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[A Distant Demon]

Who needs trigonometry when you have Pokemon Go?

very jealous.

I love sandshrew and all I have are a zubat and a weedle

 

[Erureido]

And I wonder, if he actually wins after all this time, what are they going to do next? Turn him 11 years old to at least show he does have a different age every one hundred years...?

The XY anime isn't going to end with the League. We still have to resolve the Team Flare conflict where one of the Zygarde cores will be used for the new destruction plan instead of the Ultimate Weapon (not to mention we still got a few months until the Sun and Moon anime comes out). Heck, there is speculation going on right now that this time, what could prevent Ash from winning the League won't be losing at some point, but rather, Team Flare interrupts the League near its end.

I know there was some discussion about skepticism Ash will actually win the League, and even I will admit I don't want to get my hopes up too much. If Ash loses the League, Alain is most likely the character that will beat him. Perhaps following the League is where Team Flare will begin to initiate their apocalypse plan, and we know Alain is working with them. This could lead to another battle between Ash and Alain during that arc, and there, Ash could probably defeat Alain in their true final battle to get revenge there. Similarly, if Team Flare interrupts the League during Ash and Alain's match, it could lead to a true final battle between them later on.

If Ash wins the League? I haven't really thought how the following Ash vs Alain battle would be built up with that scenario. I've mostly been thinking how the Team Flare finale arc could play out, but not so much how that specific battle would be built up.

As for following the XY anime? I guess it's possible that there could be a time skip, but we are yet to know how will Ash learn about the Alola region. Will it be someone who invites him right away following Team Flare's defeat, or will Ash resettle in Pallet Town, take a year long break, then find out about Alola from someone? We'll see.

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I heard about the new Pokemon.

Salandit looks pretty cool. No doubt Corrosion will make an awesome ability for competitive play. Getting to poison Steel-types AND Poison-types? Yes please! My only worry is that it is quadruply weak to Earthquake.

 

[Schnee117]

Team Fortress's Competitive update goes live in about 7 hours or so.

What I'm most excited for is the balance changes. It's fun to see what useless weapons get reworked and what weapons that were alright get completely raked over the coals. RIP Cleadeamor.

And something will become the Phlog where it's ridiculously OP for a little bit.

Serebii Picture: High resolution artwork of the Pokémon Salandit https://t.co/oV6DIIA7Ub pic.twitter.com/R0wbNWBvQm

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) July 7, 2016

Fire/ Poison type hype.

Flavour text

Salandit emits toxic gas, together with flames, from the base of its tail. This poisonous gas has a sweet smell, and anyone who unknowingly breathes it in will become dizzy. Salandit is not a very powerful Pokémon, but its cunning nature allows it to battle fiercely by throwing its opponents off balance.

Salandit females not only release toxic gases, they can also emit pheromones that attract males of all species, including Pokémon and humans. Inhaling these pheromones may cause opponents to be controlled by Salandit’s will.

Salandit has the Corrosion Ability, a new Ability that no other Pokémon has possessed before. With the Corrosion Ability, it becomes possible to inflict the Poisoned status condition even on Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.

Stats will probably be "decent" at best so I can see it getting an evolution where it'll be better but I can see this being as a Pokemon that inflicts (a bunch) status effects if it has the speed to go with it.

The last part we know but the bit about the females:

 

[Pazzo.]

So I don't know if this has been talked about yet.

But a black man was shot by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. That in itself is becoming par for the course in the US as of late from what I've heard,

You've heard wrong. While it's extremely unfortunate that someone died, black people aren't being hunted by the police like the media would have us think.

...but this time, the man's girlfriend was in the car at the time, as well as her daughter. And the girlfriend livestreamed the whole thing to Facebook on her phone (after the initial shooting). Facebook deleted the video, but it's since been re-uploaded onto YouTube by others.

The boyfriend was the one driving the car, and was pulled over for a broken tail light. The boyfriend told the officer up front that he had a gun and had a permit for it, but was told to get his ID and wallet. He was shot at that point, 5 times in the arm, leaving him badly wounded. It's around that time the girlfriend starts recording, where you can see the man bleed to death.

