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  1. Ungnome

    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    Abbot needs to go NOW. He's a proper monster, come on Texas, get rid of him before his actions kill even more people.
  2. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    Also keep in mind that one of the MAJOR differences between the Romani and the Jews is that the Romani generally gave up their original faith(a flavor of Hinduism)and converted to the predominant religion of the areas they migrated to.
  3. Ungnome

    Mental Health and Suicide

    Only around 1/3 of homeless people have issues with addiction. Of those the largest addiction isn't meth, but alcohol. It's really not fair to those struggling to act like they are all addicts to hard drugs. It also hurts the prospects of finding good solutions to the issue.
  4. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    Depends on which inquisition you are talking about. There were several and the early ones especially were simply against anything that wasn't Catholic Christianity. An attempt to suppress Christian groups that weren't Catholic that had sprung up in medieval Europe before the Protestant...
  5. Ungnome

    Mental Health and Suicide

    Keep in mind that Robin Williams had JUST been diagnosed with lewy body dementia. He was known for his quick witt and deep cultural intelligence, both of which were slowly being erased by the progression of the disease. He also suffered from chronic depression and addiction issues. The idea of...
  6. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    As someone who fluctuates between agnosticism and atheism and of European/protestant decent, my perspective on the situation isn't that of someone who has personality been the target of Jewish persecution, so I think I'll bow out and let Thy take over. He's much more eloquent at debating the...
  7. Ungnome

    Star Trek General Discussion

    Love the way they integrated the Voyager theme into the sequence. As far as the Doctor goes, yea, his CGI is a bit off, but Picardo only looks right in the flesh. Need I remind you of Johnny Cab?
  8. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    Atheists weren't scapegoated for centuries the way the Jewish population was. Atheism/Agnosticism also don't have cultural traditions that could be pointed to as 'different' given that most people in those camps can simply adopt the predominant cultural rituals even if they don't believe in the...
  9. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    True enough, but a good chunk of the issues in the US and Europe stem from that, at least originally. The dynamics of antisemitism in the Muslim world flows from a somewhat different direction, though at the core it ALWAYS boils down to 'fear of the other' and scapegoating, both usually...
  10. Ungnome

    So I am making a video game.....

    It's the magic of vertex shaders. They can do all manner of things to vertices, including modifying their transforms.
  11. Ungnome

    Anti-Semitism

    The Irish look Caucasian, the Italians look Caucasian. Didn't stop bigoted Americans from hating them back in the day. It's the culture that the haters target in this case, not their skin color. The cultural hatred dates back over a millennia. It's ingrained itself in Euro-Christian culture...
  12. Ungnome

    1st Gen Retro Gaming

    Pong... The home console version was predated by the Magnavox Odyssey.
  13. Ungnome

    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    To be fair one election was in Davidson County(AKA Metropolitan Nashville) and the other Memphis. The GOP didn't have much of a chance in either place. Still the result in Memphis is hilariously bad.
  14. Ungnome

    So I am making a video game.....

    Thinking about it, both could PROBABLY be simulated using shaders, though I'm not savvy enough with shader coding to know how.
  15. Ungnome

    P&R Funnies!

    Given that it was Trump we are talking about, I had to double check to make sure that was actually satire......
  16. Ungnome

    Star Trek General Discussion

    Until Bashir realizes his true love is Garak. That IS Siddig and Robinson's headcanon on what ends up happening anyway. Behr has also indicated that he DID want Garak to be attracted to Bashir, but the suits wouldn't let him explore the idea openly.
  17. Ungnome

    Star Trek General Discussion

    Well Dax isn't dead and retains a good chunk of Jadzia's memories and thought patterns, so she's only mostly dead.
  18. Ungnome

    P&R Funnies!

    Blame European Imperialism for that one. They first encountered said numbers in Arabic speaking regions and just assumed that's where they came from and spread the term to wherever the stuck their flags.
  19. Ungnome

    So I am making a video game.....

    Wonder how easy it would be to add the vertex jank caused by vertexes on the PS1 being snapped to the nearest screen pixel location or the disabling of perspective correction to simulate the PS1's notorious texture warping.
  20. Ungnome

    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    Yup, he can still run, but I believe a few states have laws baring him from being put on the ballot due to the charges. The bulk of said states with said laws already weren't gonna vote for him, though, so it won't make much of a difference. Frankly I hope he looses his GA or NY case before...


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