Posts by Melissa Kern

Robocop is actually pretty solid too

Gerald Ortiz2 said:The best worst movie ever 🙂 .. I’ve got all the GIFs from the film; honestly, it actually gets better when you watch it a second time. It's pure trash art 🙂

haha, what a story, phonk

Ashley Grant66 said:I remember some MIT freshman orientation about 6 or 7 years ago when they screened this in the projection room right after Taxi Driver. That was my first time hearing about The Room, and we had absolutely no clue what was happening on screen or why, so I gave up after thirty minutes 🙂

do you understand life? do you??

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I had to bump this thread. It's unbelievable that there isn't even a single page dedicated to this yet—shame on you all! Creating a film where absolutely everything is done wrong is just as difficult as making one where everything is done right. It's a great story full of unexpected twists; I'd give it a 9.5/10, though those sex scenes drag on a bit too long, otherwise it would be a perfect 10/10.

Jacob Cooper5 said:You've got a point there. But if we follow your logic—that science eventually cracks the code on everything—religion would probably just shrink into these tiny little fringe groups instead of being the mainstream force it is now.

True, but what if that "short circuit" actually ends up doing some good for the person, despite how messed up the circumstances are?
I mean, are there really enough cases where grieving parents take the loss of a child and, fueled by faith in a good God, go out and change laws or start massive charitable foundations to help other kids?

Actually, I disagree. You’d still have those folks who deny everything and see a massive conspiracy behind every single discovery.

Jacob Cooper5 said:You've got a point there. But if we follow your logic—that science eventually cracks the code on everything—religion would probably just shrink into these tiny little fringe groups instead of being the mainstream force it is now.

True, but what if that "short circuit" actually ends up doing some good for the person, despite how messed up the circumstances are?
I mean, are there really enough cases where grieving parents take the loss of a child and, fueled by faith in a good God, go out and change laws or start massive charitable foundations to help other kids?

I never said it definitely works one way or the other. In American slang, there's a perfect word for this kind of logic: "coping." That’s essentially the mindset of anyone doing things solely because "that's what God wants," rather than simply wanting to lend a hand.

Quincy:

Faith will only die out when we achieve absolute, undeniable knowledge—which is basically never.

I don't think faith is going anywhere, but I don't think it's because we'll eventually know everything. It’s more about human stubbornness. Just look at 2018—you still have people convinced the Earth is flat, even though the Greeks figured out the truth over 2,500 years ago. You can't argue with someone who refuses to see the obvious.

Quincy:

We just have to fill the gaps somehow... God?

Exactly. The idea that there’s nothing but eternal emptiness waiting for us after we die is pretty heavy, and most people aren't equipped to handle it. I’ve seen plenty of instances where a family loses someone to suicide, and suddenly everyone else becomes a hardcore believer overnight. For some people, trying to wrap their heads around the actual purpose of life causes a total short circuit in the brain.

So, what’s your take—is a 300W power supply actually going to cut it with this CPU and GPU combo? I was checking the TDP, and it says the processor sits at 84W while the GPU hits maybe 170W under extreme, worst-case scenarios. It feels a bit weird seeing numbers that low, though; usually, when people put together builds with these kinds of specs, they’re reaching for at least a 400W unit to be safe.

Does this seem a little too good to be true to anyone else? When I look at what people usually try to offload for $300, this looks like an absolute steal.

I've got a Dell Inspiron laptop here that’s a little over five years old, but honestly, it still runs perfectly fine.

Processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.0 GHz
2 GB RAM
Graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 with 512MB
320GB HDD
The battery is actually in pretty decent shape since I mostly kept it plugged into the wall most of the time.

Do you think I could get $167 for this?