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How is the Big Purple handling "current events" lately?

Started by Neoplatonist1, November 09, 2024, 08:00:56 PM

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Neoplatonist1

Did they ban the topic of the election entirely, or are they raging and reee-ing? Does anyone have an account there so as to report back to us?

David Johansen

Total ban on the topic last I looked.  It's too bad, the sweet, sweet, bitter tears would have sustained me.
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Stephen Tannhauser

There is a post-election discussion thread in the registered users' other-topics forum, and it's going about as one would expect. But we should probably ask this topic to go to Pundit's Own.
Better to keep silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain

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yosemitemike

Their long standing policy is that you can talk about Trump but you can't support him in any way.  I expect their policy is still essentially the same.  You can talk about the election as long as you are anti-Trump.
"I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice."― Friedrich Hayek
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shoplifter

Quote from: yosemitemike on November 11, 2024, 07:25:50 AMTheir long standing policy is that you can talk about Trump but you can't support him in any way.  I expect their policy is still essentially the same.  You can talk about the election as long as you are anti-Trump.

I got perma'd long ago when the rule was 'posting in support of Trump' so rather than do that I changed my avatar to a photo of him. It was not received well.

Venka


blackstone

1. I'm a married homeowner with a career and kids. I won life. You can't insult me.

2. I've been deployed to Iraq, so your tough guy act is boring.

kosmos1214


Omega


Nobleshield

RPG.net is basically the reddit of rpg communities. Just a complete left-wing cesspit echo chamber.

Orphan81

They have a thread about how Trump's Chinese Tarrifs are going to completely destroy the RPG and Boardgame industry and ruin all Kickstarters.

It's been pointed out most of the industry doesn't use China anymore anyway, but that doesn't stop them from Gloomcasting.
1. Some of you culture warriors are so committed to the bit you'll throw out any nuance or common sense in fear it's 'giving in' to the other side.

2. I'm a married homeowner with a career and a child. I won life. You can't insult me.

3. I work in a Prison, your tough guy act is boring.

jeff37923

Quote from: Orphan81 on November 15, 2024, 12:58:03 PMThey have a thread about how Trump's Chinese Tarrifs are going to completely destroy the RPG and Boardgame industry and ruin all Kickstarters.

It's been pointed out most of the industry doesn't use China anymore anyway, but that doesn't stop them from Gloomcasting.

That same Gloomcast is making the rounds of Reddit. I think they all got the idea from Steve Jackson being a doomer over the election.
"Meh."

Omega

Quote from: Orphan81 on November 15, 2024, 12:58:03 PMThey have a thread about how Trump's Chinese Tarrifs are going to completely destroy the RPG and Boardgame industry and ruin all Kickstarters.

It's been pointed out most of the industry doesn't use China anymore anyway, but that doesn't stop them from Gloomcasting.

Took companies long enough to realize that manufacturing through China was a dice roll if if anything would ship correctly. Underhanded factories. Underhanded docks, and so on.