My dad forced me to refund Miside because it's "supporting war"

[Shunie]

Let me explain. I’m a huge anime fan, and Miside instantly became my dream game. The style and dark atmosphere - it’s everything I love. I’ve wanted to try it for so long, and finally, my dad gave me money for something "useful." So, I bought the game.

But then he checked my Steam account. He saw it was made by Russian developers and completely freaked out, shouting that I was "funding the war." He said I had "disappointed the family" and practically forced me to refund it, adding that now he "didn’t even know who I was anymore."

I cried for two days. Now I can’t even watch the walkthroughs on YouTube because he’s monitoring my watch history. All I can do is guess what happens next in the story.

Why can’t I just enjoy a game I like? Why do I have to justify my purchases? Who even does this?!

No dad, simple as that!!!

Edit: Finally, I bought Miside, even without a discount. In the end, my father agreed to a compromise. Thanks to everyone who was concerned about me!

[JasieQ44]

since when are the russian devs supporting the war thats the question now

[Plastic Shitlord]

He can suck it, honestly. Especially if he pays taxes to his country

[Piki]

buy stalker 2

[Solus]

Your dad has bigger issues than you playing an anime horror game made by 2 russians... He should be worried about the furry hentai.

[Dave]

Originally posted by Piki:

buy stalker 2

That would balllence the karma out. stalker 2 is slop though

[Dmitry]

In my opinion, he is controlling you too much and manipulating you to feel guilty.
You just bought what you like and enjoyed it. You shouldn't feel guilty for that.

Besides, this game is not related to the war

[Plastic Shitlord]

Originally posted by Shunie:

Well, I get your point, but if you were in my dad's shoes, worried about his family, you’d probably react the same way. It’s not about taxes or the country, it’s about concern for what's happening in the world

Yea and being concerned about what's happening half a globe away won't change anything regarding your family: especially since he pays taxes to the government of their own that does equally horrible ♥♥♥♥ to other countries just because they can, but he won't say anything about it because he benefits from it

[Ponyeater]

Whether you are to the West or the East of Crimea, you're always part of some Empire outside of your control.

NATO / The West and North
BRICS / The East and South

They're at war because they can't coexist. The current Hegemony feels threatened and thus seeks to defend its position of power. That position is challenged by those currently dreaming of their rising star.
It's all completely out of your control as a random civilian. You're either a NATO or BRICS asset (read: resource) from birth, depending on where you were born at. And that is just that. Your father should read up on geopolitics. Then he'd understand that hating other citizens of other parts of the world is a rather futile endeavor.

Cynically spoken: Whether you're for instance a Russian tax serf or an American tax serf, does it really matter? You're still a tax serf, fated to doing the work some subsidary institution such as a local company gave you.

The people controlling higher institutions and governments control the meta, they lay down the patch notes every month for their domain and you can't really do much about that.

My condolences that you can't enjoy this game. All you can do is wait until you're adult and have your own home.

[cecilia2000]

It's obvious bait. Insanely obvious. Pretty funny, though.

[cecilia2000]

What happened to the comment above me? Did it disappear? Did he get banned? Are you going to slay me next, Shunie?

[Ponyeater]

Originally posted by Shunie:

Originally posted by cecilia2000:

It's obvious bait. Insanely obvious. Pretty funny, though.

Oh, another one... You guys are like NPCs, but without the dialogue options. Repeating the same thing on a script like your system froze. You really need to be banned for pointless comments like this. It's almost impressive how predictably you all are - maybe it's time for a firmware update?

Why focus on the negative? Why not engage with those, who want a discussion with you?

[Chibi Life]

That's dumb. America has done so much evil to destabilize the world. Tell him he's supporting terrorism by buying oil that's imported from the Middle East which is all oil because every time the US tries to be oil independent it gets shut down.

[EleventhStar]

wow at least your dad found out during the refund window! scary to think what might have happened if you couldn't refund it anymore...

but please can you tell me exactly how your dad found out where the dev lives just from the steam page? im kinda worried myself, my dad is american and has vietnam flashbacks (if you know).

also i would like to tell you that you can delete steam posts if there are less than 5 replies. i urge you to use this technique in the future so it wont show up in your watch history. if you dont respond to this in 48 hours i will assume you have been grounded and proceed accordingly.

[damiz]

maybe if the award button worked, you would`ve received one from me

[Hex: upupupupu #nodders]

thats literally a plot of an episode in an anime