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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 3d

decades of educational propaganda that took pre-existing examples of protests that needed both violent and pacifist approaches (see: Civil Rights) and watered them down with lies and "child-friendly values."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 17d

Anti-intellectual *and* severely phobic towards asian countries (primarily Japan, but with added pot-shots thrown at China, Vietnam, etc.)

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 19d

Shit like this and how normalized its become has me really fucken unsure how I want to approach this stupid card game I'm working on.

Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 19d

it's crazy how the small domino of "it's fine as long as it's cosmetic" has led to "yeah fuck it, 20 dollars for a costume pack"

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 19d

A tremendous loneliness comes over you. Everybody in the world is doing something without you.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 21d

Application fees are shit.

The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 22d

Even more heartbreaking, local idiot forgets to put gas pump back in machine, tries to drive off while still connected.

The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · 24d

hey come on, man

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · Jun 20

Adi Shankar in 2015: The character of apu is a problematic stereotype and racially insensitive, in this essay I will...

Adi Shankar in 2025:

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 20

The Executives at a media production company =/= the creators of said media.
People please understand, the Executive Board (depicted below) would fund The Orphan-Crushing Machine if it increased quarterly profits by even a sliver.

A list of the Walt Disney Corporation's Board of Executives / Executive Leadership. The list of names is: Robert A. Iger; Tinisha Agramonte; Asad Ayaz; Alan Bergman; David L. Bowdich; Sonia Coleman; Josh D'amaro; Carlos A. Gomez; Horacio Gutierrez; Hugh Johnston; Jolene Negre; James Pitaro; Kristina Schake; Dana Walden; and Brent Woodford.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 19

The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 17

Okay toning down the sanctimony, this is actually one of those big criticisms I have of Bioshock 1. That moral choice is overtly *not*, because they didn't want the optics of Encouraged Child Murder. You're rewarded for saving them, not just with ADAM but also audio-logs and plasmids.

The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 17

AND YOU ARE QUITE LITERALLY REWARDED MORE FOR *NOT* HARVESTING THE CHILDREN.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 17

"how you dont make good choices, but instead choose between two different evils"

My BROTHER/SISTER/THEMSTER IN *CHRIST*, THE CHOICE IS "HARVEST THE CHILDREN" AND "DO NOT HARVEST THE CHILDREN."

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David Szymanski @duskdev.bsky.social · Sep 16

Was just thinking about how a lot of kids are growing up now with live service games as their "childhood games", and I wonder how many of those will simply not be playable in any form anymore once they reach adulthood

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think that's always been recognized, but I can't remember if anybody's actually put words to it.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 14

I did not hear that those were canceled and turned into a book.
This is me just learning about the book.
God damn 15 was a mess start to finish.

The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 13

These and that fucken Kingsglaive prequel-interquel movie.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 12

What the fuck is it with millennial manchildren (and womanchildren) giving #Nintendo and #Disney free pass after free pass despite the sheer amount of copyright, patent, and legal-loophole exploitation these two shitbag corporations consistently pull to everybody's detriment.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nice to know you loved Kirk more than you love your wife.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 10

And (using your specific examples above) Nintendo of America is leaps and bounds bigger than Atlus (and Sega's already picked fights with Nintendo and lost), whilst Wizardry is scattered among multiple, MUCH smaller owners.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ohp, my bad. Commented before reading article fully. Saw 'Nintendo does thing' and just went "Yeah I bet they did."

Altho frankly that one's also easily explained with US patent laws openly favoring large corporations.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 10

The patent is accepted because Japan basically allows Nintendo to do whatever they fucking want.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yeah no fair enough.

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The Simple Barghest @simplebarghest.bsky.social · Sep 7

Okay. Not to excuse the use of AI for the dumb portraits or anything-
But why the hell is an order-fulfillment-packer being turned into a collectible aspect of whatever-the-fuck you ordered?

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