Culture Wars General - KiA Diet Coke Edition

[Spooky Bones]

Vidya was a mistake.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

You're expecting CoD to take a political stance, when its most brave political stance, to date, has been-

Torture bad!
Murdering noncombatants bad!
Terrorism bad!

 

[The Sauce Boss]

Okay wait Ghosts had "South Americans bad" which is honestly pretty based

 

[some Sketchy dude]

Caring about the storyline to a Call of Duty game? You trying to collect puzzle pieces?

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

I think too I may have focused a bit too much on the novelty that made me think of this topic. This is about something more than just Call of Duty, and for that reason I felt it more appropriate to post a thread here than to shit up the Call of Duty thread. There are numerous other examples to take, from numerous angles. For example, as an atheist, how should I feel about supporting the movie Silence? The movie itself is very well made, but I can't bring myself to support the conclusion of the film nor the man who wrote the original novel.

Does the political disagreement over-ride the enjoyment of a good movie?

 

[The Sauce Boss]

I think too I may have focused a bit too much on the novelty that made me think of this topic. This is about something more than just Call of Duty, and for that reason I felt it more appropriate to post a thread here than to shit up the Call of Duty thread. There are numerous other examples to take, from numerous angles. For example, as an atheist, how should I feel about supporting the movie Silence? The movie itself is very well made, but I can't bring myself to support the conclusion of the film nor the man who wrote the original novel.

Does the political disagreement over-ride the enjoyment of a good movie?

Only a retard is so beholden to his values that he finds himself unable to stomach even the thought of opposing viewpoints. If your political disagreements with a medium are so severe that you find yourself not enjoying a movie, then don't watch it. If you can enjoy art for art regardless of political implications, then enjoy it.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

Only a retard is so beholden to his values that he finds himself unable to stomach even the thought of opposing viewpoints. If your political disagreements with a medium are so severe that you find yourself not enjoying a movie, then don't watch it. If you can enjoy art for art regardless of political implications, then enjoy it.

But I'm not talking about the enjoyment of something, I'm talking about supporting it. Talking about it positively and purchasing it. Thinking yourself above that is just disenfranchising yourself. In that instance I've already enjoyed the movie, but do I go onto to support it?

 

[The Sauce Boss]

But I'm not talking about the enjoyment of something, I'm talking about supporting it. Talking about it positively and purchasing it. Thinking yourself above that is just disenfranchising yourself. In that instance I've already enjoyed the movie, but do I go onto to support it?

Yes, because if you genuinely believe your 60 dollars spent on COD BO CW is enough to disenfranchise yourself, then you deserve to be disenfranchised.

 

[break these cuffs]

Saw the thread title and I thought about having a nice discussion about the economic impacts of buying local, small businesses, creating a sense of community and pride, the environmental impact of containship pollution, etc.

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

I can't rate you autistic and dumb, so please accept dumb.

You wrote a mostly reasonable spergpost which won't matter even a bit as hordes of bored 12-year-old gamers are going to nag their parents until they finally give in and buy the fucking game, and they won't care about anything beyond gameplay. Voting with your wallet doesn't mean jack shit with companies like this, however, it might matter to you the same way as it matters to me - $60 not spent on a shitty vidya gaem means $60 more to spend on booze.

And I can pirate the shitty vidya gaem later if I'm that bored.

Does the political disagreement over-ride the enjoyment of a good movie?

But I'm not talking about the enjoyment of something, I'm talking about supporting it. Talking about it positively and purchasing it. Thinking yourself above that is just disenfranchising yourself. In that instance I've already enjoyed the movie, but do I go onto to support it?

I sure as fuck don't care whether Chick Corea is a Sci-tard or not when I'm listening to his music. Life's too short to care that much about that.

Edit: clean-up.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

Yes, because if you genuinely believe your 60 dollars spent on COD BO CW is enough to disenfranchise yourself, then you deserve to be disenfranchised.

It's the 60 dollars I ultimately spend on nothing that disenfranchises me the most. How do I maximize myself from all of this?

I can't rate you autistic and dumb, so please accept dumb.

You wrote a mostly reasonable spergpost which won't matter even a bit as hordes of bored 12-year-old gamers are going to nag their parents until they finally give in and buy the fucking game, and they won't care about anything beyond gameplay. Voting with your wallet doesn't mean jack shit with companies like this, however, it might matter to you the same way as it matters to me - $60 not spent on a shitty vidya gaem means $60 more to spend on booze.

And I can pirate the shitty vidya gaem later if I'm that bored.


I sure as fuck don't care whether Chick Corea being a Sci-tard or not when I'm listening to his music. Life's too short to care that much about that.

It's mostly about maximizing the incredibly little bit of power you have. $60 from one guy is indeed meaningless when you have 500 million other guys, much in the same way your vote is ultimately meaningless compared against the majority of Americans. At what point does it start to matter though?

Another great point is brought up by @break these cuffs

Saw the thread title and I thought about having a nice discussion about the economic impacts of buying local, small businesses, creating a sense of community and pride, the environmental impact of containship pollution, etc.

