On the Sufferings of the World Part II

Odradek · 2015-09-27 16:13:52

A quick test of the assertion that enjoyment outweighs pain in this world, or that they are at any rate balanced, would be to compare the feelings of an animal engaged in eating another with those of the animal being eaten.

Tachyon · 2015-09-27 16:20:30

ok but WHAT

Calica · 2015-09-27 16:45:59

but think of all the enjoyment that the konami senior management get out of selling fucking gambling machines and making hideo kojima work as a janitor

Obā-san · 2015-09-27 17:02:25

they came to the realization that video games are bad

Klinotaxis · 2015-09-27 20:30:51

Odradek said:
A quick test of the assertion that enjoyment outweighs pain in this world, or that they are at any rate balanced, would be to compare the feelings of an animal engaged in eating another with those of the animal being eaten.

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Section42L · 2015-09-27 20:39:02

fuck Konami, seriously

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-28 01:31:32

...did you just use my devil's advocate argument for the validity of philosophical pessimism?

Also, yes, fuck Konami.

Obā-san · 2015-09-28 01:34:08

geez looks like nobody here is a member of the pachinko fandom

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-28 01:37:05

I was referring to the Kojima thing, really. Pachinko, I have... mixed feelings about.

Obā-san · 2015-09-28 01:41:52

let me convince you

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-28 01:47:09

he left his family behind

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-28 01:50:11

My point exactly. The game format itself is fine and in theory the gambling element of many such games is pretty neutral but Japan has not exactly been the best at dealing with gambling addiction or the systematic exploitation thereof.

Obā-san · 2015-09-28 01:52:28

just so you know hun mo's post was a steven universe reference

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-28 01:58:57

I was referring to your post, not Jane's. I just had an arrow failure moment.

Odradek · 2015-09-28 02:10:18

Sredni Vashtar said:
...did you just use my devil's advocate argument for the validity of philosophical pessimism?

Also, yes, fuck Konami.

Yes your argument, you plagiarist

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-28 02:13:09

I mean that I have used a line of argument similar but in no way identical to that before and I found it funny that you started a thread with such a similar point of departure.

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