I appreciate the reminder that beauty is subjective. It’s been a good while since I’ve seen an opinion so inflammatory that had nothing to do with politics.

It wasn’t terribly off topic, no. But the “design similarities” point is pretty weak and not related to the matters at large. To address it though, I fundamentally disagree that ip theft or patent theft or anything else we can boil down to “OC donut steel” is a serious issue. Creativity is iterative, nothing is original, and pretending otherwise is silly. We make a big deal of these things because money is involved, but that doesn’t compel my opinions whatsoever. Stickman drawings have been copied since humans could draw, and we’ve been iterating on them ever since. If someone claims to own the Stickman design, they’re a dumbass. Incidentally, that’s what happened with Nintendo claiming they own the concept of throwing a thing that summons another thing. The whole ordeal is ridiculous and only serves to stifle creative endeavors for monetary security.

I’m sure you’ve already heard these things and chosen to ignore them. That’s your prerogative. I downvoted you because I think you’re wrong and making a bad point. That’s mine. Others feel the same way. People agreeing with the sentiment doesn’t make them a hive mind. It means they’ve made similar observations about the same phenomenon. You’re dehumanizing people by calling them a hive mind because they disagree with you. I’m calling you wrong because I think your opinion is wrong. You are allowed to be wrong, though. Your opinion is still perfectly valid and agreeable to many, many people. They are not a hive mind, but they are likeminded with you. That’s okay. I encourage you to continue to voice your opinions despite opposition because I sincerely think that’s a good thing for you to do. But try to remember that every single one of us (sans any possible bots) is actually a whole human with their own mind and reasons for doing what they do, even if you don’t like them for doing it.

I just want you to know that I saw your comment, said “oh, that’s off topic and an overall bad take”, and then downvoted. That’s when I noticed your score was negative and not positive. I’m not part of a hive mind, friend. You just had/have a bad take imo.

I hope someone mods it back in.

It’s not that long. You’ll be okay.

I don’t think you’re wrong. I do think a good movie would be more profitable than a bad one. I wouldn’t show my kid this movie out of principle, because I happen to be of a generation that cares about this franchise. I wouldn’t buy any merch, toys, or clothes either. I’m sure some would, but I feel strongly that this movie won’t generate the profits they want, and it’ll be specifically because they made something terrible.

Players aged 15 to 21 make up the largest group of Minecraft’s player base at 43%.

The remaining 21% consists of players between 22 to 30 years old, and 20.59% are users aged 61 to 80.

You might be thinking of demographics from like 10 years ago, but those kids grew up dude. Kids are not the primary demographic.

You literally compared the games in this chain though? Did you forget, or…?

You are so real for this.

This was my first thought. I’ve wanted to be able to play mobile games on my steam deck since I got it.