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I blame my translator. I got that info before I started learning German. And I realize the SS had no such motto, but they still had crosses.

I seem to have lost my post when I got logged out. So I'm going to keep this short and sweet. The Nazis wore crosses on their uniforms and their official motto translates to "in god we trust", they had Catholic priests travel with their military units for spiritual support (yes, I am aware of the fact that the US also did this), and their secondary emblem was a cross, which was still the main emblem of their military. Pope Pius XI did make a pro-Semitic statement there, but had a long history of anti-Semitism himself, and had previously said Germany had a right to "defend itself" against Jewish influence, even in the middle of a speech against Hitler's ridiculous "Final Solution". His stance on the Jews was definitely negative, even if he was MUCH more mild than the Nazis were and hated their extreme take on anti-Semitism. The Catholic Church's stance on the Jews has always been mixed, because that's inevitable in such a large organization, they never had any hard policies on the matter and have never, EVER taken any action against anti-Semites within their membership. They did create the Easter Drama and Passion Play, and both have anti-Semitic elements to them, portraying the unbelieving Jews as being at fault for the death of Jesus Christ, and that largely makes sense because the only other parties to blame are the Romans, and we're talking about the ROMAN Catholic church. The Catholic Bible also supports the idea of Jewish deicide, as well. However, there HAVE been a lot of pro-Semitic individuals in the Catholic church. They were a minority, especially amongst the popes, but even during the crusades some priests sheltered the Jews and even took up arms against the crusaders, even if both the Pope and the Antipope continued to fund these people afterwards and never condemned their actions, and of course the priests and monks travelling with the crusaders didn't either. The words of individuals of any status less than that of the pope are irrelevant here, and every pope before Pius XII has been anti-Semitic or ambivilant. Even Pius XII, who has saved a whole bunch of Jews supposedly despite not having a firm number and it ranging from "thousands" to "hundreds of thousands" with no evidence as to what the actual number was, also never took a firm stance against anti-Semitism until the war was already over, and the Catholic church under his rule was one of several powers involved in smuggling Nazis out of Germany and taking them to Brazil. Also, read more than half a paragraph before you send something as a source. Meanwhile, Nietzsche, the guy you people insist on blaming? He repeatedly made hard, definite statements that he had and wanted nothing to do with anti-Semitism or any anti-Semites, and that he thought of anti-Semitism as a cancer. Since you're a wiki fan, why don't you take a trip to Wikiquote and read what he had to say on the matter? As for the actual topic, I should note I am 100% for allowing Muslim refugees into the EU and US. We are secular nations, after all, we should act like it. They'll need to register and go through the same paperwork as any other immigrants, and they'll need to follow our laws, but those are given. And in a couple generations they will not be significantly different from any other members of our societies, and many won't even be Muslims anymore. I call that a win/win.

Oh, I do have a quick note about questlines: The release won't have any, and I'm still up in the air about which, if any, will actually be added later. The entire point of the game is supposed to be to explore and survive. There's a big, dynamic world that is affected by your actions, but not overly so. There's unique dungeons to explore, from simple abandoned houses to huge and detailed ruins with a metroidvania-type feel to them. Everywhere you go has a story, at least a little bit of one, and it's up to you to go and find it and make of it what you will. And then you move on, because the world isn't going to wait for you any more than it'll change for you. You're a regular person in this game, not some magical chosen hero. The point is to live in this world, not to change it. In the end it really comes down to whether I feel giving in to the pressure is worth compromising the tone of the game. I've been going back and forth, and I think I'm settling on "no". Not every game needs some big epic story, especially not this one, and that means there is no central plot to the game other than what you make for yourself.

Is a book list okay? Because when it comes to stuff this old, you often do have to actually read a book. Even if these books are going to be downright painful. I mean, the first book to read is Mein Kampf and the last one is the Catholic Bible.

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How the fuck was the holocaust something caused by Christianity? Do you know the source of anti-Semitism in Europe? Because it largely comes from a single organization. And it's a single organization that Hitler and every single member of the Nazi party was legally required to be members of, wear the symbols of, and attend the functions of. Also a single organization that Hitler claimed his party was inspired by, and cited rhetoric of to support his claim. Yeah, that's right. The Catholic Church. The Catholic Church decided very early in its history that Jews were not to be tolerated, and had committed or endorsed genocides on the Jewish populations multiple times before this, including Catholic crusaders deciding to slaughter Jews on their way to the holy land for no reason other than them being there (though it is notable that not ALL priests agreed with this, some opposed it just like in the holocaust as the pope himself was silent on the issue), and creating a propaganda play called The Passion of the Christ (a Nazi favourite, I might add) to drum up anti-Semitism by promoting the Catholic belief of Jewish Deicide. That is, the belief that the unbelieving Jews who refused to accept Jesus were responsible for his death, rather than the Roman soldiers who, you know, actually killed him. To be fair, though, they probably only failed to condemn The Holocaust (which is too extreme, even for them) because they were, you know, kinda in the middle of Italy. Had the Catholic Church not created and promoted the concept of Jewish Deicide, and done everything within their power to drum up anti-semitism for over a thousand years, endorsed previous genocides of the Jewish people and failed to condoemn the Nazi party's anti-Semitism even when the Nazis claimed that the Catholic Church was their inspiration, the Holocaust could not have happened. The Jews would not have been the go-to scapegoat in the first place, and far fewer Germans would have supported the idea even if they were somehow scapegoated anyway.

