Is Gamestop Evil? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[AmishSamurai]

If you shop at Gamestop, you are either ignorant (don't know about the case & manual destruction) or just don't care about video games enough for it to bother you.

I shop at Gamestop. I don't buy disc-only games, though. But I get lots of good deals on used games. So which am I -- ignorant or uncaring?

clearly you're both, as well as the reason video games are dying and possibly a communist nazi mutant squid.

Also, even if I agreed with anything you were saying Inazuma, the sheer bitterness from when you share your opinions, and the general arrogance tend to put people off. So it's not that we disagree with you, or hate gaming or whatever- you're just kind of an asshole. Not only that, you take pride in being an asshole. You demean those who aren't fellow assholes or won't put up with you being an asshole. It gets tiring after a while.

[Limewater]

If you shop at Gamestop, you are either ignorant (don't know about the case & manual destruction) or just don't care about video games enough for it to bother you.

I shop at Gamestop. I don't buy disc-only games, though. But I get lots of good deals on used games. So which am I -- ignorant or uncaring?

Is this really the first time you've fallen into one of Inazuma's "ignorant" classifications?

[noiseredux]

Is this really the first time you've fallen into one of Inazuma's "ignorant" classifications?

I doubt it. I'm pretty sure we're all morons, aren't we?

[AmishSamurai]

Is this really the first time you've fallen into one of Inazuma's "ignorant" classifications?

I doubt it. I'm pretty sure we're all morons, aren't we?

Inazuma's "ignorant" classification is basically "everybody who isn't Inazuma".

[Inazuma]

If you shop at Gamestop, you are either ignorant (don't know about the case & manual destruction) or just don't care about video games enough for it to bother you.

I shop at Gamestop. I don't buy disc-only games, though. But I get lots of good deals on used games. So which am I -- ignorant or uncaring?

That would make you uncaring. You know Gamestop destroys cases and manuals, yet you give them money and support them. You don't care enough about it to stop shopping there.

[Inazuma]

I know that society thinks some words are bad regardless of how they are used, and I don't give a fuck. Society is often wrong. Just because most people are wrong doesn't make them right.

Society isn't wrong on that one. It's an actual part of language structure. Some words automatically equal crass. "Fuck" for instance. I am thinking...no, there's really no instance where it is the most polite choice.

Now, you can go ahead and use these words as much as you want. I sure won't stop you. But don't blame society if people make assumptions of your intelligence, level of culture, or character based on the words you choose to use so flippantly.

There is a difference between crass and bad. My point is that fuck is only bad because people say it is bad. There isn't actually a valid reason behind it. Society is wrong, and it's certainly not the first time.

The only people who would think less of me for saying fuck are idiots. Why would I care about that? I actually think less of people who don't curse because it shows that you lack the ability to think for yourself.

[MidnightRider]

What if it's the only gaming store around? That and, I'm actually kind of thankful for the used game policy, if only because I ended up with a Wii, and it was the only way for me to find some of the earlier titles.

On the other hand, the point of the used game policy does kind of sicken me. When I get something, it's for the sake of being able to play it when I want to, not to go through it once, and "need a new experience," so I can trade it in when I'm "done" with it.

[noiseredux]

That would make you uncaring. You know Gamestop destroys cases and manuals, yet you give them money and support them. You don't care enough about it to stop shopping there.

but the games I'm buying aren't destroyed. I care about collecting games. I'm saving those ones from being destroyed. I also care about my own wallet. Sorry if that's not self-righteous enough for you. But some of us actually do have responsibilities, and have to take care of others so we can't turn our hobbies into some idealistic fairytale either.

[Flake]

I actually think less of people who don't curse because it shows that you lack the ability to think for yourself.

Okay, really, you have no point. No leg to stand on. You do not even make any sense. That's not unusual for you but I think you're going above and beyond with this one.

Let people do what they want to. Going to Gamestop is not some incredible philosophical choice or moral stand to be made. It's a game store. I love video games but, at the same time, there is nothing more irrelevant to the grand scheme of things than games.

You think it is illogical to have opinions of people based on the language they use, the manner in which they present themselves to the world around them yet you happily judge people for their choice of a game store? Do us all a favor and at least admit that you are arguing because you have nothing better to do.

[gtmtnbiker]

There is a difference between crass and bad. My point is that fuck is only bad because people say it is bad. There isn't actually a valid reason behind it. Society is wrong, and it's certainly not the first time.

That's part of the generally accepted culture to be polite and not use certain offensive words or gestures. Yeah, I could make up a new word called "doork" that is intended to be the most offensive word possible but until everyone accepts it as such, it's meaningless.

It is generally accepted that it's not accepted to grope someone's private parts. There's no valid reason behind it, is there? So if someone went up to you, stripped you of your clothes in public and started groping you, it's ok? There's no physical harm, right? You wouldn't be offended, would you?