PragerU battles to remain on Facebook

deoxyribo · 2020-08-08T02:38:53+00:00

Commercialization, what else? People use Facebook, it's a good way to advertise where people are.

Seems like they're also present on Instagram, Twitter, and all of the other social media shit you'd expect as a business in addition to their own website.

At least they're fighting against de-platforming (article mentions a YouTube lawsuit that was dismissed).

deoxyribo · 2020-08-08T02:26:24+00:00

People want to be where there's activity. That's not SaidIt for better or worse. It's really that simple, I don't know what's the basis for every other conjecture.

I'm not crazy about visiting separate sites, but it has some potential benefits in terms of being (slightly) decentralized.
An official top-level ribbon combined with cookies will help mitigate the isolationist factor to some degree.

deoxyribo · 2020-08-08T02:10:51+00:00

Key point is that it's across all platforms, including the Switch:

These changes have been applied universally to all versions of Fairy Tail across all platforms and regions.

PCMR wins again as you can mod it out. And, of course, the option of sailing the high seas if you want to give the middle finger for these types of actions.

Anyone who bought digital for console gets fucked. If this is due to Sony restrictions, then it's extremely lazy on the part of the developers -- which, knowing Koei, wouldn't be a surprise.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-29T02:40:50+00:00

Even without the woke agenda it's just massive airbrushing with the finesse of a gorilla in a china shop. At some point you might as well stick to hentai.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-29T02:35:08+00:00

Anyone know if DeepL is non-pozzed?

deoxyribo · 2020-07-21T03:26:30+00:00

One positive outcome of this news: these names can no longer be co-opted as unisex by their own admission.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-21T03:03:39+00:00

You see, watching it with her kids would allow her to explain how it’s exploitative of the actors in pornographic productions.

Can somebody else logic how verbal discussion wouldn't suffice?

deoxyribo · 2020-07-19T16:28:21+00:00

True, and unfortunately it's pretty much all tech companies. Not just Cisco. It's a dire world to be employed in this field.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T02:34:07+00:00

Yep, "working as designed". If they ever change it, it'll somehow end up being more draconian than it is today.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T02:10:12+00:00

I skimmed the video very quickly and it covered a few separate topics so maybe I missed key takeaways other than the emotional vs. logical arguments.

My personal take on it is that if you have far-left friends that spout that vitriol, you're better off without them. Either they are persuaded or they can keep mentally jacking off on the thought that they are morally superior to others with their cohorts.

For friends or co-workers, it depends on how much you want to keep those relationships or the job itself. For strangers, how much you're willing to risk being murdered or subject to other violence.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T01:58:47+00:00

Hell, a cheap digital antenna isn't even that much. I have one since I don't watch TV but wanted to catch over-the-air channel for odd events if interested.

I've lazily put it next to the TV, haven't bothered optimizing the placement or angle what so ever, and it does its job. I never use it, of course, but I could. And there's a few channels that do play older TV shows if I was interested.

Only caveat is that I'm in an urban area. There are sites that'll show estimated receptions based on location though.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T01:54:20+00:00

When is this VC scam finally going to go under?

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T01:24:54+00:00

“That ‘be kind’ bullshit only happens when the cameras are on. It’s all for show,” one former employee told BuzzFeed News. “I know they give money to people and help them out, but it’s for show.”

Shocking.

Celebrity worship is one of the most idiotic things in the world. I agree with the KIA2 sentiment that we shouldn't be treating actors and actresses much better than harlots like in the old days.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T01:21:53+00:00

Is DailyMail not a left-wing rag? The comments section is surprisingly normal when sorting by Best and Worst Rated.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-18T00:42:18+00:00

Desired characteristics in models aren't necessarily intuitive. Example: squarish jaws can be sought after because it's more androgynous and thus covers a larger potential consumer base.

Beauty's subjective, of course, but media agencies push the agenda that X, Y, and Z are "the most beautiful" women in the world so everyone follows along because it would be wrong to go against the majority, after all.

