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#1 wwervin
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Depends where you live but in my area you need around 6 figures a year to be comfortable.

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#2 wwervin
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Area: Eastern US

Recent Games: Playing Quantum Break at the moment. Plenty of games on the backlog I need to play through.

Platform: Xbox One

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@pathofneo99: This is quite a late reply lol but the My Passport hard drives do not have an external power source (only the USB cable) but they work great. I haven't noticed any slowdowns at all. It's quite small too and I like that it doesn't take up much space next to the Xbox.

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#4 wwervin
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I got a 2TB WD My Passport. Works very well. Under 100 bucks.

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#5 wwervin
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@MrGeezer said:
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You quoted my post my friend, not the TC's. I assumed you would be referring to my post since you know.. that's how these forums have always worked.

Anyway we are in agreement. I don't think it was race related at all. I just think it was a dumb move on the cop's part. I saw the video. He ran up to the suspect in plain clothes and never identified himself and dragged him down forcefully when he wasn't a threat at all. This is a dangerous situation because if I were put in that situation I might react. If a random stranger ran up to me in a threatening manner and tried to slam me to the ground I would fight back. And we all know how these cops react to any resistance, they take out their gun and shoot to kill. Very dangerous situation indeed.

Not to mention I read this particular office has twice had excessive force complaints against him and he's still allowed to pull this crap? The NYPD needs to be reformed.

And my post was part of a pre-existing conversation. Your reply to me had absolutely nothing to do with the conversation that was already going on, so why take issue with my comment? Are you aware how CONVERSATIONS work?

Anyway, i could understand such a violent takedown if the suspect was believed to be armed or violent or something. If he was believed to be armed and had already done somthing like shooting or stabbing someone, then by all means catch him off guard and secure his ass before he gets a chance to start shooting. The thing is, as far as I'm aware, when such action is warranted it's often preferable to follow the suspect until he gets to a more isolated environment, so as to minimize the risk of collateral damage if things go wrong. Furthermore, this was credit card fraud. Sure, credit card fraud doesn't mean that the suspect isn't violent and presumed armed. He could have tried to commit credit card fraud and then acted violently when the fraud didn't go his way. But the article doesn't mention any violent actions on the part of the suspect, the article ONLY mentions credit card fraud. If that indeed is the ONLY crime committed, and if there was indeed no violent action on the part of the suspect, then I'd suspect that this was indeed excessive force. Again, I'm not in a position to know, I just SUSPECT that it was excessive force.

But like I said, I wasn't commenting on the excessive force angle at all. I was just commenting on the racism angle, and I don't see anything in this story that indicates the the actions of the police were racially motivated.

I replied to your comment dude... Jeeeeesus. We're allowed to do that and offer our own opinions. You on the other hand replied to MY comment and were supposedly talking to someone else. YOU don't seem to understand how conversations work. Unbelievable.

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#6 wwervin
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@MrGeezer said:
@wwervin said:

What am I making up? I never brought race into this. I never said it was due to him being black. Can you at least pretend to read my post before assuming what I wrote?

I wasn't talking about you making stuff up, I was talking about the TC. My post that you quoted was really only addressing the TC's position that the cops were picking on the dude just because he's black. If you agree that that's apparently not happening, then why are you even trying to argue this with me in the first place? I never even took a position on whether or not it was excessive force. That's another issue, one that I wasn't even talking about.

If you want to argue the excessive force issue, then fine. But take it up with someone else, because I wasn't even talking about that in the first place. Did you even bother to read MY post before replying to me?

You quoted my post my friend, not the TC's. I assumed you would be referring to my post since you know.. that's how these forums have always worked.

Anyway we are in agreement. I don't think it was race related at all. I just think it was a dumb move on the cop's part. I saw the video. He ran up to the suspect in plain clothes and never identified himself and dragged him down forcefully when he wasn't a threat at all. This is a dangerous situation because if I were put in that situation I might react. If a random stranger ran up to me in a threatening manner and tried to slam me to the ground I would fight back. And we all know how these cops react to any resistance, they take out their gun and shoot to kill. Very dangerous situation indeed.

Not to mention I read this particular office has twice had excessive force complaints against him and he's still allowed to pull this crap? The NYPD needs to be reformed.

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@MrGeezer said:
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This is not good. So any self proclaimed "witness" can point the finger at anybody else and they would deserve to get thrown to the ground by a bunch of cops who are not even in uniform or identify themselves? What if this guy had been carrying a legal weapon and had thought he was being attacked by a stranger? The cops could've been hurt and probably he would have too seeing as how pigs love to use excessive force nowadays.

It's terrible that the first move they make is to slam a guy to the ground without any shred of proof or evidence. Guilty until proven innocent, right? Wasn't even a violent crime he was accused of either. And if the retired cop hadn't identified him, I guarantee he would've spent a few hours in a holding cell being interrogated. If he had been anybody else, this is what would've happened. He probably would've had to call in and spend money on a lawyer too. Our justice system enables the police to use brute force and horrible tactics whenever they feel like it.

Again, whether or not it was excessive force is a different issue. But according to the article, he wasn't arrested because he was black. He was arrested because he was identified by a witness. Excessive force? Quite likely. And if so, that's a problem. But can we at least be honest about what the actual problem is and stop making shit up?

What am I making up? I never brought race into this. I never said it was due to him being black. Can you at least pretend to read my post before assuming what I wrote?

