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Confirmation bias, my dude. People like to look at the new Teen Titans or Power Puff Girls and claim that it's all going down hill while seemingly ignoring all the other shows that are doing well with most folks. Regular Show, Adventure Time, Steven Universe and so on all seem to be performing well and staying popular. I hate TTG and the new PPG as much as the next guy, but Cartoon Network is doing fine.

The original Tron It's such a dumb movie but I love it to death

I give it 7 j-pops out of fever dream All of my favorite weird stuff probably isn't appropriate for this forum, but I do have this.

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I get the feeling that Nintendo is abandoning ship on the WiiU and banking on the NX being a success. If the new Zelda is a launch title, that alone should move some units.

I faped

No. It would make me think of Spongebob every time I heard it. Doesn't really jive with MLP's more whimsical style either.

Some might say that doing nothing and letting people walk all over you constitutes, "not having a spine". Context is key.

Saw the movie yesterday. The messaging was a little on the nose, but I enjoyed it way more than I thought it was.

Laughing at somebody who is doing something "cringey" is one thing. Making a video specifically to scrutinize this person while encouraging a large group of people to also laugh at them is, I would argue, definitely bullying. This is a good point, as I am not a doctor and should not make diagnosis for people. Sure, not every one of Leafy's targets made a video of them crying. Do you honestly think that means that they were all okay with Leafy's videos of them? While it's true that I cant exactly speak for them, it doesn't take a huge leap of logic to assume that people generally don't like being openly mocked by potentially a million people. Additionally, as much as I am loathe to say, "Think of the children!", think of the fucking children. Looking at Leafy's uploads, a fair amount of them have thumbnails of kids. Kids don't deal with with this kind of thing well. Bullying by a few people can have lasting consequences in their life. Being ridiculed by a large group like Leafy's fans (who have demonstrably been known to harass people) could really fuck them up. I am reminded of the kid who played Anakin in Star Wars, or that viral video of that one guy flailing about with a stick as if it was a lightsaber. You look those people up now, you'll find that their lives have been borderline ruined by the treatment they got. This kind of thing absolutely effects people in a very negative manner, whether you specifically see it in action or not. As a matter of fact, I did. You're experience is not everybody's experience. If somebody tells me to get cancer and die, I don't care. However, let's look at the from the perspective of a hypothetical person. His name is Bob. Bob's mom is dying of cancer. It really sucks and he decided to play a video game to get his mind of it a little bit. He chooses League. He's not doing so well, so his teammate tells him that he deserves to get cancer and die. Bob is now very upset and it's going to ruin his day. He did not choose either of these things. His specific circumstance, couple with the things said to him, created an emotional response that he does not have control over. He can't just decide to get over it. That's not how emotions work. I know that this is a somewhat extreme example. Understand, I'm not asking people to tailor their speech in such a way that avoids the possibility of anyone ever being offended. However, when we allow, "Get cancer and die" to be an acceptable thing to say, it becomes the norm. It's going to keep happening. The more that people decide that it's not okay and speak up, the less impact it'l have on the internet in the long run. It's why seeing videos like the kind that Leafy makes upsets me. Fuck, I don't want they guy to lose his job or anything. I just want him to be a little more considerate. To exercise more tact. The key words. Most people consider satire as something that makes a point, not making fun of someone for the sake of making fun of someone.

For most youtubers, "making money doing what they enjoy" does not include bullying children and the emotionally unstable. The dude should at least pick on someone his own size. That isn't an excuse, man. I understand that the internet is a harsh place and that content creators should be wary, but this kind of reasoning makes it seem like it's the victim's fault for being the target of ridicule. The more that people say, "You just need a thicker skin!", the more this kind of behavior becomes acceptable, even becoming the norm. We shouldn't be blaming the victims for having something shitty happen to them by telling them that they shouldn't have been there in the first place. They aren't to blame. People like Leafy, who get their views not from legit criticism but from finding people who can be easily made fun of, should realize that what they are doing legitimately hurts people. No, it isn't. Consider the following: When people watch a movie and something pops up on the screen, they get surprised. They don't sit there and think to themselves, "Huh, I guess this is the appropriate time to act surprised". Your body is reacting to external stimuli. Being offended works along the same principle. People don't decide to get offended, their minds elicit an emotion response based on something that they encountered.

Not really, the audience is asked to suspend their disbelief and accept Edward Norton and Mark Ruffalo as being the same guy. You'll note that nobody ever says, "WOW HULK YOU SURE LOOK DIFFERENT". From the character's perspective, nothing changed.

I've heard of Leafy before after he went after an emo youtuber. Honestly, the autism doesn't even factor for me. What Leafy does isn't "satire", it's bullying. Claiming satire isn't a "get out of jail free" card. He purposely goes after people who wouldn't be able to fight back and then pretends to be surprised when is pack of troll fans start harassing his targets. Nobody, especially people like Tommy who are just trying to entertain people, deserves to be treated the way that Leafy treats people. It's disgusting.

Looking forward to those VR headset price drops.