Why are people talking about f#cking spoilers in this thread
Posts made by thegab
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RE: Chapter 900: Bad End Musical (Break)
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
I was going to buy Monster Hunter World today, but the guy at Gamestop said it wasn't really fun in single player (because I don't play enough to be able to justify online play) is this true?
I only played solo and loved it
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RE: Roseanne is getting a ret-Con
Gotcha. Had no idea Roseanne was such an activist. Please tell me Goodman isn't also?
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RE: Roseanne is getting a ret-Con
Roseanne is a pretty loud and vocal Trump supporter. It's not just a storyline the writers are doing, its the actress insisting that her pro-Trump viewpoint be part of the show.
Even though that's completely at odds with the beliefs of the character, and the show never did politics in the past except in super broad strokes.
So, it's hard to not see this as "Prop trump supporter forces pro-trump opinion into narrative to talk about his good sides." Yes, its propoganda.
Alright. I was looking at it like I wouldn't consider the majority of television entertainment to be liberal propaganda. Like late night talk show hosts, comedy central, etc. I'm not defending the right; I'm liberal. I just think to call their shows propaganda it's only fair to call our shows too, right? And I always thought propaganda was more systematic. Yes her show will show bias to conservatives but so what?
@DemonRin didn't mean to call you out. I obviously don't know you and didn't grasp that was your concern. For one, I didn't consider the show targeting a group of people with hate speech, I figured it would be cliche shallow conservative rhetoric like MAGA.
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RE: Roseanne is getting a ret-Con
Not everything that doesn't share your political views is propaganda from the opposition. Maybe it's just entertainment
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RE: Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !
Yeah Count you've pretty much summed up my thoughts on the matter, just more clearly worded
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RE: Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !
Straw Hats are certainly the driving force of the story, but this isn't naruto. OP has a rich world that Oda has spent years building. There is more to One Piece than the Straw Hats. Are you going to complain the story isn't moving when Black beard kills Shanks and Luffy isn't present?
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RE: Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !
@Sibersk:
The story is "Monkey D. Luffy sets out to find the One Piece and here are his adventures along the way".
That's it. That's the story. Anything that's not inherently related to that is background stuff, which is why it usually happens after the arc ends and only lasts for a handful of chapters and is relegated to exposition.
This is not about the story not having Luffy every single chapter. This is about the manga halting the story for a volume to tell a completely different story before going back to our regularly scheduled programming.
I disagree completely. The story can very much progress without Luffy being present there. Information being revealed, plans for the future, potential danger for SH allies, it all will affect luffy' s future and the path he takes. Yeah obviously the story is about luffy and the crew, but 'it's small - thinking if you think the story can't progress without Luffy being directly thinking, and it's a dis to Oda's storytelling and world-building abilities.
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RE: Greg: Teacher of SUPER " OP " course !
I disagree completely. Oda has built up the world enough that the straw hats don't need to be present for the story to progress.
I'd prefer it that way too but I doubt it'll happen. Oda will cater to the younger audience that must see luffy and the gang in every single chapter.
It's like when DB tried to set Gohan up as the MC, but nope everyone needed their Goku fix so he came back.
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RE: Super Smash Bros
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From one of my favorite games. I always thought he would fit perfectly into smashPlus he's close enough to goku
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
Testing the Heavy Bowgun, and, dear god, I'm such a noob with this weapon, even the Great Jagras would pummel me. Any advice?
It was my main weapon! Hardest thing with the heavy bowgun I'd say is mastering the reload times. Most of my deaths come from reloading at bad times.
Use the special firing mode (B on Xbox) whenever it's loaded up to save on ammo, though be careful when switching between modes.
Depends what version of the weapon, but for mods I mainly stuck with the reloading assists for faster reloading.
Other than that, use your heavy fire when you knock a monster down (wyvern ammo and cluster bombs) they deal great damage but they're slow.
Find which ammo types your gun can use and keep an eye on it's ingredients to farm when needed. I really grew to love the pierce ammo and the sticky bombs. Never go into a fight without a sufficient amount of ammo. I don't think I ever used the normal ammo.
