#or specific sectors).

[wardensantoineandevka]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

[affluent-havoc]

Finished Chapter 2! SPOILERS AHEAD! I must say that this chapter oddly made me dislike Makoto a bit. I genuinely thought I'd potentially dislike Byakuya in some ways more, perhaps feel a bit more upset at him than I do. On the contrary though, Makoto sucks in some ways. Which, don't get me wrong. Makoto deserves to be a flawed individual!! Golly though. For one, he really is a normie in some ways with how little he knows. How he asks so many unneeded questions, specifically when he was being dragged around by Byakuya which I get to some extent. He was very much disoriented from the whole ordeal, struggling to figure out why Byakuya of all people was interested in him specifically in regards of sleuthing about for the investigation. At the same time though, he needs to quit it with the rhetorical reciting questions that almost parrot what the other person just said. I get it's probably a bad habit of his but he need to get a grip about it. I can only extent sympathy for so long. Being a bit intentionally dramatic here by the way, but it sometimes feels like a tension killer or that it makes Makoto look a bit too dense. Don't get me started on the whole "rope" debacle too. Like, UUUUUGH! It's so obviously the extension cord Byakuya used in the library! So very obvious! Like, Byakuya took his time to bring Makoto to the library and I get Byakuya was being stubborn and not letting Makoto look at anything other than what he wanted him to look at. But it's so OBVIOUS!!! Though, I suppose I can blame a bit of this on the game design to some extent. Certainly doesn't make Makoto look smarter by any means. Maybe it's that denial where I can see Makoto's smarts shine in the trials so I feel like I'm internally being a bit harsh on him. I've seen others call him dense after all and I DO wanna look at Makoto in a positive light. I don't wanna be hating on the little bastard after all. It does get on my nerves sometimes though. and I can't lie to myself about that. Furthermore, the fact that I had to progress the trial by Hangman's Gambit-ing a slur for schizophrenic people regarding Genocide Jack. On a meta level, I get that doing D.I.D is a bit short and the full term is probably too long to do for just the second dang trial. Definitely not an excuse to use a slur that has no means being here though. Also though, in an in-world explanation, damnit, Makoto. You sure do have some shit you gotta sort out if that's what you're internally describing Jack as who, by the way, does not have schizophrenia. D.I.D and schizophrenia are very much not the same disorder. You called D.I.D a split personality multiple times which shows you know the difference. And, I can get it to some extent that, yes. This game is from the 2000s. The 2000s was definitely a more ableist time where terminology like that was flung around like it was nothing. So, in a sense of historical accuracy, I can understand why he might have said this word. I must also mention though that this isn't the first time Makoto was unnecessarily cruel to the others internally in his head. Thus, this certainly feels a bit more like a pattern of behavior for him. This is all interesting to me though with how much I've seen this side of Makoto ignored in some ways. He's surprisingly more judgmental than I feel some give him credit for. From internally thinking Taka was annoying when he first met him to finding Hifumi weird for his interests in Hifumi's own Free-time events (which I get. Hifumi isn't exactly written in the nicest light. Don't blame him for that. I blame the dated writing). I find this aspect of Makoto so intriguing though. In a way, Byakuya, the asshole of the group who dislikes everyone and mentions multiple times how he plans on following through with a murder, is less judgmental than Makoto. He said himself not to judge others by your own standards before the murder, during the investigation, and after the trial like he was the narrator of a children's book giving the moral of the story.

Fascinating...

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ozone

[bright-and-burning]

i know i have a million lawyer mutuals . somebody wanna help me decipher this lawsuit 🥺 it's only 8 pages long, but it's got to do with a completely goofy internal hr thing the federal government did this week and i want to unpack the gossip (and how it's even like. sue-able lol)

[televisionenjoyer]

Studying for my driving test they b asking about specific ass roads here

[kidsnextdoor-doodles]

Small Cindy doodles

[biarritzzz]

MENA Migrants have shown they do not assimilate. Save the "It's racist to say that" bullshit. It's clear as day, you can't ignore the culture and sweep it under the rug. You can keep having a bleeding heart and mass importing them, but it's will lead to civil unrest. It's chaos, oil and water. These people do not like western values.

