real life should have titles you can equip like an mmo character and they have to put like <Bearer of The Torch> on your driver’s license because you worked as a welder for 15 years
here is the article, it’s a good read that does into detail about “ordinary” people’s experiences being forced into a conservatorship. it’s a horribly violent system.
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from the article:
“If you wanted to see or speak with Jenny, you had to fill in a permission slip,” Mr Martinis said. “And you had to agree to the rules of visitation. Rule number one: ‘You’re not allowed to talk to her about the guardianship, because it upsets her.’ "You know why it upset her? She didn’t want to be in guardianship.”
Do every retail employee a favor this Thanksgiving/black friday: stay home.
Just want to remind you that there’s a fucking pandemic and I mean this post 100x harder this time. If you show up you die.
Also to all the people who are saying just shop online or do cyber Monday, why do you think it’s better to shift the burden to warehouse and shopping workers! Everyone who says that shit should have to pack trucks for a week
I agree with this very much! The exception though, is definitely small business, like Etsy. As an Etsy seller, the Christmas season is absolutely vital to live off of, and many Etsy sellers prep through the year for the Christmas boom. The last Christmas boom I had, I was finally able to purchase a car after years of not having one.
So it’s okay to shop online, but consider *where* you’re shopping online. Small businesses on Etsy for example, LOVE the Christmas boom! After all, if you don’t want to sell during Christmas, you just shut down your store.
i think “video games aren’t really the violent child-corrupting threat some parents worry they are” and “certain circles of gamer culture are incredibly toxic and can lead people down dangerous/hateful ideological rabbit holes” are ideas that can absolutely coexist
Artificial violence is not actually a corrupting influence but hanging out with assholes sure is.
also, I think we could probably recognize that like… there is a difference between a game where you beat up a half demon alien cyborg or whatever, and a game partially funded by the US military that glorifies hyper-realistic military operations in a “middle east” coded setting, where everyone with brown skin is an enemy that needs to be gunned down. Like, those things are different.
