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America is becoming the openly fascist global bad guy instead of the one pretending to be good.
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change horny to politics/current events
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David1988 posted...
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change horny to politics/current events

Oh, that is in the rules though and is well defined.

Politics? Not so much.

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ooger posted...


Oh, that is in the rules though and is well defined.

Politics? Not so much.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8f87ddde.jpg


It only took them a year to add it to the rules while moderating people while it wasn't on there.
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Hmm interesting I didnt realize they updated the terms, I wonder if theyll become more lenient with politics slanted topics outside of CE if politics isnt explicitly banned. As long as Potd doesnt turn into CE 2.0 it would be cool if some topics pertaining to current events were around
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ooger posted...
Don't hold your breath.

the lessons Ive learned over the last few years is to encourage breathing
Forget America, the whole world is going to hell. The Middle East is going to hell with Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other and theres the whole Gaza situation. Shockingly, North Korea has been very quiet.

World War 3 is imminent.
Occupy_This posted...
The Middle East is going to hell with Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other and theres the whole Gaza situation


They've been doing this for hundreds of years, the Middle east is quite exactly the always-on PvP zone of the world.
Occupy_This posted...
Forget America, the whole world is going to hell. The Middle East is going to hell with Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other and theres the whole Gaza situation. Shockingly, North Korea has been very quiet.

World War 3 is imminent.
Literally anytime anything happens anywhere in the world this is world war 3. Ill believe it when I see it.
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papercup posted...
Literally anytime anything happens anywhere in the world this is world war 3. Ill believe it when I see it.

Historians will look back at 2022 and say it started then.
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shadowsword87 posted...
Social media exists to keep you on social media. Getting *more* information doesn't actually change anything, just shows you more.
False.
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It was just lunatics congregating in various cities attempting to make a point that was already taken care of in 1776. A complete waste of time.
Occupy_This posted...
Forget America, the whole world is going to hell. The Middle East is going to hell with Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other and theres the whole Gaza situation. Shockingly, North Korea has been very quiet.

World War 3 is imminent.


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Flappers posted...
As an America, I don't know and I'm scared. I really want to leave someday. One of my fears is never being able to.

Not being able to? I mean, at some point the government could send masked troops to help people "leave" even if they don't want to.

The "working immigrants" are just the test case. I'm already wondering if a birth certificate can be shrunk down to wallet size just in case the authoritarianism gets over that first hump. Your papers please, kind sir. (-_-)'
jsb0714 posted...
It was just lunatics congregating in various cities attempting to make a point that was already taken care of in 1776. A complete waste of time.

I dont think thats what TC is talking about
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we should start over and do New America

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Occupy_This posted...
The Middle East is going to hell with Iran and Israel firing missiles at each other and theres the whole Gaza situation.

this isn't really that unusual over there

the middle east is in a perpetual state of war and has been for decades
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ooger posted...
Oh, that is in the rules though and is well defined.

Politics? Not so much.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8f87ddde.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80445446

Really shitty they haven't bothered updating the message board rules to include this announcement.
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Sarcasthma posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80445446

Really shitty they haven't bothered updating the message board rules to include this announcement.

That doesn't suggest any political discussion is against the rules, to my eyes. It just says they closed boards entirely dedicated to it, because of frequent abusive language
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NephalimTechno posted...
we should start over and do New America

this time soda is free
Like a casino
Clench281 posted...
That doesn't suggest any political discussion is against the rules, to my eyes. It just says they closed boards entirely dedicated to it, because of frequent abusive language

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80747432

Furthermore, while we understand the passion surrounding political discussions, we believe it is essential to maintain a focus on gaming-related content. As such, we are implementing a measure to turn the Current Events private. Every user who has visited GameFAQs in the last year and who currently has access to the board will retain access to the board. No additional users will be allowed to view or post on the board going forward. Additionally, any user who is placed in Purgatory (which is always an administrator/staff decision) will permanently lose access to the board. Additionally, political topics outside of CE will be banned.


TimeForAction posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80747432

I wonder why that can't be copy/pasted into the user content rules with a clear definition of what constitutes political topics.
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ooger posted...
I wonder why that can't be copy/pasted into the user content rules with a clear definition of what constitutes political topics.

Because there is no clear definition of what constitutes political topics. Any attempts they've made to provide direction have been plagued by mixed messaging and immediately fell apart under light scrutiny because grey areas are everywhere.

Depending on how you want to approach it, almost anything can be considered "politics," or almost nothing can, or anywhere between those extremes. Fandom's come at this with a vague "maybe people don't like that people are talking about politics instead of video games and that's why nobody new is joining the community," and that vagueness has carried into the policy and its enforcement.
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adjl posted...
Because there is no clear definition of what constitutes political topics. Any attempts they've made to provide direction have been plagued by mixed messaging and immediately fell apart under light scrutiny because grey areas are everywhere.

