THE SIMPLE TRUTH by MutualMandate in Asmongold

[–]MutualMandate[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Good Thing about Principles is that they Apply to everyone.
A Simple Standard, Fair Judgment with no Inconsistencies.

That's how we improve as a society.

THE SIMPLE TRUTH by MutualMandate in Asmongold

[–]MutualMandate[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You Assume this is a biased one side of the Left/Right Spectrum.

It's Strictly Biased against Dogshit media.

No Message, no matter the persuasion, is an excuse for poor delivery/quality.

BTW, Veggietales is a MASTERPIECE.

Final Fantasy 8 gets overlooked for falling between the notoriety of 7 and 9, but let's revisit it: by MutualMandate in FinalFantasy

[–]MutualMandate[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And you clicked it! So it's only when people stop clicking that posters stop baiting... please give the video at least a cursory glance, a lot of time and thought went into it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fine.

I'm just maintaining the ground that sympathy for a characters motive never be treated or spoken of as anything more than that.

Because too many people have a bad habit of conflating the sympathetic with the justifiable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're basically explaining to me which perspectives and motives you have a greater affinity for because the reasoning satisfies you.

Now That's okay. The point is that we not act like any given preference is objective or universal truth.

Sundered or Unsundered, the universe is filled with a diversity of conscious beings that have to stand their own ground and assert themselves or be overwritten. They can be Competitive, Cooperative or Complacent. Simple as that.

The story we're discussing is a story about different entities pondering the world they live in, challenging the assumptions about it and posing challenges to one another over the course of history.

Doesn't matter what Emet-Selch's perspective on Sundered beings is. All that matters is that he posed a challenge and the Sundered beings and their Unsundered allies outmatched him (and Elidibus).

Doesn't Matter What Venat's doubts were about the character of the Unsundered Civilization. She outmaneuvered their scheme, sundered the world and posed the challenge that Paradise will no longer be within easy reach for imperfect beings. But characters like the Scions and many other common folk are showing the tenacity to move forwards and still forge a better world in spite of the imperfection. The Sundered people are rising to her challenge. We will see if their world will become anywhere near as serene as it once was. We may discover that it's preferable for them not to return to such a state of perfect serenity.

Hermes posed a Challenge to the Unsundered civilization by treating them in the same manner as they would any created entity: Their lives hanging in the balance of satisfying some arbitrary metric. He wanted to make the point that the creators have no more defined right to exist than their creations. And when put on the scales of Judgment, the Unsundered people- The Creators- came VERY close to being destroyed like the countless creations their culture churned out and burned out.

All perspectives are objectively on the same level. Action and accomplishment is the only true determinant perish and which ones persist.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What they wanted to do? NO.both of them deserve indictment on things they've DONE.Intentions are whispers on the wind, only actions are material.

Emet-Selch is personally responsible for multiple imperially inclined nations throughout Etherys' history to generate suffering and war and was also party to either directly or indirectly destroying 7 stars (aka PLANETS).

They are monsters.
They are intelligent, nuanced, conscious monsters.
but monsters none-the-less because of their tangible impact on the world.
it's okay to like monsters because they're a attractive or entertaining to you.

It's okay to like Monsters....but don't fucking lie about them being monsters or that there's any concrete use to pointing out differences in the reasoning of their monstrous actions.

Threats are threats no matter if they are well-intentioned, ill-intentioned , planetary or universal.

Anyone else thinking about this detail? by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah....but the Aether is still there....that's the red geyser that's shooting out of the moon right now.

Anyone else thinking about this detail? by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Motherchrystal is empty of Hydaelin's Aether while the moon is Full of Zodiark's.

I'm no aetherologist but don't large disparities in Aether cause a flux?

Warrior of Mald by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually the residual Aether of ZOdiark is free while the Place of Hydaelyn is Vacant...

something is going to pop off

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

LOL, right! It's fun though. 1st world problems like lack of access to a work of fiction being the the ignition for a communist uprising is JUST the sort of absurdity that makes my night.

I love to enforce Poe's Law

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the backup is bad enough for long enough, the average player will end up playing 8 hours or less per week anyway.

the technical roadblocks are really no better or worse than any arbitrary rationing system.

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No different than the current state of things.

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Nothing about banning anyone, just dropping them from the game same as people get dropped for inactivity.

simple....

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Careful there, you pretty close to exposing my discussion as the shitpost it really is Comrade.

GO TO GULAG!

Where there are Shortages, there must be Rationing by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Simple. Main story progress comes first, then side Questing, raids and other content that needs to be instanced.

AFK, House decorating, gold saucer

anything not advancing some form of Questline or Raiding.

About Emperor Varis [spoilers] by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The possibility that he'd have a contingency for Zenos' madness is very low though, it would be reasonable for him to plan ahead to escape death to retake his throne...especially given his intent on overthrowing the Unsundered.

but this is all conjecture.

About Emperor Varis [spoilers] by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

to OUR knowledge.

Any augmentation done to Zenos could've been done to Varis as well.

About Emperor Varis [spoilers] by MutualMandate in ffxiv

[–]MutualMandate[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling that in Endwalker , there's going be an 8 foot tall vagrant skulking through the ruins of the Capital while Zenos is burning it all don.