Main thing is mastering the reload times for each ammo. It's really hard to go back to melee once you get used to the hbg
It's really not expensive to keep up with the ammo if you farm here and there.
Also make sure to reload every ammo type when the monster runs away. I forgot the name, but some guns have an alternate fire called "wyvern snipe" I think, which really packs a punch
It's really satisfying loading monsters up with delayed exploding ammos, to have the ammo go off as you hit it simultaneously with dps ammo, only to knock it down so you can get up close and fire the wyvern ammo.
That's about all my advice I can think of for now!
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RE: Chopper's forms
@S.C.:
Was Cracker the first time Luffy has had a major fight with a swordsman? (Minus the little skirmish with Mihawk).
Arlong, zoro, VA's at Marineford… none really are major fights unless Arlong counts as a swordsman.
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RE: Notions That Don't Deserve Their Own Threads
Think it would've been cool for snakeman luffy to wrap himself around brulee, then send his fist flying through mirrors to surprise attack katakuri with fists constantly flying through different mirrors. His arms would need their own sentience though to know which mirrors to go through, and it would be rather situational. Still would've been cool
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RE: Volume 88 Predictions/Discussion
The SBS started and here we are with all these perverted questions. I don't understand the point behind these questions. :wassat:
It's a Japanese thing
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RE: American Politics thread: No Nazis Allowed
I thought presidential pardons require an admission of guilt, or am I remembering wrong?
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RE: Next Strawhat Crewmate (Vol. 6)
@Count:
That she is dead until the One Piece sequel series Two Piece: One Piece Next Generations starring Boffy, where it is revealed that Monet inexplicably survived and has a metal arm.
Lol yes I needed this
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
Same just nabbed my first Nergigante. Imo, black diablos is a tougher fight. I was able to down nergigante on my second attempt, though I think I could've the first time if I had max potions on me.
Wouldve been nice to know he can't be captured lol I went into his lair unprepared thinking I was able to trap him and it took me a bit to realize he couldn't. That final round was harsh and those dive bombs are brutal. I'm glad he can't use those consecutively lol
Also happy I finally got my Nero's Blazzoka rank 7
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
Love being ganged up on by a Diablos and a black Diablos. First time running into black Diablos and the normal one would not back off. I didn't have any dung to shoo him off and if I wasnt stun killed by black, I'd get blind sided by the regular lol
And what's up with monsters just randomly leaving the area without warning. I finally had black almost beat after dying 4x and right in front of me he digs down and dips out. Soooo frustrating
Side note, blue rathalon is feisty as hell! Downed him first try though. Could not imagine going at these two with a melee weapon. Especially black diablos.
PS does anyone know when the main quests end ? I'm about at the first "slay nergigante" quest
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RE: Chapter 895: Pirate Luffy vs. Sweet Commander Katakuri
I've been thinking lately, how does Katakuri spawn Mochi out of thin air and turn them to Hakified fist? Or are we letting that slide because he's fans "favorite" villain? I know several OP fan site that will crash in anger if a certain pirate can spawn multiple Kong gun out of thin air.
Maybe "special" paramecia justifies it since we don't have any precedent for it yet. Some are theorizing Luffy is a special paramecia so he could take inspiration from this fight.
Or maybe it's just part of his awakening shrugs
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RE: Chapter 895: Pirate Luffy vs. Sweet Commander Katakuri
I like how Luffy was yelling about how hungry he was. The chapter before Rayleigh said "opponents aren't going to stop attacking just because you're hungry." So maybe yelling about it is one of luffy's ways of dealing with it. I also thought luffy is yelling all his thoughts just to "overload" katakuri's precog in a way. Or at least make is precog have to deal with seeing more details than just their fight.
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
Reminder that Deviljho is coming to World in Spring and we may end up with two party crashers in the same hunt.
Like, imagine having to avoid being carpeted to death, while from the opposite side a huge mad dinosaur is coming to smash you clean with the Great Jagras that has between its teeth.
That sounds stressful as hell lol anjanath is still a huge pain in my ass even after beating stronger high rank monsters. I run in terror everytime he gets enraged -__-
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RE: Chapter 895: Pirate Luffy vs. Sweet Commander Katakuri
But then, which would be the worst ?