Probably, if somewhat tuned down. As for the armour, I now know how it works. And it fucking sucks. It's non-locational, and while it does scale against incoming damage it is in a SUPER backwards way and it's going to be more difficult to effectively control than a simple point value. I'm keeping special resistance, just to help the system be less shit. Apparel will only provide kinetic DR, and special resistance will handle ALL strengths and weaknesses. Clothing provides no DR, protective gear provides 10 and armour provides 40. (These can be improved with armour mods.) Special resistance is now always a positive number, as well. There's quality grades on armour, and these now just increase or decrease the special resistance by 1/20 its base value for each rank above or below basic. Since these run from -5 to +5, this means multipliers from 0.75 to 1.25. And since the defaults are always 20, 40, 60 or 80, that means the ranges are always 15-25, 30-50, 45-75 or 60-100. EDIT: Composite comes in all weights. Its special resistances are 20% slash/pierce, 20% puncturing, 0% bludgeoning, 40% cold, 40% heat, 40% electric, 20% force and 20% chemical. Composite is 1/4 price, extremely abundant and very easy to upgrade, and is the only apparel to come in all weights. Hide will only come in clothing. Its special resistances are 20% slash/pierce, 20% puncturing, 0% bludgeoning, 40% heat, 60% cold, 40% electric, 20% force and 80% chemical. Hide is 1/2 price, abundant and easy to upgrade. Padded will come in clothing and protective gear. Its special resistances are 20% slash/pierce, 20% puncturing, 20% bludgeoning, 40% heat, 60% cold, 40% electric, 20% force and 60% chemical. Tensile will come in protective gear and armour. Its special resistances are 20% slash/pierce, 40% puncture, 0% bludgeoning, 40% heat, 60% cold, 40% electric, 20% force and 60% chemical. Metal will only come in armour. Its special resistances are 40% slash/pierce, 20% puncture, 0% bludgeoning, 40% cold, 60% heat, 60% electric, 20% force and 40% chemical. Metal is 2x price, scarce and difficult to upgrade. Most melee weapons and explosives take 1x effect from damage resistance, as do black powder firearms. (Special resistance is NOT affected by any multipliers.) Firearms also have a multiplier, always less than 1, to damage resistance. Also, yes, I am keeping the upgrade system, although what exact upgrades are and are not there will be totally different. Also, there will be some armour and weapons that just have a particular upgrade that cannot normally be added. For instance, you get an extra resistance to chemical damage for wearing copper, brass, bronze, galvanized steel or stainless steel armour. (20% for the suit and 5% for each extra piece, half that for galvanized or stainless steel. Separate layer from special resistance.) Some enemies use power armour. This comes in three varieties. These are "demon", "military" and "raider". Demon power armour is obsolete military power armour from the 2040's, military power armour is state of the art power armour currently in production and raider power armour is extraterrestrial and likely the best power armour in the world. All power armour is exceptionally durable, especially against kinetic weapons, and is most easily defeated with electric weapons, which cause it to briefly lock up, stunning the user. Demon power armour provides a colossal DR 400, a DR so high even anti-material rifles are massively weakened. However, it seriously lacks in special resistance. Its special resistances are 25% slash/pierce, 25% puncture, 0% bludgeon, 25% heat, 25% cold, 25% electric, 25% force and 50% chemical. It is also slower moving than later power armours and lacks and special additions other than a headlamp. It has poor CBRN protection, having the same radiation resistance as metal armour and only reducing disease 75%, poison 50% and infection a measly 25%. This old model of power armour is very heavy, inflexible, slow to adjust and provides poor shock absorption, leaving the demons wearing it especially vulnerable to gravity (2x fall damage). Military power armour still provides DR 400, but its special resistances are much better. 50% slash/pierce, 50% puncture, 25% bludgeon, 25% heat, 25% cold, 25% electric, 25% force and 50% chemical. It also moves faster, has night vision instead of a headlamp, provides noticeably greater physical strength and substantially better CBRN protection. It has twice the radiation resistance of demon power armour, provides complete disease immunity, 75% poison resistance and 50% infection resistance. The military became aware of the flaws of their last model of armour before they made this one, and a considerable amount of effort was put into allowing the servos to absorb the shock of a hard landing, removing this critical flaw (normal fall damage). Raider (remember, these are *alien* raiders, not human raiders) power armour is the best power armour in the game. It provides a hefty DR 400, but 25% slash/pierce, 25% puncture, 0% bludgeon, 75% heat, 75% cold, 75% electric, 25% force and 25% chemical. It also comes equipped with an on-board medical system that reduces bleeding by half and automatically applies basic medical treatments to the user (though it has a limited supply). It comes with an on-board energy shield that absorbs half of incoming damage and recharges over time, though it cannot restart once it fails. It also provides exceptional CBRN protection, providing an extra 75% resistance to radiation, complete disease *and* poison immunity and 75% infection resistance. Raider power armour was designed for orbital insertion (via single-use breakaway pods, but still) and EVA usage, and as a result is equipped with an on-board propulsion mechanism and parachute. Raider heavies in this armour certainly make an entrance. And when they do, it's time for you to make an exit.