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@MrGeezer said:
@drunk_pi said:
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@drunk_pi: you my friend are the problem with today. He didn't get tackled because of his color. That is your own ignorant assumption based on nothing.

Fact is, the color of the people are irrelevant here. But because people like you get excited over the race, they throw it in there to make it seem like something totally different and evil. They dangled a worm and you took it.

Nope, just posting a story of an officer bodyslamming an innocent man in the middle of the day without any warning or justification. But throw race in it, it does make you wonder. Why didn't the officer present himself and ask the "suspect" for ID? What made the officer suspect the black man in the first place? Do all black people look alike because I've seen a lot of black people and they don't look alike at all.

The officer didn't present himself, didn't ask for ID, and if it's not embarrassing already, another officer recognized the celebrity as an ex-tennis star. Considering that racial profiling is a serious issue in this country, especially by the police, it's not really a worm but more of an elephant in the room that everyone ignores. Also, I suggest you visit the website "Theerant." it's a forum for police officers (specifically the NYPD) and they have a lot of racist things to say.

And no, before you accuse me of it, I don't hate the police. I support my local sheriff's department but think police officers around the country should be held accountable for their actions. Are all officers racist? No, but they shouldn't tolerate the ones that are.

"Blake was only in cuffs for a minute after he was misidentified by a witness during a credit card fraud investigation, police said."

It sounds like the officers suspected him because a witness said that he's the criminal. Whether they had grounds to tackle him to the ground like that is another matter, but don't blame the police officers for thinking he's the suspect in the first place. He was identified by a witness. If anyone thinks that all black people look alike, then it's the witness who thinks that.

This is not good. So any self proclaimed "witness" can point the finger at anybody else and they would deserve to get thrown to the ground by a bunch of cops who are not even in uniform or identify themselves? What if this guy had been carrying a legal weapon and had thought he was being attacked by a stranger? The cops could've been hurt and probably he would have too seeing as how pigs love to use excessive force nowadays.

It's terrible that the first move they make is to slam a guy to the ground without any shred of proof or evidence. Guilty until proven innocent, right? Wasn't even a violent crime he was accused of either. And if the retired cop hadn't identified him, I guarantee he would've spent a few hours in a holding cell being interrogated. If he had been anybody else, this is what would've happened. He probably would've had to call in and spend money on a lawyer too. Our justice system enables the police to use brute force and horrible tactics whenever they feel like it.

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Anyone remember that scene in Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World where Rob Cordry hosts an apocalypse orgy and does drugs and pretty much anything else that would kill you? Seems like that would be happening a lot. People would have nothing to lose.

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Here's my rather long take on this and how I feel about it:

First of all, something smells rather fishy about this whole thing. It screams capitalization to me. This girl was relatively unknown up until this point. She's acted in a few things and had a small following on Youtube, but since the video and this story got out, she gained about 100k followers. Then there's that whole thing about her video getting taken down and her screaming "censorship!" The fact that she mentions right away in the video that people are "already angry." The fact that she blocked comments on the video. The fact that she made a follow-up video basically brushing it off and saying it was a joke, yet inciting more flame wars. It becomes pretty obvious this was an attempt to boost her Youtube career. She's nothing more than a shameless vlog-who*e.

And that's what makes this so much worse. She literally does not care about anyone else or who she's hurting, so long as it benefits her. The problem I have with her video is that while yes, she is allowed (and should be allowed) to say whatever she wants, she needs to be careful about how she says it. What really stood out to me wasn't the message she was purportedly trying to convey, but the content within it. She went on and on in a very distasteful way describing fat people. She mentioned how they smelled like sausages and how they sweat while standing still. She was so callous about it that it's obvious she really dislikes fat people.

What I hated was her fake attempt at making this seem like an endearing thing. As if she cares for these fat people that body shaming them is her doing a service for them. She's not. The only service she was doing was to her own Youtube career. Her disingenuous attitude made her all the more rotten. What's so terrible about what she did is that she doesn't grasp the fact that she as a celebrity of sorts, has wide-reaching power. Instead of doing something good with her voice, she echoes hatred to the masses. There are right now overweight people out there who have heard what she had to say and have been hurt in some way by it. There are right now young impressionable people who have heard what she had to say and have had their views on overweight people molded by her. She is literally breeding hatred.

Being someone who for a long time suffered with weight issues (although I am now in a good place with my weight), I hated her for saying what she said. She doesn't understand the struggle. Being overweight isn't about consciously doing it. Overweight people don't choose to be overweight. They struggle with it. They mostly try. You know how many times I hit the gym hoping to get into better shape and saw little to no improvement? You know how discouraging it was to try so hard and fail? This woman doesn't understand the struggle because it doesn't seem like she's ever had to work for anything in her life. She's a beautiful female who probably grew up popular and attractive and had everything handed to her. She never dealt with weight issues. She never dealt with the psychological effects. She never dealt with the degrading shame people like her bring upon fat people.

She doesn't know what it's like to walk down the street and feel like less of a human being because of your weight. Like Boogie said in his video, fat people don't need to be reminded they're fat. They know they are! They know it every waking moment of their lives. Shaming them is not doing anything but hurting their progress.

That's why this fake ass Jenna Marbles wannabe needs to learn some hard truth. You can't just spew out hatred on a powerful medium and expect people to be ok with it. I'm so glad she got fired from that film she was working on. More people in the industry need to blacklist her until she gets a grip on reality. Otherwise we may as well just vote Trump in the office and call it quits and leave the country. We're all doomed at that point. Bullies like her need to stop reaping the benefits of their malice.