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Having to pay thousands of employees and multiple studios in expensive locals is probably a big factor. It's not good enough for AAA studios to make something that's successful at a smaller scale. You don't have that problem as an indie.

The merit of democracy is that it puts limits on power. There are checks on how freely Trump can act (which is why he wants to undo democracy). Who's to say that Xi Jingping wouldn't start a pointless war just to stay in power if the conditions where right?

It's not binary between market demand and passion. If nothing else, you want a passionate life because it feels better. Where you look for opportunities to be more passionate in your life, even if you work at a warehouse. What else you supposed to do? Your not going to become good at a skill without some passion for one. Maybe the issues is not that your too passionate but that your not passionate enough. If you failed at a market venture you discovered one way how to not do it. It's normal for a business to fail by the way. People who make a second attempt at business have a much higher rate of success.

If you browse the Asian category for just long enough... 😟 Like, it's obvious that Japan has a problem when you have so much rape porn easily available. Because Japan is a misogynistic country. A country being less misogynistic would help reduce some of the most criminal things being made because they would take it more seriously.

We have bans on childporn and it reduces the prevalence it would have otherwise, but there's still content being produced and consumed underground. Its not possible to maximally eliminate something that there's a demand for. Even when the penalties are severe. And the success in banning child porn is in large part due to it being niche. It would be much harder to ban the teen category.

Humans tend to feel that if your negative in any kind of way it is because of them. Its kind of like when you stare a monkey in the eyes. It ticks them off. Being uncomfortable is a major hurdle for autistic rizz. Another is a lack of interest in the person you are talking to. Passion and sincerity is charming regardless of who its from, which autistis should naturally be good at. Social calibration is a skill issue. Go read The Charisma Myth. It was written by a sperg.

Grass is greener on the other side type shit. Americans aren't enslaving and genociding their neighbors. Just because your economically pessimistic doesn't necesarilly mean that the dictatorship is unequivocally better. Only perhaps better in certain specific regards. This whole tanky shit is brainrot.

So? Doesn't mean an unmitigated China is good for the world. Your just supporting the other empire.

China has the RSF rank 175/180. It's one of the worst countries to be in a journalist in. https://rsf.org/en/propaganda-monitor-rsf-exposes-china-s-global-campaign-distort-journalism-worldwide It is stuff like this why China isn't trusted. You can't even adequately have a dialogue about the truth of the country itself. Its funny too how having literal concentration camps is kind of glozed over. I don't want that running the world.

Fundamental differences in how to run a government on a philosophical level. Its a dictatorship which does not have the same commitments to liberalism and sovereignty. People don't want that running the world. If china can't have small nation neighbours without wanting to attack them they are not fit for the mantle. It's like a wild animal. You literally have to cage them in militarily to keep their aggression in check. Saudis and especially Israel now are demonized plenty for the same reasons. Its mainly people who are personally involved with Israel who glaze it. You don't quiet have your facts straight. I don't understand the millenial China glazers man. Is it just "west sucks" brain turn off? Like those pro-Russia fuck Ukraine lefties sheerly because they just hate the west that much.

To be fair to the big J, he was a prominent cult leader and they did come to him for advice, like with that story of the whoring woman who they wanted to execute. It be like if the CIA asked for you opinion on invading Iraq and everyone cared. He would either have to be their mouth piece and lie to himself or roll with the consequences.

Pharisees disliked Jesus because he undermined their institutional authority over religious law. A revered cult leader criticizes them for valuing the formality of scripture over the actual essence it is supposed to point to. In this context, valuing the formalization of scripture and biblical law over the essence and spirituality they are supposed to cultivate, which they didn't even embody ("may the first one without sin throw the stone at her") To the pharisees, religion was predominately a survival strategy to gain status and power. Much of this critique rings true of academia in the modern world, which tend to value accreditation over truth. Invariably, institutions become political entities, and their survival takes precedent over their proclaimed mission, often twisting it. Like, if your mission is truth, by prioritizing survival you must reject truth whenever it's unconducive to survival. I wonder if humanity can ever solve this problem entirely when it comes to their institutions? The pharisees and others worked with the Romans to have Jesus killed because he threatened to destabilize their power. It's quiet the hypocrisy from men of the cloth. Not chud christian posting btw. I'm not even religious.

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I don't understand why certain conservative Americans are so pro-Israel to the point of it being identity. Is it the WW2 hero complex? I understand Israel being strategically important, but this fervor does not seem entirely rational.

As if ganging up on ginger boy is going to make a difference. Shut the fuck up. Get over yourself. What it really is is group think and ideology. Mob mentality. Bullying a fucking musician for having the "wrong opinion".

You should be able to tell algorythmic slop from a glance. The only AI prediction that seems credible is its actual use being much less than the hype. That's normal for sillicone valley hype cycles.

You'll need a degree if you want to do 1:1 licensed therapy. Depending on the rules where you live, you make people sign waivers if your not licensed and providing 1:1 emotional work ("alternative medicine"). People like Tony Robbins or Teal Swan who just give advice broadly don't even have a college degree.

We live now in a media environment that is much more politicized than when Ed Sheeran first became big. He's part of a dying breed of mainstream entertainment and thinks you can just impartial your way through. It must be culture shock for him. You could say that you shouldn't have to deal with political fans but that's just reality now.

Crying to your audience is PR. Just unintentional and bad. Bro just needs some balls. If he wants to have a cry he could just bury his face in his goth mommy's thighs and wipe away the tears with wads of cash.

He's being a bitch, crying on stage. It's the worst thing he could've done. It just empowers the Palestine psychos. They smell the blood in the water. He can't get over that all his LA friends evaporate like Thanos when their career goals don't align. Bro is rich and the same pro-palestine hoes would still suck his dick. He should've just powered through. How many times has Trump been "canceled"? It doesn't work if you don't care.

Reddit is genuinely bad for the internet overall. Its turning people into brainrotted losers.

Bro got that whiny ginger cry. You know what I mean.

When the fajitas are NOT sizzling

As she confessed to the murder of her three kids, it's just a question if she goes to jail or the psychward. There's a strong argument to be made that she's basically insane but also mishandled as mental patient (IE. her carers are responsible for the incident is the argument they want to make). That said, I don't think being able to plead insanity should relieve one of culpability. It feels like a loophole to get away with murder, and it does get used like that broadly speaking. I also think that because she's a women she gets treated with kid's gloves, as if women aren't capable of responsibility. It's weirdly sexist and infantalizing. Like, they want to make the case that it was largely the fault if bad psychiatry and that she's basically not culpable. Idk man. A man in the same court room would have a much harder time garnering sympathy. Sorry for going there.

Why would I think that's acceptable? stupid accusation. Like, dude. 4k someone shooting people, Columbine style. There are cases where the evidence is overwhelming, but your cherry picking one that supports your point. Zero doubt that Breivik killed massacred people, or Shoko Asahara bio terrorism. I'm just going to ignore you now. Your just being daft. I've repeated the same point 5 times now. You just can't fathom a generalistic point it seem.