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As in the game pulled a Fez or the developer pulled a Fez and told people to, and I quote "suck my dick, choke on it?
You know, I guess that would be called "pulling a Phil Fish" so never mind. Tunic looks cute though, I'll get to it some day.

adjl posted...

Because "anti-science" doesn't actually mean opposing all science. It means picking and choosing whatever snippets of science one likes with no regard for context and a minimal understanding of the broader concepts and rejecting everything else that one doesn't like. Those clinging to "science" as the basis for transphobia ignore reams upon reams of studies and evidence around gender dysphoria and the various aspects of biological sex in favour of the understanding of genetic sexual dimorphism they got in grade 4. Despite claiming that their position is rooted in science, that's also a fundamentally anti-science position.

I would simply call it "anti-logic" at that point. If you want to adopt the science for one argument, then you need to for all of your arguments. If you're cherry picking, then you are either saying scientific work is subjective and you deem what is valued or not, or you are saying that you are not following your own set of logic, by only listening to some and not all of it.

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Biology and genetics expressively say your sex is determined by chromosomes. And there are odd exceptions like hermaphrodism and Kleinfelter etc; Gender is a term largely coined and developed by John Money, which I will let you read about if you wish to, because it's more nuanced than genetics. Sex =/= gender. Once is rooted in observable characteristics (the gene), the other is more of a construct or idea.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Absolutely unhinged China-level intrusion. And addiction, in virtually every circumstance, comes about from a lack of a basic human need not being met. When there's an epidemic of addiction, whether that's games, internet or porn, they're all indicative of a fundamental societal failing, not personal failing.

It's not surprising current degenerate government would think such authoritarian and negligent strategy would be appropriate, very on brand.

The "epidemic of addiction" falls just short of planned. Those products and services you mentioned are designed to be as easily accessible and habit-forming as possible, they want their userbases to become lifelong, repeat customers. I agree it's predatory practice, but the push for self-discipline seems to not be there for a lot of people too. While they *shouldn't* be attempting to make this stuff so "attractive" and addicting, it's also up to people to make wise choices for themselves, too.

Sort of reminds me of that recent Nick Offerman interview about how he hasn't played The Last of Us because he swore off video games after binging Banjo-Kazooie years and years ago, said that he would have been addicted and fallen out of acting if he hadn't.

PMarth2002 posted...

The only reading that makes any sense to me is that they're saying transphobes are correct about sex/gender. Hopefully I'm wrong about that.

The usual argument against transgenderism is "it's not listening to the science, you are either male (XY) or female (XX)." "The science" as it were, tends to be the backbone of most arguments for there only being two genders. So someone wanting to use "the science" as an argument and then be "anti-science" elsewhere becomes contradictory. I'm not taking up that viewpoint, it's just what I've noticed that usually gets said.

MorbidEngel posted...

I look and I see two feet threads.

Equality for left and right feet

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Kinda hard to be both transphobic and anti-science, should one think about the usual points of discussion there lmao

I've had to walk 30+ minutes in each direction for food. It's not that bad when you plan well for it, walking is great for your mind and body, too. I can understand how having to do that long term would become bothersome for that person, however, especially in poor weather, in dangerous areas, constant traffic, etc;

LinkPizza posted...

Horny and always ready to play

Incredibly based

adjl posted...

Honestly, that all sounds pretty reasonable. The hardest thing will be reliable age verification to enforce any of it.

You will be "living in a pod and eating bugs" as the rhetoric goes before you know it if you willingly continue to allow the oversight of parties that have zero concern for your best interests into your lives.

And for those saying "slippery slope" keep in mind Meta just launched their government ID linked account program and China (a country so well known for its freedoms and liberties) already mandates personal ID links for any online service. The free(r) world is actively giving up their freedom for a fake sense of security until it becomes so commonplace, it can be enforced.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Skyrim is mediocre but okay for killing time, and it works well as "Baby's First RPG" for a generation born too late for FFVII.

Arguably, FFVII is "Baby's First RPG" for a generation born too late for Wizardy/Might & Magic. VII is a handholding, on-rails, zero meaningful decisions style RPG that had some really stellar graphics for its time.

The one where I decided to watch the better sci-fi series, Star Trek. Fight me.

(Dr. Who isn't bad, I just cannot get used to British style television for some reason.)

Hmmm, hot salad.....

blu posted...

Read Annihilation last week. Havent seen the movie but I really liked the book. Was able to keep that nice mysterious psychedelic feel without ever getting stupid.

I watched the movie first and man, the ending sequence is VERY different lol I was a bit shocked at how violent it came across in the book. The stinger at the end of the movie also either seems to be a movie addition or maybe it was from the sequels. But I need to get around to reading the second book now.

To be fair TC, it was only $200, okay?

Judgmenl posted...

This was revealed to be a scam. The person buying knew the person selling. It worked in a similar way to NFT inflation did.
Look into Karl Jobst's videos on the subject.

There's a couple circles of people doing this, I forgot the name of one of them, but I was reading that they have just been scooping up total shovelware games en masse just to dry out the market lmao

doshindude posted...

*has masters degree and uses the term*

....?

And? A Master's degree doesn't mean someone is mature. It means they were able to do a bunch of classwork. The fact that you also dangle it as a point of argument says a lot about it too lmao

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That's true, but looking at the long-term, MHA is technically more popular just due to constant exposure. One Piece is just One Piece lmao unfair to equate that into anything. CSM might have had a huge burst of popularity, but it's done for a while. So when asking what's "currently" the most popular, we can look at both the short and long game with that. But yeah, CSM is definitely up there and off-topic, the manga sales have been landmark numbers.

