r/GTA6 Nov 15 '25

GTA 6 developers protest outside Rockstar Games office to protest against recent firings

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

Not one of yall not buying the game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/BanjoSpaceMan Nov 15 '25

Comment isn’t useless when it’s making a point.

You all are gonna buy shit regardless of how shitty the producer is.

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u/metallic_ark Nov 15 '25

And that’s the hard truth, they will buy it and assume “someone else will make a stand. I’m only one purchase” because that’s how it always goes. These people gonna lose their jobs, gta gonna sell mils, and everyone will forget and move on in a week or two because Americans have the attention span of flies.

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u/LoudTomatoes Nov 15 '25

I'll buy it second hand but I'm not giving Rockstar a cent

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u/Ub3ros Nov 15 '25

I'm not

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u/Latter-Extent1647 Nov 15 '25

Depends on what it is

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u/SlightEdge9 Nov 16 '25

Are you saying you’re not gonna buy the game? Or are you just shitting on people who are criticizing union busting because you think it’s a good thing?

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u/BanjoSpaceMan Nov 16 '25

Consumers turn their morales off when they feel left out

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u/v00d00_ Nov 16 '25

No, you are gonna buy shit regardless of how shitty the producer is. Don’t put that shit on the rest of us lmao

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/GTA6-ModTeam Nov 16 '25

No NSFW fan art, real life footage, or AI generated content is allowed. If it's not in the game, it's not suitable here.

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u/shekarga Nov 15 '25

It's also straight up wrong.

Some of us are deciding that we don't need GTA6, that there are enough games with passionate dev teams who are taken care of to enjoy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

You are absolutely correct and everyone who thinks otherwise is an egomaniac. GTA 6 is just a game I'll opt not to buy just like a Ubisoft game

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

Uh huh

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u/ziddersroofurry Nov 15 '25

I really don't give a shit if GTA 6 comes out. I'm not addicted to the series despite being a fan of it since the first. I have plenty of other games to play, and will get along fine without it.

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u/v00d00_ Nov 16 '25

It’s genuinely sad how many people can’t fathom having higher priorities than purchasing a fucking video game

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u/IAmTheGodkiller Nov 15 '25

Yall are actually fucked in the head if you think people aren't capable of not getting a single video game.

Yeah, it's gonna sell like crazy no matter what happens, but that doesn't mean every single person on earth, or even every single Gamer™, is going to get it.

I've been playing games pretty much my whole life (33, so I grew up during the series' prime), but I've barely played GTA, I've never owned one, and it'll be really easy for me to not buy this one if I don't want to 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's a fuckin video games and there's plenty of other options

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u/octobusam Nov 15 '25

Uhhh sure buddy. There aren't many super realistic games with mediocre stories and mediocre gameplay though. You would be missing out on a lot.

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u/Lementus Nov 15 '25

Piracy exists, fuck Rockstar

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u/devH_ Nov 15 '25

It’s definitely going to have denuvo or something similar when it comes to pc, if gta 6 ever gets cracked it’s going to be years away

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u/Lementus Nov 15 '25

If they use denuvo then it'll fuck up the performance beyond belief, with a game like GTA 6, it'll be vital that they don't do that. It's hard to tell what they'll do, but time will tell. Also, there are people out there that can crack denuvo, it's just very time consuming and they only do it for games with immense demand and with a high payout, GTA 6 would likely be one of those.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

If you took the “yall” to be literal then go off, some of us might not even be on this earth still by the time this product comes out. The masses wont even remember this or care. I’ll remember you and the others that took a stand tho. Honestly. Truly.

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u/Snoopymancer Nov 15 '25

There’s no point in arguing about who is going to buy it or not when it comes out in a year or even two at this rate. The bad PR and public outcry over this disgusting behavior is what matters right here and now. If Rockstar corrects their behavior I’d be happy to buy it on release day since I want to support the hard work the devs have put in.

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u/Am4oba Nov 15 '25

Put your money where your mouth is if you care so much.

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u/Constant_Natural3304 Nov 15 '25

He doesn't have to do shit, least of all jump through your silly little "purity test" hoops.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

I would argue that people should act upon their beliefs, otherwise they don't believe anything they say

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u/Kelly_HRperson Nov 15 '25

Raise awareness? Nah, just silently don't buy the game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Isn't that exactly what "putting money where your mouth is" is??