Depending on how you want to approach it, almost anything can be considered "politics," or almost nothing can, or anywhere between those extremes. Fandom's come at this with a vague "maybe people don't like that people are talking about politics instead of video games and that's why nobody new is joining the community," and that vagueness has carried into the policy and its enforcement.

It seems like this difficult to define rule that hasn't been added to the user content rules could easily be abused.
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ooger posted...
It seems like this difficult to define rule that hasn't been added to the user content rules could easily be abused.

In practice, the mere existence of the rule has cooled off most political discussion outside of CE. You get the occasional topic that ignores the rule and gets nuked or locked for it, and others that push the envelope but get to keep going as long as they remain civil. It's not a particularly consistent or predictable policy, but common sense on users' part means it hasn't caused any major problems that I've seen.

Obviously, that's not a good way to run a forum, but it gets the job done and that's all Fandom really cares about as they try to wrangle GameFAQs into something with any real commercial value.
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adjl posted...
GameFAQs into something with any real commercial value.

Merging existing FAQs into their fandom wiki pages is the main commercial value.

I don't think the forums do much for them.

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TimeForAction posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/6-gamefaqs-announcements/80747432

if anything, this reinforces what I said before
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Occupy_This posted...
World War 3 is imminent.
Started 3 years ago.
Hard to believe people forget but it's already the entire West and the EU vs Russia and it's proxies and China and Iran and North Korea right now.
The fact that Isreal decided to attack Iran in the back while they were busy helping Russia is relatively minor at the scale this was already happening at.
All that's left is India to attack China. Which I almost expect they will.

And as per usual, America is late to the war again
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SinisterSlay posted...


All that's left is India to attack China. Which I almost expect they will.
India is more likely to go to war with Pakistan. They both have about 170-180 nukes each, so it'll get ugly fast.
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captpackrat posted...
India is more likely to go to war with Pakistan. They both have about 170-180 nukes each, so it'll get ugly fast.
True that could be a good warm up.
It's a weird situation because India, which relies on Russian tech, just learned that Russian tech is useless in war. So that might make them rethink things.
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SinisterSlay posted...

Started 3 years ago.
Hard to believe people forget but it's already the entire West and the EU vs Russia and it's proxies and China and Iran and North Korea right now.
The fact that Isreal decided to attack Iran in the back while they were busy helping Russia is relatively minor at the scale this was already happening at.
All that's left is India to attack China. Which I almost expect they will.

And as per usual, America is late to the war again


You're both delusional.
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SinisterSlay posted...
Started 3 years ago.
Hard to believe people forget but it's already the entire West and the EU vs Russia and it's proxies and China and Iran and North Korea right now.
The fact that Isreal decided to attack Iran in the back while they were busy helping Russia is relatively minor at the scale this was already happening at.
All that's left is India to attack China. Which I almost expect they will.

And as per usual, America is late to the war again


Yep.
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Theres no stopping a bell curve.

What rises, must fall.

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They should just abolish parties completely in America. That way voters have to actually vote for a candidate based on their policies, not their party.
fettster777 posted...
They should just abolish parties completely in America. That way voters have to actually vote for a candidate based on their policies, not their party.
America has an issue that it has stopped progressing and has gone from a good example of democracy to a bad example. Many other democracies function a lot better. America even helped set up many of them. The lessons just never make it home.
America needs a constitutional reset and upgrade. Hopefully without the requisite civil war first.

How does everyone not realise having a god king president is a bad thing?
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ConfusedTorchic posted...
does being this delusional hurt

I have no delusion. I have no political party. I wouldn't vote for any of the available people. Your just trapped in the my side good your side bad mentality, when both sides are good and bad at different times and both are wrong in their extremes... Hence why it's "extreme".

We have one party who is currently burning stuff and calling it peaceful and its mostly in liberal areas. That's just a fact. Last month we burned Tesla's this month just what ever car's around (and last I checked, burning cars is bad for the environment), they did it for like a year or more last time Trump was president. And it only seems to happen when something rich people don't like is also being done. It's just an observation. If republicans did anything I'd mock them but they don't do anything. They just whine and complain and refuse to fix or address any actual issue. But that seems universal for our goverment at this point.

I know plenty of extreme republican's and they are the same as extreme liberals. Unable to ever except the other side is right sometimes and they are wrong sometimes. You can't talk to them or disagree on any thing or your evil. And that's not how a nation continues to exist.

The delusion is thinking being told to be a human shield is normal (especially in a peaceful protest? shielding who from what?). The little bit of the "peaceful protests" that I actually even saw, that was the best bit. I didn't really have time to see much of it and honestly I know it doesn't matter. They burned a few things in their own town (ie just hurt other average Americans just trying to survive, imagine them burning your car and you don't even like Trump), and cost a lot of taxpayer dollars to keep police and military out in the field.. and nothing will change. Whatever the goverment wants to do.. It'll still do it.

