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Super Best Friends Thread 15: Two Guys Play

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misses bull

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Foxhound286 said:
Actually, i'm a junior in high school. Most of my classmates have the attention span of gnats and are some of the worst readers i've ever met, so starting with Frankenstein, my teacher got the graphic novel versions of books to try to get them to pay even a little attention and actually read. They still don't. Honestly, it's really disappointing. The graphic novel series cuts out a lot of stuff from its source material, which also sucks.
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Congrats on being the youngest person here
 
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RecursiveFault

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YO THIS THING IS KINDA SEXY LOOKING
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TechnicaUS said:
Real quick, does poogie actually do anything? I've seen some people say petting him right boosts drop rates.
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Petting Poogie is the only way to get rare drops consistently.
Its a community troll/myth/goofy thing
 
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DoktorEvil

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PhantomGaming said:
It's not like it matters. People are just going to look up summaries anyway.
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Foxhound286 said:
Actually, i'm a junior in high school. Most of my classmates have the attention span of gnats and are some of the worst readers i've ever met, so starting with Frankenstein, my teacher got the graphic novel versions of books to try to get them to pay even a little attention and actually read. They still don't. Honestly, it's really disappointing. The graphic novel series cuts out a lot of stuff from its source material, which also sucks.
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I was in HS 6 years ago. We had to read most of the plays from the classic text.

It's really disappointing to hear that teens nowadays can't even handle a super condensed, cliff notes version of a classic English play.
 
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RecursiveFault

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DoktorEvil said:
I was in HS 6 years ago. We had to read most of the plays from the classic text.

It's really disappointing to hear that teens nowadays can't even handle a super condensed, cliff notes version of a classic English play.
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I went to a private, "classical" circiculum high school. We were given original versions with some minor annotations. Reading stuff like Nathaniel Hawthorne took some real effort.

I find most classical literature wholly overrated and a product of it's time. It would make most sense to be read in addition to learning about the history of the period it was released in.
 
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DoktorEvil

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RecursiveFault said:
I went to a private, "classical" circiculum high school. We were given original versions with some minor annotations. Reading stuff like Nathaniel Hawthorne took some real effort.

I find most classical literature wholly overrated and a product of it's time. It would make most sense to be read in addition to learning about the history of the period it was released in.
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Billy Shakes is the master of crafting plot and narrative tho.

Plus he writes a mean rhyme.

He gets all the ladies with his sonnets.
 
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skLaFarebear

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RecursiveFault said:
The oracle games are almost copies, think like Pokemon Red/Blue
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Were they? It's been a while, but I remember the environment/villains being much different since one game had seasons while the other had past/present?

Red/blue were basically the same game except occasionally you'd find different pokemon in the wild
 
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Foxhound286

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DoktorEvil said:
I was in HS 6 years ago. We had to read most of the plays from the classic text.

It's really disappointing to hear that teens nowadays can't even handle a super condensed, cliff notes version of a classic English play.
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It really is. I swear, the people i've had in classes are some of the worst readers i've ever met. They're not understanding words learned in 5th grade. I understand not understanding every word, but missing some really basic shit is incomprehensible to me. For example, one girl didn't know what murdered meant. How. Fucking how. We're goddamn juniors.
 
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TechnicaUS

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Foxhound286 said:
It really is. I swear, the people i've had in classes are some of the worst readers i've ever met. They're not understanding words learned in 5th grade. I understand not understanding every word, but missing some really basic shit is incomprehensible to me. For example, one girl didn't know what murdered meant. How. Fucking how. We're goddamn juniors.
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I know that too well. Then again i was an ultra nerd in hs. And the school system round these parts is garbage and only cares about test scores.
 
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DoktorEvil

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Foxhound286 said:
It really is. I swear, the people i've had in classes are some of the worst readers i've ever met. They're not understanding words learned in 5th grade. I understand not understanding every word, but missing some really basic shit is incomprehensible to me. For example, one girl didn't know what murdered meant. How. Fucking how. We're goddamn juniors.
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Heh.

NJ taxpayer funded public schools are that bad?

mike0dude said:
I saw Shakespear in Love, I'm pretty sure I know everything about good ol Bill Shakes
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Billy Shakes is the illest.
 
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Foxhound286

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DoktorEvil said:
Heh.

NJ taxpayer funded public schools are that bad?



Billy Shakes is the illest.
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I'm not sure if the schools are just bad or if a lot of students just don't give a shit. I mean, not knowing what murdered means is embarrassing. Our public schools aren't great, but that is another level. They're not that shitty.
 
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doctorblurg

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Foxhound286 said:
I'm not sure if the schools are just bad or if a lot of students just don't give a shit. I mean, not knowing what murdered means is embarrassing. Our public schools aren't great, but that is another level. They're not that shitty.
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If it makes you feel any better last semester in my college criminal law class when my professor mentioned the firing squad a guy asked
"What does that mean? They burned him to death?"
 
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DXLelouch153

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the Oracle games were nothing like Pokemon, each one a completely different game
you had to buy both to fight the secret bosses Ganon and Twinrova though
 
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360pages

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DXLelouch153 said:
the Oracle games were nothing like Pokemon, each one a completely different game
you had to buy both to fight the secret bosses Ganon and Twinrova though
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Yeah, I heard seasons focused on fighting as well as being closer to Zelda 1 in terms of layout while Ages is just a regular Zelda game.
 
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360pages

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Honestly, I rather have someone do a comparison video of Link's awakening and Link to the past than the former with Ocarina of time
 
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