"Mad at the Internet" - a/k/a My Psychotherapy Sessions

I was thinking something more along the lines of : "It's a video game, not everything has to be super grounded and reasonable", or else, are we going to see you complain that fantasy armor doesn't make enough sense for you ?
I was just trying to say that nitpicking some video game outfit the way you did came across as very catty.
I literally cannot be forced to care about this issue and the amount of energy people expend to argue with me about it is just insane. I see the model and I think "this is coomer shit for literal retards", then people come out the woodwork to be like "nooo you don't understand it's a gymnast's uniform and when i go to the beach i sell gorilla monkeys dressed just like thaaaaaaaaaat".

I honestly hope Sony scams everybody involved in this and I hope the developers gut themselves on live.
 
Since I grew up in that period I think I'll be able to protect my children from the worst aspects of the internet chiefly by not giving them smart phones or unsupervised access until much later in life. I don't want people to have to give up privacy because parents can't get their shit together.
Kids are now showing each other hardcore porn on the school bus at 9 years old. Unless you want to homeschool AND completely socially isolate your kids until they are 16 then there's not much you can do to prevent them from seeing porn because even if you don't give your kids phones and control their Internet access, their friends and classmates parents probably won't be so vigilant.

Are you gonna forbid them from hanging out with any friends who have smartphones? Are you never going to let them go over to another kids house? You can only do so much as a parent when the content is so widely spread and accessible. Your kids will also resent you if they are the only one who isn't allowed a phone while all their friends have one to keep in touch, they will be outcasts who will never know what's going on since most interaction happens on social media now and they won't realize that it's "for their own good" they will just see you as controlling and try to rebel against you even harder.
 
I'm of two minds on this issue:
1. On the one hand, the internet was brand new tech that parents had ZERO idea how to deal with so my generation had basically unlimited access to pornographic material which has been devastating to society. Since I grew up in that period I think I'll be able to protect my children from the worst aspects of the internet chiefly by not giving them smart phones or unsupervised access until much later in life. I don't want people to have to give up privacy because parents can't get their shit together.

2. On the other, this shit is insidious and I strongly lean toward the idea that porn is obscene, doesn't have a legitimate function for society, and should be shoved back into the gutter where it belongs. Rarely have I ever felt that pornographic content made some kind of media "better" and I doubt I'd lose much sleep if it was outright banned because the supreme court decided their prior ruling on most of it being free speech was wrong.
The biggest issue now though (besides lazy, apathetic parenting), is the exposure of porn and degenerate sex shit at school. Whether it be from other kids who were let off the leash by bad parents, or some sicko teacher wanting to introduce trans/gay ideology to children as early as possible.

Two solutions would be homeschooling or private schooling, but not every parent has the time nor money for these respectively, and even then, the latter is still susceptible to teachers with malicious agendas.

It's an issue that goes to the very root of our society and culture sadly, though I agree with your points completely.
 
Kids are now showing each other hardcore porn on the school bus at 9 years old. Unless you want to homeschool AND completely socially isolate your kids until they are 16 then there's not much you can do to prevent them from seeing porn because even if you don't give your kids phones and control their Internet access, their friends and classmates parents probably won't be so vigilant.

Are you gonna forbid them from hanging out with any friends who have smartphones? Are you never going to let them go over to another kids house? You can only do so much as a parent when the content is so widely spread and accessible. Your kids will also resent you if they are the only one who isn't allowed a phone while all their friends have one to keep in touch, they will be outcasts who will never know what's going on since most interaction happens on social media now and they won't realize that it's "for their own good" they will just see you as controlling and try to rebel against you even harder.
I was fortunate growing up, my area didn't get 4G until late 2014, and as a result smartphones were overall less common. I didn't have a smartphone or social media until midway through high school, and I think I was better for it.
 
but i reckon his reasoning is sound.
Did you even see that guy's picture? That's the kind of smile someone wears when they thoroughly enjoy fucking you over and think you don't realize it. Here's a guide on who to trust when it comes to "Information" in the modern age.

Scientists can't be trusted because they cherry pick results to get funding or to fit their agenda.

Scientific journals can't be trusted because they cherry pick studies to fit their agenda.

The media can't be trusted because the gobble authoritarian cock and cherry pick stories to fit their agenda.

Trust your gut, your family, your friends when they're not retarded, and occasionally the schizophrenic yelling about the end of the world on the street corner because at a minimum he believes what he's saying.
 
