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hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in Trump’s mug shot was on the Wii News channel, thanks to RiiConnect24 devs

Honestly, what I find weird is that they seem to think Nintendo wasn’t somehow responsible for the disaster that was the Wii-U. Like only had to respond to it and had no role in its failure. It’s very odd and I’m assuming it’s not the intention so I’m seeking clarity here.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to news in Trump’s mug shot was on the Wii News channel, thanks to RiiConnect24 devs

Well, apparently it’s not simple because you completely missed why I said what I said. Y’all seem to have this idea that Nintendo was a victim of the Wii-U’s failure, and that it wasn’t somehow the result of their decisions. It’s like you think they didn’t develop and sell it themselves, that they suddenly appeared after it already existed. But if you want to just engage in some performative snark be my guest. I’ll be off lol

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to news in Trump’s mug shot was on the Wii News channel, thanks to RiiConnect24 devs

This kind of feels like a chicken/egg problem. Maybe if they put the work in it would have done better?

I mean I understand the history of the Wii-U better than you probably think, but I just find the phrasing of your statement very interesting. Because it basically says “if it wasn’t such a failure, Nintendo would have done more for it.” It kind of implies a Nintendo isn’t responsible for how it flopped and is instead a victim of it even though they’re ones who made and sold it. Like their hands were tied.

It’s very odd to me and I’m just trying to parse your real meaning, because the above sounds very silly to me.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in Trump’s mug shot was on the Wii News channel, thanks to RiiConnect24 devs

I'm not entirely sure what this means tbh

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to technology in Amazon’s First ‘Fallout’ Show Art Is AI Generated

When they actually get around to filming due to the strike lol

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to technology in Amazon’s First ‘Fallout’ Show Art Is AI Generated

WoT was utter garbage. LOTR was meh to good depending on who you talked to. They are definitely not on the same level.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to memes in TI Beats CASIO in Graphing Calculator Market (2004)

And of course, they all are arguing about whether or not this post counts, because we simply have to carry that ridiculous Reddit pedantry everywhere we go don’t we?

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to worldnews in Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts

Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
They couldn't fit in a British museum.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to til in TIL The Katy Freeway in Houston, TX was expanded in 2008 to 26 lanes (one of the widest in the world) and 5 years later had longer peak travel times than before the expansion

Luckily I was a typical self-centered teenager, so I was pretty good at being oblivious and ignoring what was going on around me. It also helped that I had very strong parents who worked tirelessly to make it as seamless/normal for my siblings and me haha.

Well hopefully they will come up with a solution that isn’t just adding more lanes! Don’t have a lot of hope for Texas and public transit these days, but I feel like y’all would be prime candidates for high speed rail between some of your cities.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to til in TIL The Katy Freeway in Houston, TX was expanded in 2008 to 26 lanes (one of the widest in the world) and 5 years later had longer peak travel times than before the expansion

After Hurricane Katrina I lived in Houston for about six months. I still have nightmares about your highways. I don’t know how y’all do it.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to lemmyshitpost in Reddit is a shithole

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hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in 'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate

To make political parties illegal is an attack on free-speech and the right to peaceful assembly. You would have to directly violate the first amendment in order to ban political parties.

I hope you are not being literal with your concept of a “competency test.”

hoodatninja , 10 months ago to news in 'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate

As much as I am against the two-party system I am not in favor of sacrificing our right to assembly, especially in the context of assembling over shared politics, on the altar of "hopefully that'll make elections go better."

hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in 'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate

Please do not talk down to me. Nothing I said indicates I think this is standard. I was giving the historical context for why it is that way in the US. So please don't come at me with this "well actually" nonsense please. It's needlessly hostile.

The flip side is that independent candidates are fairly common.

That's not the result of not having people vote in primaries. That's generally the result of a parliamentary system, which is more common than anything resembling the US's representative democracy system.

As for the rest of your comment, you're grinding an axe over something I did not say.

hoodatninja , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to news in 'This Is B.S.': GOP Candidates Slam RNC After Failing To Make Debate

So here's a part of the history you (and many others) are actually missing that will help contextualize this. Make no mistake, I have issues with the primaries too. But this is interesting and may even reshape your opinion.

For over a century we couldn't vote at all on the candidates. They were completely selected by the parties. People actually protested that system saying they had no say in the candidates, and thus the first presidential primary happened in 1912 I believe (forgot the state). It rolled out over the 20th century because people felt it was unfair the party got to select without their input.