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Vinny the Tologist

@vincentologist

I was told to tell people about my ambitions, so here's links that describe my goals. https://t.co/YWMohZfP4L https://t.co/Qd5HwOqsnU https://t.co/G5uFQH39A3

Arizona, USA Katılım Mayıs 2016
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@gnosiaenjoyer @xokliz @DelusionPosting I also don't like to base my ideas on what I find plausible or implausible. I just think that police being punished for self defense creates absurd incentives to kill them for doing exactly what we want police to do; patrol and guard. I think the effect size would be prohibitive.
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Robin
Robin@gnosiaenjoyer·
@xokliz @vincentologist @DelusionPosting I don’t base my politics on what I think people will entertain or not, do you think people 500 years ago would entertain the ideas of our world today
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@gnosiaenjoyer @DelusionPosting I understand wanting parity between LEOs and civilians in terms of legal responsibility, instead of them being a special class in the law. I do not understand why police shouldn't be allowed to protect themselves anymore than I can.
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Robin
Robin@gnosiaenjoyer·
@DelusionPosting I don’t think police should be legally allowed to defend themself. People should get punished for assaulting/killing them but shouldn’t get any additional punishment than if they were to assault/murder a random person
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@NathanpmYoung People's higher brain function sometimes turns off when the thought of existential risk is triggered, it's a little odd to me
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@XtremeApologia @ComicDaveSmith It wouldn't be beneficial if he lost though, those who think debates like these are a good idea are left scratching our heads as to why Ben wouldn't take an easy win and demonstrate more straightforwardly that he's a grifter if they believe it
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Xtreme Apologia
Xtreme Apologia@XtremeApologia·
@vincentologist @ComicDaveSmith I think he does see downside. He's said as much. That's not controversial. Just because Dave wants to use Ben's platform to boost his own image doesn't mean been finds it beneficial.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@theRTC204 @_Tom_Henderson_ I am also playing the relevant game with that in mind, I think that's a solid attitude to have here! I just think people are being deliberately naive because they're annoyed with people on the other side of the argument
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Tom Henderson
Tom Henderson@_Tom_Henderson_·
Decided to take the gamer Twitter approach for my dinner today. I had a KFC, which we enjoyed, but told the family we couldn't enjoy it because their stock is down 7% this month and the queue was only 3 cars long.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@XtremeApologia @ComicDaveSmith Even if this was true, the relevant fact would be whether he and others are sure they can win that debate, even if you're sure personally they can do it. The behavior is consistent with them seeing only downside
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Xtreme Apologia
Xtreme Apologia@XtremeApologia·
@ComicDaveSmith I like you Dave though I disagree with you. Ben Shapiro would wipe the floor with you on this topic. He's way more polished. Don't let his annoying voice fool you.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@MarathonMedia01 I think I'm a little confused by people's hostility to this. Like I get it, there's clearly a lot of treadmill to run on. But competitors actually do have more for you to do at the end. Tarkov takes longer, and arguably has more random stuff for endgamers to do!
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Marathon Media
Marathon Media@MarathonMedia01·
Hilarious Marathon review on Steam 😂 254.7 hours/ VIP with all factions "There is nothing to do". 💀 Bro needs to touch grass. #Marathon | #MarathonGame
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@FuzeHostageMan @innnspace @Caaandor What gun in Halo is objectively superior, rather than situationally so? Destiny has that but it's pretty modest, and at this point you have to go out of your way to find blues. The sandbox isn't based around that.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@Cerus_R @proteusjumpship Forgive my jaundiced attitude on this but Tarkov isn't the only example, if you look at the Extraction Shooter tag on Steam there's so many PvE games there, it gets a little frustrating to have people confidently asserting things that suggests they've not even tried to look
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Crux
Crux@Cerus_R·
@vincentologist @proteusjumpship Sir, I don't play EFT and didn't even know they allowed mods. "Incredible." Fuck yeah it is, but it's rude for you to assume that someone know about it.
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proteus
proteus@proteusjumpship·
The brutality of the genre is part of the art direction, though. Tau Ceti IV very clearly does not want you here, and every advancement you make has to be fought or scavenged for. Adding a PvE mode thats more palatable for the masses directly detracts from that art direction.
ʜᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴛɪᴅᴇ@Hollowtide

