Everyone deserves to be mocked

Thanks. I hate it

Someone else has said Baldurs Gate 3, and I second that. Great game.

Not sure if automation/building is exactly your tastes, but satisfactory is a good one.

Absolutely. The problem is the shareholders are probably mostly boomers, and they’re worried about their own profits, not profits for their kids or grandkids.

There’s something fishy going on and I don’t like it

This is from Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, isn’t it?

Lawmakers, or at least those advising them, know plenty about theft and all its different flavors. Why do you think rich people theft like fraud is punished so much more lightly than poor people theft?

That is an appeal to authority, but not a fallacious one. Lawmakers know a lot about how and why people steal. Fallacious appeal to authority is when the authority you’re talking about has no knowledge of the topic, for example quoting a psychologist on nutrition advice.

Orks have so much unrealized reality bending power. One time one of them thought the spaceship was getting too hot, so he opened a window to get a cool breeze. And because it’s orks, they didn’t immediately get sucked into the vacuum of space.

My parents always told me that “Santa is the guy who gives out lollies at the shops”. I always knew that parents gave the gifts.

In defense of this, there are situations where it’s good advice. Bullies that only use insults and social pressure are easily dealt with this way. Find a friend group with no connection to them, then ignore them to get rid of anything they can use against you. This is basically how I dealt with the people bullying me at school.

But I agree, if they do anything beyond insults and social pressure, you need some way of confronting them or leaving them entirely.

Because it feels like boomer humor trying to parody unions while ignoring the difference

It’s quarter to nine. Time to have a bath.

Time is a tool you can put on the wall, or wear it on your wrist

I think most people who actually work in software development will agree with you on those things. The problem is that it’s the marketing people and investors who disagree with you, but it’s also them who get to make the decisions.

A. Please tell me exactly where I said Biden was anything more than a mildly less shit alternative to Trump. And please tell me where I was saying support the genocide, rather than support one of the people who supports the genocide.

B. I have not been talking about what Biden should have done. I have only been talking about what voters should have done.

A. I hate to do this, but

The audience I wish to reach doesn’t need their hand held as a child

Strawman, saying that this is about “leading people like they’re children” not “clear and effective communication as equals”

B. What I’m talking about is proactively sharing your views, both to save time on questioning and to fill gaps that others would have never thought to ask about. Please, tell me why this isn’t a needed part of discussion.

The point of teaching is sharing knowledge, not just poking holes in whatever argument you can (intentional hyperbole, not strawman)

The point of learning fallacies isn’t so that you can just name them and feel like you’ve made a point.

strawman

Instead of just “strawman, therefore you’re wrong” and leaving it at that, how about you explain what was incorrect in that statement. That way you become more understood, and everyone understands you more.

This isn’t a courtroom debate. This isn’t a debate you “win” or “lose”. This is a debate where everyone should be trying to understand each other, so that everyone ends up better off by the end. This sort of debate is a cooperative thing, not competitive.

That’s the question I answered.

Which would you rather support?

• Genocide
• Genocide + fascism + other bad shit (probably including genocide 2)

Pick one or give an alternative and a good reason that it will have some effect.

The lesser evil in this situation is genocide without all the other shit, and supporting that is therefore damage control

then the burden is on you to figure out how to stop getting played. Don’t ask other people to solve your problems

Sorry, but how the fuck did you get to that opinion? Sharing knowledge and ideas is how humanity thrives, but unless I’m misunderstanding you you’re saying that we should each individually find a solution to the problem we are all in together.

the spoiler effect doesn’t exist unless you’re in a swing state

The spoiler effect will always exist to some extent in any FPTP system. Sure, it won’t make nearly as much difference in a one sided state as it will in a swing state, but the effect still exists, and makes it much harder for a better party to gain traction while not losing a lot of ground in the mean time.

how many Americans were told that they have to vote for Harris or they’re supporting Trump

The people that didn’t believe this and so didn’t vote are probably the reason that Trump won the popular vote, and that the republicans have a majority in the senate and the house.

you’re suggesting that leftists are idealist, but that’s not the truth

Acting like “voting for the lesser evil is evil and therefore unacceptable” seems pretty idealist to me. I’m well aware that most people here are aware of how shit the world is, and are doing their part to improve it, which is something I appreciate and want to support. It’s just that from what I can tell, the recent US election was the wrong place for idealism.

we’re trying to make a better one, but you’re not

Sorry, mate, but don’t assume. I’m not american, I’m kiwi. And since we don’t have a completely shit voting system, I always vote as a huge idealist and never vote for one of the big two, because in MMP that’s not a wasted vote.

your cynicism has caused you to throw in the towel, and to accept the current reality as permanent, unchangeable

No. I’ve just accepted that, at least for this cycle of US elections, the better approach would be playing defensive. It’s not that the current reality is unchangeable, it’s that positive change will be very slow.