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If you're simply saying that white people on average have more advantages than most minorities in the United States, then that is an accurate definition. I don't like the terminology because it's one of those loaded words that inherently seems combative no matter how you utilize it. I think most of the people who do utilize it mean it to be combative. I think the whole discussion around it is typically disingenuous, and there is a fringe minority who use it in a racist manner.

Nobody. Unless you're dealing with actual, targeted harassment or simply doing it to filter out frequent topic creators you have no interest in like UR (though I find them fairly entertaining), ignoring and blocking seems counterproductive on a forum of all places.

It does seem pretty silly. Regardless on where someone stands on the whole "cut content" stuff, the game definitely lacks polish, looks pretty bad in some areas, has technical issues, etc. It's not like it's a 3/10, but it's definitely not a 9/10 or 10/10.

"It's a slow news day, so let's sensationalize something using the biggest leap in logic possible!"

This is the first main-line console game, and they chose now of all times to cut out content with some of the flimsiest excuses. They cite extra content, but so far the game sounds like one of the weakest in extra content. I'm 100% sure Gamefreak is just out of their depth rather than it being so hard to produce.

Nah, they could have started by deciding if they wanted to pander to the old fans or tell a new story. The inclusion of all the old characters and then completely shafting their happy ending was a shit move. Giving them mostly horrible sendoffs was a bad move. Making the second movie dogshit was a bad move. They should have set it much more in the future.

Diversity is neither inherently good or bad. Those who make it their life goal to make literally everything diverse can lose the plot, and people too worried that things are "too diverse" when it's a little outside of their comfort zone don't help either.

CanuckCowboy posted...

No it wouldnt.

The government would never forget and would always want to exploit you.

The government would only be able to fuck with you if they're able to grab you without anyone noticing, if you were to secretly go to a doctor to figure out what was up without telling someone. You going public as "real life Wolverine" would make you pretty much immune. Also, if you're donating samples, there's not much reason they'd have to grab you. It might put you at risk of being kidnapped by a foreign power, but donating overseas would likely negate that as well.

Power for sure. In this day, it would be possible to instantly go public with it, be in the spot light for ten minutes, and then you're forgotten once a world leader does something dumb online. It's also not complete immortality, so you should be able to kill yourself if you get tired of living. Money problems could be solved by selling your blood and body parts for research and then long, long term investments would keep you set for thousands of years if humanity doesn't kill itself.

I feel like Gamefreak must see like 1% of the property's revenue or something with how they talk. I'm sure most of it comes from toys and stuff, but it shouldn't be that hard to make sure the core games are well taken care of financially.

Did they ever update them or are there still only the initial boards?

But you can kick everyone and then beat them up, so it all balances out.

For there to be any fair shot, we'd have to assume the alien ship was damaged in the last battle, so they're coming with the intention of landing and taking over to regain resources. So you have a super advanced society with limited numbers and superior technology vs the technology of earth and any trained women solider. Honestly, even if men were included, we're all dead regardless. Even a weakened alien society could likely wipe out our whole system of communication via hacking. We could try launching dozens of nukes the second they land, but I'm sure they could disrupt communications and cancel them.

I don't feel bad for someone who gets hit when talking shit, but it's still wrong to use violence against only words. If the aggressor is getting physical, then it simply becomes self-defense.

Seems fair. Regardless if the bully was just an asshole or using the bullying as a coping mechanism for his own physical or mental abuse, tormenting another person is not in any way justifiable. Maybe in some universe it would have been possible to open up a dialogue of understanding, but the victim owes nothing to the bully.

Yes. The accumulation of wealth should not be hard capped. What should be done is the closing of loopholes that allow them to evade taxes and other fees.

Regardless if this kid is trans or being forced into it, they have at least one really shitty parent and will likely be forever fucked up by this media circus.

I'd have to assume this only applies to minor, walk-in treatments, which would be fair so long as there is another place they can go to be treated for such things. If there is nowhere else, then not fair no matter how shitty of a person. They have a duty to treat even the most disgusting pedo or murderer should they be brought in, so to not treaty a dirty racist who needed attention would be a bit weird.

I'd say good. They either need to get with the times or move onto other projects. I guarantee a more competent development team could have pulled off the full scope of the series. From the sounds of it, they're really not that great, and they've only gotten away with it this long due to the formulaic nature of the series.

I doubt it would be much different other than the production of children would be a commodity. That would lead to poorer nations dying out over time.

