If I had a nickel for every time someone posted a manga of Verxina having nightmares about Gentildonna pulling a Narita Top Road on her sisters, I'd have three. Not a whole lot, but still.
People have been trying to semantically wrangle the rules on that site for years. The first point does cover stylized depictions, even if they do not directly spell it out. This is why Japanese artists have been getting suspended for years, this is commonly known information to them. The ones that avoid suspension generally rely on security by obscurity. The ones that don't simply evade suspension continuously, since the site makes it easy to do so. https://togetter.com/li/1322732 https://togetter.com/search?q=%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA+%E5%87%8D%E7%B5%90&t=q#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%20%E5%87%8D%E7%B5%90&gsc.page=1 It goes back as far as 2015, went into overdrive in 2018 and in 2019 the terms were officially changed to include visual depictions. I don't understand why people insist on playing language games when the practical reality of the situation can be observed and easily understood. Ties very well into my point about lacking a sense of self-preservation.
Orenji got suspended less than 7 days after this post blew up on twitter. Truly a 'more money more problems' moment. He should have set his account to private the second his post made it to KYM, and then just lay low for a week or two.
The same points have been made about fictional violence in media, but most people don't really seem to care anymore and gamers have always defended violence's place in video games, so it's still hypocritical to argue against loli/shota art and not argue against fictional violence based only on those points. The only difference is that the former is more geared toward getting people off, which makes some people more willing to cross the line from "This is gross and I won't look at it" to "You're gross for liking it and I will judge you" or even "They're gross for promoting it and should be shut down/arrested." The above complaint of "literal pedofiles (sic)" is a good example of this.
No, it's not the same. The argument on violence in video games is that video games sculpted violent behavior. loli argument is that pedos look for loli. The cause and effect relations are completely flipped. This is why I consider the defense of it so disingenuous. It's a deliberate misreading of the basic premise to justify their desired outcome. Video game violence argument got the flak for doing the same thing, and so should the loli defense.
No, it's not the same. The argument on violence in video games is that video games sculpted violent behavior. loli argument is that pedos look for loli. The cause and effect relations are completely flipped. This is why I consider the defense of it so disingenuous. It's a deliberate misreading of the basic premise to justify their desired outcome. Video game violence argument got the flak for doing the same thing, and so should the loli defense.
I don't think the fact that actual pedophiles would enjoy it is a good argument against it either. And if you meant they could use it for grooming purposes, I'm sure real CP, or even legal adult pornography, would be sufficient, and probably more effective.
I don't think the fact that actual pedophiles would enjoy it is a good argument against it either. And if you meant they could use it for grooming purposes, I'm sure real CP, or even legal adult pornography, would be sufficient, and probably more effective.
No, I'm saying it's entertainment catering to that degeneracy not merely they happen to enjoy it. "Hitler liked dogs thus all dogs are bad" is not the argument. "Jewish snuff is made for Hitler" is the point. It's catering and normalization that's the source of the argument. The intent of the entertainment isn't tangentally appealing to awful people, it's directly marketing toward them.
I can't help but find this picture to be incredibly silly. I think it has to do with the fact that both dinos appear to have stupid grins on their faces.
Either that or it could be the Tethercat Principle at work.
LightningRamiel said: I can't help but find this picture to be incredibly silly. I think it has to do with the fact that both dinos appear to have stupid grins on their faces.
Either that or it could be the Tethercat Principle at work.
You must be over-imaginative, 'cause i don't see any "stupid grins".
I know there's a pool named "Mixed Signals" for what Ranni is doing here, frowning as a doll but with her other face smiling happily, but does it have a specific tag for when the person's normal attitude doesn't tell us much about her feelings and you have to rely about something else? I'm thinking like Miyako Yoshika's forehead amulet, or Ranni's second face. Sorry if I'm not clear.
