Recent content by Kuplung

Tradition can have a forcing mechanism inherently in it, yes. It is inevitable if you want to keep the freshly obtained new value structure going. For example, after abolishing slavery, what do you do with those who still want to keep slaves? You have to hurt them to abide by the new rules...

Hierarchy is more or less voluntary; you confused it with tyranny, which is built in a descending direction. Hierarchy creates itself in an ascending direction, where a set of people having the same value structure agree what/who has more of those values, thus should have the capability to...

I wouldn't call these baseless assumptions; I was following enough scientific literature which supports this conclusion. Take for instance the bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind. Don't want to convince you about this. I just want to provide some food for thought, maybe. Another...

I wonder if this is deliberate attempt by the republicans to keep him in the spotlight anyway.

It is not a useless -let's call it- ideology. It is part of the defensive mechanism, which made us successful as a species. We are programmed to withhold every ounce of energy we have unless it is necessary. A change in social structure, lifestyle, or even habits requires energy. Learning...

We are here to expand each others perspective.

Communists were the liberals against the tsar back then. But maintaining whatever tradition there is, is not an ideology. It is not specific enough to be ideology.

Neither conservative nor liberal is an ideology. Maybe, if you slap an "ism" to them. Both of them express the tendency of society to follow a well-proven solution or to aspire after newer ones. As tstorm823 said, you never have the fixed principles for that. Another interesting way to see...

Joe Biden. A country of 300 million people cannot show up better candidates just senile old war veterans with one leg in the coffin? 2016 wasn't different either, with Trump the Clown and Hillary the Witch. Trump will win against him, cause at least he is capable of mimicking power. Biden is...

You get the same high as watching the Super Bowl, yes. Or any sports event for that matter. Personally I am too worn down after workday to put up with difficulty curves and exploring and backtracking and trial & errors.

You are right, pro esports players are a treat to watch. MOBA is too chaotic for me sometimes, but who am I to judge binge-watching Starcraft 2 Championships...

Well it's not the same. I like to savor the rich expressions this game constantly rolls out. For that I need my own pace of playing. Plus I am biased ideologically so I don't have my fun when Harry starts quipping in Communism. But other than that, you are right it is basically a replay :)

Dark Souls. All of them. Love to see the findings, the intricate lore, would hate to play it. AAA games for their story, their gameplay is already samey to me. Disco Elysium for different builds than I did, cuz I don't have the stomach to replay it for the sake of Muscle Detective.

There is and can be a possibility to improve a flash in a bottle situation, but the way to do it is definitely not by listening to feedback. "Jaws dropped; someone fainted; Questions asked in the Parliament" Doom 2016 was successful because it was novel as you put it. Doom eternal could have...

Yahtzee was first implying the importance of impressions. The first impression to be precise. Then I would like to extrapolate this: What would Yahtzee say, if Doom Eternal would be released first, then Doom 2016 second? How would that change his argument?