It's a job like any other. Starting out, it's probably a dream job, but then things will pile on and on. Burnout from playing a certain game, but hesitation on switching to something unfamiliar and losing the set fanbase. Video editing if they run a side channel. Having to always remain positive and engaged no matter how you're feeling. Constantly being in some kind of public eye, needing to engage on the stream, social media, etc to remain relevant. Dealing with monetization, remaining good in the eyes of advertisers, dealing with sponsors, etc.

I'd say it's probably legally not rape because there's pretty much no way you could ever get someone convicted of it unless you have it all on video. You'd need to prove malicious intent, but the guy can simply claim ignorance. But morally, I'd say any major parameter knowingly changed during a sexual encounter without the other party's consent is definitely an act of rape.

Im apprehensive about the possible grind from the crafting system, but Im otherwise very interested.

If you're talking television, I don't believe they have access to the script. It's usually a third party doing it by listening.

Seems like a waste of time for someone to need to go through to spell and grammar check a foreign language the average viewer isn't expected to actually know.

Its not enough to turn me away from the game, but it is monumentally stupid that the highest grossing franchise in existence cant even get half of their low quality modeled creatures in the game. The issue is Gamefreak is out of the depth with their spaghetti code.

This is obvious bait, but it is really interesting to listen to the people who legitimately think that it's bigoted not to include trans people in your dating pool. It's like they live in another reality. Date who you want to date.

It's a broad earnings gap between the sexes when accounting for everyone from the tip top to the people who work ten hours per week. It does exist, but nearly everything is explained away by innate differences in how the sexes proceed through life. There will certainly always be sexist owners, hiring managers, etc, but I doubt that even counts for a even a quarter percent of the gap.

The conversation was definitely stupid if that's how it went down, but any attempt to destigmatize the necessary disclosure of transmittable diseases is just as dumb.

Unless I'm mistaken, it was hyped as a fairly large reveal, and it was the only reveal. It should have either been a prelude to an announcement for 4, or it should have been revealed with less fanfare.

I feel like the Kinsey scale is good for stuff like this.

I'd like to do some really dumb shit like hire four painting companies to continuously paint four sides of a house on a rotating basis for half a year to see how they react.

Megaton isn't a moral dilemma. You're either playing an evil bastard or you're not playing an evil bastard.

furb posted...

Note it says the pair exchanged 75000. Likely meaning that many texts between the 2.

Still alot

Looks like 40,000-50,000 would be the number she sent depending on if the 780 is an average or just an example of one day.

How the hell does someone not block someone like that? The guy must have been one of those "she'll change" abuse victims. That's pretty horrible.

I've never had such a conversation with any of my family, but I have no reason to think any of them have such thoughts.

averagejoel posted...

the video is about the process of radicalizing "normies" into the hate group.

part of the alt-right is that they're very media-savvy. I recommend watching the other videos in that series for more information.

that depends on how many people you think are "easily swayed morons." that you include "average" before them suggests that you think, perhaps, the average person is. which would suggest that there are, in fact, a lot of them.

there is not outrage and articles every time someone uses the symbol.

I did not put any more emphasis on the word "is" than I did on any other word.

and lastly, and perhaps most importantly: symbols can mean many different things in different contexts. that's literally what symbols do

If you're replying six hours later and actually expect a response, you should tag someone. I only happened to notice just now that this topic was even still alive.

And that seems to be one of many, many videos and articles talking about the idea of this particular radicalization. This has been a pretty constant talking point recently, and thus my initial question of the existence of data to show if this talking point is even relevant.

When I speak of an average number of indoctrinated idiots, I speak of whatever set of morons have the natural aptitude to be swayed into what they consider a greater truth. Whether it's something mostly innocuous like flat earth theory or conspiracy theories, or something harmful to society like anti-vax or racial supremacy, there is always going to be fringe stuff like that. So I'd like someone to show any kind of data concerning the rise of these people. Are we dealing with ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or one million? Are we seeing any kind of mass increase on a yearly basis? There's a big difference between 6700 self-identified neo-nazis in the country and 645,000 self-identified white supremacists in the country. One is a fringe cult and the other is an actual social problem.

The news articles and the Twitter warriors freaking out every time someone uses it in a public space disagrees with you. People implying that it's a "nazi symbol" and thus should be banned disagrees with you.

