Yeah and my actual Wii U is black... but, only because it was cheaper than the white Wii U... True story...LegendaryGamer0 said:I'm replying solely to say, you're black? Not a Wii U Controller?FPLOON said:Before I could tell you that we are all black as an "necessary" asterisk to the potential mindset that usually would come from a blatant statement like that, we clearly were approaching this conversation from our respected generations, thus leading to some rant-feeling statements without any side really learning anything new, let alone anything that could be consider "old" in or out of context...
On that same note, I get really annoyed that when you don't like an artistic choice about an existing character, then that means you must be labeled a racist, misogynist, or crybaby. Not liking new Ghostbusters doesn't make you a misogynist. Not liking gay Sulu doesn't make George Takei a homophobe. Playing Grand Theft Auto doesn't make you a psychopath. I once had a professor in school argue that playing a game where you have the option to murder hookers suggests that I have will have problems with women and relationships in life. I was 20. I had never even been on a date and like a lot of young guys, really had no solid ideas about sex whatsoever. (I'm very happily married now, by the way.) My choices and opinions about media don't define me as a person. For example, there's a new Iron Man in the comics: a fifteen year old black girl. That's fine, I guess. Seems weird that she's a teenager, as Iron Man seems like a more world weary, smartest guy in the room type and - what's wrong with you, you racist agist misogynist pig! It's fine, it's fine, I don't even read the comics, I SO don't care. SO YOU DON'T LIKE COMICS. COMICS AREN'T VALID TO YOU?!!! No, I read comics, just not Marvel right now and - DC FANBOY!!!!!Wrex Brogan said:...Gay Sulu. When the original actor and the guy who you're doing it as a 'homage' to says himself that he's uncomfortable with making an established character gay instead of making a new one, you've done fucked up. The most annoying part is the defense of the move, being Pegg (which is REALLY disappointing to me, I LIKE Pegg) saying 'We're all LGBT somewhere' (referring to multiverse theory) which... really misses the point. Shit, by Multiverse theory we've all got a counterpart in the Robot Gorilla Dimension, it's still a ham-fisted move to make a character gay after two movies DESPITE the protests of Takei himself.
Also, the worst part is now I'm going to have to listen to FAAAAAAAR too many people talk about how amazing and awesome this is and how if you don't like it you're homophobic and it's just... fuckin', god dammit. Yes, great, a gay character in a mainstream movie, fantastic, it's still a shitty go at it given they're just slapping homosexuality on him like a fresh coat of paint instead of putting some thought into it and making a new character (heh, 'putting thought' into the new Star Trek. I need to stop having such high hopes for the impossible), that again, the dude they're paying homage to himself disagrees with.
Ah well, not the first time I'm going to be told by straight people what to think about a gay character written by straight people, certainly not the last.
Bad customers and fraud is something that I've been worried about. But I've been looking at a possible cause of this behaviour, but I don't have a timeline. US bankruptcy laws stipulate that creditors cant go after a stockholders capital that isn't invested in a company if the initial investment doesn't cover the loss (almost 50% of bankruptcies cover their loss through fire sales and most of the creditors money is recovered so it doesn't happen as much as you think.) If you take most countries in Europe, if the CEO makes a mistake, creditors can go after his stocks and house. In the US, you cant. Both have negative and positive implications, but the most important is that reckless is incentivised in the US because it doesn't cost you anything. You place the risk onto othersParasondox said:Mild swearing? Da ****!! What is this, an early Netflix Original? Can I at least flash a nip for 2 secs in a non erotic shower scene?
That aside. Bad Customers who commit fraud. *sigh* You know, working in retail you get all sorts of customers. The good, the bad, the picky, the moody, the rude, the sweet, the high, the drunk, the adorable and many many more. The ones I dislike the most? Fraudsters and thieves.
But wait wait wait. I can't accuse them of that, even though they are seen on CCTV stealing a memory card, batteries and a Dyson. Nope, can't confront them. They do it every month and worse is that they return the stolen items with a fake receipt, fake email and demand a cash refund for said stolen items. They even get defensive if we ask to see said receipt in the first place. Once again, we cant accuse them, we can't confront them, we just have to act nice and polite and carry on as normal so trouble isn't caused.
I just do not understand this obsession of lying, stealing and thirst for money that these people didn't earn and aren't theirs. Is it a power thing? Not knowing or seeing the line between right and wrong? Heck, my other anger is I bust my balls and back off working long hours in the early dead morning each day, even a weekend, on minimum wage just so I can be mugged off by fraudsters, who don't just effect the store but my job too. **** them!! Greedy *****!!
Retail is not for me.
Speaking of defending horrible action, I am sick and tired of people doing this for celebrities or certain AAA companies. I don't care how good the movie, game, or the album was, it does not excuse shitty behavior. It's reason why I can't stand Kanye West, nor the people who support him. He's an egoistical assholes who never shuts up, and deludes himself or foolish others in to thinking he's a good person. His material ain't special either, because it always has to be about him. There are plenty of rappers that have surpassed him before or after he showed up: Mike Shinoda, Shing 02, Nujabes (RIP), J Dilla (RIP), Ox, Doujah Raze; I could go on all night.Terminalchaos said:snip.