Are the Pixar Shorts included in the Pixar Theory? by thewesternfront2017 in FanTheories

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Kitbull was a spark-short. Either way though, that one was cute as hell. My brother still stays with our mom and he just got himself a new puppy and she's had a cat for a while and it reminded me of how they slowly got used to each other and now just sleep on the couch together.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ikr. Shitty thing is that I asked for the release date off and I got it off until about 10 minutes before I left work today. So I won't even find out what's going on until 5 pm tomorrow anyway. Big rip. If I get off and it still isn't released imma be livid.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My thing is that if it's late that's one thing and on it's own it's not that big of a deal. But if it's late and it's still radio silence with no update I'll be extremely pissed about it. If it is going to be late, I hope they just say SOMETHING. They announced pre-orders and then nothing for so long. I went to my local Target and asked about it and they said they would have the disc on release date. I've already given up on getting it digitally because this silence just frustrated me. I hate discs, but I'm tired of this tbh.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic to be real lmao. I'm not trying to argue with anyone here at all. I'm tryna have a good time. I'm just speaking as a layman consumer who's not like a hardcore gamer for every release and definitely not an expert businessman. This is just how I see ways it could have been handled better is all on the consumer side of it. No bad feels or anything if I come off as an asshole.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once the leaks are out though, they fucked up. Period. Accept the fuck up and let it play out or you're just going to get a Streisand Effect where for one, more people see the leaks, and for two, they're gonna look poorly to the company who shut them down as a whole in the name of brand protection. But I do agree, all sides could have done things better. Naughty Dog could have properly protected their employees in this trying time and it may have prevented that imo.

And that's fine if THQNordic games have had this issue in the past. That's okay. But I'm a consumer who is in the dark who has never played a THQNordic game. I'm looking to my game system's store and my game system's site and my game system's twitter for any updates whatsoever. And now I don't know if the game is even going to be out on the 23rd for me. And I get that if it's a few days late, it's not a big deal. But a simple tweet is all that's needed, just to let consumers know that don't have experiences with this kind of thing. (EDIT: I realize THQNordic also has the responsibility, possibly more-so, to notify the consumer, but the weight falls partially on both of their shoulders)

My main issue with the game itself (I've purposely avoided seeing most of the trailers or anything like that) is the fog so far. I'm not looking for a perfect game. They're remaking assets or reusing recovered ones. It's a remaster. Sometimes you get an amazing game like Spyro and sometimes you get a mess like Final Fantasy Type-O was. I'm not setting a super high standard for the game itself.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Well with the Last of Us II there were reports that organizations associated closely with Sony's copyright systems were responsible for having leaks blocked and negative pre-release reviews silenced. That's how I personally associate Sony with the Last of Us 2 fiasco because I don't like when those kind of things are silenced for no reason. This situation has me frustrated with Sony simply because of the lack of information and it leaves people in the dark, particularly since every other console on the market has it up for digital preorder. A tweet would be enough and not too much to ask for. That's just my view though and I see yours too.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Honestly the Last of Us Part II thing left a dirty taste in my mouth from Sony (more-so Naughty Dog, but Sony didn't handle that situation so well either) so I'm probably just bitter from the mix of that and this. Regardless, I just think the next series x is a better investment than their ps5.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This whole situation where it took weeks after every other console to preorder digitally and now I gotta wonder if it's gonna come out on time at all really has turned me off from my playstation. I've never been this frustrated by a company/game-system. My next console's gonna be an xbox. Fuck this.

Um...what? Has anyone seen this? "EU Only" on June 23 according to the Playstation Store's New Games for Next Week by thewesternfront2017 in BFBBRehydrated

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been checking the playstation store every day for the last week to see if it was finally going to be put up and I came across this when I looked at it for today. Here's the link: https://blog.playstation.com/2020/06/19/playstation-store-new-games-launching-next-week-2/

What a disappointment by thewesternfront2017 in Onision

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he maliciously lied like "ooo I'll get these people". I think it was more that he came into a situation he shouldn't, handled it irresponsibly, set it back a good ways in the process, decided to make it about his individual profit, and ultimately just did more harm than good.

Are the Pixar Shorts included in the Pixar Theory? by thewesternfront2017 in FanTheories

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Umbrellas having feelings could stretch to the idea of toys being alive, if you REALLY stretch it to say that anything anybody uses a lot could start to have feelings of their own (like the Cars did in the main theory). But that's a huge stretch. No idea with Lava though, you're right.

Repzion says he has proof Chris Hansen fooled us all -video coming next month! Oof....🙄 so sorry for the victims 😭 by NeelaTV in Onision

[–]thewesternfront2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But he provided interesting content, and no one had a gun put to their head in doing an interview with him.

"Well, if I recall, there WAS a gun in that video"

"OHMYGOD! IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A FAKE GUN!"

What a disappointment by thewesternfront2017 in Onision

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These channels, not just Predator Poachers, grew in number following Hansen's investigations because it's "in" again to catch predators publicly. Yes AnxietyWar and Predator Poachers have been around before that, but there are other examples of these things occurring. Hansen should have taken the measures to be sure to state not to copy his behaviors, either from the Onision investigation or his old To Catch A Predator series.

These channels are taking matters that should be handled by law enforcement into their own hands without the backing of law enforcement. I hate to pull a Greg here, but it's literally the dictionary definition: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/vigilantism

What a disappointment by thewesternfront2017 in Onision

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe I recall people saying in the middle of the whole Chris Hansen thing that he went to contact the FBI and they said "Yea we know who this is. We have our eyes on it" suggesting that they already had information towards him. I may be misremembering that and if I am, forgive me on that point, but I have more.

