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author=Sated
@PentagonBuddy:"Slur" and "insult" are basically synonyms of one another. Dance around it all you want, but the OED has my back on this.
Technically correct is the best kind of correct.
...did you read a word they wrote, or did you just like... go by what the people responding to them were saying in order guess their argument?
It's like rectangles and squares. A slur is an insult, but an insult is not a slur. Slurs are insulting words used to categorize groups of people, and they are specifically applied to those groups of people. They are used to make a reference back to those groups of people in order to 1) devalue that group in order to keep them in their place and 2) liken anyone they intend to insult to that group, which... devalues the group.
Really, this is an excellent case study in this. This character is probably not a trans woman! I would assume she is a cis woman. But people are calling her the t-slur to liken her to a trans woman, and this is intended to be an insult. Do you see why this is different than calling her a "shithead" or something? If not, I'm gonna point it out to you: the problem here is people are not only insulting this woman, they are insinuating that ALL trans women are gross and ugly and Bad. Slurs are not personal insults. The insult here is that the character is LIKE a trans woman. Do you see why this is a problem?
Trans women are human beings. They do not exist to be the butt of jokes or something to compare "ugly" cis women to in order to shame them. This isn't difficult to understand, so I can't help but assume willful ignorance from the folks who are still so keen on using the t-slur as an insult.
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Hm hm hm yup, sounds like it's RNG that's getting you. Follow Penta's walkthrough and you should be alright. ;w;
My apologies for any poor communication! That woulda been my fault, so thanks for the feedback. It'll help me do better whenever we expand this thing. <w<
My apologies for any poor communication! That woulda been my fault, so thanks for the feedback. It'll help me do better whenever we expand this thing. <w<
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author=Solitayre
I can't solve the fourth ghost. I've tried everything. I am bad at video games.
Where abouts are ya stuck? Maybe I can help out. <__<
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author=SatedThis is an incredibly lazy statement intended to relieve people of the burden of working to be better than they are.
Humans are inherently violent and have been violent from their conception.
Humans are not inherently violent. I sincerely believe people can live together harmoniously and look out for one another without it going against our nature, because I have seen people do this. We currently live in a world where it is natural to be selfish and violent towards others, but if we did not live in such a world that encouraged that, I'm certain that people would behave differently.
And Feldschlacht, my beef isn't just with pure capitalism. It is with all forms of capitalism, the whole capitalism, nothing but the capitalism, any system that prioritizes profit over human beings. When things are controlled by private interests that work for profit, it is inevitable that this will cause harm, because the priority is not the well being of other people. This is unacceptable to me. I take issue with it. There's really no arguing me off this point because I have done a lot of reading and thinking about this and this is the conclusion I currently have come to.
That's really all I have to say on the subject atm so just a warning, I'm probably not gonna debate this further. Ollie outie.
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author=FeldschlachtI guess I'm trying to look at the whole picture, and my view is that any benefit capitalism may have brought is outweighed by the harm it has caused and continues to cause. I'm not even saying that I'm aware of a better option, or that better options have been presented! I just know that what we have isn't working for Most People, and since that's the case, it needs to change. Capitalism is inherently violent and has been violent from it's conception. It does not provide the average person with the means to survive, and this is unacceptable to me.
I am totally fine with the mindset that capitalism will or already has run its course but if the argument that it hasn't brought humanity positively forward, then I mean...that's just not true!
(Also you keep bringing up feudalism and monarchies as if someone has suggested those are other acceptable options: they are not. They are also violent and do harm to the average person, so nope I'm with ya on that those are trash systems that belong in the past.)
author=FeldschlachtI did not, actually! Someone else did, and like the filthy socialist hound I am, I sniffed it out and began hollering about how much I hate capitalism. The mystery remains a mystery.
...You mentioned it first? My point was only meant as a sidebar to an already diluted conversation.
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First of all, I probably wouldn't say "wack" or "homie" since I am white and it would be obnoxious for me to be using AAVE.
Second of all, you say capitalism is effective: is it really? *x-files music*
idk man it's super hard for me to say "yeah alright capitalism's chill" when most of the world has been steamrollered over and exploited for resources in its name. People live in poverty world wide because capitalism doesn't prioritize folks having food, shelter and clothing as a given. We've created massive environmental problems through the production of goods that are kinda fucking up the planet in an irreversible way. You talk about the middle class: it's actually disappearing! You can go google that if you think I'm just making it up. When we talk about the benefits of capitalism, it's important to remember that it's never the lower classes who see those benefits: we only see the exploitation! Capitalism benefits a few people in a few countries while being a system that affects the entire world. This, to me, is not a very compelling argument for status quo.
And people always seem to use the "BUT YOU ARE USING A LAPTOP AND TALKING ABOUT HOW CAPITALISM SUCKS~~~~~~~~" as a "gotcha" point when folks are talking about how capitalism sucks, but hey:
1) I live in a capitalist society. I can't say "alright I'm gonna go make a socialist utopia now" and live off the grid, since no that's actually not a thing that's viable for most people. So folks who disagree still have to adapt to capitalist livin'.
