Thanks to mods for making a separate thread.
As for the event, here's my views on stuff based on what happened and what other people's views are about the event and SP employee tweet (and other peers liking it). I'm going to do bullet points since it's easier to write and easier to read instead of paragraphs.
Event
- I watched the video clip once and wont do it again. It was sickening and I dont think I have ever seen something like that
- Unless it's something truly heinous like Hitler trying to take over the world and killing millions of people in his way; killing celebs, politicians or personalities is a huge no-no. Just because you dont like what someone says, you dont just kill the guy and cheer. You got to be the lowest brow person in the world to think that's the way the world should work. I had to google who Charlie Kirk is when it happened. It turns out he's a big political personality. Not an actual councilman, mayor or anything like that. Google check says he's had one official gov job something to do with a military academy. So whomever killed him didnt even kill a government official. He killed a personality similar to sports where a bunch of people on TV or YT commentate on the game, but never actually played the game or worked on a pro team. So Charlie Kirk pissed off someone so much, even a non-official is fair game to be killed. Crazy
Boycott or no boycott
- Well, that's up to you. You can be indifferent, boycott the game, boycott SP, boycott Sony, there's actually a wide spectrum of how much someone can boycott something
- And that's ok, because everyone has their own view on the event and purchasing support. Do what you want and respect other people's choice.
- For me, I'll be honest. I dont really give a shit about what employees say about politics regarding making me buy or not buy. Maybe if it's something really in my face and so bad it resembles a Live Leak feed, I'd boycott. But for dumb tweets I ignore them and just buy stuff based on whether I like the product itself and it's worth the price. I'm not going to dig into every company's history of ethics, dig into employee's histories about code of conduct issues or anything like that. COD is my most fav gaming series overall I put the most time in. I dont play it so much anymore as I got burnt out of it, but those 360 days I played COD probably everyday. I really dont give a shit what dumb stuff Bobby Kotick and gang did. Nor do I care what dopey things employees have said on Twitter like confidential memos or political stupidity. I just like playing COD since the first game I played which was COD 2. If anyone wants to boycott COD or Activision as a whole, or now MS overall go ahead. That's your choice and it's fine what you want to do
Who's to blame?
- It's easy to say every person is responsible for their own actions. And I believe that holistically, but it gets to a point of stupidity among many sides
- Social Media. All the various sites that aggro people's fears and emotions into volatile bombs ready to set off. The companies dont care guys. They just wants users, ad money and you coming back to engage and keep the views counts up, posts up, and then they send those metrics to anyone itching to advertise. They also do bots. My good buddy worked at a dating site in marketing and he even laughed and admitted they create a lot of fake profiles themselves to get users engaged. The main goal is money
- Traditional Media. All I know is when I'd watch news channels decades ago, it was pretty straight laced. Sure they leaned a certain way, but at least acted professional. I dont remember watching CNN Headline News back in the day had crazy liberals ranting. I never had Fox News back then so I dont know what it was like. Never watched MSNBC either. But if I had to guess, I dont get a sense 20 years ago those two channels were parodies of political sides like now
I still watch business channels like CNBC ever since the dot com days (a lot of the same people who are now 50-60+ years old!). Guess what? CNBC is pretty same-ish like 25 years ago Talk business, show stats, do Q&A with CEOs. Same shit. But CNN now is like a circus of anti-Trump. And when I tune into Fox and MSNBC it's no different. Fox is full of giggling right leaning cast laughing at the left since Trump won, and MSNBC apes CNN. You got channels now not just mudslinging political sides, but even at each other's channels by name. That person on that channel sucks and is crying, this person on that network got fired haha etc... That's your modern day newscast maturity
- Government. I'm pretty sure the farther you go back in time, politicians, rallies, on stage debates, 60 Minutes interviews were more low key and mature. Modern day is a circus of stupidity where politicians try to one up each other on insults, accusations, getting celebs like Hulk Hogan and Beyonce to promote their side (which adds Hollywood circus). It's like a AAA budget game with great production values, but cruddy content
A bunch of politicians where most skew to 60 years old or more acting like college kids mudslinging jokes or agendas hoping someone takes them up on it (like those guys who vaguely post about killing Trump). If these leaders act like children trying to create rage, then youre going to get people who follow suit. Monkey see, monkey do. And even though I like Trump's business side, his loud abrasive side is weird and gets to a point of being off putting. I can take a joke and like laughing at the whole circus, but it sure is immature when he'd go on Twitter and call out anyone he doesn't like a Loser. He's a loser, she's a loser. He did a bad job, so did she. Fire them. What kind of leadership is that? No wonder so many people act dumb following in any politician's footsteps
- People. Regardless of what stupidity there is in front of you, you still got to be your own man and try to control yourself. You dont go around doxxing, shooting people and things like that just because someone is the other side of the political spectrum. It's really got out of hand. And that links up to social media a lot since that's how a lot of it spreads. Before the net, crazies can only do so much. With the net, it becomes cross country and global
- I've always had a view that good education and jobs solves lots of issues for people's lives. It gives purpose, keeps you busy and makes you money. The more self sufficient you and your fam are with knowledge, career and money, the less you care about gov and political angles because unless something truly affects you directly (like one side can determine whether you ship out on military campaigns or sit home), a lot of political stuff wont affect you as much. But for those people close to the bottom relies heavy on hot topics. And that's where gov officials got you by the neck. So when each side acts extreme, so will many supporters because they need their side to win for survival money and services etc...
That's my rant!
