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Gaming / Re: A Steam curator for games with LGBT characters or themes
« on: February 23, 2016, 02:16:30 PM »
I kind of look at it from a narrative standpoint.
If a character relationship could be replaced with a heterosexual version and it has no effect on the story, there's no significance in it being a homosexual relationship, it's just there because it is. That's not meaningful or exciting.

Do I think that all universes need to have homophobic undertones? No, but if you want to make it anything more than being as generic and boring as any heterosexual relationship would be in its place, then it has to add some dynamic to the way characters interact with each other and the story.
What, same-sex romances can't be believable? Them not working as a straight relationship would make it extremely likely that it actually is tokenism, unless the writing is really good and the creator is trying to make some point through it.

If a fictional relationship would work just as well as a straight or gay relationship, then why is the gay one tokenism? Surely if they're the same there's literally no difference except that the one that matches your own orientation is more easy to identify with.

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Serious / Re: Explain to me why college should be """""""free""""""" please
« on: February 23, 2016, 02:12:14 PM »
With free higher education, more people will get educated which is good for the country.

Here in Sweden education is free and I'm currently taking one at a University. I wouldn't be able to do that otherwise without putting my family's economy at great risk.
Yeah but you have to import brown people to tax to sustain your government spending.
>using memes in a political debate
That's not a meme

Mass immigration of uneducated laborers is a major economic tactic for many wealthy European countries, and Sweden is the foremost example. It isn't solely because of higher education, but because of the large welfare state in general, as well as an aging native population that is failing to produce enough offspring to sustain this style of economy.

The government just likes to tell voters that it's about morality and sharing and diversity to make natives feel better about being replaced.
Even if that were to be true, why is immigration a negative thing? If it only brings economic gain as you say, then you'd only be opposed to it because you're a racist, plain and simple.

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Serious / Re: Explain to me why college should be """""""free""""""" please
« on: February 23, 2016, 01:45:19 PM »
With free higher education, more people will get educated which is good for the country.

Here in Sweden education is free and I'm currently taking one at a University. I wouldn't be able to do that otherwise without putting my family's economy at great risk.
Yeah but you have to import brown people to tax to sustain your government spending.
>using memes in a political debate

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Gaming / Re: A Steam curator for games with LGBT characters or themes
« on: February 23, 2016, 01:43:45 PM »
Games with lgbt aspects can hardly be assured to even give meaningful or interesting representations of them, let alone be exciting or fun games themselves, is what I'm saying.

And compromising your standards just for those lgbt situations is what encourages tokenism.
We (the curator) try to avoid games with tokenism and fetischism.
 
As for whether it makes the games "exciting" or not:

-Identifiable characters is a good enough positive in itself
-There is no hinder for the games to be somehow lesser mechanically even when you ignore those aspects. The Mass Effect games feature LGBT characters (and are recommended by the curator), and they're some of the most loved games in the industry.

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Serious / Re: Explain to me why college should be """""""free""""""" please
« on: February 23, 2016, 01:38:17 PM »
With free higher education, more people will get educated which is good for the country.

Here in Sweden education is free and I'm currently taking one at a University. I wouldn't be able to do that otherwise without putting my family's economy at great risk.

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Gaming / Re: A Steam curator for games with LGBT characters or themes
« on: February 23, 2016, 01:17:52 PM »
It's not about politics, and neither is it about only buying these games exclusively. It's about providing a simple way to find these games to a demographic that doesn't get much representation in media.
while it makes sense for life simulators like Sims and shit

dont really see why someone needs to relate to their character on every level of personality to experience the game.
it doesn't even need to be about mimicking their own lives. Maybe they enjoy stories that deal with LGBT issues.

This is something you have to opt-in to. So if you're not interested, it basically doesn't exist for you.
I'm not saying it's a problem I'm just saying it's obsessive to feel the desire to have something like your sexuality permeate all the media you consume. Just doesn't seem like something that should be big enough a deal that it that makes you more intrigued with a game.

it's a game stop obsessing about sex and gender reeeeeeee
Again, wanting it sometimes =/= obsessing over it and only consuming that kind of games

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Gaming / Re: A Steam curator for games with LGBT characters or themes
« on: February 23, 2016, 01:16:20 PM »
It's not about politics, and neither is it about only buying these games exclusively. It's about providing a simple way to find these games to a demographic that doesn't get much representation in media.
while it makes sense for life simulators like Sims and shit

dont really see why someone needs to relate to their character on every level of personality to experience the game.
I can certainly enjoy games that are about straight characters, or doesn't touch on sexuality at all. But sometimes it's nice to have something that's a little bit more relatable for you personally.

