British far-right terrorist Tommy Robinson, previously barred from the US due to criminal convictions, received a US visa

Traitors.

No problem.

Strap a gun to the drone, use your 2A freedoms.

Humans. Why? [Gestures broadly]

Commenting on the report, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that the research could not be considered “reliable information” and that only Russia’s Ministry of Defence was authorized to provide information on military losses.

Provide the accurate information then.

Go on then. Put lipstick on that pig.

Even if he slips into severe dementia, his bribe-seeking reflex will remain intact.

Too fucked up and corrupt for Sepp Blatter.

For Sepp Blatter.

Cool. Maybe they can get some ai bots to subscribe.

Tell me more, Slop Boy.

I’m just trying to explain to you that YOU might do your thing, but YOU do not sway the industry.I’ve known and understood the dangers of dark practices, yet those companies were rewarded regardless of me not buying into them and warning others.All I’m saying is that you and I represent an insignificant minority of money in gaming, and if the majority won’t shop for PC hardware, that will cease to be sold. Completely. You and I will not change that.

Like I said, I understand your Resistance is Futile story. As a separate topic for self-exploration, you might want to reflect on the outcome you’re actually trying to achieve, and why you’re going all-out to explain that being defiant in the face of the unacceptable is pointless.

Anyhow, since all of that nonsense sucks ass, I will continue contributing zero dollars, and zero cents to non-essential industries that sell shit that i don’t want, at price points and with subscription schemes that I didn’t ask for.

The other example that I set, is not striving to be the bucket of ice water dumped on other people’s refusal to bend the knee.

In the simplest of terms, I’m advocating for fighting for your life when attacked, and you’re suggesting that you may as well do nothing when attacked, unless you know you will win.

I’m telling you that we are in a minority.And that unless we can convince at least 50% of gamers to not buy into that, we lost.EA should have been bankrupt twenty times over, but people keep buying their games.Same as with everything.I keep fighting, but this fight has been lost since the start.

I understand your thesis, but am offering mine as a wholesale replacement instead of a rebuttal:

1. The entire gaming industry produces non-essential goods.

2. No one video game, nor the entire industry, have a monopoly on entertainment.

3. I dictate what products and services I want, the video game industry does not.

4. If the industry doesn’t produce products that I want, the industry gets zero of my entertainment dollars, or attention.

5. I can and will spend my entertainment dollars elsewhere, and have experienced zero stress as a result.

Why “fight” an industry that needs you more than you need it? They cannot stop me from disregarding them, which certainly makes getting money out of me a challenge.

I cannot stress enough how much of a Them problem this actually is.

Do you play Call of Duty every release?No? Because millions of people do.Do you think your actions are offsetting that?Because they are not. Nobody is going to sell hardware to a couple thousand folk who won’t get in with the times.

Based on your tone, you come from the Randy Pitchford school of public relations.

If you’re uncertain about what I’m getting at, my recent spending on Borderlands, and Borderlands related goods, averages out to zero dollars and zero cents.

I admire your optimism, but I think this will get used as leverage for a push to cloud gaming. The end goal is for is to own nothing.

They’re certainly welcome to attempt selling that to me.

They won’t like the outcome, but that’s more of a them problem.

Well the pop would only cause more issues like lack of funds for anyone to even afford one of those things.

Possibly, but this doesn’t diminish my desire for that bubble to pop sooner rather than later.

What im hearing is that if we want those things sooner and at a reasonable price, we should do anything and everything possible to pop the AI bubble.

That’s such an Enron thing to say.

Well the boys were 15 and 16, past puberty, so it’s not paedophilia. She still belongs behind bars, I’m your friendly neighbourhood language officer.

Fine.

She raped minors.

Paedophile teacher who raped two boys is struck off

Edit: at least six rape apologists didn’t appreciate my headline correction.

it’s fine when you and yours do it, but when it happens to you it’s tyranny!

Alternately, sometimes it’s a clear cut, objectively correct decision, that is one hundred percent whataboutism-proof.

I am cognizant of the argument that you’re trying to make; I just don’t care, because it’s stupid.

Also, I think I’m going to look into this whole PieFed thing. My interest in it was fairly low, to be honest, until I saw the standard issue, obtuse angled attack from one of lemmy.ml’s finest.

Now that I understand that lemmy.ml doesn’t like it (TIL), I’m highly likely to start promoting PieFed. Kinda like an ongoing Christmas present, from me to you.

Are you 12?

Oh no, a lemmy.ml user doesn’t approve of my conduct.

LMAO