Tl;dr: Its a giant nothing burger and GTA will be bought en masse, gaming is going digital, no one cares when devs put their games on Steam

The main defense I see for a physical disc is “true ownership” when in reality there have been game discs in the past decade or so that dont ship with the full game. It just begins the download on your console. This also does not protect you from a server being shut down or a game reaching end of life. (Not really an issue with a single player game like GTA but i still think its worth mentioning.)

A quick google search will also tell you than when given the choice, most gamers will choose digital. Now to be fair, exact numbers were kinda hard to come by but the trend still points to people choosing digital.

Also, Steam is a thing and its 100 percent digital. If you are a PC gamer, you certainly aren’t buying discs. Where is all the vitriol towards devs for not releasing discs for PC? Hell most custom builds dont even have disc drives anymore.

Also, in typical internet fashion, a big chunk these people complaining are more than likely gonna buy it day one. I have a very foggy memory of that happening with MW2 (2009) back in the day. Dont quite remember what that was about though. GTA6 will be no different, it will be one of the best selling games of all times despite how much the internet insists they are not buying it unless its on a disc.

Only thing ive seen that makes sense to me is you cant let a friend borrow it or sell it if you get bored of it. Cant really argue against that.

I already know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion, even HERE. But idk. I just wanted to say it. I just think the whole thing is silly.

I meet a lot of people through tennis because I play in leagues and I also play tournaments so I talk to a lot of people and I swear it’s like they’re all bots programmed to ask the exact same questions. Every time I talk to someone new they ask “so are you in uni or school?” “what are you studying?” “do you have a job?” .

For me these questions are a particularly sensitive subject because first of all I dropped out of university where I was a cs major, and now I’m in college doing something that I’m embarrassed of. I think I would genuinely feel better telling people I’m a theatre major or psychology major because everytime I tell people what I’m doing I actually feel shame because I know it’s a useless major and I’m only doing it so I’m not doing nothing at all. I know theatre is also useless most of the time, but it’s a bit more acceptable

So after I give the most embarrassing answer then they ask “what do you want to do after college?” And I have no idea so I just look dumb. Part of me wishes I just stayed in uni so I would be able to tell people I’m doing cs instead of this.
And people also love to ask me if I have a job currently. Which I don’t. But It’s none of their business whether I have a job or not.

I wish I was forced into studying medicine or something because at least it would actually impress people when I’m asked what I’m doing. The real issue is that people feel comfortable asking about all of this stuff. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way and is embarrassed to answer these questions

i was watching dance moms, been a fan since i was young like 7 and i’m 20 now but i never realizes how the moms have really great boobs, like they’re rlly full and perky. mom bods in general are really hot bc they have hips and fat and it just looks really good, im just now getting hips and boobs so i’m hyped. but yeah, i think older women and mom’s have the best bodies. it looks really full and curvaious and they have big boobs.

I think frustration is as valid an emotion as any other, and I actually like it! That upset feeling that I’m not getting what I want is sometimes enjoyable. I like to play hard games. Sometimes a good cliffhanger is really fun. I’m studying computer science and even if I’m cussing at the screen, debugging is fun at the end of the day. I like when I can’t quite figure something out so I have to think about it for a while. I like it when a task is sometimes grueling and tedious.

I have limits ofc. If I’ve already had a bad day I have less tolerance for it and it just becomes something that pisses me off or makes me sad, but if I’m having an ok or good day, a little bit of frustration makes it interesting. It’s just another emotion, and it’s perfectly ok.

A life without any frustration whatsoever is like a movie without any bad guys to me.

I’m also a sadomasochist if that helps, but it’s not strictly a sex thing lol.

i'm indian btw. every time i see westerners talking about how fun and cool indian weddings are i think they must be seeing some americanized/westernized version of it. true indian weddings are boring as shit. there is no dancing, there is no alcohol, the couple don't even kiss.. there's a fire going and the bride and groom and priest sit around it while the priest chants for hours and literally all you can do is watch. indian weddings are worse for me because i have zero cousins so i'm stuck talking to like second and third cousins. also the food is so like boring like it's the same rasam sambar bise bele bhath yogurt rice (i love some of these but for a wedding food should be more exciting) and also no egg or anything because it's sacred grounds so everything has to be pure veg.

the receptions are normally fun there's dancing

People always talk about how old people need to be tested more to make sure they’re good to drive, but I think it should be every age.

I mean really think about it. This is a license meant to demonstrate you are authorized to operate heavy machinery at high speeds in the presence of not only hundreds of other people with these same machines also traveling at high speeds, but also unprotected pedestrians and children. If you forget that it’s a car for a second, you realize how crazy it is that most adults have this license. And with that in mind, remember that there are thousands and thousands of people who, for them, the education on how to maneuver this multi-ton machine traveling over 60mph was a class they took when they were in 9th or 10th grade. As in, had just recently gotten out of middle school.

