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tinoynk t1_jczhfiv wrote

Problem 1 is not a problem with RT, it's a problem with the people unable to wrap their brain around what a RT% actually is, or if they do understand what it is can't figure out how to apply that information to their movie-choosing.

As far as the trolls/bots, it's no more susceptible to this than any other platform, and the fact the main metric is the Critics Rating means all you need to do is ignore audience score for any popular movie with a prominent minority/woman since it will inevitably get review-bombed by the alt-right.

The third problem is again, not a problem with RT, just a reflection of the fact that most popular mainstream cinema is focused around American movies.

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hasanahmad OP t1_jczhqgx wrote

agree. the problem is people are always told not to take the score as face value but they do. they have a tool but don't apply nuance towards it. Maybe we should not rely on the tool anymore is my point.

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tinoynk t1_jczjahp wrote

I mean if somebody tries to use a hammer to slice a block of cheese, that's not the hammer's problem.

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hasanahmad OP t1_jczje1x wrote

do you apply the same principles to guns?

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tinoynk t1_jczk3ex wrote

The purpose of a gun is murder. The fact guns are used for murder isn't a shocker.

The shocker is that half the government gets paid so much by the NRA that they're happy to make the yearly sacrifice of dozens of innocent people, often children, just to keep that paycheck.

If people were using firearms to fasten nails, now that'd be interesting.

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Alive_Ice7937 t1_jczwc96 wrote

>If people were using firearms to fasten nails, now that'd be interesting.

Some sort of "nail gun"?

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