It also depends on who's in charge. If a lot of gay men are ruling fashion, they're probably inclined to different standards than John Doe. Same for women.

I don't find many mainstream models attractive, Chrissy included. But voice that and depending on your gender and crowd, you'll be called blind or a faggot.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-16T07:42:42+00:00

I had the misfortune of reading American Gods many years ago. Gaiman should get off his SJW soap box and offer reparations to anyone who read that abomination.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-12T20:59:48+00:00

They were just starting a conversation.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-11T22:39:39+00:00

Great quotes:

He pointed out that while the U.S. is a divided country, "sports used to be a place where fans could go get away from reality."

And as fans financially struggle during the coronavirus pandemic, “they don’t want to see a bunch of rich people” constantly talking about social justice issues, he said.

“The last thing they want to do is turn on the television and hear arguments all the time. It’s going to be very interesting to see how the public reacts," he said.

But, for this:

"This is a critical time in our country,” he added. “I just hope we get some adults who know what they are doing and stop screwing around and dividing our country.”

They know what they're doing. It's an election year.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-11T22:29:55+00:00

Any recent Blizzard scandal that this is covering, or just Activision being woke faggots?

deoxyribo · 2020-07-11T08:54:03+00:00

On June 25, 2020 De Campi publicly accused DC Comics writer Scott Snyder of lying when he pledged not to abuse, harass, or groom women.

I'm more disgusted by these types of lack of self-respecting acts than the social extortion. Have some fucking spine.

The existence of these groups is no surprise, with the media companies being the most egregious example with their coordinated propaganda and hit pieces, but it is truly surprising that there weren't explicit leaks before.

From a glance, it seems there was innuendo, threats, and the usual manipulation tactics, but no outright false sexual assault allegations? Would it make a difference even if there were (accountability appears unlikely in this climate)?

deoxyribo · 2020-07-10T01:03:47+00:00

One of ESPN's leaders, who I think is relatively new to that product family, said that they'd focus on sports given the backlash over Monday Night Football.

Now they're doing a super woke Colin Kaepernick special. So it's a recurring theme for Disney across the board.

I'm sure they'll try to do the minimum to save their ~$5B investment, but it's great. I hope they keep doubling down on these things actually, because I'd love to see them completely out of business.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-08T04:42:20+00:00

Worse: Japanese companies will self-regulate themselves in order to match "global standards".

At that point it won't be called censorship by mainstream media since the companies will have done it 'voluntarily'.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-08T02:40:22+00:00

Ah, yes, and people were telling me she was "based"

Who said that? Reddit KIA2? If so, it's good to call them out.

This is the same lady that:
- Said Dumbledore was gay after writing fuck-all about such a topic in the serialization
- Intimated that she never explicitly wrote Hermoine was white despite all evidence pointing to the opposite
- Implored people to take on refugees while living luxuriously in 1 of her mansions
- Countless out virtue signaling incidents on Twitter

It's disappointing people would align with her compared to simply enjoying the infighting.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-05T06:16:14+00:00

Unfortunately, we need to start our own bank.

Any business attempt will simply be de-platformed by payment processors and what not.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-05T06:06:17+00:00

The title reads like a 4chan or 8chan troll.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-05T05:17:47+00:00

I personally didn't see the Doodle, maybe it affects a subset of people based on GEO/IP or is coincidence.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T06:31:54+00:00

Based. And for the 1 prior:
https://www.kukuruyo.com/comic/triggerhappy-sony-double-standards/

Oh and if you’re gonna come with some of those dumb “oh you’re mad for anime tiddies”

I know it's not the point, but I am still super mad about those OLZ titties.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T06:13:51+00:00

Metacritic user score is up to 5.1 now.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T06:08:25+00:00

Per recent news on KIA2, she was apparently just an intern. Major retard no matter what are her other titles.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T06:04:34+00:00

This is far less surprising that the fact that they hadn't already done this. CoC and terms based faggotry is years old.

