Podquisition 290: Mad As Hell
Angry crew in this one, friends.
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time to pirate shit!
I cannot stress to you enough about how dangerous pirated executables are. I would really not do that.
This was the eppaside I decided to support Laura. Her analysis brings so much to the table and is a vital voice. I dont even want to know the hate from Gamers TM this group gets. I am sure this is astounding.
Machiavelli's sentiment, actually. He encouraged making challenging but defeatable foes. Sun Tzu was more about understanding the capabilities of a foe and oneself and choosing the correct course of action... often not having that foe at all.
Ultimately, "disillusionment" is a positive process. It's good when our illusions fall away and we see things more sharply, even if that sharpness cuts and the process hurts. Selfishly, I hope that growth pains continue for you. Even when we don't agree (and no two thinking men will ever agree on all possible subjects) I respect the sincerity and passion of your convictions for the Humanity behind them. Nothing that you could produce, no agenda that you could take up, would in my mind be of more importance or worth than you as an individual. I wouldn’t sell you for a million dollars. That being said, I’m not a fan of burning monks. Be good to yourself.. Absolutely you have advanced the discussion! Keep speaking Truth to Power. If anything, I see your rage crystallizing your clarity, and you obviously have the self-awareness to not let it turn you into some mere mouth foaming blunt instrument. The “it’s just video games” crowd are angry that you don’t want to just jerk off and placate to, as you put it in an episode, the Bread and Circuses culture. Pure Escapists don’t like it when shit gets real. Them getting louder lately is because you’re getting so real, and that’s all that is.. and for me, that’s gold. Talk of frame rates and rendering distances and that are honestly like elevator strangers talking about the weather kind of small talk for me, but confronting the industry on its various flavors of dehumanization… that’s juicy meat; nourishment to my fire. So, the landscape is NOT unchanged in your wake, Jim. People don’t try this hard to get you to believe that when it’s actually true. And as for the other podcaster on the show that I ought to be sponsoring.. I sometimes feel I do trans people a disservice to be as silent on the subject as I am, but I know that I have no perspective or vantage here, and that's when I should probably just shut up and learn.. So, thank you for teaching me perspectives I never would've reached from the myopia of my own singular life.
I really like this episode. It’s really nice to hear these things vocalized. I really hope Jim stays healthy... but as a capitalist patron, I was glad to hear his anger.