thepeaguy83

@StrickenBiged "My father worked in a factory."

So what? My family did too. You shat on your class as soon as you got chummy with your posho student chums.

I'm firmly in the middle class now, more than happy to cop to that, but was the first of my family to go to uni. I spent my summers as a teenager getting up at 5am to go work demolition sites with my grandfather's family business (driving a 40 tonne loading shovel into the side of a three storey wall at age 14 is a particularly fond memory - Destruction Derby eat your heart out). Never forget your roots.

I think you are bang on about students. Labour is having a hard time keeping its coalition of students and traditional support base together when their values are often diametrically opposed (e.g. on immigration, brexit, etc). They're increasing support in the places where they already win (London, big cities, etc) but haemorrhaging votes in their traditional heartlands. 

The student wing of that coalition also has a very detectable whiff of a snobby attitude towards people that didn't go to uni - they mistakenly equate the level of education one has achieved with intelligence. 

Hopefully Boris' Tories don't get complacent. Real investment in technical skills training, build enough decent houses, and bring businesses up to the towns that have been hollowed out by globalisation, and they'll keep winning. 

@StrickenBiged I'm associated with a young Tory who's middle class.

I have no issue with the middle class, before anyone else calls me an inverse snob. My step cousin and her husband run a posh hotel business in Banff. Two of my younger cousins are uni grads, too, but their mum and dad are working class.

I only take the piss out of posh, privileged twats who are sanctimonious lefties that are audacious enough to think they can speak for me. 

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What I also find bizarre is people announcing that they're blocking somebody. If you're really going to do it, just do it quietly.

@thepeaguy83: Well, often, this question comes after a long, pointless argument, so it's clearly a way to announce that one poster will block another (which is the lamest thing someone can post on a forum).

@AihaLoveleaf: It's just that simple.

@AihaLoveleaf I've noticed in some message boards where users ask the staff on how to use the block features. Most of the comments respond with crap like "muh free speech, man" and "just scorrl dun, man" and such.

It's just an observational post.

And yes, I agree that you don't need to announce who you're specifically blocking here.

Boris Johnson made his bones in London, and while that might work against the Tories right now, it shows that Labour can't count on London all the time.

From my reading across the pond, Labour tends to get in trouble when it assumes the existence of strongholds.

@thepeaguy83Is it that bad? I was planning on playing Shining Resonance Refrain for a A to Z JRPG challenge I have since its one of my backlog games. Most of them I chose are pretty down the middle, AA or just odd games, but is this one really that bad? Gotta know what I'm getting myself into lol

I haven't played and completed a new edition of the series since the entire Shining Force III trilogy back in 1998 (before it was fan translated).

I haven't been a fan of Shining's new direction for years now.

Ah ok, I haven't played any of the original games so I don't have much to compare it to, but I'm sure I'd probably feel the same way as you, as modern releases that far off usually tend to miss the mark. But I'll keep an open mind for the time being. If you see me ranting about it later on you are free to let out a big "I told you so" 😂

LOVED IT!
 

One of the best retro throwback rpgs!

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Nearly missed this! Of course I'm looking forward to Tales of Arise! I'm deciding between the PS4 and PS5 collector's editions. They are exactly the same except for the actual game being PS4 or 5 (and same price). I don't have a PS5 yet, but I'm hoping to have one by September when this comes out.

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Cograts man! You know the grind is bad when the guy with the Star Ocean plat nearly called it quits

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@Xylobe Oh god, that was a slog.

I guess I'm at that age where I cannot tolerate bullshit in games now, haha.

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