Steamtech
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Lighting Cryptid, Activist, LARPer, Gamer, All-Around Creative
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Any pronouns used respectfully!
or even gerrymandering of political maps so that prisons count toward population without adding votes.
Just, in general, vote with an understanding of shared humanity. Please.
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Just, in general, vote with an understanding of shared humanity. Please.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
or even gerrymandering of political maps so that prisons count toward population without adding votes.
Just, in general, vote with an understanding of shared humanity. Please.
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Just, in general, vote with an understanding of shared humanity. Please.
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There are not enough hours in the day nor characters in a post to deal with WhatAboutIsms, or genuine issues of criminalization of identity, social/economic class, urban planning to support exclusion,
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December 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There are not enough hours in the day nor characters in a post to deal with WhatAboutIsms, or genuine issues of criminalization of identity, social/economic class, urban planning to support exclusion,
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(As an additional tangent, this is intended as a thought/conversation starter, rather than a comprehensive layout of the issue.)
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December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
(As an additional tangent, this is intended as a thought/conversation starter, rather than a comprehensive layout of the issue.)
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In that case, would you prefer a violent, dehumanizing system of incarceration? Or one that treats inmates with dignity?
(Again, prison abolitionist here, would rather the whole thing be done away with, but working with what we've got in the immediacy)
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(Again, prison abolitionist here, would rather the whole thing be done away with, but working with what we've got in the immediacy)
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December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In that case, would you prefer a violent, dehumanizing system of incarceration? Or one that treats inmates with dignity?
(Again, prison abolitionist here, would rather the whole thing be done away with, but working with what we've got in the immediacy)
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(Again, prison abolitionist here, would rather the whole thing be done away with, but working with what we've got in the immediacy)
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If everyone is a criminal, and prisons are full of ordinary people, and new laws are being made all the time to criminalize every aspect of existence, you must prepare for the eventuality that the state might decide to imprison you.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If everyone is a criminal, and prisons are full of ordinary people, and new laws are being made all the time to criminalize every aspect of existence, you must prepare for the eventuality that the state might decide to imprison you.
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This is especially topical during the current push of laws to make a swath of online activities illegal, as these spaces are new territory for law. None of us like to think about it, there is the potential for an enforcement sweep if these laws pass, especially in the current political climate
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December 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is especially topical during the current push of laws to make a swath of online activities illegal, as these spaces are new territory for law. None of us like to think about it, there is the potential for an enforcement sweep if these laws pass, especially in the current political climate
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Prisons are full of ordinary people, some of which did crimes intentionally, others of which did innocuous actions that were later decided to be crimes. All of them are human beings, just like you, and deserving of dignity.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Prisons are full of ordinary people, some of which did crimes intentionally, others of which did innocuous actions that were later decided to be crimes. All of them are human beings, just like you, and deserving of dignity.
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(The bitter part of me wants to say "Those people get put in office." Which I acknowledge is the same as saying it. Welp.)
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December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
(The bitter part of me wants to say "Those people get put in office." Which I acknowledge is the same as saying it. Welp.)
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If everyone is a criminal, then we have to banish the mental construct that a "criminal" is some sort of dangerous "other" who exists only to cause harm. Prisons are not generally full of murderers and rapists and cult leaders.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If everyone is a criminal, then we have to banish the mental construct that a "criminal" is some sort of dangerous "other" who exists only to cause harm. Prisons are not generally full of murderers and rapists and cult leaders.
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The point being! Everyone in the US is a criminal, because there are laws on the books that can make practically anything a crime viewed through the right warped lens.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The point being! Everyone in the US is a criminal, because there are laws on the books that can make practically anything a crime viewed through the right warped lens.
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And there is probably a law that will give them justification.
If this sounds like bullshit, congratulations, that's resisting arrest, which is a crime.
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If this sounds like bullshit, congratulations, that's resisting arrest, which is a crime.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
And there is probably a law that will give them justification.
If this sounds like bullshit, congratulations, that's resisting arrest, which is a crime.
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If this sounds like bullshit, congratulations, that's resisting arrest, which is a crime.
