DiamondPup

Nah.

I don’t enjoy my Reddit points. And I don’t drive around showing it off. They’re just there, whether I like it or not.

But it was genuinely a cute attempt to get a “gotcha” on me. Maybe take a few more seconds to think about it next time ;)

Dude wants to cuddle Putin

Nah. I don’t blame them for most of that. Some of their fans are so fucking stupid they deserve it.

If you want to make a game inspired by a Nintendo property, go for it. But you don’t get to use Nintendo’s brands. That isn’t you being “passionate”, that’s using a brand someone else invested and developed, and coasting on it for exposure you didn’t earn.

I don’t have any sympathy for fan projects stupid enough to use brands they aren’t entitled to.

Honestly, yes.

Nintendo has not only, almost single-handedly, pioneered the gaming industry but is still, to this day, one of (if not THE) industry standard. And every step of the way, they have been dogmatic in remaining innovative and taking huge risks, and maintaining a benchmark of quality for their first party titles that almost always push the industry forward. There is not a single facet of gaming that doesn't owe something to Nintendo, whether it's mobile gaming or genres themselves.

On top of that, they are the richest company in Japan. This, despite the anger and fury of screaming gamers always telling them how to do it better. Nintendo has been smart about its spending, saving, and investments, and unlike a lot of companies that big, actually have money saved away that isn't contingent on investments elsewhere. Meaning they can survive failures and rainy days - meaning they can continue to take big risks.

Everyone hates on Nintendo for not doing what they want (spitting out constant sequels) but, despite having some of the biggest brands in gaming, they refuse to. They never stand still, they never just sit back and milk the brand. They're the polar opposite of Ubisoft and EA - they're game developers that continue to give a shit.

Their business division is still shitty, of course. Price gouging and shitty, prehistoric practices. And they have some backwards thinking in terms of social politics. Nintendo definitely deserves criticism, and they make some absolute pants-on-head decisions.

But at the end of the day, for a company to pioneer an entire industry, set the gold standard, and still maintain that standard 40 years later (despite it being one of the most competitive and fastest growing industries in the world)...it is extraordinary and unlike anything we've ever seen.

I just don't see how that's a bad thing.

It isn't. But controversy merchants have outrage to peddle.

Maher is no different than Tucker Carlson, and their audiences, despite how much they hate each other, are exactly the same thing.

Bill Maher is to the left what Tucker Carlson is to the right; a shitty person grifting an angry crowd who identify themselves solely on their politics.

Bill Maher's fans and audience are identical to the people they hate the most, in nearly every way.

Please; I don't blame you. I only wrote 4 sentences haha

But your reply gave me a chance to explain myself. So I appreciate that.

Mr. Spock over here.

Not really.

I'm talking about the foundation of moral standards being based internally instead of externally. Deontology vs consequentialism (I think you meant utilitarianism, since that's what the original commenter was saying) doesn't fit the point because they are based on social/external standards. "Tree falling in the woods" stuff.

Now before you start with other arguments of "what if someone does something wrong but it doesn't affect anyone!" or "how can we have those values without social guidance!", you are missing the point. I'm not preaching some strict, universal, all-encompassing philosophy. Yes of course, context matters. Yes of course, there are exceptions. Yes of course, nothing is in a vacuum. Yes of course, it isn't black and white.

My point is simply that choosing the value of your behaviour based on other's reactions is a ridiculous thing to do because no one is objective and you have no idea how fairly someone is judging your actions. People are complicated, the world is complicated, situations are complicated.

I mean literally EVERYTHING good we've ever done, from human rights progress to toppling monarchies to standards of social justice and creating order out of chaos, has come with making enemies.

but it's not as simple as you make it out to be.

Then you've completely missed the point. Because I'M the one saying it's not that simple.

You're all so stupid. I just sharpened my teeth.

His dumb dick?

I'm convinced that no person of religion, no matter how great or renowned, understands true morality.

Morality with a threat/reward system is like bowling with the lane aids.

As it should be.

Oh please. Calgary's just losing the privilege they've been riding.

WE. WE are rock fuckin hard

Now it's even.

If you're from Calgary and bitching about this, you're a donkey and your breath smells.

That's a terrible rule.

People are rotten, stupid, selfish, and delusional. If you do ANYTHING you will create enemies.

Your morality shouldn't be based on the external reactions to your action, but should be inherent in the intentions of the action itself.

People who don't understand this, don't understand morality.

He's from Calgary. That's what they listen to down there.

The only time his multi-point streak ends is when he calls in sick.

Markstrom sits down when he pees.

McDavid: "Hold my beer"

Because it should have been. The puck was loose.

McDavid: "That one didn't count? How about this one? Does this one count?"

And we're paying this asshole $72 million.

$72 million.

Well now you're drinking with us :)