TSG_Asmodeus

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[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Why would anyone listen to game engine devs on political matters?

(Quick edit because I can't believe I have to say this: If you think people saying other people are allowed to be gay is 'political' you seriously, seriously need to reevaluate your beliefs.)

I don't know, why are you whiny babies talking about it? Look at the topic of this fucking post. It's about a Microsoft app that's malware.

Yet.. what's this? The people whining about people being helped brought it up, unwarranted, and inserted into discussion. So my answer is to ask your self.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (3 children)

instead of pandering

Seriously do you guys read what you're writing after you write it? Is there no moment of introspection where you go "Huh, so they're helping a minority group that is currently being attacked by powerful members of our society... by being inclusive. I wonder if that is a net good, and that helping people under attack is a sign of strength and not 'pandering'?" or do you skip to "People I don't like are openly accepted by others, and their acceptance is abhorrent to my backing of their" (checks notes) "video game engine. I must rage at this horrible injustice!"

The sheer volume of queer people who've made the games you play would cause you to froth at the mouth. Those same queer people can't even be out anymore without being shot at a gay bar by some fanatic, or walk down the street and not get assaulted. The humanitarian actions of a company that accepts donations is not reliant on checking with each backer to ask if they're okay helping people. Fuck them if they aren't.

I think you should take a look in the mirror and think, really think, about if a company helping people is in any way abhorrent to you, and what that says about you. Because I know that you know someone impacted by the opposite of that help, and you know their lives improve every time someone who isn't queer, or a visible minority, or a woman, steps out and says "No, fuck this, we're helping these people."

You can be that person.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

Lol, "excessive pandering to LGBT..."

Brave little CIS boi standing up to Big Gay, what a fucking hero.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I would say that Imperialism overlaps Fascism, but (one of the) difference(s) between the two is that Fascism goes a lot harder into Ultranationalism. Under Imperialism you have a King or Queen, and they are ordained by God to rule. Under Ultranationalist Fascism your race (or whatever they count as 'race', nation, etc) is what makes you superior to everyone else. It was a lot harder to get people to fight for Kings and Queens they only knew from coins, than to say "we're fighting those EVIL (other nation people), whereas we are the PURE nation."

Another difference is that Fascism adores and requires total war. Imperialism wants to expand, but Fascism wants to dedicate every aspect of the nation towards that goal. There's that enigmatic 'other' that has to be destroyed, because it is both a weak and strong opponent. Fascism also says 'violence is good for the nation, if directed properly.' This means your January 6's, your political assassinations, etc, are all highlighted as good things. 'Drain the swamp' kind of rhetoric becomes literal violence to allow people being killed.

As mentioned below, Franco's Spain was quite bizarre, in that it had a lot of different traits (including fascist ones).

Imperialist nations can abandon overseas colonies, 'let' them become independent, etc. Yet Fascist nations need invasion and war to keep their economy going, which means they have to pick bigger fights. They also relied on slave labour (and I'm going to take this opportunity to name and shame the corporations that used those people as slave labour:

Among the slave laborers in the occupied territories, hundreds of thousands were used by leading German corporations including Thyssen, Krupp, IG Farben, Bosch, Blaupunkt, Daimler-Benz, Demag, Henschel, Junkers, Messerschmitt, Siemens, and Volkswagen, as well as the Dutch corporation Philips.

What people forget about Germany is that they had always planned to invade the Soviet Union. There's a lot of talk about 'if they hadn't,' but their lebensraum plan required it. In 1944 75% of their economy went to the military. They'd been deficit spending every year since the early/mid 30's. Fascism requires that all effort be put towards the military and war, regardless of if you're at war, but you need to be at war to get the land/money/etc you need to pay for the military that you made to... etc.

So anyway yes, fascist nations bully countries until either a bunch of them or one big one puts them back down.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 57 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That's how Fascists work though. They pick fights with bigger and bigger opponents -- because they're invulnerable, you see -- until they lose. Their economy was absolutely insane, and required flat out pillaging their neighbours. Eventually your neighbours are too big to pillage.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I just checked and mine turned 21 today! 🎊

Jesus Christ my steam account is old enough to drink in the US.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

What is a standard by your definition?

Human beings don't come in 'standards.' 105 men are born for every 100 women, does that mean women aren't 'standard' or 'normal'? You're using an appeal to definition, still. That isn't how we talk about people. There are more common things, but there is no 'normal,' 'standard,' etc. We have imposed standards, through a patriarchal system, which I feel Ursula K. Le Guin can explain far better than I.

So when I was born, there actually were only men. People were men. They all had one pronoun, his pronoun; so that’s who I am. I am the generic he, as in, “If anybody needs an abortion he will have to go to another state,” or “A writer knows which side his bread is buttered on.” That’s me, the writer, him. I am a man.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

No, you seem to still not get the point...

I honestly have no idea what your points are. I still have no idea what:

"I say its a interesting change when put into the context of the Internet “LGBT” people being toxic and don’t listen to anyone not LGBT many do identify as bisexual wich in return makes actually Bisexual people looked down upon by LGBT people"

That means. I get there's a newspaper article about what happened to that poor woman, and I don't doubt it happened, it's not as systemic as implied. Seriously, please slow down, and explain this:

the Internet “LGBT” people being toxic and don’t listen to anyone not LGBT

What does this mean? Listen to straight people about what?

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Most Gen Z LGBT are bisexual

So being bisexual is 'normal' then, is it? Does that make you abnormal?

I say its a interesting change when put into the context of the Internet “LGBT” people being toxic and don’t listen to anyone not LGBT many do identify as bisexual wich in return makes actually Bisexual people looked down upon by LGBT people

I'm bi and have never experienced that, nor has anyone bi that I know, but I also have to ask... do you know what the 'B' in 'LGBT' stands for?

into the context of the Internet “LGBT” people being toxic and don’t listen to anyone not LGBT

The ~~invented~~ context of what? How do 'LGBT people not listen to anyone not LGBT'? For what? What the hell are you talking about? Is this a 'Gay Agenda' thing?

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (5 children)

So just so we're clear, in your chart here, every single age group, from Gen-Z to Traditionalists, has increased every year.

Huh, it's almost like... these are numbers of openly LGBT people... and the more they are accepted, the more come out. And given that 1/5th of Gen-Z are already identifying that way, what will the number by in 2030?

You are using an appeal to definition and look absolutely childish.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm non-binary, and even my parents were shit about it when I came out. If you're ever feeling dysphoric because of, oh I dunno let's create a scenario: Some moron online tries to use right-wing junk-science make you feel lesser or abnormal because they feel powerless and all they can think to do is punch down like the cowards they are....

Then listen to this song, and know that I'm here, listening to it too, right beside you. Don't let these bigots get to you, because that's how they win, they make you doubt yourself. You know who you are, they know shit and they aren't fucking psychics.

Smash the patriarchy, punch a Nazi, and surround yourself with love.

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