SaysWho?

Whoa, I just googled OP's name, and I didn't know a castleton snob was a thing.

tbh, years ago I thought OP's name was a play on @CastlevaniaNut18 only he's a snob instead of a nut, and I wondered why no one said anything.

I feel a tad silly.

I hope more polling is done on this for more states.

Almost half of Haley supporters say they would vote for Biden over Trump: Iowa poll

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Just under half of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers who support former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley indicated that they would make a crossover to the Democratic party, saying that they would rather vote …

The ultimate endorsement.

Former presidential candidate Doug Burgum endorses Trump on eve of Iowa caucuses

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North Dakota Gov. Burgum dropped out of the race in early December after struggling to qualify for the third and fourth GOP debates.

Peter Crombie, ‘Seinfeld’ Actor Who Played ‘Crazy’ Joe Davola, Dies at 71

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Peter Crombie, the 'Seinfeld' actor who played 'Crazy' Joe Davola, has died at the age of 71.

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Peter Crombie, the “Seinfeld” actor who played sitcom writer “Crazy” Joe Davola on the show’s fourth season, died Wednesday after an intestinal illness. He was 71.

 

Crombie’s ex-wife Nadine Kijner confirmed the news on social media.

 

“It is with shock and extreme sadness that I share my Ex-husband died this morning. Thank you for so many wonderful memories and being such a good man. Fly free into the Un-boundless source of light, Peter. May you be greeted with love by your parents, and Oliver,” Kijner wrote in a statement on Instagram, also posted to Facebook. “So so many people loved you because you were a kind, giving, caring and creative Soul.”

 

In the popular sitcom, “Crazy” Joe Davola was a psychopath who terrorizes Jerry Seinfeld, even going so far as to stalk him and dress up as a clown to frighten him.

9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

I'm a normal person (or am I? )

I've judged that you are.  

39 minutes ago, Massdriver said:

Federal scientists conclude there is credible evidence for certain medical uses of marijuana - POLITICO

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The agency recommended loosening federal restrictions on marijuana in August based on the scientific review.

FDA review on cannabis dropped. 

This should be its own thread because the whole point of the study was to clarify this after Biden's executive order. Biden may very well reclassify this in 2024 now.

11 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

Reminds me of this clip I saw a few days ago...

 

Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy) on Threads

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Twitter is a ghost town

 

And they're blue-checks.

Some of this shit...

The description of this (never mind the name of the product):

And then this:

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

For the shopping websites what's really brutal is the extent to which they've become marketplaces for random shit sellers and increasingly do not sell things directly anymore. I started shopping Walmart of all fucking sites because I felt like they'd be better than Amazon in terms of counterfeits but they've increasingly gone the shit vendor bazaar route too.

Also, Amazon apparently removed seller accounts from normal people like me several years ago. I forget the reasoning, but I had a perfect 5 star average and sold plenty of things I didn't need/want anymore, and it just... stopped. I think much of the Blu-Ray/DVD sellers were actual businesses instead of random people, which was nice to have when I first started buying off of Amazon.

3 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

The extent to which the biggest sites on the web have become just absolute fucking dogshit is wild to see.

That's why D1P being smaller is to our advantage. We're the best thing going on the interwebs and reinvent what good content is.

25 minutes ago, Reputator said:

It's already flooded with AI reviews. Fortunately the ones I saw did not say verified purchase.

 

But the SEO thing also means they'll change a product page to something else entirely so like a nasal spray has thousands of reviews for a toilet brush (actual example I found).

 

Amazon product pages are just a mess, period.

I've seen that last year and I think even the year prior. It was so confusing.

Nintendo has now dominated Japan game sales for 19 consecutive years | VGC

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Switch led software and hardware sales comfortably in…

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Despite launching almost seven years ago, Switch sold over four million units in Japan in 2023. That compares to 4.8 million units sold the previous year, and lifetime sales are now approaching 32 million.

 

Its closest competitor, Sony’s relatively new PS5, sold almost 2.6 million units in 2023, which was a 124% increase on 2022’s total of 1.15 million units, reflecting greater availability of the console following Covid-related supply issues.

PS2 sold a little over 2 million in 2005. 

Circana released 95-22 a day or two ago. I thought it was quite interesting particularly for the late 90s.

Also, I have no idea what "All pre-2000 titles only" means.

