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  1. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    Let's check in on how retarded restaurants have decided to act. Cracker Barrel CEO says it needs an overhaul. Here's what to expect. Does anyone notice the mind-numbingly stupid part of the article? In what world does a struggling restaurant hire the former head of Taco Bell, a fast...
  2. OU Ariakas

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I got the feeling that he was doing it out of an abundance of cation, but it doesn't change the fact that he has an image of a girl in a dress on the screen and calls her "they" in the singular it is annoying as fuck. He also started referring to non-gendered things as "they" instead of "it"...
  3. OU Ariakas

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I fucking hate his liberal use of they/their for any of the characters that might have the dual male/female halves. The game makes distinct differences between the male and female parts of the beings, gives them different names, and never shows them in some sort of androgynous mixed form. St...
  4. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    Most likely from alcohol abuse. The only thing worthwhile to come from that documentary was counter-documentary Fat Head.
  5. OU Ariakas

    Who died? (Celebrity Deaths)

    I'll give him some more credit. Supersize Me directly led to the counter-documentary Fat Head which changed the way I thought about saturated fats, cholesterol and fatty foods. That, in turn, led me to eating a ton more meat and eggs and a ton more fast food and the recognition that enjoying...
  6. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    You are the most autistic remaining member of this forum and it isn't even close.
  7. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    I hear that, soggy fries are a pass. BUT, if you get it right they have the fries super crispy and the fresh cheese & gravy are poured over it. Just like Nachos will get soggy if you let them sit for 10+ min, poutine needs to be eaten straight away to be enjoyable.
  8. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    Getting "authentic" Texas BBQ that comes with poutine is like getting "authentic" Chinese food that comes with a Bhan Mi sandwich. There is no such thing as authentic US poutine because it is a Canadian dish. For everyone else re: Queso vs. Poutine - They are too different to be compared to...
  9. OU Ariakas

    Lost

    Good. Show fucking sucked and the ending was terrible. I fooled myself into thinking it was good for a long time. Turns out all the writers and showrunners were trash and ruined a ton of other shit with their trash 'ideas' that never made sense.
  10. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    McChicken in Fort Bend County, TX is $1.39 up from the dollar menu pre-COVID. We have seen our share of things go up, but the lower end items at McDonald's are not huge like other places.
  11. OU Ariakas

    2024-2025 College Football. Now there will be 12

    Good, if they are going to go down this path then they might as well lock them up in true contracts to at least limit the crazy shit going on out there.
  12. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    I get at least 2 a day and up to 10. They are all using robo-dialers which I thought were supposed to be illegal to use now...but here we are! Edit: I am an outlier because we own more than one house and they just scrape County Assessor records for their contact lists. If you have one house I...
  13. OU Ariakas

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Any build with the right weapon and just use summoning ashes on every boss. I did a whole new playthrough determined to use either INT, FAI, or DEX and ended up just going STR again. Second time through was more enjoyable.
  14. OU Ariakas

    Home Improvement

    Can you tell me about your setup for this? I have been using Tougher Than Tom Mosquito TNT for the last few years and it seems to work well. I forgot to load up going into the summer and it is now an annoying problem
  15. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    Did you go to college? What age were you when you started making $55k? Did you have any student loans that had to be paid back? I only say that because an 18 year old out of high school can go start at Costco or Aldi starting at $18 an hour and, if they just show up and work hard, will be at...
  16. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    I don't recommend co-ownership to anyone; our situation was different because we were both young professionals that grew up lower class/poor (not poverty thought) and both decided very early on that we would work to never have financial issues. Now, you are correct about location, but then...
  17. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    I get where you are coming from, but where I think we disagree is someone stating that the "dream of homeownership is dead for Gen Z and on." It most assuredly is not, and I put the blame on their parents for shielding them from the realities of what life is like when you start out on your own...
  18. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    I am biased because we now own 9 rental properties and I want to own 20 by the time we retire. I think that real estate is truly diversifying your portfolio outside of stocks/bonds. I posted some numbers about how great the deals were on the 4 we purchased in October '23 in the real estate...
  19. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    No, you think it isn't terribly realistic because you are unmoored from what constitutes living a good life. You think that the most money, biggest house, and the most luxuries around you are the goal and then come here talking about how your generations women are not worth your money and about...
  20. OU Ariakas

    Home buying thread

    Home ownership seems to be a microcosm of some other cultural beliefs that have been cultivated over the last few generations. There is a mindset to home ownership that completely goes over the head of young people that look at the cost vs. renting and just say "it's close enough, why deal...
  21. OU Ariakas

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    Agreed. They barely call traveling or moving screens, both of which occur 5+ times every single goddamn game.
  22. OU Ariakas

    NBA 2023-24 Season Thread - The Lakers Lose, America Wins

    It all started with Vlade Divac bringing his flopping and whining to the game. He was the start of the decline of hard-nosed defense and now refs call fouls on absolutely everything. I hate it.
  23. OU Ariakas

    What happened to..........(FoH Poster)?