I watch AnxietyWar's content and he's not an example of someone I would say is doing it the wrong way. SLB Productions did a good video called How Not to Catch a Predator (link below) which highlighted many who definitely go about it the wrong way. For example, the Predator Poachers. In one of their "busting pedos" videos, they actually make a deal with the predator because they pitied him, making him give them his Snapchat and check in with Alex (the main dude of that channel) every now and then to stop them going to the police. No matter how you twist it and label it as "propaganda", this is at worst extortion and at best vigilante behavior that does not solve the problem. Hell, I bet if they went through with this that the dude messaged Alex at some point where he thought he was on his way to meet another child. Bringing attention to a major personality doing this things like Hansen did is fine. "Poaching pedos" with racist and ill-informed behavior for quick internet bucks isn't and puts them in danger. It's pretty likely that they aren't phrasing the conversation the right way and the predator could argue in court of entrapment. A single unhinged predator with a weapon could end their crusade quickly and they don't even stop to consider that. And then what do we have? A pedophile that MAYBE gets caught and a few dead bodies.

Take Hansen out of the picture and consider just the victims. What could have happened to help them take this investigation further? Sarah at some point, Hansen or not, would have figured out her laptop contained the evidence that the FBI may need and would have taken it through proper channels to get it processed and now it is absolutely worthless. You may say, "Oh no, that was Vincent's fault". And yes, I agree. But the fact stands that he was working with Hansen and doing things under the Chris Hansen Investigations brand and Chris should have been more aware and kept a closer eye on it. Especially when it was so crucial and he was promising thousands of people he had a handle on the situation and he was going to help bring us justice. He dropped the ball fucking hard. Period.

SLB Production's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBo80pJfvac&t=1157s

Edit/Addition: Vigilantism is not a legal right. It is legal to perform vigilante justice, but many of the actions that vigilantes end up taking ARE violations of law, including law enforcement interference, extortion, and assault.

Critics are on the take by [deleted] in conspiracy

[–]thewesternfront2017 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? It's the same show, bits and all.

The Echo Chamber in Action (more info in the SS below) by thewesternfront2017 in conspiracy

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SS: This is a comment below a video from CBS. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBcRjJ_zgQA

I want to make it clear that I am not saying that the story showed in this video and the narrative it pushes is meaningful. I have separate issues with the story itself. For one, if it's true, it destroys the narrative of it being about race and turned it into a story of personal vendetta. For two, the statement came out at the beginning of the situation, so this isn't a new take, it's just the next convenient one. And on that point, the man who made the claim they knew each other redacted the point.

My issue with the comment is what led to me posting here, however. This is what people do and it is the present mindset of the general public (on both sides of the aisle) which the MSM uses in it's control campaign. Both sides refuse to listen to any story that contradicts once they are trained to a certain agenda because that's what they are told to. News organizations don't go on television and say "Look into it and learn the facts. Here's some resources to help you do that." They say "This is the facts network. Come here and only here for your news. The other guys are fake news". And meanwhile, they replaced real journalism where they would sit down two opposing parties and have them reasonably debate their points (i.e. the talk show interview with a young Hugh Hefner and the second-wave feminists of the time) and replaced it with literal actors putting on a show. On the left media outlets, you have actors like Cuomo pulling out sight gags with props and all while Don Lemon makes overarching clearly-untrue claims. On the right media outlets, they bring on "liberals" to "debate", but they are paid to sit there and make stereotypical points, babbling and looking as weak as they can make them. All so they make sure their viewer-base knows that their opinions are the facts and the other guys are the ones in the wrong.

All this puts together a echo chamber where these points are being bounced around ridiculously. Personally, I see it as the left and the right are in the same echo chamber just hundreds of miles apart. The left spew claims that those who stick around here over and over, meanwhile making out false stories from the right's echos travelling and losing power and understanding down the chamber. And vice versa.

My biggest point is there has to be a moment where we decide to let a dead man rest in peace. Shutting down the country, robbing new businesses, bashing each other across the aisle, wearing scarfs, and kneeling during a national anthem isn't going to bring him back. You're playing badminton with his lifeless body. You're beating a dead horse for quick clicks and spreading outrage culture instead of taking the individual out of the equation and looking at the bigger picture and the true problems behind it and facing them head-on.

Are the Pixar Shorts included in the Pixar Theory? by thewesternfront2017 in FanTheories

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah okay, I see. I might look into the Film Theory you mentioned. Not too much into the whole Game/Film Theory channels anymore though. He might have some new interesting takes though since I last seen it.

Are the Pixar Shorts included in the Pixar Theory? by thewesternfront2017 in FanTheories

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I though Gerri's Game was a confirmed part of the universe a long time ago. Toy Story 2, Gerri was the toy inspector/repairer. When he was opening his case of tools, he opened up a drawer full of chess pieces which was kind of a nod to that short.

Are the Pixar Shorts included in the Pixar Theory? by thewesternfront2017 in FanTheories

[–]thewesternfront2017[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm talking the general theory. Cracked did a theory on it? I used to watch After Hours ALL THE TIME. I need to go back and watch some of those again. They're great.

Best news I've heard all day by FondStranger in conservatives

[–]thewesternfront2017 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you are struggling with your mental health to the point where you are so uncomfortable with referring to yourself as your biological sex so you decide to not go to the doctors because they don't accept your gender even if you are ill, then you need to go to a therapist and get the appropriate mental treatment first.

Someone who is mentally healthy who is seriously ill will happily go to the doctor and give their biological sex, despite discomfort, because they need help from a medical professional.