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    Another One, Bad, and Barbie: er
 er
 KINDER SURPRISE
 2OG KINGER SURPRISE T-1
 1.17
 KS GIRLS
 20G KINDER SURPRISE GIRL
 1.17
bizarre-transmission:

findingfeather:
wetwareproblem:


thoughts-of-an-x-factor:


ohgressfuriosa:

castiel-knight-of-hell:

jen-kollic:

thejollity:

jen-kollic:

hobopoppins:

manaphy:
wow I didnā€™t know fuckin chocolate eggs were gendered
OKAY LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THE FUCKING PINK EGGS.
I work at a concession stand in an ice rink. We sell a bunch of chocolate bars and snacks and shit including Kinder Surprise eggs.
So one day this woman comes up to the counter with her two little kids, a girl whoā€™s probably about 6 or 7 and a little boy, maybe 3 or 4. The mom asks what they want, the little girl points at the Kinder eggs and says ā€œOne of those!ā€. I asked if she wanted the white or the pink egg. She said pink. The little boy pointed to the Kinder eggs and says ā€œOne of those!ā€. I asked if he wanted the white or the pink egg. He said pink. HOLY SHIT IT WAS LIKE I OPENED THE GATES OF HELL. The mom absolutely FLIPPED and was like ā€œYOU ARE NOT GETTING THE PINK EGG ITā€™S ONLY FOR GIRLS. YOU CAN GET THE WHITE ONE OR NOTHING AT ALLā€. The little boy looked at his mom and said ā€œBut I want the same as ______ (whatever the sisterā€™s name was)ā€. The mom completely ignored him and turned to me and gave me a death glare. ā€œHe can have the white egg.ā€
I had to give a little boy a white egg when he wanted the pink so that he could be the same as his big sister and he started crying. The mom just reiterated that the pink egg was for girls and told him that boys donā€™t cry.
And this is why we shouldnā€™t gender fucking chocolate eggs.

This is actually a relatively new thing, originally Kinder Eggs were all white like the ones on the left. I donā€™t know at what point they decided to make ā€˜girlā€™sā€™ Kinder Eggs, but I do not like it.

Holy shit do not even get me started on how moms constantly police their sonsā€™ masculinity. Iā€™ve seen mothers do it WAY more often than fathers.
I used to work at a bakery that specialized in creating custom cakes. We had this feature where we could print out any image off the computer and put it on a cake (with rice paper). One day this lady comes in and asks for an image we had of the baby Sesame Street characters. Theyā€™re all together with cake and confetti, and she asks, ā€œOh, well since itā€™s a boy, can you please change all of the little pink confettis into blue confetti? I mean, heā€™s aĀ boy, you know.ā€
Confetti.
The fucking confetti.
It barely covered 5% of the image.
Another instance was when a lady asked me for an image of four superheroes to put on her sonā€™s cake because her son was turning four. She admitted to not knowing any superheroes, so I offered the most obvious choiceā€”The Fantastic Four. I pulled up a picture of them and she goes, ā€œOh no no, we canā€™t have that. Letā€™s do another one.ā€ Confused, I pulled up a Justice League one with Batman, Superman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman. Again, she said no. I asked her if she needed anything specific (she didnā€™t know superheroes, why was she so picky?), and she just said, ā€œOh, itā€™s just that heā€™s a boy, you know? We canā€™t have a girl superhero on his cake.ā€
I nearly lost my shit. I did temporarily lose my customer service face and ask why, women have been superheroes all the time, Wonder Woman is iconic, etc etc and she was like, ā€œItā€™s just that my son has been playing with Barbie dolls lately and I really donā€™t want him to end upā€¦ well, you know.ā€
This shit has got to stop.Ā When you teach boys that certain things are only for girls, youā€™re limiting them and youā€™re teaching them that girls or ā€œgirly thingsā€ are bad. If you want gender equality as an adult, you better make DAMN sure that youā€™re teaching the same thing to your kids.