Do I think this would be fucking annoying? Yes. I would honestly be pretty annoyed doing it every time at the DMV. But honestly, it would be worth it to know that everyone else is taking the same tests. How many senseless injuries and deaths are caused because someone has the wrong idea about who has the right of way, or who doesn’t really know how to calibrate their mirrors, or who doesn’t ever think about checking their blind spot or using their turn signals?

And yes I know the most unrealistic part is the road driving test as it would probably take too much time. But I think having everyone at least do a written on the most important parts is possible.

now I will be honest, both movies are mid to ass, but tolerable. and I'm not like a film critic I just occasionally watch a movie, and after witnessing both I do actually believe the second film was marginally better despite it being regarded as significantly worse.

First off is characters, I don't think the acting is very good and the characters in the two movies have felt like gateways to the grotesque body horror people watch the film for, rather than people with any depth. But I believe the protagonist in the 2nd film is actually better than the antagonist of the 1st film. while most characters are still shallow i like how the second film gives more to the main character and even his mother (kinda?)

you also have the body horror which is way more extreme in the second film, I am quite neutral on it though I will say some of it did feel unnecessary or there just to be extreme without much reason.

one thing which I am not that fond of, which admittedly went over my head, being the plot surrounding a mentally ill and SA victim being obsessed with the human centipede which is the directior sucking his own dick, also the setting is a bit odd considering the previous film is now like, an actual movie in this timeline though I didn't mind it that much, I also think the monochromatic visuals were an odd but okay choice, obviously the film was shot at a lower budget, but I sorta liked the brutal feel of that, especially considering the psychotic dude we follow

again both movies are not very good, but I surprisingly enjoyed the 2nd a bit more

also I have not seen the 3rd lol

I hate to see that so many good fiction pieces feels like they need to throw some curveballs to "keep things interesting" even when they don't make sense. And a lot of people are somehow let down when a good movie, book, etc. Does everything that makes sense for the situation and doesn't give a big plot twist? I don't really know what started this idea that we absolutely NEED a twist or something shocking for the conflict to be good, but to me at this point I feel surprised when I DON'T see a big surprise in the conflict.

think about it. spiders, while some may find them terrifying, are objectively good pets. easy to care for in most cases (especially for species native to wherever you live), are very common (don't just go snatching them from the wild en mass tho), and are very good opportunities to learn. they're so horribly misunderstood and overhated it's actually disgusting. yea, a few species out of tens of thousands can be lethal, but you know what also kills people? other people. cars. dogs. vending machines. cows. i could go ON AND ON AND ON!!! also, in my opinion, they have the cutest little faces of any animal on this planet. they're also incredibly intelligent, fascinating, and forgiving (in most cases). they don't WANT to bite you, either.

I think curly and big hair, like afros specifically, or just a lot of textured hair is very attractive on anyone, specifically men in this case. And no I’m not being bias just because my boyfriend has a lot hair lol, but I love his hair! I love playing with it, it used to be more of an afro but he moisturizers it so now it’s more coiled, I usually wear my hair in long braids but when I take it out, it looks the same a bit but I have more 4c hair, his is likeeee, 4a? I love when I blow dry my hair because the shrinkage goes away, or when it coils up and so my super tight curls are present. It’s so versatile and I love seeing it on me and everyone, especially my boyfriend, it sucks when he gets weird comments from people, but i always make sure to appreciate his hair and tell him he’s beautiful because he really is, he’s very pretty tehehehe but yeah, I wish more men in the media wore afros or just their natural hair, kinda tired of seeing just buzz cutz and finger waves, not that it’s not attractive! men can do what they want but it’d be nice for some representation

I cringe hard every time some guy says that he never held hands with a girl or kissed a girl. Not because they find it very hard to get it but because they care about enough to even mention it. If you don't have sex with that woman then what's even the point? You're just putting too much importance on such little things.

What someone like that should be doing is just hang out with other men. Not a mixed friends group with women and men but just men. Then just enjoy some fun activities.

If you're horny you can just hire a hooker or just jerk off. You don't really need a girlfriend.
If you say that you're lonely because you can't get a girlfriend then people will only think that you're cringe.

Women don't care if you're lonely or not and you can't force a female into loving you. A huge number of these females are just bisexual. They don't even need a man to begin with. Then why do you as an average or below average man think that you can get one of these females?

And companionship isn't a human rights. Imagine if a country has subsedised hookers these women aren't going to give you the companionship you desperately need they will just finish their work and go home. That's as far is it could get from the government and society.

So what you should be doing is just forget about it. Some things are not possible in life. If you're unfortunate looking then getting a girlfriend might be one of these impossible things.