I won't link the video itself because it's likely way too graphic and disturbing for a lot of people here, but here's an article on the subject that has the video embedded.

http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/minnesota-police-shooting-traffic-stop/

This is absolutely awful, and the police officers in question seem completely incompetent too.

That's pretty bad though. I can't see why the officer shot the man.

But good lord woman, do something to help your boyfriend...

 

[ChikoLad]

You've heard wrong. While it's extremely unfortunate that someone died, black people aren't being hunted by the police like the media would have us think.


That's pretty bad though. I can't see why the officer shot the man.

But good lord woman, do something to help your boyfriend...

I didn't say they're being hunted, but black people are frequently shot by incompetent police officers. That's an undeniable fact.

While I do think there are enough incidents of it for there to HAVE to be a degree of racism involved, I think it's more just sheer incompetence from young police officers who don't know how to handle a situation, or handle a gun. And then the media goes and calls these guys in the force for a year or two "veterans".

And watch the video. If she moved towards her boyfriend, she would have been shot, the police had guns pointed at her too. At the end of the video, you can also see her recording her time where she was in custody within the police car. You can also see her being handcuffed on the floor in the middle of the video.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

But good lord woman, do something to help your boyfriend...

She was honestly.

She can't stop a gun, but she can record it for proof for the courts.

Though releasing it online, doesn't help much...



That said, as terrible as this is, its not THAT common. It's rather rare, all things considered.

Still, too frequent.

 

[ChikoLad]

Though releasing it online, doesn't help much...

If you watch the video, the reason she livestreamed it was because she was trying to contact a particular person (the video serving as proof of her situation). Her daughter was still on the scene and she wanted her to at least be picked up and taken somewhere safe.

Regardless, it's good it got out online anyway. It spreads awareness, and the average citizen could stand to be educated on how these sort of things actually go down.

 

[Pazzo.]

I didn't say they're being hunted, but black people are frequently shot by incompetent police officers. That's an undeniable fact.

While I do think there are enough incidents of it for there to HAVE to be a degree of racism involved, I think it's more just sheer incompetence from young police officers who don't know how to handle a situation, or handle a gun. And then the media goes and calls these guys in the force for a year or two "veterans".

And watch the video. If she moved towards her boyfriend, she would have been shot, the police had guns pointed at her too. At the end of the video, you can also see her recording her time where she was in custody within the police car. You can also see her being handcuffed on the floor in the middle of the video.

Specifically, it was the victim's mother who said "we are being hunted" in another story.

I did watch the video. She was pretty scared, but I personally would have tried to stop the bleeding while telling the officer what I was doing. That's just me though.

I can understand why people are frightened by this. If I thought I was being hunted because of my minority, I'd be terrified.

 

[Arcanir]

I'm not sure how I feel about Saladit's design, but I like that ability. Provided its evolution gives it just what it needs, it could find a good use in competitive battling.

So.
Did some thinking.
With the advent of a few Megas in ORAS and the 20-ish mons we've seen of gen 7.
We've knocked off a few "unused type combinations" at the outset of Gen 6.

Poison-Fire, Fairy-Bug, Normal-Dragon, Psychic-Ghost, Fire-Water, Dragon-Fairy and Dragon-Grass.

Granted there's still like 30 left but it's interesting to note.

The last few Generations have been pretty good about using new type combinations as we also got quite a few from Gen 5 with examples like Bug/Fire, Bug/Electric, Bug/Grass, Dragon/Electric, Dragon/Dark, Water/Ghost, and Fire/Ghost. It's been nice seeing them dip into the unused type combos as it's given us a lot of nice Pokémon concept.

 

[ChikoLad]

I did watch the video. She was pretty scared, but I personally would have tried to stop the bleeding while telling the officer what I was doing. That's just me though.

The officer was still pointing a gun at a man he just shot five times, was shaking, and was screaming the F word and things like "I TOLD HIM NOT TO REACH FOR HIS POCKETS", even though he actually did tell the man to reach for his ID.

That is not the kind of guy you're going to be able to reason with. Not to mention the fact there were other police officers outside the car that had guns on them, and continued to point their guns at the woman as she was being escorted out of the car.

Her choice was listen to the police officers, or be shot.

