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The line of thought is "we need stricter laws right now to save the children." The rebuttal is that there are no laws that can be enacted that that would do anything in the short term. There is literally nothing that can be done right now to stop school shootings. Even if you did a full gun ban, it would probably take literally hundreds of years to collect them all.

The actual phrase has no particular meaning in normal conversation, but it shows everything wrong with that "side" of things within the context of that man's argument. He obviously meant it as a racialized statement, but then he tried to double back with the whole "oh but how do you think it feels when X" argument.

I'm about $7000 into a game as well over a period of three years. It's really no different than spending money on any other hobby. The main problem is that the rewards are not tangible, and they are tied to a server that will inevitably go down. The account only has worth right now, but it could only be sold for a fraction of the cost put into it. As long as the game is free to play so you know what you are getting into and the spending is not done negligently, I don't see any problem in the end.

It's not really about TheVipaGTS posted...

nemu posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

nemu posted...

ut it is just a sign of the larger issue of dumb, unnecessary pandering to people who don't actually care at all about the series

that's the thing though. Unnecessary? Yea i guess but this is a thing that exists in reality. We're progressing towards a time where this shit isn't as taboo and as a result you'll see it added into movies and media as a way to normalize it...because its just that...a normal thing that exists in the world and isn't a big deal. It shouldn't be a big deal. And things like this are helping move it towards the "not a big deal" category...it seems forced and "Pandering" because, yes it kind of is....we just happen to be living in the moment where people are trying to remove the stigma of harmless shit like this...I don't see that as a bad thing.

There is a difference between removing a stigma to allow for the natural flow of idea, and the ideas being forcefully inserted to purposely fulfill some quota or agenda. There will be some slight overlap between the two, but this is definitely the latter going by what the writer said. Rewriting characters or adding traits to be more progressive will generally always fall into that. It feels forced and unnecessary when there are much better ways to let it happen naturally.

and i agree with you...but the thing is people will ALWAYS see it as a negative. even if it was a brand new movie with a new character and THIS was a trait of his, people would still bitch and moan.."AWW MAN this is PANDERING SJW Nonsense!". By adding it into a known character in a big universe it makes much more of an impact. Its not like they changed him drastically and how he appears on screen. this is just a trait that will appear on his Wikipedia page. the movie itself remains intact as it would be without it. its the little things like this that will help normalize this stuff. We need to move past this bull shit of being afraid of this stuff and understand that it is a reality and it doesn't make the person any less of a person just as it won't make Lando any less of a character on screen...

It's not really Lando in particular, but this idea that things that are not super progressive are lacking that is invading some spaces. There is a balance between people who are simply happy to be able to write the kind of character they want to write and the people who think things "need" to be more diverse, that all pieces of media have to fulfill a quota. I think changing aspects of existing characters can go too far in the bad direction.

TheVipaGTS posted...

nemu posted...

ut it is just a sign of the larger issue of dumb, unnecessary pandering to people who don't actually care at all about the series

that's the thing though. Unnecessary? Yea i guess but this is a thing that exists in reality. We're progressing towards a time where this shit isn't as taboo and as a result you'll see it added into movies and media as a way to normalize it...because its just that...a normal thing that exists in the world and isn't a big deal. It shouldn't be a big deal. And things like this are helping move it towards the "not a big deal" category...it seems forced and "Pandering" because, yes it kind of is....we just happen to be living in the moment where people are trying to remove the stigma of harmless shit like this...I don't see that as a bad thing.

There is a difference between removing a stigma to allow for the natural flow of idea, and the ideas being forcefully inserted to purposely fulfill some quota or agenda. There will be some slight overlap between the two, but this is definitely the latter going by what the writer said. Rewriting characters or adding traits to be more progressive will generally always fall into that. It feels forced and unnecessary when there are much better ways to let it happen naturally.

It impacts nothing at all, and there is no real reason anyone should care. But it is just a sign of the larger issue of dumb, unnecessary pandering to people who don't actually care at all about the series. As long as we don't get "Luke was actually a bisexual gender fluid otherkin", I don't think anyone will die over this.

Math is not going to solve any of those beyond calculating percentage. The rest could only be solved by a class dealing with how to live in the real world.

Now how does it work into the story? Is she just a practicing Muslim who goes about her day without any major references to the religion outside of particular plot-relevant moments like it should be with a comic book, or is this the kind of overly preachy narrative where her faith is actually worked into the story 24/7? There is nothing at all wrong with the former, but the latter is where things get dumb if it's one of these newer Marvel writers. One is writing about a person who happens to be Muslim, while the other is whole "annoying SJW" bunk that people bitch about.

Can I explain to people why I am doing so, or does everyone have to think I'm a nutball?

I do think it's dumb to have part of a character's identity based on their religion. Nothing wrong with a religious character or a character who is part of the Islamic faith, but to phrase it as a "Muslim superhero" seems dumb. I think the real problem is that people still associate someone from the Middle East as being Muslim by default. Unless she is a white/black/other ethnicity Muslim, not too familiar with it. It's like making a big deal about a Jewish superhero or Buddhist superhero. There is no need to shout to the world how inclusive they are.

