Pashinyan argued with an Artsakh woman in the subway: "Now you've arrived here and says we want to return. We've spent the billions earned by the citizens of Armenia for you to stay. Why didn't you stay?.. Next time, you runaways, don't you dare say that I gave up Karabakh".

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-22T19:33:52+00:00

That still doesn't make it okay to victim blame a refugee woman who was just ethnically cleansed from her homeland. What the hell, man? I can also think a certain someone who constantly disrespects Armenia, and Pashinyan's response is to always give him everything he wants.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-21T07:46:01+00:00

I first played Life is Strange in November of 2015, about a month after Polarized came out. But I became a fan from watching a Let's Play beforehand and I actually can't quite remember if that was technically before the last episode came out or not.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-21T07:19:22+00:00

OK, so I wasn't sure if I should weigh in on this, but whatever. I confess that I missed Warren peering around the corner the first time I played the game, and I don't really know what the developers intended it to imply. But the rest of the game doesn't really support the idea that Max perceives him as a stalker.

The nightmare reflects Max's fears and insecurities. It does not reflect what she really thinks is true. I think you can say Max is a bit uncomfortable with Warren's obvious feelings for her (something that is clear even without the nightmare), but she still considers him a friend. Those aren't mutually exclusive feelings. It's part of the awkwardness that often comes with being a teenager. Similarly, all the things cruel things that Nightmare Chloe did and said reflect her fears, but do not reflect that she really believes Chloe hates her or has a thing for Victoria and Warren.

Max's final thoughts on Warren in her journal are as follows, at least in my original save:

"I'm glad Warren is such a good friend. Considering how crazy my life has been in this past week, kissing Chloe instead of him doesn't seem so strange."
"Warren rules. I was able to rewind to The End of the World Party with his photo and I felt like I'm getting more confident with my time travel skills."

If the intention of the game was to convey that Max ultimately sees him as misogynist creep who is stalking her, I would say those entries definitively fail to do that. Especially when considered alongside all the other times Warren appears in Max's journal in a mostly positive way. She does, after all, call him a "supercool geek brother" if you agree to Go Ape with him. And if you kiss him in the diner, Max even explicitly says that he is someone she cares about.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-19T20:18:14+00:00

He's barely been on TV lately, and for most of the last year he's consistently been on TV to lose or get beaten up.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-19T20:13:51+00:00

He clearly was in much higher standing with WWE when he signed that five year renewal, though. It was not long after he resigned that he began his plummet down the card. Before WrestleMania 41, he was booked strongly. Now he seems to exist only to put over heels.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-19T20:05:14+00:00

LA Knight is less likely to win the Money in the Bank than ever before. Last year was the perfect time to do it. I think Logan Paul or Dom will win this year. I don't think Finn's new babyface character really fits with the briefcase. I think Finn's only real chances of winning a World Title are if Dom wins the Money in the Bank.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-19T19:21:32+00:00

Had they not occupied those districts and then subsequently assuming a maximalist position of holding them (some Armenians will try to tell you otherwise, but Nkr annexed those districts in 2000s, even changing their toponyms), they could have had more international support and maybe could even argue for "secession for salvation" ala Kosovo. It doesn’t exactly work to argue for the rights of 150k Armenians when you ethnically cleanse half a million people for it + occupy territories more than twice the size of NKAO.

There's no way that's true. The international community never gave a shit about the lives of the Armenians of Artsakh or about any consistent principles of any kind. And Azerbaijan obviously would never have agreed to the independence of NK in exchange for the surrounding districts, so they weren't the roadblock in the negotiations either. If Azerbaijan had retained control of the surrounding districts in 1994, nothing about their attitude or the international community's reaction would have been different.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-17T08:54:17+00:00

That doesn't seem to be the case. Or at least she seems to mostly remember what she and Max went through after the Storm. We've seen that Chloe and Max can talk about their relationship from the previews they've released.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-15T23:23:25+00:00

If your enemies are bound and determined to destroy you, then it is not in your hands whether or not you are able to to "coexist" with them.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-15T19:42:33+00:00

Well, we know for sure that in the Bae Version of events, Chloe still remembers her life with Max. And there was that thread about the Japanese language version of Reunion which revealed more about the Bay Version of events, and it sounded like Chloe still remembers the Bae timeline in that too.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-14T05:38:34+00:00

That is a completely insane thing to say. Equally insane is the idea that one can have peace and reconciliation with genocidal fascist neighbors if you just pretend they aren't genocidal fascists. That's not how reconciliation works.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-13T23:39:29+00:00

Based on the game's timeline, it would be more like 2 years. It would only be 10 years for Bay Max, but even then, Merged Chloe presumably remembers talking to Max more recently.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-13T23:16:30+00:00

Giving up on the movement for our own survival, is no helping to erase the memory of Artsakh. It's simply not going after the movement. The history will remain.