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All of this is why it has been ruled in court that the police do not have to know the law, only to have "reasonable suspicion" that you are breaking a law, to detain you. They can decide what to charge you with later.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
All of this is why it has been ruled in court that the police do not have to know the law, only to have "reasonable suspicion" that you are breaking a law, to detain you. They can decide what to charge you with later.
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Peaceful Protest on public property is entirely legal... until the police fire tear gas, at which point it is criminal trespass and rioting and vandalism and and and.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Peaceful Protest on public property is entirely legal... until the police fire tear gas, at which point it is criminal trespass and rioting and vandalism and and and.
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The law is full of other ways to criminalize existing as well. Listening to music too loud is disturbing the peace if someone complains. Window shopping becomes loitering if someone doesn't like your face.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The law is full of other ways to criminalize existing as well. Listening to music too loud is disturbing the peace if someone complains. Window shopping becomes loitering if someone doesn't like your face.
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HOWEVER, in that same scenario, if you do go the speed limit, you can be pulled over for Disrupting Traffic, which... is an infraction with a codified penalty. You have to break the law to avoid breaking the law, and whether you get punished for it is entirely on the whims of the enforcers of it
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December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
HOWEVER, in that same scenario, if you do go the speed limit, you can be pulled over for Disrupting Traffic, which... is an infraction with a codified penalty. You have to break the law to avoid breaking the law, and whether you get punished for it is entirely on the whims of the enforcers of it
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Take, for example, traffic law.
If you go over the speed limit, that is an infraction with a codified penalty. In other words, a crime. However, if everyone is going over the speed limit, the police cannot feasibly pull over everyone, so the crime goes unpunished.
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If you go over the speed limit, that is an infraction with a codified penalty. In other words, a crime. However, if everyone is going over the speed limit, the police cannot feasibly pull over everyone, so the crime goes unpunished.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Take, for example, traffic law.
If you go over the speed limit, that is an infraction with a codified penalty. In other words, a crime. However, if everyone is going over the speed limit, the police cannot feasibly pull over everyone, so the crime goes unpunished.
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If you go over the speed limit, that is an infraction with a codified penalty. In other words, a crime. However, if everyone is going over the speed limit, the police cannot feasibly pull over everyone, so the crime goes unpunished.
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The legal system of the US is written with intent to punish, but with the understanding that the grand majority of offenses will go without comment.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The legal system of the US is written with intent to punish, but with the understanding that the grand majority of offenses will go without comment.
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Yes, I am a prison abolitionist philosophically, but in the current climate of laws getting shittier, talking small scale change is important too.
First of all, if you live in the United States, you are a criminal. Period.
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First of all, if you live in the United States, you are a criminal. Period.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Yes, I am a prison abolitionist philosophically, but in the current climate of laws getting shittier, talking small scale change is important too.
First of all, if you live in the United States, you are a criminal. Period.
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First of all, if you live in the United States, you are a criminal. Period.
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*Points* Birdtalons
BUT ALSO
*Points* Veins
BUT ALSO
*Points* Veins
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
*Points* Birdtalons
BUT ALSO
*Points* Veins
BUT ALSO
*Points* Veins
That said, on the Species side, I do prefer when the different options are more narrative or gameplay options leaning than just a bundle of stat buffs/debuffs. It runs into the weird bioessentialist thing of "X Species will always be Better/Worse at Y than Z Species"
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
That said, on the Species side, I do prefer when the different options are more narrative or gameplay options leaning than just a bundle of stat buffs/debuffs. It runs into the weird bioessentialist thing of "X Species will always be Better/Worse at Y than Z Species"
I think it comes down to the subgenre! Your D&Ds and Pathfinders have a huge amount of choices for both because they are built to be framework systems that any story can be told in. More focused systems benefit from only having options that fit the theme of the games the system is built for.
September 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I think it comes down to the subgenre! Your D&Ds and Pathfinders have a huge amount of choices for both because they are built to be framework systems that any story can be told in. More focused systems benefit from only having options that fit the theme of the games the system is built for.