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How do the insurmountable levels of stupid contained within Elon keep getting surmounted by Elon?

It sounds scary when basic addition is above your paygrade, though.

The online is better than it was, especially when using a wired connection. Not great, just a bit better than launch. But the arenas tend to be more stable than the random matchmaking. I fell out of practice pretty hard last year because Xenoblade 3 made me spiral back into the whole series and the predecessors, which is a massive undertaking. Only recently picked it up a couple times, and my Ultimate Peach is fire. Actually fairly proud of how much better I've gotten, albeit not really able to rank competitively.

Also, I feel like we played Smash a bit on 3DS...? I need more people to play Smash with.

Watch the Xenosaga cutscenes. It's basically an anime. The games are tricky to get ahold of, being obscure PS2 titles that are also expensive. 3 games. Fiirst and third are some of the best scifi you can ask for. The second game is kinda like when Star Trek has a bad episode, but it's like half the length of the other two. The Xenoblades can be watched the same way, but are a lot more accessible to play since they're all available on Switch (absolutely worth watching if you 1. Don't have the system and/or 2. Don't have time for multiple 80+ hour JRPGs). First and third are my jam but 2 has a strong following and a lot to like, just seems aimed at a different demographic and the story probably could've used another draft or two. The Blades are more fantasy-esque; however, they're still very scifi under the hood, and excellent fantasy regardless. Considering how big of a Star Trek fan you are, I think Xenosaga especially would be your kind of thing. And if you end up liking those, check out the Blades.... and Xenogears.

Not a second season of Liar Game.

What kind of thing are you looking for?

I'm going to assume your employer is UEMB and that "sciencey stuff" is an innuendo I'm okay not knowing the meaning of.

Well, aside from the GOP wanting to genocide anyone not straight or white enough and putting pro-slavery PragerU videos in elementary schools. Pretty sure those are mostly GOP things.

Isolation is textbook abuse. Red flags, my dude. If a partner wants to control who her friends are, he's probably not going to respect what she wants elsewhere.

Yo mothas big butt

This one time I pointed out that Monster was a really weird pick for the lineup and OA rode my ass for a week about how it's Syfy now and doesn't need to be sci-fi any more, and they air fantasy and horror so it fits. I was like I never said it needed to be sci-fi. I just thought it was a weird pick because of how grounded the show is compared to the lineup. Then I had the bulk of the folder demanding I define 'sci-fi' because Monster has medicine, therefore it has science and is fiction, therefore.... sci-fi. Then all of the Other Anime folder proceeded to attempt convincing me that Monster fit with the block because it actually is sci-fi.

Ginguy right now:

I'd have to know and be able to look at what the abuse/predatory behavior was. I did look up Keffals' Twitter, and she does not have a blue check and I don't know what you mean about the racism next to the name thing. I would need to see evidence of platforming being proven to be bad from an empirical standpoint, like data rather than anecdote. I've seen very little good from political Twitter, regardless of political affiliation. The Twitter left is no exception, and is unfortunately full of abusers and frauds, so I tend to be very skeptical toward Twitter engagement in general. Considering the bulk of harassment I've seen toward Vaush was on Twitter, what would that say about the fans of people who dislike him? See, it's not that simple, is it? I don't think all criticism of him comes from bad places, but a lot does come from people that got their beliefs on him from people I know to be abusers. Who would you recommend as an alternative? I don't think these are very good examples of people being platformed into the spotlight. Ben Shapiro started at Breitbart, which is a massive tabloid, and comes from a family of Hollywood execs. Alex Jones was a radio host and was a big name well before Twitter was a thing. Joe Rogan was a celebrity by the end of the '90s, he hosted a mainstream game show. None of their claims to fame come from actual debates. Ben Shapiro """"""""""debates"""""""""" amount to him on a stage gishgalloping against unprepared students he has full control to cut off at any point as they confront him while surrounded by his fans. That's not a debate; it's a deliberately constructed rhetorical trap. I think there's a huge difference between having a debate and actively putting one side at a clear disadvantage for the sole purpose of clipping inexperienced students to look bad. Of course none of those people deserve charitability. I think it is important to hold views against scrutiny and that does involve looking at other perspectives. I don't know what the plan to push back against the spread of nazism is if the plan involves simply blocking and ignoring anyone that says or does anything offensive, nor assuming ill-will.

shut up scoob

It's cool, I think there was some of that going on over here too, since he is definitely divisive. Sometimes more understandably than others, and I do agree he can cross the line.

I'm sorry if I upset you. I was responding to what was said and didn't know it would be a problem. I'm pretty sure I have some mild autism and have always had a tendency to go on long tangents. It's pretty unfair to assume I can't accept criticism and want you to just shut up. I wasn't even wanting to have a debate. I thought it was a conversation.

I explicitly said I wasn't trying to make you like anyone. Several times. But yes, you clearly don't want to care, which is why you started this conversation on your own accord. Unprovoked.

I'm not trying to make you like him. I'm engaging with the criticisms being presented. And again, you're basing this off Twitter users. Literally one of the worst places to get an opinion of any fanbase ever. Sure, berating conservatives isn't charitable. Charitability isn't unconditional acceptance. There are people who don't, and likely never will, deserve charitability, like throw a dart at a board full of Republican pundits and you're like guaranteed to land on someone who doesn't. That aside, yes, the brain damage comments do take it too far. Do you believe rehibilitation for criminals is bad? Like, someone did a bad thing once and now they can never be forgiven? Where do you draw the line? How bad does the crime have to be? Right now, you're using a sweeping generalization to describe a rather wide range of people and calling them irredeemable. You've identified bigotry against conservatives as bad, so why would what you're doing with vague buzzwords like "debate bros" be different? "I hate the fans," but, like, have I been overly unreasonable to you? I didn't start this particular conversation. Despite personally believing TYT has shown itself to be transphobic, I'm not going to force it down Pooh or Disco's throat. I gave a heads up on some behavior recently that's repelled me from them, Pooh asked what it was about, I supplied a few resources and tried to give a little highlight of what may be of interest in each video. I have lost respect for both Cenk and Ana; however it's not my duty to monitor what Pooh or Disco watch nor control their views. I didn't come in and say, "I despise TYT but also have limited knowledge of them, also fans of them suck monkey butt," then complain about the debate bro fanboy defending a person they evidently like. It's up to them if they want to change their mind on TYT and ranting at them instead of presenting what I know, giving the most detailed coverage I can since I'm not confident I'd to be able to fully express my angle very well. I expected Pooh and/or Disco would likely respond, I tried to give a thorough response, and am more than willing to engage with whatever they have to say about it. I don't drop in to declare I hate the thing you like without a firm reason to do so, and being aggressive toward them ober it would only cause them to be defensive. Who does that help? I think TYT is making dangerous content, so I let my peeps know about the concern. I don't assume if someone replies to me in such a way that the expectation is to be ignored or told how cool they are for dumping on my post. I don't think I've attacked you, and if it came off that way it wasn't intentional. These walls of text aren't "debate bro culture," by the way. I've been building them walls with reckless abandon since 2003.