Fair enough. My main issue is with the great big mob that’s attacking people who are not her. As I said, she’s rich. She’s gonna stay rich. The devs and streamers, for the most part, are not. They stand to lose a lot.

Darts just didn't make the grade, then? Sad.

Red flag laws are fine.

They boil down to "If you have a verifiable history of violence then you should be monitored".

If someone says "I'm going to kill all the people I hate" then red flag laws allow for prevention of that person in obtaining efficient means to kill.

That's fine and to the benefit of the overall safety of society.

That individual still deserves mental Healthcare.

Quirky things like ninja stars aren't capable of the degree of harm that is discussed when talking about Red Flag laws. To my knowledge no mass murders have been committed by individuals utilizing shurikens.

They are unequivocal, and to equate red flag laws used to protect society from individuals in need of mental health assistance armed with modern weapons with individuals interested in historic weaponry for entertainment purposes is absurd.

I would easily argue that semiautomatic firearms should be banned before throwing stars despite believing both should be legal.

TLDR; Red Flag Laws help to prevent known threats to society from committing large scale harm. It's difficult at best to go on a murder spree with throwing knives.

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Money dude, it's called money. And when you have more money, you'll have more speech. It has nothing to do with her being a children's writer.

What would you prefer??

/s

"I still don't understand how she got stuck in the dryer."

Switchblades and balisongs are banned in half the country lol.

Eh, that's a stretch. They have plenty of Marijuana on hand to use already.

Hell, they don't even need to use up their personal stash.

"I smelled it" is all they need to violate the rights of minorities.

Why does ai always end up with some kind of -ist?

But, I also love fried chicken and watermelon. Am I guilty of appropriation!?!

That's just the risk and the cost of doing business, though. No one should feel obligated to buy a product whose values they don't agree with so that the company who made it can get its investment back. Everyone involved in making the game is aware of the potential that it may flop going into it, and in fact that is statistically by far the more likely scenario.

I know it sucks to be dragged down by association, but we didn't know then what we know now and that is nobody's fault. I still think it is perfectly reasonable to boycott the game on principle alone, regardless of whose paycheck it may harm.

Also, I'm skeptical of the claim that the game devs get a bonus if the game does well, but JKR doesn't. Do we actually know either of those to be true? I don't think it matters either way, I just find it hard to believe.

Yes and no.

Most game companies like this pay bonuses based on reviews and sales, so the better the game does the better a bonus the team will get.

And game companies also need to pay off the development costs of making the game and pay back the investors who paid to create the game. After years of development, a AAA game like this will be millions in the red, and that needs to come from sales.
If the game doesn't sell well, the company will need to lay off staff or even declare bankruptcy to protect itself from its investors. Which means all those staff will suddenly be employed.

https://youtu.be/I-fgC4H8Ma4

i see what you did there lol.

Parliament Fuckadelic.

I don't equivocate bullying an innocent group of people based on their identity to bullying a group of people based on their words and actions. You can't just swap words around freely like that, because they aren't equivalent. Bigots and fascists deserved to be bullied. Their opinions are not worth hearing out, and they should be socially shunned. So in short, yes, bullying bullies is okay in my book.

That's so the men have a third leg for stability while weightlifting.

After all, those milking stools have three legs for a reason :P.

So you're ok with bullying so long as the right people are being bullied?

And you haven’t played a video game since then? Impressive! I know it seems grim, that Hogwarts legacy is what gaming has become, but there are still decent games out there. An example is the hidden indie gem “Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Mahjong Solitaire”

Daleks on a Mac Plus. There was a thing called Doom around the same time, I couldn't be bothered.

First ones I played were in 1974. I knew people who were developing the first text-based MRPGs on university weekend computer time and they had things like Asteroids consoles in their houses. I looked at that stuff, thought "I can see where this is going", and decided reading books, playing Go and playing the flute were more my thing.

Their boss is a complacent idiot who won’t fire them no matter how many times they lie, steal, prove incompetence, or no-call no-show.

That boss has another thing coming if he just keeps ignoring the dilapidated state of the ‘shop.

Trans rights are human rights. That being said, this has fuck all to do with trans rights and I can't wait to play the game.

Yes! I was in the chat and people would type things over and over and the show would suddenly bring it up. So I do think it was influenced by the audience or maybe it was a coincidence.

What video game did you play 30 years ago?

I haven't played a video game in 30 years, so you aren't talking about me. Or are you saying Daleks were Jewish?