I was fortunate growing up, my area didn't get 4G until late 2014, and as a result smartphones were overall less common. I didn't have a smartphone or social media until midway through high school, and I think I was better for it.
I was the last one of my friends to get a smartphone and I also never had social media because I thought it was stupid and I definitely missed out on a lot of shit that was going on there. It's not necessarily a bad thing but it does feel isolating and like you're always the last to know what's going on. They eventually convinced me to get a smartphone too because they were sick of texting me the old fashioned way and not being able to send pictures. I can't imagine what it would be like nowadays, especially post covid because last I heard kids don't even hang out in real life anymore to go to the mall or the park, it's all online now.
 
Josh mentioned it in passing, but it is so funny that the chinky woman that the developers used for Stellar's model for the protagonist (the lead developer's "wife") is a fake thot fabricated by plastic surgery and filters.

The more you think about it, the stupider and funnier this manchildren hissy fit gets.
these are usually the same people who shit on women for wearing makeup and complain that natural beauty isn't something coveted by society anymore because of it.
Your kids will also resent you if they are the only one who isn't allowed a phone while all their friends have one to keep in touch, they will be outcasts who will never know what's going on since most interaction happens on social media now and they won't realize that it's "for their own good" they will just see you as controlling and try to rebel against you even harder.
as the old saying goes: strict parents only ever raise good liars. if i were a parent - which i have no intentions in being - i would at the very least try to restrict their access to the content at home and wherever i could have an effect regardless of what classmates or friends at school are exposing them to. damage control in that sense. but it is a dilemma at the end of the day and a unique one that parents now and of the upcoming generations are going to have to face.
That's the kind of smile someone wears when they thoroughly enjoy fucking you over and think you don't realize it.
a man could point to the sky and tell you its blue and that clouds are white but i guess i gotta double check his nose to make sure it isn't hooked first?
Scientists can't be trusted because they cherry pick results to get funding or to fit their agenda.
Scientific journals can't be trusted because they cherry pick studies to fit their agenda.
The media can't be trusted because the gobble authoritarian cock and cherry pick stories to fit their agenda.
unless that science and those journals back up your own beliefs? didn't we have a scientific paper about trannydom suicide rates after surgery featured the other week? though i don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying. studies and journals have a big range in their quality, and just because an article sources 'a study' for a claim doesn't necessarily mean its true or even backs up what they're claiming. outright dismissing them because you dont agree with their results however is dumb. assess its contents in a critical manner and come to your own decision. don't paint with so broad of a brush!
 
Did you even see that guy's picture? That's the kind of smile someone wears when they thoroughly enjoy fucking you over and think you don't realize it. Here's a guide on who to trust when it comes to "Information" in the modern age.

Scientists can't be trusted because they cherry pick results to get funding or to fit their agenda.

Scientific journals can't be trusted because they cherry pick studies to fit their agenda.

The media can't be trusted because the gobble authoritarian cock and cherry pick stories to fit their agenda.

Trust your gut, your family, your friends when they're not retarded, and occasionally the schizophrenic yelling about the end of the world on the street corner because at a minimum he believes what he's saying.
There's a reason why an "appeal to authority" is a logical fallacy.

These people fear a man who drinks only the purest of milk, for they know he will be indestructible. His bones will have the strength of titanium, and he will be one with his bovine brethren. Don't let them take this from you.
 
I was the last one of my friends to get a smartphone and I also never had social media because I thought it was stupid and I definitely missed out on a lot of shit that was going on there. It's not necessarily a bad thing but it does feel isolating and like you're always the last to know what's going on. They eventually convinced me to get a smartphone too because they were sick of texting me the old fashioned way and not being able to send pictures. I can't imagine what it would be like nowadays, especially post covid because last I heard kids don't even hang out in real life anymore to go to the mall or the park, it's all online now.
People in my age bracket actually find it creepy if you don't have social media. I went a few years without it in college and people were bothered by it. I ended up making accounts and not using them to sort of domain name park myself in a way.
As a zoomer, even if you don't like social media, it has driven its tendrils so deep into our culture that it's unavoidable.
 
Here's what I think about Stellar Blade:
Is it coomershit? Yes.
Is there a market for that? Yes.
Is it bad that there's a market for that? No.
Did it make sense to censor it the way Sony did? No.
Is it smart to start a protest against it and choose it as your hill to die on? No.
Is it smart to get overly mad that there are games with overly sexual female characters? Fuck no.

