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[penguinofhonor]

I'm a little surprised that people are just now discovering conservapedia.

[nenjin]

Origin.

I'm trying to uninstall BF3 to free up a massive amount of hard drive space.

Origins takes over 5 freaking minutes to poll my hardware, system and program list, locking up my web browser and my whole fucking desktop.

Then, as I go to uninstall BF3 the right way, Origin goes "NOPE! Have a 2 gig patch instead! Oh, you don't want to patch, you just want to uninstall? TOO FUCKING BAD! Enjoy your 30 minute wait before uninstalling the game, and thanks for letting Origin stick its hand far, far inside a body cavity."

I seriously regret ever installing this POS or buying anything that requires it to run.

[Sirus]

And in the meantime, Mass Effect 3 is still stuck on Origin with no signs of coming to Steam. I know people have said that it wasn't great, but I still wanna play it D:

[Zaerosz]

So I just found out that some people actually want to be disabled. And will literally disable themselves if given the chance. Apparently disabled folks have it better than the rest of us?

In semi-unrelated news, if they ever manage to convert negative emotions into clean energy, give me lifetime access to the internet and I'll be able to power the whole damn country on my own.

[Sirus]

Hell, the Simpsons did an episode about that way back when. Homer intentionally gained lots of weight to get on disability.

[nenjin]

Awesome. The Origin uninstall prompt takes you right to your Program List to uninstall it yourself manually.

Fuck. This. Software.

[kaijyuu]

There are some legitimately disabled folk who romanticize it as well. Ex: Deaf Culture.

Members of the Deaf community tend to view deafness as a difference in human experience rather than a disability.

The vibe I got from that lady is she's complaining about being marginalized by people lashing out about being marginalized ("special snowflakes"). Which... isn't something I'm totally sympathetic to.

[MaximumZero]

So I just found out that some people actually want to be disabled. And will literally disable themselves if given the chance. Apparently disabled folks have it better than the rest of us?

Wow, some people are fucking morons.

Hell, the Simpsons did an episode about that way back when. Homer intentionally gained lots of weight to get on disability.

That was a little different. He just wanted to get out of work.

[Prometheusmfd]

I don't know if this belongs in this or the WTF thread, because it inspired both emotions in me. Chances are good I'm going to post this in both, just to see the reactions I get.

Also, it's a story, so I don't blame you if you tl;dr.

So there I am in gamestop. I wasn't getting games, oddly enough, merely inquiring about a job fair they'll be holding on the 18th. As I'm talking with the clerk, having waited until after the patrons had purchased their non-DF games and gone their separate ways, a dad walks in with his son. The boy is about six-ish, and immediately walks over to the Wii section. After a couple minutes I hear a "Not that one," presumably from the dad. A couple more minutes pass, and the kid keeps handing games to his dad with the man responding with more and more irritation. I don't think much of it, I haven't been watching so I don't know if the games the kid is grabbing aren't approapriate or too expensive. Soon enough, the clerk and I finish our discussion and start watching the dad, as he said "You're getting this one." The kid takes one look at it, and puts it back on the shelf. We see that the game is Homefront, a rather mature first person shooter for those not in the know. The dad just picks the game up and says a bit louder, "You're getting this one". This cycles until the dad is screaming at a crying kid. It was at that point the clerk walked over and told the man to leave the store. They walked out, and the clerk and I could only look at each other, before silently going our own ways.

[Sirus]

Hell, the Simpsons did an episode about that way back when. Homer intentionally gained lots of weight to get on disability.

That was a little different. He just wanted to get out of work.

Point is, he still thought that being disabled would be better than not-disabled, as in it would (from his point of view) offer him perks that he would otherwise be denied.

[kaijyuu]

So there I am in gamestop. I wasn't getting games, oddly enough, merely inquiring about a job fair they'll be holding on the 18th. As I'm talking with the clerk, having waited until after the patrons had purchased their non-DF games and gone their separate ways, a dad walks in with his son. The boy is about six-ish, and immediately walks over to the Wii section. After a couple minutes I hear a "Not that one," presumably from the dad. A couple more minutes pass, and the kid keeps handing games to his dad with the man responding with more and more irritation. I don't think much of it, I haven't been watching so I don't know if the games the kid is grabbing aren't approapriate or too expensive. Soon enough, the clerk and I finish our discussion and start watching the dad, as he said "You're getting this one." The kid takes one look at it, and puts it back on the shelf. We see that the game is Homefront, a rather mature first person shooter for those not in the know. The dad just picks the game up and says a bit louder, "You're getting this one". This cycles until the dad is screaming at a crying kid. It was at that point the clerk walked over and told the man to leave the store. They walked out, and the clerk and I could only look at each other, before silently going our own ways.

I've heard tales of parents like this and it's always horrific. That some parents confuse "raising children" with "molding children to be how I want them to be" to the point of choosing how they spend their leisure time is always disgusting and very, very rage worthy.

Hell, the Simpsons did an episode about that way back when. Homer intentionally gained lots of weight to get on disability.

That was a little different. He just wanted to get out of work.

Point is, he still thought that being disabled would be better than not-disabled, as in it would (from his point of view) offer him perks that he would otherwise be denied.

Another point to be made there is that it was how other people viewed and treated him that made him change back, not how it affected him personally. Homer would've been extremely happy at 300 pounds, but kids laughed at him, the theatre didn't have proper accommodations, and Marge didn't find him physically attractive anymore. Only the negative perceptions of being overweight were shown to have any negative impact on Homer's life. Hell, it was even shown to be beneficial as he saved the town with the excess weight.

[nenjin]

It's too bad you didn't get all that on video, so you could send it to the ESRB and be like "Just wanted to show you where the actual problem is."

[Prometheusmfd]

It's too bad you didn't get all that on video, so you could send it to the ESRB and be like "Just wanted to show you where the actual problem is."

Me getting a job was a priority over helping the ESRB (which really isn't the problem) refine their system

[nenjin]

It's too bad you didn't get all that on video, so you could send it to the ESRB and be like "Just wanted to show you where the actual problem is."

Me getting a job was a priority over helping the ESRB (which really isn't the problem) refine their system

Surely. I just think a moment of an adult shoving an inappropriate game into the hands of their kid should be documented. For the greater good, of course.

[Sirus]

Wait, since when do people have a problem with the ESRB? It's not their fault when people ignore the labels and get offended. I like being able to see what sorts of things to expect.