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@falyrionient I’ve had a copy for a while and was planning on reading it this year but thank god you posted this, this fucking suuuuucks. I just finished the Farseer trilogy and Hobb clears this so bad it makes it look like a creative writing exercise for teens.

If this is highbrow literature to you, I'm not the one with a problem

Bout to play some sick Falco. Just kidding I’m white & went to college #Sheik

@dairchain @NotAklo I’ve asked the same thing all over the place and nobody has an answer. Pro ban folks keep claiming permaclaw is some kind of “earned” skill.

@NotAklo Is it even true that z jump is inherently better than perma claw? From everything that’s been said it seems like this is just a factor dependent on hand size. Seems like people with smaller hands don’t get hand pain from perma claw and get hand pain trying z jump

My final thoughts on zjump — I recently thought about this for a VERY long while before saying something that I wasn't confident in. In this post I've addressed every point that has been brought up regarding this debate, as well as some points that I haven't seen people mention. As someone who has been playing Melee since the beginning and who at heart actually DISLIKES button remapping in the game, banning Z-jump/GCC remapping simply cannot be justified. You cannot ban zjump without banning boxx. Rather, you SHOULD not. It is logically inconsistent. If you support doing so, then your argument is subjective and not objective. You are biased. I've heard many people argue that banning only GCC remapping is fine because the boxx is an accessibility controller, whereas zjump and remapping are purely for ease of use. It's true that some top players (i.e. Cody, Joshman, Lucky, Chem, etc) have benefited from switching to Z-jump. Yes, it's mostly Fox players, as Fox requires the most high speed execution in the game. But the amount of NON-TOP level players that have improved because of switching to boxx is disproportionate. Yes, the boxx is an accessibility controller. But to pretend that the boxx is not ALSO an ease of use tool is straight up delusional. To be clear btw, I think the boxx being legal is very good for the overall health of the scene. If you think "we can address the boxx if it becomes a problem," then that means you only care if someone actually good at the game is using these tools. Put your bias aside; it is blinding you. The argument that GCC remapping is inaccessible is also just bullshit. Here is why: It's true that you currently need a phob gcc/controller mods to do remapping (which is super dumb btw when stealth mods are possible). However, if you want to play Melee on GCC without remapping, the only feasible way you can properly perform techniques utilized by zumpers and boxx players is to use permanent right hand claw grip. For most human beings, this hand position is extremely uncomfortable. In fact, I would even argue that doing perma claw grip without hand discomfort is EVEN LESS realistic than having controller mods done. It's just such a bad faith argument too because most serious competitors have already been using Phob controllers for years. That being said, zjumping is obviously easier than claw grip. I'm sure there is a very small subset of people who disagree, as this is subjective. Let's be real though. Even aside from competitive gamers, the vast majority of human beings would not think that perma claw grip is easier than holding a controller the conventional way. It IS an ease of use tool, but again — so is the boxx. Last thing I'll say is that I truly find it comical seeing Captain Falcon, Sheik, Marth, and Puff players complain about tech skill being too easy for Fox. "Melee is supposed to be a very difficult game [for you, not me]."

@MojoFunky @NotAklo So people who tolerate claw get access to frame 1 aerials and full drift because they have the right physiology, which is fair, but someone with a different physiology using a button remap to achieve the same advantage is unfair? That’s a pretty wild argument tbh.

@KortsaOrlong @NotAklo People who use claw are still in the minority, despite it being objectively better for execution, so his statement is still correct. If it were more comfortable, more people would be using it

@equalityAlec You of all people remaining optimistic that such a shift is even possible is extremely surprising to me.

This will be a defining moment for the ordinary liberal. It’s an incredible opportunity to shift well-meaning people away from credulous analysis based on what people in power *say* to analysis based on what systems, structures, and institutions *actually do.”

Democrats yet again get to put forth the most milquetoast neoliberal candidates because polling like this will have them assuming victory is a given.

@nise_yoshimi Matt Christman

And Obama’s ICE director, Thomas Homan, is now Trump's border czar. Under Obama, Homan introduced the idea of taking children from parents as a tactic to discourage migration. Obama gave Homan a presidential award saying, "Thomas Homan deports people. And he's really good at it."

A liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now.

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@bourscheid @TW1NKD3STR0YER Algorithmic bias is nefarious.

@TW1NKD3STR0YER Hey there! Search engine guy here. This is SEO. A lot of news sites were spelling Mukhammad’s name incorrectly + he was identified last + right-wing outrage machine amplifying Cook’s name in search results/trends = what you see here. Nothing nefarious.

hey so this is fucking insane right

This is the real export of Western civilization: a masked zionist animal bludgeoning an elderly Palestinian woman for daring to harvest her own olives, on her own land. Every settler swing is sponsored by the same Western governments that feign outrage at resistance, then bankroll this parasitic project with money, weapons, and diplomatic cover. There is no mask thick enough to hide the stench of cowardice and inherited filth. This is the legacy: a colonial death cult built on the blood of the defenseless, propped up by the moral rot of every state that shields it.

@bananasrviolet @the_ulf @e_relij @Iovesnakee Yeah dawg I’m sure all recent criticism of Maduro is made in good faith and has absolutely nothing to do with the impending regime change by the US military, just a total unfortunate coincidence of circumstance!

@the_ulf @e_relij @Iovesnakee the thing is, it's not necessary to jump at anyone criticizing the brutality of maduro's regime to make clear that you'd be opposed to the idea of the trump admin engaging in regime change. i reject the premise that these things need be intertwined in a strict and absolute binary

It’s interesting to see Zoomers who weren’t conscious for it to recreate the exact mental gymnastics of the pro-Iraq War argument

Toph: Wow what do you think of aMSa using so much egg lay? Scar (secretly into vore): Toph, I see forbidden pleasure. To be scarfed up safe inside yoshis warm belly and expelled in an egg-cocoon mimicking the circumstances of birth. I see only heaven Toph. A heaven I cant reach.

@NickGerlock The scripture teaches us that life on earth itself is liminal, and the house of the Lord must reflect that.

I feel like 90% of “liminal spaces” are just church basements

in some ways, gollum is frodo’s labubu

@n8gallagher I wasn’t either until I started practicing them, I’ve start d to find there’s actually a ton of subtlety to it depending on exactly how much touch you apply. They’re hard to get consistent! Sometimes cranking up the gain and doing obnoxious Van Halen squeals just feels nice

I’m not a big pinch harmonics guy but I’m learning the intro to shot in the dark (RIP Ozzy). The regular harmonics and pitch bending above the nut technique is fun.

Universal healthcare would be astronomically cheaper than our current system, would be the number one impact that could be immediately made to reduce the deficit, and the fact that this is not a widely known, accepted and argued for service is proof of the power of corporate propaganda.