I want to make it very clear that I find the ideology completely vile, but I don't see any signs that we're dealing with any kind of noticeable increase in actual numbers. We have some high profile cases of shitbags going to the absolute extremes, but I think that's less the allure of the alt-right and more the general increase of mentally ill people willing to go to those extremes. Such people latch onto whatever they can find as a justification of their desire to harm.

I wouldnt expect the series to look like God of War, but there is reason to expect better quality than theyve provided. This is the biggest money maker, even if most of the revenue comes from other areas. I dont think Gamefreak has the capacity to make a high budget console game due to their mostly portable focus all this time. Even with the Switch being comparatively underpowered, it should be able to pull off more than theyve shown.

Do people think these celebrities don't donate money? Even if not out of their own kindness, it's a tax write off any way. Do people expect them not to use their own money on frivolous things they like?

It looks better than Berserk, but they really need to refine the practice before they try to shove this into the mainstream.

No. Get too deep with too many games and you get Metal Gear.

YokoGeri posted...

the point is easy:

You are asking for oddly specifics stats for something that is common sense. Not providing those doesn't disprove the point

Asking for how many people are being swayed into a cult-like mentality is "oddly specific"? Talking about the reasons behind radicalization in general and specific cases of radicalization are good. What's not good is embellishing the rate of radicalization or acting like a specific method of radicalization is more enticing than reality.

YokoGeri posted...

You can't show me the stats? That means that it doesn't kill more than the orange juice, bro. You need to prove even the most basic, common sense and oddly specific thing with stats. I'll wait.

Yeah, you're still failing. You do realize it's possible to speak like adults, right?

YokoGeri posted...

@nemu please show me statistics that drinking cyanide laced with cocoa and splenda kills more people than drinking no-pulp orange juice. I challenge you. Show me stats.

Whatever smart point you think you were making, you failed.

averagejoel posted...

Charlottesville

who declared an emergency?

this is a guy making videos about them on youtube. is that a disproportional resposnse?

a significant reason why the ideology is spreading is that they're good at broadcasting

you're making up that scenario. no one has ever said that every instance of it is nazi signalling. people have said that it is a symbol of white supremacy, which is true

This is about these supposed radicalized internet dwellers, not the already existent ones. There unfortunately will always be some fringe hate groups. They should not be ignored, but their presence should also not be overly inflated to bring about mass fearmongering.

Ever since the original "oops I accidentally white supremacist" article or video, this has been a pervasive talking point, fueled also by the Gamer and incel fearmongering. That video is just one of many. There are certainly real people falling into this cult, but I refuse to believe it is anything more than the "average easily swayed moron" quota of people without some numbers. These people should be given the help and support needed

The outrage and articles about every time someone uses the symbol disagrees with that. Your emphasis on the word "is" disagrees with that.

thronedfire2 posted...

how do you plan on showing statistics for something people hide? it's not like "are you a white supremacist" is a census question

I want to see something that shows any indication this is more then 10 easily influenced morons. Declaring emergencies over the actions of a few helps nothing. We need proportional responses to problems. This is similar to when YouTube decides to send out a tactical nuke every time there is the slightest advertiser issue. Are there issues to fix? Yes. Should literal millions be affected by the actions of a small few? No. Its the same as the OK symbol. Is some minority using it in a negative manner? Yes. Should they be called out in it? Yes. Should we assume every usage of it is nazi signaling? No.

FrisbeeDude posted...

The REAL threats are political correctness, BLM and feminists, AM I RITE BROTHER

Pointless deflection. Supremacist ideologies spreading is not a good thing, but people need to show actual statistics if they want to claim there is some horribly infectious Gamer/incel/YouTube radicalization process. They are cockroaches, but I dont believe they are similarly numerous.

I don't understand the point at stopping at like 60-75%. I could get it if they wanted to cut it down to 200-300, but you're almost there anyway. There is no way a few extra millions in budget wouldn't have been worth it to stop all the bitching.

Somewhere around 40-50 hours in high school during some overnight event. The most recent was a couple years ago where I slept some 30 hours on and off over two days due to sickness, so I was plagued by insomnia for a solid 40 hours after that.

Given that they're putting forth that charge, the fire must have been deliberately set, so there's no chance it was simply an innocent mistake while playing with a lighter or something. Unless the child is severely mentally impaired, I have a hard time believing that he can't form a causal link between fire and death. I don't see any details on how the fire started, so I'd have to see that before I can declare him to be a "monster" or not.