That's a real question, too, not just me trying to look smart.
Nami vs kalifa for me. Which sucks cuz I love nami
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RE: Next Strawhat Crewmate (Vol. 6)
Pound can easily come back if he got saved by someone. The problem is that there's nobody we know of that could defeat Oven on Cocoa island. So it would have to be someone new to the arc and that's something we can't foresee.
Pedro is a different matter. He definitely died on that beach. MB might bring him back through the years she took (though I have seperate reasons not to believe that), but that explosion definitely killed him. The biggest indicator of this is that Perospero was so monumentally pissed at the strawhats because of Pedro. If he was that pissed at them, then that means he made double sure that he couldn't get any amount of revenge from Pedro himself. Also, Oda already had a fakeout death for Pedro this arc when he blew up the dynamite next to Tomago. I don't see Oda doing this twice, I see it as Oda burning the fake out death card to get it out of the way before the real death.
Pedro most definitely didn't die on the beach. You saying you think Oda wouldn't do two fake out deaths, but then go on to say you think he'd kill off a character in such a way shows you don't understand Oda's writing style. The cards are all there. Just because you can't think of a way he could've survived doesn't mean Oda also can't. You gotta stop thinking of it in terms of "death" and instead think of it in terms of "how he survived"
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RE: Marvel Movies Thread - Holy Shitballs
Honestly I was drunk and trolling yesterday.I haven't even watched it yet.
Do you troll every movie or just the ones where black people get more represented?
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RE: Random News Article Discussion II
Concerning gun control. Ever time there is a mass-shooting, american newspapers/media mention that it has nothing to do with guns, because the Swiss have guns too and they don't kill each other. Except that the Swiss aren't allowed to carry ammo/have a loaded weapon, they can only shoot at the range.
I'm saying this because this kind of article pisses me off
They're always omitting that it's forbidden to carry ammo because they're too scared to call for a ban on guns.What's wrong exactly with US campuses? And what's the thing with frat boys ?
Frat boys and frats pretty much represent rape culture perfectly.
Nothing's wrong with US campuses. More so the people on the campus. 1 out of 5 women experience sexual assualt on their college campus. It's to the point it almost feels like commonplace. Idk if it's the post - high school surge of feelings or the new found freedom, but guys (I'm a dude ) proudly act terrible to women. The whole frat tradition should end, and many colleges are ending them
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
No, it wasn't a waste of time. You'll need high rank armor so you can get away with being hit. It's no fun being KO'd by one attack.
Diablos, Kirin, and Bazel do stupid damage with some of their attacks. Nergigante hits hard with that one move, but the rest of the game is actually pretty tame other than that. I like that chip damage got reduced or in some cases taken out entirely. I have nightmares of fighting Yian Garuga with dual blades
And do the high rank monster's move sets change? Or just their stats?
This game makes me wish there were more hours in the day cuz it sucks up a lot of time lol
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
I've been wearing mostly Diablos, and I've killed just about everything in high rank again that was present in low rank save for Rathalos, Diablos, and Kirin. So, it can work.
Good to know. I was getting cocky in low rank, thinking I can take on any monster now. Then I found out about high rank and quickly got 1 shotted by Diablos, who I thought I mastered lol
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
This is my first MH experience, so I didn't know it went to high rank. Was it a waste to grind for my low rank Diablos set right before getting to high rank?
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
I give this a 9.5/10 so far.
It would get a 10/10 if the targeting system was better but sometimes it just annoys the hell out of me. I swear Ocarina of Time had a better targeting system.
Besides that, I can't think of any negatives of this game. I'm having a blast and though someone said it's not like dark souls, it's similar enough to get my fix taken care of. -
RE: Random News Article Discussion II
I can't remember the last time I had a class where the girls weren't the ones standing for the majority of the hands raised, joining student councils and administrating trips for the whole class. A girl taking up the role of the class mommy is damn near inevitable, whether it'd be the kids of a bunch of rich yuppies or otherwise. There is however a noticeable trend for guys to act dumber than they actually are and never commit to anything except the bare minimum because I guess they want to come of all flippant about school.
