heroes
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
― Nhex, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed (fyi)
― 1staethyr, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
but also lmao
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbdkspfgLr1qzuqe9.jpg
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
I was just reading that link
still lolling
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
Whhaaat
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/123/667/IRLswastigetfinland.jpg
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link
I honestly can't imagine what it's like to be this stupid.
― the farakhan of gg (DJP), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
what is that?
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
looks like a swastika
― this things i believe (art), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
I mean who are the people
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
Read the link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
The internet is so fucking stupid
In early 2008, a Texan named Mary Alice Altorfer came across a “Pool’s Closed” sign in her neighborhood and called the local news station with a claim that it was promoting racial discrimination. Altorfer’s encounter with an internet meme in real life was soon turned into a news story and after the broadcast, a video clip of the report was uploaded onto YouTube. In the following days, members of Anonymous allegedly launched a harassment campaign against the woman.
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
It's a "real life 'swastiget'", apparently? I have no idea.
The Habbo Hotel raids by 4chan’s /b/ became so popular that they eventulally gained some offline recognition as well. In Finland, people rallied together outside Sulake’s headquarters (the parent company of Habbo Hotel) in afro wigs and suits, forming a real life “swastiget.” In the center was someone cosplaying the character Suiseiseki from the anime Rozen Maiden.
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, November 25, 2014 1:34 PM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Didn't mean for this to sound harsh, just that the link sums up what would be a very unwieldy explanation
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
one minute youre lightly trolling some online anime hangout the next youre forming a human swastika while cosplaying blackness, life comes at you fast
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
That it started from rumours of racial profiling and ended in that... I don't know, the psychology here is too deep for me.
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
As time went on, people would go on to cosplay the “Pool’s Closed” avatars at anime and internet culture conventions
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Tuesday, 25 November 2014 23:03 (nine years ago) link
that "charity" jpg manages to finish by quoting/picturing one of the biggest creeps i've seen pop up in this thing
― goole, Tuesday, 25 November 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3YFqy1CUAANjWM.jpg
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
tried to explain Gamergate to some work colleagues today, it gave me a new appreciation of how ridiculous the whole thing has been
― what it feels like for a guelph (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
is that fucking businessweek cover real holy shit lol
― (HOT CHICK FROM BAR 2008) (Will M.), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
goddamnit why can't gamergate go after a deserving target like whoever's been doing their terrible covers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
FP'd
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Pretty sure whoever it is their strategy for getting fired has backfired.
― Kelly Gang Carey and the Mantels (ledge), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
businessweek's covers are amazing fuiud
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 26 November 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
looking forward to businessweek's public apology for depicting sarkeesian vanquishing samus
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 27 November 2014 03:46 (nine years ago) link
It's not actually about ethics in games journalism, he's a very naughty boyhttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/nov/28/alanah-pearce-tells-on-her-internet-trolls-to-their-mothers
― you fuck one chud... (stevie), Friday, 28 November 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
(notice that they've proven that anti-gg activists have raised nothing for charity by, er, googling 'zero dollars and zero cents')― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:24 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:24 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
omfgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 1 December 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
also yo all businessweek covers are boss as hell
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 1 December 2014 06:22 (nine years ago) link
this is p funny:
https://twitter.com/gamergatetxt/status/537183981176119296
https://twitter.com/gamergatetxt/status/539536948101390336
"the pure number of complaints won't necessarily affect our analysis"
― goole, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
https://storify.com/a_man_in_black/youtube-patreon-and-the-rise-of-the-professional-v
short version: people acting like mini-Limbaughs, crowing about gamergate and whatever else, are accepting donations via patreon and monetizing their ranting, making others want to do the same.
because it's a crazy small world, one of the founders of Patreon is that dude from ILM favorite, Pomplamoose
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
no way
― goole, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
in other recent pamplemouse news they grossed over 100k on a month long tour and ended up in the red then documented their expenses on order to educate us or something https://medium.com/@jackconte/pomplamoose-2014-tour-profits-67435851ba37
― lag∞n, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:40 (nine years ago) link
omg that dude shows up (eventually) in that storify! brave man, looks like
― goole, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:49 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the best part of that pomplamoose tour is the part where they complain about their losses and don't mention that touring is not anywhere near how they make money
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
mostly venture-backed iirc
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
they do mention the patreon videos briefly
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
do they mention that the author is CEO & Cofounder at Patreon?
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
yeah, the best part of that pomplamoose tour is the part where they complain about their losses and don't mention that their expenses were completely OTT and ridiculous
― the incredible string gland (sic), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
haha, that, too
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 14:31 (nine years ago) link
maybe "renting lights" is a code meaning "drugs"
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 14:35 (nine years ago) link
today's best #actually
https://twitter.com/Brian_TGA/status/539855109099126784
― goole, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
wonder what software they do use
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
paint.net
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 19:36 (nine years ago) link
lol
soo a dude made an "sjw twitter blocker"
https://twitter.com/sjwautoblock
(imitation of an earlier one autoblocking GGers)
it's this guy: https://twitter.com/_betafive_ (dude looks to be kind of an antisemite, on first glance)
i guess his earlier account(s) got suspended for harassment though.
https://twitter.com/search?q=saul%20stjohn&src=typd
it's really amazing how this thing has rolled together p much every minor-league internet shitbag
― goole, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
just really cool well adjusted people
https://twitter.com/freebsdgirl/status/539630899709485057/photo/1
― goole, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
it gets worse
https://twitter.com/onthevraydar/status/539805122399064064
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
lol maaaaaaan
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link