 

[Pazzo.]

The officer was still pointing a gun at a man he just shot five times, was shaking, and was screaming the F word and things like "I TOLD HIM NOT TO REACH FOR HIS POCKETS", even though he actually did tell the man to reach for his ID.

That is not the kind of guy you're going to be able to reason with. Not to mention the fact there were other police officers outside the car that had guns on them, and continued to point their guns at the woman as she was being escorted out of the car.

Her choice was listen to the police officers, or be shot.

Perhaps.

In any case, someone's dead. I doubt though that this incident is specifically due to racism.

 

[Champ Gold]

Hands Up, Don't Shoot.


That's all I'll say.

 

[ChikoLad]

Hands Up, Don't Shoot.


That's all I'll say.

Well yes, that's supposed to be the standard protocol.

Doesn't seem to work with these wet behind the ears rookie officers, though.

Not to mention she can't actually do anything to help her boyfriend if her hands are up and he's slumped down and unconscious.

 

[Deleted member]

I like the new Pokemon
Nice design, unique typing I wanted and an ability that hurts Poison and Steel types' tanking
I hope this thing's evolution can tank decently because I want to Toxic my way through the entire game with it

 

[Frostwraith]

Had it been a black police officer shooting a while person, the reactions probably wouldn't have been the same.

Yet, I would condemn it all the same, assuming the circumstances were the same. Speaking of those, from what I could understand, the police officer is at fault.

Police officers in the US seem a little too trigger happy (well, "trigger happy" is what I would define the whole gun culture in the US, but I digress) and considering the fact more black people seem to be victims of this stuff more often makes me consider racism as a possibility.

But things aren't simple as that. For all we know, it could be that cases involving black people seem to be more often reported (which would by definition be racially biased, i.e. racist).

Anyway, **** like this is unfair. People are more than skin color, which is no different from, say, having blue or brown eyes. (Scientifically speaking, there are no human races per se anyway.)

But life itself can be unfair. Unfortunately, it's the world we (currently) live in, but it's not that it can't be made better though. Do I expect it to be better, regardless of whatever efforts? Knowing human nature and our history as a species, I have no reasons to.

 

[Pazzo.]

Had it been a black police officer shooting a while person, the reactions probably wouldn't have been the same.

Yet, I would condemn it all the same, assuming the circumstances were the same. Speaking of those, from what I could understand, the police officer is at fault.

Police officers in the US seem a little too trigger happy (well, "trigger happy" is what I would define the whole gun culture in the US, but I digress) and considering the fact more black people seem to be victims of this stuff more often makes me consider racism as a possibility.

But things aren't simple as that. For all we know, it could be that cases involving black people seem to be more often reported (which would by definition be racially biased, i.e. racist).

Anyway, **** like this is unfair. People are more than skin color, which is no different from, say, having blue or brown eyes. (Scientifically speaking, there are no human races per se anyway.)

But life itself can be unfair. Unfortunately, it's the world we (currently) live in, but it's not that it can't be made better though. Do I expect it to be better, regardless of whatever efforts? Knowing human nature and our history as a species, I have no reasons to.

Do you, like classical humanists, believe that humans are inherently flawed despite their individual value?

 

[ChikoLad]

I wanna break way from the shooting topic since I know it's likely a bit heavy for people since I know most users here are quite a bit younger than me.

So here's a question that's been on my mind.

What do you guys think of the Sonic social media? Aside from it posting the dankest of memes, what do you think of this direction for Sonic's PR going forward, where it's fairly free to say whatever it wants within reason? Do you think it's good for the franchise, has it overstayed it's welcome, do you see it as being potentially risky in the future, etc?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

With this new pokemon being poison/ fire

I highly doubt now that Litten would evolve into that type

People did get their poison/fire they wanted

 

[Pazzo.]

With this new pokemon being poison/ fire

I highly doubt now that Litten would evolve into that type

People did get their poison/fire they wanted

Fire/Fighting anyone?

 

[Coricus]

I wanna break way from the shooting topic since I know it's likely a bit heavy for people since I know most users here are quite a bit younger than me.

So here's a question that's been on my mind.