So this woman did not want her son to turn out ā€˜you knowā€™ and her plan for that was to get him a cake with spandex-clad manly men AND ONLY MEN on it? I donā€™t think she thought that one through too wellā€¦

in sociology class we were talking about gender being assigned to objects and one of the male students started saying how forward thinking he is because he buys his daughter sports equipment and ā€œboy toysā€. I asked if heā€™d do the same if he had a son and he said ā€œOf course Iā€™d buy my son sports equipmentā€. I clarified ā€œNo, would you buy him dolls and other toys that are thought of as being for girlsā€.Ā He turned around and didnā€™t answer.
Parents will pat themselves on the back for letting their little girls play baseball but a little boy with a Barbie is still considered an affront to society


Fuck everything.

My father was one of these parents (along with several other harmful issues!), and even though I know, for an absolute fact, that his world views and ways are entirely wrong, this shit he tried to ingrain into me still effects me to this day.Parents, donā€™t ruin your fucking kids by treating them like this.


I wonder how much of the ā€œmothers police masculinity moreā€ phenomenon comes back to ā€œwhen a man fails at masculinity, we call him a mamaā€™s boy and blame her for it.ā€


A lot of it. It doesnā€™t really excuse it, and as someone who did a decade and a half of childcare I can tell you that for every woman who does as described above thereā€™s one sneaking the Dora the Explorer fruit snacks because those are the ones her son loves but his father will flip his shit. 
Or being crushed that since he went to daycare he suddenly wonā€™t do ā€œgirl stuffā€ bc the other boys will make fun of him. 
Itā€™s really sad either way. 
But when it does manifest that way a huge amount is ā€œIā€™m not raising a mamaā€™s boy Iā€™m raising a MAN!ā€ And itā€™s gross. 


My nephew is 4 and weā€™ve NEVER gendered things with him, whenever heā€™s allowed a treat or a toy, we just ask him which one he wants and thatā€™s it, sometimes he picks out cars and superhero toys, other times he wants dolls and pretty pink things, I let him choose his prize at a carnival last summer and he excitedly picked a big hot pink inflatable baseball bat that said ā€œprincessā€ on it, the looks we got from some people were astounding. And even if he does turn out to be ā€œyou knowā€, then good for him, heā€™ll be wholeheartedly loved and supported.
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Another One, Bad, and Barbie: er
 er
 KINDER SURPRISE
 2OG KINGER SURPRISE T-1
 1.17
 KS GIRLS
 20G KINDER SURPRISE GIRL
 1.17
bizarre-transmission:

findingfeather:
wetwareproblem:


thoughts-of-an-x-factor:


ohgressfuriosa:

castiel-knight-of-hell:

jen-kollic:

thejollity:

jen-kollic:

hobopoppins:

manaphy:
wow I didnā€™t know fuckin chocolate eggs were gendered
OKAY LET ME TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT THE FUCKING PINK EGGS.
I work at a concession stand in an ice rink. We sell a bunch of chocolate bars and snacks and shit including Kinder Surprise eggs.
So one day this woman comes up to the counter with her two little kids, a girl whoā€™s probably about 6 or 7 and a little boy, maybe 3 or 4. The mom asks what they want, the little girl points at the Kinder eggs and says ā€œOne of those!ā€. I asked if she wanted the white or the pink egg. She said pink. The little boy pointed to the Kinder eggs and says ā€œOne of those!ā€. I asked if he wanted the white or the pink egg. He said pink. HOLY SHIT IT WAS LIKE I OPENED THE GATES OF HELL. The mom absolutely FLIPPED and was like ā€œYOU ARE NOT GETTING THE PINK EGG ITā€™S ONLY FOR GIRLS. YOU CAN GET THE WHITE ONE OR NOTHING AT ALLā€. The little boy looked at his mom and said ā€œBut I want the same as ______ (whatever the sisterā€™s name was)ā€. The mom completely ignored him and turned to me and gave me a death glare. ā€œHe can have the white egg.ā€
I had to give a little boy a white egg when he wanted the pink so that he could be the same as his big sister and he started crying. The mom just reiterated that the pink egg was for girls and told him that boys donā€™t cry.
And this is why we shouldnā€™t gender fucking chocolate eggs.

This is actually a relatively new thing, originally Kinder Eggs were all white like the ones on the left. I donā€™t know at what point they decided to make ā€˜girlā€™sā€™ Kinder Eggs, but I do not like it.