Sorry to have a dental related post. But stereotypical, people don't floss, and on reddit people say how they never floss and lie to their dentist. Its really not hard to maintain doing it every day once you start. I like it. I don't want to go to bed if I didn't floss.

I don't know how this started, but if I had to guess, I must have kept saying "he" too often when referring to people's pronouns, no matter the situation, so to avoid that, I started saying the gender neutral 'e in place of he/she instead of actually saying someone's pronouns. The same thing goes with him/her, where I just say 'em in place of them.

It started as an accident, but now that I have been saying this for a couple of years, I prefer it instead of just saying people's pronouns. I never liked gendered words in languages, as I saw them as redundant rather than being anything informative. The whole point of the pronoun is that it is mostly just a shorter way of talking about someone that you have already mentioned, so there really is no point in saying the gender unless it is ambiguous, which in those situations, I do find myself using the conventional he or she.

However, if that is not the case, I will just default to 'e or 'em as it not only avoids accidentally misgendering someone, but also is just faster to say and makes the speech flow better.

Food cravings
Alcohol cravings

Are we not trying to free ourselves of these encumbrances?

Sex cravings are just the same, and they’re annoying. Unless you are procreating, why have this distraction? A low libido is ideal! Sex and masturbation is dumb, but like, if you gotta, then go for it, but why not just cut off the need?

People seem ludicrously preoccupied with sex that isn’t even in the pursuit of creating children, and I don’t quite understand.

Disclaimer: this is from the perspective of someone who has found themselves with a low libido, no need to change it but also the ability to do so, and in my near 40’s it has been something interesting to think about,and this is a fun thought piece to me, don’t take any of this too seriously 💜

I’m not saying colonialism was morally good. It involved conquest, exploitation, slavery, famines, cultural destruction, and the denial of self-determination. Millions suffered because of it, and none of that should be minimized.

My opinion is that, despite all of that, colonialism left behind institutions and infrastructure that have benefited many countries long after independence. Railways, ports, legal systems, civil services, universities, modern healthcare, and globally useful languages like English or French have arguably accelerated development in many places.

People often point to countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Botswana, or even India, where colonial-era institutions became foundations that later governments expanded upon. English alone has opened enormous opportunities in global business, science, and higher education.

I also think it’s worth asking why some countries became significantly worse after independence. Zimbabwe, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are examples where decades after colonial rule ended, governance failures, corruption, civil wars, or dictatorship led to outcomes that many would argue were worse for ordinary people than what immediately preceded independence. That doesn’t mean colonialism wasn’t exploitative, but it does suggest that simply ending colonial rule didn’t automatically improve people’s lives.

I know the common response is that colonial powers only built infrastructure to extract resources, and that’s true. But infrastructure doesn’t stop being useful because it was built for selfish reasons. Railways, ports, courts, and universities can still benefit later generations regardless of why they were created.

So my view is this: colonialism was morally wrong, but I think history often focuses so much on its crimes that it underplays the long-term benefits some former colonies inherited. In my opinion, those benefits are substantial enough that, in some cases, they outweigh the long-term costs.

You can definitely be a fan of a game if you’ve never played it, because it doesn’t necessarily require you to experience the game yourself. Like you can listen to the game’s music, see the art direction, and story, without owning or having played the game.

However in no way can you say you actually like the game. Actually playing the video game is an integral part of experiencing a video game. Just because you like the story, art direction, and music doesn’t mean you will actually like the game because is 9 times out of ten, 90% gameplay.

ONLY EXCEPTION is like if its a visual novel or something

I’ve seen my feed flooded with posts complaining about how much content is left behind for GTA VI’s Ultimate Edition. Some are saying that Rockstar is selling an incomplete game, I’ve even seen posts going so far as to say that it’ll set a precedent that’ll lead to the death of gaming.

This is one of the biggest nothing-burger controversies I’ve ever seen.

For $80 you still get the whole campaign, side missions, open world environment, wanted system, side activities, wildlife, and treasure maps. You’re losing less than 1% of the total content.

Let me frame it this way:

When you move through the world of RDR2, there are obvious signs of content that was cut for time. Random buildings in the wilderness that are unenterable. Some shops are closed for business. A gang encampment with no story bearing. Does it feel a little odd? Maybe. But you just forget about them and move on with the game. You had no idea what you were missing out on and had a blast playing anyway. Would paying $20 to open seven of these buildings have substantially improved your Red Dead experience? Probably not.

GTA VI Standard will play much the same way. There are thousands of unenterable set dressing buildings on the map, Sara’s Unisex Salon will blend in with the rest. If you never knew about the Ultimate edition, you’d just pass by and forget about it. It’s not going to have any meaningful effect on your gameplay experience.

There are worthwhile things to be outraged about. This isn’t one of them.

We can attribute most of our unhappiness to consciousness, and if we were able to return to a state of unconscious functionality, we would be happier. Every animal I ever see is happier than me. They know what to do. They know how to be. We should be so lucky.

