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Well, I’m into superhero movies, but not the shitty ones. There have been some gems among the pile of crap.

why is every lemming so fucking hostile for no fucking reason

Why is this is all too common?

So many commenters come at you like you owe them money for the stupidest inconsequential shit on Earth.

“Well ackshually…” stfu it was a joke, a subjective observation, someone sharing their experience, a different take. Whatever you want to call it, we don’t need your lemmsplaining when you missed the point, random commenter on a mission.

We have some serious cynics who think everyone else is stupid who deserve the disrespect and it really irks me.

/rant

Afaik, some characters do have meanings but are sometimes used for their readings, so their literal meaning is gibberish.

保 — to protect — bǎo

加 — to add — jiā

利 — benefit, profit — lì

亚 — Asia / secondary — yà

I think this is part of why some people end up with weird gibberish tattoos when they translate things literally, because some made up alphabets try to map Western letters to some Chinese characters, but it doesn’t work that way.

Why can’t it never be warm spaghetti? 😭

Lemmy and its users accusing other users of political affiliations without basis while pretending it’s disgusting, name a more iconic duo.

I also want Colorado, but for it to be an even bigger rectangle, the biggest it can possibly be. I’m willing to give up some Mexican territory for this.

Eso suena bastante fluido para mí! :P

Whoa, that’s mind-blowing. I always wondered what kind of jobs there would be for me if I suddenly lost my vision.

I appreciate that you used a tilde. “Si” is an entirely different word.

try to export their strict laws

No, not laws, but religious views and values. That’s what their laws reflect. Religious people are famous for trying to proselytize, convert, and meddle because they have a very fundamental belief that they’re dealing with larger forces of good and evil.

gives them so much personal joy at taking away our gay kissing

Again, please don’t reduce my argument to absurdity. That is not a productive or respectful way of making your point.

Whaaat, the party of small government is doing this? Impossible.

Telegram groups is where it’s at. ;)

Same, but a bit longer for me. I still find it crazy that so many people want to move to the US. It’s not the place people dream of.

Yeah, I have those games, but I want to know what direction they’ll take. I want to know how bold they would be if they wanted to.

Saudi Arabia is a country with one of the strictest laws in the world. Why shouldn’t anyone be suspicious of what they say or do? Why can’t people have a healthy amount of distrust and skepticism of their actions if, as you said, they’re trying to portray a different image of themselves to the world? Who says the mask can’t come off under the right circumstances, like the shameless right-wing downturn of the US?

The Sims IP has always been one of the most welcoming and famous platforms for non-traditional values that directly contradict their country’s principles. Because I don’t know if you know, but homosexuality in Saudi Arabia is currently punishable by death. It’s fair to imagine that some company-wide policy changes would take place when it’s acquired to align with its own views, which also align with the Trump administration’s crusade to eliminate liberal ideas. I mean, didn’t they recently bribe him with a luxury jet? Don’t you think they could have a broader joint interest at heart?

If franchises like Call of Duty have been targets of military marketing, it doesn’t take much to imagine how a corporation from an authoritarian country like SA would at least attempt to rein in social values in The Sims if given the chance.

I’d rather have that than the IPs being used to promote and indoctrinate some religious bullshit.

I wonder what they’ll do with IPs like The Sims. I can’t imagine they’ll allow same-sex relationships, naturally, but I don’t think they’ll allow divorce, either. :S

It has its rough edges, but I do like it overall.