You are absolutely right. I've read online that people really hate him because he's so evil/callous/manipulative. But I actually really liked his character a lot. I think he was really well written and probably the most realistic character. It's clear that he never really wanted to do all that stuff to his friends but he's the only one who understood how the game is played: you either lose or you die. Since there is only one winner, you have to betray the other players at one point anyway if you want to win.
Isn't this something called a trolleybus? I went to St Petersburg in the 90s and it was a major form of public transportation
Maybe people are confused because they see the guards in the uniform and think "This is just like 1984/KGB/Mao's red guards"? Communism always gets conflated with dystopia/totalitarianism/authoritarianism.
I'm pretty sure the guards in the show are modeled after the police. They even wear Axon body cams.
Ok, now I feel like an idiot 😔
I'm not sure if you are trolling, but yes, I have seen it.
Can you point one thing about it that's anti-communist?
Wait, how? The creator literally came out and said the TV show is an allegory for "capitalist hell" in South Korea.
You actually get 3 games for 60 bucks.
But it's still a bit of a ripoff.
Here's a cool quote I think is pretty relevant:
It is difficult for me to imagine what "personal liberty" is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find employment.
Real liberty can exist only where exploitation has been abolished, where there is no oppression of some by others, where there is no unemployment and poverty, where a man is not haunted by the fear of being tomorrow deprived of work, of home and of bread. Only in such a society is real, and not paper, personal and every other liberty possible.
– Joseph Stalin
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Doesn't sound too bad, to be honest.
Maybe I'll have to try it since it's only 30 bucks.
Thanks, this is a lot of useful info, I guess the gameplay doesn't sound too overwhelming unless you want to do high-level gameplay.
I just don't enjoy games like EVE Online where you are completely lost unless you read through the manual and a wiki.
I don't plan to play much multiplayer since I don't enjoy how stressful 1v1 games are when you play them with random people.
Is it possible to enjoy the game in single-player mode? Besides the campaign, there's probably some sort of skirmish mode too?
Fair point, but it's actually a CH-46 Sea Knight, which was later developed into CH-47 Chinook.
Ok, apparently “Lunk Alarm”, which is the title of the comic refers to an alarm at a gym called “Planet Fitness”. The alarm goes off if you drop the weights because some people think it’s aggressive and unwanted behavior.
So the leftist StoneToss character is observing the weightlifter if he drops the weights or not, because dropping the weights is a right-wing dog whistle. Because he doesn’t drop them, the leftist character keeps shut instead of shouting “dog whistle”.
The whole thing is so incredibly specific so thanks for @mr_world for explaining the significance of dropping weights!
I love how all of these WaPo/NYT/CNN titles are a same:
China has [done a good thing], but [some total bullshit why it’s bad]
Ok, maybe I'm actually wrong. I think the weightlifter in the last panel is supposed to be whistling.
So I think the comic is saying that leftists think that everything is a dog whistle, but they actually aren't. And the only thing the left think isn't a dog whistle (working out) actually is.
Maybe I'm putting too much time and energy into trying to understand this shitty comic.
Basically, the left-wing StoneToss character is okay not using Pepe The Frog character, OK sign, and "Come And Take It" flag because they are right-wing. But if they admit that working out is right-wing it means they are not able to partake in said activity. So they keep their mouth shut instead.
Ok, I've been thinking about this comic for hours now and I have a theory.
The first three panels include activities that the leftist character admonishes as right-wing. In the description, StoneToss links to a study that says that muscular men are less likely to be left-wingers. So the leftists StoneToss character looks at a bodybuilder and thinks that bodybuilding must be a right-wing dog whistle. But they can't come forward and say it, because it would mean that being a left-winger means that you are physically weak and they find that embarrassing to admit.
You should read some theory
https://foundations-of-vaushism.netlify.app/