Sean Fay-Wolfe | Diamond Axe Studios

Top 10 WORST Rihanna Singles (or rather, Least Beloved), by Popular Vote on my channel:

1. Nothing Is Promised
2. Roll It
3. Believe It
4. Rockstar 101
5. Talk That Talk
6. Wait Your Turn
7. Raining Men
8. Selfish
9. What Now
10. Bad

Top 10 BEST Rihanna Singles, by Popular Vote on my channel:

1. Disturbia
2. Umbrella
3. Shut Up and Drive
4. All of the Lights
5. Take Care
6. Pon de Replay
7. Diamonds
8. Live Your Life
9. Only Girl
10. Take A Bow

"K-pop Demon Hunters is 2025's biggest pop music event, lead by Hunter/X & the Saja Boys"

None of those words are in the bible.

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I think a planned economy might be a bit too wide of a term for what I'd want to see... the main thing I want the government to do vis a vis the economy is to keep the ceiling from being too high and the floor from being too low (which I know will still require a lot of planning at all levels)

Likewise, good talk

In that case, it is a semantic disagreement, then. I believe that there is a difference between "capitalism" and "unchecked capitalism," but I can understand where you're coming from if you don't see it that way.

I have no problem with corporations being run by a few at the top who have more power and control than everybody else, but that's if, and ONLY if, those few on top have been taxed & legislated enough to both fund the public good, and limit them from using their power to commit abuse on others.

I don't believe private owners should have a legal obligation to support public well-being. I think they have a moral obligation to, but any society that relies on "the good billionaire" for public support without writing publicly funded social protections into law is foolish, cruel, or both.

The only thing I'm trying to argue is that I believe people should be allowed to amass significant private wealth and personal corporate power, but a) not so much to be able to bend populations and governments to their will and b) ONLY after the base needs of all citizens are socially funded.

I'm not trying to argue that my preferred system isn't somewhat idealistic, but I'm also not trying to argue that investors would be acting purely of altruism. There'd still be significant profit motive there, but I believe the benefactors of that motive can be properly tuned with good legislation.

I think we're having a semantic disagreement as to what "capitalism" means. I'm referring to capitalism through it's textbook definition, whereas you seem to be using "capitalism" to describe the current American economic system and others like it (which I agree is flawed at best and evil at worst).

I agree that that is the de facto purpose of stock portfolios in the world we live in, but I don't believe that is definitional to the concept of what they are. I think there is a lot of potential merit to a version of public trading in which the power of stockholders is decentralized by law.

My primary argument is that our current landscape has (understandably) made the concept of the private sector a boogeyman that many believe should be killed, while I personally believe that a robust private sector is vital, albeit ONLY in a world with a robust and malleable social safety net.

The definition of capitalism is about private ownership of the means of production for the sake of profit.

I believe that it is hypothetically possible to build a world a) that is not unjust, and b) in which private means of production, at least of certain societal aspects, is attainable.

I don't even have an issue with stock portfolios. I think that the idea of being rewarded for using the assets you earn to fuel economic growth has a lot of benefits to it... again, it just becomes a problem when it's so completely unchecked that becomes a pure tool of corporate greed/power.

What part of "capitalism destroys itself and the world when not checked by HEAVY socialist guardrails" was I not clear about?

You’re valid in criticizing Nintendo anytime they bring themselves down into controversy, but STOP using Iwata’s name as an emotionally manipulated tactic to prove your argument.

You can called out mega corporations without putting in words of a dead man.

Capitalism is not purely evil. The general idea of "people who work hard and are good at things should be rewarded for it" is correct.

Of course, capitalism destroys the world & itself when not checked by HEAVY socialist guardrails, but a fundamentally capitalist society doesn't HAVE to be unjust.

It’s about fairness in women’s sports.

I feel like we need a word other than "sexist" to describe terms like "pick-me girl."

You know, terms that can be sexist when used wrong, and are used wrong very often, but there is, in fact, a correct way to use them.

No content of value will be lost with Brad. If he's one of your favorite YouTubers, he'll be easy to replace.

I pray that his victims are able to find peace and healing, and I hope the proper actions are taken to insure no one else is hurt by him.

...creators with his only unique feature being so insanely brain poisoned by the Internet that he's not able to perform basic functions.

I tried to give him the benefit of the doubt, I tried to believe he wanted to improve his craft and to be a better person, and that was a waste of my time.

...don't think we're gonna see that many people defending him, because who the fuck is actually ride or die for Brad Taste in Music?

The man is inherently easy to drop from your life. He's a derivative content mill operator whose sole goal is to maximize profit by palely imitating more talented...

...at this point it doesn't matter. If the effort was sincere, it clearly failed.

I don't care at what low point you're at; treating anyone like he did, let alone your partner, is fucking inexcusable. The man deserves to be in jail, at BEST.

The one silver lining to this is that I really...

As someone who has talked to Brad Taste in Music privately a few times, and actively talked him down off a ledge to help him prep for rehab, I can say this: The man's only true love seems to be high numbers and analytics.

Maybe he was sincere about wanting to be a better person, maybe not, but...

I think it's an important milestone in every music fan's life when they come to the conclusion without anyone suggesting it or nudging them towards it, just purely realizing on their own time and of their own volition, that "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is one of the best songs ever made.

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lmaooooo this dumb shit just doesn’t fly anymore

regret to inform you that having a schedule and routine actually works

I randomly got recommended the Odd1sOut video on a Pokemon Nuzlocke, and so, despite the fact that I've never really cared for his stuff, I decided to check it out, and I have one thought:

Why does he have hands now

Holy fucking shit I hate this, why does he have big, beefy, fleshy, man hands