Holy shit do not even get me started on how moms constantly police their sonsā€™ masculinity. Iā€™ve seen mothers do it WAY more often than fathers.
I used to work at a bakery that specialized in creating custom cakes. We had this feature where we could print out any image off the computer and put it on a cake (with rice paper). One day this lady comes in and asks for an image we had of the baby Sesame Street characters. Theyā€™re all together with cake and confetti, and she asks, ā€œOh, well since itā€™s a boy, can you please change all of the little pink confettis into blue confetti? I mean, heā€™s aĀ boy, you know.ā€
Confetti.
The fucking confetti.
It barely covered 5% of the image.
Another instance was when a lady asked me for an image of four superheroes to put on her sonā€™s cake because her son was turning four. She admitted to not knowing any superheroes, so I offered the most obvious choiceā€”The Fantastic Four. I pulled up a picture of them and she goes, ā€œOh no no, we canā€™t have that. Letā€™s do another one.ā€ Confused, I pulled up a Justice League one with Batman, Superman, The Flash, and Wonder Woman. Again, she said no. I asked her if she needed anything specific (she didnā€™t know superheroes, why was she so picky?), and she just said, ā€œOh, itā€™s just that heā€™s a boy, you know? We canā€™t have a girl superhero on his cake.ā€
I nearly lost my shit. I did temporarily lose my customer service face and ask why, women have been superheroes all the time, Wonder Woman is iconic, etc etc and she was like, ā€œItā€™s just that my son has been playing with Barbie dolls lately and I really donā€™t want him to end upā€¦ well, you know.ā€
This shit has got to stop.Ā When you teach boys that certain things are only for girls, youā€™re limiting them and youā€™re teaching them that girls or ā€œgirly thingsā€ are bad. If you want gender equality as an adult, you better make DAMN sure that youā€™re teaching the same thing to your kids.

So this woman did not want her son to turn out ā€˜you knowā€™ and her plan for that was to get him a cake with spandex-clad manly men AND ONLY MEN on it? I donā€™t think she thought that one through too wellā€¦

in sociology class we were talking about gender being assigned to objects and one of the male students started saying how forward thinking he is because he buys his daughter sports equipment and ā€œboy toysā€. I asked if heā€™d do the same if he had a son and he said ā€œOf course Iā€™d buy my son sports equipmentā€. I clarified ā€œNo, would you buy him dolls and other toys that are thought of as being for girlsā€.Ā He turned around and didnā€™t answer.
Parents will pat themselves on the back for letting their little girls play baseball but a little boy with a Barbie is still considered an affront to society


Fuck everything.

My father was one of these parents (along with several other harmful issues!), and even though I know, for an absolute fact, that his world views and ways are entirely wrong, this shit he tried to ingrain into me still effects me to this day.Parents, donā€™t ruin your fucking kids by treating them like this.


I wonder how much of the ā€œmothers police masculinity moreā€ phenomenon comes back to ā€œwhen a man fails at masculinity, we call him a mamaā€™s boy and blame her for it.ā€


A lot of it. It doesnā€™t really excuse it, and as someone who did a decade and a half of childcare I can tell you that for every woman who does as described above thereā€™s one sneaking the Dora the Explorer fruit snacks because those are the ones her son loves but his father will flip his shit. 
Or being crushed that since he went to daycare he suddenly wonā€™t do ā€œgirl stuffā€ bc the other boys will make fun of him. 
Itā€™s really sad either way. 
But when it does manifest that way a huge amount is ā€œIā€™m not raising a mamaā€™s boy Iā€™m raising a MAN!ā€ And itā€™s gross. 


My nephew is 4 and weā€™ve NEVER gendered things with him, whenever heā€™s allowed a treat or a toy, we just ask him which one he wants and thatā€™s it, sometimes he picks out cars and superhero toys, other times he wants dolls and pretty pink things, I let him choose his prize at a carnival last summer and he excitedly picked a big hot pink inflatable baseball bat that said ā€œprincessā€ on it, the looks we got from some people were astounding. And even if he does turn out to be ā€œyou knowā€, then good for him, heā€™ll be wholeheartedly loved and supported.
                