The middle east and west have never shared the same values, I don't see why people think that will change because we try to make them economic slaves for cheaper corprate labor.

Arguments like these are only effective because whites are universalist and non-whites are not. Under this moral framework, whites are supposed to accept unlimited immigration as a way of righting an alleged past wrong, while non-whites can simply pursue their own interests.

If immigration is a punishment, surely countries like Switzerland which never had overseas empires should be exempt, right? Nope. Non-whites have no qualms about ravaging Switzerland too because it benefits them. They don't actually believe in this universal justice which they are appealing to.

If you simply adopt for yourself the same moral standard non-whites hold themselves to, these arguments roll off like water on a duck's back. We don't want mass immigration because it's not in our interest. End of story.

You said it all: it’s just a fucking pretext they use. They'd never tolerate this if the tables were turned and they know it.

Ask them about muslims (Arabs and later Turks) conquering India, North Africa, parts of Europe and they'll praise it.

Every race is proud of their conquests except Europeans who have to endlessly self-flagellate for being the best (and the most humane too) at it.

In case you're feeling soft on them and your empathy suddenly kicks in, remember what they're truly like:

This is about the Nice terror attack when a Tunisian man drove a truck on Promenade des Anglais in 2016 (exactly 9 years ago) killing 86 people + hundreds of wounded. North African youth celebrated, emptied the pockets of the dead and recorded the agony of the victims on their smartphones.

I hated them before but this pushed me over the edge.

[omensofatimelord]

One of the most obnoxious things about the diet/'natural healthcare people' or w/ever they call themselves is how difficult it makes it to look up diets/supplements that might help certain conditions (obnoxious, not dangerous, and to be clear there are much worse impacts of this attitude). Like I have hyperthyroidism, which comes with a stupid high appetite and deficiencies in weird combinations for which supplements/diet changes might help mitigate some of the symptoms. Hyperthyroidism is also entirely treatable, although leaving it for long enough can be very very bad for you! So I'm waiting atm for a specialist (for about 15 weeks, yay our breaking public healthcare system!), but also Suffering (tm) and looking to help reduce symptoms in the meantime. BUT every single attempt at trying to work out what might help is undercut by some level of 'buy our magic snake oil cure-all' or 'this fully treatable (genetic) medical condition is your fault for Eating Wrong'. The ones that aren't are nearly all scientific articles, and I'm struggling enough comprehending scientific articles in my own field let alone a completely different one!

[four-for-fidelity]

I sat through one (1) 45 minute meeting with a nonprofit today at work helping plan the next steps in marketing their current fundraiser to build homes for families in cambodia and gained like so much fulfillment and joy out of my work that I have literally never experienced before

[microcosmiclymbic]

I can't trust a person that doesn't respect their own sleep

Like if you're regularly surviving on 5hrs of sleep or less, you are compromised my friend

[the-broken-pen]

My friend, getting into the car: thank you so much for giving me a ride back to school ily ur the best—

*sound of doors locking*

Me: “so you remember the bat family right?”

Friend: “oh, god.”

Me: “I am about to spend this hour long car ride explaining an incredibly niche topic that caters exactly to my interests. Now. Have you heard of a little fic called Leap of Faith?”

[jentlemahae]

the process of finding a job sounds so dreadful it’s making me seriously consider unemployment as a future career

[sergeantsporks]

I used the wrong term. Witch Switch Evelyn has CENTRAL heterochromia, not sectoral heterochromia.

[vaultsixtynine]

my main problem in life is that i know i can do anything but i have to constantly convince everyone else of that fact

[itzphynix]

Had a dream that I can only describe as working like a FNaF-style lease review where if you fuck up thr FNaF-style part you die, & if you fuck up the lease review part you lose your home.

[eunhos]

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