counterpoint: games are also bad, because they are developed by, you guessed it, gamers

(don’t take this too seriously, I know there are some good games out there)

I haven’t touched a video game in probably 2ish years so I have no idea what the gamers are whining about this time but I can only assume they’re dumb and wrong

and drank the “technology will make everything better bro trust me” kool-aid

ugh same. got caught up in the ridiculous tech-optimism of the early-to-mid 2010s. I thought self-driving cars and VR were the frickin’ future. it’s hard to imagine now but there was so little public criticism of big tech back then

watching the bombs drop in Baghdad at age 10 was probably my first “are we the baddies” moment. after that I could trace my political development through the punk bands I listened to as a teen. when I liked Green Day I was anti-Bush but not really a leftist, my first exposure to anti-capitalism came from listening to Refused, and then getting into more anarcho-punk bands made me hate cops and the US military but still had “communism bad” brainworms. by my early 20s I had slipped back into being more of a radlib/socdem (Bernie 2016) and like most of you gradually became more of a socialist/communist from there

one of his former employees, Lauren Bousfield, has alleged that he fired her for coming out as trans

it’s not relevant to this post obviously but I think people should know about that

I’m a 30 year old living at my parents house who recently got a job, in public service no less, and I can’t afford rent. very cool!

not a gamer though so I’ve got that going for me

bury it in under a plate of GABAGOOL

yeah some of those folks be thinking of children a little too much

“you’re no different than a pod bro” says the guy angrily ranting into his podcast mic

anyway kinda weird to spend half the video glazing your own dad

meanwhile there’s a lot of work that needs doing that is not being done. maybe people wouldn’t be so “anti-work” if their work meaningfully contributed to society and afforded them a decent standard of living

oh yeah it’s very similar to the top left one, like they started with that and just cut some notches out of it

ok I get that the Ukraine thing was a reach but it was the combination of yellow and green in those exact shades that immediately made me think of

I think the trick is to use more rounded and curved shapes instead of hard angles

for example, I wouldn’t tend to think “fascism” when looking at a traditional triskele

actually that 2nd one is pretty similar to the shoe logo, hmmm

I wouldn’t have mentioned Ukraine if it was just green, it’s the combination of yellow-on-military green that I found very reminiscent of that shirt Zelensky is always wearing. maybe a stretch but I feel like whoever designed this was inspired by Ukrainian military wear, intentionally or not. & I wouldn’t say everything from Ukraine is fascist but their military has certainly aligned itself with neo-nazis

it was really the symbol that felt fashy to me more than anything though. hard geometric lines and rotational symmetry will always make me think of nazi symbols. like “copy my homework but don’t make it too obvious” but with a swastika

gamecube logo is innocent (though, Nintendo is not)

and yeah this isn’t an actual fascist symbol, it’s just giving that vibe

granted my only exposure to this clown is via the Hasan and Sam Seder “debates” but I genuinely can not understand how this guy has fans. did he used to be a completely different person or something?

“yeah well I’m not sexually harassing a young girl at this very moment, therefore you are a liar. check and mate”

you called?

chuds mispronouncing Iran is so funny because it’s not even consistent. they call the country “EYE RAN” but then they call Iranians “uh-rain-ians”. mfer you just changed both syllables and it’s still wrong

well you wouldn’t want to burn your tongue on a hot pair of dice, now would you?