That’s generally how it works, yes.

Or it’s the day before March 1.

It’s copyright infringement to do so. No need getting the Beehaw admins in trouble; Google paywall bypassing tools and read away.

an incompatible protocol with less features and worse UX

And yet, they have the one thing that matters: the users.

2009 was the date the article was posted.

I still want to go some day. Even if it is overly expensive, Akiba seems like such a cool town to experience.

I’ve heard Akihabara is a bit of an overpriced tech/gamer tourist trap, and that if you want to actually shop there are neighboring cities that are far cheaper.

The device connects to a Game Boy or portable CD player (yup, not a Nintendo DS or iPod — apparently the Pedisedate also transports you to 1996)

I wonder if the writer realized that he would be transporting future readers to 2009 by referencing a DS and an iPod.

I kinda want to see this as a new speedrun category.

Been playing a lot of The Finals lately. Normally my time would be spent in Destiny 2, but the current D2 season is gonna last for a looooong time, so I’m not in any hurry to grind it out just yet. But The Finals has absolutely blown me away so far. It can be buggy and unbalanced at times, but it’s so damn fun. Demolishing an entire building to bury the cashout station in rubble and prevent a steal is so satisfying.

Embark has also recently said that they’ve got a lot of updates in the works, so I’m really excited to see how Season 2 plays out.

It’s not a matter of opinion, look up the definition of the word, chief.

Okay, still not what “theme” means, tho. Maybe “skin” is the word you’re looking for?

I disagree with the use of “theme”. It evokes a visual for me.

That’s on you, because the word “theme” does not mean “visual” at all.

No, because that directly supports Trump. That’s hardly an apt comparison to talking about HP on an obscure website with no ads or links to Rowling whatsoever.

Because continuing to engage with her content is a form of endorsement of her viewpoints

This is a pretty significant leap that doesn’t seem realistic.

Engaging in communities that reinforce a positive viewpoint of a story written by a transphobic hateful person is harmful to those communities in ways that are both overt and subtle.

How? If the community at large is against Rowing and is inclusive in defiance of her stance, then it would seem to me that they have enough self-awareness to take care of themselves and mitigate any of this nebulous harm.

“The rule isn’t there!”

“Yes it is.”

“Okay, but now the rule should be something more that I just now decided on.”

Like, my guy… It’s a community for people who want to discuss a story about wizards and magic. What do they need to do to score with these shifting goalposts, take a blood pact denouncing Rowling? They already said no transphobic content is allowed. That already covers it.

At what point is engaging in HP fandom distasteful?

I’d say when the material that makes up the HP franchise, itself, becomes distasteful. I’m not hugely invested into HP, but last I’ve seen of it, the franchise is LGBT-inclusive, directly in spite of Rowling. I see no reason why one shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy the story.

Yeah, Rowling may still profit from it. But the bitter pill is that she’s allowed to. People are entitled to make money from their IPs, it’s how society enables creatives. Just because somebody’s a shit person doesn’t mean they’re not allowed to earn a living. And realistically, she’s going to make money from it, anyway. Blocking a Lemmy instance has literally zero impact on Rowling’s bottom line, making the act little more than posturing.

The HP material, itself, is fine. And the HP community largely seems inclusive toward LGBT fans. I can’t think of any reason to consider liking it or talking about it to be distasteful. Rowling’s a TERF shitbag, and I think most of the HP community is generally onboard with that notion, too.

Don’t bother, the person you’re replying to has a storied history of notoriously bad takes, such as “porn of petite women is the same thing as CSAM” (paraphrased), and deleting comments that call out their awful takes in communities/instances they run. They aren’t a sensible person.

Why lie about something that we all can easily verify for ourselves?

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