I just realized that conservatives and Ubisoft is a marriage made in capitalism.
Ubisoft TL;DR:
Gamers should get used to not owning games and pay for subscriptions forever.
- You’ll own nothing and be happy.
“One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games]. As gamers grow comfortable in that aspect… you don’t lose your progress. If you resume your game at another time, your progress file is still there. That’s not been deleted. You don’t lose what you’ve built in the game or your engagement with the game. So it’s about feeling comfortable with not owning your game.
- Ubisoft’s Director of Subscriptions: Phillipe Tremblay
Conservatives:
Trust me bro I read the headlines don’t look for any other sources but if you do only look at the ones I tell you, vote for me the left is corrupt and woke, I didn’t get bribes you’re wrong that’s just lies from mainstream media, ok these are friendly gifts but they didn’t influence me.
- You’ll know nothing and be happy.
- Ignorance is bliss.
From social movements, to political parties, governments, dissidents, and corporations, many groups engage in active efforts to shape media narratives. Media manipulation tactics include: planting and/or amplifying misinformation and disinformation using humans (troll armies, doxxing, and bounties) or digital tools (bots); targeting journalists or public figures for social engineering (psychological manipulation); gaming trending and ranking algorithms, and coordinating action across multiple user accounts to force topics, keywords, or questions into the public conversation. Because the internet is a tool, a tactic, and a territory – integral to challenging the relations of power.
- Research from Data & Society
Sources:
- Ubisoft Interview - GamesIndustry.biz
- Ubisoft Interview Article - PushSquare.com
- Media Manipulation & Disinformation
- The Republican’s Attack on Higher Education Will Take Years to Undo - Vox
- The Right’s ideological war on education - LeftFootForward.org
This whole showerthought post came to me after I shower decompressed the unpleasant experience of one of my friends accidentally inviting over a conspiracy theorist for new years, again I will state that they didn’t know until yesterday. I don’t even remember what cursed line of conversation that led our nerdy group to have a lenghty and arduous discussion on war, education, and economics.
TL;DR:
Please only invite guests that you’ve known for at least a year.
Not American but friends in the US have told me that they ed tried to argue with magas before and all they literally say is “that’s fake news” or “trump didn’t really mean that”
I’ve retroactively moved this showerthought post here as political posts aren’t allowed on [email protected]
They’re always so confidently incorrect. People seem to want everything that happens to fit in a box to make it comprehensible. Change is scary. The idea that everything is just chaos and the miracle of our existence is just random, and that there is no “they” pulling the strings is scary. Better to believe that there is some kind of plan or shadowy people behind the scenes to give everything a sense of order than to come to grips with facts. Believing you are smarter than all the sheeple and have it all figured out is a nice warm blanket.
We may be all alone in the universe. If we are, then all we’ve got is each other, and the rock in space we happen to live on. I wish the conspiracy theorists and the selfish, greedy folks with all the resources who are plunging us toward a bleak future could have a little perspective and empathy. This life is a shared experience and always has the same ending, so why not try to learn about each other and make someone else’s existence a little more pleasant while we’re here, rather than cave to fear and embracing ignorance?
That’s the part I don’t get: Chaos is a lot more comforting than believing that there’s a collection of people who can actually make things happen (fast) and yet always seem to cock everything up; even for themselves. At least with chaos there’s always a chance to get things done on your own or slip your own ideals into the mix 🤷
If there’s a god controlling literally everything like the ultimate micromanager playing pretend with themselves there’s nothing you can do to change your situation. You’re forever stuck; a slave to their will. Why bother even trying to change things? To me that’s just an excuse to be lazy or ignore the problems all around you (or to just be an asshole).
If someone believes that, “it’s all in God’s hands” that person can never be trusted to solve problems or make things better.
