Picture this: You've wanted to touch the stove top for a long time. A real long time. Then, one day, someone with authority says "some fine people have touched the stovetop" or laughs and smiles when you suggest touching the stove. Yes, your desires predate this guy talking about the stove, but he's the one encouraging you. It's been said in this thread before: Trump is not the cause of the shooting, but he's no hindrance either.
https://theintercept.com/2019/08/04/el-paso-dayton-mass-shootings-donald-trump/

Obviously, the shooter must've spent some time on 8chan if he felt it appropriate to post his manifesto there, so his views were probably reinforced there, and if he watched cable news he'd have found a friend in Tucker Carlson.
The point is there are a lot of nasty people shaping minds in this world, and I'd rather the president fight back against white supremacy, not repeat and reinforce talking points about immigrant invasions (which he also gets from Carlson and Hannity).

So to sum it all up: Trump bears some blame but as Coovoo said he's just a symptom of American nationalism.

some people in this thread have already said it but with a lot of extra words so I'm going to try and sum it up quickly.
El Paso shooter: I have right-wing beliefs about hispanics and I am shooting up a mall because of it.
Dayton shooter: I like leftist politicians, also I'm going to shoot up some people.*
not all violence inherits the ideology of the perpetrator.

(that about sums it up, but ive got an extra paragraph of clarification here)

*as of writing, the Dayton shooter's motives are still under investigation.

Bold of you to assume they're actually going to do _anything_.
Easiest thing for them to do would be "We've decided to leave the hats untradable". (Which I think would probably be the best option)

trader mains arent human

can you make this an email newsletter

Call me when other countries position themselves as God's gift to the world and defenders of democracy with a military that can never do wrong and a magic flag of freedom nobody is allowed to dislike.
Also, other countries doing bad things is not an excuse for America being one of the biggest sponsors of terrorism and the worst threat to world peace in 50 years.

human rights abuses and war crimes bad... like seriously bad
you may think the only reason people dislike america is orange man but suprisingly, america's done some bad stuff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq#Death_toll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs#United_States_domestic_policy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans

this is just off the top of my head :)

RIP Zam

gaming disorder

(is this good or bad?)
gaming motives

tbh i feel the survey overdiagnosed me in the direction of escapism but everything is self reported so i guess i answered wrong.

also, what was the deal with the questions at the end about feelings of hopelessness/depression/nervousness etc, but it never asks you about anything that might be causing it? I feel like this is going to produce a correlation-causation problem about video games and depression.

if we ever play at lan the only acceptable meal is a Perfect Italian (#5) from Jimmy Johns no cheese, light on the lettuce and onions.
Also acceptable is the number 13 from Jersey Mike's with no cheese or ham
Absolutely nothing from quiznos or firehouse subs will be accepted.
Subway will be permitted with cash compensation.

Strong preference for scout.
Amateur - Scout only
IM - Scout preferred, would get farther (playoffs maybe? depending on competition) on Soldier
Main - would only be able to get by on Soldier maybe but not very well
Feel fry to give me a tryout.
Would prefer to play on a team with someone I'm friendly.
Still working on getting a job, but I'm all open until then. Looking for a team that doesn't mind if I bait on short notice but I do want to be starter, not sub. If I have to bait within 12 hours I will play ringer fees. I would like a team that scrims often, demo reviews, the works.

History: 10/20 (9-7) in RGL S2-IM but I was getting hard carried. Would probably play best in a low im team.

No toxic teams please, I'm not asking for the height of civility but I'd rather not play on a team that thinks its acceptable to call a better player a slur. No homophobia/racism/transphobia/sexism.
Preferred contact: CaptainZidgel#5549 on Discord, I won't respond right away.
Alternative: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198098770013/ (please comment on steam or this post first, thanks)

Zam is most definitely disinvited from my birthday party. Slice and Sean can still come.
If you'd like an invite, play on their team and I'll consider it.

"I have played casual TF2 for 2 hours and can determine the game is bad because I can't aim or move. Please buy overwatch, i am actually very good at clicking Q and its a much better game."

only active+public pug group i know of is https://steamcommunity.com/groups/WestCoastSanctuaryPugs
every night at 9pm pst

Kind of insane a browser shooter that looks like it was made for roblox is better than any hero shooter ever made.