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Games really are better than just passively sitting at the TV watching that all day. Even if it's not games, I think there's a good reason so many elderly women do craftwork, it keeps the mind sharpened.

Cacciato posted...

Icoyar? Is that you?

I will never not laugh at alt-paranoia. Literally letting some dude live rent free in your head like that.

EliteGuard99 posted...

With every year that goes by, there are fewer boomers, and that brings a smile to my face.

"I am happy when people die."

Get your head checked.

MHA is the only new one that holds up the tempo. CSM and Demon Slayer aren't on the same frequency of getting episodes, so I think that says something about the level of demand for each of those series.

2 more weeks!

HelIWithoutSin posted...

Who were his top 10 competition?

Not you, for certain.

Metalsonic66 posted...

I wanna roll you up into my liiiiife

R O Y A L
R A I N B O W

faramir77 posted...

Easily the best late night talk show host, especially in his last 10 years on TV.

Not hard, considering the "competition." That being said, I think he's great even without the need to compare.

Anything you've played a lot before. Less need to focus or try too much. Get better soon!

Having the will to go offline is the toughest part, it's too easy to stay online once you're there! It's like that one law in physics about objects in motion.

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

she reminds me of my ex wifes sister

Could you please introduce her to me?

Cruddy_horse posted...

yeah I really want to delete most of my social media(like this account) and try to saty off but I don't think I have the willpower.

Definitely find something else to supplement and replace it when you do get around to deleting it. Just sitting there in a vacuum after all is said and done is a great way to just go back to it lol

NinjaGhosts posted...

Is that a good thing or bad thing?

Neither. It was just funny to me how much the type of food changed.

Copyright makes so little sense to me as it pertains to media IPs. Imagine if the dude who invented shoes was able to go to court and won and he was the ONLY guy who could make shoes. That's what media copyright feels like to me.

American Ketchup and Mayo sucks. Mustards can be okay. But keep that Kraft and Heinz stuff away from me, please.

BADoglick posted...

every day. I work from home

I feel for you. I used to and it killed any enjoyment computers ever gave me.

I am having one of those days right now.

NinjaGhosts posted...

I moved on to popcorn chicken but Im still pissed

That's a departure

Literally only bought one because my launch day PS4 shit the bed. Not only have I not played a single PS5 exclusive, I have yet to play any next-gen-exclusive games either. Feels good though, saving tons of money just getting around to a bunch of stuff I never finished.

BigOlePappy posted...

That sounds like an excuse for bad writing.

Writing, plot, and themes are all very different things. It was an espionage game, any spy thriller always has at least one good twist to it, he had to get Sony and Konami on-board somehow. Kojima has always done what he has to do to get his ideas out there.

BADoglick posted...

Yeah skyrim is really shallow and a lot of it is obnoxiously repetitive like the dragon fights.

I loved it for a couple weeks but a switch flipped in my brain when I realized it was getting really tedious and then I just stopped cold turkey.

I won't lie and say that it isn't fun for one playthrough at least, but even then, there's a lot more offered up in other games in the same series. I just won't ever understand how people who played previous TES games can praise it when they keep removing skills and abilities.

BigOlePappy posted...

I used to love the MGS plots when I was younger, but now they just seem like an attempt at maximum number of plot twists per narrative.

I think you missed the point. The plot was there to drive the narrative and themes. Kojima just wanted to make cultural statements but couldn't do it in a void.

No, because it was never fun. Go play Morrowind.

The world you grew up in no longer exists

Well, he wasn't an angry white male and the police weren't too involved, so I guess this story will be out of the news in about 11 days.

papercup posted...

Kind of? But I don't expect it to do well. And outside of FF, I'm not really sure what SE is doing anymore, they haven't had a hit in years, and they keep doing all this weird shit nobody asked for.

I feel like Forspoken was definitely made off the external pressure of non-Japanese markets, considering the protag is from New York. That and it looks to draw heavily from FFXV, so I'm sure they're still trying to recoup from that whole debacle by trying to give what they worked on a bit more life before shelving it permanently.

Too bad they already said XVII is possibly going to be their next MMO. Thank god we have Octopath II coming out. Still not sure why they made that series instead of Bravely Default III, but hey, here we are.

Kojima really did predict the world we live in today with the whole theory of "creating context." It's a shame that final set of dialogue leading up to the end is trapped inside a video game, the dude really should be making film or writing books.

The game looks like a parody, straight down to the dialogue. "DID I JUST DO THAT? I JUST MOVED SHIT WITH MY MIND?" Like they're really chasing the MCU audience with this one.

Lokarin posted...

that's not really what I meant - it's about market forces; "two" seems approximately similar to the unstated "restricts how many foreign movies can be in theaters each year"

I apologize in that case, this board has poised me to assume most often that people are trying to be passige aggressive and shitfling and I did that myself just now lol Sorry again for that.

I would genuinely suggest working on that. I get humans are wired to predict and passively seek danger to avoid it, but generalized fear and anxiety about nothing in particular is a bit too far on that response. I'm sorry to hear that, TC, I hope you're doing alright.

Lokarin posted...

how many foreign movies are in your theatre?

Unironically, two are showing right now, nice try at the "gotcha" Marvel-tier quip though.

IronBornCorps posted...

Also, of course this is being ignored by bigger outlets. Is crime against trans people being mostly ignored by the media a new occurrence to you?

Dude, if every unjust crime was highlighted by the media, they'd be backreporting about stuff that happened in 2010 still.