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Between that and producer Jason Blum's vocal support of GenAI, I think this is a good time to vote with your wallet.

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

hell fucking yeah

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So many people are missing the entire point of why fans are at this point begging for RGG to say or do something. This isn’t just solely about Kagawa. This isn’t just because people don’t like the likeness character aspect, so they’re finding ‘a way’ to get him removed. This is about how Japan (like many countries) shows leniency to men who commit sexual assault, especially those who are seen in high regard, and especially when the woman is a hostess (which reminder, is not the same as a sex worker, but that shouldn’t matter, they’re still people). The fact that this studio has pumped out games that 1) try to highlight hostesses as people deserving respect, 2) have scenes of men who assault hostesses getting mocked or beaten, and 3) have protagonists who champion being kind to those who deserve it, makes hiring Kagawa feel like a slap across the face. In Japan alone, 40% of the fanbase is female. Most game franchises don’t get that close to a 50/50 split, so 40% is incredibly significant. The studio has known they’ve had a sizable female fanbase

for years, as seen when most of the votes for the original Ishin cast in 2014 were from female voters. People want to see a change not solely because they don’t want to see Kagawa, but because they want SA against women to be treated more seriously. There are Japanese fans who are speaking up and thanking the Western fans for using their voices because they feel like they can’t. We are causing ‘a fuss’ in an attempt to bring to light that these actions should have real consequences. At this point, if you are telling fans that this is stupid, or “Japan already handled this” (they really didn’t), I’m going to assume YOU are a fake fan. You lack the simplest levels of media literacy if you believe that a character like Kiryu or Ichiban would forgive men who commit SA against women, especially women who are already societally treated as ‘lower’ than others. And no, before you try to say, “they believe in second chances,” that is not what this is and

you know it. You know very well that both characters have limits and know when someone is irredeemable OR they want proper atonement before a second chance. Hagawa did not atone. He gave a half-assed apology to one woman, and then didn’t perform for a period of time. That was not taking accountability, that was performative and treated as ‘enough’ to allow him back. If you as a ‘fan’ cannot understand why this issue of hiring Kagawa needs to be addressed, I will have to assume you do not care about women in the slightest. A man sexually assaulted a woman at her place of work, and got away with a slap on the wrist, and is now welcomed with open arms? One of the women developed PTSD from the incident. Why are you playing a series that has championed for the outcasts of society, only to allow for a sex-pest with no remorse to play a part in said series? This is why fans are mad. We as the fans who felt seen or uplifted by

the messages in this series, feel like our trust has been broken. No, we never expected perfectly political correctness or for the games to not have an ounce of sexism, but whenever an outcast in Japanese society was portrayed, the protagonists were kind, empathetic, and stood up for those people. The message to us was clear, but the studio is now telling us those things don’t matter. The hostesses regardless of their occupation, are still women. The studio is telling us that the safety and rights of 40% of their fans don’t matter. This is why this movement and these voices need to be seen and heard. This is why we are begging for a statement. This is much bigger than a Kabuki actor vs Hostess, or bigger than the games industry. We want women as a whole to feel safer that those who commit assault against them are properly punished. That perhaps men will think twice if the consequences are more severe than simply staying out of the public eye for a time.

#REMOVEKAGAWA I think this is bigger than asking for a recast. I think real fans of the series know this contradicts the messages in the games, and I think if you are arguing or dismissing those who are fighting for change, you shouldn’t be in this fandom.

But that’s just me.

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edited photo of a fake Kendrick Lamar album cover, captioned "Horatio Digby and the Clockwork Airship, a Steampunk Opera by Kendrick Lamar", featuring Kendrick Lamar circa. 2013 wearing a long top hat with glasses on top of it. behind him is a stock image of a blimp

kids had their fun with Not Like Us and GNX. now it's time for the real Kendrick fans to have their fun

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If you're doing "le funny pretend racism" towards AI, LLMs or robots you already personify them more than most people using them.

I don't remember people creating slurs against tools. There are no slurs for a hammer.

Framework supporting far-right racists? Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand cor...

pretends to be surprised at this point

you all are still trying to further the Woke Agenda, I'm furthering the Hideo Kojima Agenda .

Please hear her. Don’t let them keep thinking this kind of treatment is ok. It’s not. Please speak for Soad.

LMAO

final frame of Inglourious Basterds featuring Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine and B.J. Novak as Private Utivich

Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 11/10

HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH ITTTT

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i mean both of these are already actively in development but yknow

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slowly preparing myself for the "make a discord server for people to interact with me and start a proper blog" move since bsky doesn't seem like it's gonna end up well soon

honestly immutability + arch linux sounds pretty good but does it actually let you use pacman or are you forever doomed to the flatpak limbo of 2 gigabyte libraries per app

I am Jewish. Israel is a country where sexual assault and child murder are core tenets of the culture. This country should not exist. They act with such extremity because they know when you tell people what they actually do, it's so bad it registers as unbelievable.

I am not exaggerating when I make these claims. With sobriety and clarity, I say that this is a country which has adopted such a "them or us" mentality, it is willing to murder millions and accelerate a potential apocalypse out of sheer flailing spite.

what even goes on in here?

you can say you dislike superhero movies without being as obnoxious as the people you're trying to insult

i think the people who 100% seriously call superhero movies "capeslop" are as annoying as the r/marvel annoying superhero fan stereotypes