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Posted June 04, 2018
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sanscript: "Desperately"? It must be tiresome to fight all the time.
It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust. When you're in need of love they give you care and attention. When you're through with life and all hope is lost, hold out your hand 'cause right till the end: friends will be friends.
Posted June 04, 2018
If political avatars are allowed, where is the limit?
If Trump bombs Iran, would it be ok for people to have a pic of Khomeini as avatar out of solidarity with Iran?
Posted June 04, 2018
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morolf: If political avatars are allowed, where is the limit?
If Trump bombs Iran, would it be ok for people to have a pic of Khomeini as avatar out of solidarity with Iran?
It is a good point. There is user here who used to switch his avatars between the symbol for the Identarian Party and a Rainbow Flag with a line through it. The only statement you are making at that point is hate mongering and I sure as hell don't want to hang out in a gaming forum surrounded by that crap.
Post edited June 04, 2018 by tinyE
Posted June 04, 2018
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tinyE: Actually, the people of Iran hunted down and killed Khomeini.
In what parallel universe did that happen?
You're confusing him with the shah?
Posted June 04, 2018
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sanscript: "Desperately"? It must be tiresome to fight all the time.
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Vainamoinen: It's not easy love, but you've got friends you can trust. When you're in need of love they give you care and attention. When you're through with life and all hope is lost, hold out your hand 'cause right till the end: friends will be friends.
This has gotten me a tad confused... so I'm going to ask rather than assume...

What was that in answer to, and what does that got to do with gender roles/tradition? Does the "desperate fight" make it harder to find friends/love?

But yeah, it's not easy to love someone if all one sees is darkness.
Posted June 04, 2018
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tinyE: Actually, the people of Iran hunted down and killed Khomeini.
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morolf: In what parallel universe did that happen?
You're confusing him with the shah?
I'M SO STOOOPID!!!!! XD

I was thinking of Lybia. XD

Oh man, I;m never gonna live this one down. :D
https://coub.com/view/9b0a9
Post edited June 04, 2018 by tinyE
Posted June 04, 2018
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tinyE: I'M SO STOOOPID!!!!! XD

I was thinking of Lybia. XD

Oh man, I;m never gonna live this one down. :D
Don't worry, Trump probably doesn't know the difference either...
Posted June 05, 2018
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Vainamoinen: No, we desperately want men to grow out of societal/traditional gender roles as well.

Possibly even more, because that ideal of masculinity often gets people killed.
All you'll end up doing is creating misery, for both genders. There are exceptions to traditional gender roles... but that's all they are... exceptions.
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dtgreene: The problem with the avatar isn't so much that it's offensive, but rather the fact that it is threatening. I could compare it to, say, somebody wearing the robes of the Ku Klux Klan and trying to be friends with black people; that's not going to work.

In any case, by choosing that avatar, you are also saying that you're racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic. Even if you don't see yourself as such, you are publicly supporting a racist, which is itself a racist act. (Same applies to the other -ist/-ics I mentioned.)

To put it another way, you are publicly supporting a man who wants to deny rights to my kind, and that is enough of a reason why I can't be friends with you.
You are insane. I actually feel sorry for you.
Post edited June 05, 2018 by GreasyDogMeat
Posted June 05, 2018
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sanscript: It's ok for a woman but not ok for a man?
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Vainamoinen: No, we desperately want men to grow out of societal/traditional gender roles as well.

Possibly even more, because that ideal of masculinity often gets people killed.
The only thing we desperately need is for people to stop obsessing over gender roles, whether it's about embracing them or growing out of them. Just stop with this daft backseat driver social engineering and let people be.
Posted June 05, 2018
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Vainamoinen: No, we desperately want men to grow out of societal/traditional gender roles as well.

Possibly even more, because that ideal of masculinity often gets people killed.
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GreasyDogMeat: All you'll end up doing is creating misery, for both genders. ---
That's their plan.

And now might be a good time to just leave this here as a little snack for those who wish to move beyond the ever constricting Overton window. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN3mMiyzPak
Posted June 05, 2018
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tinyE: EDITED because my first post was a convoluted mess. :P

I think we can all agree the forum would benefit from all of us agreeing to keep out political ideologies out of the forum.

I would promise to if everyone else would promise too.
What about games with political ideologies, like Yooka-laylay? I know we can't exactly talk about the issues, but we should ask ourselves where "the line" is to quote someone else.
Posted June 05, 2018
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tinyE: EDITED because my first post was a convoluted mess. :P

I think we can all agree the forum would benefit from all of us agreeing to keep out political ideologies out of the forum.

I would promise to if everyone else would promise too.
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kohlrak: What about games with political ideologies, like Yooka-laylay? I know we can't exactly talk about the issues, but we should ask ourselves where "the line" is to quote someone else.
I don't see any political ideology in that particular game. (Then again, you *did* misspell the game's name.)

By the way, that game is currently on sale, 60% off for the base game, 70% off for the upgrade which includes the soundtrack.

(I own the game, but have yet to actually play it.)
Posted June 05, 2018
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Vainamoinen: No, we desperately want men to grow out of societal/traditional gender roles as well.

Possibly even more, because that ideal of masculinity often gets people killed.
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Breja: The only thing we desperately need is for people to stop obsessing over gender roles, whether it's about embracing them or growing out of them. Just stop with this daft backseat driver social engineering and let people be.
At this rate, i wonder how long it'l take before this one blows up and gets targeted, too. I've already been given an indirect offer that i can't exactly refuse, so i'm afraid I can't give a comment here, no matter how much i would argue for both sides of this. I wonder if i could get away with saying keywords like "military draft" or anything. Oh well, I guess we'll find out.
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kohlrak: What about games with political ideologies, like Yooka-laylay? I know we can't exactly talk about the issues, but we should ask ourselves where "the line" is to quote someone else.
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dtgreene: I don't see any political ideology in that particular game. (Then again, you *did* misspell the game's name.)

By the way, that game is currently on sale, 60% off for the base game, 70% off for the upgrade which includes the soundtrack.

(I own the game, but have yet to actually play it.)
They made a political move involving the game. they could've ignored it and nothing happened, but it became political. I'd argue that you can't avoid politics, but i gotta worry about crossing the line and maybe loosing access to my games. Seeing as i'm here for the games, not to worry about a lefty echo chamber, it seems more logical for me to keep my eyes open to see if what i heard was credible or not. If so, i'll let GOG destroy itself with the political stances.

But, hey, people complained about the last few threads being derailed, so what happened to this guy looking for friends? Can't we take this somewhere else and let it stand on it's own merit as a topic and let this guy just look for friends?
Post edited June 05, 2018 by kohlrak
Posted June 05, 2018
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kohlrak: I'd argue that you can't avoid politics, but i gotta worry about crossing the line and maybe loosing access to my games.
You wouldn't lose access to your games, you'd just be banned from the forum.
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