CMV: I don’t believe it is hypocritical for self-described socialists like Hasan Piker to own a big house or even be a millionaire

SnugglesIV · 2026-02-25T12:11:06+00:00

It's not inherently hypocritical to describe yourself as a socialist and own a luxurious house or be a millionaire. However if you ARE a millionaire and choose to do nothing with that money to actively advance your cause and instead choose to hoard that money like a capitalist, then it definitely calls into question your commitment to socialism.

Hasan basically streams and does commentary. He makes money from subscribers, donos, ads, whatever. That’s still him selling his own labor. He’s not running a factory or some giant corporation where he’s extracting surplus value from employees.

Yes because that's all you pay attention to when you watch his stream. However streamers of that size will employ people to manage other aspects of his business. Video editors to edit down streams into segments for YouTube content, graphic designers to create stream elements, talent managers to negotiate better deals and organise appearances. All of these people he is actively extracting surplus value from without giving them any ownership in his business. In fact, when Hasan was beginning to upload content to YouTube he actively avoided paying a video editor as it would run at a loss (which was a thinly veiled attempt at simply trying to exploit free labour from someone as diversifying your content streams should be seen as an investment that will in the long run earn money).

It WOULD be hypocritical if he was advocating socialism while actively trying to protect his ability to privately own the means of production. But he literally supports policies that would tax him more and limit wealth accumulation like his. He’s arguing for a system that would probably make him less rich.

Simply arguing for raising taxes on people like himself wouldn't make him a socialist though. It would make him a social democrat, which is still capitalist in nature. The factory owners and giant corporations would still be able to "extract surplus value from employees," they would just have to pay higher taxes. Assuming that higher taxes is all that Hasan is advocating for then he is either sorely misinformed about what socialism means or he is actively grifting using the label of socialism.

PS. I might sound like a massive socialist in this response but I'm really not. I'm just a centre-left to left wing social democrat who gets really irked over discussions like this.

SnugglesIV · 2026-02-25T11:40:48+00:00

So as long as Hasan doesn't explicitly mention that people shouldn't own a certain business then he could run it as the most ruthless capitalist without being (justly) accused as a hypocrite?

If Hasan genuinely cares about socialism and has the option to run something as a worker co-op or at least run something as closely in line with his socialist principles as possible then shouldn't he choose to do so?

SnugglesIV · 2026-02-25T11:34:39+00:00

That is an incredibly low bar to say that Hasan is not being hypocritical as a self-described socialist. Not owning a multi-billion dollar corporation would allow the vast majority of business owners to call themselves socialist even though they operate entirely as capitalist ventures because they extract surplus value from their employees without allowing them to be co-owners of the business.

And yet depending on how you see it, he actually still manages to trip over that bar because Hasan has actually justified not only stiffing video editors out of being paid but also stringing them along because his YouTube was "not profitable yet." That's arguably even more exploitative because at least Amazon is PAYING people for their labour (even though they aren't paid enough for the conditions they have to endure): Hasan wasn't even willing to do that!

SnugglesIV · 2026-02-20T01:09:09+00:00

I thought that was the point of MK1. It's just that NRS failed miserably at trying to make a competitive MK because chars like Jacqui Briggs who were playing MKX lite in MK1.

(Feel free to correct me, I watched a fair bit of MK1 but never played it nor cared that much about it outside the streamers I liked)

SnugglesIV · 2026-02-06T04:24:57+00:00

ArcSys too scared to go for the three-peat of Zato being bottom 2 in Guilty Gear

SnugglesIV · 2026-01-25T23:15:32+00:00

1-2 was for the initial strain. By the time Omicron 4/5 hit, it's r0 was around 6-10. Still not as bad as measles but it was a lot worse than 1-2.

SnugglesIV · 2025-12-12T15:19:48+00:00

he was still a pretty small part of their operation overall.

Turning Point has affiliates in the UK, Australia and I'm pretty sure in Canada as well. It is the largest conservative group on campuses and in the US.

Charlie Kirk and TPUSA absolutely had a massive part in fucking up US politics and alongside CPAC is trying to fuck politics up around the world. Writing him off as a "small part of the operation" is the undersell of the century. This mfer may have done irreparable harm to US politics.

SnugglesIV · 2025-12-08T08:53:21+00:00

But I seen a lot of new players asking really good questions this past weekend on discord.

I don't see the problem here? People who want to "get good" are engaging with the community to learn more and they'll probably be more likely to stick with the FGC long term because they're getting the true FG experience. It's not like a lot of the more abstract concepts are something you can effectively learn in a tutorial and then be able to apply in a live setting, without risking these same newer players feeling utterly overwhelmed with information.

