Trump MAGAThread XII: A Tarriff-ic Thread!

[Valrifell]

Make that "hurting Nazis and Russians is bad" because there's a lot of stuff from MW2 in there.

MW2?

Holy shit Trump, that game is old.

I hate the fact that the only thing this will do is encourage people to look at CoD in a good light. It's no fun when Activision wins.

Still, though, this administration citing video games as the biggest cause for mass shootings is laughably stupid. Perhaps the funniest.

[Petrasylvania]

MW2?

Holy shit Trump, that game is old.

I hate the fact that the only thing this will do is encourage people to look at CoD in a good light. It's no fun when Activision wins.

Still, though, this administration citing video games as the biggest cause for mass shootings is laughably stupid. Perhaps the funniest.

And then you remember there's a fucking cult that takes the God-Emperor's words as gospel.

[Valrifell]

I hate the fact that the only thing this will do is encourage people to look at CoD in a good light. It's no fun when Activision wins.

Still, though, this administration citing video games as the biggest cause for mass shootings is laughably stupid. Perhaps the funniest.

And then you remember there's a fucking cult that takes the God-Emperor's words as gospel.

You know, there's a non-insignificant overlap with Alt-Right Trump supporters and self-described hardcore gamers, I wonder how they take these developments.

[Petrasylvania]

And then you remember there's a fucking cult that takes the God-Emperor's words as gospel.

You know, there's a non-insignificant overlap with Alt-Right Trump supporters and self-described hardcore gamers, I wonder how they take these developments.

They'll have a logic bomb crash just like r/The_Donald did when he called for gun confiscation.

[Bombadil]

Surely if there's one thing that will destroy his alt-right support it's banning violent video games..

[Petrasylvania]

Surely if there's one thing that will destroy his alt-right support it's banning violent video games..

The only thing he could do to lose support is endorse feminism and Black Lives Matter and we know he'll never do either one.

[Proctopeo]

Surely if there's one thing that will destroy his alt-right support it's banning violent video games..

The only thing he could do to lose support is endorse feminism and Black Lives Matter and we know he'll never do either one.

Get a room, you few.

[Hayo]

And then you remember there's a fucking cult that takes the God-Emperor's words as gospel.

You know, there's a non-insignificant overlap with Alt-Right Trump supporters and self-described hardcore gamers, I wonder how they take these developments.

They will probably dismiss it as virtue signaling, and an attempt to distract from the real issues. They wouldn't be wrong in saying that, since that's basically all it is. Other countries don't have this kind of issue with mass shootings, and they have access to these games.

I really doubt that anything will come out of this, even if they tried to do something. The Supreme Court has ruled that video game publishers enjoy First Amendment protection.

[Liriena]

Surely if there's one thing that will destroy his alt-right support it's banning violent video games..

They targeted gamers.

Gamers.

We're a group of people who will sit for hours, days, even weeks on end performing some of the hardest, most mentally demanding tasks. Over, and over, and over all for nothing more than a little digital token saying we did.

We'll punish our selfs doing things others would consider torture, because we think it's fun.

We'll spend most if not all of our free time min maxing the stats of a fictional character all to draw out a single extra point of damage per second.

Many of us have made careers out of doing just these things: slogging through the grind, all day, the same quests over and over, hundreds of times to the point where we know evety little detail such that some have attained such gamer nirvana that they can literally play these games blindfolded.

Do these people have any idea how many controllers have been smashed, systems over heated, disks and carts destroyed 8n frustration? All to latter be referred to as bragging rights?

These people honestly think this is a battle they can win? They take our media? We're already building a new one without them. They take our devs? Gamers aren't shy about throwing their money else where, or even making the games our selves. They think calling us racist, mysoginistic, rape apologists is going to change us? We've been called worse things by prepubescent 10 year olds with a shitty head set. They picked a fight against a group that's already grown desensitized to their strategies and methods. Who enjoy the battle of attrition they've threatened us with. Who take it as a challange when they tell us we no longer matter. Our obsession with proving we can after being told we can't is so deeply ingrained from years of dealing with big brothers/sisters and friends laughing at how pathetic we used to be that proving you people wrong has become a very real need; a honed reflex.

Gamers are competative, hard core, by nature. We love a challange. The worst thing you did in all of this was to challange us. You're not special, you're not original, you're not the first; this is just another boss fight.

[NERVUN]

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[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Surely if there's one thing that will destroy his alt-right support it's banning violent video games..

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I really do hope they fight against this new wave of attacks.

[Cekoviu]

Mod note: Posts split out.

What does that mean?

[Farnhamia]

Mod note: Posts split out.

What does that mean?

There was a post, and my response, that have been moved to the dark, dank Mod evidence locker.

[Cekoviu]

What does that mean?

There was a post, and my response, that have been moved to the dark, dank Mod evidence locker.

Oh. Spooky.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

What does that mean?

There was a post, and my response, that have been moved to the dark, dank Mod evidence locker.

Dank you say?

[Farnhamia]

There was a post, and my response, that have been moved to the dark, dank Mod evidence locker.

Dank you say?

I'd best say no more, lest we have hordes of children digging for memes.

[Freezic Vast]

Dank you say?

I'd best say no more, lest we have hordes of children digging for memes.

Too late, you've opened Pandora's box, now you must suffer!

[Kramanica]

I don't mind answering questions. I just get nervous when people start asking random sets of questions out of the blue.

Where were you on the night of September 12th, 1953, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM? Hmmm?

You've got nothing on me!

[Kramanica]

I don't mind answering questions. I just get nervous when people start asking random sets of questions out of the blue.

That's fair enough. So on what things do you support him?

I support him when it comes to foreign policy and strengthening the military. I also support him on economic matters (tax cuts, deregulation, the tariffs are really my only area of disagreement with him economically). And I also firmly support his appointment of originialists to the courts.

[Northern Davincia]

Where were you on the night of September 12th, 1953, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM? Hmmm?

You've got nothing on me!

Sounds like we got ourselves a commie.

[Corrian]

GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel

Money that could be spent on roads, schools and, hospitals going to someass hole who has to fly first class.

Money well spent/s

[Farnhamia]

GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel

Money that could be spent on roads, schools and, hospitals going to someass hole who has to fly first class.

Money well spent/s

Yeah, but remember, he flies 1st Class because back in coach, "citizens" say mean things to him.

[Albrenia]

A face-to-face meeting between Trump and the dictator of North Korea?

Sounds like something that could go horribly wrong quite easily, even though I'll be a little impressed if he actually gets a face to face meeting.

[NeoOasis]

GOP rejects Dems’ attempt to stop Pruitt’s first-class travel

Money that could be spent on roads, schools and, hospitals going to someass hole who has to fly first class.

Money well spent/s

Because he's scared for his own well being or something I think? Not sure if physical or mental, but y'know... first class totally protects you from the hecklers as they file through first class to get to their seats in Turkish Prison Class... coach.

Then again... as long as he pays up for his place in the exalted first class, I don't particularly care. So does he, or does he fly first entirely in the dime of the masses?