xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@coolboymew @Jessica It was live streamed on Facebook, but the shooter DID announce his shooting and uploaded the manifesto to 8chan. However, this shit happens all the time on other websites. The only difference is that usually there are not enough casualties to make it newsworthy outside of local news outlets.

And this guy probably wanted this reaction because he said that he wanted to cause more political tension so it could lead to an all out race war. These MSM and government pricks are giving the shooter exactly what he wanted.

@coolboymew @Jessica
>The UK had the worst of it with BLM riots
Which is surprising given that it's an English speaking country like the US, but they're increasingly censoring wrongthink by blocking websites among other things. Australia and New Zealand probably have it the worst as ISPs were forced to ban alternative news sites, imageboards, alt-social media, etc after the Christchurch shooting.

>But I wonder, any reasons in particular the Japanese are generall skeptics of US news?
I guess they're noticing the US MSM attacking Japanese politics and culture (their ethnocentrism, lolicon, being more socially conservative than the west, etc). They probably notice these things from foreigners visiting their country, so when they see the Japanese MSM repeating what the US MSM says, they immediately get skeptical.

I think it also helps that Japanese seem to strongly oppose radical leftist ideas like communism (being enemies of China and North Korea), so they are probably noticing the US news outlets defending antifa and more recently the CCP. I think the later is more noticeable since Japan has had a long rivalry with China.

@coolboymew @Jessica
>what really makes me the maddest is that he doesn't even speak English
That is what concerns me the most. All these non-English speaking foreigners are going to believe what these 3rd hand takes of the US MSM say and never bother to hear from the other side due to the language barrier. But I heard that many Japanese are skeptical about these outlets who just echo the US MSM despite most of them never bothering to learn English.

@LukeAlmighty It's China exclusive though.

@thestrongest Well GNU Social being a piece of shit would've probably influence lain to fork it into Pleroma. If the Fediverse never became popular I think Diaspora or Twister would've taken its place.

@thestrongest The Fediverse existed before Mastodon.

@matrix I'm just wondering why a racist kid is watching Steven Universe.

@noyoushutthefuckupdad @coolboymew Just pretend to be a furry podcast and you will be safe.

@coolboymew @matana
>Fox News or something put a big scary "PREDATORS CAN CONTACT YOUR CHILD THROUGH THIS"
I had to look it up. Is it this one right here?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5B7nXuSfvZ4

I remember even Nintendo urging users not to put personal information in nicknames and signatures however. But that Pictochat thing was useless. The only practical use I found for it was communicated with people on the other side of the school bus.

@matana @coolboymew I remember back in elementary school, this was the case for playing games on the bus. It was okay at first because you are obviously not learning anything but there were then issues about lost, stolen, and damaged portables/cartridges so our school district had to ban them. Also, this was back when the original DS was relevant, so along with the ridiculously small cartridges, apparently some school board member was aware of PictoChat and there were concerns of students using it for communicating with strangers among other dangerous things despite PictoChat being local only.

@coolboymew Does the 3D enhance actual gameplay? I remember Iwata saying that the stereoscopic 3D would finally solve the issues of depth perception in otherwise 3D (as in three-dimensional movement) games, but I never hear about it from anywhere else.

@coolboymew
>Handheld systems are perfect for bus rides especially
I don't use public transportation and playing games anywhere else appears to be even more frowned upon (usually because you are either expected to actually socialize or it is meant to be a quiet, no electronics area) so handhelds are basically useless for me at this point. But if I did use public transportation, I would probably play one as here in the US, using public transportation is socially frowned upon already (it's usually associated with people who can't drive due to mental disability for whatever reason, but it appears to be dying out).

@coolboymew
I avoid playing video games in public because of this mentality. I almost drifted away from gaming during the 3DS heyday because how playing anything other than mobileshit, sports games, Call of Duty, etc was increasingly being associated with autism despite being on the spectrum myself.

I was in high school around the time and I noticed that it was the weird kids who play their 3DS systems in the hallways and most of their writing assignments were about video games as if they couldn't talk about anything else. They would also forgo driving to school during junior and senior year just to play their 3DS on the bus. It was enough to make even me cringe.

And then Pokemon Go and the announcement of the Nintendo Switch suddenly made gaming socially acceptable again. I guess most people are willing to play Mario Kart and Smash at parties. Also helps that the Switch is marketed as a home console first.

>The 3D function was good shit because then you could activate it and play Senran Kagura on the bus
I couldn't even see the stereoscopic 3D and I have two perfectly working eyes. Granted, I never actually owned a 3DS and only played demo units so it might differ for certain games, but it felt like a useless gimmick for people who are able to see it.

@coolboymew Reminds me of these.