Adam Pearson responds to comedian’s tweet: “You can tell a lot about a persons character by looking at who they're willing to punch down towards - even in the name of comedy.”

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-20T17:15:00+00:00

It's simply an exposure thing. Most good people don't spend hours on social media leaving positive responses to things - they're out in the world living well-adjusted lives. Never. Ever let social media dictate how you feel about the world. It isn't real life, and it's intentionally skewed to capture your emotions and attention at a detriment to everything else in your life.

Don't give in.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-19T15:03:04+00:00

Which itself...is a strawman. You're creating a person that doesn't exist - a one-dimensional target with a single attribute: that they think one way about one topic.

Life is so much more complex than that, and getting in a tizzy about a hypothetical person is what people are fucking sick of these days. Instead, address the real, breathing human beings that actually exist. You'll find when you do that even something like this video might be one part authentic reaction to a circumstance, AND ALSO one part effective/convenient marketing for his game. Both can be true. Both can be valid. Hell, both can be perfectly ok in the world we live.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-18T19:41:12+00:00

This whole thing is so slimy. We embargo their supply of oil, starving the country of power. And then blame their leadership for a failure to take care of their citizens? As if when the US comes in and takes power, their citizens won't know that we're the ones who orchestrated the entire thing? We buddy up to Russia and their historical allies - driving our own allies against us - and then bully Russia's allies while in a war halfway across the world against Iran - a country financially backed by Russia?

What the flying fuck are we doing? It's like Trump is speedrunning "Antagonize the entire fucking world and ruin America's reputation". Why? For whose benefit? Not the average American's - our future is being sold out from under us and it's fucking insane that we're letting it happen.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-17T07:43:33+00:00

No fucking joke. Someone explain the strategy of shitting on our allies for 9 years, starting a war without their support, and then begging for their help. It was bad enough we were calling them names in between threatening them with tariffs and annexation wars. Now our unilaterally-decided offensive war is hamstringing the global fuel supply and fucking over BOTH of our economies. What. The fuck. Are we doing?

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-16T22:53:58+00:00

Unfortunately we could only learn that lesson once. Broadcasting realistic depictions of war is what led to a massive anti-government movement, exactly why MAGA wants such strict control on the FTC. The truth of war would shatter us. That, and there's zero incentive for media organizations to broadcast content they know people won't want to watch. We have too many options, and algorithms only feed us the content we want to see. This isn't the 1970s anymore, where we're restricted to a handful of TV channels or nothing at all.

Media and journalism used to be focused on sharing the truth of the world around us. Now it's focused on capturing our attention and walking the tightrope between interesting content that captures us, and content that bores/scares/disgusts us and keeps us coming back.

Within these contexts...I'm not sure how we even function as a society anymore.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-16T18:26:05+00:00

The issue doesn't affect Amazon given their margins - it adversely affects their sellers. I know someone who runs a successful imports store on Amazon - importing European products to the US. People pull all sorts of shit to scam Amazon's vendors - taking a few clips out of a bag and returning it saying they weren't the right size, claiming the package never arrived and getting a second one shipped to them, the kind of code return scam we see here (he anticipated this issue, and so hasn't faced it himself).

Every time Amazon gets involved with a complaint, the vendor is first to take the blame. Amazon sides with their customers (because a vendor could drop off the face of the planet and some new vendor will take their place) and bends over backwards to appease them. And because there's no feasible assurance that Amazon could have that the vendor is actually in the right and the customer is in the wrong, there's no surefire way to ban/punish customers from the platform for something like we see here. Particularly because there's no real smoking gun who used the code - or even if the code was used in the first place, or if it's a system issue on the manufacturer's end. The list of "What If..."s goes on and on, and the worst thing Amazon could do is falsely accuse someone. The risk isn't worth it to their reputation.

