He was being a bad person the moment he thought “I hope she gets abused by her boyfriend.” No need to do research on the guy after that point.

That said, he’d only saying that because hes incredibly close to being depressed and in extreme self loathing in response to being rejected and trying to protect his his will to live via delusional projection and lashing out. “She’s the one with a problem not me. I’m great. She’s a piece of shit and deserves to suffer.”

People who don’t delude themselves about how great they are unfortunately usually don’t respond to rejection with “I need to improve myself” or “I’m just not his/her type I’ll find someone.” but with “I should kill myself, its hopeless. I’ll be romantically alone forever and I can’t take it.” and the sheer mortal terror of potentially thinking that way causes the delusional insulation and projection.

For some straight guys and gay ladies a girl could be mean to them and that’d increase how much they want them.

That’s a fairly small subset though.

Yes on the first thing, but its more of a mixed bag on the second. There certainly are people that’d prefer easy though.

We can do better, and pressure is reaching a critical point, just like it did with the other bad and corrupted systems we had before.

Maybe. Things can also get a lot worse.

At least Americans do seem to be waking up to how bad the current US admin is based on the polling. I kind of wish they weren’t so stupid as to elect him (or allow him to be elected) in the first place. I resent being here in this timeline.

Yeah, he made a huge mistake.

Its merely that most Americans are dumb as fuck.

I am an autistic man (kinda) asking questions: Would you consider it more excusable if it was a hot button political issue?

It sounds like you are getting guys inserting aggressive opinions about stuff that’s ultimately way more subjective and taste related and not worth getting pushy or elitist about. Which is annoying to me as a guy who tends to like things more than dislike things.

Like Eww you Like ‘Z’? Don’t you know that ‘X’ is better you pleb. type stuff.

But with politics… and philosophy… I’ll fully admit my chill is gone in those domains. They are very very important to me.

I have over 1300 games across various libraries (digital and physical)

If I have cash to spend and it fits into all of the following categories I basically always buy:

-80% off or more, or under $5, or its part of a “complete your collection” bundle that compounds its discount with an existing one.

-Its 8.5/10 or better (or is part of a series of games that I want to play through that has a 8.5+/10 within it.)

-in a genre/series I really really personally like.

But this actually eliminates a lot of temptations.

The only other alternative situation is if I want to play the game immediately but that never happens because I’m always playing through a series of games already it seems like. Right now I’m playing through my Tom Clancy collection. Its the last bit of Ubisoft games I intend to play before uninstalling uplay/ubi-connect (probably forever).

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Impeachment on its own I can’t bring myself to care about. It needs to come with “and removal” for it to matter.

And even then that means president Vance. It would still matter because Vance is a weaker villain lacking the full undying support of the MAGA death cult but shit would still suck, just suck in a way where there would be more hope.

You are attributing a lot of credit to legislation in the same sentence that you concede that there was a lot of violence before and after the events that actually fully ended slavery in the US. (ignoring that I guess technically we haven’t yet if you count prison labor)

A non-violent resolution is preferable in these cases if it can be done quickly. However, a violent resolution is better than letting it continue unabated and waiting as more suffering and death happens in the mean time.

Now, if you want to argue that your non-violent methods are more effective or tactical, I’m not really going to argue against that because sometimes that actually is the case.

But the idea that violence (covert or overt) is never effective as a means of enacting change is flat out wrong.

But they are though. [breaking the law]

Sure, maybe? Besides the point though, slavery was once codified in law. Breaking the law isn’t the issue: The harm is.

Sorry for the late response, I only have access to this account at work.

Closer to virtue, but more on the practical end that it’s not a sustainable model. If you recognize terrorism an an effective political tool, where does it end? That’s a rabbit hole that should not be explored IMO, and the only form we should get anywhere close to supporting is a popular revolution, which isn’t terrorism because it’s popular, and even so it should be used incredibly rarely.

Assassination could not also be popular? Given Luigi’s popularity I’d argue that we quite literally see that is the case.

A popular revolution would be far more bloody.

Execs that break the law should be jailed, not shot.

“Breaking the law” isn’t the issue. Its making decisions for the purposes of self gain that results in social deaths. Under-insured people dying to preventable disease en mass.

That said, sure, if we could jail them that would be preferable to killing them, but I don’t think what we do to the CEO is that important in comparison to the reason Brian Thompson was killed.

As in predestination? Or as in, we’re all automatons/there’s nothing “special” about humanity?

We are all biological machines operating in a physical reality. Our will is not free from anything, our will is dictated by that physical reality. Specialness and predestination are both red herrings.

Real change comes from getting the quiet majority on the same page and energized to do something about it. A lone gunman isn’t that.

Except that Brian Thompson’s assassination is literally inspiring a large group of people on the internet to gush and post about him and there are top down censorship activities to quell it. Maybe even inspiring enough to start a popular revolution.

My hatred for this person is a thousand burning suns.

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If we condone violence as an effective means to achieve political results, we’re literally supporting terrorism, because that’s what that is:

I never said “political ends”. I was reasonably specific “fewer people dying in the long run”.

Do you take issue with terrorism because of the results (immediate deaths + chilling effects) or because it is unvirtuous? Because I don’t care about virtue at all.

I also don’t put powerful people on the same level as a regular “civilian”. When you take on a powerful position and then proceed to abuse the position so thoroughly that you cause mass deaths you might as well be a military general. In Trump’s case, he’s now literally the commander in chief of the US military.

I also want to point out that I don’t even believe in free will and my ethical frame work here isn’t that I simply want to “take out the trash” or seek vengeance. On a purely rational level I want the harm to stop, not to make Trump or Brian Thompson suffer or die. If there is a reasonable means to achieving that without killing them I would be in favor. But failing to find a pacifistic alternative I actually would say it is an ethical failure not to.

Not condoning violence against a fascist is rolling over and letting them get away with fascist shit. I take it you think Brian Thompson deserves sympathy as well?

Regardless of whether Kyle Gass is doing fine, it still reveals either a weak character on Jack Black’s part or significant ideological disagreement with my own beliefs. To an extent that I find him much less appealing as an actor or performer.

If violence against a corporate ghoul, fascist, or nazi saves more lives in the long run, it is 100% justified. If Crooks had not missed we’d be living in a much better world right now and far fewer people would be in serious danger.

I’m still sore about Jack Black being a coward and throwing Kyle Gass under the bus so IDK how much that would help with my enjoyment.

Well, I know people would watch it.

I did not watch the Minecraft movie myself, no desire to experience a full theater of people throwing popcorn around screaming chicken jockey.

Movie industry is fucked.

Fair enough, maybe I could give it another try.

I know, I own one. I just also have a desktop with a 4070 super.