Experiences are relative. I had more guys in my class that did care about school than those that were just "acting dumb" and didn't care. Also had just as many guys as girls who actively participated and volunteered to lead and such. So really just depends. The grades older than mine had a lot more jocks and I'm pretty sure those dudes rarely cared about school.
I don't see a problem with girls going to all female schools to avoid sexual assault. What is it now, 1 out of 5 college girls experience sexual assault on campus? Sure, it won't fix anything, but it'll definitely prevent such things from happening. College campuses seem a lot more toxic than the "real world" anyways, so avoiding that all together shouldn't take anything away from operating in the real world.
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RE: CCC's Sculpts
Impressive work! I despised those haunted hotel red slime balls but you captured Madeline's essence perfectly I must say
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RE: Random News Article Discussion II
So tired of this goddamn country's gun fever. Sickening. All the gun- toting f#cks are going to deny the blatant relationship between our gun laws and all the mass shootings too. 17 children dead and it's almost the norm now.
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RE: Chapter 894: 12:05 AM
If that's their rule, fair enough. I had a laugh when reading the Japanese but it's hard to get those things across. Where can I find this podcast, btw?
http://www.onepiecepodcast.com/
They really do a great job! New episodes the day after each official release .
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RE: Chapter 894: 12:05 AM
Thanks for the comparisons!
Not sure why they called Katakuri's attack Burning Mochi in the official translations. I'm quite disappointed since all the context is there for how the word should be translated since we are in a food based Arc with characters using food based attacks. I thought it was quite funny reading the chapter after I literally ate grilled mochi the same night.
I mean just google Yakimochi (焼餅) and take a look, you'll find pictures like;
! http://zojirushi.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yakimochi.jpg
! http://s.momofukufor2.com/blog/photos/2010/06/mochi7.jpg
https://cdn.amanaimages.com/preview640/11020002185.jpgStephen explained it in the OP Podcast. He says though it translates to grilled mochi, they usually try to match the name of the attack to what it looks like. And since it's a burning attack, they just went with that.
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RE: Chapter 894: 12:05 AM
I never claimed to have the moral highground. I enjoy being up to date as soon as possible and watching the discussion develop. I won't even try to pretend otherwise.
Besides which whether or not I support scans and whether or not it's okay that I look at them, even with my subscription and purchased volumes is irrelevant to the central point that scanlators should know they're the only way some people have access the series and until something changes the only way some people will be willing to access the series, and if they're fans who care about the fan community they should act more responsible for that, and that they actually make money and ask for more money off our readership and should maybe reflect that in the quality of their work.
It would be ideal if scanlations stopped being a thing in the same way officially licenced streaming services have nearly wiped out fansubs, but the fact is they still exist and they still drive most of the discussion in a way that makes them hard to avoid. This isn't some niche version of the series that only a handful of people read, MS and Jaimini race to have the chapter out first and be the primary reading experience of what seems to be the bulk of the fanbase every week. And if they're going to do that - if they're going to be that - to so many people and can't just go away and let the official release handle it instead, than I don't think it's out of line to suggest they do it a little better.
I get what you're saying. I guess I've stopped giving them so much credit, so I don't necessarily expect them to have high standards. I was especially turned off when I heard MS is now asking to use viewers pc power to mine for bitcoin. Idk, I'm sure they're good fans and not bad people, it all just seems shady.
I admit, waiting for the official release makes me miss out on the bulk of conversation, cuz discussions start dying down somewhat early. And I've still cheated on a few chapters and read them early, so i don't want to come off like I view myself morally superior. Trying to avoid the spoiler section is a pain too, but oh well
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RE: Chapter 894: 12:05 AM
This strikes me as a rather shitty attitude. Maybe they don't owe us anything, per say, but that doesn't mean we can't criticise them nor that they shouldn't try to improve. The sad truth of the matter is that most people read scanlations only and don't bother with the official release. The latter costs money, is out later and doesn't leak like the Japanese version, and can't be read in all territories. Plus the 4kids days have left a stigma on One Piece localisations that remains to this day in the minds of some. Oh I'm sure more people on here have WSJ subscriptions than have admitted it, but the speed the threads fill makes it abundantly clear that even among them the scanlations are the first port of call and place the discussion is geared.