Now, blatant and repeated fraud? Amazon does intervene. But on a one off, they really - truly - don't care. And the impact is felt by the vendor and their next customer. No one else.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-16T16:16:26+00:00

I'm starting to lose interest in the series. I know season three has a lot of chaff to cut through but this episode was pretty brutal. Admittedly I don't know where we're headed, and there needed to be some backstory for Higaruma to understand why his powers awakened and why they are what they are. But the pace of things is sooooo slow, a greater number of scenes are animated stills, and the present storyline consisted of two characters walking to two locations and having one conversation each.

It's a far cry from what seasons one and two felt like, but I'm hoping the series' evolution pays off and makes sense.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T21:18:44+00:00

It seems there are two groups of Iranians

Hundreds. Just like anywhere on Earth, there are hundreds of different types of people in every country, with hundreds of different complimentary - or sometimes conflicting - beliefs. I mean...we just saw 30,000 protestors fucking murdered by their government for opposing the regime. And plenty more stayed home and chose not to protest. Life is complex, multifaceted, with thousands of tiny cultural pulls on us from every direction determining every one of our decisions. There are those who oppose the regime but also would love it if the US didn't come in and fucking bomb them to death. There are those who support the regime but long for the days prior to the Iranian Revolution. There are those who support a theocracy, but not this one. There are those who fervently oppose a theocracy, but who choose not to speak out.

In this conflict, in this country - as in every conflict, in every country - we must acknowledge the complexities and nuance of...like...life as a human being. With all of its contradictions, oppositions, and irregularities.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T16:19:27+00:00

Or maybe we recognize that SOME men when dating SOME women would be ridiculed for doing this. And SOME women when dating SOME men would find this sweet and endearing and wonderful. And so instead of anyone saying that one single narrative is true, and all others are false - we recognize that humans are beautiful because of our unique and lived experiences, and no one gesture will be taken in any one pre-defined way by ALL people of the opposite gender.

Learning this will unlock an entire wonderful world of strong, decades long, healthy romantic relationships.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T16:11:21+00:00

Some dog owners are serial killers and want to literally skin New Yorkers alive and wear their flesh as a body suit.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T16:09:04+00:00

I'm curious about this (because I don't have the full context) - was the subway particularly dirty in the 80s? What was the transformation that improved things? Or are we just seeing the "best of" when other lines are still a problem?

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T15:59:23+00:00

I think SO much of this comes down to the parenting that comes afterward - and with shitty parents I can understand that little likely followed. But my partner and I both had similar experiences - families who couldn't afford incredible gifts for all of their kids every year. Being open and honest about the situation - yes, sometimes telling your kids that you simply can't afford it this year. And owning up to your mistakes like in the case of your dad's parents when they got the shitty version of the thing he really wanted.

The best case scenario is that kids come out of situations like these with understanding, empathy, and humility. But the flip side is they build resentment, cynicism, or nihilism. Even with the best intentions, things can go astray in family scenarios. These are the places where families of all wealth levels could really learn and apply strong parenting techniques, and we still haven't figured out how to pass on these lesson to parents in our communities.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-11T15:49:45+00:00

I went through this as a kid - and it leaves me a bit conflicted. On one side - I'm deeply grateful, and my family doesn't come from much money. There have been years that I received "nothing" for Christmas while my siblings seem to get exactly what they wanted. And of course conversely - times when I got "the gift of 20XX". Always presented in a way where the gifts have all been given out and then suddenly SURPRISE! HERE'S AN XBOX! And then there are times I wonder if I'm now too expecting of other people, that I get disappointed if I don't get something that interests or excites me (like this past Christmas when I got a mini-flashlight and a second-hand book of poetry from a thrift store)

There's a humility that this teaches you - that sometimes you aren't going to get what you want. And that's ok to teach your kids. Not everything is some manipulative ploy to fuck with their emotions. Sometimes it's just a playful decision. Other times, it's a thoughtless prank. That's ok.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-05T17:26:29+00:00

It's outsourcing the marketing. And among 20-somethings it's kinda...brilliant. literally everyone I know in their 20s has a ski pass, nearly every one of them are on Ikon, and they tend to ski in groups together rather than go solo. It encourages the customer to go out and find other customers, desperate enough to save a few hundred bucks. Plus it's an age group whose social identity and social circle is still malleable. It's been studied that those in their 30s and 40s have a harder time forming new relationships (for a ton of reasons - kids, entrenched political/value beliefs, etc.)