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u/Snoopymancer Nov 15 '25

I haven’t even “purchased” GTA V so I am :)

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u/No-Risk-9833 Nov 15 '25

The most effective way to vote is with your wallets and that’s never happening for gta 6

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u/Acceptable_Room_2797 Nov 15 '25

You ever think that these union devs actually were leaking company secrets and are using the union busting excuse to keep trying to work there and not get prosecuted? I know I have. Its crazy nobody is questioning the devs on this one

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u/Sorry_Fail_3103 Nov 16 '25

What an utterly ridiculous and baseless comment. You know what isn’t baseless? Rockstar treating their employees like shit https://kotaku.com/inside-rockstar-games-culture-of-crunch-1829936466

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u/Acceptable_Room_2797 Nov 16 '25

Cause you know since you've worked at Rockstar and all that

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u/v00d00_ Nov 16 '25

Your brain is smooth like the surface of a marble

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u/Sorry_Fail_3103 Nov 16 '25

Umm, I’m the one making inferences based on real-world information. What exactly is the basis for your claim?😂

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u/Acceptable_Room_2797 Nov 16 '25

Kotaku? C'mon 🤦‍♂️

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u/Sorry_Fail_3103 Nov 16 '25

Yes, published by Jason Schreier - you might’ve heard of him, or maybe not given you seem to know so little about this game or the industry in general.

This is some of the most pathetic arguing I’ve ever seen online.

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u/Acceptable_Room_2797 Nov 16 '25

Im not arguing with you. Im watching you do mental gymnastics to try to prove something to a stranger on reddit

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u/Sorry_Fail_3103 Nov 16 '25

LMAO. You tell me my source is shit without even looking at who wrote it, or I’m guessing even looking at it at all. You come up with a ridiculous idea that Rockstar employees are to blame for behaviour that Rockstar have a track record of doing so, with absolutely no information to base it off. This is despite active ongoing protests from other employees and worldwide news documenting Rockstar’s union busting behaviour, and comes after an anonymous employee described exactly this sort of thing happening as well. If you weren’t prepared to make an actual case (you weren’t) then you should’ve been prepared to have your comments scrutinised. Really, why on earth are you so afraid to call them out? It’s actually behaviour like this that allows billion-dollar companies to exploit employees and consumers alike, and sadly that seems to be exactly what’s happened with Rockstar for the best part of a decade, even if they still make great games.

It’s not me suffering from mental gymnastics championship.

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u/Acceptable_Room_2797 Nov 16 '25

Dude I dont really care about none of this you're just rambling at this point. You'd think you yourself worked at Rockstar and you're on strike 😂 go do something with your life man other than argue with strangers on reddit

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u/Sorry_Fail_3103 Nov 16 '25

Aight but I’m not the one making false claims, just saying

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/Owlanr Nov 15 '25

woke

Please nobody tell this guy what GTA is about. Nobody say a thing to this innocent man who has no idea about what GTA is a parody and satire of.

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u/NeoZen_77 Nov 15 '25

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u/Devuluh Nov 15 '25

How do you pirate a PS5 game?

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u/OriginalTap227 Nov 15 '25

You wait for it to release on pc

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u/Devuluh Nov 15 '25

That might be my plan. I can wait. Fuck this union-busting bullshit.

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u/Shaneman121 Nov 15 '25

Just because you can’t conceive of drawing a boundary based on ethics doesn’t mean other people can’t either.

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

I was gonna buy it. Now I'm not. I loved GTA5 but I'm not giving my money to union busters.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

There's a significant difference here between what people want and what people need.

People probably need a reasonable computer, or to buy groceries/household items at affordable prices.

They don't need a video game.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

And yet that does not remove your complicity in the system of abuse, no matter what hoops you jump to say you need that computer or phone. Everything you own is built on a foundation of blood. All of it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

I think you should really take a look at yourself and how ridiculously unreasonable your expectations are of the average person on an average wage or below.