What do you guys think of the Sonic social media? Aside from it posting the dankest of memes, what do you think of this direction for Sonic's PR going forward, where it's fairly free to say whatever it wants within reason? Do you think it's good for the franchise, has it overstayed it's welcome, do you see it as being potentially risky in the future, etc?

I think it has a couple of risks, namely the attack helicopter incident and the potential for other social goof ups, but overall I think the benefits of a much freer PR outlet greatly outweigh those risks. At the very least I personally am well past the point of being tempted to support a company by stilted marketing scripts, so having a social media that actually acts like entertaining human beings greatly heightens the chances of my leaving them in my Twitter feed and actually caring what they have to say.

So yes, I'd say it's good for the franchise, and I'd encourage other social media outlets to do the same. . .as long as they're careful about being up-to-date on their memes, are cautious about the social moods of the time, and try to remember to actually express the human element and be creative rather than simply parroting what they think the other guys are doing.

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

So.
Did some thinking.
With the advent of a few Megas in ORAS and the 20-ish mons we've seen of gen 7.
We've knocked off a few "unused type combinations" at the outset of Gen 6.

Poison-Fire, Fairy-Bug, Normal-Dragon, Psychic-Ghost, Fire-Water, Dragon-Fairy and Dragon-Grass.

Granted there's still like 30 left but it's interesting to note.

So, we still don't have 35 combinations:

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
    
14. Ice/Steel
15. Ice/Normal
16. Ice/Poison
17. Ice/Fairy
18. Ice/Fighting
19. Psychic/Poison
20. Ghost/Normal
21. Ghost/Rock
22. Ghost/Fighting
23. Ghost/Fairy
24. Poison/Fairy
25. Poison/Steel
26. Poison/Normal
27. Poison/Rock
28. Rock/Normal
29. Ground/Fighting
30. Ground/Fairy
31. Fighting/Dragon
32. Fighting/Fairy
33. Normal/Dark
34. Normal/Steel
35. Dark/Fairy

I might've missed some.

 

[Pazzo.]

So, we still don't have 35 combinations:

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
    
14. Ice/Steel
15. Ice/Normal
16. Ice/Poison
17. Ice/Fairy
18. Ice/Fighting
19. Psychic/Poison
20. Ghost/Normal
21. Ghost/Rock
22. Ghost/Fighting
23. Ghost/Fairy
24. Poison/Fairy
25. Poison/Steel
26. Poison/Normal
27. Poison/Rock
28. Rock/Normal
29. Ground/Fighting
30. Ground/Fairy
31. Fighting/Dragon
32. Fighting/Fairy
33. Normal/Dark
34. Normal/Steel
35. Dark/Fairy

I might've missed some.

Ghost/Fairy or Dark/Fairy needs to be a Dulahan, Banshee, or other faerie grim reaper.

 

[Frostwraith]

Do you, like classical humanists, believe that humans are inherently flawed despite their individual value?

There's no such thing as a perfect being.

We all are inherently flawed, but also have inherent qualities.

Those flaws and qualities come in many different ways, some having more impact than others, but it's one truth I deem as universal.

In an analogy, I'd say perfection is like an infinite. Numbers forever approach that point, but never truly reach it, let alone surpass it.

 

[Aetheri]

So, we still don't have 35 combinations:

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
    
14. Ice/Steel
15. Ice/Normal
16. Ice/Poison
17. Ice/Fairy
18. Ice/Fighting
19. Psychic/Poison
20. Ghost/Normal
21. Ghost/Rock
22. Ghost/Fighting
23. Ghost/Fairy
24. Poison/Fairy
25. Poison/Steel
26. Poison/Normal
27. Poison/Rock
28. Rock/Normal
29. Ground/Fighting
30. Ground/Fairy
31. Fighting/Dragon
32. Fighting/Fairy
33. Normal/Dark
34. Normal/Steel
35. Dark/Fairy

I might've missed some.

Just this past week alone we had thee types combos checked off with Normal/Dragon, Bug/Fairy, and now Poison/Fire...

So now I'm wondering what else Masuda's got hidden up those sleeves of his...So many potentially awesome pokemon can come from the 'so far' unused types combos we've got...

