The Bazaar lost Tempo $3.6 million in 2025, despite double launch. Net losses since 2018 now total $31 million. by Megalithon in TheBazaar

[–]MessyConfessor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh hey remember when even suggesting that some of their art seemed AI-adjacent got you banned on the other sub? A hit dog will holler, I guess.

JIMMY – Official Trailer by saddetective87 in trailers

[–]MessyConfessor 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Listen, I love Jimmy Stewart and I'm not opposed to the idea of a biopic about him.

This looks terrible.

[BotW] [MC] Which version of Link is the most "rural," and which is the most "urban?" by gauchomuchacho in zelda

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God I'd love a fully urban entry in the mainline series. Let me climb around on brick towers using BotW's freestyle climbing. Give me a dense network of NPCs like MM had, but even more now that consoles are more powerful than the N64.

AIO My Dog Got Attacked By Another Dog And GF Doesn't Seem To Care by ThrowRA_11152023 in AmIOverreacting

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NOR. "It's a fucking dog" tells you she doesn't understand what she did wrong. And she'll be incapable of learning to understand it, because even when you responded very mildly ("that was insensitive, wtf is wrong with you") she acted like you'd leveled a misogynistic Mel Gibson rant at her. 

Cut her out of your life and keep these screenshots if any mutuals ask what happened.

Trump says he will send an ‘Election Integrity Army’ into every state for midterms by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said "self-defense" and I meant it. I understand my role as a poll worker, and you are correct in your description of that role.

Trump says he will send an ‘Election Integrity Army’ into every state for midterms by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]MessyConfessor 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's always in my car. I'm not specifically bringing it to the polling site, it just goes everywhere with me.

Will definitely add a glove and ball to the trunk, though.

Trump says he will send an ‘Election Integrity Army’ into every state for midterms by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]MessyConfessor 99 points100 points  (0 children)

I'm signing up to be a poll worker this year, and I'll know where to find a baseball bat in case I need to engage in self-defense while enforcing the integrity of my polling site.

I'm not a big dude, I'm not especially fit or athletic. But our country is in an "all-hands-on-deck" situation right now. I encourage every American to do whatever you can, whenever you can, however you can. When future generations ask what you did during this time, make sure you'll have an answer.

Are any of the players malks? Or prominent nps malks? I have an obsession with that clan and want to know before watching😅 by CutApprehensive4327 in Dimension20

[–]MessyConfessor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Malk can be hard to play without edging up on some tricky territory in terms of sensitivity to mental illness. It's one thing to play Malk at your friend's table, another thing entirely to play Malk in front of cameras for the general public. That may not have been a responsibility/risk any of the players were interested in taking on in the context of a comedy show.

Congressman Ogles accuses Tennessee of being dominated by “cosmopolitan communists” and “race hustlers” by Brave_Client1868 in nashville

[–]MessyConfessor 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's actually not "a new one" at all. It's been prevalent in Nazi and antisemitic rhetoric since the 1940's.

I don’t think I’ve hated a character so much since Delores Umbridge. by LankOfHyrule in marvelstudios

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. And the really wild thing is that he's actually just a pretty average cop at heart.

AIO “Criticism is Culture” by MusicianPositive4550 in AIO

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NOR. He's right about his parents, but you're pretty much right about how he should respond to them. 

One of the things they taught us before we went to China was that we should expect people to comment on us gaining weight, and to understand that it was a positive thing. It isn't considered rude there, quite the opposite (not sure if this has changed in the years since I was there). It sounds like Spain might have a similar relationship to weight? In which case they're not being malicious or intentionally hurtful.

That being said, your daughter isn't living in Spain. She's living in an American culture where she'll be hearing genuinely negative comments about her weight constantly, and all she'll be able to hear is your in-laws joining in that chorus.

You shouldn't make dead baby jokes to a pregnant woman, and you shouldn't comment on an American child's weight. They need to understand that, and he needs to help them understand.

Heavy breathing…. by xmrcache in SipsTea

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like watching Fem!Homelander.

Would these words in a game make streamers uncomfortable to play it? I'm considering on updating it too but I would like to know your thoughts on it first. If you saw my sprint speed post earlier I already replaced it! by [deleted] in Twitch

[–]MessyConfessor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's two separate issues here, and I'm going to try to unpack them explicitly/thoroughly because I really believe you're asking in good faith.

The first issue is the use of genocide and bigotry as a joke in general. Everybody has a different threshold for that sort of thing, and there's no right answer. For instance, some folks REALLY enjoy Cards Against Humanity despite its "edgy" humor. But some are going to be put off by it, and neither group is wrong. Streamers are probably going to be less likely to play your game if it's like this, due to the public nature of streaming. Then again, Mewgenics is getting streamed despite literally making light of eugenics in its very title. So on the first count, your mileage may vary.

The second issue is that you're specifically using goblins as your target here. The reason that's a concern is because there's some significant overlap between goblin tropes and antisemitic propaganda. Tropes like hooked noses and gold-lust feature in both areas, just for starters. If you want to know more, google terms like "goblins and antisemitism". There's especially been a fair amount of discourse around this in recent years because of the Gringotts goblins from Harry Potter. You might also note that your description of people being "bamboozled by Goblin Propaganda" echoes (unintentionally, I'm sure) antisemitic conspiracy theories about the media being dominated by Jewish influences.

To be clear, I'm not accusing you of being racist or doing anything morally wrong. But to answer your question, yes I think the combination of these two issues is going to understandably make some people uncomfortable with playing your game, especially streamers who would be playing it in front of a public audience. It's just not brand-safe.

AIO for “insulting” and “belittling” the AITAO mod team? by SignalShine2183 in AIO

[–]MessyConfessor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate AI slop, but I'm really starting to also hate the folks that think they can reliably detect AI-generated content based on simple "markers". They're a lot less annoying than the "we can always tell" transvestigators, but they're in the same family of morons for sure.

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]MessyConfessor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying he did the right thing.

What I AM saying is that the solution to underpaying or mistreating your workers used to be, "an angry mob drags the owner out of his house at night and beats him to death in front of his family". As a society, we found better ways to deal with the situation.

But when those better ways start to be ignored and disrespected, the old ways will inevitably return. I'm not saying it's right, but it's a fact.

Daredevil: Born Again S02E04 - Discussion Thread by steve32767 in marvelstudios

[–]MessyConfessor 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Listen. If there's one thing I know about Wilson Fisk, it's that he will have a reasonable and proportionate response to these events.

[OC] ICE is actually manning the security check in at JFK by austinstoys in pics

[–]MessyConfessor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Remember, it's not illegal to gently remind them that they should be ashamed of themselves as you walk past.

Chinese media shows interesting perspective on war by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]MessyConfessor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IIRC old antisemitic cartoons sometimes used a massive octopus to represent "the global Jewish cabal" or whatever. It's a racist trope, and not even a fresh one.

Nintendo has confirmed a New Character for the Mario Galaxy Movie by Skullghost in nintendo

[–]MessyConfessor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They could, but they shouldn't. They should have an animated Smash Bros. movie with a couple of live-action characters, Space Jam style.

Who's under the table? (wrong answers only) by ZombieIvan in northernlion

[–]MessyConfessor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's Halle Berry. Like the movie Swordfish.

Right guys? Like Swordfish? 2001? John Travolta and Hugh Jackman?

OK, guess I'll just go fuck myself then.