Hey, you hit the nail on the head. I guess I was reading into the comment wrong lmao. Thanks for bothering to clarify your original reply :).

I do think you make valid points yet I would hesitate to say all men benefit from the patriarchy as I personally know individuals who have had it about as bad as it gets, from having a single mother to low income and bad education and being forced to be a breadwinner for the family just to survive. Is this the norm, no but patriarchy is also not the end all be all, and pretending it is would be a disservice to those who are in the worst situations. Its no wonder the voter demographics for right wing young men were overwhelmingly of the lower income and uneducated sector. (Again this would be valid for women as well, but pretending someone’s problems don’t exist is sure to win their support…)

You hit the nail on the head for concord and I absolutely agree about the agenda, however the industry is not clean with sbi and other degenerate problems that lead to identity politics and such being dragged in. So they cannot be dismissed as just companies being bad, there are definitely individuals who misguidedly defend and propogate this due to feeling they owe the game for including diverse themes. The solution to this I don’t know, but attacking critics of it hardly helps those who have watched franchises from their memories die a painful death. As a show of faith I would say a game that does diversity well is Metaphor Refantazio. They don’t make their characters unlikeable to fit a narrative but they heavily talk about discrimination and heavy topics without it feeling forced. So maybe figure out how they managed it and try and replicate it?

I do appreciate your quote by Engels, I’ve never heard of it but its a very interesting factiod, so thanks :) and you’re right. I’m preaching to the bar, but I was pretty surprised at how one-sided it was, about as bad as twitter sometimes. So yeah, I just wanted to provide a different perspective.

I pretty much agree with this sentiment. However its a stance that’s a fallacy. Deciding that the first problem isn’t solved yet isn’t a reason to completely dismiss other issues, as all that does is create a new problem generations later. My concern is people are too quick to shut down what others feel even if rationally its not a valid stance, rather than trying to educate or understand. It is true after all no one is 100% right 100% of the time. That includes you and me.

As for Mr death to america, I think you underestimate the importance of not treading over things that feel important to others. Just because you may not care doesn’t mean that it won’t matter to them. Basically I would say individuals like you are some of the forefronts of pushing people further and further apart, and I would implore you to reconsider this approach.

I have a hot take. This person is not entirely wrong. I do think men to a certain degree have been ignored or vilified. In some cases it is rightfully justified however every unjust case adds to the fringe and outcast. I think this thread is a good example of this as most comments are thinking with emotion and calling this person childish or someone with no claims to ‘birthright’ (I’ll admit it sounds stupid to me too). As for hobbies I will say that games for example have gotten worse. Which could be due to ‘woke’ being added in or more likely due to shitty companies making worse games with diverse themes hastily slapped on to hide its problems. Rather than addressing this in a balanced manner critics are told to grow up or that the games are for ‘modern audiences’ (basically the same story repeated in other hobbies. No wonder they are defensive). And most importantly I think men have lost their original role in society as the providers. This isn’t a bad thing as more equal is more good, but it leaves a large portion of the population with no purpose and a general feeling of being lost. If things are to change we should be open to finding and considering other possibilities to convince young men to pursue, rather than heading down the path to extremism. Maybe work towards a more frictionless situation to avoid such a massive divide.

Tldr; I think by shutting this down without any consideration is part of what contributes to this rampart extremist crowd.

yeah, its uhhh stretching the definition of store maybe. But the stuff in there’s actually quite good for how little effort it takes to use.

its a more locked down experience, if you pretend the extension store doesn’t exist. That and hdr and vrr are somewhat not done yet (probably done in a couple updates) while kde has most new implementations done quicker. I will say there is a level of polish to gnome that kde sacrifices, but like polish some people just don’t consider it their priority. tldr: its personal preference.