Pretty much. They were a dick later on, though. I think #melkiordidnothingwrong ended when they stole the silmarils.

Yeah… I didn’t get the fingolfin reference either… but their wording was wonderfully awful.

Shaka, when the walls fell.

Stand outside the editors window blasting the OST to space jam (the first one of course) everytime they publish such an article.

And wizards - by far the greatest community out there.

None, I’ve seen hateful speech here and when I do I report it and carry on… I don’t dislike reading news or opinions I personally disagree with however.

Whoops, missed the communities portion of the question. I don’t browse all, I have a specific list of communities I’ve subscribed to that I read through in New order.

Melkior/Morgoth, they saw that Arda was a deeply flawed creation and attempted to correct it before existence was sung into being.

After the fact their actions are certainly viewed as evil by the world they tried to change but had the rest of the Vala joined his song the world simply would have been different, not worse.

Where do you think interest come from? Do you think banks just give you free money every month?

I don’t because I’m not working in the US but I do have a retirement fund. I can critize the system we live in and those that revel in exploiting it while also realizing that if I completely eschew investment I’ll be a pauper. I’m not going to bankrupt myself and be unable to afford my partner’s medical expenses to win an argument on the internet.

I’m aware that the stock market is slicing off income from laborers in an unjust manner - it slices off my income as well… I don’t celebrate participating in this system, but I do participate in it while acknowledging how bad it is. It isn’t a significant portion of my income and if I could personally will it out of existence I would.

By your definition game development (in the old style) is also passive income… so is art… so is building a house or a car or pretty much any form of manufacturing.

These activities all involve building something with no promise of selling it - then trying to find a buyer… in each case you, the producer, are investing up front in a venture which may or may not succeed and then hoping someone will pay you for it.

But being loud about it just contributes to the problem!

Back in my day (pulls out rocking chair) we used to get annoyed at someone with their Walkman cranked up so high that you can clearly hear it across the room.

At least in that day the asshole was suffering permanent hearing loss for their rudeness. Curse modern technology and their built-in speakers!

What if I pronounce the word “caché” as “cash-eh”?

“Passive income” if you describe yourself as having a passive income, I want nothing to do with you.

Passive income is a myth - all income requires labor… if you’re getting income without putting in labor then you’re stealing someone else’s income.

Regular coffee is a coffee. People say regular coffee because they’ve gotten fatigue from “which type?” questions. I’m more annoyed that the understanding of coffee has shifted away from the default just being an espresso. Over here in Spain if you ask for cafe you’ll get a cafe solo.

I took the train here.

Yes, it’s a super bad idea.

Men have always had the freedom to choose what they want to be - for women it’s the fucking bird cage or nothing… now the bird cage is gilded and pretty, but it’s still a fucking bird cage.

I don’t follow your comment. Come again?

Let me better phrase that. Communication of news cannot be done in an unbiased and neutral manner - how you state things and what points you deem relevant to include will vary on your political leaning.

A classic example of this is a headline like “Mexican man murders two.” The choice of which adjectives to include in identifying someone is influenced by politics and we’ll often, rightfully, call out right wing news outlets that emphasize race or immigration status when discussing an event.