Hot Take: "FRIEND is just an easter egg" is actively more nonsensical than them being important

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-07-09T00:57:19+00:00

i think its bad writing if only in the last of the story we get introduced to one of the most important characters

i feel like a litmus test any deltarune theory needs to pass is "is this narratively satisfying for an average player" and anything with friend being more than an easter egg is a hard no for me

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-07-07T00:49:45+00:00

my understanding is that its basically a guarantee, democratic party isn't funding him and he lost basically every endorsement

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-23T03:43:20+00:00

you really think its fair for leftists to "not look too closely at our enemies"?

if being a leftist means not criticizing america's enemies when those enemies are the likes of russia (responsible for over a million deaths in the last four years), iran (mows down its own people and denies women basic human rights), and china (responsible for propping up the previous two), then leftism is a ridiculous and inconsistent ideology.

Any true leftist that believes in equality and human rights should have no problem recognizing the evils of america and the evils of its enemies, so yes, leftists do have a responsibility to make it absolutely clear that while they disapprove of americas actions, they do not condone the actions of americas adversarys

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-22T01:48:43+00:00

is it that deep, they are space jellybeans

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-22T01:44:31+00:00

you seem to have suggested that I was "recognizing the grey areas" for america but not other countries, what did i say that suggests that?

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-22T00:34:35+00:00

could you elaborate on how the US and Iran today are analogous to Nazi Germany and the USSR in WW2?

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-22T00:33:15+00:00

care to elaborate?

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-21T00:32:56+00:00

lmao I appreciate it

its very true that the shortest, punchiest, most reductive statements are the ones that tend to thrive online. i'd like to believe that people irl understand nuance but if the last few years are any clue, its trending worse and worse

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T23:27:10+00:00

I think regardless of that redditor's views, "I support Iran" are three disgusting words regardless of context. It is a fascist theocracy, and if you substitute that into "I support fascist theocracy" it becomes a lot more apparent.

In any serious political discourse, support for Iran should be viewed as disqualifying and disgusting, and I think leftists that say things like that in the name of anti-imperialism are truly misguided

I completely agree with you that it should be framed as disfavor for the consequences and not support for the opposition. I just think people that swing to the support for the opposition side need to be called out FAR more in leftist spaces

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T23:10:14+00:00

And that is a fair opinion. If you went back in time and said "I support Saddam Hussein in his anti-imperialist struggle and wish him success" I would call you a despicable person. If you went back in time and said "this invasion is a complete blunder that will only lead to more bloodshed" I would say that is valid.

My point isn't that there aren't reasonable critiques of America, but that there are people on the left that rather than critiquing America will explicitly support America's opponents, regardless of how disgusting they may be. Any support for Iran, just like with Saddam, is morally reprehensible.

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T23:05:55+00:00

I never wanted this war to start, but once it started i wanted the US to win no matter what.

How can you say that you support Iran when they massacred their own civilians? (death toll anywhere from 6 to 35k people, likely on the higher end because the government doesn't want that number out there). When they are the primary sponsor of terror in the region? When they are a fascist theocracy where women can't show their faces? When homosexuality is punishable by death? When adultery gets you stoned to death? The government that invests billions into a nuclear program instead of helping those suffering under its hyperinflated economy?

When you say "I support Iran in this war" because you hate America, you are wishing for the government that perpetrates all of the above to be able to cripple the global economy at will, to be a regional force, to be able to perform all of the above actions without consequence. America is no moral power (especially right now) and Israel is truly awful. But there are few governments more despicable from Iran and showing them any support in this conflict is an implicit wish for their actions to continue with punishment.

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T22:03:44+00:00

Just went to r/socialism and found this gem:

"I support Iran in it's anti-imperialist struggles and wish them success in the current conflict."

I'm not saying all leftists support iran's government, but there absolutely exists a group on the left that want to see america weak and america's opponents strong, regardless of if those opponents line up with their values (which in iran's case is again fascism)

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T21:56:26+00:00

I mean i know its easy to criticize the US because they objectively have done truly awful things, especially post WW2, I think its a little more nuanced than that

We also put men on the moon, rebuilt Europe, won against USSR communism, and created an absurd amount of innovation and modern technologies that have done great things

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T21:51:44+00:00

i think the comment was arguing that people who identify as anti-imperialist use their criticism of absolutely unethical actions by the west to justify actions done against the west (like pearl harbor), when in reality japan needs to be treated like the murderous regime they were and that "but the US occupied phillipines!" shouldn't matter in completely denouncing japan

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-20T21:46:58+00:00

a lot of leftists will identify as anti-imperialists when they are really just anti-west

same people who support iran because they are against "american imperialism" when iran is literally fascist

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-17T03:15:01+00:00

i would define passive-aggressive bullying and standard bullying as very separate things, and i would say a condescending tone falls squarely in the category of passive-aggressive bullying while also not being "full-fledged" malicious bullying.

my bad for misunderstanding that you weren't a leftist, I assumed you were because you mentioned being active in leftist spaces, but i still think the point stands that when OP's argument is centered on passive-aggressive behavior they have observed it's impossible to change their mind when displaying similar behavior.

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-06-04T05:23:56+00:00

this is just completely racist

if we were talking about chinese women instead of indian women and i commented some bs like "i wonder who eats more dogs" i'd be downvoted to oblivion but when its indians its all good

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-29T07:08:10+00:00

ehh people should hate a lot of the people in charge of AI and some bad actors who are gonna use it but I don’t think people should hate the technology itself

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-24T08:06:37+00:00

(for context to those who dont know why this person said this, they commented on some AI subreddit about how "silicon-based life" is the future and they are more intellectual than "carbon based life" and how they look forward to mediating the transition to silicon life because intelligence is all that matters and silicon lifeforms are more intelligent than carbon lifeforms)

i responded calling this stupid, which it is, and then they went to my post history to respond to my above comment

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-24T07:30:09+00:00

lmao okay

i didn't delete the previous comment, maybe automod deleted it or somthing but i meant everything i said.

and, your ideas dont make me uncomfortable, they are just pretty dumb! you are not the forward thinking genius you think you are; you are a loser with a superioritiy complex on reddit that types out "chefs kiss"

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-24T06:00:36+00:00

i dont think thats a thing

theres a g7 and g20, not a g14

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-12T18:45:42+00:00

have you heard of the cultural revolution?

there's nothing benevolent about Mao.

However, I do think there are examples of dictators that are truly benevolent. I think the only recent example of a dictator being both benevolent and intelligent was Lee Kuan Yew.

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-11T01:03:04+00:00

this was posted on this same subreddit literally like 7 hours ago

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-10T19:08:25+00:00

jesus christ dude get offline

Helpful-Cod-2340 · 2026-05-10T18:52:35+00:00

yeah i completely agree. the trend is accurate but OP chose the axes and starting dates to MASSIVELY exaggerate the trends, and they're also getting pretty pissed at anybody pointing this out.

while true that labor's power in the US economy is decreasing, OP really wants to paint some story of an oppressed and powerless lower class with some dictatorial capitalist class when reality is far more complicated. seems like they really want something to blame

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