Message from @Earl of Morrrrgantown

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2018-12-07 09:47:18 UTC  

additionally there is another issue of word origins. It might be quora but this is additionally important. "Ethnicity comes from the Greek “ethnos” which describes a race or people from which you originate. Nationality (i.e. nation) comes from the Latin word for “birth”, i.e. the tribe you were born into"

2018-12-07 10:48:23 UTC  

All of your examples however constitute modern ethnic categories, or nationlities and not distinct racial groups. Slavs are made up of several different racial and genetic groups, especially those invaded by the Mongols. German is also an identity based on a modern country and not a single ethnic or racial group. It's distinctly American to think you could categorize it as a genetically hemogeneous whole

2018-12-07 10:49:44 UTC  

Genetic drift between the Celts, Anglos, Saxons, and you might be able to figure this one out *Anglo-Saxons* is common

2018-12-07 10:50:34 UTC  

That last one is a particularly good example because it's a merging of the native people of the continent, and the saxons from Saxony, now a part of Germany

2018-12-07 10:53:15 UTC  

The idea that these groups try to maintain hemogeneity is a weird claim when it requires extreme top down authoritative control to force genetic bottlenecking like that. Which could lead to breeding in weakness and wiping out entire populations but disease. You have to stop people from interbreeding. Take for example all the white dudes who pine after Asian girls, yellow fever

2018-12-07 10:54:29 UTC  

It seems you've taken this position not out of genuine investigation into anthropology, biological, archeology, history or sociology, but because the narrative is politically convenient, which I would suggest you re-examine that idea

2018-12-07 11:31:36 UTC  

Also my definition doesn't come from Wiki it comes from Stalin

2018-12-07 11:33:42 UTC  

This work is titled "Marxism and the National Question" which Stalin takes the time to firstly descriptively investigate what nations are as they exist, and not what they *should be*

2018-12-07 11:34:02 UTC  

It might be worth it to read that beginning part so you get where I am coming from

2018-12-07 16:10:02 UTC  

Daily Question 🔖
Considering how video games have been dumbed down and simplified over the years, will there be any games that till cater to people who like highly complex games that requires high amounts of investment 10 years from now?
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2018-12-07 16:10:14 UTC  

Why is this a question

2018-12-07 16:10:23 UTC  

^

2018-12-07 16:10:25 UTC  

I hope so

2018-12-07 16:10:30 UTC  

Not everything needs to be geo political

2018-12-07 16:10:42 UTC  

But, the degeneration of video games is emblematic of the degeneration of art in society in general

2018-12-07 16:11:08 UTC  

Of course, If the market asks for it there will always be people that will provide such games

2018-12-07 16:11:20 UTC  

yes

2018-12-07 16:11:24 UTC  

@Earl of Morrrrgantown these kind of games still exist

2018-12-07 16:11:31 UTC  

also just turn up the difficulity lmao

2018-12-07 16:11:39 UTC  

^
Just compare Daggerfall or Morrowind to Skyrim and you will see that games get less complex to appeal to a wider, younger audience

2018-12-07 16:11:46 UTC  

The cult of the market is destroying everything that once was beautiful and sacred

2018-12-07 16:11:49 UTC  

I don’t think video games have been simplified but the ones that are popular are simpler, if you do some digging you can find some really detailed ones

2018-12-07 16:11:55 UTC  

I do not believe that market forces should dictate everything

2018-12-07 16:11:56 UTC  

^

2018-12-07 16:12:03 UTC  

up to both upper posts

2018-12-07 16:12:24 UTC  

@ritasuma Its not difficulty, its complexity.

2018-12-07 16:12:39 UTC  

@Earl of Morrrrgantown some people say bloodborne is just that

2018-12-07 16:13:14 UTC  

When the motivation is only money, the quality of the product is poor

2018-12-07 16:13:28 UTC  

I don't think Paradox Interactive is going to be as good they are now in the future

2018-12-07 16:13:30 UTC  

Games have become big business

2018-12-07 16:13:36 UTC  

there are also games like 'the witness' which is essentially a giant 3D puzzle exploration game @Earl of Morrrrgantown

2018-12-07 16:13:47 UTC  

Yes, Jonathan Blow is great

2018-12-07 16:13:56 UTC  

He has the right philosophy about all this

2018-12-07 16:14:03 UTC  

ive been meaning to play that game, havent gotten around to it yet

2018-12-07 16:14:08 UTC  

The only AAA game that I consider complex is Kingdom Come Deliverance

2018-12-07 16:14:16 UTC  

im getting a copy for my mom, who introduced me to myst when i was about 5yo

2018-12-07 16:14:32 UTC  

At least one that I bought recently

2018-12-07 16:14:35 UTC  

If I list all of my favourite games of all time, I realize that almost all of them were made by only a few people

2018-12-07 16:14:42 UTC  

Certainly teams of less than 10

2018-12-07 16:14:44 UTC  

@Earl of Morrrrgantown ehhh
complex games do exist