No wonder you have an army of pretentious neckbeard losers following you around

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Git gud at mario kart

Git gud at living

Something about anti-capitalism people being gamers really just makes me feel all fuzzy inside. I imagine all /r/LateStageCapitalism posters are surrounded by Doritos™ and Mountain Dew™ as they switch between Mario Kart™ and shitposting on Commie subs

Given the way video games are the new opiates, this doesn't surprise me in the least.

I mean, they may not have jobs, their own property or mates, and their political ideology is a complete failure, but at least they can experience a sense of accomplishment by getting Play of the Game.

You give them way too much credit to say they get play of the game

Opiates are the new opiates. You'd know that if you went outside.

No, opiates are the new CIA funding source now that crack cocaine's cachet has worn off, duhh and cheap Afghani smack is back in American hands.

I've read a ton about the opioid epidemic, but I guess I'm not in a position right now to know anyone affected by it. I'm very lucky.

I bet you at least have an acquaintance that is a functional addict and you just don't know it.

Maybe? I did meet a guy at quiz bowl camp who said he was a heroin addict, but this was about six years ago.

My social circle is not that big, and other upper middle class college students tend not to be so into heroin. But who knows?

I've personally found it very easy to avoid the opiod crisis. I just don't put needles in my elbow pit and don't take pills from strangers. Works quite well.

in b4 commie posts that OWS comic or makes a feudalism comparison

Something something no ethical consumption under capitalism etc.

Would rather live under feudalism tbh.

Oh yeah we're totally the neckbeards here.

Waaaah give me free shit waaaaah

Why are so many gamers political extremists?

Have you ever played a game with a plot that was driven by centrist policies?

There ya' go.

Bioshock infinite?

"Racism bad, but going too far and killing children is bas too I guess"

I feel like the world of Bioshock is Ayn Rand's wet dream, but sure.

No, the first game was about objectivism. Infinite was about American exceptionalism, founding father worship, etc. Except it failed at it.

True, true. I thought the intro sequence was pretty darn racist, but the KKK copycat was kinda low-key if you went guns blazing instead of listening to the enemy dialogue.

Something about anti-capitalism people being gamers really just makes me feel all fuzzy inside.

Why? Even George Lucas admits that the soviets had more artistic freedom than he ever had.

Pfft, everyone knows the more freedom and control George has over his movies, the worse they get. This statement is just dirty laundry over Spielberg shooting down all his bad ideas in the original trilogy

In Soviet Union, directors didn't have to make movies people liked. So yeah, they had more freedom, because people were forced to fund movies they didn't like.

As opposed to Hollywood directors lying that they didn't get profits when they actually have?

I think you might be confusing reality with the plot of a popular Mel Brooks musical.

I wouldn't call someone who thinks Mario Kart is hardcore a "gamer". They're garbage-tier kart racers for people who don't know any better.

so why do these subs, upon hitting r/all, lock posts with the excuse "we're getting brigaded!" I thought only the admins could tell what is and itsn't a brigade because of things like vote fuzzing?

maybe /u/jeep-eep or /u/savageHuxley can explain the modus operandi of that sort of action to me? surely it's not because y'all don't want opinions that go against the circlejerk

I think the more interesting part of this is that subs can opt out of showing up on r/all. But then they wouldn't be able to complain about those darn brigading capitalists every time a post gets high enough.

If you opt out, sure you don't get unwanted opinions, but you also can't hit the front page and stick it to some jerks you don't like.

It's not worth the trade to the political groups.

"We're getting brigaded" means, "we're getting an influx of posters with opinions we don't like." Gone are the days where a brigade meant SubredditDrama downvoting month-old wrongthink from -5 to -400. Now it's just, "reeeeeeeeee!! different opinions!!!!!"

T_D has pioneered this approach by LSC is catching up

My favorite is Resist and those other subs upon hitting /r/all: that's it folks, t_d is here, we are locking up the thread. Particularly funny when they are caught red handed spreading misinformation.

😉

Back in my day, brigading meant something!

Sometimes I miss the "but what about SRS?" posts.

Yeah, you really don't get anything like this nowadays.

I think a lot of that was an election thing. Its now a bunch of Trumptards and anti-Trumptards flinging shit at each other.

I don't remember the context of that, but it's interesting to see a real brigade happen over time.

According to the post, it was a /r/bestof brigade. We were actually even talking about how reddit has shifted with its shitflinging a bit in the Drama modmail.

Does locking a post hide it from /r/all?

I don't believe so, no

That's pretty retarded, but so is everything else they did to /r/all

As well as people who use /r/all

No. It doesn't even prevent voting, which is what brigading is even all about.

Shutting down the ability to comment caps the amount of comments votes can hit?

It makes a little sense if you treat it like a quarantine, otherwise I got nothing.

Right, but this also fails to mention that:

a) once you hit /r/all, there really isn't a such thing as brigading
b) the vote brigades that the admins are worried about are stuff like this.

No, and it definitely gets used in plenty of flimsy or outright fake cases, I just figured there has to have been some semblance of logic for mods to begin using the method in the first place before it got perverted.

I'm not satisfied with the answer, but it was the best I could come up with.

No, and it definitely gets used in plenty of flimsy or outright fake cases, I just figured there has to have been some semblance of logic for mods to begin using the method in the first place before it got perverted

Yeah mods like /u/combative_douche have been doing this for a long time. Group him in with the guy who runs /r/evilbuildings and /u/maxwellhill

WinXP lol

Happened yesterday on /r/MarchAgainstTrump. They rocketed a piece of fake news to front page, removed all comments calling it out, then locked the thread.

np.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstTrump/comments/6hwp69/trump_never_met_with_rep_steve_scalise_in/

Lmao

Looks like this might be fake y'all http://i.imgur.com/toQdv4E.jpg

I guess the cult of Trump only cares about fake news when their guy is the subject of it.

