Recent content by Silverspetz

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    The Big Picture: Polarity Contest

    Welcome back Bob. It really feels like something big has been fixed about the world.
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    #109: Cutting In

    I always figured that the shockwave that cuts the object expands after the slash and that is what pushes the two halves apart. Who cares though? It's Anime/JRPG and it looks awesome. Wouldn't it work just as well with any thin and curved blade? I know almost nothing of swords so I'm guessing...
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    Spider-Man, Diversity and "Who Cares?"

    1. The mystery of what exactly made Thor unworthy is just that, a mystery. You don't need to know it. 2. He only gave up his name AFTER a new Thor was chosen. It makes sense because he is no longer the God of thunder and that title now belongs to Jane. It's not that hard to understand. (And...
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    Basement Dweller

    And until then you are just going to hold the lot of them responsible for everything, thus making it that much harder for these people to actually change anything. Thank you for clearing that up.
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    Basement Dweller

    1) Pretty sure the ones who say he is harmless and the ones who say he has millions of hits are two distinct groups. It is a logical fallacy to pretend these come from the same source. 2) Staying with your mother isn't shameful in and of itself, but I do believe a small amount of...
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    Basement Dweller

    1) Nice deflection tactic there kiddo. Obviously I am the problem for thinking that a culture that rushes to blame the victim every time a woman is raped MIGHT be more inclined to make rape legal than eat babies. Bonus points for blatant racism BTW. 2) Oh no, some kids got shit from their...
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    Basement Dweller

    I believe erttheking already explained why comparing this to "a modest proposal" is fucking ridiculous, but here are some more reasons. 1) "Let's make rape legal" is nowhere near "Let's eat babies" in terms of how likely it is to actually happen. It doesn't work as satire because it sounds...
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    Basement Dweller

    They already are. Like I said earlier even a cursory glance at google will tell you as much. The problem here isn't that "feminism" does this or that. The problem is that you are too damn ignorant on the topic to tell what "feminism" as a whole is ACTUALLY doing, and so you hold feminism as a...
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    Basement Dweller

    Then you are not part of the discussion. You want to talk about how radfems are becoming more influential in politics, go right ahead. But this was about how people like Cecilo keep thinking that decades old feminist writers are in any way representative of feminism as a whole, which is false...
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    Basement Dweller

    I didn't say they were irrelevant. I said that it is highly dishonest to call them the "core" of feminism as a whole because it ignores the reality of feminism as a huge and diverse movement with multiple branches, many of whom are much larger.
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    Basement Dweller

    None of that really proves that they are the "core" of feminism. At best they were highly influential in its infancy and original conception, but most of them were Active decades ago and feminism has evolved far beyond that. There are certainly parts of feminism that still follows these ideas...
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    Fire Emblem Fates Cuts Petting From English Version

    On a monetary level. He JUST explained that.
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    Fire Emblem Fates Cuts Petting From English Version

    Who the fuck said anything about a "social statement"? My whole point was that authors often include ideas they never intended to. That ideas doesn't have to be deliberate statements of how the author thinks the world should be. The intent behind it is UNIMPORTANT. What matters is what we...
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    Fire Emblem Fates Cuts Petting From English Version

    And the affinity system already got its own share of flak for being otaku pandering. I didn't mind it so much because at least it was based on the main game-mechanic. You improved the relationship between characters by pairing them up in fights and training their teamwork. It fit well in a...
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    Fire Emblem Fates Cuts Petting From English Version

    Yeah, still missing the point if you think anyone ever said "this can't be allowed to exist" as opposed to "I won't be interested in this".