freeexpl

I didn't have time to write a short tweet so I wrote a long one

@OrevaZSN Zero contradiction if you consider the notion that only a small minority of people would work if they didn't have to

It’s incredible how “if we meet people’s basic needs, they’ll stop working” and “billionaires are hard workers” coexist in people’s minds.

@aruvinchan Is she worried that one day he will no longer find her as attractive and therefore this love she is receiving will lessen? Does she not find him as attractive and his extreme interest is a reminder that she settled?

Why do so many women end up marrying men whom they're clearly sexually disgusted by? Why sell out like that and destroy an innocent man's life? Just for stability and status? 🤔

@Malkasaur Project+ is the best by far imo. If it was an official Smash game it would have a massive scene

Top tier vs top tier is more fun than low tier vs low tier Because generally the top tiers have many great options while the low tiers have a couple of options that are way better than all their bad options E.g. even if you ban all characters better than Zelda, Zelda gameplay will still be fair/bair spam

i think what i've realized after listening to people talk about r2 and p+ balance is that the ideal platfighter for most people is melee with everyone better than dk banned

@justalexoki Possibly, women are often suspicious of the disingenuous hot nanny archetype and you are supporting their suspicions

a LOT of women are liking this post. what's going on here

I play the piano. Each one I encounter is different enough that once I've perfected dynamics on one, it needs to be relearned/adjusted for another. I cannot describe this difference in technique I'm sure the difference between your average electric guitar and acoustic guitar is more significant than what I find across pianos. Such that a master of one wouldn't make as pure of a sound on the other without practice Regardless, your point that if a person can play one proficiently they can play the other proficiently is obviously correct

@BoremanPW @channelredifind @Falkarious what are the totally different techniques required to play electric guitar as opposed to acoustic guitar that don’t reduce to differences in “style” or “genre”? please name them.

i remember as a kid when i'd tell people i was learning the guitar they'd always ask, "electric or acoustic?" what's going on there

@SladesBrother youtube.com/shorts/ZfvlamE…

@SladesBrother It's easier for Marth to land hits but Falcon needs way less hits What's the conclusion?

guy who has never played the matchup: “yeah I think marth falcon is the most even matchup in the game”

@interesting_aIl Hi hats and bass boost on Vivaldi? Wtf

This artist makes slow motion look hypnotic

@avidseries I ask them to steelman both communism and fascism and I ask them to say retard

@effoc11550 @zarathustra5150 No. The logic is that the side which would lose a war should not be the side in power Because it's an unstable dynamic which can be superseded by war

@zarathustra5150 couldn't you use this same logic to make the case only women should vote?

@FiveBarPipes @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn Yes I know that's your point 😂 it is perfectly comprehensible to me and there is certainly some value and truth in it I asked you what you think *my* point is. I am capable of steelmanning you but I don't think you are capable of steelmanning me

@freeexpl @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn My point is pretending despise & hate are not basically the same thing is semantics. Most likely to hate without calling it that. For mental gymnastics purposes given the context of the OP I was commenting on. Thats the comment you came in on. The rest is just you doing whatever.

I voted for the person who was willing to say this completely obvious statement out loud. The person who doesn't bother with ridiculous things like "he/him" in his bio. The person who promised to bring common sense back. And I'd do it again. I don't hate anyone for their political beliefs but if you're not willing to admit men cannot be women, I do kind of despise you

@FiveBarPipes @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn Is this another reply to me or is there an in-between commenter I can't see because of a block or something? If you are talking to me, I ask, what do you think my point is? What do you think I disagree with you on?

@freeexpl @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn Like I said. Semantics. Top synonyms for despise include detest, loathe, hate, abhor, and abominate. These terms emphasize a deep, disgusted, or scornful hatred rather than simple dislike. Other related, strong synonyms are scorn, disdain, revile, and execrate.

@egoraptor I remember thinking your OoT Sequelitis video was unfair. Your write up here helps me understand better and I appreciate it. You're feeling down and that make sense but I hope you aren't feeling down

