You left out the protocol of the elders of zion and the backlash it caused against Jews. It’s fairly important as a catalyst for some of the 20th century shit.

They make spicy toothpaste at least.

It’s not nearly enough. I’m not in their bargaining unit, but I’ve gone on strike with the IAM. It was 300 or 400/week.

It’s weird, but kind of accurate a lot of times. If they negotiate for an earmark or project, they did technically bring the money in - even if it’s something they would prefer not to have passed.

I’ve certainly been in similar situations at work where we all agree something is stupid, but make sure to get something out of it.

Pressurized work makes me feel alive and useful when I succeed.

That’s silly. They don’t want anyone to get it. It’s their money as much as it is ours, so of course the reps should be fighting for their districts even if they hope the bill fails.

These are all reasonable. Add people that let others in, in potentially dangerous situations.

You can vote against a bill and still be responsible for specific portions of it or how it gets distributed. You fight for your state and district to get their pork even if you disagree with slaughtering the pig.

Go to c/fuckcars. Not sure which instance. The anti-road peeps are consistent and the American ones are progressive and would probably have to be tortured to vote R.

Government and corporate interests can’t help but suck each other off. Petty tyrants are gonna tyrant.

Weird. How did those ISPs end up the only option?

A lot of it is better delivery mechanisms for dextro-amphetamines.

Lmfao. I’d never thought of that as an extra issue for trans people. My mom can go through her siblings, then my sister and I before getting my brother’s name right.

I actually enjoy hexabearians but don’t engage in political convos where I don’t agree with them. Db0 works perfectly for that.

That’s fair. I find it comfortable, but I’m really weird politically.

db0 is pretty neutral while being intentionally left.

I’d make them pet my dog and talk to my mom.

(I’m so sorry for writing so much. Skip to the last paragraph if you have to. There’s a tension in me because I fall on both sides a bit.)

It’s an indicator of developer focus and intent. Sometimes.

If people’s introduction to trans characters wasn’t “hi, I’m trans” then maybe they wouldn’t have these stereotypes, but we are where we are. Pretending that it’s just extra options is ignoring that the people that push this sort of thing also seem to think we also want to read their shitty writing and shitty characters.

Their dumblelore/voldemort slash fiction bullshit was trash 15 years ago and they haven’t improved because their focus is social issues, not good writing. That’s the real issue - paper thin characters that are just vehicles for social commentary. Subversion isn’t annoying your audience from the start, it’s developing deep characters with all the flaws of humanity that also happen to have atypical identities.

My favorite book series are The Culture novels and Discworld. They both have trans characters that aren’t there just to push narrative. They were well written characters that fit the world and also trans. In the culture it’s not even remarkable - they’ve solved everything biological so it’s just kind of there. Discworld is more by-the-horns, but he still manages to be sneaky with the subversion and it works every fucking time.

On the flip side, Hugo award winner A Deepness in the Sky has a character that uses gender neutral pronouns which is whatever. Not a big deal, but it was the first time I saw it in a book. What was the book? Torture/rape fantasy set in space. It’s one of two books I couldn’t finish. The other is Atlas Shrugged. Coming from someone that’s read a lot of more classic science fiction and considered a Hugo a seal of approval, that was a very harsh realization.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with extra options or making ugly characters (though I don’t get that - there’s a sweet spot between fan service and trash can) but I don’t consider them a useful feature if the game is shit. If they focus on the game and add ‘woke’ shit to a good game with well written characters it’ll go down like honey. If the devs see the game as a vehicle to disseminate their social ideas, they’re in love with themselves and not the game and people will see that. It can, and has, been done well.

Nah. We’ll just continue to dry wash our hands and apologize while doing nothing useful.

Sorry ‘bout stealin’ your shit. Want it back? Fuck you. Have some empty words.

Is having a problem with outright lies fascist? We can’t completely divorce ourselves from reality and be effective.

I don’t expect most people here (lemmy in general) to engage in argument with conservatives, but it’s nice when you don’t make it harder for me to.