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@LarAtLarian Its nice to hear from someone who loves what they do.

I had a good day today. Well - development me - had a good day. Real me is fighting off the remaining symptoms of a cold. I realized I was having a good dev day when Adam - our writing director - started discussing the game with me. He just spent a week running through various permutations of one particular situation, tweaking the words, and had plenty of ideas. The things he said made sense but it wasn’t that which struck me. He often has good ideas. Instead, it was the energy level he was at. It made me happy because it felt like I had returned to a good place after being away for a while, seeing that all my favorite people and spots were still there together with a whole bunch of new ones, waiting for me to explore. I’m talking about being in that stage of development where there is a lot that is still rough or missing, but where you sense that a game is coming alive. Something was created out of nothing and you now get to experience what it feels like, knowing that things are still very moldable and that from here onwards, it can only improve. It’s a good moment in the life of any game. And it’s one I expect many developers recognize. As our discussion flowed in the direction of the arcs of one of our antagonists and we started discussing micro-details, I was saying to myself - yeah, this is good. Days like this really are why I love doing what I do.

@Da_NO_Landlord @AmiriKing Its fatigue.

@AmiriKing The fragile violent white people of course

He wouldn’t leave them alone… Then this happened. (Wait for it) 😳 Who’s in the wrong here?

@theereal_one People like you say this isn't okay then will say it is okay to say "black people can't be racist.", "phrases like black power isn't racist.", "DEI isn't racist.", "White people have privilege." "White countries stole everything."

Its crazy how outright Racism is just straight up acceptable on this platform now.

@tanomuzeA This is an aspect of black culture in america. We don't like it either. It's glorified in our media by liberal globalists, but most actual americans don't like it. It's perverted and lacks any dignity or respect.

🇺🇸アメリカにおいての、 Twerkの意味を教えて欲しい。 日本ではお尻を人に向ける事は マナー的に良くないとされているので 実に興味深い

@nomaoi_official Thats super cool

この投稿が翻訳されてアメリカにも届くって⁉️ アメリカのみんな！見てくれ‼️ 私は、400騎もの騎馬武者が市中を進軍し、ダートコースを疾走し、空を舞う神の旗を奪い合う、日本が誇る最高の伝統行事 「Soma-Nomaoi」を世界に伝えるためにXを始めたんだ！

@kangminlee Weird that they dont like south korea. THAT I don't get. I like South Korea for the same reasons I like Japan. Good culture, solid media, high-trust society. What's the beef?

I just know this guy is seething over the America-Japan friendship exploding on this site.

@Johnmarstonskww @Zackwbtw @kangminlee except literally ruling the world despite being 10% of the population?

@Zackwbtw @kangminlee I’m not black and no one is cooked if whites stop feeling guilty calm yourself down you ain’t doing shit

@VictoriaZeev @girlmeetsNG African account jealous that americans actually like another country?

@girlmeetsNG People laughing at being called ‘idiots’ like it’s a compliment… that says a lot

突然アメリカ人に日本語のツイートが読まれるようになり、アメリカ人のこと「バカ(だけど天才)」とか書いてマズい怒られる…と思ったら"Americans are idiots but also geniuses"に対しperfect、so true、the best description of Americans、That is a fair description of us等のコメントが並び最高

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Yeah, the reaction to Charlie Kirk's death was insane. The far left can get pretty extreme Still a lot better than the rest of the world Political extremism is less extreme irl than online, people just need to be more willing to navigate nuance as we have in this thread, online

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg there are some on the far left too, which initially shocked me given the usual reputation of the far left. so yes, i may be unfairly attributing some names to the right. its also easy to forget that this is a global media and not just a USA presence

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg They'll talk about how failed the vietnam war was. Then I'll bring up South Korea as a counter. Which is a similar situation with a positive outcome. I just try to talk it out and spread information but more importantly I try to share a better way of navigating disagreement.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg as far as what can you do goes, well obviously you cant ever please everyone, thats life. and for the occasional outlier, who cares. but it certainly doesnt hurt to try to lessen that bias while you can, if not for you, then for your children

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg I just try to speak a counter narrative. I talk about the good things the west have done. Like they say settlers genocided the natives, but that isnt true. 90% of them died from disease, and it wasn't intentional. Just a lack of immunity to them. It was trajedy, not planned.

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Your odds of experiencing a hate crime are 1 in 4,000. And most aren't violent. Which is like the odds of your house burning down. Or getting hit by a car while riding your bike. I get it, it's a difficult situation for innocent jews. Rhetoric online. But youre relatively safe

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg then again, nearly every group in american likely feels some insecurity or concern over their ethnic identity, and i can certainly see why someone would roll their eyes over a jew complaining of all ppl but jew hate is pretty mainstream rn so who knows

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Well maybe some data might reassure you. Jews are only 2% of the population, at like 7 million. There's been a total of 12,000 hate crimes against them in US history, which is like 70% of all religion hate crimes.

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg I appreciate that. I do feel that I'm fairly moderate. Or centrist. I'm a nationalist in that I'm a patriot, but independent politically. I'm against abortion as birth control, but want free healthcare. I'll look into the quanon extremists, but I see a lot on the far left too.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg either their threats (which when extreme usually revolve around exile of jews or sometimes murder) are complete fluff and they know it Or i have reason to be concerned and am not "playing the victim" again, i feel its an issue that should be addressed within ur own side

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Like Tyrion said, 'wear it like armor and it will never be used to hurt you'.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg I also certainly wouldnt describe some of the criticism ive seen as mild, but hey, i guess im bad at detecting sarcasm for memes

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg This one definitely isn't sarcasm. It is a blatant criticism of Judaism. I just wouldn't take it personally. It is generalizing, but we all know its not all jews. Genetically especially. We all have ancestral baggage to deal with.

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg As a white man, I get a bit of that too. It sucks, but what can you do? But try to represent the good? Talk about unfair stereotypes. At least people don't try to gaslight you about Jewish history. Lots of people say my people were imperialist tyrant thieves.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg second holocaust? no. But even some isolated attacks can lead to serious harm. It only takes one. And to an even lesser scale, living with constant bigotry against you, even if nothing violent results, isnt exactly great either

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Yeah anecdotal isn't great evidence. I try not to use it. That's why I reference statistics. But yeah, if we keep immigration mild and only allow in those who intend to assimilate to our culture, they should adopt christian values like separation of church and state.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg and yet broke the own laws of their religion quite often and didnt actually seem to have much actual faith. Again, just anecdotal, but from what ive seen online and beyond college, seems to be relatively frequent

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg Yeah, hypothetical means concerns for what could happen in the future. It's like guessing. But AIPAC exists. The corruption and capture of industries like hollywood exists. The blackmail schemes and backroom dealing exists. Israel exists. Christian nationalist terrorists dont.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg Sure. and im sure youd argue your concern is less based in hypothetical than mine. but regardless, it shouldnt be hard to see why concerns i have are reasonable, even if not yet physically substantiated, no?

@jromer54673940 @lporiginalg It's true. Even when poor people have access to modern amenities. It's easier to provide for people without the labor of others, more automation. Our culture is more modern when solving our problems. It's like ppl saying we're going to have a civil war for twitter arguments.

@SomeLazyDev @lporiginalg past events as a source for concern relying on current people saying they arent THAT DESPERATE this time around is a hard thing to believe in