No one is saying they shouldn’t run ads. There are plenty of other ad formats that aren’t auto-playing videos smack-dab in the middle of long-form text content. Polygon does the same thing, and it’s basically a slap in the face to people like me who try to support sites by disabling ad-blockers.

The Kinja ads completely destroy what is otherwise a really nicely designed and well-written review. I counted 8, middle-of-the-content ads, 2 or 3 of which were incredibly distracting autoplaying videos. Come on guys... I really want to support long-form content like this, but I’m really close to enabling adblock…

Wasnt it already at zero?

Hey man, its racist to not allow his racist beliefs. /s

I’ve seen that before; a variant of it also gets trotted out when something horrifyingly sexist or racist comes out of Japan: “It’s their culture! Don’t judge!”

...it’s like, dude, I get it: respect for a variety of cultures is key to being a reasonable person—but not every part of every culture is praiseworthy, even…

*long heavy sigh*

I would like to add one more:

5.) “It’s okay because a lot of Asian societies are more racist than other countries.”

Like that excuses him for using Twitch as a platform to display racist comments.

You forgot “ ...I apologize IF you were offended.”

No.

And here we go again.

Countdown to the following:

1.) “Well, Black people use the word all the time, so we should be able to use it too! Either everyone can use it, or no one can!” —If you actually need linguistic reclamation explained to you, ask, and I’ll be happy to provide a calm, respectful description of how it…

I wonder what in his culture could make having a black name like Daryl a problem? Let us contemplate...

Daryl sounds more like the name of a boring white person.

“I apologize for my word usage and will work to improve in the future”. Probably be word for word too.

I await his hollow apology and suspension from the team, like always.

I’m not bashing it at all — and I’m glad that Audi made a halo car. But I’m not an Audi enthusiast, so it’s appeal has generally eluded me (and until the recent discount, the pricing always struck me as somewhat absurd.) Honestly, I’m just here to learn more about what people like about it.

Oh come on. Sure, they should’ve, but let’s not kick these guys now—they actually listened and made a change in a timely manner.

Well... yeah.

I... get removing the songs from any reprints of the game. I can even get behind any new downloads or sales...

I can’t really say any of the music from GTA 4 and 5 really stick in my mind. It’s all pretty forgetable to me. Unlike Vice City’s perfect soundtrack.