Nobody’s really saying they couldn’t have walked away in the beginning. We’re saying that there’s nothing wrong with addressing verbal abuse, and you should carry a weapon in case you find yourself outnumbered, on the ground, being beaten.

Ffs fill in the gun blank with a weapon you’re comfortable with. Pepper spray, taser, trebuchet, whatever. The point is don’t get caught off-guard by an assault because you asked someone to stop harassing you. They have their friends as backup, I have mine. It’s just my friend’s made of steel.

I’m really not dismissing anything. I’m saying that they absolutely could have ignored those men. But I also do not think they did anything wrong in confronting them - unless they used force themselves, which we won’t know unless a video comes out.

Those men threw the first punch, and I’m saying that you should be ready for something like that, and you should do whatever you can to defend yourself.

“Confronted” does not imply violence, I have no reason to believe the women were violent initially. You’re acting like they started the fight when confrontation could range anywhere from a full-on shouting match to asking them to stop saying that bullshit.

A guy did try to punch them, he didn’t miss, they weren’t long-gone after that because more men joined in. All I’m saying is it’s wise to keep a firearm (or Taser, or pepper spray) in case of an assault like that, and they’re right to defend themselves in that case.

Non-fatally shooting one or two among a group of men that’s got you down on the ground attacking you is not “rampant gun violence.”

The problem is not hypothetical, we’re discussing it as it just happened.

It’s important to de-escalate, you’re right. Owning a firearm comes with many responsibilities that you must uphold as a gun owner, and responsibly weilding the firearm (including and especially not using it as an excuse to threaten whomever you may) is one of them. But in this situation, it seems as though the men struck first, last, and hardest.

You’re right also, that they could have just ignored it. And, without video, there’s no way to tell how intense the initial conversation was. But do you think asking to not be called slurs on the train deserves a response in physical force? And do you think being beaten by a group with a 2:1 ratio on your own does not deserve a response in physical force?

I’m not suggesting “shooting up a train station,” I’m suggesting using a firearm to deter a group of men that are beating you.

Yeah I’ll try that if I’m ever on the ground being beaten by five grown men… Walking away.

Obviously you de-escalate when the situation calls for de-escalation. In this case, it was probably a good idea to just ignore those guys from the get-go. But you know what? That’s implying getting assaulted was the victims’ fault.

All those women did was ask to not be spoken to the way they were, and the man’s response to that was a sucker punch. That’s not a situation you can de-escalate, he already assaulted her. Maybe it would have been wiser to run off and lawyer up. But quite frankly, I respect that she stood her ground and clocked him one back.

Those women were assaulted, and maybe I would have dealt with one jackass smacking me differently. But if I’m on the ground with five grown men beating me senseless, sorry not sorry but one of us is gonna be limping for the rest of their life after this and it’s not gonna be me.

Counterpoint: get into a gunfight anywhere someone is trying to beat you to death and you have a gun

This is still the best GTA game, imo. I’ve had people tell me for years that um actually GTA V’s map is bigger, but San Andreas really feels like 2 or 3 times the size of V. Not just because of the massively varied world space, but because of how jam packed the world is with goodies for you to discover. I had already beaten the game by the time I found out about the courier missions and horse betting. The fact that you could go into almost any interior in the game for optional robbery missions, even if they were just the same few interiors recycled, really made the map feel lived-in. They did a perfect job of giving the game a massive sense of scale without making the world so big that half of the missions are just driving for miles on end. This is definitely subjective, but I think the car physics are the best in the series, too. GTA V has extremely fluid driving, don’t get me wrong, but San Andreas has that perfect balance between realistic weight and arcadey gameplay. You can turn on a dime, but you’re probably going to roll your car. Still the longest GTA story, too. Did you know the casino heist missions are completely optional?

Shia Labeouf

Huh, I didn’t know the heroin dealer from Pulp Fiction was a tech CEO

Why do they all look like this? They all make this face.

The developers are Ukrainian, and Russia invaded Ukraine in the middle of development.

Thank you for clarifying! My brain could only see this as an excerpt and I was not able to seperate it from the assumed rest of the sentence.

The first LB song I ever heard. I looked up “Limp Bizkit AMV” as a joke in high school, found this. Once I stopped laughing, I realized how good the song really was and checked out Significant Other and then Chocolate Starfish, where I found this version of the song. Been a fan ever since, and I plan to see them next year 🤘

Back 4 Blood.

You know what, it’s not Left 4 Dead 3, but I love it. It feels like L4D meets Call of Duty. The card system really makes the game for me; building better decks to play higher difficulties with more chaotic corruption cards.

The corruption cards especially make levels so much more replayable than they already would be. Getting fog over a level or a different type of ridden mutation appearing spices things up nicely.

It’s also extremely beautiful at points. I love the graphical style. It’s colorful and a tad cartoonish at points, with some genuinely disgusting visuals and insane ruins thrown in for good measure.

I wouldn’t buy it for full price, but the $9.99 I paid for the full game + DLC was more than worth it, in my opinion.

Gender Bender!

EDIT: It’s Bend Her… I like my pun more :P

Gotta get that Femmzoil

He has got to only be saying this because Starfield DLC did poorly. The audience moves on if the game isn’t interesting. Personally, I buy all the DLC for games I enjoy. I don’t know many people that don’t either.

Does it have audio for you?

Yeah, let’s make the military great again! Just like in Full Metal Jacket!

Bonanza Bros, Blast Corps, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Vampire: The Masquerade -Bloodlines, Cruisn World, LEGO Battles, NBA Jam

Bonanza Bros would be a great couch co-op multiplayer game in a world where we need more. It would benefit from some gameplay tweaks, and adding online play and 4 players would be big.

Blast Corps was awesome, I found it to be an extremely underrated Rare game. This game in an engine with simulated rubble and crazy explosions would be a gem. I also think changing the camera to first person should be an option at the very least.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days got its cutscenes remastered. I want the full game. It was dripping in atmosphere, and I loved the premise of scouting the new worlds. The graphics could use an upgrade, and the combat could be brought up to par with KH2. But, I love the leveling system and think it would barely need touching.

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is awesome and not super long. It’s extremely buggy, but luckily there’s a modder named Wesp5 who has spend YEARS creating an Unofficial Patch, to a point where all the cut content is restored and it’s essentially feature-complete. There’s a version that just patches the game, and a restored content version. I think he should be given a team and be allowed to curate content and rebalance cut mechanics for a remake. It would be magical.

Cruisn World is one of my favorite arcade racers ever. It has untouchable vibes, and I’d just like to see that with a nice sheen over it, maybe more levels and vehicles?

LEGO Battles is an RTS for the Nintendo DS. Put it on PC, nuff said.

NBA Jam is not very niche. I want a remake, and I don’t care if it’s up-to-date. It’s the best sports game period.

Not yet man, it gets more and more expensive to have those opportunities nowadays. I’m hoping to save up for that someday. For now, I’m content just seeing my favorite bands play lol.

If they could control it, I believe they would choose to shit on people. This makes me feel safer due to random chance.