Another example of this type of retardation is SJWs pushing and clawing to get the photo editing program GIMP to rename itself.

GIMP at some point had to add an FAQ entry to politely address this (spoiler: no):
https://www.gimp.org/docs/userfaq.html#i-dont-like-the-name-gimp-will-you-change-it

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T05:47:39+00:00

After plastering “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in capitalized bold text across every loading screen and delaying the launch of Season 4 for a week

Wow. My condolences to anyone that was subject to such cancer.

At the same time, you deserve this and worse if you purchase their next title.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T05:45:17+00:00

UK had an 80% wow drop, makes sense since those pre-order sales aren't around to hold this burning flagship down.

It's why Sony was so aggressively abusing DMCAs. They got their money, Cuckman's idiocy might have future consequences, but it's only the retailers and buyers that immediately lose out.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-04T05:37:31+00:00

At this rate Brees and Goodell will soon be sucking black cocks to continue virtue signaling.

Redskins will be rebranding shortly as well. All sports are pozzed as fuck.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-02T06:09:24+00:00

Yes, her, I didn't want to say the name since then I'd feel personally inclined to explain why each 1 of them is a cunt, and that's way too tiring.

Excluding this recent Saidit foray, I'm a strict lurker. I shouldn't even known any of the KIA mod names...and didn't, until they started acting like hypocritical assholes. I'm trying to forget them again.

Pinkerbelle is / was very active for sure, in an extremely bad way. Her medical response to any sign of infection is an immediate lobotomy.

"Very conservative"? That was personal sarcasm based on her public comments and thread removal justifications, but she might actually be that in private as her moderating peers keep adamantly insisting.

Who knows? There's a thread titled "NBA to Allow Players to Replace Name on Jersey With 'Social Justice Statement'" in this community and it's actually real. I still find it hard to believe ~24H later, but here we are...

deoxyribo · 2020-07-02T05:53:20+00:00

I commend you for trying to get off that platform so (relatively) early, and 100% agree on the users being the community.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-02T03:11:59+00:00

Yes, absolutely. See preceding word: Saidit. It's meant to be "Saidit KIA".

Well, the 2 is in the banner even if not the name. Yeah, this is probably unnecessarily confusing for anyone looking in.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-02T02:39:19+00:00

KIA2 = "Saidit KIA" = KIA2.win while KIA = KIA1 = Half KIA = KIA.win. Half KIA mods are faggots btw.

Saidit was the desired Reddit alternative of the KIA2 mods, well that or Poal but Poal has been even deader, but users either didn't agree or couldn't be bothered until the Reddit itself was banned.

Since .WIN communities are active in general, some of them have happily fucked off over there. Reddit ban hasn't happened yet though, so Reddit remains the choice for now.

Hive mentality basically.

Edit: Added quotation marks for clarity.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-02T02:28:32+00:00

I don't know if I can do justice to this. I'll give some notes below, but it's probably better answered elsewhere like this KIA2 WIN thread (Difference between KIA and KIA2) that I only glanced at - https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/GIJGCGXq/difference-between-kia-and-kia2/

Mods as a collective held a vote about content guidelines since they're very picky about what goes on the subreddit, and have very quaint idea about what is or isn't "unrelated politics".

One of the KIA2 mods can actually expand on the rule set of KIA1, the more important thing is that the KIA1 mods have internal ideas about what should be allowed, irrespective of the community.

In reality, it's not a new thing and the whole topic of what is or isn't allowed there has been a bone of contention for a long time (spanning years). The user base strongly opposed various changes that strictly aligned with the ruling janitorial on the majority basis.

After the vote, they went ahead with their own changes anyway. They called the original poll "non-binding" and more or less a suggestion.

Some intimate this audacity is a result of drama in preceding months / half year where with the help of admins they somehow managed to overthrow the resident sleeper, inactive top mod that out of nowhere wanted to subvert the community to his own ideas. There's some irony here.

After that vote-doesn't-count announcement, things degraded and the users called them out on it, often times not too politely.

