Does /his/ think video games can be art and if so could you provide an example?
Bioshock
>>2841685
Yeah but video game writing is garbage
>>2841685
Bloodborne
WTF I hate Allies now
>>2841583
It's almost like losing wars has negative consequences.
>kill millions of people on the battlefield and off
>Allies have enough generosity left at the war's end to allow Germany to exist at all
Germans got off easy desu
>>2841599
>>2841583
Germans have zero right to complain about being partitioned.
They should be grateful that they still have a country instead of being annexed by France, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia.
Is blaming society for your crimes ever a legitimate excuse? I can see blaming ones family, upbringing or circumstance but society seems like a stretch.
>>2841390
No I believe criminals should be tortured and shown zero empathy.
>>2841390
It might be legitimate but it can never be accepted, since holding people responsible for their own actions is the necessary underpinning of our legal system, and frankly the alternative (treating criminals as tho they are "ill") is far more open to abuse.
>>2841390
Unless your crime is stealing bread to eat because the government itself stole your grain then no. And I mean literal starvation, not "boo hoo I can't afford new iPhones and $200 sneakers" bullshit.
I thought of an argument in favor of Gnosticism while I was eating the other day. I really didn't think this through so bare with me.
Ok so either evil exists or it doesn't. If evil exists, then either god doesn't exist or god is evil. But if god doesn't exist, then neither does evil, because then you wouldn't have an objective standard of morality for the definition of evil. Now if god exists then he's evil and the author thereof (because he created this world). But if evil does exist, so does the good, because they are opposites. You wouldn't know what the one was without knowing the other. Therefore if good exists, then likewise there must be an author of the good. Another god as it were.
Now according to the gnostic myth, there is another god above god. He didn't intend to create the world, so he can't be responsible for the evil that exists in the world. He is perfect, incomprehensible and self-contained. He spontaneously emanates a realm of lesser, albeit divine beings called the fullness or pleroma. One of these beings, Sophia, (and this is one of the weakest, most obscure points in Gnosticism), is the one responsible for initiating the chain of causes that results in the material world, the demiurge and ultimately evil.
This is one of many possible ways with which a religious person can deal with the problem of evil. In this way, the Gnostics were able to "save" god and explain evil, without having to resort to dualism (in the Zoroastrian sense). The demiurge is the god of the Bible, the creator of this world. He is the author of evil. The unknown god is, not so much the author of good, but goodness itself. The evil god is not a rival of the good god, equal in power and eternity. He is, rather, a lesser being, and a stumbling block for spirits in their journey back to the pleroma, the realm of light.
Any thoughts?
bretty good
Who or what is Jesus?
who can oppose the demiurge? What can us humans do against his evil?
>>2841384
>Who or what is Jesus?
The Father (unknown God's) Son.
>1. The Samurai
Trained from the moment he can toddle and instilled with iron discipline to brace the cruelties of the world. While not as physically strong as other warriors, they more than made up for it with their superior speed. This alongside with their 'katanas' which were known to slice steel in half, made them very dangerous opponents to fight head on.
>2. The Viking
While not as trained as their Eastern counterparts, the ferocity of the Viking warrior was known world wide all the way from the Aztec's to the Jap's. It's said that in battle they'd enter a transformation from pure bloodlust called the ''Berserker". When a few hundred Viking's entered their Berserker rage entire Roman legions were said to be wiped out.
>3. The Celtic
Infamous for their strength. They wielded the broadsword and commonly fought by themselves. It sounds like a disadvantage but each Celtic warrior was strong enough to cleave a man right into two with a single blow, which made them feared across Europe.
>4. The Aztec
Probably stemming from the one of the greatest civilizations to appear in the Americas. They were skilled enough in battle to avoid killing their opponent and instead take them back to the HQ where they would be sacrificed by the priests to live another day. Their blade, the Macuahuitl, could deliver a horrific and were known to have decapitate men in battle and once was reported to have even decapitated a conquistadors horse!
