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Family Feud SNES- Nonsensical Answers

rancor says...

That Hall family looks pissed.

(edit) Wow, didn't even read the description first.

(edit2) I think I gleaned the specific algorithm watching the whole thing through. The player just has to enter the answer's letters in the right order, with anything between them.

John Wick: Chapter 2

rancor says...

Excellent! I implemented that policy for myself after The Matrix trailers spoiled all of the movie's VFX back in 1999. I've been slightly more lax in recent years (for movies I don't care about or am not sure of) but it's definitely a good policy. Also highly recommended.

I watched this one, though.

Sarzy said:

Oh man, I've had a no trailers policy for at least a year now (which is awesome, by the way -- I highly recommend it), and this is the first time I've been seriously tempted to break it. The first John Wick was SO GOOD.

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How To Correct Donald Trump In Real Time

rancor says...

I understand and agree that asking anyone to fact-check in real-time is a tall order. Sure, we might expect it of properly prepared professionals, but even then knowing every possible relevant citation is nigh impossible.

But if you're a major news network running a debate, with a horde of staff at your disposal, I would love to see a debate that at least calls out the bullshit in near-real-time.

"We're going to fact check that within the next 5 minutes, are you sure that's your answer?"
(5 minutes later)
"It turns out your statements on your attitude toward the Iraq war were rather inaccurate according to these specific citations: ..."

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Liberal Redneck chimes in on NFL and the National Anthem

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The New Wave of YouTube "Skeptics"

rancor says...

I dunno, videos like this are a bit boring to me, because there's a super-simple TL;DR: "most people don't know how to argue logically". They think they do, but they're wrong. It's really sad, and why rational discourse is so rare.

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