Mega-corporations like McDonalds and Wal-Mart are hardly going to miss your money now, but at what point could they? At what point will it actually matter to vote with your wallet?

 

[ZombiefiedFerret]

"Deep Thoughts"

 

[The Sauce Boss]

It's the 60 dollars I ultimately spend on nothing that disenfranchises me the most. How do I maximize myself from all of this?

It's mostly about maximizing the incredibly little bit of power you have. $60 from one guy is indeed meaningless when you have 500 million other guys, much in the same way your vote is ultimately meaningless compared against the majority of Americans. At what point does it start to matter though?

Another great point is brought up by @break these cuffs

Mega-corporations like McDonalds and Wal-Mart are hardly going to miss your money now, but at what point could they? At what point will it actually matter to vote with your wallet?

First of all, you're never going to have enough people 'voting with their wallet' to bother the big corporations. Consumerism is the bedrock of American society nowadays. If you want the newest toy? You can fucking well have it, big boy, you're the boss! Have it your way! The simple fact is that your hard-earned money, and where you spend it, is at the end of the day, a personal choice you make. It matters to you, and that is the only means by which it matters.

Second of all, mega-corporations don't need to rely on American dollars anymore. They're pretty much going global. If your dollar mattered to you, they'd make an effort to keep it.

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

At what point does it start to matter though?

When you become the same kind of annoying, loud minority as the current hashtag WOKE crowd or a popular clout-magnate like that retarded fake dietetician Food Babe and you can mobilize your millions of followers to have any corporation bend to your will.

 

[break these cuffs]

Mega-corporations like McDonalds and Wal-Mart are hardly going to miss your money now, but at what point could they? At what point will it actually matter to vote with your wallet?

The point of voting with your wallet isn't to hurt megacorps, it's to help businesses that align with your values.

 

[Table Country]

Yeeeeesss goy... consuuuuuuume product.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

The point of voting with your wallet isn't to hurt megacorps, it's to help businesses that align with your values.

But by extension it will also harm those who do not align with your values, as they are losing out on a potential customer. Which is why I said not using your money at all is only hurting yourself, of course there are many ways to use your money beyond just consuming products.

When you become the same kind of annoying, loud minority as the current hashtag WOKE crowd or a popular clout-magnate like that retarded fake dietetician Food Babe and you can mobilize your millions of followers to have any corporation bend to your will.

How then would you go from the position you've described where "they don't listen to you at all" to "they will bend to your will"?

 

[Ketamine Kat]

Pedantic and trivial view point aside, we should vote with our wallet indeed when it comes to video games.

Last of Troons 2? Boycotted for being a virtue signalling story about some troon that has the personality of an hormonal piece of stale bread just so the VP of Naughty Dog could self insert banging it.

Battlefield V(agina)? Ignored because of how they fucked up history for the purpose of virtue signalling and twisting history to fit their demented vision. Especially after the tard that came out and said "Don't like it don't buy it".

Star Wars Battlecucks? Fuck your microtransactions.

Blizzard-related games? Yeah go tard signal somewhere else along with your snowflake developers, tone deaf retarded game leads and ignoring your customers entirely.

If more people stood up and gave them the middle finger, they would think twice before churning out this bs.

 

[break these cuffs]

But by extension it will also harm those who do not align with your values, as they are losing out on a potential customer. Which is why I said not using your money at all is only hurting yourself, of course there are many ways to use your money beyond just consuming products.

I'm talking as an individual. Your dollar means far more to Joe's Butcher Shop than it does to Walmart. Amazon losing a customer means fuck all. Movements like boycotts are just social media flexes in society today without appreciable action. It needs to happen organically from the ground up.

 

[Billy "the Bot" Bobson]

Pedantic and trivial view point aside, we should vote with our wallet indeed when it comes to video games.

Last of Troons 2? Boycotted for being a virtue signalling story about some troon that has the personality of an hormonal piece of stale bread just so the VP of Naughty Dog could self insert banging it.

Battlefield V(agina)? Ignored because of how they fucked up history for the purpose of virtue signalling and twisting history to fit their demented vision. Especially after the tard that came out and said "Don't like it don't buy it".

Star Wars Battlecucks? Fuck your microtransactions.

Blizzard-related games? Yeah go tard signal somewhere else along with your snowflake developers, tone deaf retarded game leads and ignoring your customers entirely.

If more people stood up and gave them the middle finger, they would think twice before churning out this bs.

You should just shut up and play your pirated games, let everyone else reflect economic interest for you :^)
On a serious note, how would it expand from just one person to enough people to make an impact? There's more to the story that I'm not picking up myself.

I'm talking as an individual. Your dollar means far more to Joe's Butcher Shop than it does to Walmart. Amazon losing a customer means fuck all. Movements like boycotts are just social media flexes in society today without appreciable action. It needs to happen organically from the ground up.

I'm not necessarily saying an outright boycott, merely making the observation that by not spending money on or at a certain place, you send the signal that you aren't interested in that product or place for a certain reason. Over time, by spending more and more money at Joe's you help to build him up and, no matter how incredibly small it is, make a small dent in Wal-Mart. At what point does the tide turn from Wal-Mart? How does that happen, specifically?