I love what marathon is. I know this is what the devs vision for the game was and I haven’t been so addicted to a game like this in forever. And I would love for it to just add on to that experience. That being said, I am all for them adding a pve mode or something that would get more ppl into the game. I don’t know if Sony is gonna allow them to retain employees or give them the bankroll to allow them to add to their original vision for the game with a lower than expected player count and revenue. If the pve mode is a way to get people through the door and get them hooked on the game and the universe, and then that funnels into the main mode and ends up helping the studio and the game, why wouldn’t I support that. I’ve seen tweets about how people want the game to stay niche and all that, and I understand but ultimately I want the game to get more than six months of love before Sony decides to pull the plug and we get a skeleton crew or worse. I experienced that with Halo infinite and it’s very depressing. I think outright dismissing both sides of the convo is silly and shortsighted and both sides have pros and cons. Just thoughts.

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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@Cerus_R @proteusjumpship I like PvP sometimes, I just think this argument is bad, people are trying to prove too much and inadvertently arguing that a whole class of amazing games are actually shit cause they've not crammed PvP into every mode for challenge
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Crux
Crux@Cerus_R·
@vincentologist @proteusjumpship If you just don't like PVP, that's fine. I'm not going to be able to convince you otherwise if that's your angle.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@SBrotendo @_Tom_Henderson_ Thousands of hours in Tarkov alone, let alone the genre generally, and I'm not a conservative so I don't fuckin know what you're seeing unc, get tested
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Guy in the tower@SBrotendo·
@vincentologist @_Tom_Henderson_ Every time I look at guys like yours profiles it's re-tweeting jd vance or asmongold lol. I can not take you serious, you don't play games you're on Twitter all day complaining about them.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@GeminiJack11 @PaulTassi @Forbes Agh. I hadn't read an article of his for like a year before recent Marathon stuff, and this is why, even as someone who's largely hostile to the current administration. Journalists taking swipes at things well beyond their expertise and specialization is a yellow flag!
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@SBrotendo @_Tom_Henderson_ If the goal is not just to eat one meal but fit a restaurant into a weekly family habit, knowing said habit is dead in a week is a nonstarter. That's true even if instead of knowing it, you knew it was 50/50 Marathon is a live service game that has probably not broken even
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@KnightUvTime That's definitely my impression yes, Marathon really reminds me of a smaller slower Apex, not faster Tarkov. PvP isn't the core of the game, *the possibility of an ambush or skirmish* is. PvP is just one of many mechanisms these games use for that.
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Knight of Time
Knight of Time@KnightUvTime·
@vincentologist the more I talk to people that play other extracts, it seems the PvP balance of Marathon is a joke. You are not fighting the entire map in every Tarkov zone, you are not fighting the entire map in every Hunt bounty, etc. but you can't do shit in Mara without fighting everyone.
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Jace
Jace@JesterJace53290·
@vincentologist @an_capitalist You’re asking me why should we care about the intentions of people who kill innocents? Because their ideologies are dangerous? We’re fighting Iran right now to prevent them from getting nukes becsuse if they had nukes they would use them to kill innocents
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Voluntaryist Keith
Voluntaryist Keith@an_capitalist·
'Meh, so what civilians were killed by the IDF in Gaza. That's just like every war' - Comedy Cellar Man Okay Noam. I'll concede, every war involves innocent deaths. In that case, shut the fuck about the holocaust. And shut the fuck up about October 7th. So what innocent people were killed, thats just like every war.
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Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@ZubyMusic Do you think it'd be better if therapy was "descientized", meaning it didn't have the veneer of formal medical procedure around it and it was treated more like paying for a professional conversationalist?
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ZUBY:@ZubyMusic·
When I was younger, I never heard about anybody going to therapy unless they were a war veteran or victim of some horrific crime. And people were saner and better regulated back then. I'm not convinced modern therapy helps most people. The opposite is possible.
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Vinny the Tologist
Vinny the Tologist@vincentologist·
@poellll Half the reason I don't use it is because it looks like a literal brick with a grip, the CE Tactical sucks but has the benefit of looking like a functional firearm
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