I know there's a pool named "Mixed Signals" for what Ranni is doing here, frowning as a doll but with her other face smiling happily, but does it have a specific tag for when the person's normal attitude doesn't tell us much about her feelings and you have to rely about something else? I'm thinking like Miyako Yoshika's forehead amulet, or Ranni's second face. Sorry if I'm not clear.
In general, we have expressive_* tags for that. Expressive object would be appropriate for Miyako Yoshika, but I don't think it would apply to Ranni.
This post reminds me of Haruno Sakura's inner self that appeared often in early Naruto arcs. We don't seem to have many posts of this; post #274277 was the only one I could find. It's tagged with dual persona, but I don't know if that would work here either.
Looks like Hookbang Proto prefers reptiles over amphibians judging by the turtle. And look! It's Pancake Lily!
Seems like Grand-nun's efforts are well appreciated by the local populace. As expected of the faithful people around the time of... uh... I still have no clue, actually.
I kinda notice that aside of great grandma Hookbang, we get to see another of the familiar ones, such as the grey colored woman with glasses. (She’s probably sheep's nun grandma?)
Star: "My strength comes from my mind and the muscles I trained so hard for."
Clumsy Nun: "Oh, god she is stopping being Mrs. Nice Nun and wants to punch us to the stars!" Spicy Nun: "How to be a good girl... Step 1: Worship Kayne West? Who wrote this?!"
Froggy Nun: "Why is this so heavy?" Sheep Nun: "A bit too light for me."
I want to see the arm-wrestling contest between Sheep and Star now.
SQUATS 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Power rack, that whosoever believeth in the day of legs should not perish, but have everlasting gains.
Plus nothing stop GW to include male into the Sister of Silence.
Either change the name or just say that can be sister regarless of the gender.
Like the Banshee for the eldar who are mainly woman, but it's was establish that men can be part of the squad.
Male nulls exist anyway, you wouldn't need to change the name either, why would it mater to a galaxy-wide empire in the very far future what today's culture around ganders is. I doubt anyone in the empire would care what the person that's banishing a demon back into the warp's genitalia looks like, or would argue the semantics of what their order is called.
Not that I think it'd matter to you, but SoS are pretty much joined at the hip of the Custodes. They're never going to be as popular, nor as well developed. As such, making them distinct and flavorful is the best way to make them stand out. And no, being psychic nulls doesn't make them stand out. Quite the opposite in fact.
'Their mere presence making demon's heads explode makes them not stand out, having a pussy however...'
Sadly typical from Games Workshop, they keep retconning "small stuff", but they don't realize that they're fucking up their lore big time with it. Custodes all being males was used in my circle of friends to "prove" that female Space Marines really were impossible, and that it wasn't just the Emperor not trying hard enough. Now that female Custodes are a thing, I really wonder how Games Workshop can justify female Space Marines not being a thing. And don't get me started on the Sisters of Battles, they're "just" highly trained warrior monks, they aren't the barely humans that the Space Marines are. For fuck's sake, it's the same shit with Ollanius Pious, he used to be just a man standing against fucking Horus, the first of the Primarchs, the Champion of Chaos, and what Failbaddon wishes he was. Then Games Workshop made him a space marines, then a terminator, then a custode, then finally an immortal, when him being just a man, just one man, was just what the story needed to prove how far Horus was gone, that he would deliberaly kill what was as dangerous as a newborn to him. But no, a normal marine wasn't enough, he had to be bigger and stronger, making him more of a threat to Horus, and making Horus' murder of him less of a gratuitous act and more of an actual self-defense.
Warhammer is wasted on Games Workshop, be it Fantasy or 40,000.
Male nulls exist anyway, you wouldn't need to change the name either, why would it mater to a galaxy-wide empire in the very far future what today's culture around ganders is. I doubt anyone in the empire would care what the person that's banishing a demon back into the warp's genitalia looks like, or would argue the semantics of what their order is called.
Something like knowing their name will yield an advantage. Semantics matter quite a bit in this kind of battle.