If you're not LGBT, or is and doesn't care, good for you. But then you can just ignore this curator.

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The Flood / Re: Am hungry
« on: February 23, 2016, 12:11:37 PM »

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The Flood / Re: Pure musical genius
« on: February 23, 2016, 11:24:23 AM »

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The Flood / Re: I've never had a pet.
« on: February 23, 2016, 09:32:30 AM »
^ Mew?
Mew.


For god sake man.  Don't be posting your furry shit here.
>nekos
>furries

pick one.
Uhhh it's a human with animal ears. Quote me if I am wrong but isn't furries anthropomorphic things like that?
There, I quoted you.
Can you explain the two?
Furry:
Spoiler

Neko/Kemo (neko is cat ears specifically):
Spoiler

One's an anthropomorphic (human-like) animal, the other's a human with animal ears.

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The Flood / Re: Hey guys 😊
« on: February 23, 2016, 09:28:52 AM »
Hey.

Have you been gone? I was too, until like Sunday. So I wouldn't know much.

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The Flood / Re: If I was a pornstar
« on: February 23, 2016, 07:07:27 AM »
>paying for porn

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The Flood / Re: After all the salt... I have to ask you
« on: February 23, 2016, 07:05:22 AM »
lolamericanagelimits

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The Flood / Re: Should I become a lounge singer
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:58:48 AM »
pls do a cover of chocolate rain

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oh

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The Flood / Re: TFW the show cuts off at the best part
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:42:47 AM »
Netflix, right? A bit weird that it would cut out just because XBL did.

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The Flood / when the vision picked up thors hammer
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:36:05 AM »
he really stole the thunder

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The Flood / Re: If you are not American
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:34:04 AM »
is that like the sandwich equilavent of an afroamerican?

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The Flood / Re: After all the salt... I have to ask you
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:27:42 AM »
And goddamn that was fast
Thats why she left you right?

And yet... My jimmies remain unrustled
we already know that your jimmies aren't functional

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Gaming / Re: So is anyone actually going to get Pokemon R/B/Y on 3DS?
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:22:14 AM »
I read that as Pokémon RWBY for a second there

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The Flood / Re: I've never had a pet.
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:19:32 AM »
^ Mew?
Mew.


For god sake man.  Don't be posting your furry shit here.
>nekos
>furries

pick one.
Uhhh it's a human with animal ears. Quote me if I am wrong but isn't furries anthropomorphic things like that?
There, I quoted you.

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Gaming / Re: A Steam curator for games with LGBT characters or themes
« on: February 23, 2016, 06:16:28 AM »
I only buy games that align with my political beliefs via shoehorning.
It's not about politics, and neither is it about only buying these games exclusively. It's about providing a simple way to find these games to a demographic that doesn't get much representation in media.

http://store.steampowered.com/curator/6864182-Hella-Yuri/
Anime lesbians =/= all of LGBT.

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The Flood / Re: I figured out how to make an animated nameplate
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:27:54 PM »
Make me one?
I might give it a try tomorrow, it's kind of late where I'm at right now.
Feel free to remind me if I forget it.

Edit: wait, you're not even eligible for a custom nameplate.
Eligible?
I think you have to have 3000 posts or something like that, and you only have about 500.

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The Flood / Re: I've never had a pet.
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:26:46 PM »

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Gaming / Re: XBL down for everyone?
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:15:53 PM »
gg microsoft

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Gaming / Re: The Cycle Continues
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:15:25 PM »
Samus is pretty much the only noteworthy Metroid character who would fit in with the rest of the roster
This Nigga

This bitch
YouTube

I said noteworthy.

Also, we don't need another Dark Pit.

The "evil twin" trope in video games is such a terrible cliche.
The evil twin trope in everything, for that matter.

Although I think Dark Pit was a nice spin on it as he isn't yet another mindless rage copycat version of the protagonist. They played him off as one when he first appeared, but then subverted it (to every other character's great surprise)

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The Flood / Re: I've never had a pet.
« on: February 22, 2016, 05:02:10 PM »

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The Flood / Re: I figured out how to make an animated nameplate
« on: February 22, 2016, 04:59:46 PM »
Make me one?
I might give it a try tomorrow, it's kind of late where I'm at right now.
Feel free to remind me if I forget it.

Edit: wait, you're not even eligible for a custom nameplate.

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So... you don't want to see it but still want to be notified?

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