I mean, it’s a reasonable place to start at the very least?
We’re talking about pickpockets, right?
Someone tried to pickpocket me in Europe on the train. I blocked the door and, despite having no common language, I left them know I was aware they had taken my stuff. I’m pretty sure they understood it was my intention to get it back and that was going to be a hassle for everyone.
They just handed it back and left.
Should I have just started swinging?
I get it, but it has to be obvious how quickly this logic can spiral, though.
If I come around a corner and find you putting the boots to someone begging you to stop, you’re getting smoked by the biggest thing I can find. I don’t know the context. Violence to stop violence is measured.
Being wronged isn’t a carte blanche. As soon as you introduce violence, suddenly violence actually becomes the measured response against YOU.
To be fair I have infinity more confidence in the system you just described than whatever tech bro disruptor was going to pitch
I feel like these stories provide second-hand catharsis, but I don’t know if it’s necessarily a positive light.
This.
This was the standard for years. Matchmaking kinda killed it.
There were 3rd part server browser services that could fill the gap, though. I wanna say GameSpy or something was a popular one in the late 90s
Yeah I don’t think I could handle my kid complaining about being dizzy while also insisting on only eating one meal a day either.
I have a suspicion that the reaction to seeing this tweet would be a really accurate way to infer someone’s age.
I mean, in this case it’s what it’s been fed, which is roughly the internet, which is roughly a giant heap of garbage.
We, collectively, are the programmers, and we fucking suck.