Murder. The only thing worse than death is repeated torture/rape/dismemberment to the point you crave for the release of death.

Is he literally a universal creator, or just a powerful alien who has been using that guise to guide humanity for some purpose?

It's a buzzword used to dumb down discussion and nothing more. Instead of actual, nuanced discussion on the topics of masculinity and femininity, it just assumed feminine traits are good and masculine traits are bad by those that actually use the term in wider discussion. It's no different than blaming the "patriarchy" for everything. There is probably a proper usage for the term somewhere, but nobody who actively uses it would ever bother trying to use it that way.

Honestly, unless you're buying entire countries worth of real estate, I don't think you could spend one trillion in your lifetime.

No, as he would likely have the resources as a space tyrant to offload half the population to another planet if that was the problem. It also only works in the short term, as within 100 years it will just be the same if nothing is done to curb birth rates.

That is a bad kind of immortality. Throw in the ability to blow up my body and reconstitute myself in another area and a suicide option, then it would be worth it. Otherwise, money.

It's a buzzword to shield them from actually having to discuss things. Instead of discussing the broad nuances of males and females, it's just nothing more than nonsense like "fighting the patriarchy." There might be some areas where discussing the topic can actually lead to productive conversations, but the problem is that such people don't want a conversation. It's the same as "cultural appropriation" in that it is a term that probably does have slight validity that has been turned into utter nonsense.

No, it's dumb. I'd only do it if I had a close friend or family member, though I'd just be humoring them. It's basically about as serious as an "otherkin."

Nothing wrong with trans people, but anyone who thinks it's not a big deal for them to not disclose the fact are disgusting. But I don't know why people talk about it this much when the likelihood of such a situation happening is super low. I assume most trans people are not assholes, so you're looking at like 1% of 1% of the population.

I don't get why people argue that people in an industry that rakes in billions of dollars are overpayed. Come back when the McDonalds you work at is selling cheeseburgers for 10 million a pop.

Will racism ever go away? No. It will always be a thing. Is racism a giant, nationwide epidemic? No. The majority of the hot button topics are race-baiting nonsense. Are there racists who become cops? Yes. Might there be stations or precincts full of racists here and there? Yes. Are cops as a whole racist? No.

Will racism go away if people ignore it? No. Will it stop being a big deal if people stop hyper-inflating it and focus on combating real instances of racism as it pops up? Yes.

Nah, I would probably be fine with it until I hit 50, and then every day would just be a depressing countdown until the end.

Doesn't the whole argument stem from a either a minority of dumb people who actually think it's real, or a belief that there are people who think it's real?

I've only seen him on Youtube clips, where he usually seems rational and on point. But his opposition always seems like handpicked morons for the sake of making him look smarter.

If someone spends every moment of their life worrying about the suffering of others, they will never have a life. There should be reform so the animals are being treated with the best possible care, but that's about as far as my concern goes.

You should have phrased it as "iconic Simpson quotes." With decades of episodes, there are going to be very few things she cannot say. Or make it so all the quotes are spoken in a perfect impersonation of the character.

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The video is hilarious. The fact that the people in the court get to decide what his intentions were despite a clear lack of evidence of any intentional wrongdoing is a travesty. If they don't want to have free speech, whatever. But a joke is a joke is a joke. Regardless if someone thinks it was in bad taste or is personally offended, it's just a joke.

...it isn't 'hilarious', it is shitty and disgusting but he still shouldn't be charged with an actual crime

Are you the kind of person who thinks that there are off-limit topics for jokes? You obviously can find it to be not at all funny and distasteful if you want, but your wording seems to imply that such a thing literally cannot be funny. Literally anything can be funny depending on context and the audience.

The video is hilarious. The fact that the people in the court get to decide what his intentions were despite a clear lack of evidence of any intentional wrongdoing is a travesty. If they don't want to have free speech, whatever. But a joke is a joke is a joke. Regardless if someone thinks it was in bad taste or is personally offended, it's just a joke.

I don't get why they shut stuff like this down at all. It must be such a non-thing that it can't possibly cost that much money to just keep up. Like, I woudn't expect them to support it for the next 50 years, but if they cannot make sure their newer consoles have most or all of it available, they should keep it up indefinitely.

Oops, misread it as driving to the hospital to see a dying person. In that case, just keep driving and call 911 to let them know my intentions.

How do you even enforce something like that? Something like Antifa has a clear identifier in how they dress and act, but the act of being a neo-nazi can be a bit vague. If a group of skinheads with swastika tattoos gets together to call for the deaths of "undesirables", that's pretty clear. But is a bunch of morons with tiki torches going to be branded as equivalent in danger to the public? What about a gathering that is deemed as "being nazi" by reactionary morons who cloud the definition? Being a disgusting person is not something that should get someone in trouble. Only committing or calling for violence should be the trigger.

Instant transmission and sign up with an airport to provide extremely high priced transportation for celebrities. Ten or twenty thousand per ticket, healthy split of profit, and you will make that amount of money super quickly.

Not that it at all justifies the woman's actions, but I bet the kid was blabbing on and on the whole time and that was the final straw. Rational people would walk out if that was happening and could not be stopped with polite discourse. This woman is obviously not rational.