I’ll just leave this here. (via xkcd)

Thinking differently from others is fine, but when you voice those thoughts in an insulting fashion while acting in a professional capacity as a company representative, things get a little dicey.

i learned the difference when my parents had to sit me down and tell me i needed to see someone because the amount of worrying and overall dread that small or unchangeable things caused me, or the fact that the fact i couldnt get out of bed in the morning wasnt a ‘hahaha im so lazy’ thing as much as a ‘I dread getting…

Hey you smoke crack STOP SMOKING CRACK YOU STUPID IDIOT! What about drug addiction huh? Just tell them to stop being stupid? To just quit cold turkey and stop doing it? You know addiction is a mental thing and you know mental disorders do exist right?

Nah, y’all both are shits.

“Everyone has fucking depression and anxiousness.”

Nope, no they don’t and I would bet he has no idea what either are in real life.

I certainly didn’t understand the difference between depression and just feeling down and anxiety vs worrying.

What happened to the Kar98k and M1?

They’re the ones making the game. If you think you know better, maybe make your own game?

I’m sure the creators of Rust, to say nothing of the thousands of game developers out there, will appreciate you telling them why they do what they do. Also, are you under the impression that movies and literary publishing are not profit-driven industries? Because that betrays a pretty childish view of how the world…

It’s supposed to make you feel empathy for your fellow player. Take how you feel, and now imagine that this was how most games go. That if you decided to not play games where you weren’t represented at all, you’d almost never play games. That’s how some of us feel on an almost daily basis when playing games, only we…

See, I understand where you’re comming from, but here’s my take.

Because a lot of players like to choose a character they associate themselves with. If you let people choose they can either play as themselves or go for something different.

People have agency in real life, just not over everything. That’s kind of the point.

Their vision is that the player does not get to choose their race and gender, just like in real life. They’re allowed that.

Nothing but respect for the guy who makes these decisions. I haven’t played Rust myself, but I love reading people’s reactions to not being able to choose things about their avatar. Too many people seem to think gaming is all about player choice, and I like it when games restrict that in interesting ways.

Why should they “have” to let people choose? Because that’s what every other game does and everything should be the same? Just let the creators have their vision my god.

Humans beating the fuck out of humans while humans cheer has to be a low point in so called “civilised society”, we are a bunch of mildly clever apes at best.

Dear god. As always, the comment section is a cesspool of emotional immaturity and rampant neomasculine misogyny. I love reading your stuff, Harris. It’s insightful, smart, funny and sometimes helpful! It’s a breath of fresh air in an internet filled with man-children. However, in all my time perusing your articles…

This vid summed it all up very well and how dangerous it could have been.

I’m having a blast and I don’t die very much. Do you often hop into competitive shooters and expect to know everything and be great from the get-go? There’s a lot about Battlefront that is closer to Halo 1 or Quake 3 than modern shooters like COD. For a lot of people that means you’re playing the game wrong, you have…