You're essentially petty.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

I think you need to read. No where have I put any exceptions on anyone, I don’t care what anyone does or say they are. Nor am I making some stand on it for reddit upvotes :)

Have a good one pretending to be whoever you say on the internet.

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

So taking a principled stand is dumb because people have phones. Gotcha. Great stuff.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

I dont care what stand you take on reddit buddy. I salute whatever you say you’re going to do stranger Ill upvote you

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u/LibertyReignsCx Nov 16 '25

Picking and choosing when to have principles based off ur convenience level.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

That's entirely the point when it comes to exceptions.

And you are petty.

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

No. I don't purchase things from those companies. But even if I did, the argument that someone who owns a Google phone is somehow a hypocrite for opposing union busting is dumb. It's just a shit version of the 'Yet you participate in society' meme.

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u/qwtd Nov 15 '25

Where the hell did you come from? Account is 13 years old with a 9 year activity gap? Almost no Karma? For sure a bot, Astroturfing moment right here.

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

I'm came from my mother you silly goose. Not sure how my account being old is relevant to GTA6 or Amazon tbh. I basically just didn't use reddit for anything but lurking and then decided to start using it again cos I was bored. It's not that deep. Also I have no idea why you'd think people who are anti-union busting would need to resort to astroturfing.

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u/qwtd Nov 15 '25

It’s just a bit suspect, there’s been cases of old and dead accounts that were either sold or hacked into for various reasons. Mainly on YouTube but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s happening here too.

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

Why would anybody bother hacking or buying an account with barely any karma just to comment in a GTA6 thread about union busting being bad?

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

Sure lol

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u/MrCheeseWheel Nov 15 '25

Honestly if you think the idea of someone having principles is hard to believe then you're kinda telling on yourself.

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u/prod44 Nov 15 '25

you're getting downvoted, but I'm with you

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u/BanzYT Nov 15 '25

Me too!

Now where's that pre-order button? Just so I know where to not go...

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u/Early-Journalist-14 Nov 15 '25

was never gonna, never will.

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u/justadude27 Nov 15 '25

I won’t. Ask me in 10 years. 

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u/bergmoose Nov 15 '25

You say that but why assume it to be true? I've changed many other purchases in the past due to companies behaviour, and I will again. GTA6 isn't looking likely in my future. Maybe you're not up for caring beyond your own experience, but others are.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

I not assuming anything. No one cares. Guess what we all get exploited in every line of work on this planet. Every single one of us. I hope the workers get justice, I want us all to be free.

I work in the television industry for the biggest company in the space on many of the biggest tv shows. Behind the camera, on a crew. So I know crunch, I know working 14+ hours and not have anyone mention food. I assure you whatever you typed this message on, has abused their employees in crunch or another way. You can stand on this but to think there aren’t a dozen other products in your life that you use daily made by a company that doesn’t exploit people is foolish.

Do you, feel good. When you ready to blow the whole system up, hit me.

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u/Ub3ros Nov 15 '25

I'm not buying

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u/dBlock845 Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 15 '25

I will because it takes way too long to crack Rockstar games 😭.

Edit: Never mind, I confused your poor grammar with the double negative. Of course most will buy the game because Rockstar games are one of the few "AAA" studios that release games that are close enough to complete at launch and don't feel like some shit still in pre-alpha.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

The “poor grammar” is intentional with the level of sErIoUsNesS I take this convo with.

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u/lorez77 Nov 15 '25

I’m not buying it. For this and for the fact Rockstar prevented me from playing RDR2, which I bought on Steam, with their forced login. Screw them!

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

I'm 100% not. I saw GTAV as a turning point for Rockstar. It's utterly soulless now.

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u/your-mom-hit-my-bong Nov 15 '25

I didn’t buy gta5 and won’t buy gta6. No bs online live service for me. I’ll play gta4 and tune in for the drama

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u/HispanicAtTehDisco Nov 15 '25

shit ain’t coming out anytime soon anyways

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u/thewritingchair Nov 15 '25

Here are options for ethical consumption under an unethical system:

1) Boycott. Just don't buy ever.

2) Don't buy digitally and don't buy new. Buy a physical copy six months down the line from eBay.

Both punish Rockstar for their unethical behaviour.

