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I AM NOT LEAVING YOU HERE

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Joey | Male | 27 | Canada Xbox Live Gamertag: "SailingPenguinn" Member of: Fireteam Lovely  Huge Halo fan, Hence the blog.
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Forward Unto Dawn is a fun, surprisingly good movie but I always forget how hard they commit to making the SPARTANs look alien and uncanny (which I also love tbh) because what the fuck is this thing????

White woman jumpscare

Nobody:

Blue Team:

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Happy birthday to Fernando Esparza!

Today is his -494th birthday!

Esparza was born on the outer colony Charybdis IX. The colony was glassed in 2535, when Esparza was seventeen years old. He survived the attack and built a new life somewhere else, eventually getting married and starting a family. However, an unknown misfortune would claim the lives of his wife and daughter, leaving behind only the messages they sent him while he was away. At some point he became a civilian contractor on the UNSC flagship Infinity, as an engineer.

Esparza was on board when the Banished attacked Infinity. During the chaos that followed, he stole a Pelican and fled. Esparza found himself adrift in space for six months following the battle, until he happened upon the floating body of John-117, whose armor switched to life-supporting lockdown following a fight with Atriox.

Esparza used what remained of the Pelican's power to reroute it to Master Chief's armor and reboot it. After awakening him, Master Chief recruited the reluctant Esparza to aid him in taking back Zeta Halo for the UNSC. Although initially unwilling, Esparza was galvanized by Chief's heroism and success, and now eagerly fights beside him to target the remaining Banished presence on Zeta Halo.

In canon (~2560), he is turning 42!

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I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:

You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.

These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )

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ganurath

Bad news, @noodelzmop. Arbitration basically means that if you want to sue Discord for whatever reason, the dispute needs to be handled in house. Specifically, in their house. If you don't get this email out, you're basically signing away your right to legal recourse if they do criminally shitty stuff to you, like with the McDonalds app.

I have been told that emailing "I am confirming that as of the date of this email, I am choosing to opt out of binding arbitration to settle disputes with Discord." With the Email you used for your discord account is enough for the notice but take this with a grain of salt as this was not said by a lawyer

reiterating that this only applies to US users

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tmmyhug

THIRTY DAY LIMIT BTW. I suggest taking sixty seconds to fire off a quick email with op’s recommended text. I have no plans to sue discord but better safe than sorry

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