Thing is there's still lots to be discovered with some type combos that so far only have one representative...Dragon/Fairy, Grass/Dragon, Ghost/Dragon, Dragon/Steel (I swear its not on purpose these are all dragons, these were the ones that came to mind)...also interesting to note a lot of these combos are either legends or Megas...

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Salandit looks really cool, that **** eating grin is PERFECT for the ability

 

[Burruni]

So, we still don't have 35 combinations:

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
    
14. Ice/Steel
15. Ice/Normal
16. Ice/Poison
17. Ice/Fairy
18. Ice/Fighting
19. Psychic/Poison
20. Ghost/Normal
21. Ghost/Rock
22. Ghost/Fighting
23. Ghost/Fairy
24. Poison/Fairy
25. Poison/Steel
26. Poison/Normal
27. Poison/Rock
28. Rock/Normal
29. Ground/Fighting
30. Ground/Fairy
31. Fighting/Dragon
32. Fighting/Fairy
33. Normal/Dark
34. Normal/Steel
35. Dark/Fairy

I might've missed some.

35 exactly.
I have a checklist myself.

I also gave in and now have an Amiibo collection growing.
and The Dee.

 

[Pazzo.]

There's no such thing as a perfect being.

We all are inherently flawed, but also have inherent qualities.

Those flaws and qualities come in many different ways, some having more impact than others, but it's one truth I deem as universal.

In an analogy, I'd say perfection is like an infinite. Numbers forever approach that point, but never truly reach it, let alone surpass it.

I was tossing around the idea that because the universe is not infinite, there can be no physical infinite, and, according to your analogy, no physical perfect.

It's just unfortunate how rare it is for people to acknowledge that. Sure, we give lip service by saying we don't/can't achieve perfection, but our reactions to the world's wicked acts says otherwise.

Just recently, the finger-pointing over the Orlando shooting has been terrible.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I was tossing around the idea that because the universe is not infinite, there can be no physical infinite, and, according to your analogy, no physical perfect.

It's just unfortunate how rare it is for people to acknowledge that. Sure, we give lip service by saying we don't/can't achieve perfection, but our reactions to the world's wicked acts says otherwise.

Just recently, the finger-pointing over the Orlando shooting has been terrible.

What is perfect?

For what context is this "perfect"

I'd argue perfect is the best something can be rather than just an abstract concept. If it's just an abstract concept than of course nothing can live up to that.

Shouldn't we measure perfect by the best that actually exist rather than something unquantifiable?

You're creating unrealistic expectations

 

[Pazzo.]

What is perfect?

For what context is this "perfect"

I'd argue perfect is the best something can be rather than just an abstract concept. If it's just an abstract concept than of course nothing can live up to that.

Shouldn't we measure perfect by the best that actually exist rather than something unquantifiable?

You're creating unrealistic expectations

"Without any flaw whatsoever."

Context in the general scheme of everything. Basically divine. While it's easy to just classify that as an abstract concept, in theory it exists due to everything having a finite value. So it could be seen as the combination of everything without corruption.

Unrealistic? For people, yes. I don't expect people to be perfect. We can't even support our entire reality without assuming at least one thing.

Perfect can mean everything something can be though. Frosty and I are thinking more on a metaphysical/theoretical scale though.

[Also, unrelated but hilarious:]

Spoiler: Monster Hunter video (no spoilers)

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

I wanna break way from the shooting topic since I know it's likely a bit heavy for people since I know most users here are quite a bit younger than me.

So here's a question that's been on my mind.

What do you guys think of the Sonic social media? Aside from it posting the dankest of memes, what do you think of this direction for Sonic's PR going forward, where it's fairly free to say whatever it wants within reason? Do you think it's good for the franchise, has it overstayed it's welcome, do you see it as being potentially risky in the future, etc?

Honestly, it was what Sonic needed after the Boom fiasco of 2014. Back then, the social media accounts were corporate accounts by their definition, very bland and had no personality. I remember the social media accounts changed around the time Fire and Ice was announced, everyone was more focused on the accounts then they were on the new Sonic game.

If Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, etc. existed in the 90s, I guarantee the Sonic's social media would be acting the same way (with a little more Nintendo bashing). I loved seeing an corporate account be interactive and jokey with not just fans, but other corporate accounts, making it seem like as if Sonic himself was behind the accounts. Aaron Webber is a well respected and known member of the Sonic community, so getting him back and having him in charge (with Gene and Matt joining latter) was a perfect idea.

With that said, I do think there was a period were it became a little too self-deprecating. Having the official Sonic social media make jokes about some of the low-points about the franchise was a brilliant idea. Acknowledging your mistakes is the first step to improving. But there was a point were every joke was a "damn 4th chaos emerald" or "Sanic", and it kind of got old. Thankfully the realized and have spread it out a bit more. There also is some issue with calling out some corporate accounts. As much as I loved the Mighty No. 9 burns, if the next Sonic game isn't up to snuff, that WILL be used against it.

I would also like to see some more interactivity with the fans and fanworks. Stuff like the Twitter takeovers with Eggman and Sonic are great, but I would like to see a bit more. One idea I had was to have interviews with well-known Sonic fans (SomeCallMeJohnny, BalenaProductions, Cobanermani456, Donnie, etc.). I would also like to see Fan-Art Fridays make a return. Seeing them have a Fan-Spotlight playlist on YouTube is a great idea, but I haven't seen it updated in a while.

Overall, I think Sonic mostly benefits from the new social media direction. It gives those accounts a whole lot of personality, and makes it feel like an actual human being is behind those accounts. You can tell it's working, because many other social media accounts have followed suit, even Nintendo themselves.

​

 

[Deleted member]

People that say perfection is impossible to achieve clearly have never played FE7 before

Spoiler

So, we still don't have 35 combinations:

1. Grass/Fire
2. Fire/Ice
3. Fire/Fairy
4. Electric/Dark
5. Electric/Rock
6. Electric/Fighting
7. Electric/Psychic
8. Electric/Poison
9. Bug/Ice
10. Bug/Dark
11. Bug/Normal
12. Bug/Psychic
13. Bug/Dragon
    
14. Ice/Steel
15. Ice/Normal
16. Ice/Poison
17. Ice/Fairy
18. Ice/Fighting
19. Psychic/Poison
20. Ghost/Normal
21. Ghost/Rock
22. Ghost/Fighting
23. Ghost/Fairy
24. Poison/Fairy
25. Poison/Steel
26. Poison/Normal
27. Poison/Rock
28. Rock/Normal
29. Ground/Fighting
30. Ground/Fairy
31. Fighting/Dragon
32. Fighting/Fairy
33. Normal/Dark
34. Normal/Steel
35. Dark/Fairy

I might've missed some.

I just want a goddamn Electric/Dark
And a Normal/Ghost too, because I'm tired of instant coverage with Fighting and Ghost moves

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

"Without any flaw whatsoever."

Context in the general scheme of everything. Basically divine. While it's easy to just classify that as an abstract concept, in theory it exists due to everything having a finite value. So it could be seen as the combination of everything without corruption.

Unrealistic? For people, yes. I don't expect people to be perfect. We can't even support our entire reality without assuming at least one thing.

Perfect can mean everything something can be though. Frosty and I are thinking more on a metaphysical/theoretical scale though.

[Also, unrelated but hilarious:]

Spoiler: Monster Hunter video (no spoilers)

It just seems to me in order to define perfection you need a quantifiable example

and for humans especially it seems it can be extremely subjective.

"Without corruption" Are you trying to say a person completely willing to sacrifice themselves for the common good is the definition of perfection? Because I find that a flawed being in themselves and they could very well live a very short life as a result. Or are you trying to say physical perfection,

So it seems to me the reason humans can not be perfect is because the definition of the word perfect and in how it's being applied

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Salandit looks really cool, that **** eating grin is PERFECT for the ability

I remembered something. Gen VI made it so Toxic ALWAYS hits if a Poison type uses it, even during **** like Shadow Force. Sandalit will ALWAYS poison thw enemy

 

[Burruni]

People that say perfection is impossible to achieve clearly have never played FE7 before

Spoiler

I just want a goddamn Electric/Dark
And a Normal/Ghost too, because I'm tired of instant coverage with Fighting and Ghost moves

1) I immediately thought "If this isn't Hector I'm disowning this person."
2) Mega Luxray.
3) If only we could get it.

