Non-Gaming Hot Takes

[MasterEn]

You are playing 6d chess right now

 

[MegaHiro91]

I follow a manga about figure skating called Medalist, whose first season (anime) just ended.

Yesterday I saw people all over socials celebrating the main character's birthday, and while I love precious lil Inori to heaven and back, I will never understand celebrating the fake birthdate of a fictive person. I mean real life people's birthdays make sense, it's the day you were born... duh. But while a fictive character can also have a mom and dad and a canonincal birthdate that the author decided on... they are not a real living person, so they have no real birthdate.

Like, I am all for being so attached to a fictional character that when you read the story they feel real to you, because that's a sign of good writing. But please don't go so far that you celebrate the "day they were born".... because they weren't.... that's going too far in appreciating the character in my stupid opinion.

 

[Jeanfranc]

I follow a manga about figure skating called Medalist, whose first season (anime) just ended.

Yesterday I saw people all over socials celebrating the main character's birthday, and while I love precious lil Inori to heaven and back, I will never understand celebrating the fake birthdate of a fictive person. I mean real life people's birthdays make sense, it's the day you were born... duh. But while a fictive character can also have a mom and dad and a canonincal birthdate that the author decided on... they are not a real living person, so they have no real birthdate.

Like, I am all for being so attached to a fictional character that when you read the story they feel real to you, because that's a sign of good writing. But please don't go so far that you celebrate the "day they were born".... because they weren't.... that's going too far in appreciating the character in my stupid opinion.

That is merely the tip of the Iceberg in trends such as waifu culture and all it's derivatives

This guy here should be ashamed of himself

Spoiler

for not having Ryo there

 

[MegaHiro91]

That is merely the tip of the Iceberg in trends such as waifu culture and all it's derivatives

I see... always good to be reminded that no matter how weird you think you are... there are worse. You may have a foot fetish or whatever... but at least you don't celebrate fake birthdates because you have an unhealthy obsession with a fictional character.

 

[Ikagura]

I dunno if it could be risky to say but I think that blaming capitalism for anything awful happening to you is like blaming the ocean for people drowning.

Sure, this is one of the biggest flaw about water but this is also why we must learn to swim and having life jackets. Same thing in life. Be prepared.

 

[fake-kun]

I dunno if it could be risky to say but I think that blaming capitalism for anything awful happening to you is like blaming the ocean for people drowning.

Sure, this is one of the biggest flaw about water but this is also why we must learn to swim and having life jackets. Same thing in life. Be prepared.

Most of those people don't even know what capitalism is outside of "free markets and corporations exist".

 

[Tonberry]

I dunno if it could be risky to say but I think that blaming capitalism for anything awful happening to you is like blaming the ocean for people drowning.

Sure, this is one of the biggest flaw about water but this is also why we must learn to swim and having life jackets. Same thing in life. Be prepared.

So you’re not allowed to be upset at an exploitative system for exploiting you?

Also, I think this probably falls under Rule 3.

 

[Asian girls lover]

That is merely the tip of the Iceberg in trends such as waifu culture and all it's derivatives

This guy here should be ashamed of himself

Spoiler

for not having Ryo there

I would never be that brave.

 

[Ikagura]

Most of those people don't even know what capitalism is outside of "free markets and corporations exist".

It's easy to learn about how it works. Not even with expensive courses.

So you’re not allowed to be upset at an exploitative system for exploiting you?

"Exploitative" is pretty relative when there are ways to work around or making things less tedious. Work smarter not harder.

It's still the only system that worked so far compared to others that have been tried.

 

[Tonberry]

It's easy to learn about how it works. Not even with expensive courses.


"Exploitative" is pretty relative when there are ways to work around or making things less tedious. Work smarter not harder.

It's still the only system that worked so far compared to others that have been tried.

That’s such a reductive way of describing it (and I think we come from pretty different places so our definitions are different by nature). But whatever, I don’t want to engage in this because I don’t want to accidentally break the no politics rule.

Sorry for engaging in the first place but I don’t think this topic is appropriate for this forum.

 

[Jeanfranc]

I would never be that brave.

Do it at a convention

 

[Ikagura]

That’s such a reductive way of describing it (and I think we come from pretty different places so our definitions are different by nature). But whatever, I don’t want to engage in this because I don’t want to accidentally break the no politics rule.

Sorry for engaging in the first place but I don’t think this topic is appropriate for this forum.

I'm still wondering what is the clear line about the whole "no politics" rule as I'm talking about an economic system not a political belief (unless economics is intrinsically political therefore anything related to console and game pricing as well as auctions, bargains and even exchanges should fall under politics).


Maybe this is a risky terrain but what I'm saying is that instead of sitting down and complain about the system until things gets better it would still be more productive to get up and try doing something to help ourselves becoming a better version of ourselves to have a better situation.

Other systems have proven they couldn't sustain themselves as they always get issues and people will get a more miserable life.

Sure, the Status Quo could always change but I'll still say that evolutions are not systematically beneficial.

 

[Antilocal123]

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