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Dude, their $5 boxes...God Tier for pool college kids.

Oh yeah, I agree. I still liked how he tried to make himself look better by saying that. Like, if you didn't know better, you'd almost sympathize with him. Almost.

And when everyone's aroused....no one will be.

I TOLD Y'ALL THAT AFFLECK CAN PULL OFF BATMAN (at least in the looks...)

But also, the suit adds to my fears that this is just going to end up as a live-action The Dark Knight Returns, where all the Batman fanboys/Superman haters will be saying that Batman beat Superman (he didn't.) I've accepted that they're not going to do much justice to Superman, but at least I want an interesting reason for the two to come into conflict.

My father.

Because of how people react to sex. Because of how adolescents seek sex out without proper knowledge of STD's and contraception and birth control. Because of the idea that breasts and penises are somehow more harmful to show children than war and death and inhumane acts.

I'm really glad that sex is being normalized. I recently had to write a response in a "Communication in the Electronic Age" course that discussed the effects of pornography on (mainly) adolescents (written by, no doubt, a "Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for Research on Marriage and Religion at the Family Research Council in Washington",) yet to me the author failed to really see the real problem.

Here's my full response. 'Tis quite long:

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The first article that is linked describes how, allegedly, pornography is causing serious harm to the young people who access it. It's stated within the article that the internet giving unprecedented access to pornography " eventually wipes out any feelings of shame and disgust and gives way, instead, to unadulterated enjoyment” The author goes on to say that one risk of using pornography was that young people, especially boys, reportedly have "more positive attitudes toward uncommitted sexual exploration" and the "adolescents who watched the highest level of sexual content on television doubled the likelihood they would initiate intercourse." Pornography can even affect behavior, as it's stated in the article that the common younger users of pornography could potentially feel uncertain about their sexuality, low sexual self-esteem, loneliness, and desensitization. Perhaps the largest risk was that "exposure to pornographic sexual content can be a significant factor in teenage pregnancy." However, the author stated that these risks that could accompany viewing pornography can be countered by parents and guardians communicating with these younger people: both with willingness and preparation. The First Amendment, as covered in the second article, tries to protect the children who utilize the internet, but it also makes tackling the problems caused by pornography very tricky without violating people's rights.

However, I have a strong opinion to state about the subject of pornography and its effects on young people. The first article constantly states that pornography is the cause of the problem, to the point where it almost sounds like the issues we hear about gun control and video games, violent film and behavior, and many, many other subjects (but there's clearly a bias to be seen, as the author works in the Centre for Research on Marriage and Religion at the Family Research Council in Washington and apparently thinks questioning sexuality is a problem.) There is no doubt in my mind that problems do exist with pornography, let's not be in denial here (some people will partake in disgusting acts that invade other people's rights no matter what we try to do,) but the problem needs to be addressed in the way we teach peopl about sex, and not just through the parents. The adolescents who access this pornography need to be smarter about what they're doing, but it's not easy in our country to know what that is: sexual education in the United States of America is laughable. For so much of elementary school and high school, it felt like my teachers and elders would simply avoid ever discussing sexuality, and when they did, it was more so a shallow "don't do it" mantra, giving sex the whole taboo atmosphere (in fact, I can remember maybe just one actual sex ed lesson.) If anyone knew a thing about young people though, especially with teenagers, they'd know that that very taboo atmosphere draws these young people to seek pornography out. Looking up reports on sex education in other countries compared to the U.S., 2006 saw the United States having almost three times as many cases of teen pregnancy as were present in France, and over four times as many cases as Germany. Not only was the teen pregnancy rate highest in the U.S. either; reports of teen abortion and HIV were also highest in the U.S., dominating the rates of Germany and the Netherlands, with France a close second. Unsurprisingly, the U.S. saw the fewest reported uses of contraceptives, both for males and females. There are connections to be drawn here.

In my opinion, the problems caused by pornography can be stifled greatly by not simply controlling the access of people to the internet, but stepping up the game of the United States sexual education programs and cultural views. We view our country as being so civilized, yet so many of us try to hide away sexuality, one of the basest aspects of humanity, when we instead need to look it in the face and actually talk about it with our adolescents. Sexuality cannot be viewed as simply shameful and dangerous if we want to stop the issues. Instead, the U.S. needs to allow for distribution of contraceptives, hold discussions about sex and its effects on people both physically and mentally (especially in order to answer questions that adolescents have been too afraid to ask for too long,) actually encourage having healthy relationships instead of none at all, connect the subject of sex with important concepts responsibility and respect, and stop treating sex as a worse subject to tackle than violence and death (which are both a lot more easily found in U.S. television, film, comics, video games, etc.) If adolescents actually become better educated about sex and what risks exist with it, than restricting access to pornography will no longer be such an apparently big issue, and thus invading people's First Amendment rights will not be necessary, because young people will be able to see sex and react maturely. There will still be issues with pornography (rape, underage, voyeurism, etc.) but by actually enhancing our country's sexual education, those issues can actually be focused on, rather than simply expecting kids to know better without being taught better.

I don't doubt you, but do you have the source? I think I heard this from an interview.

Who in the hell are "Say Hi"?

Beat Devil May Cry (the very first one) a bit ago. The Resident Evil is hella strong with that game, from the level design and camera angles to the embarrassingly cheesy dialogue. Still, I was impressed with how well the combat held up, and the game definitely doesn't baby you, which I like.

Now I'm not sure if I want to go on to Devil May Cry 2 (yeah, I plan to play all of them) or DmC: Devil May Cry next.

Also, spoilers for DMC1 & DMC4:

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Is Nero Dante's son? For the longest time I've thought that Nero was the son of Vergil, but when Dante finishes off Mundus in Devil May Cry 1, he say something about having a son. Now it could be a joke and all, but it would be a weird ass joke if he really doesn't have a kid. Maybe Nero was born between DMC3 and DMC1? It'd give him enough time to be the age he is in DMC4 at least.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that noise. I quite like not being my hella awkward 8th grader self.

I need a Mega Rayquaza.

Or else my life shall never be complete.

"Helena" still sucks.

I actually really like the intro. The rest, nope.

Eh, he tried to be snarky at someone and I just pointed out how unfunny it was to me. Don't see how that's "hyper-aggressive," but I admit I'm often too abrasive to people here...sorry.

But to also give part of my perspective, I'm also not a fan of letting people's faults go just because it's typical behavior.