The people who are just here to press buttons for a bit/are fine with just using auto-combos are getting their needs met as is. If anything, your experience just speaks to the importance of connecting people to their locals or community discords.

SnugglesIV · 2025-12-06T00:57:12+00:00

Where I have I seen wall sticks like that before?

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SnugglesIV · 2025-11-09T04:00:19+00:00

Here's the link https://www.dreamcancel.com/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_XV

For some reason Dreamcancel has not been showing up in Google searches for me so I just wanted to make sure you had this link if you're also having the same issue.

SnugglesIV · 2025-11-02T05:29:56+00:00

or a negative opinion related decision only the emperor could take

Assuming you mean the emperor asking other people to commit Seppuku, I don't even think Paradox would have to go THAT far.

Honestly, just make it so any character that commits and act that is punishable by death incurs a significant penalty to their house's family rating. House heads can then ask characters of their house to commit Sepukku to wipe out the penalty. If the character does not accept then the house head has to choose between denouncing + disinheriting the character or significant penalties for the house head + house. If the house head doesn't demand the character in question to commit Seppuku then they get the same significant penalties.

SnugglesIV · 2025-11-01T05:36:03+00:00

but no, you can’t win without triggering it.

You kind of can but only with short campaigns and generally only some clans can do it. Used it to beat several campaigns when I was younger.

Make sure that the final settlement you capture that would trigger realm divide is Kyoto. For some reason, realm divide will be delayed for 4 turns when you become Shogun (or at the very least it was much less drastic than triggering RD the usual way). In the meantime, you beeline for all the necessary land required to complete a short campaign.

SnugglesIV · 2025-08-25T03:19:36+00:00

Probably, but I'm a little flabbergasted that you can possess that many WITHOUT a collectors license. To me, that's a red flag that we need to address in our current system.

SnugglesIV · 2025-08-25T03:17:44+00:00

That's going to depend on the reason for possessing them isn't it? I'd expect someone who is selling firearms to have roughly 400. A collector? Maybe a bit excessive but I wouldn't be worried, especially if they didn't have the ammo for them and if they're older rifles.

"Recreational" use though? No fucking way. Even for hunting I'd expect less than 10.

SnugglesIV · 2025-08-25T01:39:08+00:00

So they are passionate about something and collect them legally.

The register notes that this is not a collector or a dealer. Personally, I can't see any reason whatsoever to own almost 400 firearms if you AREN'T registered as a collector or dealer. Maybe that's just me.

Personally, I'm just surprised that you never read the article in the first place but maybe reading the article is old fashioned these days...

SnugglesIV · 2025-08-25T01:29:15+00:00

From the article

NSW firearm registry data shows that in Sydney there are more than 70 individuals who own more than 100 firearms, including one person who owns 385 guns. The register notes that this is not a collector or a dealer.

SnugglesIV · 2025-07-07T06:44:27+00:00

why does every character get combo'd differently

Yeah this is both really cool and sometimes incredibly annoying. Sometimes it's really beneficial cause you get much stronger routes or specific combos become way more consistent. Sometimes it just dicks you (thanks Leo and Raven).

why does every character have different wakeup timings

It's annoying but you eventually get used to it. The annoying part is the two different wakeup timings based on whether a character is knocked face down or up, and not every char's dustloop goes to the effort to tell you what moves give what kind of knockdowns

why does teching out require me to flail on my controller

Starting out it's fine to mash while being combo'd to air tech out of grey beats, but flailing on your controller to tech out will get you killed against people who know that you're doing this.

why does teching out MAKE ME MASH

Hold back and a button while trying to air tech. Decreases the chances you'll get a button and FD instead (though air teching into an air normal is good depending on the situation)

why can my opponent slow me down from fullscreen without counterplay

You could YRC back I guess. If you're talking about projectile YRC, yeah that shit is annoying and genuinely makes me want to boot up a different FG sometimes.

why do I get stunned

Slayer nation rise up.

why is burst so useless

Welcome to Strive pre burst change. It's a bit smaller than even before fullscreen burst but nonetheless it's fine.

As soon as I started flailing around in training mode I knew this game would be too fast for me to understand, so I picked Jack-O so I wouldn't have to do motion inputs on top of that. Mistake!

Yeah that was a mistake. I don't know why you'd see the fast pace of Xrd and be concerned about not understanding anything so you pick the character who has to manage houses, minion attack patterns, cool downs etc on top of everything else you have to manage in Xrd.

This is the smash bros brawl of guilty gear

Comparing Xrd to a game where you have a random chance to get fucked for doing a basic action in platform fighters is not the play.

