@Based_SpaceGoji Grievous’s victories came as a result of fear tactics. He only bested the Jedi he hunted when he caught them off-guard, hopelessly outnumbered, and afraid for their lives.
Were he to fight any experienced Jedi (ie. Oni-Wan Kenobi) in a fair duel, he wouldn’t stand a chance.
@MiiaTzu If you’re not trying to please anyone, then you shouldn’t be worried about upsetting anyone either. Do you think the AI thumbnails work for you? Then keep using them.
For what it’s worth, they are quite appealing.
The UK just deployed a political weapon it's only used once before in modern history.
And nobody is talking about what it just backfired into.
🚨 🚨 🚨 KEIR STARMER BANNED FOREIGN JOURNALISTS FROM ENGLAND TO STOP A RALLY �� IT PRODUCED THE LARGEST ANTI-GOVERNMENT MARCH IN YEARS 🚨 🚨 🚨
The Home Office issued entry bans on 11 foreign nationals ahead of the 16 May 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in central London. Rebel News founder Ezra Levant. Multiple journalists. Commentators. Banned from the country. To stop a march.
Metropolitan Police deployed 4,000+ officers. Live facial recognition. Drones. Dogs. Horses.
The result: tens of thousands — some estimates reaching hundreds of thousands — flooding the streets of London anyway.
THE WEAPON:
→ UK Home Office entry bans — 11 foreign nationals barred from the country
→ Prime Minister publicly labeled the rally "extremist" and "hatred and division"
→ Starmer framed it as "a battle for the soul of our nation" in direct pre-rally statements
→ Police mobilized at a scale typically reserved for state visits or terror threats
→ Live facial recognition deployed across central London
→ Rival pro-Palestine march simultaneously permitted on the same day
→ Metropolitan Police prepared for 50,000 — the actual crowd exceeded preparation
→ Government rhetoric amplified international media attention across the US and Europe
THE TARGET:
→ A march organized around "national unity, free speech, and Christian values"
→ Organized weeks after Reform UK seized 1,350+ council seats and control of 13 councils in the 8 May local elections
→ Reform's gains came primarily at Labour's direct expense — Essex, Sunderland, council after council
THE MATH:
→ Reform UK: 1,350+ seats gained in a single election cycle
→ 13 councils flipped — including Essex with 42 seats
→ Starmer's response: ban journalists, deploy 4,000 officers, call the march extremist
→ Outcome: the bans became the story, the march became a symbol, and the streets filled anyway
Read that again.
💀 Every ban Starmer issued handed organizers a government-censorship narrative
💀 Every officer deployed turned a political rally into a national confrontation
💀 The suppression didn't shrink the movement — it advertised it
⚠️ Reform just proved it can win elections. The march proved it can also fill streets.
⚠️ Starmer called it "a battle for the soul of our nation" — and then lost the visual battle on live television
⚠️ This isn't a fringe moment. This is what a political realignment looks like in the streets.
They're showing you the arrests and the police lines.
They're NOT showing you what this sequence actually means — a government that just lost 1,350 council seats in one night responded to the aftermath by banning journalists and calling a march extremist, and the streets answered with the largest visible opposition mobilization in years.
You don't ban foreign journalists to stop a fringe event. You ban foreign journalists when you're afraid of what the footage will show. And you only deploy 4,000 officers with drones and facial recognition when you already know the crowd is going to be too large to ignore.
Process that.
Most people won't see this. RT to change that. 🔥
I'll keep you updated as this unfolds, turn on notifications this is EXTREMELY important.
I believe you would have garnered much more goodwill with your audience if you did not pose this stance as a threat.
There was an opportunity for good faith discussion between opposing worldviews in the matter, but being openly hostile like this makes you seem petty and childish
Gaijins are complaining that the Japanese are rightfully upset by these Western criminals who pirate their games
To all Westerners: in Japan, you PAY for your games so that more games can be created in the future. Stealing makes you a criminal, and criminals need to be PUNISHED!
@celestiumart For instance, if atheletes playing for teams with results-driven management could choose to be a man or woman, why would any of them choose to be a woman when men hold a statistical advantage? What would become of womens’ sports?
This may be the angle you’re looking for. (2/2)
@celestiumart I did some thinking about the hypothetical you and Leaflit were struggling with. Rather than arguing the feasibility of turning a man into a woman and vice versa with no downsides, may I suggest exploring the implications of such a world? (1/2)
The sins of the father are not transferred to the child. You’re still killing an innocent person.
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Also not really that hot—but let’s be real most of you abortion enjoyers just want to kill people to avoid personal responsibility and then use rape victims as shields to justify it.
Serial killers who kill people for the love of the game are unironically less cringe.
@LordShmeckie@AfterSchoolSoph It’s a bad look for @TongNeverSleeps no matter what he does. Unbanning her now would upset the ones who want her gone while her supporters ask why she was banned to begin with.
It’s easier to keep her banned forever, which looks much less inclusive than the FGC claims to be.
“So much love love exists in our community if you focus on the right people”.
The “right people” being anyone that doesn’t say the naughty no-no words or disagree with your politics or worldview.
Unban @AfterSchoolSoph and MAYBE I’ll begin to listen to you.
The negativity in the FGC can be loud at times but don't let a handful of haters distract you from the overwhelming support that exists in our community.
The game brings you in, the people keep you coming back.
I promise to those that are new looking in, and to those that have been here a while that are frustrated and saddened with the negativity, there's so much love that exists in our community if you focus on the right people.
Life isn't fair, and you don't always get back what you put out into the world, but don't let dark days change the good that exists within you.
@AfterSchoolSoph The only post I saw he made regarding your ban said 'indefinitely'. Sadly if he hasn't responded to you yet, I doubt he ever will.
He wouldn't want to stir up 'negativity', after all. It's not good for optics.
https://t.co/J5JZlfKtlk
I just found out tonight that this person entered TNS. AfterschoolSophie will not be allowed to compete in TNS Online, indefinitely.
Apologies for not knowing it earlier.