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Why is it that back then no one had any issues with this iteration of Lara with her huge jiggly badonkadonks? Why is it that back in the 2000's games were full of busty women and no one ever complained about it? Why has it only became this contentious issue in the recent years and not back then? You know, now when just about every AAA studio goes out of their way to turn female characters into androgynous blobs, like with Abby from TLOU2?

Sexualized characters and pornography were widespread two decades ago, but only now there is a massive culture war about it? What gives? What was the ground zero of this happening? Why are people even taking part in this culture war? What's the point? Did anyone ever thought about that? No, everyone just got polarized and set up two camps of the discussion while calling anyone outside of it a fence sitter, because if you have a moderate take, you don't matter.

Divide et impera is a very, very effective tactic.
 
the olympic example is not proof of modesty; in fact, it has gotten pushback
https://archive.ph/DC0wY
yeah and it's pretty gross that they're seemingly made to wear those kinds of outfits. in norway a team was fucking fined (a) for not wanting to wear bikini bottoms and wearing shorts instead.
I can see why just from your scree in this thread, have you considered Canadas assisted suicide to lessen your CO2 impact.
fun fact, our planet is actually steadily adapting to the co2 impact that human habitation has caused! and a sudden reversal of our co2 emissions at this point might cause more harm than good.
 
People in my age bracket actually find it creepy if you don't have social media. I went a few years without it in college and people were bothered by it. I ended up making accounts and not using them to sort of domain name park myself in a way.
As a zoomer, even if you don't like social media, it has driven its tendrils so deep into our culture that it's unavoidable.
How can I have time to watch trannies on social media pretend to be women, when I'm too busy talking about trannies pretending to be women on Kiwifarms? If only the normies knew my conundrum, maybe then they would understand.
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desegregation in america was a long and rocky process which one could argue is still being unraveled to this day
Wealthy white Louisiana residents win right to form their own city and split from poorer black neighborhoods in landmark court ruling after a 10-year battle - Critics of the new city say the plan is 'racist' and will create a 'white enclave'
Yeah, you're gonna have to work extra hard to unravel this, my fellow White Person. Be sure to make time in between unraveling everything else about the country.
 
How can I have time to watch trannies on social media pretend to be women, when I'm too busy talking about trannies pretending to be women on Kiwifarms? If only the normies knew my conundrum, maybe then they would understand.
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Here's an example of what I mean, and it's a fairly common chain of events
>start talking to lady
>she tells her friends she's talking to you
>her friends start hunting down your social media to snoop
>wtf he doesn't have social media, he must be hiding something

It's retarded but that's really the meta
 
Are you gonna forbid them from hanging out with any friends who have smartphones?
Maybe.
Are you never going to let them go over to another kids house?
Depends on the kid and how well my wife and I know his parents. Restrictions will naturally loosen as they get older because it'll be on them to deal with their mistakes.
You can only do so much as a parent when the content is so widely spread and accessible.
Hence my second paragraph where I waffled and said I wouldn't mind if all porn was outright banned. I don't have all the answers here, but I'm working on it.
Your kids will also resent you if they are the only one who isn't allowed a phone while all their friends have one to keep in touch, they will be outcasts who will never know what's going on since most interaction happens on social media now and they won't realize that it's "for their own good" they will just see you as controlling and try to rebel against you even harder.
My job as a dad it to love my kids unconditionally and instill in them the values necessary to navigate life when I'm gone. If it takes them resenting me that'll hurt, but it is what it is. My kids are young so my wife and I are working out the rough boundaries now and will tailor specific rules to each kid and how fucking corrupt society becomes in the future.

Handing my kids the metaphorical Apple from garden of Eden before they're ready will do far more harm than it could ever do good. I'll take socially awkward over gooning any day of the week.
 
Here's an example of what I mean, and it's a fairly common chain of events
>start talking to lady
>she tells her friends she's talking to you
>her friends start hunting down your social media to snoop
>wtf he doesn't have social media, he must be hiding something
It's retarded but that's really the meta
I know the feeling. It's insane that  not wanting to voluntarily put all of your personal information on the Internet, so you can never expect a sense of privacy again, is in fact the weird thing to do.

I still won't ever get on these programs or apps, fuck what people think.
 
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