bad! You can always improve, sure, but that's still great!

[null]

Just now, Benice said:

Gah! I don't know if I'm gonna get AoC. My parents aren't really interested in it, I don't really know what it's like to play a hack-and-slash Warriors game  and I don't really like playing Zelda by myself...

Not gonna lie, I hope that it's canon and they lose in the end. That'd be a gutsy move and I'd love it.

Did you try the demo?

And agreed. Ninty needs to take some risks every now and then.

No other company has been so successful at being consistently mediocre, I swear...

Edited November 19, 2020 by twilitfalchion

[DragonFlames]

5 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Thanks, but dw, i don't live anywhere near where the demonstrations happened today, and i am not a MdB, yet.

That's good!

5 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Sometimes i did think about getting more heavily involved into politics, but eh, i like my games more. Knowledge, discussions and votes should be enough for now xD

Same. xD

5 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

''Selling my own body to the government for 200€ a pic''

xD

I would add a few zeroes to that tally. XD

By the way, I am glad we could turn this political discussion into something more lighthearted. ^^

6 minutes ago, twilitfalchion said:

Hehe, no problem. I appreciate it.

👍

[Benice]

Just now, twilitfalchion said:

Did you try the demo?

No, my parents aren't really interested enough for us to try it. We're trying to finish BotW Master Mode before it releases, but I'm not convinced that we'll get it, seeing as when I told my dad that it was a hack-and-slash game, he said, "Oh, so it's not going to be very fun? That's too bad..."

But we'll see. Maybe we'll get around to trying the demo.

[null]

Just now, Benice said:

No, my parents aren't really interested enough for us to try it. We're trying to finish BotW Master Mode before it releases, but I'm not convinced that we'll get it, seeing as when I told my dad that it was a hack-and-slash game, he said, "Oh, so it's not going to be very fun? That's too bad..."

But we'll see. Maybe we'll get around to trying the demo.

Can you not just download the demo and try it for yourself?

[Benice]

1 minute ago, twilitfalchion said:

Can you not just download the demo and try it for yourself?

Yeah, but Zelda's just kind of a family thing for me, y'know? I can't really see myself playing one by myself. Every Zelda game I've done has been with my family or friends, (admittedly only, like, five games) with the exception of one Wind Waker postgame thing I did where I got 999 hits on the guy on Outset without getting hit once.

[Sooks]

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

That is a lie that the United States keeps repeating due to their sink-or-swim mindset.

We're literally the only first world country to not have universal healthcare. A system our politicians are too cowardly to implement because "that's socialism" even though one of the greatest Presidents in American history, FDR, enacted a bunch of socialist policies to brings us out of the Depression.

Can we afford it?

....no this is actually a genuine question and not an argument, can we??

1 hour ago, Benice said:

I mean, lives are more important than money. I don't see anything wrong with having people who are more affluent pay money so that other people can afford to not die of a flu or something. Plenty of successful countries have universal healthcare, and people aren't just dyin' in ditches everywhere. Healthcare being "better" for the people who can actually afford it causes problems, because usually the people who can afford healthcare easily are the ones who are less vulnerable-People who live in poorer conditions are much more susceptible from illnesses, and they simply can't afford to have it treated.

Really, it's just those who can afford to pay for healthcare already not wanting to pay so that everyone else can have basic human rights.

The lives of the average person would vastly improve. It would not make living conditions worse at all.

But can they afford that? Realistically?

This is still genuine wondering *sweats nervously*

1 hour ago, Shrimperor said:

Federal government takes part of the blame, sure, but health stuff is ultimately a state matter not a federal matter afaik

It’s the same in the US!

...That’s what I learned in civics today. Had to put it to use somewhere.

1 hour ago, Acacia Sgt said:

And as always, the US takes it to the extreme.

Yep!

1 hour ago, Dayni said:

My brother just joked about Covid getting in through the vents.

Covid sus.

