Unlikely that a typical street criminal’s parents said, “maybe you should perform crimes.” but if you could go back in time, ala Scrooge, you’d see lots of parental neglect, mixed messages, bad modeling, possibly even physical/verbal abuse.

There are very few Bad Seeds out there - think “We Need to Talk About Kevin”. Most shitheads in the world were warped into shithead-itude by their 18th birthday, through family abuse/neglect.

Gross way to end, and I don’t know how well I’d be able to celebrate if I’d been supporting Japan.

It’s another internet BS rule.

Good to know!

I would break it down more to:

Same here. When I was married and wearing The One Ring, women were far more flirty with me. I can only guess at the psychology. Perhaps they’re thinking, “How much of a creep can he be? I mean, he’s married!”

ACTING!!!

I’m reformed. Went a little nuts on a flash-modded 360 a few years ago. Found I felt not only guilty, but had little appreciation for the games I had. Went out, bought a regular, slim 360, bunch of used games, a few new ones, and some live titles. Actually felt pretty good to “go straight”.

Right, Sony won the 2016 E3 maybe, but not this one.

That sounds like a reasonably hypothesis, but more for 50’s-70’s style parenting. Those men did very little “parenting”, and likely due exactly what you mentioned.

Why not? It doesn’t excuse it. Clearly there are a lot of racists/homophobes out there. Millions upon millions. So, what characteristic defines that tiny percentage who are willing to commit horrific acts based solely on their racism/homophobia. I would call that “derangement”.

...current media pushed western society does not provide a moral, sociological and philosophical grounding

Yes - you can use this to do all your in-game pipboy stuff, according to the presentation.

What I’m getting from this board is that racist microagressions are, like, super common. Classic “pickup line” negs, not so much. Which is sort of what I expected.

I’m sure there are few places / times where the joint is jumpin, but it won’t likely be like the multitude of DDR-crazed places I saw a decade+ ago.

I’ve been going to Tokyo regularly for about 14 years. I was there last October and was highly disappointed in the arcade scene. The floor space is dominated by “claw” games. And some music games, and a few shooty games.

3DTV
(A) Asks for a little (not much more money, lightweight specs)
(B) Doesn’t deliver that much either (a stereoscopic effect which generally isn’t impressive after 30 minutes or so, especially on a less-than-60”screen).

My current partner and I actually enjoy sharing war stories. Makes us feel like “friends”., and it’s part of a greater conversation about what works for us in the BR.

I think some information is pretty key to know when you’re dating, but thinking “this could totally turn into a thing”.