 

[Frostwraith]

I was tossing around the idea that because the universe is not infinite, there can be no physical infinite, and, according to your analogy, no physical perfect.

It's just unfortunate how rare it is for people to acknowledge that. Sure, we give lip service by saying we don't/can't achieve perfection, but our reactions to the world's wicked acts says otherwise.

Just recently, the finger-pointing over the Orlando shooting has been terrible.

Going by my analogy again, just because numbers never reach infinite, it doesn't mean they don't get closer to it. 1000 is still higher than 100.

What I mean to say is: no one is perfect, but no one should stop trying to improve themselves in any way they can just because perfection is impossible to achieve.

It's not a bad thing that we, as individuals, have qualities and flaws (a form of pros and cons, if you will), because that's the main point of teamwork, which itself is a fundamental idea behind human society. The idea that multiple individuals can cover each other's flaws with their qualities.

It's like a music band, in which each instrument complements each other. In the pre-history, people never hunted wildlife alone, and not all of a society's members would do the same task: think of the primordial gender roles of men going hunting and women taking care of the children and protecting the settlement. Two tasks that complimented each other as food was needed but they couldn't leave the settlement behind either. That didn't mean that men or women were superior to one another, but rather like two cogs in the same machine.

Of course, that was million years ago, but the principle is there. The idea that each individual or group has a role to play in a larger system. Professions are another good example of this.

The problem with all this is, of course, that this sort of thing gets distorted and degenerates into the idea that some are superior to others based on specific characteristics. Human history is rife with such things and, as much progress can be done these days (and has been done), there's always the possibility of it going down the gutter. It's happened before and can happen again as a result. In fact, it happens constantly every day: what do you think radical Islam is? History is full of examples too: certain aspects and consequences of European colonialism, Christian crusades and all other kinds of religious fundamentalism, Nazism, Ku Klux Klan, imperialism of many kinds (incl. for example, the Japanese in WW2) and so on.

In the end, I think it's not just black lives matter. All lives matter and all people should be judged as individuals whose actions affect the world around them. Sometimes, the oppressors become the oppressed, and vice versa.

I'm a white male and the idea that I'm somehow "privileged" because of that (as some SJWs love to argue) disgusts me tremendously and I think you can understand why. Likewise, I sympathize with minorities having to deal with prejudice and fear because of individual traits that, in the grand scheme of things, matter little.

People being denied of their dreams and potential as individual beings because of trivialities like skin color is so illogical, it's downright asinine.

All this said, I'm done rambling for the day. Now that I've got all this out of my system, I can get off here. See ya!

PS: The quote in my signature is actually a big inspiration for my way of thinking.

 

[Deleted member]

I remembered something. Gen VI made it so Toxic ALWAYS hits if a Poison type uses it, even during **** like Shadow Force. Sandalit will ALWAYS poison thw enemy

I highly doubt it just Pokemon with an abillity that prevent poisoning like Immunity
If it does, then RIP Metagame

 

[Deleted member]

Found this on Twitter.

This image shows that others created these before #Nintendo-- but Nintendo perfected it & made it worth a damn. pic.twitter.com/y8vqUXncHL

— Yoshi-1up (@Yoshi1up) July 7, 2016

Load of bntthurt incoming.

 

[FalKoopa]

I was tossing around the idea that because the universe is not infinite, there can be no physical infinite, and, according to your analogy, no physical perfect.

It's just unfortunate how rare it is for people to acknowledge that. Sure, we give lip service by saying we don't/can't achieve perfection, but our reactions to the world's wicked acts says otherwise.

Just recently, the finger-pointing over the Orlando shooting has been terrible.

Perfection is like those limits in mathematics, or the ideal conditions you see in chemistry/physics (odd analogy, I know). You can only approximate them, never reach them exactly, so you shouldn't feel bad if you aren't "perfect". Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't put in effort.

 

[Chrono.]

Normal dual types other than Flying are so weird to me.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Normal dual types other than Flying are so weird to me.

I still don't know why they couldn't just be pure flying type. Was it balance to make up for the weaknesses of fighting types?