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      AA is where it’s at now. There’s still insanely good games coming out, there just not by companies like EA and Activision anymore.

      In some ways I think the good development studios are the same size they’ve always been, it’s just that a new class of mainstream games has risen to profit on the masses. If you ignore those, it’s not so bad. At least not until one of the AAA publishers gets their hands on them to ruin the IP and layoff the original devs

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        A lot of AA studios have been cramming in a ton of microtransactions still, whereas indie is mostly devoid of it, but it definitely gets a lot better the more A’s you remove.

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      Cops (1989) ruined america, taught us to trust these ass holes and they royally fucked us over.

      Not making light of everything before 1989, but even after all that shit, the show painted them in a decent enough light to where people spill their guts and trust them, just because they have a uniform and they took full advantage of us.

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        Police propaganda goes way back before Cops (1989). Dragnet started in 1951 and inspired dozens of police procedurals that made cops look like street smart scientists who studied at the intersection of crime and humanity. In reality they are just a disappointment. ACAB

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      At one point, between 2021-2022 I had thought absolutely nothing of him and just thought of him as an eccentric rich person. Even wanted one of his “The Boring Company” flamethrowers because who wouldn’t want a flamethrower? Then comes the election and out comes his true colours. Now there’s no change in hell I’d support him.

      So many people sabotage themselves by being bad people and going mask off.

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        I thought he was a great guy when he loaned those solar panels to the hospital in Puerto Rico. Then he bought Twitter and started firing employees, banning reporters, blocking the api so researchers couldn’t have access. This was the start for me. Jerk has only gotten worse.

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    The United States government and the United States citizens.

    Growing up I was taught about all these checks and balances. How the government is slow and that’s good because it makes sure people get what they really want. Come to find out in just one presidential term, this one guy just executes executive orders left and right and just gets things done.

    I thought U.S citizens would vote in their best interests but they would glady vote for a facist who’s against their best wishes.

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    Other than the usual ACAB and distrust of government.

    Probably parents.

    I used to think they actually looked out for my interests.

    Now I know the harsh reality is that:
    No one, not your parents, not your siblings, not even your “best” friends, literally no one will care about you. Its every person for themselves

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    Many moons ago I thought Israel was just defending itself. For two decades now I’ve come to believe they are the problem, and are now committing wanton genocide

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    A certain elongated muskrat comes to mind. I love space so the thought of a reusable rocket to make space affordable was awesome. I also believe that electric cars are the future, and tesla did make pretty good charging standard and help to “prove” the concept. But now I just hope he somehow winds up dirt poor, and irrelevant. Just oh, my, god

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    Jk Rowling. She was (I think) the only billionaire to ever debillonaire themselves without dying (i.e., she donated so much wealth to charity that she was no longer a billionaire).

    But then she decided to dedicate herself to making trans people’s lives miserable…

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      Can she just die already? I normally don’t wish death on anyone. Just people that do extremely evil things.

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      I’m curious which charities she was donating to before she turned into a massive cunt. Cause all she donates to now are hate groups.

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        Good question, I never actually looked into it. According to her Wikipedia page:

        She established the Volant Charitable Trust in 2000, and co-founded the charity Lumos in 2005. Rowling’s philanthropy centres on medical causes and supporting at-risk women and children. In 2025, Forbes estimated that Rowling’s charitable giving exceeded US$200 million. She has also donated to Britain’s Labour Party, and opposed Scottish independence and Brexit.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling

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    Motorcycles with ICE (16 year-olds running on two-stroke fuel, yikes)

    Alcohol

    Naive pacifism

    Blocking a kitchen sink

    Theism

    Certain Black Metal bands

    Local landowners (that were the landowners’ children in school)