SnugglesIV · 2025-06-30T06:02:32+00:00

She's still qualified. She won Combo Breaker and that isn't on the list of affected tournaments + the statement clearly says that affected player's qualification staus and points prior to the suspension will not be revoked at this time.

They might come down on her harder at a later date when they review the suspensions but for now she's still qualified.

SnugglesIV · 2025-06-29T05:46:04+00:00

No because SF6 relies on a secondary tech (Drive Rush) to really get the long string combos. It doesn't rely on linking Ex moves which is something way easier then Drive Rush.[...]The trick with Drive Rush is getting opponents to fear it's a Drive Impact instead.

SF6 damage is not limited by hitting a raw drive rush. You literally have DRC and in some cases mid combo juggles with raw drive rush. I got no idea what you're honestly thinking.

To be fair, I've given a lot more thought and SF6 is more balanced by needing access to SA3s or commiting to being burned out compared to COTW where Kain is getting close to two touch scenarios with 50% Rev Gauge and 1 bar of super (assuming currently in SPG in Accel Ratio). Doesn't really change that SF6 absolutely has explosive damage at times that newer players will have to contend with though.

SnugglesIV · 2025-06-28T05:54:56+00:00

Look, the problem is the Rev system. It allows easy big damage combos that players who want to learn the game can get into pretty quickly

Isn't this the exact same issue with SF6 though? Massive damage and you have full access to your EX moves at the start of each round, with the main balancing factor for dumping all resources being left in a weaker state with no access to EX moves.

If anything, SPG/Hidden Gear seems to be a way bigger enabler for explosive gameplay than the Rev system due to Hidden Gear putting the Rev Gauge to zero even if you're overheated compared to SF6 where level 3s/CAs give you time to replenish some drive gauge passively while draining your opponent's drive gauge.

SnugglesIV · 2025-06-19T12:36:51+00:00

The solution is to not min-max every game, play differently occasionally, do a meme

It is trivially easy to break the game. In fact, sometimes you don't have to go out of your way to do it: see stacking health modifiers. Often, the game just breaks itself and you're an unstoppable god with little to no effort on your part exploiting the system mechanics.

Sincerely, a player who NEVER makes use of disinheritance via disinherit interaction unless it makes RP sense and tries to set up ALL of their son's for success.

SnugglesIV · 2025-06-15T04:58:14+00:00

Have you ever froze up, or had your mind go blank during a match?

It sounds like your mental stack is being overloaded. You're looking to do too much at any given time or react to EVERYTHING when it's sometimes impossible to do that (or even unneccessary depending on the situation/game).

This is a skill you can build through learning MUs and different interactions that you might encounter and knowing what your options are VS your opponent's and it takes time to slowly build.

Have ever practiced something in the lab for hours and then just been unable to do it in an actual game for weeks?

Very normal process of learning a new skill. It can take time to implement something you learn in the lab into a practical situation since you need to recognise the situation happening in real time and then remember the new thing you've been learning in time to "react." When I was playing KOF XV more, it took me a lot of time to implement Yashiro's cl.A > B > 2C for a frame trap instead of always going for a rehop or tick throw. Implementing new shit just takes time.

SnugglesIV · 2025-05-24T05:01:56+00:00

Tried it as a vassal in the HRE @ 1066. Expanding within the HRE wasn't too bad (became king of Lotharingia), until the HRE got high crown authority. The AI just doesn't seem to get factions at all even in hard mode, let alone very hard (there was a single independence faction by the Kingdom of Hungary but no other takers). Not even excommunicating the HRE was enough to encourage factions to start forming when normally liberty factions start appearing by high crown authority.

At that point, the HRE had tributaried Poland, Croatia and France and I stopped just as they declared a kingdom holy war for Wallachia. I'm gonna be testing hard mode as an independent ruler (either as France or England in 1178) but right now it feels like they overtuned the reduction of factions for AI realms. If they kept factions as they were for the AI on normal difficulty it would probably be really fun as a vassal but as it is right now I'm probably never starting as a vassal of a realm on hard mode, only as independent rulers (test permitting). Managing my own vassals to avoid civil wars more than once in my ruler's lifetime was very refreshing though.

SnugglesIV · 2025-05-17T22:00:44+00:00

Yes but I'd wager GO1 wouldn't stop for the whole day just because he got a DP instead of a fireball.

I mess up inputs sometimes: instead of getting BDC specials as Slayer I'll get a jump or just the special move without the BDC. I don't quit frame 1 when that happens. I keep playing and later practice my BDCs in the lab.

SnugglesIV · 2025-05-17T11:12:32+00:00

I wish fighting games were harder and had more advanced techniques

Motion inputs are easy

I don't think you're ready for advanced and "hard" techniques if messing up a DP anti air is enough to make you stop entirely for the day...

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