            

            
            
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wetwareproblem:


thoughts-of-an-x-factor:


ohgressfuriosa:

castiel-knight-of-hell:

jen-kollic:

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    Amazon, Bad, and Be Like: krista (030)
 y@cherryblushed
 i used to read 3-4 full sized
 novels in middle school. now i see
 anything longer than a paragraph
 and bounce. i'll miss u brain cells,
 can't believe u peaked at age 12
 15/9/18, 1:04 pm
 68 Retweets 238 Likes
takingbackmyfirstamendmentrights:

dewdrop156:
memecage:
It do be like that.

I was having a surprisingly good conversation with my sister recently and I was talking about how one of the reasons I donā€™t read as much as I used to is because I donā€™t have the same resources I did when I was a 4th grader. When I was a kid, I could sit and read all I wanted, all I had to to was exist and go where people took me. I didnā€™t have to feed myself or pay bills or keep track of things, which of course now I have to deal with all of those things so I canā€™t read as much and tend to read pretty easy to read books. My sister brought up the really good point that, of course I want to read easy books, Iā€™m a young adult, in a very tumultuous phase of life, constantly being thrown new information, my brain doesnt want a classical novel, my brain wants something readable and immersive. 
tl;dr donā€™t feel bad for not reading as much as you used to, itā€™s okay. Read what you can when you can and donā€™t stress about the rest


But nowadays, there are so many more resources for reading that you can gain access to. Even though youā€™re busy and stressed out my life, that doesnā€™t mean you shouldnā€™t continue to strive to read whenever possible. Iā€™ve compiled this basic list of super accessible ways to read in the modern age.1. LibbyLibby is a library app, and it free to use. If you have a library card (which you can either pick up at a branch or online, depending on where you live), you put in your information, and you have access to your libraryā€™s ebooks and audiobooks. Generally, you can check ebooks out for two to three weeks, and it gives you the option to renew (if someone isnā€™t waiting in line for that book) or return early. Itā€™s super user- friendly. If you want to scam the system a little bit, a lot of libraries give you 30 to 60 days after making a card online to come in and actually get a physical card and show your ID. If you are looking for a specific book that your library may not have, make library cards at other locations with fake addresses and check out their supply. I personally have about eight library cards, so I always can find what Iā€™m looking for unless itā€™s super rare. 2. KindleWhile you can buy the actual Amazon e-reader, you can also just use the free app. There are a bunch of ebooks you can read for free, or for a low price. If you have Kindle Unlimited ($10/month), you can borrow up to ten KU books at a time for as long as you want. A lot of authors have KU books, so itā€™s a good way to go. 3. NookBarnes and Nobleā€™s Nook is similar to the Kindleā€”comes in a physical e-reader, but is also usable as a free app. I will say I find that their selection generally costs more than Amazonā€™s selection, but itā€™s an option if you prefer to stay away from Amazon products. One thing they do sometime around the end of the year is send you out a refund check for all the books that you purchased through them that were at a higher market price then they wouldā€™ve been elsewhere. Iā€™ve gotten like three of these, so I figure itā€™s a regular thing. 4. AudibleFor people who are sight-impaired or have difficulty sitting down and reading a book, audiobooks are SO the way to go. When you sign up, you can receive up to two free audiobooks, and whatever plan you decide to go with gives you two free audiobooks a month (from a specific selection) in addition to your credits! If you have Kindle ebooks, there is sometimes an option to purchase the accompanying Audible audiobook for a super discounted rate. If you donā€™t like an audiobook, you can call in to return it at any time. I have something like forty or fifty audiobooks from them, and Iā€™ve exchanged another twenty. These options are all in addition to physical books from your local library, and discount bookstores. The nice thing about ebooks is that generally they have the option to highlight and bookmark pages, change the font size and type, and even change the color of the page if you prefer.I always thought audiobooks were for old people until a few years ago when I was commuting about three hours a day for work. I wasnā€™t reading nearly as much, and as an avid reader, that distressed me greatly.Finally, I looked into audiobooks and it was a huge life changer. Instead of wasting three hours a day in traffic, I was reading for three hours a day that I wouldā€™ve otherwise not been able to. Not only does it make a trip go faster, but it makes it much more enjoyable.And even if you donā€™t want it for the commute or for the gym, audiobooks are a really good option for people who have vision problems. I have migraines when I stare at screens too much, so I pop on an audiobook and just crochet or do the dishes. I have a friend who has very bad eyesight, and he has not been able to read in something close to a year. I set him up with a library card and a Libby account, and all of a sudden, he was able to catch up on all the books he had been wanting to read!Iā€™m just saying, I promote reading because no matter what you read, youā€™re learning something. Even though life is stressful and crazy and distracting, there are still ways you can find to sit down and curl up with a good book.