Moderators kind of held it together, but the attitude of general contempt for the user base's opinions kind of was made obvious. Eventually relation were bad enough that the mods would constantly bait others to try to ban them, and ignore the infractions of their peers. To give you some idea, they had/have a rule about not being a "dickwolf".

AntonioOfVenice eventually started KIA2 since the community was fractured. There was some olive branch entreaty by ex-mod TheHat, and they posted their debates/attempts at reconciliation in a temporarily closed subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/KiAmeta/

The ACTUAL mods weren't actually interested in any of that shit, as we eventually found out once they opened the subreddit for general viewing. It is now closed again...

Not to mention there were some arbitrary bannings when certain users shouldn't have been, the condescending attitude of certain mods that really needs to be seen in order to fully understand, 1 of the "very conservative" and "very active" female mods that would go out of her way to neutered conversation that many argued shouldn't have been deleted in the 1st place, KIA1 becoming a ghost town due to how little people were allowed to post (or how certain posts were deleted / resulted in people not bothering), 1 mod named Brimshae going against the others to restore a thread that he (and the majority) said didn't break the rules and was subsequently de-modded...

I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of stuff, some of this is not strictly accurate, I didn't type everything coherently (it was a pain either way), but in summary the mods being authoritarian faggots drunk on their power of being Internet janitors.

Edit: KiAMeta was by TheHat, not HandOfBane. Important distinction.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-01T20:48:12+00:00

Mods. Here's an example, author is lead of KIA1:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kotakuinaction2/comments/hifki3/re_kotakuinactionwin/

deoxyribo · 2020-07-01T05:20:00+00:00

The ultimate anti-censorship tool. Popularity of that and 3rd-party markets will continue to skyrocket.

deoxyribo · 2020-07-01T01:22:08+00:00

Who's going to tell them to stop killing themselves?

deoxyribo · 2020-06-30T22:51:52+00:00

No, this is not a satire piece from The Onion or The Babylon Bee.

Oh.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-30T02:23:47+00:00

Yet Torba and his family are being denied payment processing because Gab supports this legally protected speech.

Only parts of legally protected speech that they themselves agreed with though. Don't have much sympathy for these hypocrites.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-30T02:17:39+00:00

Yep. I think all centralized forums are not the proper long-term solution, but hard pass on that moderator list.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-23T03:30:06+00:00

I haven't even been warned. I don't really get it, since my Reddit account is 100% voting (mostly KiA2) and no commenting.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-23T02:57:24+00:00

Given its name value, the game was always going to sell. It might not make Sony's sales projections, but it will make its share of profit. The poison lies in the future (TLOU if it continues or ND's next venture) since this hasn't gone down well with normies.

At this juncture, I'm not sure if there's much schadenfreude left for the series... But I'm completely on board with trying and having ND & Sony waste valuable development and advertising budget on a sequel.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-23T01:36:21+00:00

I felt this was appropriate gaming meta given Naughty Dog's sex shenanigans and Sony's Holy War.

Original for comparison - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/393281/sony-starts-to-censor-sexual-content-in-japan/

deoxyribo · 2020-06-06T11:10:24+00:00

Right on! There's also this based woman handing back a brick to some white bimbo.

- From KIA2

deoxyribo · 2020-06-06T11:00:25+00:00

On the one hand, there's the idiocy of engaging in bigotry and implying that the next board member will only be qualified as a diversity hire...

But on the other, at least any action is a start for these virtue signalers. Let them all follow through.

They still need to transfer all of their wealth, of course, whatever millions they have to fight Systemic Racism, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to observe. I'll wait.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-06T10:53:45+00:00

Letting the mentally ill have a monarchy over academia was a mistake. Lunacy is normalized at every level.

In case you think I'm exaggerating

No, unfortunately I think we crossed that barrier as a collective group a long time ago...but thanks for the sources.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-06T03:28:44+00:00

It'll be easier to have a list of companies that DON'T.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-05T01:20:08+00:00

Yeah, you're right. It actually took reading your comment to realize this.

