Chatterbox Thursday

Playing cards? Someone grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth.

I used the plastic tokens that came with bread. None of your posh playing cards for me.

I sold my Phantummy* to some random for $272..... now I find I can't rebreed another to replace it so off hunting I go again

Phantom / Mummy

My favourite so far 'Hannibal Spectre'. I'm guessing you can work out the combination.

59 crossbreeds discovered, 6.2% . . . This could take a while.

Would breeding a leprechaun and Nessie give you lepressie?

Also, I have no idea what is going on. I've spent too much of today watching Jordan Peterson videos on youtube (I'm pretty sure I've got the gist of it now).

You've all gone again.

Cobblers made more sense in his Elite Dangerous posts in the old place.

With regards to feminism I take it? He just really argues for equality of opportunity rather than outcome and says that most of the gender pay gap is based on factors other than, although may be linked to, gender e.g. a tendency for women to be more agreeable on average.

The original interview itself came across as an attack piece gone wrong. The interviewer had obviously set out to trip him up, but failed miserably. She was attacking him on points he hadn't made.

He's not really alt-right, but they seem to flock to him partly because he's against identity politics and partly because the rest of his videos are sort of self help type advice about how men need to grow up (oh the irony!) and how to be more confident. A lot of them are mislabelled on youtube as being divisive alpha/beta male stuff.

On they whole I find it all fairly reasonable stuff. Although, it should be noted I've not watched any of the ones purporting to be about 'attracting women'.

Hi.

I've just spent the last couple of hours playing Knack. It's okay. Noting special, but okay.

All in all, though, I'd rather be in Lisbon

I always knew you'd make a shite sausage.

That would be a nice change. In the Thames valley and its Chinooks or low flying choppers either moving VIPs or sas into London quick by the height and speed they go. Chinooks get here and do a loop before carrying on, makes you feel so safe.

Driveclub is like driving a block of wood, mounted on 4 blocks of wood, on an ice rink. Its a fucking awful game

Melvazord reviews Driveclub: 4 shitstains

I know I know, tell us what you really think etc

Just to rub it in, Windows decides to show me a picture of Belém Tower on my startup screen. Bastards.

Jordan Peterson: I only listened to the interview with Cathy Newman now and I can't see what all the fuss is about. I don't think that Newman "inaccurately paraphrased his beliefs", as the Guardian article put it. I think that she tried to re-frame his utterances and that he employed a well-known conservative strategy of successfully controlling and driving the narrative. She moved on too quickly from every singular talking point. But on the whole he reminds me of any number of crusty conservative professors I've met in my life. There's no point in challenging their deeply held beliefs, one will only wear oneself out. In all likelihood they are going to die before you anyway. He probably takes people playing video games as a sign how they need to grow up.

Tonight I had to put a birthday wish list together for my sister-in-law to act on, and I asked for either Metroid: Samus Returns, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or L.A. Noire. Knowing her she's likely to get me at least two, and this explains my backloggery issues (plus having completionist tendencies, plus not being able to resist a sale). Last year she got me Xenoblade Chronicles X, and I'm still no further than creating my character. However, apparently it earned me some serious nerd points with my nephew.