The discussion there makes me sad. On a practical level defederation is a reasonable inevitability, but the level of vitriol in there is neither productive nor healthy, for anyone.

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Five Guys has great burgers, and being able to get exactly the toppings you want is nice. Great fries too. But of the more standard fast food places I’d also say Wendy’s.

Looks like I’m on the same page with a lot of people here.

• How pedophilia is treated in (US) society leads to repressed, unstable people who are more likely to harm children than if it didn’t have as much stigma. Harming real kids is a hard line that should not be crossed, but as long as people can enjoy violent gory horror without becoming a serial killer, people should be able to get off on whatever fantasies they like. Same applies to any alt-sex stuff, really: incest, zoophilia.
• Reality is subjective, the only way objectivity can exist is under subjectively defined parameters. And the really controversial part of this; I think those who can’t see how made-up everything is are egotistical and/or lacking in empathy; you can’t go through life and think everything you don’t understand or don’t believe is incorrect without a very narrow view of the world.
• Sugary things are gross.
• Military service should be mandatory. Every individual needs to understand that wartime deaths aren’t numbers from a news article, that you, your friends, and your family’s lives aren’t any more special than theirs. It would also improve both military and civilian culture if every able-bodied adult from all walks of life had to learn how to coexist and work together for a year or two.
• Basically every third person AAA game made in the past decade is ruined by squishy and unresponsive controls - including games that supposedly handle well like Dark Souls. I want direct, mechanical controls, not strung-together QTEs. (MHW < MH4U)
• Mid-late 2000s/early 2010s pop is as dumb and fun as 80s pop.
• The concept of identity is extremely harmful and a detriment to society. Gender, race, and sexuality are the obvious hot-button manifestations, but also any beliefs along the lines of ‘I am a person who is x’. Be multifaceted person you are, treat others as the complex individuals who they are, don’t try to shove everything into these boxes so you can make judgements (and then complain about the subsequent cognitive dissonance). I don’t particularly agree with the communist parts, but this article does a great job at putting into words my issues with identity.