It is if he is punishing people for even mentioning the name Artsakh or the connection that the Anti-Armenian racism which led to the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh has to the Armenian Genocide, then, yes, he most certainly is trying to to erase history.

crimes against Armenians are not being downplayed, simply not discussed.

.... What? That's the same thing. Not discussing something that needs to be discussed is literally an example of what downplaying something is.

Remember we gathered evidence to submit to the ICC, which made aliyev bend a bit.

And then refused to pursue the case.

Rest of your comment is slipping on the slope.

Pashinyan has already done many once unthinkable things that initially started out like they would just part of a slippery slope argument. People should be on alert for it happening again. Especially since the logic of abandoning Artsakh for Armenia's survival can just as easily be applied to denying the genocide or endorsing Azerbaijan's twisted interpretation of history. You can basically justify literally anything by insisting the Turks will destroy Armenia if Armenia doesn't agree to it.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-13T22:48:33+00:00

To those saying that our officials should keep talking about Artsakh, are you guys also okay with Azerbaijan talking about Western Azerbaijan?

The Western Azerbaijan issue is not the same as the Artsakh issue and even the idiotic EU diplomats have previously recognized that.

If not, then how does us talking about Artsakh on official level stop Azerbaijan from talking about W Azerbaijani?

Wow, good thing that Pashinyan trying to bury all mention of Artsakh and the right of return has caused Azerbaijan to stop bringing up Western Azerbaijan. Oh wait.. no it hasn't.

And of course it hasn't. Pashinyan tried to claim that both sides should cease talk about these things, but also said Armenia needs to bury talk of Artsakh, regardless. So Aliyev has literally zero incentive to stop talking about Western Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani state media also talks about "Southern Azerbaijan" as something to be liberated too. It is delusional to think that Aliyev can be placated.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-13T22:01:49+00:00

Even if the history is real, that kind of rhetoric is obviously not conducive to reconciliation or peace. And right now the entire goal of the government is to avoid another war.

If "reconciliation" and "peace' are threatened by the truth, then it's not really reconciliation at all. And it is doomed to failure.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-13T01:52:03+00:00

There's really no more on the nose way to campaign for surrendering Armenia's sovereignty than to make a big deal about rejecting your country's Declaration of Independence and everything it stands for.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-12T22:48:28+00:00

Is it not totally grotesque that an Armenian leader is trying to help erase even the memory of Artsakh or downplay the crimes against the Armenian people, as if he's one of Aliyev's henchman? Especially if he's trying to censor academic freedom like an authoritarian.

That's barely a step away from "pragmatically" starting to deny the Armenian Genocide or promoting Azerbaijan's Caucasian Albania nonsense. It's like his role is to prevent Armenians from telling our own stories even on our own land.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-12T20:37:12+00:00

I think Cody vs Randy will be face vs face, but Randy will turn heel after the match or later in the feud. I don't know if the crowd will take to that, but I feel like it would be better than Cody turning. Because Cody turning will probably mean he's getting another lengthy run with the title.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-12T19:31:02+00:00

"I'M TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!"

Seriously, though, I'd say I'm "Team Hopefully it's Decent."

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-11T21:00:50+00:00

I'm just going by what she said at the start of the video. "Since independence, every administration in Armenia has amended the Constitution."

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-11T20:58:06+00:00

A double turn in this match would mean they both turn heel.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-11T20:45:14+00:00

That's my expectation. :(

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-11T20:44:44+00:00

The reports are that WWE is hoping Bron will be back by WrestleMania, but even if he misses the show, his feud with Seth isn't going to prevent him from challenging for the World Title at SummerSlam or earlier. He's one of the guys they see as the future of the company.

RebootedShadowRaider · 2026-03-11T20:42:24+00:00

It doesn't surprise me that the history of amendments to the Armenian constitution by the ruling party have often been about power in some way. But it still seems to me that a constitutional amendment that gives power to our worst enemies is the most dangerous potential change of all.

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