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posts and discussions about it are against this sub’s rules regarding real-world political discussions.

The game is a satire of real-world politics but discussion about it is forbidden?

He hasn’t even been arraigned yet. I’m sure his lawyers would bring this up. Luigi’s lawyers did the same, as would any lawyer when their client is talked about on the news before a jury is selected.

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out public life and make people afraid of participating. From the January 6th, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, to the attack on Paul Pelosi, to the attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Whitmer, to the murder of Minnesota Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman and her husband, to the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, to the shooting of United Health Executive Brian Thompson, and the shooting several years ago of Representative Steve Scalise, this chilling rise in violence has targeted public officials across the political spectrum.

Sadly, this is not a new phenomenon. We all remember the assassinations of President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Senator Robert F. Kennedy, John Lennon, and Medgar Evers, and the attempted assassinations of President Ronald Reagan and Alabama Governor George Wallace.

Kinda sounds like this has been a problem in the US for decades. Maybe the government should look into that.

But bottom line, if we honestly believe in democracy, if we believe in freedom, all of us must be loud and clear: Political violence, regardless of ideology, is not the answer and must be condemned. Thank you very much.

Ah, that should solve it! Well done, Bernie!

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I wonder what shows are the most popular

Out on the road today, I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

They shouldn’t be allowed to feel safe going to work until kids feel safe going to school.

It’s difficult to get parole for murder and even more difficult if you’re a famous murderer. Newspapers write about every single parole hearing this guy has had for decades. There’s no way he’d be able to be quietly paroled and go on to live a normal life.

Woah! Someone who liked the ending! You’re too wholesome for a gaming community lol.

I read one meta take on the ending that both sounded interesting and like cope. The end of Part II makes you feel exactly like Ellie feels. You push through because you want a conclusion to the story, just like Ellie. The end might be terrible, but it is an ending. In a meta way, you could get a better “ending” by stoping when Ellie and Dina are together at the farmhouse. You can stop playing, just like Ellie could stop obsessing over Abby, but how many people did that? Who would stop when the story isn’t done?

Personally, I think the writers made a bet that they could stretch “an eye for an eye leaves the world blind” into a novel.

Wait a sec, Minnasoda doesn’t have a d??

War on drugs. War on terror. War on crime.

At least in the book the government has an explanation for it. “War is peace” because the local population is much more nationalistic and supportive of the incumbent government when fighting a war. Critics of the government can be declared traitors and enemy sympathizers and locked up without trial. People are also more accepting of rationing and lowering the standard of living in order to support the war effort. The war doesn’t even need to be real. The government can just make up a war and get all the benefits that come from it.

Come on Ben! I just want to have a debate on gun control!

The US has something like 18 million military vets. There are a lot of people who have received professional training to hit a mid-range target.

Alright, I got an eighth. How do I trade it for music?

That’s literally what he’s doing. Ironically, his wife is a professional artist. She does digital art for a AAA game studio.

My friend quit his job and has been making indie games since 2015. It’s been 20 10 years and he’s made like $40,000 total in the time with all his games combined. His wife pays all the bills. Every time he releases a new game he tells everyone this is the one that’ll make him a million bucks. He points to games like Hollowknight, Stardew Valley, Undertale etc as proof.

I actually read 1984 because of all the “literally 1984” memes. It’s dry but it does hold up surprisingly well.

This all disappoints me in a way that I have never been disappointed before and it genuinely makes me lose my faith in humanity in its entirety.

I used to think that, in general, humanity was good. There are of course bad people, but humanity as a whole isn’t bad. Then I saw the world’s reaction to covid and had this exact same experience. Humanity is arrogant and selfish. A giant asteroid could be hurling towards the planet with a guarantee to cause the extinction of all humans but if the way to avoid that extinction involves the average person being slightly inconvenienced, we’re all dead.