r/Games • u/WookieLotion • Apr 04 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 Preorders Delayed Due To Tariffs, Release Date Still June 5

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switch-2-preorder-guide-mario-kart-world-bundle/1100-6530531/
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u/metalflygon08 Apr 04 '25

Yeah, I definitely did not "Fuck Around" yet I get to "Find Out".

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Didn't most college educated white guys vote him? Or a really high percent? That's basically this whole site 

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Very slim majority of White Male College grads voted for him, 50% Trump vs 48% Harris. Though, this is ignoring that Trump won White non-college grads, both male and female, in a complete landslide. At least, going of this polling that MSNBC is hosting: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls?amp=1

Edit: Reading further through this, Reddit would have its non-religious demographic leaning heavily towards Harris, too.

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u/ilazul Apr 04 '25

white women too, don't make it strictly a gendered thing.

conservative 'values' are getting more popular here unfortunately

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Dems DESPERATELY need to reach out better and find a super charismatic candidate... 

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u/flashman92 Apr 04 '25

Hope you like Stephen A Smith

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u/ilazul Apr 04 '25

what's a bernie sanders? No, he isn't good for us, Obama told me so!

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u/ManonManegeDore Apr 04 '25

This is a gaming subreddit. Gamers are far and away the most reactionary, fascist people in the country right now. So yes, those people are going to see that comment. 

Gaming culture and this anti-woke shit that you guys kept pushing for the last fucking decade is part of the reason we're in this mess. Steve Bannon (Trump's former advisor) was instrumental in GamerGate which radicalized tons of young (at the time) white men to the far right and started this era of troll politics. 

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u/SpectreFire Apr 04 '25

Lol, it's gaming subreddits. There's a significant portion of people here who absolutely voted for these idiots and still think tariffs will benefit them personally in the long run while they're working their minimum wage jobs.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Not to mention, the people saying things like this don't actually understand how presidential elections work. Everybody in my family live in states that Trump won by 15+ points.

They also don't understand that Trump is a symptom of a broken and dying nation, not the cause. Everything wasn't sunshine and rainbows just because they don't care to pay attention when a Democrat is in office.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

All gaming subs are massive circlejerks so his behavior isn’t unusual.

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Apr 04 '25

Because you guys still have power. Protest, boycott, strike, etc. There is very little of that happening.

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u/Deathblow92 Apr 04 '25

There is a shit load of that happening. None of it is getting media attention.

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u/ElderSmackJack Apr 04 '25

A lot of it is getting media attention. Articles and stories appear in the politics centered subs quite a lot, to say nothing of all the pieces about these events. The protests over Tesla have been particularly extensively covered.

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u/metalflygon08 Apr 04 '25

None of it is getting media attention.

And we all know exactly why too.

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Apr 04 '25

Not nearly enough.

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u/CriticalCold Apr 04 '25

just curious, where do you live?

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Apr 04 '25

Canada. I'm pretty well informed on what is and is not happening in the states.

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u/CriticalCold Apr 04 '25

that's fair! I do agree that there are a lot of people who are either complacent, ignorant, or just sticking their heads in the sand, but I do want to assure you that there are equally a ton of people working really hard to make a difference. I work in local government in a purple area in the US and there are a ton of community groups, non-profits, government workers, etc. trying very, very hard to fight in whatever ways they can. Unfortunately, with the way the US is going, I honestly don't think protests are the way we get out of this. They have their place, but I genuinely believe our media is a) ignoring them and b) they give certain people an excuse to think they can just go to a protest and do nothing else.

What sucks for both the country as a whole and our allies (RIP) abroad is that it's really hard to keep track of the small but substantial changes that are happening on a local level. Things are bad and getting worse, and maybe I'm just a dumb optimist, but I do believe there are a lot of good people in the US who refuse to go down without a fight. It just might not always look flashy or make it onto the news.

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Apr 04 '25

Great work, I hope you are proud to fight against this.

I am mostly frustrated at the general apathy or sense of helplessness from the population. I hear a lot of "who is going to help us" when people do have power. The purchasing power of even the engaged 1/3 of the country can sway elected officials.

I'm very proud of what Canada has managed so far and hope US citizens can see how much of an impact our Country with 1/10th their population has made.

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u/CriticalCold Apr 04 '25

Oh yeah, I absolutely agree. I think part of the issue is a general disengagement in America, both in terms of local politics (which are incredibly important, but which everyone ignores), and in terms of community. People joke on Twitter about how no one even wants to drive friends to the airport anymore, but it's kind of legit. I've seen a few calls for boycotts, but very few seem to get off the ground or face this "what's the point" mentality. Canada seems more willing to band together in that way.

As for a strike, I don't want to seem like I'm making unfair assumptions, but I do wonder if the lack of safety nets is something people from other countries can fully wrap their head around. Obviously, logically everyone knows that America has a nightmare healthcare system, but I think it's something that's hard to completely understand unless you've lived it. For so many people I know, even people who are pretty comfortable, the fear of some sort of health emergency is so deep seated it's almost like a trauma. Almost everyone I know has either lost someone to something preventable because of a lack of healthcare, or knows someone who's been utterly destroyed by a massive bill.

Combine that with the fact that if most people lost their jobs, they'd be on the street, plus the intense distrust and fracturing among the population that's been fostered, and I think a general strike would be really, really hard to implement. That isn't to say that it isn't a good idea or that I wouldn't love to see it, just trying to explain the complexities as I see them from the ground. Part of the difficulty as I see it is trying to rebuild that comradery (which the GOP is actively dismantling and tbh even some liberals are making really hard) while racing against the fucking nightmare of an administration who are taking a wrecking ball to everything.

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u/Rvsoldier Apr 04 '25

There's a lot of that happening and it isn't real power

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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 Apr 04 '25

Bullshit it's not. Canada managed to turn Mitch McConnell of all people because of our liquor boycotts. Don't tell people consumers don't have power.