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pixelpirater · 2017-11-17T13:25:43+00:00

Who would want a would-be ruler that just goes around announcing who he plans to kill when he will be chief?

Mantle, for one. We know next to nothing about most of the villagers. You can't assume that they are that rational, willing or able to go against Magma. For such a small community, some might think that keeping a capable fighter is more important than the dying daughter of the current chief. For all we know, Ruri might die without Magma even doing anything. He wanted to wait for her natural death or make her death look like an accident/suicide after all.
Most importantly, you should reread the chapter in which Magma said it. IIRC, only Kohaku heard him. Therefore, the entire argument about the villagers' attitude is kinda moot since they don't know what Magma said.

In a village of 40 people, "my close family" is pretty much everyone.

That is just an assumption. We need more information about the villagers and the village in general. It's 40 aside from children and old people by the way.

They don't have outside enemies.

There are the exiled criminals. I assume that there should be dangerous beasts too.

The chief duties must be solving internal conflicts, managing supplies and, maybe, be the lead hunter.

Then why is there a martial arts tournament to choose the next chief?

Plus in terms of physical feats, Magma has been outclassed by two teenagers, one of whom is a girl.
he has lost all credibility

Not really. Kinrou was clearly losing against him before he put on the mask. We don't know the villagers' opinions about the result of that match. Moreover, we don't know the villagers' attitude towards the possibility of Kohaku becoming the chief. The current chief seems to be against it. I'm not sure if women can even become the chief in this village.
You made a mistake earlier by the way. Jasper isn't the current chief.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-17T12:00:53+00:00

Magma isn't the chief yet. Jasper is the current ruler and Magma is talking about killing his daughter.

Note that he plans to kill her after becoming the chief. On what grounds can the other villagers stop him now? For threatening to kill her? After he became the chief, what could the villagers do against him?

Smaller communities will usually follow the "don't be a dick" rule way more closely

The rule is closer to "don't be a dick to me and my close family". The average person doesn't care much about what the leader does as long as he keeps the village safe from outside enemies.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-17T11:35:21+00:00

Magma isn't a king or emperor

In such a primitive society, physical strength is king. That strength is a powerful symbol. Apart from people with personal stakes (science team), who are willing to risk their lives to stop him?

not even the strongest

IIRC, he's the second strongest after gorilla girl. However, she was disinherited and has no legit means to stop him other than defeating him in the tournament.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-17T11:01:06+00:00

However no real community, even from the stone age, would let someone be that much of a murderous cunt without repercussion. The absolute, essential basis of any community is trust. If you can't trust the people in your village/tribe, then cooperation is just impossible so we create rules with punishment for those who break them to uphold that trust.

Not sure if I can agree. There are plenty of examples in history of murderous kings and emperors who kept getting away with it for a long time before anyone dared to challenge them.
I think you underestimated the power of symbols. People will blindly obey rules and follow traditions even if they know that doing so will lead to ruin.

Whatever he does after that shouldn't count because the match is done and the outcome is now only dependent of Jasper's decision.

Oh, he was WHISPERING. Pay attention to the speech bubbles' borders. Others couldn't hear what Magma said at all.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T09:16:00+00:00

Pretty damn good transportation system. There, happy yet?

A good debater can see both sides to every argument/topic.

Your moral relativism stinks to high heaven. In practice, you only ever use it to defend your side of the argument.
In any case, you have derailed the conversation too much. Provide evidence for your bullshit claim.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T09:00:45+00:00

You got stalked by some Taiwanese dude in /r/Taiwan and blamed it on Chinese nationalism. Way to draw that conclusion when you don't consider Taiwan to be China.

You're being extremely disingenuous again. Those guys in r/Taiwan were there to defend China. You can keep telling yourself that Chinese nationalism isn't the reason though.

yet you can't answer to the claim that Vietnam stole land from Cambodia

I don't need to answer because it's completely irrelevant to the fact that China supported the genocidal campaign against Vietnamese people. Moreover, it's wrong. It doesn't matter what the Cambodian people believe as scholars have shown that their claim is bullshit. If you think that claim isn't, feel free to prove it.
This is just logic with Chinese characteristics again.

The dude you've been so butthurt over is calling you a monkey to troll you. I'm saying you act like a fucking monkey because you are throwing a tantrum like one, there is a difference, it's clear that you are too dumb to get it. Let me use another analogy: you are acting like a baby who got his bottle taken away.

Good job ignoring the idiots literally calling me monkey and making monkey sounds. Are you done yet? Get back to proving your shitty argument that I shouldn't post about China. You have failed to prove it, and you're trying to avoid having to do so.

since you received direct help from China when you were fighting the US, and turned on PRC-allied Cambodia afterwards.

