If twitter is one of our most visible public fora what are people supposed to do? It makes sense to want to use that space to voice one's opinions
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 05:02 (nine years ago) link
voicing ones opinions is fine man its the pretending that theres more going on than that thats kinda a downer but i mean people shd follow their hearts i dont doubt that a lot of good work has been done in the tweets
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 05:06 (nine years ago) link
btw is a law that all vlogs start with "hey guys"
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 05:07 (nine years ago) link
alls im saying is i truly believe the worst thing on the internet and maybe in fact in the world is... SJWs
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 05:09 (nine years ago) link
haha a good stance to take w all this is that #gamergate and #SJWs deserve each other thats the real clever shit right there above the fray judging all so tite
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 05:11 (nine years ago) link
can this be over soon, so bored
― polyphonic, Sunday, 19 October 2014 07:02 (nine years ago) link
it's weird to think about but actively creating / contributing to an environment wherein sjw types have every right to feel embattled kind of subtracts from the terms validity as an insult
I want to believe it could help to chart the exact paths of this stuff, but I couldn't actually say why, or how - maybe you're right and these are rocks whose undersides are best not seen. Maybe I'm anticipating some next campaign, in PSAs or editorial content or how games are reviewed or some brilliant psychological Trojan Horse of a game - that, knowing the tropes and myths and emotional pulls well, could thus effectively detour or short-circuit them, or offer alternative ways of filling the same needs. I dunno, I'm kinda out of my depth here.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 October 2014 00:19 (10 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
so like far cry iii and spec ops the line both have a claimed reputation as attempting to undercut the narrative that makes gaming hateful but both in a way that is totally having their cake and eating it too
i wd like a game where you are a soldier who spends half his time building wells and shit, that wd be interesting
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 19 October 2014 11:54 (nine years ago) link
Guy I know was in desert storm for the air force & had someone mail him acid so he spent time walking around the base tripping and listening to cassettes of Dino Jr and stuff like that
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 October 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
alls im saying is i truly believe the worst thing on the internet and maybe in fact in the world is... SJWs― lag∞n, Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:09 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:09 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i've criticized sjw culture many times (lol) for its groupthink aspects that iron out nuances by casting everything in terms of two-sided debates rather than multidimensional discussions. but it's good they're out there, on twitter, fighting misogyny and racism because otherwise twitter would just be a hateful cesspit with no resistance.
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 13:55 (nine years ago) link
This whole thing has been a giant confirmation of Lewis's Law
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 19 October 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
it's good they're out there, on twitter, fighting misogyny and racism because otherwise twitter would just be a hateful cesspit with no resistance.
― Treeship, Sunday, October 19, 2014 9:55 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
obvs i was just joking but this is also not true at all
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
I think the people complaining about social justice warriors would be a tiny bit more sympathetic if social justice wasn't a de facto obvious good that only full-on terrible people don't want
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
Also if these douchebags were actually smart, things would eventually get better for them but fuck then maladjusted morons; I glory in their pathetic, hateful loneliness.
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
#ElitismHasAPlace
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
well i never
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
they all seem very damaged. this doesn't excuse what they say or do in any form or fashion, but still. sending rape threats to women who complain about the glaring disaparities in the video game industry? it doesn't just seem like sexism to me, it seems emblematic of some larger cultural rot that i am not intelligent enough to fully understand... i felt the same way about elliot rodgers. the idea of these people out there who don't recognize the humanity of others in an even minimal sense, and find validation for their views on the internet. misogyny is the hateful ideology that is most ready to hand, but it could be something else... idk how to even begin to address all of this. maybe it is as simple as dismissing the antisocial bigots, holding them fully accountable for their choice to not be a part of the human community.
― Treeship, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link
well it seems pretty easy to let them all act as one basket full of hateful crabs if you never have occasion to interact with them
― Walter MIDI (Crabbits), Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
well I guess that doesn't hold; the big problem is them targeting women who disagree with them in any way
― Walter MIDI (Crabbits), Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
sure, i'm gonna trust crab advice from someone called crabbitsno, actually i agree - as horrible as this behavior is, just plain shunning and berating them isn't enough of a solution
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
on some level i feel like its just another symptom of the endemic cultural alienation and loneliness sweeping the post industrialized world, like they seem to just not have that much exposure to society at large
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
take away their game genies, that's what I say
― Walter MIDI (Crabbits), Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
in their subculture histrionic displays of aggression are normal
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
sending ppl baroque death threats for beating you at street fighter is one of the best things abt video games
― ≖_≖ (Lamp), Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
If ppl were actually saying "I will club you to death with a sackbut" I would wholeheartedly approve
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Sunday, 19 October 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
― lag∞n, Sunday, October 19, 2014 6:17 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark
are we talking about ILX?
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
get fucked shit senator
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
https://storify.com/x_glitch/when-the-gamergate-mob-targeted-anil-dash-for-no-r
― max, Sunday, 19 October 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
theyre like mean ants crawling all over you biting you
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
they have their own special words
http://i.imgur.com/beA7iSO.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
this whole sudden turn into the anti-bullying crusade is the funniest shit
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:49 (nine years ago) link
IF ONLY WE HAD KICKSTARTER IN JUNIOR HIGH, GUYS *pushes up glasses, accidentally pops four zits in the process* ow
They tried to get the creator of Bayonetta to join their crusade (Bayonetta being an example of a 'women-positive' game I guess) and
http://i.imgur.com/QtYrXHQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/xKm17KV.png
― 龜, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
almost like they think this whole thing is... a game
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
Kamiya is the best
http://i.imgur.com/fKZrOpb.png
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Sunday, 19 October 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
Hahaha
― Nhex, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
the anil dash thing max posted has me rubbing my temples in despair
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
though it did remind me weirdly of this, which made me smile
Gabriel Knight must disguise himself as a man called Mosley in order to fool a French moped rental clerk into renting him the shop's only motorcycle. In order to construct the costume, Gabriel Knight must manufacture a fake moustache. Utilizing the style of logic adventure game creators share with morons, Knight must do this even though Moseley does not have a moustache.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
very nice
http://i.imgur.com/oLwSsQf.png
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:05 (nine years ago) link
binder does gods work i swear
― Clay, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
Oh, that is TOO rich. Wow.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
Matt Binder @MattBinder 3m3 minutes agobtw i recently came across a twitter thread warning gamergaters to stay away from me because they'll lose https://archive.today/CkyVn
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 October 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
starting to think this guy's charity might not be totally authentic
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 20 October 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
she herself retweeted this one
https://twitter.com/SteinersCooking/status/523974280338759680
― goole, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0V09kWIgAADzmC.png
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link
Jesus fucking Christ
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 20 October 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
I can't stop laughing.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GHnO7Jc.png
― lag∞n, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
I was talking to a friend's brother, a huge gamer who hadn't heard of gamergate, and was trying to express what it was in like one sentence and it became so clear to me how none of it, on any level, makes any sense
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 20 October 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
https://storify.com/stillgray/matt-binder-nails-gamergate-based-lawyer-mike-cern
― Frederik B, Monday, 20 October 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link