User dratsab huffman asks the question: To amuse myself i researched revacholian nationalism as well as measure head's race theories etc etc and focused my character on "traditionalism". Anyway, ive noticed that if i ever click dialogue options that are in tune with my character's political compass, i lose morale. Whats the point of having this as a mechanic if its going to be so detrimental and feels like the character doesnt believe he actually is this or something... is there anyway to overcome that kind of morale loss?

Recalcitrant Jester replies: Being a fascist is a deeply demoralizing experience. You have to not only radically alter your worldview to make reality fit into your unhinged schema, but that worldview is predicated on the notion that the weakest, most unworthy degenerate worms on the planet are somehow overpowering and humiliating you on a moment-by-moment basis. In mechanical terms too, the lowered morale also reduces your volition score—the more you indulge in your delusions, the less you are able to exercise self-control and self-awareness. The point of fascism being mechanically detrimental—the ludonarrative theme—is that fascism is an unequivocally self-destructive ideology, the practice of which only serves to nurture that self-destructive urge and turn it outward. It's not like Dark Side points in KotOR where you can access cool new abilities and get to enjoy being such a nasty lil rascal; you are not supposed to enjoy being a fascist in Disco Elysium. Fascism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike.

"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."

Mother 3 is quite possibly the most important game in my life. Experiencing a game like that at such a young age (13?) molded a lot of my sensibilities with its strange mixture of humor and pathos and finding fantasy in mundanity. I feel like it put me on the right path in life.

kinda shit i'm tryna be on.

kill all fake lovers

thank you! i really like the idea of calling him a folk hero.

Shot from ep13 s2 of twin peaks. dale cooper, harry truman and dr. hayward are in an office looking at a pasted sprite of rena from higurashi

Editing when they cry sprites into twin peaks s2

brother you better concoct some campbell's-feared broth if you want to get my ass out of soup city.

With emphasis, there is no difference in the conservative mind between porn and "icky porn". Queer existence itself is porn to them. Band together and say no to censorship, wholesale. You will not get a pass for being one of the "good" queers. IN THE CONSERVATIVE MIND, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.

so insanely fucking real for this

this is what a pastor looks like after they come out of a dust cloud censored fistfight.

take care of yourself man...

If the rumors are true—likely Geoff Keighley will come out on The Game Awards stage with his tear-stained face through a photo stand-in of a fanmade poster of Half Life 3 and act in character as “Half Life 3” until he gurgles out his wet death throes.

"You need to cut toxic people out of your life, see through the bullshit, and start worrying about the things that really matter." -Shigeru Miyamoto On how to unlock Luigi in 'Super Mario Odyssey'

no one told me the original Tron was filmed like an OG Joel Haver skit.

Words included in my Nuremberg script: kill, murder, suicide, hanged, genocide, Nazi, holocaust, Hitler. The video is still monetized.

Using bullshit algo-compliant words like unalive, sewerslide, mustache man, etc. is not just embarrassing - its NOT EFFECTIVE.

How to Understand Serial Experiments Lain YouTube video by Dogninja

I've had a couple of people in the comments of my Lain video say they had just finished Lain before watching it. Which feels... *incredibly* strange--some sort of anachronism.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnoD...

We even have a quote from a concerned parent who called in: "Ever since Hollow Knight Silksong got a confirmed release date, it's like the fire in our little Timmy's heart has gone out. It's like the thing that was making him our little Timmy was taken away." #DelaySilksong !!!!!

We NEED to save Hollow Knight fans by delaying Silksong as far away as possible.

I, unfortunately, cannot look past how problematic this is: all those Hollow Knight fans losing their personality. It's tragic and heinous work by Team Cherry.

Hollow Knight fans waiting the normal amount of time for a video game sequel.

CITY the Animation just made one of the most creative episodes of anime I have ever seen.

CITY #05 feels like the type of episode that will awaken the creative spirit of any young person who comes across it at the right time. Immediately lock for topic of discussion among people interested in animation, even decades from now

- if payment processors' current policies had always existed, huge swaths of culture, from the prestigious to the pulpy, simply wouldn't exist. Today's disturbing indie work might be tomorrow's essential text. And even if it isn't, the freedom to create and access challenging content is valuable.

To be clear, works shouldn't need to meet some arbitrary standard of 'literary merit' or follow specific aesthetic conventions to exist. Genre fiction, pulp novels, underground comics, indie games, and yes, even erotica ought to have the right to explore upsetting themes. But note that -

new video soon (maybe this saturday)