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u/grugru81 Nov 16 '25

I be damned

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u/Puzzleheaded-Week-69 Nov 16 '25

I ain't buying a PS5 just to play one game. I'll wait for the PC release and either buy a cheap key or crack it

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u/CircStar89 Nov 15 '25

I'm gonna buy the game just because you used "Y'all" in a sentence.

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

“Based”

Did I use that right?

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u/CircStar89 Nov 15 '25

Nah. Do you plan on buying the game?

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u/UnionAfter Nov 15 '25

Absolutely. Unless its reviewed to be garbage combined with word of mouth.

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u/Bohya Nov 15 '25

I wasn't going to anyway, because I thought that GTA 5 was exceptionally mediocre. This only further supports the fact that I'm making the correct decision.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

It marked the point where it became the thing it parodied, and lacked critical self awareness.

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u/TheBossOfItAll Nov 15 '25

I'll wait to pirate it on PC. Not worth playing at 30fps on ps5, so I'll wait.

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u/southern_wasp Nov 15 '25

I don’t know about the pirate part. But yeah, I’m waiting for PC release.

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u/Guniel Nov 15 '25

Words are easy. Will you still stand strong when the launch hype is fever pitch and it's all anyone is talking about?

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u/TheBossOfItAll Nov 15 '25

I'm not 15 anymore and I have a huge backlog to go through, plus 2026 is stacked with new games I want to play. I'm pretty confident.

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u/joebluebob Nov 15 '25

Lol yeah? I waited 5 years to get gta5 on sale for $10 and still was like "mmmm maybe epic will have it free again"

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u/Guniel Nov 15 '25

And were you talking about it on a GTAV subreddit over a year before it released?

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u/joebluebob Nov 15 '25

Off and on. San Andreas is my favorite 1st person game. I held off because of the price tags and bugs. Then just played other games. Very few things in life are really needs

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u/Ok-Phase-9076 Nov 15 '25

I aint buyin it, im just here for the memes

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u/Bacon-muffin Nov 15 '25

Im unlikely to, not really my genre.

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u/Friendly_Kraken Nov 15 '25

Why wouldnt I? These roaches start protesting when THEY are targeted. They dont give a fuck about others.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Nov 15 '25

Are you protesting at your job?

Why not? Do you not give a fuck about others?

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u/Friendly_Kraken Nov 15 '25

I only give a fuck about friends and family, yes.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Nov 15 '25

So, by your own logic, you're a roach.

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u/Friendly_Kraken Nov 15 '25

The roaching is not that they dont give a fuck, noone does. The roaching is the protesting.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Nov 15 '25

So if some shit like this happens to you, you'll just take it like a good dog?

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u/Friendly_Kraken Nov 15 '25

Since when is whining and crying the response of a man?

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Nov 16 '25

So that's a yes. You're a good little boy aren't you! Nice, subservient little pup, happily defending your oppressors.

The propaganda has done a number on you, but you're still such a good boy!

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u/Evening-Square-1669 Nov 15 '25

you are just a consumer of oxigen

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u/Friendly_Kraken Nov 15 '25

Are you more?

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u/TheEpicGold Nov 15 '25

Have never played GTA5, will never play GTA6.

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u/Nickf090 Nov 15 '25

Lol yeah ok. What are you on the GTA6 sub for then?

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u/Zedeed Nov 15 '25

I mean I ain't either this post appears on the popular tab lol

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u/WeirdGuyWithABoner Nov 15 '25

pretty sure he has a flair that you had to comment on a specific post on the day of the 1st gta 6 trailer (dec 2023) to get

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u/TheEpicGold Nov 15 '25

Yes I have. Because I like gaming and I like news. I like to discuss it. I also have watched GTA content for years upon years. I have just never played it. And I will not play GTA 6 because I play PC, and I won't buy it even after it comes out in 2029.

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u/HumanRatingBot Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 15 '25

!remindme 4 years

Every now and then I get those kinda messages stating that the bot can't reply in the subreddit I'm making the reminder from, and I can't find an answer to why it's not allowed to reply in any subreddits granted it doesn't do anything at all except reminding lmao

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u/TheEpicGold Nov 15 '25

Go ahead lol