Arguably, it's the definition of genocide at play here.

To qualify what I am going to say, I have a minor in History, with a particular focus on the 20th century.

There are moments in both the Soviet Union' and China's histories that are genocidal, or aren't always considered genocide but probably should be considered it. Things such as the Holodomor, etc (I'm not going to argue if this is a genocide or not). As you mention, both nations likely killed more people than the Nazis did (although things such as the black book of communism should not be considered a credible source).

The difference is, neither the Soviet Union nor Communist China were founded on a platform of genocide. The Nazis were. The majority of people killed in the Soviet Union and China were not killed through genocide, they were mostly killed through political violence and state mishandling of resources. The intentions were just different; the Nazis cannot be understood without their desire for genocide, the Soviets can.

My primary avenue for art is in writing. I enjoy it quite a bit, and I like to think I can do it well.

I still feel as though I have not earned the right to call it art. I always refer to it as "my writing" or the like. It's not, and will never be to me, truly artistic.

But that's fine. I don't need to prove that my writing is art to enjoy doing it. I don't need to prove it to myself and others that it's worth doing. The fact that I do write, and that I enjoy it, is all that I need.

Exactly my impression as well.

I couldn't play RCT2 without the ORTC2 mod that lets you put garbage bins and benches everywhere in a single click

Ridge Racer Type 4. Beautiful controls, amazing soundtrack, just an amazing game

Man those Pokemon ones too were next level. Wild to think Nintendo would do something like that anymore

I use an iPod and physical media for most of my music

r/HobbyDrama or a more hobby oriented history community. Also r/AskHistorians or similar, although that one will take more effort and setting up than simply making the community. I personally use Reddit to see a couple memes and then read both of the subs I mentioned. I like seeing people who are passionate about a thing talk about the history of that thing.

I agree, I'm just not sure what this is responding to. I didn't intend, and I hope didn't imply, that this was at play here. The Holodomor isn't better than the Holocaust simply because one ended with fewer deaths, and I agree with what I think is undergirding your comment, that there's no real way to "rank" genocides, they're all bad.

You're joking but currently a discord I'm in has a cult over a specific Garfield Minus Garfield comic, a cult that got genuinely rowdy when the comic stopped being posted.

All I'm saying, Garfield is probably an elder god

They're running a beta test to the general public - only the thing they're testing is a 2 ton ball of metal and explosive material regularly traveling at 45 mph (70 kmh). They even have the gall to charge for the ability to beta test it. I really hope this gets regulated at some point, otherwise this is just the beginning