The point of protest is to make people uncomfortable, to individually confront and consider the situation.  If some Chinese fans feel uncomfortable at BlizzCon then maybe they need to consider their stances and change them.

Sure, but Activision/Blizzard is not a Chinese game company, they’re an American game company. Tencent, Huawei and Alibaba are so powerful in China because they’re backed (and really controlled) by the Chinese Communist Party; there’s no way you’ll get anything more than the smallest slice of the Chinese market, both…

Huh, how’s that decision looking now Activision/Blizzard? Is killing your core market worth it to get a slice of that Chinese market?  Between this and the Diablo mobile game reveal last year, gotta say a lot of former fans (myself included) are definitely not feeling optimistic about your next game.

More than that, you can walk away knowing your conscience is clean and that you aren’t supporting actions you disagree with.

This song wasn’t meant to be instructive Blizzard:

True, but in a case like this “football player might tackle me” would be considered a pretty likely consequence of trespassing on a football field.

Nope. If you’re doing something illegal (in this case, trespassing) and you injure yourself or you are injured, particularly if there are warning signs, security guards, etc. then generally speaking the property owner is considered to be immune to being sued.  Basically, you’ve been warned you’re doing something wrong…

Not the worst thing I’ve seen spilled on a Microsoft Surface.  Get it?  Jizz, i’m talking about jizz.  IT work is a never-ending horror show.

Weirdly, this is incredibly common in shitty organizations. I (briefly) worked as IT support for a small company with this exact scheme, but for services like painting or yard work. Every work team was their own LLC, with payment for “administrative support” going to the main company.  If someone sued them for shoddy…

…*quietly adds image to his kink folder*

I was once sucker-punched in the head like that, but don’t worry I have zerblrgtss brain damage.

Can’t fuck with the money, after all.

You can tell that these guys don’t work on their arm strength, I haven’t seen punches that weak since I was strangling all those orphans to death.

The crux, the real big one here, is that they didn’t inform him of the disciplinary nature of the meeting (aka that they were firing him) before the meeting.  In those sorts of situations in the UK, you need to tell people ahead of time so they can have their union rep there.

We are absolutely destroying the psyches of a generation of students because some people can’t grasp the idea that we don’t need so many fucking guns and that not everyone is out to kill you.  Disgraceful bullshit from our politicians, particularly Republicans.

Not sure what you’re trying to prove with that first graph. Sure, heart disease and cancer kill the most people in the US, but honestly the answer on how to avoid those is still “eat your fruits and veggies and exercise”, and even if you live the cleanest life possible, sometimes you may very well just die from those…

Not for nothing, but it’s worth noting this particular type of madness wouldn’t exist if America wasn’t half a step from being a theocracy.  Christianity has been used to hammer the idea of forgiveness and redemption into people of color in particular, even while white Christians in the US rarely practice it…

He’s already said dual nationals aren’t American enough, essentially.

Moose knuckle enthusiast Nicki Minaj immediately turned off the TV after they turned off those cameras.

Exactly this.  My car is getting a little long in the tooth, but I pretty much only need it to get to work, the grocery store and the gym.  I’ll drive that little bastard until it costs more than its worth to fix or someone else hits me and totals it (like my last car).  I don’t need some big, bulky gas guzzler, I…