Nelots

AI generation is getting out of hand

It's not poor self control. It's addiction. Some people reinstall Instagram for the same reason some people light another cigarette.

Not abusing your power is cold blooded?

I don't think she's frowning so much as trying to give a suggestive look. It was probably somewhat hard for the artist to convey on a car. As for the headlights, like the other person said, if they were actually on the car, they would cover the face completely.

Why helldivers? I haven't even heard that game talked about in like, over a month.

Also “CSAM” is a better term

I see. I had noticed people using that term instead, but I never knew why. Thanks for the info.

But then if you report something nobody should see, say CP for example, you're suddenly subjecting 20 random people into seeing it.

I mean, maybe it should be. Maybe the government should be paying artists instead like somebody else suggested somewhere. Idk, it's an interesting topic. But that's in these peoples ideal world that we clearly do not live in. I am in complete agreement that, pirating all forms of art being the morally just thing to do (like the very first commenter suggested), is very incorrect. At least in our timeline it is.

To preface this, I do agree it's not morally correct to pirate. At BEST it's morally neutral, and usually it's not even that. I don't know why people think they're entitled to another person's work without paying just because it's "art". They're not.

However...

I completely disagree that your analogy is spot on. If I have zero plans to ever buy a certain car, but then one day decide to just steal it to see if it's fun to drive, that car can no longer be sold to somebody else and the dealership or whatever just lost a lot of money.

On the other hand, if I have no plans to ever buy a game, but decide to pirate it to see if it's actually fun, the developers don't lose money from that. I never would have bought it in the first place, and they can still sell it to others because I didn't actually take it from them.

That's the difference. Now, if I had already planned on buying it but decided, "nah I'll just pirate it instead", then I would agree they're losing out on a potential sale. That's still different from losing a car though, because the dealership isn't only losing a potential sale, they're also losing an item in limited supply that takes physical time and labor to make (as opposed to just fabricating another Steam key).

Correct. You wouldn't want a convicted felon as president, would you?

The movies really aren't anything incredible. Luke loses practically every fight he has, the dialog and CGI in the prequels were horrendous, and the sequels... yeah. I don't think most of them are bad movies, but for how popular it is? I believe Star Wars is held up quite a bit by how cool a large chunk of it is. Vader looks sick af, and laser swords are badass.

But there are some really good TV shows, games, and, from what I hear, comics as well. I think the movies are probably the weakest part of the Star Wars universe.

So do you support taking away their ability to vote then?