Fifteen years ago, this type of sarcasm was obvious on-sight to my under-developed brain while trolling odd message boards.

Today, I am amazed that I misread this and even, at times, The Bee and other satire headlines at face value before seeing the source.

But then again, when I actually do question absurdity, it ends up actually being true. Shrug. 🤡🌎

deoxyribo · 2020-06-04T04:50:47+00:00

I don't know what the actual statistics are in terms of vandalism by whites vs. blacks, but obviously it wouldn't be accepted well by the arts community even if the majority are black.

Saying "the blacks" alone might have been enough to get her in trouble. Adding the parts about Obama being half-black, only being elected due to his skin color, response to H1N1 and Ebola, and "playing the race card is racist"....

Holy shit did this lady not give any more fucks.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-04T04:44:23+00:00

https://archive.is/Jegfj

The Austin Symphony Orchestra, in Austin, Texas, has today announced that Principal Trombonist Brenda Sansig Salas has been terminated from the orchestra – following an outburst of online racist comments.

“Trump isn’t rioting. The blacks are. … the blacks are looting and destroying their environment – they deserve what they get,” the 51-year-old musician yesterday wrote on a facebook page – in response to the protests currently being seen across America following the death in custody of George Floyd on May 25th.

“We have been made aware that a musician of the Austin Symphony Orchestra has made an offensive post on their social media account regarding the protests across our country. This language is not reflective of who we are as an organization … ” Austin Symphony Executive Director Anthony Corroa has today said in a statement.

Trombonist also tossed Obama under the bus, see inline picture.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-03T04:02:39+00:00

Personal disappointments: IFI and PQube (forever RIP Omega Labyrinth Z). Good news is that I'll be saving a lot of money!

There are various names missing from OAG's list like Ubisoft, but aren't surprising and I'm sure they'll make it there eventually.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-02T01:47:47+00:00

Whomever this retard may be, I'm not giving him traffic.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-02T01:30:41+00:00

Yeah, ending gaming outright would terminate her extortion racket. Can't deny that.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-01T06:30:41+00:00

Nike twitter post - https://twitter.com/Nike/status/1266502116463370241

Let’s all be part of the change.
#UntilWeAllWin
[Text video, not watching it, woke white font on black background]
3:50 PM · May 29, 2020·Twitter Media Studio

Notice the sly bypass of the #BlackLivesMatter hash tag.

deoxyribo · 2020-06-01T06:03:55+00:00

Wasn't 100% sold on SaidIt based on the AMA but a few things I do like:
1. Down vote removal. Good theoretically but rife with abuse on large scales and for individual actors, Internet karma inherently breeds mental illness and cannot be trusted.
2. Built-in night mode theme. Reddit website requires using RES, at least for old.reddit, can't speak for the cancerous site redesign since I don't use that.

The "insightful" versus "funny" delineation might be for the better, too, provided it is strictly limited to that. If new categories arise, like Discord's 1000 emotes-per-comment because people are retards, then I will jump ship.

deoxyribo · 2020-05-31T12:50:06+00:00

Not as much as it would be if it was not in the context of Youtube not doing enough censorship.

deoxyribo · 2020-05-31T12:34:04+00:00

Fuck Valve. They also said they weren't going to be the taste police only for appearance.

The CCP philosophy fits well with their form of completely arbitrary and unnecessary self-censorship.

deoxyribo · 2020-05-31T12:33:31+00:00

It is, though it also has some odd apps like Wallpaper Engine.

deoxyribo · 2020-05-31T11:44:45+00:00

Marvelous could have catered to Switch, but I guess them Sony bux were too sexy.

The jet ski game looks pretty dull, and without much fan service (lower rating than the Senran games), so should their profits.

Tencent taking them over thus stings less considering they weren't the same company.

deoxyribo · 2020-05-31T10:32:43+00:00

I'm pretty faithless tbqh.

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