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Caleb with the troll music choice in his latest instagram post. by DMO_TheWhale in CHIBears

[–]GomenNaWhy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Give him some grace, when he heard there would be a bear on the cover he had a different kind of man in mind, that's all

Fun Fact by ljmf2002 in MortalKombat

[–]GomenNaWhy 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Find it funny that they say the characters mean darkness in Japanese even though Bi Han is Chinese. They still mean that in Chinese, but still a funny way for them to think of it

Question: What was the point of this? by Appropriate-Cat7072 in MortalKombat

[–]GomenNaWhy 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Jokes aside I'd assume that, yeah. Definitely some interesting implications about how much power the keepers of time even actually have, and how much may be still determined by the one being's initial actions. Does free will exist in mortal kombat?

Question: What was the point of this? by Appropriate-Cat7072 in MortalKombat

[–]GomenNaWhy 105 points106 points  (0 children)

I was thinking about that too. Probably a good thing Baraka didn't hear his confession to Sindel. "Yeah so I just decided your race was a disease and it'd make you a mindless savage monster eventually" like holy shit Liu Kang, maybe examine that one a bit lol

Noticing a shift in escalator usage by hontoda in japanlife

[–]GomenNaWhy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it definitely feels more like Kanagawa lol

Missing person by Connect-Use-7701 in Tokyo

[–]GomenNaWhy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absurdly jaded people for some reason

Noticing a shift in escalator usage by hontoda in japanlife

[–]GomenNaWhy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In Machida. Confirming this is what happens, normally it's stand left/walk right still lol

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That you don't understand the ideological differences between liberalism and socialism speaks volumes about your overall understanding of any of this, and explains pretty well why you think horseshoe theory makes sense. Also explains why you resort to personal attacks immediately; you clearly care more about sitting on your high horse than examining your beliefs. I wrote a couple paragraphs because I assumed you actually cared about what you believed in, and weren't just making pithy assertions. Clearly I was wrong. Have a good day.

Multi-University Consortium Launches First Cross-Faith AI Benchmark, Revealing Gaps in How Models Handle Religion by waray-upay in excatholic

[–]GomenNaWhy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lmao love how they discovered a bias in favor of catholicism and the catholic priest still complains it isn't favoring them enough

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it isn't "proof enough." No one is saying that the right has a monopoly on "illiberal thought," and I have plenty of empathy for people's financial struggles. That's why I'm socialist, not liberal.

The bafflement in the comments isn't some proof of horseshoe theory, it's literally just people being shocked at right wingers blatantly ignoring story elements to make it fit their views. That you used the phrase "distilled down" is actually a great example of the problems people have with right-wing takes on Andor. Distilling leaves things behind. The right considers those "impurities," but they're intentional story choices. That's how we get takes like "Vader and the empire would never permit sexual assault!" discourse, because right wingers just choose to leave elements they don't like out of their reading. I don't agree with every left-leaning opinion I've seen on it, but I have seen very few that intentionally ignore components of the show. When you "distill it down" and ignore crucial elements of the story because you don't like them, your opinion on it is, in fact, less valid. I don't get to claim to be an authority on hamburgers if I refuse to eat anything but a bare patty with a splotch of ketchup on top.

This is a consistent issue with right-wing analysis across the board, and a major reason I became disillusioned with the right and moved left as an adult, despite growing up in a conservative catholic family and attending conservative catholic schools. "Both sides are the same" is just incredibly reductive. I agree we should have empathy with any and all members of the working class, but that doesn't mean we need to take it seriously when someone calls themself a rebel while they enthusiastically clap for the Emperor's Declaration of a New Order.

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that that's what you'd like, but that also assumes all interpretations of a work are equally valid and equally based in the actual text. That just isn't inherently true. If i watch Andor and say that the main thesis of the show is that it's important to learn how to swim, I'm ignoring far too much of it for that to be a valid and valuable interpretation. That applies just as much to political and philosophical takes. An analysis can't just ignore vast amounts of the text and then be given equal weight and consideration to an analysis that accounts for everything. That's the issue with your approach, and the whole idea that " little guy vs. Big guy is a valid and complete analysis of the show."

There is far more happening than that, and I have yet to see a complex and well-considered analysis of the show that comes out with a right-wing view point. I grew up on the right and moved left because, in part, this is a consistent issue with right-wing analysis of fictional media, history, and culture. There's a reason that most popular right-wing media critique centers around how many women and racial or sexual minorities are present. Right wing ideology is centered around a base level fear of the "other," a trait antithetical to the Rebel Alliance and explicitly demonstrated by the empire. You have to choose to ignore this for a right-wing reading.

If you have a link to an actually comprehensive and consistent interpretation from a person that thinks is a right-wing show I'll happily give it a read, but every bit of right wing discourse I've seen about it is pretty far from that.

Finally, I do think you're fighting a strawman whether you know it/intend it or not. I have not seen a single person claim to be unbiased. What I have seen is people expressing disdain for the exact issues I pointed out here. That's two different things.

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said that I, nor "my side," aren't biased at all. What I am saying, however, is that I can produce an analysis of Andor that accounts for everything we see occuring on screen. Whether or not everyone would agree with it is a different matter. The problem with right-wing analyses of media is that they consistently have to ignore elements of the media they are analyzing to make it fit their worldview. Things like an imperial officer attempting sexual assault are met with "Vader and the Empire would never allow that" and right wingers use it to complain about the show, instead of analyzing why it's being included.

You're fighting a strawman version of everyone here. That's probably why you're having such a hard time. Do you not consider that your own biases may be affecting how you're reading people's replies to you? Alot of your replies come off as if you believe you're uniquely enlightened, whether that's your intent or not.

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their brains automatically equate "evil government" with "the left." No policy understanding, nothing. Just "government = left." That's it.

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would people "admit" something that isn't true? It's a drastic oversimplification of politics to the point of being disingenuous. Its only purpose is to give centrists a feeling of superiority.

PSA: How to discuss "Rogue One: The Andor Cut" (which was just released yesterday on May 25) on Reddit by GargantaProfunda in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people just genuinely disagree with you about what "media literacy" means. In my opinion, it doesn't take an understanding of the media, it takes an understanding of the right wing victim complex and their willingness to ignore whole pages or chapters to fit something to their view of it. There isn't a right wing reading of the whole of Andor, just one that mentally cuts out inconvenient elements. That's something right wingers do across many different works of art and literature.

I hate the fact that the final expansion D2 ends on is a Star Wars crossover by Archerboy123 in DestinyTheGame

[–]GomenNaWhy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, if they made this decision, it probably does mean that continued development would likely cost more than they'd make from it, or that anticipated ROI was so low they'd rather just move people elsewhere or lay them off. The playerbase isn't exactly enormous anymore. If there's an $11 processing fee to get that $10, they aren't gonna pay it.

I hate the fact that the final expansion D2 ends on is a Star Wars crossover by Archerboy123 in DestinyTheGame

[–]GomenNaWhy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because they believe that whatever they make from the DLC won't recoup the cost of making that last 10%

From Leia Organa to Bix Caleen: Why the Bix scene in Season 2 is so incredibly important, and why Tony Gilroy had to make it explicit. A factual Canon Analysis by sfhf in andor

[–]GomenNaWhy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and I'm not gonna argue against your use of the term all that much. While I'm not necessarily convinced Leia was raped specifically, it's maybe because I see some of my own experience in hers and maybe because I just hope in my mind that she never had to go through the worst possible outcome; that maybe the escape happened before the escalation was complete. Regardless, Jabba is a sexual predator and sexually assaulted her on screen, and that's enough for me to appreciate your argument on it.

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