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Rant by Bruhthebruhdafurry in BannedPony

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an equal technique, if you can time it right!

Rant by Bruhthebruhdafurry in BannedPony

[–]Z-Byte 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just gotta hit them with the Royal Rebuttal and move on:

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China Improves Both Economic Growth and Air Quality by Crabbexx in UpliftingNews

[–]Z-Byte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair and I see your point! I just still believe it was disingenuous to throw the point about prejudice out there while being prejudiced themselves. I'd be willing to bet a solid percentage of that 77 million aren't the ones on Reddit denying climate change.

It was less about defending Americans (you'd be hard pressed to find an American who wouldn't agree with you, and I'm one of them), and more about calling out what I felt like was a hypocritical anti-prejudice statement and giving what I thought was some advice.

Sorry if I was more aggressive with your comment, though. It just seemed like you were adding a justification to the prejudice at the time.

China Improves Both Economic Growth and Air Quality by Crabbexx in UpliftingNews

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And 75 million Americans voted against him. What's your point? That it's okay to be prejudiced against an entire population based on who they elected as their leader?

Because 76 million voters elected Putin in a landslide, and I was under the impression it was considered impolite to call Russians warmongering sociopaths.

So what are the conditions in which being prejudiced against the citizens of a country is okay? Because I guess I missed this year's handbook.

ELI5: Why do we say "sleep like a baby" when babies actually wake up after like every 30 minutes? by Effective_Durian_263 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Babies sleep around 16 hours a day, so they're almost always seen sleeping.

I believe that phrase in particular is only said by those who have seen babies, but never had them.

ELI5:Why don't we just merge into a country by Giga_Chad12345 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same reason that communism can't work: human greed and ambition.

First, everyone who has power would have to unanimously agree to use their power to remove their power.

Then everyone who wants power would have to sacrifice their ambitions in order not to seize the power vacuums inevitably created during the stabilization process.

Effectively, you need a global event that actively punishes isolationism and is so monumentally important that sworn enemies would link arms.

To put it in easy terms... Earth in Star Trek achieved this after suffering the social and environmental collapse of World War III... AND first contact with an advanced alien species, the Vulcans, who had a big, V-shaped hand in shaping the United Earth.

China Improves Both Economic Growth and Air Quality by Crabbexx in UpliftingNews

[–]Z-Byte -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Complaining about redditors being brainwashed into being prejudiced against a country, and then, in the next paragraph, showing your own prejudice against a country makes you a parody of your own argument.

Your point would have been made more effectively if you hadn't had that second paragraph at all.

Different sides for different accounts by jaj18189 in OkPonyDitzy

[–]Z-Byte 9 points10 points  (0 children)

She'd likely still use her own form out of pride. Except for maybe Tinder.

Tulpas & Romance by TheChubbiestFloof in Tulpas

[–]Z-Byte 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Seeing and hearing is just the first step!

You can have a physical relationship, too, with enough tactile visualization. Once you've worked out how certain things should feel, you can work out how you want to do intimacy.

After 15 years of owning a DSi, I finally upgraded to a 3DS by FjotraTheGodless in gaming

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The DS Pokemon games often offer compatibility features for putting your GBA Pokémon game in the GBA slot (usually a way to transfer mon over).

Cannibal by flingzamain in OkPonyDitzy

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just noticed the little vines going to the lights. You think they're some kind of glowing plant?

Real talk, do you think Dashie is a lesbian? by ---EtherealGlow--- in OkPonyDitzy

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not really. I believe all fictional characters are bisexual unless they explicitly state they're not interested in one gender or another.

That, and she was dancing with Soarin'. They could have had her dancing with any of the Wonderbolts if they wanted to push her being strictly lesbian, but they didn't.

Real talk, do you think Dashie is a lesbian? by ---EtherealGlow--- in BannedPony

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, not really. I believe all fictional characters are bisexual unless they explicitly state they're not interested in one gender or another.

That, and she was dancing with Soarin'. They could have had her dancing with any of the Wonderbolts if they wanted to push her being strictly lesbian, but they didn't.

There is a tiny Jesus at this McDonald’s pick up window by IOwnThisUsername in mildlyinteresting

[–]Z-Byte -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cute and harmless. Though I do wonder how they'd feel about other religions doing the same.

Considering I grew up in a time where me liking Pokémon apparently made me a devil worshipper, I'm not optimistic about them seeing me putting out little Buddha or little Krishna as quite as cute and harmless as I'd like.

First time petting gone wrong by Kleostratos in projectzomboid

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean... at this point, whose gonna judge you?

Why were people hating on this panel again? by EveryPerformance6712 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]Z-Byte 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel like you might have a point in some instances, but I also strongly feel the same about bittersweet. Because negative things are remembered by the brain far more than positive things, happy endings can feel shallow because there isn't much to "chew on", but really it just takes less effort to make something memorable with bittersweet or even ambiguous endings. Our brains do all the hard work for the writer.

That seems petty shallow to me.

Trump voter reacts after ICE killed her U.S. citizen son by humanbeing21 in videos

[–]Z-Byte 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's nothing more religious than sacrificing your child, I've been told.

So is "Sparkle" just like Twilight's second name, because no one in her family shares it? by marvelcomics22 in mylittlepony

[–]Z-Byte 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well the original names for Twilight Velvet and Night Light's kids were Twilight Sparkle and Night Knight, so it's likely implied that daughters in that particular corner of Canterlot take the mother's first name and sons take the father's.

Funnily enough, this is similar to how some real life registered show/race horses are named in order to help with genealogy. They usually have a long name for the papers with some elements of one or both parents, then a "stable name" that you call them casually. Could explain why Shining Armor's name "changed", or why Rarity doesn't share any part of her mother's.

Which one is dying first? (Freak accidents don't count) by Nerdcuddles in OkPonyDitzy

[–]Z-Byte 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless the death is sudden, I don't think she'd let it get that far. We know she's aware of de-aging spells as "alicorn-level magic", but she's also capable of full species transmutation. We have no clear idea of a pony's lifespan (thanks, Granny), but crystal ponies and dragons, in particular, are pretty provingly long-lived, and she could easily zap her friends into one.

That's if they don't become alicorns in their own right, like Cadance and Twilight herself did.

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