A lot of techbros are convinced having a watch on makes people take you more seriously.

What did they think the J stood for, Jessica?

Better than a misogynist

So you’re well trained and delusional, got it.

Good luck, hopefully being well trained pays off.

What a comeback, you’re such a good boy! Look at you, well trained and shit.

I refuse.

Kids with sane parents you mean? Yes, the ones who can’t be vaccinated for legitimate reasons.

The Tibetan Fox always makes me think of Gmork.

Probably, in a twisted way.

I think I should try to be less provocative with my words. Stomping into a conversation with loaded language is not the best way to get my points across, thank you for your demeanor.

It’s probably like a sleeper activation phrase to me at this point and I got annoyed.

I’m sorry, I specifically choose terms like this to set people off. I want them to figure out what actually triggers them about how I’m using the phrase and whether or not it’s valid.

I would just like us all to be a little more aware about the whats and whys surrounding things we get emotional about. Otherwise our emotions will inevitably be used against us, directly or indirectly.

Unfortunately you seem to use something called ‘your brain’ to conjure your own reasoning of the world around you. The average conspiracy theorist does not do this. The average conspiracy theorist believes that they’re the main character and everyone else is just drifting through life waiting to bear witness to their glory.

I think that’s a bit different from setting up a drone to bring you a gun, personally.

I didn’t bother discussing how online leftist infighting affects real life, it’s not relevant compared to, say, the much realer issue of left-orgs blowing up because of, say, someone being outed as a sex pest or someone slandering someone they don’t like anymore (which isn’t an issue only relegated to the left, the right does this way more often)

Please don’t get me wrong, my motivations were not ‘both sides’ or something along those lines. Maybe not obviously, but it’s clear to me that we both believe the side bringing measles back is the wrong one.

My problem is that these terminally online leftist spaces end up being the narrative sent to (or experienced by) the brainwashed masses on the right. Simply not engaging with an online space is ineffective when trying to combat their manipulation of word of mouth messaging.

I’m not trying to argue for the right to say slurs. Unless they’re directed at conservatives, then I’m conflicted.

Yeah I have no issue with not saying slurs (and saying I can’t say slurs is fucking dumb, I choose not to because I understand why I shouldn’t — not because trogs on their high horses tell me no), my problem is that you took the phrase ‘shit like tone policing’ and immediately assumed this must be the singular problem I have with how the left communicates. Thus spurring on an entire comment on why the left doesn’t communicate with the right.

I’m not suggesting the left communicate with the right, at all. I’m suggesting the left needs to learn how to communicate amongst itself because things like no no words end up functioning as thought terminating cliches — see your entire comment for reference.

Still falls under your control in that instance, unless you’ve got someone else summoning it for you (we don’t need to talk about how, just assume it’s a drone and not magic) at which point we’re talking about a conspiracy.

Oh so your argument is that people are still free to speak, just not on online platforms.

Yeah I’m not going to take the time to break your argument down; it’s fucking dumb, do some reflecting.

With what organization? The left is too busy with shit like tone policing for any cohesive narrative to take root.

Turns out when your brain is filled with no-no words that effectively act as thought terminating cliches you end up being unable to effectively communicate with people you disagree with. Crazy how the far right simply does not have this problem, no? Granted they aren’t really for ‘discussion’ or ‘debate’ or ‘deliberation’ in the same way leftists are, and their thought terminating cliches are much worse; climate change being one of the big ones.

This idea that China is somehow going to save you or the world is brain death.

Xi loves what Trump is doing. Why would he risk stabilizing the U.S. when he could just not and continue to madly profit?

Also are you Han Chinese? Because if not, see my first point.

Gotcha, so your point is not that meditation is woowoo; your point is that expecting meditation to connect you to the spirit realm is woowoo.

Just so we’re clear, this is called transcendental meditation and I’m pretty sure it was created and started by an Indian man in India.

Edit: ooh, didn’t like that one did ya? You’ve earned your tag.

My feelings on the Last of Us are complicated. Last of Us in isolation is good, TLoU and TLoU2 together are bad. Way better story than Crimson Desert’s, though.

Mass Effect… I’m sorry but everything past 1 was bad, and 1’s story was good because of the expectations set up for future games. Like Kliff, Shephard is a nothing character — only there’s an actual narrative driven by him/her and the rest of the cast + the events from the previous game.

We’ve discussed Zelda and Dark Souls, but I think Valheim is actually a point against what you’re saying — yes you’re reacting to the world but Valheim has next to no story (I’d say no story but I haven’t played it in a while).

Kliff could have been anyone. You could replace Kliff as the main character with Damiane and the story literally wouldn’t change (only you can’t because the Abyss can only be accessed by Kliff).

Only for >!this to mean absolutely fucking nothing because Oognka goes where he pleases.!<

I think the world is beautiful and you could subtract the entire beginning of the story and filled the game with only side quests and side stuff in the world — it would have been a better experience. Simply deleting the dogshit Yann and Naira quests would make it a better experience. If a game’s story would be strictly better with half of it deleted, I’m sorry but the story is just bad.

Edit: not a huge spoiler but I’m sorry, I meant to be spoiler free.

Edit: Forgot Shephard is unisex.

It’s about dominance, it’s not that the sex doesn’t bring pleasure it’s that sex without dominance (i.e. sex that isn’t rape) does not bring pleasure (at least that’s always been my interpretation, I’m not a rapist so I could just be wrong).