Mithos Riot

There are a lot of people who think they should be able to go, in person, to a group of black people and say, out loud and clearly, things like “You’re a bunch of N____s” and other, even worse things, and NOT get their 100% entire ass beat like it’s a world class sport, or worse. They use words like rights and free speech. This illustrates a fundamental misunderstanding of both. Free speech, and the 1st Amendment, is about the govt controlling speech. It has nothing whatsoever to do with public and private life. It does not mean you can call me a cracker as piece of shit (or whatever) without consequences, in person, to my face. You absolutely can call whatever you want, but there is a very real risk you will experience consequences. Maybe not? Maybe I won’t give a shit. Probably I won’t. But if I do…. Now things become different than the obviously false belief they have about their safety. They think their rights matter. They don’t. Your rights only matter up to the point where someone who can take them away from you does so. You take that risk every time you open your mouth in a shitty way to anyone offline. 9 times out of 10 you’ll be fine and they’ll just think you’re a piece is shit. Laws and general human nature protect you. But that 10th time? That’s the guy you were arrogant and naive enough not to believe existed. And he’s about to beat your ass so bad your momma will fall down no matter where she is. He’s going to pay for that as well. That’s his consequences. But it doesn’t matter, because he still took those “rights” away you thought were untouchable. That’s reality and if you do not understand that you never got your ass beat. That’s a shame.

I believe in socializing basically 24/7. This has made me more money than anything else. High energy levels and constant social interaction.

Looking back, millennials grew up during a genuine golden age of AAA innovation, and somehow, we responded to it with some of the most dogshit criticism imaginable. A lot of the industry's current problems are the direct result of studios trying to "fix" complaints that never actually mattered in the first place. Look back at some of the most common complaints from our time, and you'll see for yourself "The campaign is too short. It’s only 8 hours!" So now every game is padded with endless busywork, crafting systems, collectible spam, and pacing-destroying filler designed to artificially inflate playtime. We traded tight, replayable campaigns with memorable set pieces for 60-hour slogs that most people never even finish. "It has a tacked-on multiplayer mode!" A huge number of beloved multiplayer experiences started as “tacked-on modes.” Developers used to experiment because they could. A lot of those modes existed because parts of the team had downtime while waiting on other departments, so they built weird ideas for fun. That kind of experimentation is how entire genres are born. Thanks to this criticism, we barely get interesting side modes anymore. Singleplayer games stopped experimenting with multiplayer, and multiplayer games stopped shipping with campaigns. "The game is too linear and on rails!" Uhh, yeah? Sometimes that’s the point. Linear games allow developers to control pacing, tension, balance, atmosphere, and spectacle with precision. Not every experience benefits from being an open-world sandbox. Now everything has to be “go anywhere, do anything,” which usually just means bloated maps full of repetitive content where players accidentally skip important moments or experience the story in the worst possible order. "There’s nothing to do after you beat the game!" This helped create the live-service mentality where games are expected to become permanent hobbies instead of complete experiences. Seasonal progression, daily challenges, battle passes, rotating shops, login rewards. Games used to end, and now they’re designed to be work. "The cutscenes take control away from the player!" So now stories are delivered through endless walking sections where characters slowly talk at you while you hold forward. Ironically, this often feels less interactive than a well-directed cutscene because you’re not really playing, you’re just pretending to. "The game is too repetitive, you just do the same thing over and over!" This criticism pushed studios toward constant novelty at the expense of mechanical depth. Older games would give you a solid core mechanic and let you master it over time. Modern AAA games are terrified you’ll get bored, so they throw gimmick after gimmick at you instead of refining the fundamentals. "It’s just another brown military shooter!" This criticism was understandable at the time, but it led to every game becoming terrified of sincerity. Everything had to become quirk chungus, self-aware, colorful, ironic, self referential, and stuffed with marvel-style dialogue. A lot of AAA writing lost the ability to be earnest because studios became scared of being called generic. I could go on and on, but you get the point. A lot of people (rightfully) blame sarkeesian for the current state of the industry, but we really dont blame yahtzee enough, seeing as he got everything he asked for, but not what he wanted.

Why did you skip this portion of the same TN self-defense statute? 39-11-611. Self-defense. (e) The threat or use of force against another is not justified: (2) If the person using force provoked the other individual's use or attempted use of unlawful force ...

I was a kid in the 90s, and by the time I was 12 I had stayed at my friends houses hundreds of nights for sleepovers. My friends stayed with me hundreds of nights for sleepovers. Video games. Making home movies. Snacks. Bewshittin'. My sons are 8 and 12 and neither of them have ever been to a sleepover. Neither of them have ever tried to get one cooking at my house. And don't get me wrong - I do NOT want other kids at my house. But I wouldn't deny my kids the opportunity to make those memories. Are sleepovers just not a thing anymore? What is going on?

How would you feel if you couldn't understand hypotheticals?

Someone should make a video game that is actively harmful, not like its propaganda for dangerous opinions but just simply playing it somehow measurably deteriorates your physical/mental/emotional health like just booting it up and playing for an hour guarantees you ruin your day

I grew up with a guy who spent four years in the military, never deployed, never saw combat, worked glorified security jobs on base, then, after being convinced by his wife, walked out collecting massive “disability” checks for vague back pain that amounts to normal aging. We’re talking over $80K a year. Meanwhile he’s already had college paid for, lived in Hawaii, Germany, Italy, and Japan through his wife’s military assignments, and now spend his days smoking weed, playing video games, and bragging about living off taxpayers. It’s a joke to him (and his wife). So this is a real problem.

How many generations back do we want to go with this logic?

When men say women don't contribute to history... Your WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth exist because of a woman. Hedy Lamarr. Patented the frequency-hopping technology in 1942. The military used it. She received nothing.

Right, if homeschooling is actually super high quality, then homeschooling families should not object to being evaluated, tested, and checked-in-on to make sure their kids are actually learning.

I wonder why remembering birthdays is more important for women than for men?

If you kill a killer, the number of killers in the world remains the same.

Do you support Trump cutting off aid to foreign countries in order to make better trade deals even if it costs lives?