I respect what you’re saying, but you can’t just pick and choose connotative meanings of words and implicitly exclude the meanings you don’t like. I don’t believe Mike meant Savage-as-in-uncivilized, but that is very much what it means to many.

you clearly don’t understand the cultural implications of the word when used in this context.

You’re not wrong there.

Try not to use the word Savage or Savagery when describing indigenous people.

I think games with “retro” graphics can sell just fine as long as they’re actually good games. Problem lies with the bazillion “retro style” games that rely purely on nostalgia and are actually pretty bad games.

Carl Brutananadilewski. A great man. Also, I was born on the greatest day of Carl’s life, according to him.

I don’t need no instructions to know how to rock!

Two obvious takes

Others have already said it, but what Dolezal did (and is still attempting to do) is the very height of racial/cultural tourism—because the day she stops taking melanin treatments/tanning/whatever she’s done to alter her skin tone, she can go back to being a white woman—with all of the social advantages and privileges…

Racism isn’t only about hate. It’s about the belief that “races” are all definably different. “Asians are good at math” is still racist, even though it’s a positive statement.

I’m not sure the negative repercussions of being non-white apply in Malaysia. (being non-Muslim / Malay, yeah - but that’s a whole other issue)

At least he didn’t also adopt Squall’s killer personality...

Correct. Dadtaku stories are written for parents to say “oh man yes this is bad i understand this”, not for teenagers to give unsolicited parenting advice.

Right? I think people missed the whole “these problems don’t actually matter because I love my son more than a video game” angle.

I got the sense it was about how some parenting frustrations are insignificant, because you love your kids and them doing something that brings them joy makes those little frustrations worth it. I found it really touching. Another title for this could be “My Son is Ruining Zelda (But That Doesn’t Matter Because I Love…

and who read lighthearted internet words literally, as though he’s genuinely advocating people not to have children.

In about 1994 I think, my dad introduced me to doom. He enjoyed playing it as well. I learned about the cheat system and that was pretty much how I played it all the time. After a while I guess I kept gabbing about it. After this he told me I ruined the game for him and I don’t think I saw him play any games for a…

it’s always easy in these comments to tell who doesn’t have kids

I thought I was just imagining how familiar things seemed at first, but it was pretty blatant. I think even the mid-air flailing after damage is identical