We've upvoted a fake story but let's make this about how bad trump supporters are

If you want to have a good time, go on the MAT discord late night. The NEETs on there are hilariously easy to trigger

The hilarious part about this is both Trumptards and rabid-anti-Trumptards fell for this same fake news.

The Donald was spamming about how Trump had shown up with his own doctor to make sure the left couldn't "finish the job" and had claimed Pence was personally keeping watch.

because they're pussies

Commies don't care about the poor they just hate the rich, that's why this stupid idea seems good to them.

Mario Kart's item system helps the lower places get ahead by hurting those in front of them. (Yes even mushrooms, they violently push people to the side and steal items).

Commies don't care about the poor they just hate the rich, that's why this stupid idea seems good to them.

woah, that's profound!

Mario Kart's item system helps the lower places get ahead by hurting those in front of them. (Yes even mushrooms, they violently push people to the side and steal items)

heh, you're a gamer kid.

I just read the while thing as written by a pimply kid and it is hilarious. keep sharing your opinion.

heh, you're a gamer kid. Yes but I identify as a 40 year old father figure. That's why your mom lets me fuck her.

woah, that's profound!

but it's true. look at how fucking lame modern "communists" are. they are almost exclusively white middle class losers who despise the REAL working class people of the country.

You again?

http://lostallhope.com/suicide-methods/plastic-bag-gas

Here are some quick tips to build your nitrogen suicide hood. You keep coming here and humiliating yourself, you are a fucking complete outcast and a failure, and the pain must be immense.

You can end this suffering. Unironically, please kill yourself

> being an outcast in /r/Drama

Well that's just fucking sad.

Every comment you make is so faggy that I wonder why you're even in this sub

Me too.

MAYOCIDE YOURSELF

NOW

Be the change you want to see in the world.

(Pro tip response: Don't be afraid to drop your banana or fake item in a key place or choke point. A well placed banana can increase your lead far more than having a security blanket.)

Wait you mean Mario Kart isn't analogous to a $17 trillion economy?

::kills self::

The funny thing is that the people way behind don't benefit from a blue shell at all. It's only the nr. 2's that get a chance to take the lead.

The trick to blue shells is when one is headed your way you slow down and make everybody eat the explosion with you. I don't think thats analogous to anything political but its a good tip.

The trick to blue shells is to get so far ahead of everyone else that you can eat two of them and still be in the lead. Anything else and you're bad at the game.

The trick is to play Crash Team Racing instead and use the upgraded warp orbs.

Either that or use a mushroom to blast past it (you have to keep it if you had it from 2nd place from the older games).

Also if the No. 2 does take the lead, it's not because they actually sped up, they just sped up relative to everyone else. Aka the redistribution of wealth doesn't actually create any more wealth, it just may allow those in the middle to be better off relative to those at the top by dragging everyone down.

>basing your political and economic views on a tumblr screenshot about a video game

Helicopter memes are becoming less of a joke and more of a necessity every day

tumblr screenshot

Omg grampa can't you tell the difference between twitter and tumblr?

Aren't they both some sort of bird?

I think the tumblr is a cousin to the dodo or something

Look, I used to be "with it" but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with is no longer "it", and what's "it" is strange and confusing to me.

What do you mean something said in 140 character or less is total garbage?

HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

lmao this is the first actually funny lsc thread in ages but ofc the whole drama thread is just "COMMIES REEEEEE"

The government is supposed to be the blue shell. "Hey, pay your employees better. You're way too fucking far ahead"

/u/Bloodmark3

Ah, nothing like having a government judge you too successful, I'm sure that couldn't ever go wrong. I'm pretty well off, I'm by no means stupid fuck you rich, but I can't say how the fuck you rich is hurting me, like at all.

Oh

You must hate the poors comrade. Please submit yourself to the nearest $60k/year midwestern liberal arts college for reeducation.

The hilarity being that if you are rich enough to play mario kart, you are in the top 20% of wealth in the world, and according to LateStageCapitalism's beliefs, means you should have your wealth redistributed.

Next thing you're going to tell me is that RPGs aren't accurate models of micro and macroeconomics.

I'm building a career and investment/retirement portfolio from skills I learned by walling glyphs and shuffling ore in WoW.

Who would have guessed that using a children's video game to describe a complex economic system doesn't work?

children's video game

FRIST of all how dare yo u

If it was a model for the economy, 1st place would get lightning bolts 100% of the time.

Muh victim complex

GAME NO FAIR REEEEEEEE

Aka the redistribution of wealth doesn't surprise me in the Drama modmail.

ever notice how often the things that are SUPER important to neoliberal tankie anti-capitalists on the internet are video games, YA fiction, sci-fi tv shows and cartoons on cartoon network?

It cant be that theyre all just edgy suburban teenagers going through a phase. That cant be the explanation.

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and here I thought people who use Victoria II economic systems to talk about how socialism is better than capitalism were bad

Their analysis isn't so bad. The rich get away, excepting the occasional blue shell which rarely stops them. The middle class fights amongst itself over what the problem is and how to fix it.

And no matter how much welfare the socialists give the guy in last place in the form of lightning bolts, they're utterly incapable of not coming in last because they suck at the game.