1995

1. Mortal Kombat III
2. Madden NFL 96
3. NBA Jam Tournament
4. All pre-2000 titles only
5. Mortal Kombat II
6. Donkey Kong Country
7. Lion King
8. Myst
9. NBA Live 96
10. Killer Instinct
11. NHL 96
12. Yoshi's Island
13. Donkey Kong Country 2 
14. Disney's Toy Story
15. NBA Live 95
16. Primal Rage
17. Donkey Kong Land
18. College Football USA
19. Doom II
20. Batman Forever

1996

1. Super Mario 64
2. Mortal Kombat Trilogy
3. Madden NFL 97
4. Donkey Kong Country 2
5. Madden NFL 95
6. Killer Instinct
7. NBA Live 97
8. Wave Race
9. Star Wars: Shadow of Empire
10. NBA Live 96
11. Donkey Kong Country 3
12. Myst
13. All pre-2000 titles only
14. Resident Evil
15. Mortal Kombat III
16. Tekken 2
17. Toy Story
18. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
19. Super Mario RPG
20. PilotWings

1997

1. Mario Kart 64
2. Super Mario 64
3. Star Fox 64
4. Goldeneye 007
5. Diddy Kong Racing
6. Star Wars: Shadow of Empire
7. Final Fantasy VII
8. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
9. Cruisin USA
10. Wave Race
11. NFL Quarterback Club 97
12. Madden NFL 98
13. Tomb Raider 2
14. NFL GameDay 98
15. NBA Live 98
16. Madden Football 64
17. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
18. Tomb  Raider
19. NBA Hangtime
20. Flight Simulator For Windows 95

As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024 | TechCrunch

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Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company

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While sources at the company said the layoffs would be significant and as high as 20% — or reductions that would see Pixar’s team of 1,300 dropped to under 1,000 over the coming months — Pixar says those numbers are too high. Rather, the studio said the number of impacted employees is still being determined due to factors like production schedules and staffing for future greenlit films.

 

The studio stressed the layoffs are not imminent, but will take place later this year as Pixar focuses on making less content.

 

According to insiders, the Pixar layoffs include headcount that was hired for Disney+ — hires Disney pushed on Pixar to produce for its streaming division, which hasn’t yet turned a profit.

2 hours ago, Massdriver said:

Just a few days earlier, they had this article: 

 

Why Haley Won’t Break Through - POLITICO

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Today’s GOP is split along class lines, and her college-grad supporters aren’t the majority.

 

Different authors, though, which just means two people had two different pitches.

2 minutes ago, marioandsonic said:

"Will overtake coal in 2025"

 

Not when Trump completely guts the EPA and rules solar energy illegal

We're talking about the world, g'dammit. Take the W.

From Oregon to Idaho, that's a pretty good swath of ideology. Hope it happens.

3 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

This would certainly be a big win for Biden that Democrats won't campaign on enough. Like abortion. 

Democrats have been campaigning hugely on abortion, though.

Though I just listened to the hot mic, and he apparently thinks Haley's going to get smoked and "isn't up to this" so maybe not.

3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

RIP in Peace, Chris "Bridgegate" Christie's campaign.

I only saw the headline, but my immediate thought is he doesn't want to split the New Hampshire vote, as a Haley NH victory would shake up the race.

The peloton story is so good. I loved it.

"Sea of Thieves, right---I'll say I've heard that is one that might be coming to other platforms. When I first started hearing these rumors, I was like, 'Oh this is probably about Sea of Thieves, because I've heard that could come to Switch and PlayStation.' And maybe that might be the kind of thing where like, actually all of this stuff is happening, and Microsoft is kind of trying to rejigger its strategy."

10:44

I know I had a tv on the ground, having recently moved with nowhere to put it, playing Demon’s Souls Remake when I received the notification on my phone that the US Capitol had been breached, which was not something I was expecting to get a notification for at all.
 

Maybe ever.

1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I mean, I agree, but 4-5 users is basically nothing.

True, but we have 32 users on right now, and they're cream of the crop. The top of their game. The apex of predators. The Johnny Cochran of defense attorneys. The magnum of opuses. The kal of woman stealers. The Steve Austin of wrestlers. The sayswho of name changers.

19 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Same, and I'll likely be here through to the end too but I do miss all the activity and users we used to have around here. It gets kind of boring just seeing the same 4-5 users responding to each other in basically every thread I go to read.

I did enjoy the variety in 2011/2012, though I also think the smaller nature of the board makes it enjoyable to speak since I don't feel as if I'm stepping on egg shells. Reset has a huge userbase, but many times I just don't say anything on the off-topic board. And even on the gaming side, you have a lot of people suspicious of your motives for seemingly innocuous things.

6 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

 

We are already fascist my dude. We are actively aiding and abetting genocide. 

 

If you include police into the list of defense budgets. The USA is on it twice. Once as the US military and in third as the US law enforcement. I saw that and knew why. Military occupations aren't cheap. 

 

The tyrannical government is now and the only people movtivated to actually get shit done are the fascists that just want to go all in. 

 

“a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.”

A lot of what you stated is just stuff you don’t agree with or categorizing things in ways I don’t agree with. Fascism is the Heritage Foundation’s proposal to centralize power in the executive branch if a Republican wins this year.