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#31

Gaming HQ / Re: Valve/Steam do a handheld ...

Last post by Jacob - May 09, 2024, 06:39:34 PM

There's the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go as well...

#32

Gaming HQ / Re: Valve/Steam do a handheld ...

Last post by FunkMonk - May 09, 2024, 06:36:56 PM

It's the greatest handheld gaming device since the original Game Boy.

#33

Gaming HQ / Re: News from the lovely world...

Last post by Sheilbh - May 09, 2024, 06:14:55 PM

Is there any other industry (esp. outside entertainment) that sees (fairly well known) companies constantly rise and fall like the gaming industry?

Don't know how much it's outside entertainment, but I'd argue media (especially online).

#34

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by Sheilbh - May 09, 2024, 05:58:08 PM

Oh great, they've come back

#35

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Jacob - May 09, 2024, 05:38:33 PM

Seems to me that there's a segment of the pro-Palestinian left wing that comes across as pretty antisemitic. I'm not certain how much is carelessness and somewhat incidental vs how much of it is deeply felt and central to their positions.

#36

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Valmy - May 09, 2024, 05:31:33 PM

I will need to see a bit more evidence than simply people being bothered by tens of thousands of dead civilians. But certainly the nature of some of those chants puts it on my radar.

#37

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by HVC - May 09, 2024, 05:23:28 PM

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action"


Let's see if a third happens

Is there a third whistleblower?

Third whistle blower has arrived, let's see if any misfortune befalls him

#38

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Barrister - May 09, 2024, 03:45:25 PM

But it kind of borders on conspiracy theory level nuttery to think that the colleges of the United States are full of antisemitic Nazis who are just looking for an opportunity to gather all American Jews into camps and start murdering them or whatever. It seems more likely they are seeing images of civilians being killed and are upset about it.

So as a person "of the right" I always dismissed the notion that right-wingers could be racist - we just wanted to treat everyone equally regardless of skin colour!

Then the last few years I found that many of my fellow travellers were actually pretty racist.  Not all, not the majority - but not just a few cranks and weirdos.

I'm going to suggest to you the left has the same problem.  That anti-semitism is actually much more widespread then we thought.

#39

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Admiral Yi - May 09, 2024, 03:15:54 PM

I apologize for moron.  I thought you were using land stealing in the same way that viper uses killing all Palestinians.  That kind of thing really works me up. I realized after I had posted that you were probably talking about the West Bank.  Still no excuse for calling you a moron.

You know, not everything in discussions is meant to be about trying to "rebut" what other people have said.

Its relevant as "decolonisation is just an excuse to hate white people. What about the crimes of others?" is frequently used as a smoke screen by those who don't actually have any interest in the crimes and you often do find foreign nationalists weirdly on the same side as progressives for our historic issues...yet when it comes to their historic issues things are very different.

Agree that not everything is a rebuttal.  But I can't think of any other response that shows good faith.

One other option is the straw man.  No need to explain, I hope.

Another is guilt by association.  This is not a debate of the merits, who' sole ingredients in my way of thinking are reason, logic, evidence and facts.

Another is accusation of bad faith, which is kinda close to guilt by association.  "You claim to oppose de-colonization for these reasons, but I believe you really oppose de-colonization because you want to eat Palestinian babies."

#40

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Jacob - May 09, 2024, 03:15:10 PM

Re: LotR - apparently Andy Serkis is going to be directing a The Hunt for Gollum film in the next step of properly monetizing the Tolkien IP.