Indeed. The problem with speaking truth to power is that it leaves you with the truth and them with the power.

This is exactly right.

You are free to use it, as I stole it from Malcolm X and think it really drives home its point.

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Stabbing someone with an 8 inch knife and then pulling it back out 4 inches is not progress.

The consumption is neither here nor there. You got to have a home. You got to eat. People just have material needs. Ethics need not apply.

There are people out there who actually like Elon Musk. Occasionally I’m reminded to be baffled about this.

Actually, the heretic burnings and witch hunts were extremely rare to nonexistent in the Middle Ages. Those didn’t kick up until the Renaissance. It also almost exclusively targeted old and poor women because it was serving as a way to stifle rebellion and disorder after the century of peasant revolts against the…

You’re welcome! If you have any other questions feel free to talk to a corporate representative. I’m sure you’ll find them quite reassuring.

That’s right. The most important thing is to remember that everything I just said is nonsense. We wouldn’t want anyone taking this stuff seriously. Also, don’t forget to use Bing to find all your most important needs like a Zune and an XBoxOneX!

Does the capitalist “divide and conquer” strategy still surprise anyone? It does? Really? After 500 years of this?

Sadly, the comparison to FFXI doesn’t really work. FFXI was slower paced, more social, and had more teamwork via skill chains. This is just clumping enemies together and hitting your 1-2 AOE buttons until you have what you want.

I can’t wait to eat my TOP RAMEN while sitting in my COLEMAN tent and wearing my THE SIMS 4 LLAMA SUIT with PLUMBOB! Final Fantasy is SO COOL!

Donald Trump: world authority on role models.

Other way around. You can’t eat your cake and have it too. That’s the expression.

What, you think creative works only come from moral paragons? You’re using Kotaku - Probably through an ISP. Likely on a PC built by a shit company full of assholes exploiting slave labor.

Xenogears Creid is also excellent:

Oh sweet! A new DLC for The Witcher?

I have a 4 year old who took instantly to games. He’s beaten me at Mario Kart. He also watches YouTube.

Right when preorders went up I grabbed this and there was a mistake; the DLC was accessible immediately!