The worst part is, if you’re a northern hemisphere player, this shit is also distracting from the cherry blossom event going on, which has actually tasteful and good items you could be crafting instead.

The 13th Amendment to the Constitution says there’s literally no difference

what is the issue with some work time as well - for which they should be paid commensurate with hours worked and task given

It’s literally slave labor man. Just because it’s ubiquitous doesn’t make it alright. 

But...of course they could use it.  What are you talking about?  That prisoners *could* drink it (???) does not inevitably lead to the conclusion that it cannot possibly be made available.

In times of economic distress, capital driven markets help vendors and investors exploit the marginalized to accumulate more capital.

I definitely didn’t know that prisoners would be making this from the press conference yesterday — but he explicitly said it would be available at prisons. Is that only for the guards and visitors and not the prisoners (which was the implication)?

Without the loot, isn’t there even less to the actual game then?  What will be the loop?  

All of this nanny crap should be opt-in. Or give us people that know how to use the internet a different less locked down browser version. A browser shouldn’t be dictating what I can and can’t chose to download, it should be a dumb interface between my computer and a server, that stays out of the way as much as…

The sad truth is they were a bump in his history. Kobe has been fine since the rape charges got dropped. Many people don’t know or forgot he was a rapist. 

If I’m being honest, I have a hard time seeing the good. I don’t think I’ve looked at a picture of Kobe Bryant in the last 15 years without my first thought being “rapist.” Lots of men move on and forget. Women, particularly those who have been subjected to sexual violence at the hands of men, don’t necessarily just…

It’s frustrating because when someone dies of course u want to focus and remember the good. I have no problem with that, but let’s not gloss over the bad.  

Yes. This case is one of the best examples out there of a victim doing everything right in the aftermath of an assault and still getting totally chewed up by the system. She told a friend. She went to the hospital. She got an exam done. The exam documented evidence, including bruising around her throat (Bryant choked…

“The charges would later be dropped when she refused to testify. Later, the accuser would file a civil suit against Bryant and the case was eventually settled out of court.”

I'm guessing that's what he called his junk while raping or not raping.

A least u mentioned the rape, but let’s not act like this was a she said he said case. There was a lot of damning evidence against Kobe. He clearly raped her and u can admit that and still talk about the good he did and the legacy of his career. People are complicated and we can be honest about the good and the bad. 

Watched it twice (sub and dub, the latter of which was unbelievably stellar), and I absolutely struggled through this one.

It is very hard for any Japanese artist to show the dirty side of Japan. It is literaly a cultural blindness and very taboo.

Makoto Shinkai and Mamoru Hosada are the only living anime directors whose work gets an automatic pass from me (RIP Satoshi Kon) - they have proven time and again to only do quality work. Regardless of how it holds up to Your Name, I’m sure this film is also amazing and I can’t wait to see it.

I saw True Lies in the theatre with someone who was from the Middle East who started laughing in the middle of a scene that involved massive explosions and people burning to fiery deaths. She said one of the Arab terrorists had just yelled "Stop, drop and roll!" in Arabic as his confederates were being incinerated. …