doomcanoe

As far back as ancient Greece we have had a version of "give me the patience to accept what I can not change, the strength to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference".

"It is what it is" just adds "spare me the fucks on that which does not matter".

Some folks don't care about having the ''unpradictability of human players''. Or at the very least don't think that benefit makes up for the downsides of an always online game, such as always having to have an internet connection, server downtime, lag, the pricing models that pay for those servers, game modes that require you to interact with other players, etc.

I like multiplayer games, and I like single player games, I like couch co-op, and pvp, mmo's, and fighting games, but I think it's about having the right tool for the job.

But online multiplayer games that are spin offs or sequels to single player games have a well deserved bad reputation. Due to the numerous instances where the motivation wasn't to make the game better, but instead to force the more profitable monitary models that online multiplayer games allow for. Fallout 76 stands out as a prime example.

It's not always a bad change mind you, sometimes it really adds a lot to the game... like... uhhhh... er... Ultima Online? Im sure there are other examples too.

So maybe you can take that stick out of your ass and let folks enjoy what they like? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

“Talent just defines what you do,” Rincewind said. “It doesn’t define what you are. Deep down, I mean. When you know what you are, you can do anything.”

He thought a bit more and added, “That’s what makes sourcerers so powerful. The important thing is to know what you really are.”

There was a pause full of philosophy.

“Rincewind?” said Conina, kindly.

“Hmm?” said Rincewind, who was still wondering how the words got into his head.

“You really are an idiot. Do you know that?”

-Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

Clearly you just failed to grasp Jesus's message. And truly I say unto you, there shall be no pizza but through him, and occasionally at work to prevent unions from being discussed.

Sometimes it's better to walk right into Poe's Law before considering intent.

You need to be an ordained catholic priest to get the pope's ''pedopass''. As such, the man with the silly hat is quite irate that Trump is out there diddling kids without the proper credentials.

We all wanted rocky road ice cream, and they gave us vanilla

I feel like you missed an important point here. We didn't all want rocky road, we argued quite a bit on what ''new and progressive'' flavor we wanted. Some people even wanted vanilla.

The MAGAts won because they were united in not caring what flavor they got, so long as certain folks weren't allowed in the ice cream shop.

Not with that attitude! swapon!

I mean, they're kind of right. Objectively Mario Odyssey and MK8 were great games that can proudly hold their own against any of the greats. Not the best games ever, but much closer to that title than to your Hateorade fuelled "opinions".

I'm as pissed off at Nintendo as anyone at this point, but if you are going to straight up exaggerate your distaste for these games to the point of obviously lying, it shows two things.

1. You are infact the only person here actively unwilling to challenge your beliefs.
2. Your opinion is so based in emotion that it can't be trusted. And an untrustworthy opinion can safely be disregarded.

I absolutely see your point, even employed more or less the same logic when "deciding" who to cast my vote for.

Though I don't know if I can fully agree with the logic that having no viable alternative somehow removes the reality that it was still a sacrifice. If you need to sacrifice a pawn to win a game off chess, you still had to sacrifice that pawn. Only in this case the pawn was a group of people that we as a nation theoretically collectively could have helped but didn't.

This isn't the only case mind you, voting for Obama meant voting "for" drone strikes that killed children. Being a voter in the United States means constantly trying to collectively push for harm reduction as we all collectively agree that "we had no real say in the horrors wrought in our names".

I guess it just makes me wonder why we all are so sure all that this harm is "required". When in all reality, we could stand united against it at any time and push for a better world.

But instead trying to do so gets you told you support Fascism and are just causing "leftist in-fighting", because the largest semi-left-ish voting bloc says there is no other way. So you just shut up and fall in line lest something worse happens.

It is this cold logic that made me only talk about how bad Trump would be on Gaza, and vote for Kamala, knowing full well that I was still abandoning Palestinians to their fate.

Anyways, sorry for the rant. I agree whole heartedly that voting for Kamala was the only option to stop Trump, and that doing so was the least horrific option most American's could agree on. The reality of those facts just make me sick to my stomach sometimes.

ETA: To clarify, knowing you have no chance of winning and still pushing for voters to abstain or go 3rd party is also sacrificing minorities regardless of if it was done for moral or strategic reasons, just as you said. I guess I just get mad at the whole world when our options are so shit.