>5. The Roman
Although the Roman warrior was outmatched in strength, speed, height and bloodlust the majority of the time in their conquests of the Germanic tribes, they more than easily made up for it with their ingenious tactics which mowed down hordes upon hordes of the savage Germanics despite being outnumbered usually a 100:1 .
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Oh I forgot the subject. And not
>slice steel
slice plated armour
Delete this thread before anyone else sees it.
Why does every picture of a katana have the samurai wearing it incorrectly? Katanas were worn blade up.
*destroys your armada*
>>2840858
She got kind of lucky, to be honest. (saying this as a bong)
>>2840858
*destroys yours' back*
people never remember the squeakquel
I'm extremely serious about this question, so here me out.
What if in 1791, when Alexander Hamilton was having an affair with Maria Reynolds, instead he turned into a snake?
In this scenario: in that summer day, Maria doesn't show up on Hamilton's doorstep. Alexander is sitting at home alone, when suddenly he feels off.
Always ready with a quill, he documents his experience:
>his skin discolors
>it becomes rougher
>his tongue forks
>eyes goes black, it becomes hard to write
>legs shrink into body
>arms shrink into bodies, Alexander can no longer write
The rest of the transformation takes place; what was once a human of normal stature is now a slender creature of significant girth.
This scenario assumes that Hamilton retains his intelligence. What happens next? The first obstacle would be him to survive until his family got back home. Then the next challenge is convincing them who he is. Best case is that he does, but what about everyone else? Is he able to continue his job? How is he treated by peers, the general public, and enemies?
Discuss.
>autism
This is why /his/ is the greatest board of them all.
>>2840353
Who are the modern day descendants of the ancient Southwest Asian civilizations?
>>2839951
Is this fresh OC?
>>2839951
Which Southwest Asian civilization is your image trying to depict?
>>2839999
Babylon
ITT: Post a weapon (Vth-XIXth century) from your home country and /his/ tries to guess which country it is. I'll start.
>>2839907
U.S?
Portugal?
>>2839927
Not by a long shot, that's an odd one. It's a short lived gun but available in the hundreds of thousands.
>colonized by Iberian Catholics
>become corrupt and irrelevent
>colonized by French Catholics
>become irrelevant
>colonized by English Protestants
>become the most successful countries in the world
huh? why did that happen?
>>2838873
>inb4 a million butthurt p*pist excuses and apologetics
>>2838873
Because magna carta and the idea of personal relationships with God promote self-betterment and non reliance on class systems.
>>2838873
Manifest destiny and having a decent government that doesn't experience a communist revolution every 10 years
Continuing from >>2830497
Help me fill this up, /his/.
>>2838842
Obama 80,25
Why the fuck is willy not (100, 5)
>>2838842
Saint Thomas the Twin, 5,30.
Perfect fake quotes don't exi--
>>2838802
Isn't that only because he and Mohammed had something in common? Paedophilia
>>2839886
Wtf I love Muslim Nazis now
It's not even that fake, t b h.
Is this accurate?
https://youtu.be/BEG-ly9tQGk
He seems to be able to do it, so maybe it is. I don't know I need primary sources to be sure.
>>2838634
Sauce is Maria the Virgin Witch
>>2838679
I already know where its from, faggot Im talking about archery at super speed. Imagine horse archers shooting that fast.
Why were con artists allowed to parade all willy-nilly with their expressionist and abstract minimalist abortions in the 20th century?
>>2837015
Modern art is a meme used to swindle rich people out of their money by savvy (((art dealers))).
>>2837042
This is actually literally and unironically true.
Research how the art BUSINESS works on speculation and profit.
>>2837015
>rothko
Didn't like him. I like Malevich though.
Why does everyone hate the Turks? I'm not saying I don't agree with it, but where does it come from?
Just like how some people hate the anglos, they are cunts.
>>2836896
>Why does everyone hate turks?
>I mean, I hate Turks...
The answer, anon, was in your heart all along.