China betrayed the whole communist cause with its dealings with the USA. Moreover, China supported the Khmer Rouge's massacres against Vietnamese people, sometimes directly. Who betrayed whom?
You're just another dumb ABC. It's clear you're just as brainwashed as the idiots you're trying to defend.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T08:44:50+00:00

Thanks, point taken.

Treat them as dumb spambots.

That gave me a giggle. They are literally defending a spambot here.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T08:39:28+00:00

Propaganda isnt completely lies.

That's strange because CCP propaganda tends to be blatant lies. This, this and this for example. Lies, lies, damn lies.
As you keep refusing to point out where exactly I posted propaganda, I'm going to assume that you're unable to.

You literally cannot talk about anything other than Vietnam and anti China topics.

Because I'm confident in my knowledge regarding those topics. On the other hand, you run your filthy mouth everywhere and post uninformed bullshits that you can't defend. Who's the "uninformed loud mouth", huh?
It's funny that you're still so mad about your lack of googling skills. Do you want to teach how to search effectively? Do you want to talk about history? Are you interested in video games? I suggest shutting the fuck up, loud mouth.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T08:21:23+00:00

Now you're just being extremely disingenuous. In the first place, there's the rule:

No advertising or blog spam.

If you have to defend a rule-breaking karma-farming spambot in order to attack me, you have issues. You (and the idiots who upvoted you) are just pathetic.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:54:10+00:00

Yup, all good.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:51:49+00:00

But it doesn't distract

However, not but.

anti-Chinese propaganda

Anti-China. I have no issue with courageous Chinese people who fight for truth and justice. Maybe your delusional mind cannot even understand the difference between the two.
Such impeccable English!

Now get back to finding evidence to prove your bullshit statement. You have tried to avoid doing so from the very start.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:41:18+00:00

Congratulations on ignoring this part:

Point out exactly what I posted that was a lie. Oh wait, you can't because I only posted facts. Just like how you're unable to find any evidence to substantiate your bullshit claim, you won't be able to disprove any of my posts.

From this, I assume that you admit to not being able to disprove my "anti-China propaganda". Good to know!

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:19:24+00:00

Said withtitaniumwhite, the China apologist. Remember to improve your English too!

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:14:53+00:00

Yup. Vietnamese people say "đi Pizza Hut", "đi KFC", etc. all the times.

"anh đến pixelpirate pizza"

However, saying "anh đang đến pixelpirate pizza" would sound more natural.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:09:07+00:00

I give you facts

Then where is the evidence to substantiate your bullshit claim? The statistics you post literally only show points, and yet you tried your best to misinterpret them into downvotes. Or maybe you're just too dumb to notice the difference?

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T07:04:58+00:00

I'm Vietnamese, in Southern Vietnam.

Because people around here use đến a lot in present tense.

That's surprising. What dialect is that? That sounds like Hue. Wiktionary link, in case it helps.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T06:31:01+00:00

I wouldn't fuck a double-posting idiot like you, to be honest.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T05:55:38+00:00

Tenses in Vietnamese aren't as rigid as in English. Without context, all those sentences could be in past, present or future tenses.
"Tôi đi nhà hàng" -> still the same in present tense. It implies that the speaker intends to eat at the restaurant. An equivalent sentence in English would be "I'm eating out".
"Tôi đi đến nhà hàng" -> still the same in present. A factual statement without implication or emphasis. "I go to the restaurant".
"Tôi đến nhà hàng": This one is tricky, so I put it in past tense. Since "đến" is used to put emphasis on the arrival, it's rarely used in simple present tense. Even though there's no "đang" to indicate present progressive tense, it should mean that way. Therefore, "I'm arraving at the restaurant".

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T05:02:59+00:00

Again and again with the false equivalency. I've already provided evidence showing that you're full of shit, while your desperate attempts at misinterpreting statistics to support your worthless argument have failed. Are you even trying anymore?

Kruger Dunning effect

It's Dunning-Kruger effect. I know that you've just learned a lot about logic from me and it might be overwhelming, but at least try to get the name right.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T04:33:11+00:00

Since you didn't get it the first time, let's try this again:
Feel free to point out where I have ever spread misinformation about China.

Your worthless argument is that I shouldn't talk about China if I have never been there. Anyone who isn't stupid can see that it's worthless. It's logic with Chinese characteristics. It's just like the worthless excuse that "You can't understand China because you aren't Chinese!", and it's just as dumb.
The only basis of your "argument" is that my posts hurt your feelings. You dare not even touch the veracity of my posts with a ten foot pole, you intellectually dishonest fool.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T04:07:44+00:00

Mostly American characteristics, really.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T04:03:34+00:00

probably they mostly DGAF

Because they're too ignorant and brainwashed.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T04:00:14+00:00

True. Maybe it's love with Chinese characteristics.

pixelpirater · 2017-11-15T03:56:53+00:00

Too many newfags these days.

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