    Because everyone knows what happened to him and no one cares that he is gone. They way he shit up every single fucking thread with a pulse and made it all about him was damn near a work of art.
  24. OU Ariakas

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Fallout is a weird one because there are hardly any "main characters" to get wrong. I said in the Fallout TV show thread that I thought they absolutely nailed the feel of the universe. Having thought back on the show, however, there are hardly any memorable parts to the season and the story...
  25. OU Ariakas

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    Wow, Amazon really has perfected the formula of a.) buying a beloved video game/fantasy/sci-fi property, probably for an obscene amount of money b.) spending a metric fuck ton of money on production/development/filming c.) ruining it all by choosing directors/writers/producers/actors who flat...
  26. OU Ariakas

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    But why? There is so much crap out there today and DS3 is in the top 5% of games available. It would probably be in the top 1% of games if you played, and liked, the other souls games. Why skip it? I also noticed no one is mentioning Bloodborne. That one must be played since it was...
  27. OU Ariakas

    What happened to..........(FoH Poster)?

    @khorum and @Big Flex Both gone in 2020.
  28. OU Ariakas

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The fucking dungeon that is the 3 level maze where you can only tell that you are in a new part is because the enemy layout changes/there are no bodies from previously killed enemies. That one sucked but felt really good to figure out and complete.
  29. OU Ariakas

    MTG thread

    I don't think I've ever physically hated a card until I saw this. My mind did not even recognize it as a card.
  30. OU Ariakas

    Adventures with Corndog: Corndog's Fish Store

    Not only that, but his Youtube has over 1 Million subscribers. He could stop selling fish today, just make fish content videos and he would crush it.
  31. OU Ariakas

    Fallout

    It is the most wholesome, family-friendly cartoon on TV right now and people recognize that.
  32. OU Ariakas

    Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2

    You know, I used to not think this was true; but I have come to believe it more and more over the last 5 years. Anyways, it fits here nicely as well.
  33. OU Ariakas

    Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2

    It's like you all forget that Video Games, Music, Movies, TV Shows, and Books all fall under the umbrella of ART. Artists were always the weird types and they gravitate towards outcasts/misfits because every one of them thinks THEY are an outcast/misfit. The very things that make them creative...
  34. OU Ariakas

    Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2

    They cannot leave us alone because their entire lives revolve around narcsisstic feelings of acceptance or vengeance. Either you agree with their worldview and are an ally or you disagree and are a threat that must be eliminated. There is nothing in between to these people.
  35. OU Ariakas

    GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings

    I don't think people would have hated the endings and motivations if they got books and books worth of nuance and inner dialogue to justify the decisions. The problem is that the show did so much wrong in the post books seasons that no one was going to accept the ending.
  36. OU Ariakas

    Fallout

    They are setting up Norm and Chet to be the reluctant heroes of Vault 33. Norm hides during the first fight, is humiliated by it, and then finds ways to be courageous for the rest of the season. Chet is middle of the road, but you can see his hesitation to action even in his last scene when...
  37. OU Ariakas

    Fallout

    I just finished the first season and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Were there some dumb fucking choices in some of the episodes with regards to plot, situations, and characters? Sure. But goddamn if it didn't feel like the Fallout world. Personally, I liked the mix of...
  38. OU Ariakas

    The Fast Food Thread

    I can get any specialty patty burger at Texas Roadhouse with a side for like $10.99; I don't understand how fast food restaurants are not seeing a huge decrease in business.
  39. OU Ariakas

    Baby Reindeer

    You guys can skip this one. The amount of time this show spend with the camera close up on the characters is off-putting; and not in a scary movie way. Minor spoiler that they don't tell you about until the second episode is that the main character likes trannys and is trying to hide it.