2) I would literally give up all the privileges that I currently have if it meant everyone had the right to food, shelter, clothing and had a comfortable life, so your point is moot.
...anyway we didn't come here to talk about capitalism. How did we get to capitalism. Jesus.
Second of all, you say capitalism is effective: is it really? *x-files music*
idk man it's super hard for me to say "yeah alright capitalism's chill" when most of the world has been steamrollered over and exploited for resources in its name. People live in poverty world wide because capitalism doesn't prioritize folks having food, shelter and clothing as a given. We've created massive environmental problems through the production of goods that are kinda fucking up the planet in an irreversible way. You talk about the middle class: it's actually disappearing! You can go google that if you think I'm just making it up. When we talk about the benefits of capitalism, it's important to remember that it's never the lower classes who see those benefits: we only see the exploitation! Capitalism benefits a few people in a few countries while being a system that affects the entire world. This, to me, is not a very compelling argument for status quo.
And people always seem to use the "BUT YOU ARE USING A LAPTOP AND TALKING ABOUT HOW CAPITALISM SUCKS~~~~~~~~" as a "gotcha" point when folks are talking about how capitalism sucks, but hey:
1) I live in a capitalist society. I can't say "alright I'm gonna go make a socialist utopia now" and live off the grid, since no that's actually not a thing that's viable for most people. So folks who disagree still have to adapt to capitalist livin'.
2) I would literally give up all the privileges that I currently have if it meant everyone had the right to food, shelter, clothing and had a comfortable life, so your point is moot.
...anyway we didn't come here to talk about capitalism. How did we get to capitalism. Jesus.
Dealing with death as a plot point?
My go-to is what Penta talked about: energy or willpower. I like to think of battles less as "cause as much harm to the opposing enemy as possible" and more of "tire the enemy out so they surrender and give up."
Because honestly? Nothing makes me lose sympathy for the main characters more than watching them mow down enemies left and right. I've gotten to a point in my life where I get incredibly uncomfortable playing a game where I murder folks indiscriminately! Because that is what you do in basically every game that involves violent conflict, and I find that incredibly fucked up.
The threat of "you are subdued by the enemy and the arrested/potentially executed" or "you are tired out to the point of collapse by this giant monster and it probably eats you afterwards" -- aka you probably die after the game over screen flashes up -- is enough. Leave death to cutscenes where you can handle it with care! The less death in a game, the more poignant scenes with death become.
Because honestly? Nothing makes me lose sympathy for the main characters more than watching them mow down enemies left and right. I've gotten to a point in my life where I get incredibly uncomfortable playing a game where I murder folks indiscriminately! Because that is what you do in basically every game that involves violent conflict, and I find that incredibly fucked up.
The threat of "you are subdued by the enemy and the arrested/potentially executed" or "you are tired out to the point of collapse by this giant monster and it probably eats you afterwards" -- aka you probably die after the game over screen flashes up -- is enough. Leave death to cutscenes where you can handle it with care! The less death in a game, the more poignant scenes with death become.
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author=mawkit's really hard not to quote this whole post and copy/paste the good shit meme and then vomit up a bunch of "CAPITALISM IS THE LITERAL WORST", so I'm just gonna say Y U P
going on a bit of a tangent, but it's always interesting to me how people will pretend that the narrow, sexist design modus of a lot of media these days is just a simple matter of market demand, and then immediately turn around and decry any shift in that (because women, trans people, and nonwhite folx make up more of the market than people often admit) as unnatural
I know someone on the last page mentioned something about gendered marketing being a natural side-effect of capitalism, but I would defs argue that this doesn't help the case for gendered marketing at all, since there is nothing benign or harmless about capitalism, thus making that a null point.
One day I would love to go more into that! That day is not today. I am barely coherent right now and need my coffee. I am really just making this useless post to say "YUP FUCK CAPITALISM IT SURE CONTRIBUTES TO THE FACT WE UPHOLD OPPRESSIVE IDEALS"
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author=Max
I don't see how that is so. If lots of guys want to embody the traditional masculine gender role or lots of gals want to be 'traditionally feminine' how is that fact in itself an argument in favor of abolishing those roles? Can you explain?
Because it fails to account for the countless people that don't cleanly fit into either slot. There are even plenty of cis people who don't conform to their assigned genders. You hear a lot about masculine women and feminine men being punished for not conforming, even in seemingly harmless ways.
Abolishing gender as we know it doesn't suddenly make the genders that exist right now magically disappear. You could still be a macho, macho man if you wanted, it just wouldn't be assumed that all people with your genital configuration or gender presentation also ID'd as a macho, macho man.
Literally the only thing threatened is cisgender people's privilege to exist while transgender people are marginalized. This shouldn't be a problem for anyone who isn't transphobic.
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