Ha! It's been out less than a week, and not only is there already a nude mod, it's in its THIRD VERSION. Is this an enthusiastic community or what?

Yeah, pretty sure that's just the synths. Their armour can't even be destroyed when worn by other NPCs, and the armour destroyed remains in their inventory and is fully usable.

Technically, BTG, it has to be early '60s, not late '50s. "The Wanderer" and "Blue Moon" were both featured in Fallout games and were both released in 1961.

I know for a fact that regular armour cannot be destroyed, just power armour. And I know there are location-based values, but my problem is I don't know if they're point values (sure looks like it) or percentages (pretty sure they're not), or if they're at all tweaked or multiplied. Thankfully, it'll be pretty easy to work with them once the GECK's out. Also, adding more enemies to the list right now.

I am being forced to watch football. I hate football. That is all. Also, 19/Fuck this.

Well, I would agree that the most destructive religions are the ones centred around a real person who knows he is being treated as a god. Google "Cult of Personality" for examples. Because that's a religion, as far as I'm concerned. Muhammed wants you to worship him, Stalin wants you to worship him, Kim-Jung Un wants you to worship him, that's a religion. But that's different from worshipping a set of ideals, and we can never underestimate the ability of people to change their minds. ANYBODY can change their mind, and ANYBODY can be persuaded. What usually holds people back is that their position is supported by others, so changing their mind is disadvantageous. You have to win over the masses, and the holdouts will eventually come around. It happened with the downfall of classical mythologies and the death of every religion no longer practiced today, it can happen with modern religions and be replaced with a worship of philosophy and principles. And really, that's what I want these people who must worship something to worship. Philosophy and principles, which is what they pretend to get out of religion anyway (they don't, they just think they do). Can we really say a society of Russeauians would be a bad thing? I'd much prefer that to Jews, Christians or Muslims. I mean, of course, worshipping his ideals and not him himself. Worship the idea that other people are innocent, that they aren't malicious so much as they don't understand what they're doing and act in their own interests. The amount of empathy that would breed is enough by itself to make it infinitely better than any extant religion.

1. Really, it isn't. Plenty of people are abandoning it altogether or switching their devotion over to other institutions that actually have some real-world significance. I don't think it's much better to worship, say, the Republican Party, but it is *A* step up. 2. Every genocide in history was motivated by religion or politics. Religion has been responsible for most of them, and politics is required for society to function. Guess which one has to go. 3. Buddhism forbids western medicine in favour of faith healing. Which is not cute. Quite the opposite, actually. Still, compared to any abrahamic religion that is a fairly mild flaw. 4. Polygamy is okay in my book, but that's largely because I give zero fucks about the institution of marriage. Homosexuals want to marry? Sure. A guy wants to marry three women? Sure. A woman wants to marry three guys? Sure. I think ALL of you are stupid for signing a lifetime contract when you really should know very few relationships can last that long, and humans do NOT naturally mate for life, NOR naturally hold exclusive relationships, but whatever. I dislike the formality of the whole thing, I hate contracts, the whole thing is unbelievably unnatural and I would much rather have a friend I can have sex with than a wife, but to each their own and I will always stand by people's right to make and suffer for their own mistakes.