“But guys, Fauci always changes his story? NO I’M NOT SUS! Fauci can’t make up his mind, I swear it’s Fauci bro vote Fauci!”

1 hour ago, Benice said:

"WHAT'S YOUR SEARCH HISTORY, DRAGGY?! WHAT IS IT?!!??!?!?!?!!?!?"

“‘Is Nowi from Fire Emblem Awakening legal?’ Yeah... move out boys, we got another one.”

45 minutes ago, twilitfalchion said:

Hoo boy. Looks like Age of Calamity is pulling some Fateswakening level shenanigans with its story, haha.

I won't spoil anything, but a lot of people are getting salty about it.

What about spoiler tags for the curious (me)?

Quote

Zelda hasn't had a good story for its games since MM

😄

37 minutes ago, Benice said:

Tell me that Girahim isn't the most memorable villain in the franchise, then!

How does one forget Ganon?

30 minutes ago, Armagon said:

Ah. Yeah we had a similar thing over here. You've probably already heard about it, the "Million MAGA March" where it was just a bunch of Covidiots who are completely convinced that Trump is the winner of the elections even though he isn't.

Tbf anyone going on a march like that is a Covidiot (assuming I’m using the term right, I’m just guessing at the meaning).

I get that you’re not suggesting otherwise, but afaik that’s not the only march going on right now so...

——

Another day, another defeat at Percy’s paralogue.

*sigh*

Edited November 19, 2020 by Sooks

[Shrimpica]

3 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

I would add a few zeroes to that tally. XD

Well, i don't wanna be too greedy so i can sell a few thousand pics, ya know? xD

3 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

By the way, I am glad we could turn this political discussion into something more lighthearted. ^^

Humor is the best solution to everything. Even if it sometimes heads into dark humor territory, but that's even better sometims xD

It's something i learned from mom, who is, if i am gonna be honest, a shounen protag mom

Ya know

''Always keep smiling'' ''Never give up'' ''My son only gets the best of grades'' ''No living with Desperation, No desperation while living'' etc. xD

Sometimes i think she has some Asian blood somewhere, but doubt xD

[Benice]

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

But can they afford that? Realistically?

This is still genuine wondering *sweats nervously*

Yes, and fairly easily. America is one of the richest countries in the world with lots of the richest people in the world. it has the money to be very successful as a left-wing socialist country.

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Another day, another defeat at Percy’s paralogue.

*sigh*

F

If only he were the son of Poseidon.

Edited November 19, 2020 by Benice

[BrightBow]

Percy has a Paralouge? I thought it was just Faye, Sylvis, Ruby and Kramer.

[Sooks]

Just now, Benice said:

F

If only he were the son of Poseidon.

Then he wouldn’t dare fly on a wyvern 😄

And he wouldn’t be recruitable because his dad is no longer Arthur...

[Shrimpica]

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Can we afford it?

....no this is actually a genuine question and not an argument, can we??

Might be a more comedic answer to the question, but i remember that video being pretty informative when it comes to US healthcare iirc.

[Armagon]

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Can we afford it?

....no this is actually a genuine question and not an argument, can we??

If we can afford to give our police killdozers and just generally have the biggest military force in the world, we can afford to have universal healthcare.

It's simple actually. Tax the hell out of the rich. And if we look at history, FDR cut military budgets by 50% to pay for his welfare programs. We should do something like that again.

[null]

Just now, Sooks said:

What about spoiler tags for the curious (me)?

Read through some of the more recent pages of this thread.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-spoiler-thread-datamine-seemingly-reveals-base-game-roster-up-copies-out-in-the-wild.314953/page-27

Interestingly enough, the writers of 3H actually worked on AoC's story. Huh. No wonder it was more creative than your typical snoozer Zelda story.

4 minutes ago, Sooks said:

What about spoiler tags for the curious (me)?

Easily, when he's mostly nothing but a motivation-less "big bad" archetype that serves no other purpose but being a contrived villain for nearly every Zelda game ever made.