So knowing that the scanlations, sad as this is, are going to be the first and often only way most of the people contributing to the discussions will be reading the series, it would be bloody nice of them to not leave out details like the sound effects, to proofread their damn scripts, keep a little consistency, and not Dogtooth up the place. If they're fans of the series they work on, maybe they should double check their work for unclear lines, mistakes and contradictions, to keep the quality of discussion high.
And another thing. Scanlators make money from us. They put ads on their sites, then ask for donations on top of that, then one in particular put a bitcoin mining thing on their page on top of that. And then they watermark their shit so that when it spreads they're always trying to bring readers back to their site to view their ads instead. They put a credit page with their names in the middle of the chapter, and hide the obligatory 'please support the official release' page at the back, sometimes after a collection of fanart, well after the point most would just close the tab. Because of course, why would they want people to see there's another option? And certainly why would they place that option anywhere that implies its more important than people seeing their usernames?
So there's no defense of these guys, really. If we count them as fans on a passion project, they're fans who don't treat the series well with what they leave out and fail to double check, and the liberties they take, even though they must know they're the first and in some cases only way some fans will be experiencing the series. As fans, they should want better for One Piece. And for people just doing us a free service in a quick and rough way, they sure seem to be asking a lot for it. And if our views are paying their bills (maybe not mine specifically, I use adblock) maybe we do have some grounds to ask for more attention to detail.
If there's going to be piracy, maybe it'd be better if it was someone just leaking the Viz scripts instead. At least then we'd all be on the same page.
Then don't use illegal scanlations? Saying the majority of fans are too isn't really an excuse, especially when you have such negative feelings towards the illegal scanlations.
Also owning a WSJ subscription isn't an excuse when you still support the illegal scans. Having ad block doesn't justify it either
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RE: The Nintendo Thread
If we're talking about 3rd party Nintendo stuff, I picked up one of these recently:
The 8Bitdo SF30 Controller
Basically it's a Super Famicom style controller that connects to Windows, Android and even The Switch.
The design is SLIGHTLY modified so it's compatible with modern games (It has 4 Shoulder buttons and 2 clicky-sticks, home and share buttons etc) But it basically feels like you're holding an SNES controller… and WOW is it awesome.
I'm trying to save money, but this thing is the one nice thing I let myself buy with my tax return and I am super happy with it.
It's not easy for 3rd party SNES style controllers to get the D-Pad right and this REALLY does.
So far I've tested it on Mega Man X, Mario World, Star Fox 2, Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild and it's just overall super comfy.
I can't wait to start Cuphead now with this thing.
How much was this? I play a lot of roms on my phone and this would be awesome
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RE: Random News Article Discussion II
wow, that's so salty.
There was nothing mean in my post. wtfAnd I don't get why this has anything to do with women or whatever. You're just making a crazy ad hominem statement. watabout my reputation dude?
I wasn't even serious with "wo-men" being somewhat sexist. Which is why my first paragraph was followed by "I mean, Nitwit just said "why", you don't get to call him anything for that."Like what words?
And I'm not making a statement about etymology, what the heck
Like read the whole post, there is a context and all. "_it has a biblical connotation" and after that I'm saying other things.
But as I said, my first paragraph was ironic. Just calm down.btw, even Trudeau was jocking!_
"Woe is me! My ironic first paragraph in no way expressed my true feelings! "
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RE: Random News Article Discussion II
I think "wo-men" is a sexist word, it has a biblical connotation. It suggests that women are coming from men, or/and that they're depended from men (/exist for men). I suggest you to change that word somehow, like create another word or steal one from another language (this is usually how it works). Take femme for example
I mean, Nitwit just said "why", you don't get to call him anything for that.
btw, mankind is basically short for humankind. kinda
Fortunately for women everywhere, I don't think someone who's close mindedness views that get them banned from various threads has the authority to make such judgement calls.
