Jeebus

Anakin Starkiller said:

It’s redder. So what?

You either need your eyes or your reading comprehension checked.

Possessed said:

It does if you’re playing the game in off topic.

Obie said:

named Darth

This is the most important post in the thread.

Cops bring suicidal man to get help, then beat the crap out of him, FBI says

EDIT: What Frank said.

DominicCobb said:

Jeebus said:

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

Jeebus said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

As for mrebo, no one is cutting off the right, they’re bigger than ever on Youtube and just want to play the victim like they always do.

Yes, people on the right are being cut off. It’s not “playing victim” when powerful media corporations shut out people based on their political views.

Except that’s not what’s happening, at least in Youtube’s case. Youtube is demonetizing a great many people, not all of them are conservative or even political commentators at all. Left-wing commentators, gun channels, “reaction” channels, gaming channels, it’s happening across the board.

I have a problem with youtube’s demonetizing in general. I am more familiar with people on the right being targeted (and I’d include gun channels in that), but I am also aware of youtube discriminating against reaction & gaming channels for swearing (or extreme antics). But I’m not just talking youtube.

Extreme antics is an interesting way to describe racial slurs, anti-semitic language, and making light of suicide (including footage of a dead body). Amongst other things.

Let’s not act like those are just common behaviors that every channel partakes in. Unless you’re saying that because a couple people did shitty things, then everyone should be punished; if that’s the case, hard disagree.

You’re massively missing my point. I’m saying in some (read: not all) of these cases, demonetization is more than justified.

Oh yeah, you’re right. My mistake. I agree for the most part.

DominicCobb said:

Mrebo said:

Jeebus said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

As for mrebo, no one is cutting off the right, they’re bigger than ever on Youtube and just want to play the victim like they always do.

Yes, people on the right are being cut off. It’s not “playing victim” when powerful media corporations shut out people based on their political views.

Except that’s not what’s happening, at least in Youtube’s case. Youtube is demonetizing a great many people, not all of them are conservative or even political commentators at all. Left-wing commentators, gun channels, “reaction” channels, gaming channels, it’s happening across the board.

I have a problem with youtube’s demonetizing in general. I am more familiar with people on the right being targeted (and I’d include gun channels in that), but I am also aware of youtube discriminating against reaction & gaming channels for swearing (or extreme antics). But I’m not just talking youtube.

Extreme antics is an interesting way to describe racial slurs, anti-semitic language, and making light of suicide (including footage of a dead body). Amongst other things.

Let’s not act like those are just common behaviors that every channel partakes in. Unless you’re saying that because a couple people did shitty things, then everyone should be punished; if that’s the case, hard disagree.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

As for mrebo, no one is cutting off the right, they’re bigger than ever on Youtube and just want to play the victim like they always do.

Yes, people on the right are being cut off. It’s not “playing victim” when powerful media corporations shut out people based on their political views.

The right isn’t being cut off any more than the left is being cut off. Youtube is demonetizing a great many people, left-wing commentators, gun channels, “reaction” channels, gaming channels, it’s happening across the board.

Rules have been updated 😉

For sure!

No, that would be the The Last Jedi depreciation thread. Although, now that I think about it, maybe that needs to be a thread too. Perhaps even a The Last Jedi decapitation thread.

oojason said:

Jeebus said:

I shouldn’t have made this thread.

Probably not.

Would you like it deleted?

No, I must live with my mistake.

I shouldn’t have made this thread.

Please post here if you have negative things to say about TLJ Star Wars. Shitting on this thread and me as a person is allowed. Positive comments are allowed, but don’t get too positive. Backhanded compliments are allowed and encouraged.

Discussion about the decapitations in various Star Wars media is also allowed.

Discussion about the depreciation of Star Wars is allowed too.

Wish it would rain. Can’t remember the last time I’ve seen true rain.

TV’s Frink said:

https://sports.yahoo.com/nfls-new-policy-national-anthem-players-can-fined-dont-stand-162017626.html

Following a year of hand-wringing and disagreement inside the league’s ownership ranks, team owners approved a new measure on Wednesday that gives players the option of staying in the locker room during the national anthem if they don’t wish to stand during the ceremonies. Under the new rule, players who choose to be on the field during the anthem will be required to stand. If a player or team employee is on the field during the anthem and chooses not to stand, that player’s franchise will be fined by the NFL. In turn, players and employees who choose to attend the anthem ceremonies but do not stand will also be eligible for a fine by their franchise, if the team chooses to levy one.

chyron8472 said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I find it amazing that Republicans still try to blame movies and video games for school shootings. Remind me again of how these people are the pro-freedom of speech side?