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As for what's happening in America, it's basically.. We have two parties. One party ran on a platform, the other ran on "I'm not that other guy". Then right near the end the other party decided to dump there elected runner and install someone who wasn't elected - and the majority of the people picked the party with a platform, because they were tired of 4 years of not having one (and maybe didn't want an unelected president). And now the minority of people who aren't happy with the selected agenda, are protesting that predictably. And the goverment that doesn't want to do that agenda is doing what it can to slow it down for the 4 years it needs to (which is probably about 90% of it), along with a good chunk of the media that's openly bias one way.

Check back in a few weeks and they'll be doing something else, and it won't change anything then either. Or look in to world events that actually matter, like is China going to invade Taiwan and start WW3 this year or not? Or are we just going to let them have it? Is Iran going to get a Nuclear weapon? (well that answer is kind of underway atm). Will Russia survive it's botched invasion of Ukraine? All three are far more interesting to think about or look at. This also won't matter (because you can't change it) but at lest its actual history someone will remember in the future. You could also just focus on your own life, and how to get to a comfortable place in it and be content in it, and not let the world's issues weigh you down.
SinisterSlay posted...
How does everyone not realise having a god king president is a bad thing?

because theyre being fed insane propaganda by the most popular news network in the country
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caprontos posted...
We have one party who is currently burning stuff and calling it peaceful

Can you cite even a single instance of arson being unironically described as peaceful?
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caprontos posted...
is China going to invade Taiwan and start WW3 this year or not?


No.
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caprontos posted...
I have no delusion. I have no political party. I wouldn't vote for any of the available people. Your just trapped in the my side good your side bad mentality, when both sides are good and bad at different times and both are wrong in their extremes... Hence why it's "extreme".

We have one party who is currently burning stuff and calling it peaceful and its mostly in liberal areas. That's just a fact. Last month we burned Tesla's this month just what ever car's around (and last I checked, burning cars is bad for the environment), they did it for like a year or more last time Trump was president. And it only seems to happen when something rich people don't like is also being done. It's just an observation. If republicans did anything I'd mock them but they don't do anything. They just whine and complain and refuse to fix or address any actual issue. But that seems universal for our goverment at this point.

I know plenty of extreme republican's and they are the same as extreme liberals. Unable to ever except the other side is right sometimes and they are wrong sometimes. You can't talk to them or disagree on any thing or your evil. And that's not how a nation continues to exist.

The delusion is thinking being told to be a human shield is normal (especially in a peaceful protest? shielding who from what?). The little bit of the "peaceful protests" that I actually even saw, that was the best bit. I didn't really have time to see much of it and honestly I know it doesn't matter. They burned a few things in their own town (ie just hurt other average Americans just trying to survive, imagine them burning your car and you don't even like Trump), and cost a lot of taxpayer dollars to keep police and military out in the field.. and nothing will change. Whatever the goverment wants to do.. It'll still do it.

---
As for what's happening in America, it's basically.. We have two parties. One party ran on a platform, the other ran on "I'm not that other guy". Then right near the end the other party decided to dump there elected runner and install someone who wasn't elected - and the majority of the people picked the party with a platform, because they were tired of 4 years of not having one (and maybe didn't want an unelected president). And now the minority of people who aren't happy with the selected agenda, are protesting that predictably. And the goverment that doesn't want to do that agenda is doing what it can to slow it down for the 4 years it needs to (which is probably about 90% of it), along with a good chunk of the media that's openly bias one way.

Check back in a few weeks and they'll be doing something else, and it won't change anything then either. Or look in to world events that actually matter, like is China going to invade Taiwan and start WW3 this year or not? Or are we just going to let them have it? Is Iran going to get a Nuclear weapon? (well that answer is kind of underway atm). Will Russia survive its botched invasion of Ukraine? All three are far more interesting to think about or look at. This also won't matter (because you can't change it) but at lest its actual history someone will remember in the future. You could also just focus on your own life, and how to get to a comfortable place in it and be content in it, and not let the world's issues weigh you down.
Enlightened, smug defeatism is such a charming ideology for the avant-garde 17 year old, but I reckon youre a bit too old for this type of silliness. For someone who claims to be above the falsehoods perpetuated by American political actors, you parrot quite an impressive amount of propaganda.
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caprontos posted...
big wall of rightwing propaganda

lol

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Caprontos definitely watches Fox News lol and then acts like he isnt choosing a side
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FrozenBananas posted...
Caprontos definitely watches Fox News lol and then acts like he isnt choosing a side

Taking a page from the Zeus playbook it would seem
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MeatiestMeatus posted...

Taking a page from the Zeus playbook it would seem

speaking of, dudes been real quiet lately
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