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Yes I know you battle to empathize with some events but feeling you have to empathize now because some nameless anti-GG rabble have insulted TB because they think he is a **** seems like a waste of empathy energy ? And ISIS is much worse...much worse. Its actually silly to even compare the two as ISIS acts on there hatred and people die because of it You misunderstand, I don't empathize with TB because some internet rabble attacked him because I know that doesn't phase him. My empathy for TB and his disease, and my condemnation of their lack of empathy are seperate things. As for ISIS being worse or not, I'd say a lack of education and empathy are the sick festering core of ISIS as they are the sick festering core of these people (and to be fair, this applies just the same to those who hurled death threats at Quinn and Sarkeesian). The only difference is how far the society they live in has enabled them to go. You overstate the difference. Hatred is hatred. "Militant" is a word applied to some of these people for a reason - and sooner or later every militant organization dreams of their own Kristalnacht, whether they realize that is what it is or they pretend it's "liberation". Do you think ISIS believe themselves to be evil? How do you judge a young man who by his upbringing, environment and indoctrination truly believes he is doing the right thing, sacrificing his life because he has no choice but to destroy evil for the good of the world, as he straps a bomb to his chest? I would condemn that man's ignorance and hatred and that of those around him... but I would respect him more than someone from a civilized country who celebrates the painful death of a human being they dislike because he said some bad words on the internet. To be so ignorant and hateful in the civilized world seems worse to me than anything ISIS does, even if the effects are not worse.

Yes, because I have a thing called empathy. I don't even have that much of it. I have a hard time empathising with most people, but I would not celebrate the pain of someone I disliked. For example, I don't like Sarkeesian, but it sucks that she gets abuse. And a terminal disease is a magnitude worse than people having an online hate-boner for you. This is a human being who is going to ****ing die, and some people see it as a cause for celebration. That is not a civilized thing to do. That will never be a civilized thing to do, no matter how much you try to rationalize it. That is the kind of thing terrorists do after a succesful bombing run. There's some irony in that - I wonder who is worse than ISIS now?

It's ridiculous and wouldn't have held up in court. The thing is, a tiny game company is not going to go up against them.

I dunno, I'd say Baseball would be much improved by the addition of Katanas.

That sucks. He's one of the few truly pro-consumer voices out there and I hope he gets to stay that way a good while longer.

Eh, sometimes I feel like I do live there. Whatever dumb **** the US of A does, the EU is likely going to follow. Because they're idjits.

Okay, and why would you say that Clinton supporters are undeserving of any credit It's not hard to understand. You want me/us to give Clinton supporters more credit than saying all her support is just because she is a woman. They'll get that when they deserve it, because all the Clinton support is because she is a woman. She herself cannot stop bringing it up because it is the basis of her running. There's also the fact that Clinton is barely progressive. She's a centrist capitalist who used to be on the board of directors of Walmart. I have a very hard time believing she's going to work hard for the working class. Progressives will vote for her because they will feel great about voting for a woman, look how progressive I am. Historically, the only left-wing ideals she consistenly votes are anti-military and gay rights. Economically, she is a conservative. There is no reason to vote for her as a liberal over, say, Sanders, if you discount her gender. As a European, by our standards Hillary would be on the right.

Indeed, but as the article points out some of the alien explanations are generally more likely than most of the non-alien one's, so that's cool.

Based on what? Unless they remove content after you bought it, I don't think there's a lawsuit that stands a chance. If customers don't inform themselves, that's their fault. If gamers keep buying this stuff, companies will continue to make it. They make a game you want, but it has microtransactions in it and that pisses you off so much? Tough luck.

They'll get that when they show they deserve it.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/forget-water-on-mars-astronomers-may-have-just-found-giant-alien-megastructures-orbiting-a-star-near-a6693886.html Astronomers may have just found giant, alien "megastructures" orbiting a star near the milky way. Theoretically related to the idea of a dyson sphere. o.O

I thought this was the funny things thread. That just depressed me.

I don't think that the Ron Paul crowd were all libertarians, at the time the term was pretty unknown and has only come to the light due to Paul politics. That's giving Paul unfair credit. The only reason the general public knows what a Libertarian even is is this guy:

Didn't he bankrupt his company several times?

Are you sure? Hitler, Stalin & Mao didn't use religion as their ideological apparatus (in fact the latter two used atheism as part of theirs), yet their institutions were plenty oppressive. What he said (as quoted by you): religion has served as the dominant ideological apparatus for explicitly oppressive institutions What you read: religion has served as the dominant ideological apparatus for ALL explicitly oppressive institutions There's a minor but key difference.

Whoa, whoa. You want to take my days off away ? Get ready for the pyre, blasphemer! +1 I'm fine with abolishing religion as long as I keep my precious days off.

Vermin and maggots! Young people these days need to learn to fail because the system protects them. Like all problems, this would be fixed by decent education. Sadly that seems to be no priority anywhere. I was the same until I got the mental help I needed because I missed that crucial part of mental development. I don't know how it works in America, but here the high school system has multiple levels of difficulty. I started on a high level, but I didn't feel like the lessons were engaging, stopped studying entirely, and started failing classes. The school didn't talk to me or my parents about it, they didn't find out what was going wrong or try to fix either me or the lessons. No, the next semester I was just placed in lower level classes, where I could get by without ever studying or doing any work. It worked perfectly to make sure I never put in any effort, was bored out of my skull and got completely disillusioned with the world. Most of the people I know have similar stories - instead of wanting you to learn, they want you to get good grades, so they lower you to a lower difficulty. People I know who struggled with real trauma weren't helped but just gently lowered to the bottom rank. Education needs to be a higher priority before any of this will get better. Because with the current generation of parents, and the way the system prioritizes standardized testing over learning, this is only going to get worse.

Looks like the subject of Firedorn still isn't interesting to keep a topic from derailing in less than 3 pages. For so many people saying they care, it seems most of them really care about something else. Closed for derailment. It was surprisingly more civil than last time, however, so props for that to everyone.

One time, I was asked for directions and I had to send someone through a tunnel in my native tongue. But I could only come up with the English word for tunnel, so I didn't know how to explain it to him. I realized half an hour later that the dutch word for tunnel is just tunnel.

Judging people entirely by their race? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's against the forum guidelines.

Where do you work?

I already got a copy of Torchlight II for me mum thanks to a beautiful member who not only makes game-altering mods but is also an all around generous person.

To be fair, the gaming industry treats everyone like crap. We literally have a higher turnaround than any of those industries because people can't handle the pressure. It is pretty draconian unless you work for an indie dev, in which case you're likely not getting ends to meet. As for "there isn't enough money to go around if everyone unionizes", I gotta admit Volourn is right on that one. The game industry is **** with budgets.

Yes, but only because they're overexposed pieces of ****.

Saying that gives other actors too much credit.