I have an idea for a pachinko parlor business and I want to make sure that people would still get the "bug" even if legally no cash prizes are offered.
Might not be the most "moral" desire but I need to make sure I have some recurring business
It seems like that's a pretty good time frame for machines with interesting center attractions, but finding some of the good ones I've seen on YouTube shorts seems to be hard. Like "Monroe" or "Pinball" etc. I can find old 60s-70s ones or decently modern ones but it seems hard to find some from the decades I really desire
I had a bunch of baby villagers that I named different things with 2 of them being named "Nicole" and "Jecka". The one named Nicole grew up into a "nitwit" villager which is pretty fitting since they don't have a job and just spend the day laying around
I don't know if you guys allow question posts here but I can't think of another place to post this.
I know that if you play games of chance for prizes instead of money it's not legally gambling (Even though it still is in principle) like a claw machine. Does the same thing apply to preloaded gift cards or is it still legally a"cash prize"?
(I wanted to make a little pachinko parlor and was thinking of what I could have for prizes to entice people to come)
So basically I ask because I found the pachinko game on eBay and I watched some YouTube videos of it and an ad for it's original pachislot and it looks cool, however with its lewd spanking mini game I was trying to figure out if the characters are at least 18+.
I was spit balling the idea of making my own parlor and I want to make sure that if I were to buy a machine of this series that I'm not displaying what could be flagged as "CP"
Is it an independent entity like a skulk automaton or is it just a "hand" of the skulk mass itself?
(Obviously it's independent of the mass, what I meant was is it a separate thinking entity created to protect the mass or is it just an avatar of the mass collective)?
I don't want to be a Christian but I keep seeing stuff like this and it makes me worry since I have similar things happen to me like seeing the number "316" all the time
If a Culdee model with his coach would have been made back in the day (or even now if they add the mountain railway in the new show) how do you think it would be/would've been presented?
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A: Culdee pulls Catherine (and maybe a flatbed if they copy the wooden railway model) (not accurate yes but I could see the designers not caring)
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B: Catherine is motorized and pulls a free wheeling Culdee
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C: Catherine is pushed with Culdee basically being a "powered tender"
I don't mind the concept of being NB, but remembering pronouns and incorporating even more beyond the standard "they/them" is really overwhelming sometimes. Like if someone is masculine presenting AMAB and uses the masculine pronouns but identifies as NB, I can respect that and will do my best to remember that when referring to them as that, but my mind is always gonna think "boy/man" Or if someone uses pronouns other than the primary 6 (he/him she/her they/them) or uses mixes of the 2 like "he/they" it makes it really weird for me. I'm not Christian so there's no religious motivation, and I'm not invoking the "against society/nature" argument either. I don't want to be bigoted but being raised for a while with the binary system it's just really hard to naturally incorporate pronouns or view someone as other than their assigned gender if they look like it. Also living in a more conservative area i imagine if I told people my problem I would get a response of something like "that's normal, you're tired of all the woke stuff" or " because deep down you know it's silly/crazy"
(Even typing this out I had to redo a couple of lines to word things better like changing "birth sex" to "assigned gender")
(Also by old fashioned I just mean past couple decades. I'm 25)
Does annihilation happen with any type of matter antimatter pairing or is it only with specific elements?
Like would annihilation only happen with iron/antiiron, or would it still happen with a pairing like iron/antigold?
(I don't know if antiiron/antigold exists/can exist but I'm just giving an example/
I feel so mentally hellbent on Christianity (and really any faith) being wrong. I feel it for the same way that people/the church in Galileos time had to punish the guy because if he's right then it means their worldview is wrong. I constantly seek evidence to keep my worldview consistent because I feel happy with it, while I refuse any evidence for Christianity being right and actually feel panicked if I feel like I'm "being convinced". And I also have to do the same mental gymnastics the Christians do but in reverse just to keep myself calm.
Is/was anyone here in the same boat I'm in and is it bad if I'm just as religious as a Christian but in reverse?
So I had a dream where I was in a trial chamber and I got an item called a "Light core" or something to that effect, and when combined with a breeze rod it gave you a weapon called a "kicker". I think it looked like a mace but with slanted edge.
It was weak damage wise but it attacked automatically and rapidly when holding the trigger and kept a zombie at bay
Dreams are basically natural AI generated videos and I know what was being combined: it was basically the mace and The Forgotten's (The Binding of Isaac character) bone club mixed with Soy Milk (TBoI item that heavily lowers damage but greatly increases fire rate) it even had the same sweeping sprite the bone club has
Even though it's just dream nonsense, could a weapon like the "Kicker" be something cool?
So my mom brought up something that I honestly don't have a good rebuttal for:
Basically research is biased to whoever funds it (not the same words she said but it was a long conversation and that's the best watered down version I can give)
I use research/what I'm told research says to support my life choices/ to live how I want to. But if I can't fully trust that there's no hidden agenda being pushed on me, can I really listen to any research? Like an example is how the sugar industry pedalled the narrative that fat causes obesity.
Also I'm biased and I know it, I don't want to read the evidence of my way of life/view of the world being wrong because I'm happy* as is/makes the world fun
(*I'm not fully happy (depressed) but I like the worldview I have because it makes me in control of my life)
(My worldview does hinge on Christianity being real/false so I hope this post works here. You guys are nicer than
r/atheism. My mom's not pushing a Christian worldview on me BTW, she's not even one to begin with)