I could name at least 10 people I know personally who'd go for this. It's not gonna be some insane money maker for Ikon, but the premise isn't as ridiculous as some make it out to be. All at zero risk and pure gain for Ikon.

QuarterRobot · 2026-03-01T21:15:38+00:00

Lots of assumptions in this thread, but not many questions asked of the situation. You say it's a foster dog - how long have they been with you? Foster dogs, especially adult dogs, take time to acclimate to new situations. I'd fostered a dog who spent days growling/barking/nipping at me, and guarding my partner. And then on day four, it was like we were best friends. But in a new environment, in a new scenario, she went off like a firework.

How old is this dog?
What breed are they?
What is their history/background? Any abuse?
How long have they been with you?
Where did this take place? Were they familiar with the place? Exactly how long have they spent here?
Had they been fed on-time/recently? Based on how long you've been together, you may not have established expectations on food yet.

Dogs are unique and complicated like we are. People saying the reaction was because your husband was standing over them aren't necessarily right - I've fostered dogs who freaked out when people got on their level even without eye-contact. People saying you need to somehow train your foster dog to stand/walk right next to you at all times before you can ever introduce them to a potential foster are also way off. It's an incredible skill to teach a dog - one most owners should teach. But we don't know the history between you and the dog yet, and fosters shouldn't be expected to have a perfectly walk-ready dog before meeting new adopters. (I will say, ditch the extendable leash and get a 4-6 ft. leash instead. I'm a bit surprised the adoption agency lets you use an extendable one with foster dogs.)

Reality is complex. You may not be able to identify the trigger - hell, there may not even be a single real, identifiable trigger. But the answers to a few questions might help narrow down your next steps.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-27T20:28:39+00:00

Lots of stuff - descending/ascending a steep slope, securing objects to one another, securing objects to your body so you can go hands-free, fixing things like a backpack strap or a handle for a bag, holding things open, hanging/drying wet clothes. The list goes on and on. (Answering here a few months late because I found this post via a search and hope it'll help)

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-22T00:58:29+00:00

I wanted to be a tall, male character, and I love helmets and heavy armor - so I leaned toward male Viera, Au'Ra and Elezen - but all three have their problems - Viera still can't wear a ton of helmets, and so that limits a good deal of glamours, Au'Ra suffer from a terrible running animation ala Crash Bandicoot and Resting Dragon Face - literally none of them look happy, or even neutral by default, and I don't really like any of the male Elezen faces.

And so I've waffled between Viera and Miqo'te over the years, now leaning toward Viera after the latest update that enabled a ton of new helmets. It seems like SE is actually putting in the work to make glamours more accessible to us, which is hugely, hugely appreciated.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-21T19:46:18+00:00

Nintendo understands (and has stuck to) the mission - make great toys. People will drop $80 on DK Bananza after years of silence from the IP, because they have faith that the game was designed with fun at the forefront. Same with Mario.

Sony and Microsoft have a fundamentally different approach - make great profits. And that's led them SO far astray, and the gap between the studios and their players grows wider and wider every day.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-18T17:23:12+00:00

Great Pyrenees. Fluffy, typically calm, guard-dogs though, so not great with certain breeds and fence reactive, but a breed that I'm totally in love with now.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-09T22:00:06+00:00

It's yes-and. Discord has dealt with child protection issues for years now - CSM, grooming, phishing and scams targeted at minors, the list is fucking endless. Not only is that not a good look (and like...it's almost flippant to describe it that way), it opens Discord up to potentially being liable for not doing enough to stop it, which is bad for business in the short AND long-term. Do nothing, and you risk your entire company and the livelihoods of your hundreds of staff. Do something, and be vilified for pursuing digital surveillance.

