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July 23rd 2016, 12:14 PM
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It's not a bad thing to be close-minded

um...what. close-mindedness is a plague. you just can't get it through to anyone who is close-minded whether it be on games, religion (though i do seem to be able to unravel faith over time), sexuality, gender. anyone who deals in absolutes is a sith.

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Game.


infamous bullshit statement. i have always hated that. it's like, if you don't feel passionate about something, could you just not make such a black and white statement? i could say like, "hey, it's just a song. there are more important things in the world." meanwhile, underneath the surface, there could be many factors why it's not just a song. maybe the band is someone you can comfortably identify with. maybe the band conveys words you agree with wholeheartedly and you'd love to meet them one day. you can connect to them.

same with games. maybe there's a message in there you agree with. maybe it's the only thing you can do where you don't feel shitty. then, someone comes along and tells you "it's just a game."

i've dealt with someone so into sports - so ducking passionate about some teams, even one that's not a state team - who would always just SCREAM at the broadcast. it was hilarious. could get a bit annoying, maybe startling. but like, whatever. i don't think anyone ever said "calm down. it's just a sport." because, what the duck. it's clearly not "just a sport."

the whole thing where people then point to something horrible happening to the world is like, alright. what point are you making? our problems don't matter because you feel there's a problem somewhere else that's worse? a lot of the time, people like to point to africa as their little thing to hide behind. your order was wrong? at least you're not super horribly off in africa. go help them. dlc shitting in your throat? whatever, it's not as bad as the situation in africa. if you feel so bad about things happening in the world, go do something. there are charities. don't try to make people feel bad because something that genuinely upsets them for some reason is suddenly making them a terrible person because a bunch of people they don't even know are suffering in some remote part of the world.