Digital players by and large obviously don't really care about the power grab WoC tried; fully three quarters of their imagination is being handed to them.
As a GM (formerly DM), content creator, and player as far back as AD&D, Hasbro and WotC are dead to me. They got paid for their work. They don't get to get paid for mine.
It is absolutely the way it works on Reddit. Go into any subreddit and say something factual but unpopular and watch what happens to the vote count.
Not understanding that upvotes are popularity driven might be the first error.
Make your posts, ask your questions, and move on. If people are interested it'll get traction. If they're not, expect apathy or downvotes. Just the way it works.
My company went remote first in April 2020. Even if I left here, there's no way in hell I'm going back to an office.
He must have just learned that men played women's parts in the past and didn't want to support all that "woke" stuff.
This is the practical outcome in a system where voters are forced to vote for the least problematic candidate out of a pool of two preselected politicians. Nothing will change, administration after administration, until the people are allowed to select their own candidates and the media promotes more candidates than just the big two.
Side note: a lot of people right now will be knee-jerking and wanting to respond to me that that's what the primary system is for. Wilding v. DNC Services Corp and the Democratic primaries that caused it should disabuse anyone of that notion. And trust me, if the Democrats are dirty dealing so are the Republicans.
I built a kit car, painted a penguin on the side, and forgot to include the telemetry module. Oops.
I think I'll travel somewhere else.
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