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Gabe Newell ordered to make in-person deposition without a mask for Valve v. Wolfire Games lawsuit (www.gamesindustry.biz)

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"NO NO NO YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE COVID ZONE IN PERSON! YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR MASK OFF EVERY TIME YOU TALK!"

They really are just trying to force people to get Covid, huh?

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[–] TraumaDumpling@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

lmao the liminal space apocalypse cult gun game devs trying to bio-minecraft gaben i can't even be that mad get that billionaire

although on the other hand reciever 2 had some racist shit in at least one of the in game collectible tapes:

cw: racism, references to slavery

"America had its first conflict with radical Islamic insurgents in the Philippines in 1899, when they politely asked the Moro people to stop enslaving Christians. US soldiers were used to fighting enemies who would surrender when shot, or at least make some attempt at self-preservation. The Moro swordsmen were different: .38 caliber bullets didn't seem to stop them at all, if anything, they just made them even holier." - from reciever 2 wiki

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It sucks they did that, the Moro resistance is badass though. Their suicide attackers are partly where some of the .45 stopping power mythology comes from.

From the wiki

Candidates, known as mag-sabil, "who endure the pangs of death," were selected from Muslim youth inspired to martyrdom by the teaching of Imams. Parents were consulted before the young men were permitted by the sultan to undergo training and preparation for Parang-sabil (the path to Paradise). After an oath taken, hand on the Qur'an, the chosen took a ritual bath, all body hair was shaved, and the eyebrows trimmed to resemble "a moon two days old." A strong band was wrapped firmly around the waist, and cords wrapped tightly around the genitals, ankles, knees, upper thighs, wrists, elbows, and shoulders, restricting blood flow and preventing the mag-sabil from losing too much blood from injury before reaching their target. Clad in white robe and turban, the chosen youth would polish and sharpen his weapons before action.[9]

At the moment of attack, the mag-sabil in Tausug would approach a large group of enemies, shout the tahlil, draw kris or barong and then rush into the group swinging his sword, killing and maiming as many victims as possible in the time he had left. The mag-sabil's body would be washed and again wrapped in white for burial. In the unlikely event the mag-sabil survived his attack, it was believed his body would ascend to Paradise after 40 years had passed.[9]

[–] TraumaDumpling@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

yeah its pretty wild to reduce an entire anticolonial resistance movement to 'the good and noble west stopping the savage foreign hordes from enslaving cute blonde european women and children'

pretty ingenious to kind of pre-tourniquet for a suicide attack tbh, i wonder if modern suicide attackers do anything similar, and also if any kind of drugs were involved or what kinds of mental preparation were undertaken. i can't imagine the cord wrapping being too comfortable in a normal mental state or sustainable with normal blood pressure and heart rate unless its more like compression wear than tourniquet. i've heard of modern soldiers and/or criminals wearing loose tourniquets on their limbs preemptively but not pre tightened ones.

[–] Vode_An@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

It may be a bit disrespectful, but the fact they wrapped the dick and balls too is funny.

Tourniquet meets shibari.

I don’t recall reading anything about attacks using it in modern times. It’s usually a vest or vehicle.

Your point about wearing loose tourniquets means some Hamas fighters are probably aware of the wisdom of doing that. A bit of a parallel maybe?