If women do decide the word "woman" is sexist, that's their call. And I'm sure the same close minded people who have a problem with it now will still have a problem with it then. Luckily, it seems those people are a dying breed
Oh, I'm sure Nitwit's "why….............." was a question and not a statement of negativity
I also suggest you look up etymology and stop making baseless statements on the origin of words.
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RE: Random News Article Discussion II
Why….....................
"How dare they mess with my fragile masculinity!"
Fun fact: ~~50% of the population is female. What's the problem with changing words that came from an age when women didn't have the same rights?
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RE: General Monster Hunter Thread
Game looks reeeeally good. I'm close to buying it, but I'm worried it'll be a huge time commitment. My time is scarce right now
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RE: Chapter 893: 36th Daughter of the Charlotte Family - Flampe
You're welcome! Just like .access timeco. is good to know that you don't have confidence in your stance… SAD.
Didn't know Donald Trump was a member here. SAD!
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RE: Dragonball Discussion Kai: Broly but this time it's not Broly
Buu killed a ton of people. I guess that was Bibidi commanding him to do so though, but he was blowing up cities.
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RE: Dragonball Discussion Kai: Broly but this time it's not Broly
I think he meant metaphorically, with Nappa being an uncle of sorts.
Ah gotcha. My bad. It would be cool to see Nappa absorbed into the main cast over time and slowly develop more human qualities like Vegeta did.
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RE: Dragonball Discussion Kai: Broly but this time it's not Broly
@The:
I always wondered to myself, what if Nappa wasn't killed off? A bald Super Saiyan and being Trunks' uncle does sound interesting.
Iirc vegeta and nappa weren't brothers.
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RE: General 'Four Emperors' Discussion
@K.:
A very true, I was mixing those two properties up as one. Too bad, I guess Shybum as a phoenix is just a dream then. Although, Burguess fighting style fits the diamond fruit and what we saw Jozu doing with it.
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The sword dude from Blackbeard's crew.
To be fair, that is a common misconception. The way Oda had Jozu use his fruit leads me to believe diamonds are also unbreakable when in the OP-verse. I could see Burguess with the diamond fruit because of this. You're right, Burguess and Jozu fight very similarly. The phoenix fruit is one of my favs too; I wouldn't want it to be wasted on Burguess.
I could see Shiryu regenerating with the Phoenix fruit while fighting Zoro, and bragging how Zoro can't cut him quickly enough before he recovers. Zoro then breaks his limit and cuts him "1000 times" before he can regenerate.
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RE: General 'Four Emperors' Discussion
@K.:
So Shybum ends up being the real uncuttable substance. Mmm that is nice connection. As I was saying earlier, I like changing diamond and phoenix fruit around. I just find diamond to be a bit lackluster, like something Zoro would have achieved before he attempted to go at the title again. A pseudo immortal might be a more interesting match. You can have Sanji kick hard objects as he has some trouble with them.
But diamonds are known for their hardness, not toughness. That is, diamonds are resistant to scratches or cuts, but them breaking is another story. So Sanji being able to smash diamond won't really be a feat. At least in the real world. You can smash diamonds with a hammer.
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RE: Untitled
Not specifically mcdonalds, but all the garbage food with too much calories in it. It's just common knowledge among doctors I guess. That's what they've always been telling me "muhh, I hope you're not tall because of all the shitty yankee food boy? understood? ". It doesn't make everyone tall (in today's standard, tall would mean more than 180cm), because everyone doesn't have the same kind of body but it would be the reason why people have grown taller in the last decades (/century). When asked why, I'm usually getting "all these useless calories once in the body don't know wtf to do, so they just make your body bigger–- taller".
As for Scandis, I recall that there is a different reason. Even though they also eat junk food and all, like (pretty much) everyone in the world. It seems they have another specific reason to be that tall. Anyway, google is failing at answering my questions. It seems to be something about genetics and natural selection and whatnot
lol no it's not.
It's mostly genetics. In fact, it's not junk food that'll help people still growing (in puberty) to reach their fullest height potential, but a wide variety of healthy foods that gives us the needed vitamins and nutrition. Extra calories from junk food won't make you taller lol if any doctor actually told you that, I'd find a new doctor.