Ugh, we shouldn’t condemn something for being something Nazis did. Hitler liked dogs, doesn’t make it wrong.

I don’t approve of natalism. Some natalists are driven by white-replacement cringe theory. Some are just inexplicably concerned about population decline. (I still don’t understand why.)

Fuck this medal though. It’s going to help make people think women are only good for one thing.

beautiful

you’ve never seen a 2-year-old on a tablet. frightening stuff.

same thing for the military. I mean, I love Stargate, but I will not pretend for a second that it’s not propaganda.

galaxy brain – doesn’t want to go to disney

Everything deserves a finale, rather than to be cancelled. Discovery was not worth it though.

I was pretty surprised. The high school represented in the movie seemed extremely toxic, worse than what I recall from high school.

I watched Adolescence yesterday. I’m curious what you think of it.

Yeah, the left should have done more. It’s not too late. We can recognize young white men and turn things around. Do not hate your gender; hate toxic masculinity.

Yes I know. They are absurd sentiments. I’m observing that the same rationale behind “zionism is antisemitic” would also support those absurd ideas.

Oh I assure you, I would have used IPA if my goal was to accurately convey my pronunciation.

vexillography is just prescriptivism for rectangles

I know it’s wrong, but it’s ok right? 👉 👈

I pronounce it like that, but I call the character “dah-ta”

People be forgetting that the first season or two of the big bang theory was legitimately very good.

The first season or two of the IT crowd was… oh yeah, the whole show.

IT crowd’s best episodes were best-in-class. tnetennba. But it had a lot of meh too.

I believe in some jurisdictions it is in some circumstances a crime, yes.

Right, it’s the fact that melee does no damage in Doom Eternal which I find aggravating. It worked just fine in 2016 as a last resort. They clearly removed its ability to deal any damage in order to force the player to engage with the flamethrower mechanic, which provides ammo (and also does no damage). It seems to me like clumsy design – it achieves the desired gameplay loop, but in the most heavy-handed way imaginable. Fun gameplay loop sure, but zero effort to justify it with what’s happening visually on screen.

I did enjoy the combat ballet though; in particular, it was fun to be always switching weapons. I just found myself often shaking my head because it’s so contrived how it’s implemented specifically. I’m sure most people didn’t care, but it did pull me out of it.

Also, I couldn’t understand the plot in Eternal whatsoever. Am I supposed to be saving Earth? It sure doesn’t feel like Doom Guy gives a damn. He’s just there to do some kind of prophecy I didn’t really find myself pulled into. In contrast, 2016 is punctuated sporadically by plot points I at least understood and felt some amount of motivation for. Take, for instance, the scene where Mr. Glados says “don’t dismantle the power generator things! They’re really expensive!” And Doom Guy is like: “IDGAF. Demons bad.” Best scene in the whole franchise if you ask me. (I’ll admit, some of the dialogue moments that lock you into a room are way too long though.)

I find “zionism is fascism” pretty sensible. Hot in the public eye, perhaps, but not such a hot take for me personally.

But your same argument goes:

• White supremacy is racist against white people (because it speaks in their name)
• Nazism are racist against so-called Aryans (because it speaks in their name)
• Male chauvinism is sexist against men (after all, it doesn’t represent all men)
• Pro-choice is anti-feminist; after all, it misrepresents what pro-life women find moral.

I actually do agree insofar as there is a second-order effect that causes harm for some jews – the Star of David is less popular than ever, now! What a shame Israel appropriated it for its flag! – but I just can’t bring myself to agree with the basic premise here. If your movement elevates one type of person over another, you can’t be said to be against that type of person, even if you’re scoring own-goals. In that case, you’re just failing despite your intentions.

Well yeah that is true.

I came back later when I realized family is important to me.