From this article... there’s a lot of far left fascism going on trying to assert “what’s best” should be the only thing that’s allowed. That’s some altruistic manipulation, but manipulation nonetheless. Read more

I can’t believe you’re not gray like me, lol.

So this is the type of comment The Root promotes huh? Read more

You sir, are correct. He was more teen angst edgy than any form of villain. There’s gotta be some fear evoked through his mania and instead, I felt like I was looking at what I bet the CW or MTV2 would present as The Joker. Read more

The fuck? Talk about literally asking for a narrative and rejecting the facts. Read more

damn... that was like a layup to a dunk. Comment of the day shit right there. Read more

Lillihop should have to ask SGX for consent to impose her code of utopian conduct on him. If he says no... tough break, that’s how consent works. Read more

He didn’t sign on to Lillihop’s code of conduct and she didn’t sign on to his. The only thing they both agreed to is to play a game with the mechanics it set forth, and both are doing that.

Just because you’re more popular than someone else doesn’t mean they have to capitulate to your role play. Read more

I’m guessing Lillihop will have to ask consent now to everyone she runs into so she can get permission to play with her informal code of friendly conduct.
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No, role play doesn’t involve consent.

Nobody has EVER asked me consent while they role play their heart out to me, talking in invented languages, or adhering to a code of conduct I’m unaware of, or staging a wedding in game while I’m just trying to kill monsters.

If role play really required consent, then even the… Read more

You are absolutely right. People who make false claims to the police are doing so deliberately in an attempt to put those people in physical harm or create legal harm. Either way the attempt is to harm the people they’re targeting and they should be punished for it. Read more

Man, that kinda sucks. That’s like being bought by Monsanto and having their named tacked on to everything you do. Ouch.

I’m sure you’ll be fine. For as much as some of the click bait pisses me off, on the whole you guys do great work I like reading. Read more

I literally bought this game yesterday simply because 1) it’s new 2) it has livery customization.

There’s something so magical about enjoying TERRIBLE video game level stories and cliche dialogue when your cars have crude dicks drawn all over them. Grade school plot lines deserve grade school highjinks. Read more

Jesssuuuss... the article titles and comment sections of The Root must be a recruiting godsend for white supremacists. Read more

It’s curious that you start off arguing in support of Rian Johnson’s opinion that audience feedback doesn’t matter...

... then you finish your spat with me by saying look, look at the audience feedback in CinemaScore!

Admittedly I enjoy watching you pick your own arguments apart, please continue =) Read more

When the Gawker Gizmodo Media Group respects the personal lives of celebrities at a beach or whatever, I’ll stop laughing at the double standard that is this article. Read more

I enjoy how you’re cherry picking a metric that suits your narrative.

If CinemaScore were that accurate you would not be reading this article and you would not be trying to justify yourself to a stranger on the internet.

Don’t forget that Rian’s peers also do not agree with him. So maybe you should got talk to… Read more

Fun related fact:

I know Disney Animation goes through lots of efforts to make sure they find the right type of ‘random’ audiences because they discovered people eventually deduced which agencies and test locations were used for polling and fans were making trips to these screenings to get early looks and as a result… Read more

Exactly, they’ll say how right people are, how “audiences have spoken” when we love their films, but when we don’t like it, suddenly everyone commenting negatively are just pimple faced trolls living in their parents basement.

It’s subjective, confirmation bias to the max. Read more

What you say is really true. The common reader doesn’t genuinely know what’s just criticism and what’s criticism with the credentials to back it up. It’s all packaged very much the same.

There’s no better example to point to that Rian is acting foolishly than the fact his fellow directors and peers have chimed in and… Read more

The momentum of a franchise can get audiences to go see a sub-par film. If you liked the last one you saw it’s understandable to be excited about the next one. This seems to be the case with The Last Jedi.

The Last Jedi though did not do well with audiences. While I suspect Rotten Tomatoes’ current Audience Score has… Read more