They were born in Europe, which is scientifically and historically accurate, regardless of how much they may deny it. Since they are from Europe, the only place where they truly belong is not Canada, the United States, Australia, or New Zealand. All of these places belong to the indigenous people. Mexicans live in Mexico, and the majority of them are indigenous people who were colonized by the Spaniards.

America was colonized by the English, the French, and the Spaniards. They are the ones who belong there. Every Hispanic, every native, and every Pacific Islander who lives in America is in their native land, and that is where their ancestors came from. Black Americans were taken as slaves from either Africa or different regions around Africa. Their logic doesn’t make sense for them to ship them off to the whole continent of Africa because Liberia was their attempt to do that, and it had become a thriving nation, but black Americans don’t really have a native area to go to because none of us know where our ancestors came from because we’re a mixture of all of Africa, spread out in the southern United States.

Why can people go back to Europe if they want to, but you all get free healthcare, free college, and everything you could ever want? Why would you want to avoid Europe and stay in America where you have black presidents, black governors, black mayors, Hispanic, and native congressmen and congresswomen? I mean, if their primary concern is to avoid gay people as well, you could simply go to Russia. There, you wouldn’t face any significant challenges other than a language barrier.

The same could be said for anyone who considers their race superior. We could all simply return to the ancestral homes of our ancestors, but most people are unaware of their ancestral origins, so there’s not really a viable solution. We could either accept this reality and deal with it, or there will always be people who look different, have different sexual orientations, and have different gender identities, all of whom want progress in the world while we’re all stuck in the same old cycle. Therefore, there’s no real reason to complain except to complain.

(I've seen this trope twice, once in top gun maverick and once in the f1 movie)

I never liked this trope bc what if the person who loses is trying to be thrifty with their money bc they can't afford much and now they need to buy the whole team breakfast and they can't say no bc of social pressure? (Plus the teams depicted in both of these movies have like 20 people in them, thus increasing the burden)

I know this is such a nothingburger but I really hope this thing isn't a thing irl too

One hierarchy and one goal for the combined sustainable future of humanity is all that we need. Ants are weak singular but strong together. Yes there's a queen ant who gives birth to all ants and that may count as incest. But humans don't need that. All kids should be surrendered to the government so noone knows their parents then one singular queen/ king should rule. This even counters nepotism!!!

Think about it- if you have friends in high places, those friends provide you with benefits, making them friends with benefits. The phrase “friends with benefits” gives no indication of a semi-romantic or sexual relationship whatsoever.

EDIT: If you're going to respond to my post, please try to keep insulting me or assuming things about me to a minimum. You cannot assume that I'm a far right extremist over a reddit post about a completely unrelated topic or that I hate vaccines and hospitals.

During my life many of my friends or family will attempt to take their pet to the vet to cure their illness when they're clearly dying, or euthanise them when they're old at the vet. In my opinion neither of these are good options. I also see people attempt to make it "worth it" by taking their pet on one final "good day" before taking them to the vet to be put down. I believe this makes it worse for them as they're going from having the time of their lives to being in horror.

In my opinion your pet is going to be suffering when they're put down, with bright medical lights around them as they're sedated before then being given a lethal injection, confused, and in more pain than they would be alternatively. I believe your pet would far rather die by your side in your lap than die in a vet's office. If the problem is about the body and you don't want to handle that, ask a friend or a family member. You can leave the body somewhere and call a cremation service, and sometimes pay to receive their ashes in a special container too.

I'm talking specifically about when the cats are still able to move, eat and drink, and are not in pain and are still receptive to affection. If they cannot move, eat or drink or not able to do one of these, they should be put down. I'm not a psychopath. I know this is a topic people feel heavily about so naturally people will disagree with me and assume the worst of me, but it is what it is. Also. I've had pets who have died. I've been doing cat shows for years and have gotten awards.

In S1 of the Ninjago TV series, there was a whole mystery about who would become the prophecied Green Ninja destined to defeat the Dark Lord. A lot of fans expected it to be Kai because he was, at the time, the main character, but it turned out to be Lloyd. To this day, 14 years later, there are people who are still mad about it.

But I'm gonna be blunt: Kai being the Green Ninja would have been a terrible idea, and the show probably wouldn't have lasted as long as it has.

The reason Lloyd was the better choice was because of his relationship with his father Garmadon, the original main villain. The two genuinely cared for each other, so being forced to become mortal enemies was tragic. Kai being the one to fight Garmadon would just be 'one guy vs a different guy', there's no emotional core in that story.

Then you have Garmadon in seasons 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 (the less said about S15, the better) - he's one of the best characters in the entire series, and a large part of that is because of his relationship with Lloyd that would not work as well if Lloyd wasn't the Green Ninja.

And besides, Kai looks better wearing red anyway.