idk if thats what really happened but there does seem to be at least an element of for teh lolz operating
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link
oh for sure, the heart of the thing is total cynical lols, but it's just as bad as the visible front
― moz.gov (Clay), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
its bad but in a diff way def an intersting cultural study like how does nihilism produce extreme ignorant ideology
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
is it just me or are most of the sober moderate liberal "now now there are some real issues here" gger types all british?
― goole, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
lol shifting from most to all in one sentence.
most of them are all british some are part
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link
well apart from the journalists i guess. auerbach at slate and that erik kain dude at forbes.
ok myth busted already, forget it!
― goole, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
I feel like I've noticed a way disproportionate number of let's play YouTube video game talker types have British accents, idk what's up with British gaming culture as this dominant thing tho
― moz.gov (Clay), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link
I should really stop reading this shit but I read a post on their subreddit that literally argued that rape jokes aren't as bad as Mattie Brice's joke, because rape jokes aren't intended to cause harm, unlike Brice's joke.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link
jesus
― goole, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
It really is the most astonishing rushing towards the image of gamers as people who have ~issues with a sense of humour~. Which is kind of the essence of conspiracy theory, that nothing The Accused ever says can have a light or joking meaning, it is all Evidence.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 00:46 (nine years ago) link
totalbiscuit, who has been pretty visible on the gg thing i suppose, is the archetype of the essentially-conservative brit gamer youtube celeb who is basically attempting to be a bad xerox of jeremy clarkson. i can't stand him, and he sounds like he must be an awful person to be in a room with.
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 08:47 (nine years ago) link
as someone who seldom watches the big gamer youtubes I'd been cheerily imagining GG was mostly not British because uh tea-party crossover I guess. when I do watch gaming youtubes they're mainly randomly selected retro-ish Let's Plays and I never have any idea whether the player is a ~noted figure~ in the gaming youtube world or just some guy
so I was surprised to hear S4rg0n's unedited interview he did w/the BBC: he had an accent and arguing technique* I can only describe as "public school debating society", which combined with reading the GG manifesto thing upthread ("we are just some poor maligned gamers being even-handedly inclusive of oppressed minorities such as men and big-budget 3D shooty games and defending our basic human right never to be reminded of the existence of any other sort of gamer or game") to make me very angry until this thread restored the lols
* harping on abt one question-avoiding point for 15 minutes, in this case GG's charming new tactic of "GG is about ethics in games journalism, therefore any attacks on people who aren't games journalists are by definition nothing to do with GG". the Beeb interviewer came across pretty badly too: mumbly and unprepared. the whole thing is really painful and I do not recommend anyone seek it out, unless maybe you have dangerously low blood pressure, in which case drinking a gallon of salty coffee might be a better option
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 10:49 (nine years ago) link
Tom Scocca @tomscocca 6mBald Man Discovers Fedora http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/11/10/the-sjws-now-get-to-police-speech-on-twitter
ha sick burn
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 13:09 (nine years ago) link
"I can find no reason to oppose a stronger effort by Twitter to prevent individual users from stalking or harassing others"
this guy is almost as pompous as Auerbach
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
the empire never ended
― jenny holzer, ilxor (mh), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link
WomanAgainstFeminism @NoToFeminism 2h2 hours agoI don’t need fimsns i’m SICK of them taking away free speech! release the thousands of white men jailed for speaking their minds about games
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
lulz
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
release the thousands of white men
release the hounds!
― ledge, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
Simpsons, cool
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
dunno if you guys got to the buried lede but the rape joke is a gif of piccolo from dbz fucking vegeta
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
watched the gif and now im a nu fag thanks alot
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
Are the Milwaukee Bucks the official basketball team of #Gamergate?
― 龜, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
a gif of piccolo from dbz fucking vegeta
truly have no idea what this means. dragonball z?
― goole, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
enjoy man http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/piccolo-dick
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
thanks doc
― how's life, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
The color thing makes me feel a little like a lot of these dudes are trolling us
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
gamergate
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
Sargon's a Chess King that I think you oughta listen to.― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Sunday, November 9, 2014 7:05 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Sunday, November 9, 2014 7:05 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
massive post
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
this made me think of jaden the super saiyan kid. i hope he turned out okay, i always liked him.
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
idk who you're talking about but are you sure you aren't talking about jaden smith
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
sorry, not "jaden": jalen.kid posted a video of himself going through a "super saiyan transformation" a'la dragonball z that was just him tensing up and yelling and then taking off his shirt and yelling moreit reminded me of dumb stuff i did at his agebut this being the 201Xs, somebody got hold of it and remixed ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mr8bkN_Nk
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 21:47 (nine years ago) link
which reminds me about a thread i wanted to build for youtube videos of people fighting/stage fighting with amateur adobe after effects production added in
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 November 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
what the
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2MKiDHCMAAx_X0.jpg
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link
not just dumb, but also illegible
― Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
didnt know gamers were their own gender explains some stuff tbh
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link
do they know the lambda symbol's meaning genderwise
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link
prob got it from revenge of nerds
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 01:04 (nine years ago) link
oh, that's rich.
― how's life, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link
lmaooooooo
https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/532357470963118080
Matt Binder @MattBinder 41m41 minutes ago
gamergaters finally have the gaming site they deserve...courtesy of Roosh of Return of Kings http://www.reaxxion.com
― goole, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 03:03 (nine years ago) link
no i haven't gone there. fuckin called this months ago!
― goole, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 03:04 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2Nqx3GCIAA2iVx.jpg
as ever, it's about ethics
― moz.gov (Clay), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link
Reaxxion’s goalOur goal is simple: create a safe space for heterosexual males who play video games. We won’t exclude homosexuals or attractive women from commenting on our articles, and we sincerely hope they find value in what we have to say, but understand that this site will be written by male gamers for male gamers.
the sinkhole is full of quicksand
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 04:31 (nine years ago) link
ummmmmmm this is maybe the point where i need to clock out for a good long while, but digging around thru twitter i see that GG has a very committed porn performer supporter
https://twitter.com/TheMercedesXXX
tho if the thumbnails under 'photo and video' don't make you laugh, idk
― goole, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link
Am willing to bet someone chose the lower-case lambda as it was the symbol of the Resistance from Half Life 2.
Yes I know how dumb this sounds.
― Delbert Gravy (kingfish), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link
^100% what I thought too :/
Idk what the other significance is? Anyone?
― Neckbread (Will M.), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 05:02 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_symbols#Lambda
― a total laugh package (s.clover), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 05:08 (nine years ago) link
Still thinking about the "Just" clip from earlier, A+ work there
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 November 2014 07:53 (nine years ago) link
in that above six social institutions thing:
"Women are not specifically burdened or privileged by the institution of marriage/family"
hmm really
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 10:30 (nine years ago) link
it's almost as if these people have no fucking clue about how power relations operate under capitalism
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 10:53 (nine years ago) link