This can never, ever be said enough. Twisting religion to 'justify' acts of suffering is something I oppose on principle, and will forever consider it an affront to both religion and humanity. Except that the scripture does, absolutely unambiguously, not only condone but DEMAND such barbaric actions. The Quran DOES demand the deaths of apostates, and of those who mock Muhammed, and it DOES condone paedophilia and it DOES call for the violent assimilation of the entire world. Similarly, the bible DOES condone slavery, and it DOES demand the deaths of homosexuals, disobedient children, and just about everybody else, and it DOES endorse polygamy, incest and rape. The only way to be a member of any Abrahamic religion and not be a mass-murdering, slave-driving, misogynistic, homophobic sociopathic monster is to either have no idea it's in the books, or to choose to ignore its presence. And the latter is what most people do, and what we should encourage. Religion is and will only EVER be a destructive force. And it will only be destroyed if people choose to give it up. Attacking them, bombing them and treating them like animals is NOT the way to convince them to give it up. And that's why I am 100% all for allowing Muslims to integrate into society, where society WILL win out, and speed along the death of Islam by deprogramming its people.

A LOT of people, who I would otherwise describe as intelligent and critically thinking people, believe that Islam is fundamentally irreconcilable with civilized society. They think Muslims are incapable of being productive and responsible members of a secular society because the Quran espouses many thousands of evil, heinous things that would only cause immense harm if they were ever implemented. They even point to the countries where these things are implemented and go "See, this is what Islam looks like." Well, they're certainly right about the first one. Islam IS irreconcilable with civilized society. But you forget that Christianity shares most of Islam's horrors, if with a little less paedophilia, but Christians are STILL functional members of civilized society. And if you say "Well, Christians don't really know what's in their holy book, so of course they aren't going to follow its barbarism.", you're assuming that Muslims actually do know what's in their holy books, and that's complete horse shit. Outside of their religious leadership, none of them have really read the damn things, and most are just blindly swallowing whatever their leaders say the same way Christians do. So yes, Muslims will just have to abandon every substantial policy of their own religion and be Muslims in name only to ever be civilized. They CAN do that. Even as horrific as their religion is they can still choose being a human being over following their religion, and we KNOW they can do that. We KNOW they can do that because most of them that leave their home countries and end up in civilized places DO choose their humanity over their religion. And we also know that because both Christians and Jews before them have almost universally chosen to be human beings over being Christians and Jews, and their holy books are JUST as bad. (Except for the whole paedophilia thing. That's just fucking disgusting. But then, most Muslims have already decided to pretend that part isn't in there, even in the really bad countries. Which just acts as more proof that their humanity CAN override their religious text.) What we are seeing now is the slow and violent death of the last major religious establishment in the way of human progress. It isn't pleasant, and it isn't pretty, but dying religions are like dying animals, and they always lash out at first. Then they submit, lie down, and bleed out. And we know this is what they look like when they die because we've been through this whole song and dance before. Believe it or not, it looked a lot worse when Christianity did it. Islam's last hurrah is Sharia and terrorism, Christianity's last hurrah was THE FUCKING HOLOCAUST. Islam will collapse eventually, its people will continue being "Muslim" in the way Christianity's people are still "Christian", and civilization will slowly take over even in the poor, disenfranchised nations all these people are coming from. And eventually, its people will stop even pretending to be Muslim in much the same way we're seeing a lot of people in the west no longer pretending to be Christian. It'll take a while, it might take decades or even centuries, but we'll get there. Islam will die the same death as its predecessors, and its people will embrace civilization just as Jews and Christians did. And if we want it to happen faster, which I'm assuming we do, then we need to remember to treat them like human beings. People act how they're treated, if we continue to treat them like animals they will continue to act like animals. We need to remember that the enemy is Islam, not Muslims. And you can't kill a religion by bombing its people. So yes. I am in favour of letting Muslims come join us in civilized society. And I think the people who aren't are short-sighted and stupid.

That's the ticket. 8-24M3tdxe8

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Das ist doch alles sheisse. Note: I am only ancestrally German, but it is a family saying. It means "It's all shit." And when we use it, double emphasis on "all". Every shred of everything on the subject is shit. Just ignore it for a few days, give a little time fot some truth to get out.

It is truly an odd day when I largely agree with Randomguy, and I do.

This is a thread to share cute pictures and videos, for the purpose of stress relief. Kittens, puppies, babies and children, anything heartwarming so we can all calm down when we need it.

Somebody explain how all my nerves go fucking insane after I miss sleep for one night. Please, because I get chills, phantom pains, and even start to feel myself BLEEDING from wounds that I got YEARS AGO and NO LONGER EXIST. Also, I am getting fed up with all the mailboxing in this town.These people are fucking assholes.

I'm going down to South Park, going to have myself a time...

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This basically started with him calling her a baby. I objected, he agreed she wasn't a baby (I am totally aware *that* part was not meant literally), but said she was still a little girl. And then I noted she wasn't even little anymore (I mean, she's a teenager). And he responded by pointing out her height and weight. (With exact numbers too, like he specifically went and measured her just to give a snappy response. She's 134cm and 48kg. That's EXTREMELY small for her age.) And, of course, when it gets to this point, the sass is only going to escalate.