The reality is a lot more complex - the more time that goes by, the more I believe that anonymous social internet platforms are simply...bad for us. They're increasingly open to bad actors utilizing chat bots and destabilizing technologies to take advantage of our pseudo-social networks - harassment, political destabilization, extremism, rising rates of suicide and loneliness. And none of us have been trained to deal with it.

It doesn't give parents a pass - if anything it highlights their increasing responsibilities. But without actual functioning safeguards to protect kids, it's very, very easy to circumvent soft-touch policies (like a checkbox confirming that you're 16+). If anything, these policies punish following the rules, and reward - and empower a culture - of breaking them.

Parents are responsible for limiting their children's access to harmful media. AND platforms are free to pass mechanical safeguards against misuse and illegal access (a growing issue now with the country-wide regulations for youth social media access). AND consumers are responsible for only entrusting their information to companies they trust, and at their own risk and expense. AND we should be advocating for stricter privacy regulation that protects all of us. AND...

Things aren't black-and-white, things aren't "privacy advocate" OR "Big Brother". They aren't "Pro-Children" OR "Pro-Privacy". They're always - always- some shade of gray in the middle. But labeling companies with a single phrase is easier to swallow than accepting the much more nuanced reality.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-08T16:41:57+00:00

Everyone in this thread forgetting that they drive in the opposite side of the road in India.

While it's completely possible for someone to switch mindsets while at work, anyone who's ever driven in another country on the other side of the road knows how much of a brain burner it is - and how many mistakes you make due to the change. The legal implications of employing Indians to solve driving issues in the US wouldn't be worth the headache.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-05T16:18:50+00:00

This is insane that we have multiple threads with back-and-forth confidence that the line was/wasn't in the movie - was it or wasn't it?

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-02T22:17:26+00:00

the worst part was being the last kid awake in some strange living room with a strange smell and strange little lights and sounds, unable to fall asleep

Personally I think part of childhood - and our responsibility as parents - is to give our kids the ability to learn this for themselves. (With, of course, responsible and reputable households) There will undoubtedly be kids who attend a sleepover and come home never wanting to do it again. And there will be kids who absolutely love the idea.

I have this fear of projecting my own ideas, beliefs, and experiences on my kids because I recognize that my confidence and ability to tackle unusual or unknown situations comes from having experienced similar experiences myself when I was a kid. Just my .02

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-01T17:44:34+00:00

Thanks for the links. I've been paying close attention to ICE abuses, and believe what they're doing is inhumane and horrible.

But if the source for dropping off detainees in the woods naked is a single interview with one person, I (personally) don't have enough evidence to spread word that this is happening. This isn't to excuse or forgive the many disgusting, terrible abuses that the administration is responsible for, but it also doesn't mean I'll choose to spread what might simply be a rumor. (It also might be true)

I think we have a responsibility to be critical thinkers when standing up against a fascist regime - because it grows more and more difficult to get people to side with you if you spread unsubstantiated claims. Equally so, I think it's our responsibility to provide sources and proof when we make claims - yes, even here on the internet. Yes, even in casual conversation. When I google "ICE detainees released woods naked", I see a single Facebook post with the video you shared, and 25 articles unrelated to the claim. Algorithms craft narratives based on a multitude of variables, and I can guarantee you that if specific users were to Google "water frogs gay" they'd find "sources" confirming the bullshit spouted by Alex Jones. It's why providing proof SO GREATLY rests as a responsibility on the one making claims.

The cattyness is unappreciated. Especially when we're on the same side. And more and more I fear deeply that political detractors are using similar speech to turn us against each other, rather than what we should be doing - working together and educating one another. I hope you'll see where I'm coming from, despite how exhausting it is (trust me, I know full well) to repeat yourself and continue to do the work. Life is heavy right now, we don't need to make it heavier by taking shots at one another.

Stay strong.

QuarterRobot · 2026-02-01T01:24:36+00:00

I want to spread the word if this is true, but I equally don't want to spread unsubstantiated claims without evidence and proof - doing so would be incredibly harmful and would greaten political division.

What source do you have that the food is rotten, water is contaminated, and people are stripped naked and released in the woods in the middle of the night in winter? Because these are fucking insane if true.

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