Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Thaciscokidd]

Plus, to have seen first-hand the entire débàcle that occurred around Blizzard, the absolute unforgivable things they did... and for customers to indeed, move on like nothing happened... Extremely saddening. No one cares anymore. Everyone wants to tune out stuff and consume without remorse.

Thats the harsh truth thought. Most corporations have a lot of skeletons in there closets. Multiple big name food and clothing companies profit from child labor to this day. Apple, Amazon, Disney, and others profiting from forced chinese labor. Amazon and there crappy US labor policies. More and More companies moving towards automation to avoid paying higher wages. Even Square Enix has more than a handful of controversies.

A wise man once said big corporations are not your friend. They are just after your money no matter what they say. And if you go the route of not buying from companies like that well you'll be soon out of people to buy from.

[Theodric]

Would it be against the forum rules if I posted a link to a few books I have out there that have been published?

It should be fine. So long as you're not telling people to buy anything and instead are simply redirecting people to check out something you made then you won't breach the advertisement rules.

Thats the harsh truth thought. Most corporations have a lot of skeletons in there closets. Multiple big name food and clothing companies profit from child labor to this day. Apple, Amazon, Disney, and others profiting from forced chinese labor. Amazon and there crappy US labor policies. More and More companies moving towards automation to avoid paying higher wages. Even Square Enix has more than a handful of controversies.

A wise man once said big corporations are not your friend. They are just after your money no matter what they say. And if you go the route of not buying from companies like that well you'll be soon out of people to buy from.

Yep. I daresay it'd be impossible or at least exceptionally difficult and expensive to boycott each and every business that is involved in something that I dislike. It's a lot easier when it's something that isn't a necessity but I do miss the days when businesses looked to sell a product or service instead of trying to pretend as if they were morally superior.

It's definitely a balancing act, though. For every Netflix and Coca Cola that I've cut out of my life entirely, there's other businesses that I continue to interact with simply because it's convenient. I pick my battles.

[Lium]

It should be fine. So long as you're not telling people to buy anything and instead are simply redirecting people to check out something you made then you won't breach the advertisement rules.

Right on.

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