ā€œMy brother has his sword, I have my books. And a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.ā€ -Tyrion Lannister 
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Amazon, Bad, and Be Like: krista (030)
 y@cherryblushed
 i used to read 3-4 full sized
 novels in middle school. now i see
 anything longer than a paragraph
 and bounce. i'll miss u brain cells,
 can't believe u peaked at age 12
 15/9/18, 1:04 pm
 68 Retweets 238 Likes
takingbackmyfirstamendmentrights:

dewdrop156:
memecage:
It do be like that.

I was having a surprisingly good conversation with my sister recently and I was talking about how one of the reasons I donā€™t read as much as I used to is because I donā€™t have the same resources I did when I was a 4th grader. When I was a kid, I could sit and read all I wanted, all I had to to was exist and go where people took me. I didnā€™t have to feed myself or pay bills or keep track of things, which of course now I have to deal with all of those things so I canā€™t read as much and tend to read pretty easy to read books. My sister brought up the really good point that, of course I want to read easy books, Iā€™m a young adult, in a very tumultuous phase of life, constantly being thrown new information, my brain doesnt want a classical novel, my brain wants something readable and immersive. 
tl;dr donā€™t feel bad for not reading as much as you used to, itā€™s okay. Read what you can when you can and donā€™t stress about the rest


But nowadays, there are so many more resources for reading that you can gain access to. Even though youā€™re busy and stressed out my life, that doesnā€™t mean you shouldnā€™t continue to strive to read whenever possible. Iā€™ve compiled this basic list of super accessible ways to read in the modern age.1. LibbyLibby is a library app, and it free to use. If you have a library card (which you can either pick up at a branch or online, depending on where you live), you put in your information, and you have access to your libraryā€™s ebooks and audiobooks. Generally, you can check ebooks out for two to three weeks, and it gives you the option to renew (if someone isnā€™t waiting in line for that book) or return early. Itā€™s super user- friendly. If you want to scam the system a little bit, a lot of libraries give you 30 to 60 days after making a card online to come in and actually get a physical card and show your ID. If you are looking for a specific book that your library may not have, make library cards at other locations with fake addresses and check out their supply. I personally have about eight library cards, so I always can find what Iā€™m looking for unless itā€™s super rare. 2. KindleWhile you can buy the actual Amazon e-reader, you can also just use the free app. There are a bunch of ebooks you can read for free, or for a low price. If you have Kindle Unlimited ($10/month), you can borrow up to ten KU books at a time for as long as you want. A lot of authors have KU books, so itā€™s a good way to go. 3. NookBarnes and Nobleā€™s Nook is similar to the Kindleā€”comes in a physical e-reader, but is also usable as a free app. I will say I find that their selection generally costs more than Amazonā€™s selection, but itā€™s an option if you prefer to stay away from Amazon products. One thing they do sometime around the end of the year is send you out a refund check for all the books that you purchased through them that were at a higher market price then they wouldā€™ve been elsewhere. Iā€™ve gotten like three of these, so I figure itā€™s a regular thing. 4. AudibleFor people who are sight-impaired or have difficulty sitting down and reading a book, audiobooks are SO the way to go. When you sign up, you can receive up to two free audiobooks, and whatever plan you decide to go with gives you two free audiobooks a month (from a specific selection) in addition to your credits! If you have Kindle ebooks, there is sometimes an option to purchase the accompanying Audible audiobook for a super discounted rate. If you donā€™t like an audiobook, you can call in to return it at any time. I have something like forty or fifty audiobooks from them, and Iā€™ve exchanged another twenty. These options are all in addition to physical books from your local library, and discount bookstores. The nice thing about ebooks is that generally they have the option to highlight and bookmark pages, change the font size and type, and even change the color of the page if you prefer.I always thought audiobooks were for old people until a few years ago when I was commuting about three hours a day for work. I wasnā€™t reading nearly as much, and as an avid reader, that distressed me greatly.Finally, I looked into audiobooks and it was a huge life changer. Instead of wasting three hours a day in traffic, I was reading for three hours a day that I wouldā€™ve otherwise not been able to. Not only does it make a trip go faster, but it makes it much more enjoyable.And even if you donā€™t want it for the commute or for the gym, audiobooks are a really good option for people who have vision problems. I have migraines when I stare at screens too much, so I pop on an audiobook and just crochet or do the dishes. I have a friend who has very bad eyesight, and he has not been able to read in something close to a year. I set him up with a library card and a Libby account, and all of a sudden, he was able to catch up on all the books he had been wanting to read!Iā€™m just saying, I promote reading because no matter what you read, youā€™re learning something. Even though life is stressful and crazy and distracting, there are still ways you can find to sit down and curl up with a good book.