This clip is a great example of why I didn't want to continue making Sequelitis. I had an interest in game design, and I had an interest in publicly talking about it, but my thing was comedy, and cartoons. So that's how I did the show... as a cartoon comedy. My schtick was loud characters, and chaotic shouting. Every topic in Sequelitis was shouted at full volume. Every little design choice I thought was smart was "fucking genius" and every minor annoyance I had was a full on meltdown rant. Some things I complained about didn't even piss me off, I just thought they were interesting to bring up. But I exaggerated them for the sake of comedy because I didn't really know how to make them funny otherwise. And I'm sure because I was young and insecure, I had a morbid desire to shake things up... Ocarina was an untouchable game, a 10/10 across the board, and I think being provocative about that appealed to me back then, too. But I love Ocarina. I grew up with it. I genuinely did want to have a discussion about the things that didn't age well, because I think that's interesting. I think we can learn a lot from that. But I dunno... I just don't think I felt confident enough to talk about it with the appropriate tone, so I hid behind what I knew: a cartoon character that shouts. This carried into Game Grumps... I had been doing Game Grumps for like 3 years when I released the Zelda video. I think the lines blurred for the audience because at that point I was "Arin Hanson," not Egoraptor. But Arin on Game Grumps is also a character. If I'm getting frustrated and shouting at a game on the show, it's for the bit. It's a show. Heightened emotions. And the go-to bit for me was saying "this game sucks, it's bad" and going on rants. The intent was to play the buffoon. But I think people just thought that was me. And that's fine. I don't blame them. It is "me," there's always some truth behind that sort of stuff. And I think it was extra confusing because I WOULD just be normal sometimes on the show. But you may notice recently I've very deliberately changed how I handle those bombastic moments on Grumps, where I point the finger inward now. "I suck, I messed up, I can't believe I didn't see that, what an idiot, etc." I just didn't like the bad energy I was putting out there. I hated that people saw me that way. It disturbed me that people told me "wow, you're actually really nice" all surprised when they met me in person, as if they assumed I'd rip their head off. And look, I'm not gunna pretend I'm an angel on the show now, the schtick of "buffoon that is easily angered" comes very easy to me when I'm performing, so I still utilize it constantly. But I usually find a way to channel it inward and be the butt of the joke, instead of just radiating it outward. It's funnier that way. I think I just assumed this was all obvious. You see how I tweet. You've seen interviews. I don't talk like I do on the show, or in my cartoons. I like being supportive of people and I like discussing things. I don't shout in my normal life. So when I see people characterizing me as this idiot who has no patience and sucks at playing Zelda... it sounds so silly but it just honest to goodness hurts my feelings sometimes. I love game design! I love video games! But, I get it. All you can see of me in my shows and cartoons is this loudmouth asshole who says your favorite game sucks. Like, fuck that guy, right? I think that's valid. I think you're right to feel that way. I think I was playing fast and loose with this character and I was being flippant about how frustrated it made people. I regret that. I suppose I should have thicker skin about this. And yeah... it feels so benign in the grand scheme of things. Who cares if people are circulating an 11 year old clip from a cartoon I made and saying "wow this guy's a moron." It shouldn't matter. Why should I care? But I guess I just have to admit that I do care sometimes, and it just kinda bums me out. I cared a lot about game design back then. It wasn't as prevalent as it is now. It was all dry GDC talks (which are, of course, wonderful). I found it really exciting to bring game design to light in a fun way for people that don't usually think about it. I hope I succeeded in that. But if I could go back, I think the in-your-face hyperbolic know-it-all character would go the way of the dodo. I suspect that aspect of it may have done some harm for game design discourse. And that sucks. For the record, the waiting in Ocarina barely frustrates me. I think it's appropriate at times. The game feeling larger and more cinematic just kind of lends itself to moments of pause. Enemies are more sparse so making them "last longer" just kind of makes sense. Did I feel this way back then? I'm sure I did feel stronger that "waiting" was more frustrating... but not to the level in this clip, by any means. That's just being young and insecure, I guess. I felt like I had to beat my chest in order for anyone to listen or be interested in what I had to say.

@justalexoki My mute list is like 200 onlyfans accounts and like 3 annoying retards

genuinely why can't twitter just mark the OF accounts on here so i can block all of them

@LordKnightBB @Black_Ice_357 I didn't realize how much I liked being a guy with a sword saving a princess until I didn't enjoy Echoes of Wisdom

@Black_Ice_357 you kinda just watch shit do things for you and then occasionally you link install and you're link for like 10 seconds and then you go back to watching again interesting idea, def an odd one out in the series though

could not help myself after that IGN top 10 zelda list from yesterday

@clareanneath It is insane. The thing is, if woman get more time off for woman things, which is totally understandable, it makes sense for companies to have a preference for hiring men over women. So that's tough

Women grow an entire human being for nine months, push it out of their body, and then are expected to be back in the office in 6-8 weeks and see the baby for a handful of hours a day. We’ve genuinely normalized this. It doesn’t register as insane until you say it out loud.

@MothChoco @Grxit His words as he did it were sketchy and he did the motion abruptly Maybe OP is also saying it's because the guy was black but I gave you my reading

@Grxit how's it not?

It’s not because he opened his backpack…

@FiveBarPipes @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn You did not answer me directly multiple times. You are not trying to understand my points. You are only arguing

@freeexpl @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn Those sure are a lot of words. I answered all ur questions, u just didnt like the answers. Again, the whole "we can label one this and one that" is playing semantics to hate without being called hateful. YOU can label whatever whatever you want. Thats how rationalizations work.

"All they can muster is subjective" Yes, I see your point, I could be saying "you didn't perform with enough love!" while not understanding what was required/available within their internal experience Anyway, I wish you would have answered my question directly there. Because it seems to me you replied with something I agree with yet it doesn't affect my previous statement You might be right that I have lost the plot and/or am getting confused in what we mean by "hate" My original point is I can imagine two states: - Feeling "hate" for someone and wishing for their destruction/suffering - Feeling "hate" for someone and wishing for them to thrive We can label one "hate" and the other "despise" or use different words entirely. That does not change my point, it is useful only for clarity/consistency My original comment came from the perspective that you were not making this differentiation, and doing so would allow for a reading of the OP which was fair I suspect you think my differentiation there is an idealistic rationalization which wouldn't withstand scrutiny but I don't know why

@freeexpl @stepfanie @WydwyrdByrnstyn Remember, you joined this conversation by replying to my comment that differentiation between "hate" and "despise" is mostly semantics. A rationalization to not be called hateful while being hateful. You seem to have drifted from that a bit.