When they try to ban them, let me know.

The argument that troubled individuals engaging in simulated violence can lead to real life violence is plausible.

There is something to be said for the effect of a poor mental diet on one’s choices.

I have amassed a combined library of 420 video games

Hehehe 420

moviefreakedmind said:

Jay said:

I used to be fairly hard left, but after seeing the massive discrepancies between mainstream reporting about some of these supposedly “alt-right” personalities and what the subjects of their articles actually say and do, I’ve started to wonder what other things we’re being told that are complete horseshit, or at least are being run through a left-leaning political filter. It seems like anything to the right of socialism is being cast as alt-right in an attempt to lump it all together.

This is not true. Socialism, as we saw in the election, was quashed by the supposedly fringe-left mainstream media in favor of the centrist corporate candidate Hillary Clinton. There was no leftist candidate available in the 2016 election other than Jill Stein who was not going to win.

Ehhh. If we’re talking about Sanders here, I wouldn’t really consider him a socialist. He calls himself a “democratic socialist,” but his platform was much more “social democrat.” Other than that, I agree. The Overton window in America has been totally shifted to the right. There is no left-wing party, leftists don’t have a voice in national politics.

Jay said:

It seems like anything to the right of socialism is being cast as alt-right in an attempt to lump it all together.

Woah, am I thinking of a different America or something?

darthrush said:

Jeebus said:

Luke is out of character in TLJ.

I liked his character but this is the most understandable complaint I have heard of against the Last Jedi. I completely see where people are coming from cause it was a bold and risky decision.

Just to be clear, I make a distinction between thinking he’s out of character, and not agreeing with the direction his character was taken. I agree that it was really bold to do what they did, and I understand that some people just wanted to see something different. I very much disagree with the notion that he is “out of character,” though.

Luke is out of character in TLJ.

Jay said:

Jeebus said:

TM2YC said:

Jay said:

mass killings… why didn’t we see them when guns were even more readily available?

When were guns less prevalent in the US than today?

Interestingly, the murder rate has been going down for quite a while now. It raised a bit in recent years, but its nowhere near the rate it was in the 80s.

EDIT: That’s just the general murder rate, gun murders are, indeed, going up.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-u-s-murder-rate-is-up-but-still-far-below-its-1980-peak/

Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but it looks like the percentage of murders committed with firearms went up, not the absolute number. But yeah, crime is relatively low, though you’d think it was the purge based on media coverage.

Actually, I think your reading may be correct. Edited my comment.

Jay said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

I think Jay’s argument is that those arguing for anything approaching a ban on guns don’t account for the fact that so many of the killings will still happen. And I think that’s right.

We can’t stop all the killings, so let’s not try to stop any of the killings.

Sounds great.

How many of the killings will stop if we ban the scary guns? That’s an honest question. I’d like to know how many of the people who would die this year would not die if the scary guns were banned, because those are the only ones that stand a chance of being banned outright.

In 2014, 248 people were killed with rifles. That accounts for 3% of all gun deaths, 4% of all gun deaths excluding non-classified firearms. If we took that 4% figure and applied it to the 1,959 gun deaths caused by non-classified firearms, that would be an additional 78 people killed. So, 326. Assuming that “scary guns” just refers to assault weapons and not all rifles, then the number would be less than 326. The question is “how much less?”

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/expanded-homicide-data/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2010-2014.xls

Disclaimer: There’s a decent chance I don’t know what I’m talking about.

TM2YC said:

Jay said:

mass killings… why didn’t we see them when guns were even more readily available?

When were guns less prevalent in the US than today?

Interestingly, the murder rate has been going down for quite a while now. It raised a bit in recent years, but it’s nowhere near the rate it was in the 80s.

EDIT: That’s just the general murder rate, gun murders are, indeed, going up.

EDIT 2: Nevermind. Gun murders aren’t going up, but they are accounting for a higher percentage of total murders. See quoted link.

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-u-s-murder-rate-is-up-but-still-far-below-its-1980-peak/

epic

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t think he knows the difference between HIV and HOV.