ā€œMy brother has his sword, I have my books. And a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.ā€ -Tyrion Lannister 
                
            

            
            
takingbackmyfirstamendmentrights:

dewdrop156:
memecage:
It do be like that.

I was having a surprisingly good conversation with my sister r...

            
            
        

    



            

        

        
        

            

                



            

        

        
        

            

                



            

        

        
        

            

                



            

        

        
        

            

                



            

        

        
        

            

                




    Fail, Fire, and Life: Teacher: You have to make an innocent
 computer game!
 Me:
 Hose/lose
 from zach gage
 loselose is a game about choice and consequence, and b
 what it means to sucoeed or fail
 You play the role of a space captain on a seemingly endless quest to
 dectroy aftacking aliens. You receive one point for each alien you kil
 You have one life, and if an allen touches you, you ill esplode.
 Tyou manage to kil al of the stera without dying, you wil win th
 game
 Authough loselose is a video-game, everything that happens whl
 while you
 play is rea
 Each aien is procedurally generated out of a Sie on your computer.
 When you kill an alen, the fie it was created from is destroyed
 On the other hand, if you are kiled, the applcation itat wil be di
 stroyed
 00:54
 Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the
 game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills
 the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the
 application itself is deleted
 Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens
 awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into
 question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at
 through classic game mechanics. Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or
 merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land?
 Why do we assume that because we are given a weapon an awarded for using it,
 that doing so is right?
 By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches
 bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at
 the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. At what point does
 our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have
 reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data?
 What implications does trusting something so important to something we
 maderoviad menetichave?
AH YES. MY FAVOURITE FRIENDLY COMPUTER GAME
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Fail, Fire, and Life: Teacher: You have to make an innocent
 computer game!
 Me:
 Hose/lose
 from zach gage
 loselose is a game about choice and consequence, and b
 what it means to sucoeed or fail
 You play the role of a space captain on a seemingly endless quest to
 dectroy aftacking aliens. You receive one point for each alien you kil
 You have one life, and if an allen touches you, you ill esplode.
 Tyou manage to kil al of the stera without dying, you wil win th
 game
 Authough loselose is a video-game, everything that happens whl
 while you
 play is rea
 Each aien is procedurally generated out of a Sie on your computer.
 When you kill an alen, the fie it was created from is destroyed
 On the other hand, if you are kiled, the applcation itat wil be di
 stroyed
 00:54
 Lose/Lose is a video-game with real life consequences. Each alien in the
 game is created based on a random file on the players computer. If the player kills
 the alien, the file it is based on is deleted. If the players ship is destroyed, the
 application itself is deleted
 Although touching aliens will cause the player to lose the game, and killing aliens
 awards points, the aliens will never actually fire at the player. This calls into
 question the player's mission, which is never explicitly stated, only hinted at
 through classic game mechanics. Is the player supposed to be an aggressor? Or
 merely an observer, traversing through a dangerous land?
 Why do we assume that because we are given a weapon an awarded for using it,
 that doing so is right?
 By way of exploring what it means to kill in a video-game, Lose/Lose broaches
 bigger questions. As technology grows, our understanding of it diminishes, yet, at
 the same time, it becomes increasingly important in our lives. At what point does
 our virtual data become as important to us as physical possessions? If we have
 reached that point already, what real objects do we value less than our data?
 What implications does trusting something so important to something we
 maderoviad menetichave?
AH YES. MY FAVOURITE FRIENDLY COMPUTER GAME
                
            

            
            
AH YES. MY FAVOURITE FRIENDLY COMPUTER GAME