Any other links? archive.is doesn't ever seem to work for me.

Hahahaha, of course not.

Children can't meaningfully consent because they don't have the mental faculties to do it.

...which results in a power imbalance when compared to an adult. You basically just restated the same thing with different words.

I'm pretty uncomfortable (understatement) with the lion's share of the loli/shota stuff that's out there, but I feel like the incendiary nature of the entire issue has taken the debate away from what the real issue is, as it was explained to me while I was growing up: Paedophilia is wrong because of the massive power imbalance between the child and the adult. Because the adult has such vastly greater life experience, and can remember what the world was like when they themselves were children, even claims that it was consensual are effectively meaningless. This is also why consent laws are even tighter when other power imbalances are involved, such as a teacher/student, boss/employee or guardian/charge. What I personally find significant about all this is how the same concept of power imbalances can be applied to morality in other aspects of life, and it bothers me that the dumbing down of this issue could be making it harder for people to recognize exploitation and abuse in non-sexual situations as well, such as youth engagement on social media.

Healing like an amputated limb.

Gaming was created as a hobby, a diversion from the insanity of 'polite' culture. Now they're expecting it to serve as a new form of digital control system.

It's almost like being kind to your customers, instead of viewing them as a captive audience to be milked and propagandized, actually makes people want to buy your products.

You mean that's the excuse those with power will wave in front of your faces because the blame has to be put anywhere but on themselves.

They're so intellectually bankrupt that they're going back to pretending it's still 1997 I guess, because they've got no clue what to do with the shit show they've created.

Someone saw that slide and got ideas.

They shared the original along side their altered version though, correct?

They've also been known to target their own people anonymously to maintain this narrative. Few things will get you as many death threats as saying publicly that you've never had an issue with them.

Yea, totally had nothing to do with how they leveraged immense wealth and social connections in a concerted effort to destroy people they disagreed with (and not just those individuals, but also a massive number of innocent bystanders), including a special session of the united fucking nations to complain about people saying mean things to them online.

AI art is more aesthetically pleasing than [anything else]

Agree to disagree I guess?

Do these "gamer girls" not have breasts?

Unironically, probably not and you ought to know why.

If you honestly believe that's at all accurate, you desperately need to get off the Internet. A huge part of the problems have been caused by male feminist allies who were imagining the exact same dynamic that you are, but decided to attempt to help their delusions instead of railing against them as you are.

Consider how many unique posters you actually interact with, compared to the total number of people in the world. Your sample size is extraordinarily tiny, and signal boosted by an even tinier number of wealthy individuals who use technology manipulatively to feed you cherry picked examples that serve their narratives.

"Women" aren't some sort of singular entity with one common train of thought shared by every woman.

No, no, they have a point. We ought to make sure that fictional women present themselves similarly to how the most popular female media figures present themselves in real life. Lets start with OnlyFans and Twitch.

they're mad because they can't compete with fictional characters

They don't believe they can compete with fictional characters. Very important difference. I always want to ask these types if they believe that sex is the only thing of value they have to offer men. Even then, I really can't imagine any rational man honestly preferring fictional characters over a loving relationship with someone who really clicks with them.

Women don't like OTHER women being sexualized

Of particular note, the character in question was presented in her "adult" form long before it was revealed that she was even capable of changing her appearance, and even longer still before it was revealed that her natural age was 12. And even then she wasn't ever really one of the popular girls in the series among fans. That's one of the things that Oda is really great at though: subverting expectations about the characters in a way that is compelling and thought provoking rather than ham-fisted and mean spirited. He's even managed to create several "trans" characters that are actually well liked even by people who generally despise the current year LGBTQ bullshit.

They're mad that people generally have a positive view of Japan and it's media, while having a heavily negative view of their own bullshit. It destroys the narrative that people don't like them because they're bigots, and shows instead that they just suck ass at creating interesting and compelling media. One Piece specifically has tackled pretty much all of their pet issues in depth, but has done so in a way that isn't offensive to everyone else. Hell, one of the main protagonists is based pretty much directly upon gun loving hillbillies. Oh, and Bonney's father here is the shining ideal of a good, strong, Christian man who sacrificed everything for his daughter.

Tyrants like to neg people relentlessly until they accept whatever version of reality the tyrant is peddling, and for the rank and file that means abandoning the real world and living in their fictional realities.

Dear lord, you're almost as bad as them.

It's because straight white men are generally of the "turn the other cheek" mindset, so it's really easy to get their fix of righteous indignation by criticizing them without fear of any negative repercussions. Not saying that we ought to change in this regard, but I will call them out for their cowardly virtue signalling instead of focusing their efforts on real problems.

I don't really understand why anyone gave Budlight a first chance to be perfectly honest.