[Benice]

2 minutes ago, Sooks said:

And he wouldn’t be recruitable because his dad is no longer Arthur...

Might I remind you that Athena's a virgin and her children all are just gifts? And also that she was born out of Zeus' forehead.

[Sooks]

2 minutes ago, Benice said:

Yes, and fairly easily. America is one of the richest countries in the world with lots of the richest people in the world. it has the money to be very successful as a left-wing socialist country.

There are vast vast differences in the amount of wealth some people have, what do you mean?

I feel like my definition of socialism is wrong... I’m not trying to argue, I just want to learn

[Acacia Sgt]

Studies have been done. Like this one:

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003013

And they mostly agree. It's doable and possible, and benefits overall specially long-term.

The problem is, as always, those few who hold the cards to make it possible who refuse because they'd be the ones to "lose" (and even then it'd be merely a drop in their buckets), and so constantly refuse to make it so.

[Sooks]

1 minute ago, Benice said:

Might I remind you that Athena's a virgin and her children all are just gifts? And also that she was born out of Zeus' forehead.

>human beings

>”gifts”

Someone clearly doesn’t care about the Earth xD /s

[null]

1 minute ago, Sooks said:

>human beings

>”gifts”

Someone clearly doesn’t care about the Earth xD /s

Human life is not equal to nature.

Yes, I know you're joking. Ignore me. I'm an idiot, remember?

[Shrimpica]

3 minutes ago, Armagon said:

It's simple actually. Tax the hell out of the rich.

Before you do that, you gotta find the right balance so that the rich just don't escape with all their money to another country with less Taxes. That's why countries need to have tax agreements.

Infact, i remember reading some stuff out there that America doesn't even need to raise taxes that much to be able to afford healthcare. If only i had them on hand atm and too lazy too search

but this..

6 minutes ago, Armagon said:

If we can afford to give our police killdozers and just generally have the biggest military force in the world, we can afford to have universal healthcare.

is true

for every country out there.

[Sooks]

3 minutes ago, twilitfalchion said:

Human life is not equal to nature.

Yes, I know you're joking. Ignore me. I'm an idiot, remember?

I mean if you’re a god you might have different priorities.

Actually, I haven’t seen any evidence to suggest that, so...

[DragonFlames]

11 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Well, i don't wanna be too greedy so i can sell a few thousand pics, ya know? xD

That is a fair point. XD

11 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Humor is the best solution to everything. Even if it sometimes heads into dark humor territory, but that's even better sometims xD

Agreed on both accounts!

12 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

It's something i learned from mom, who is, if i am gonna be honest, a shounen protag mom

Ya know

''Always keep smiling'' ''Never give up'' ''My son only gets the best of grades'' ''No living with Desperation, No desperation while living'' etc. xD

Sometimes i think she has some Asian blood somewhere, but doubt xD

Just goes to show that that kind of personality isn't even that unrealistic. XD
But that's great, honestly!

I learned this from my grandfather. A very valuable lesson, I believe!

[Benice]

10 minutes ago, Sooks said:

There are vast vast differences in the amount of wealth some people have, what do you mean?

The financial disparity is kind of a good example of some of the problems America has.

There are a lot of the profusely rich in America, basically. And they are becoming increasingly distant from the middle class in terms of amount of money. (The middle class is also getting poorer.)

10 minutes ago, Sooks said:

I feel like my definition of socialism is wrong... I’m not trying to argue, I just want to learn

Socialism is basically a democratic society where the end goal of the society is for the group, not the individual. Examples of this are higher taxes, meaning higher services, such as public transport, universal healthcare, etc. Characteristics of these kinds of countries are:

• Lower poverty rates
• Fewer of the very, very rich

Basically, a larger middle class with less financial disparity.

Edited November 19, 2020 by Benice

[Shrimpica]

3 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

I learned this from my grandfather. A very valuable lesson, I believe!

He is a wise man. Take those lessons to heart, and never be afraid of asking for help 😉