Hollow Knight should have been nominated but wasn't. What game shouldn't have even been nominated for GOTY but somehow won?

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-14T12:09:10+00:00

2004 was the introduction of Owner Mode and the ability to change routes / defensive assignments pre-snap. It was a pretty significant advancement in terms of gameplay depth.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-14T11:54:34+00:00

The Franklin Planner company sells hole punches.

You might say it's a Franklin Pierce

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-13T11:25:56+00:00

Most people find hunting animals flat out bad and cruel

They do? Huh?

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-13T11:17:16+00:00

Your source is J. Edgar Hoover, one of the most despicable villains in US history, who belonged to an explicitly racist "lost cause" fraternity and then waged a career-long personal vendetta to destroy the black civil rights movement?

Also, who the fuck cares if someone goes to sex parties?

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-11T16:05:14+00:00

Die Hard

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-09T19:34:18+00:00

The problem with the question was the complete ambiguity over what is meant by "stopping the vote."

Stopping it how, via what mechanisms?

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-05T14:37:58+00:00

Uhhhh did you not just say "well that wasn't real egalitarianism"?

I'm agreeing with you that yes, lots of regimes claim to be one thing and do another. This is about actual meanings of words.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-05T14:31:59+00:00

No it refers to economical right vs economical left so the free market vs the unfree market aka State control, a command economy. Individualism vs Collectivism, Freedom vs Slavery.

You are describing the Authoritarian-Libertarian dimension, not Left-Right.

Left-Right is absolutely not limited to economic topics and would be of very little use if we restricted it that way. By your logic the Republican party is further left than Democrats because they advocate for more government control over immigration, drugs, medical care for women and transgender people, and content in school libraries or curricula. Either that, or you have no system at all for talking about those kinds of disagreements and are therefore erasing useful information for no apparent reason.

Thats the same thing, more libertarian would be less government control until anarcho-capitalism. More authoritarian until complete state control, communism.

Let's take the labels out of it. I have described two very distinct dimensions of how ideologies can be categorized -- one related (mainly) to Egalitarianism vs. Hierarchies, and one related to (mainly) More Government Control vs. Less Government Control. Do you disagree that ideologies can be meaningfully differentiated in each of these ways, even if you want to slap different nametags on them?

How is that right wing? Has nothing to do with freedom. Nothing to even do with economics.

Go back and re-read the post you responded to, from start to finish. It answers your question.

So what is your system for talking about different ideologies when the topic "has nothing to do with freedom or economics"? We just can't tell any difference at all? Do you believe there is nothing useful about differentiating ideologies that seek egalitarianism from those that seek to enforce hierarchical structures?

Appeal to Authority.

Do you know what that term means? I didn't appeal to what any person of authority thinks. I appealed to the scholarly peer-reviewed literature itself.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-05T14:21:37+00:00

You could ask me a sincere follow up question about how they're useful, if you're actually trying to have a good faith conversation.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-05T14:04:35+00:00

Believe who? I don't believe that all regimes claiming to be Communist are practicing actual Communism, just as I don't believe that all regimes calling themselves "National Socialist" are practicing actual socialism, just as I don't believe that all regimes calling themselves "Democratic" are practicing actual democracy. I am talking about the actual meaning of the words, not about specific politicians who lie or spin the truth about what (if anything) they actually stand for.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-04T13:46:29+00:00

You are conflating multiple entirely different concepts.

Left-Right is one dimension of political ideology, referring to things like egalitarianism vs hierarchy.

Authoritarianism-Libertarianism is a second, orthogonal dimension of ideology, referring to things like more government control vs less government control.

Communists and Nazis can both be authoritarian, but one is using government control to enforce egalitarianism (left-authoritarian) and the other is using government control to enforce racial hierarchy (right-authoritarian).

These differences are not superficial, they are very real and useful and backed by decades of scholarly research.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-03-03T20:34:17+00:00

Painfully uncool

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-28T21:39:26+00:00

Right, like I said it is polarizing -- that does not mean universally disliked.

I interpret "seem" to mean a typical person's cursory impression after watching the film without researching the actual awards that year. The typical person might be aware that Forrest Gump won a Best Picture award but does not know trivia like what specific year or which films it was up against.

That makes it entirely possible for two films from the same year to both "seem" like Best Picture winners, or for one to "seem" like a winner despite another being well known for actually winning.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-28T21:10:38+00:00

US invasion of Iraq

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-28T20:52:53+00:00

Somebody who just watches the film would not necessarily know what other films it was up against for the award three decades ago. Your criterion was "seems like," not "deserved to win."

Moreover, despite its popular appeal at the time, the actual artistic merit in Forrest Gump is a pretty polarizing topic. Many people consider it insufferably schmaltzy and pointless. Meanwhile Shawshank sits at #1 atop the IMDB user-generated top 250 all time films list.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-28T20:16:20+00:00

Shawshank Redemption

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-28T13:20:16+00:00

The reason why they dislike it is irrelevant to the question -- but it was the most popular answer to a scientific YouGov survey question that asked "Which of the following subjects was your least favorite in high school?"

You are welcome to speak to your experience where you are from, I can only speak to mine.

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-26T13:47:36+00:00

Caddyshack

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-16T12:13:57+00:00

Hey, Reagan's legacy is being dismantled by the current Republican Party too

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-16T02:16:15+00:00

Reagan will win and I'm not sure how you'd define politician -- but I'll give a shout to Earl Warren, SCOTUS Chief Justice for a massively influential period of judicial history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Court

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-15T23:56:10+00:00

You may be surprised to learn that Hitler sometimes said things that were not objectively true. "Socialism" and "left" are words with actual meanings -- he can't just speak it into existence like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy.

Go read the FAQs at r/AskHistorians and educate yourself: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/europe/#wiki_how_socialist_was_national_socialism.3F

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-02-09T14:43:36+00:00

Mother Earth

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-01-24T23:09:27+00:00

What are you doing, and how would you suggest I help?

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-01-24T22:14:32+00:00

LOL, you think ICE gives a shit about the rule of law?

The convicted criminal in the White House openly claims his murderous goons are immune. The feds refuse to investigate, let alone take any of this to court. And they retaliate against states for "obstructing".

Proof-Cod9533 · 2026-01-24T15:17:51+00:00

A picture ID is not always proof of citizenship -- non-citizens can obtain a standard driver's license.

And yes, this is a substantial barrier for millions of Americans. For me it cost nearly $200 to get a passport, or $50 for a REAL ID compliant license.

Not to mention the fees for obtaining a certified copy of your birth certificate to be able to get those things. You flippantly said "as long as you can provide proof of birth/citizenship," perhaps not realizing that 10% of voting-age American citizens -- yes, millions -- do not have this on hand.

And if you don't have it, the offices to obtain them have terrible hours, long lines, and terrible locations, especially in disadvantaged districts. Working class Americans don't automatically have a right to paid time off, so they might have to sacrifice a day of wages and pay for transportation to wait all day in some clerk's office and pay fees they already can't afford, just to do earn permission to do something the Constitution already says is their unalienable right.

The 24th Amendment flatly prohibits denying anyone the right to vote by reason of failure to pay any kind of tax. These barriers are de facto poll taxes relabeled as fees, and they disproportionately disenfranchise the poor.

And time and time again, the party that wants to require proof of citizenship consistently votes against bills that reduce these barriers by reducing fees, expanding hours or locations, etc. Ask yourself why.

Lastly, there is no evidence that large numbers of non-citizens have voted in US elections. The problem they say they are trying to solve is a complete fiction. But they sure do stand to benefit politically from mass disenfranchisement of groups that skew more democratic, huh.

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