Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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brilliant

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link

Thinking about this (which I really should stop doing), it seems like there's two opposite things happening:

On the one hand, there's gaters projecting onto the other side: Zoe is laughing in public about TFYC, and then their site went down, so clearly she DDOSed them because that's what we'd do - a lot of "They say they're the good ones!" about this.

And on the other hand the standard conspiracy refusal to consider that people are ever acting in any way other than going about their Serious Business - so a mailing list for journalists to talk shit must be the Stonecutters, jokes on it must be serious. It's opposite because it's assuming that the other side don't just spend most of their time dicking around on the internet, like EG the entirety of 4chan. It's gamers failing to understand play.

Andrew Farrell, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link

think it's mostly just not very bright people who are frightened and resentful of women tbh

Chimp Arsons, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link

interested to see if I pop up on anyone's radar with this

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link

I'm sorry for your lunch.

how's life, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link

#NotAllPicoDeGallo

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link

looks like you caught one already

goole, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link

haha I hadn't even noticed

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link

#NachoShield

Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link

oh fuck man, I just replied that.

how's life, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link

lmao

example (crรผt), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link

aaaahaha, high five

Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link

gamergate: the movie

GAMER 2: this fictional woman created solely as a mouthpiece for our politics will show the world that gamers donโ€™t objectify women
GAMER 3: also lets make porn of her
GAMER 1: well we canโ€™t be expected to not masturbate
GAMER 2: it would be sex-negative not to

you little affront to god (reddening), Monday, 6 October 2014 09:54 (nine years ago) link

A+

Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link

They made up a woman?

jmm, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vivian-james

how's life, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link

I am still confused about the feminist group named "The Fine Young Capitalists." Like, that can't be a good thing.

how's life, Monday, 6 October 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link

JOHN WALKER: what can we do to stop them though?
MATT LEES: if only these gamers werenโ€™t our intellectual superiors in every way

this kind of dialogue screams "intellectually superior"

Chimp Arsons, Monday, 6 October 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/W57rfp9.jpg

lagโˆžn, Monday, 6 October 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link

you can idly flip to the tag at any time 24 hrs and find gems

https://twitter.com/Chriss_m/status/518990329127899136

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link

I... what?

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link

i think? vivian is the name of their anime girl mascot

goole, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link

I get that, I don't get the "here's a topless picture of our imaginary girl that SOME people would say was sexual *scoff, scoff*"

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

she's like, not even, real

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 October 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link

has that stopped any of these grognards

Nhex, Monday, 6 October 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link

"It's not porn, you can't even see her penis!"

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Monday, 6 October 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link

what is porn after all

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

A miserable pile of secretions

( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 00:28 (nine years ago) link

aw

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link

Nice xp

้พœ, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link

well done zappi

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link

lol

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 04:24 (nine years ago) link

This is superb (and weirdly relevant to zappi's comment): https://mobile.twitter.com/GrahamWJenkins/status/519241098330669056

bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 07:05 (nine years ago) link

wow

Nhex, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 12:33 (nine years ago) link

oh shit, that gif!

โŒ˜-B (mh), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link

lollll

Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 13:52 (nine years ago) link

lmao

lagโˆžn, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 20:31 (nine years ago) link

i... i really dunno what to make of this (ok i kind of do). could go on right wingery or powerful cons' images

https://twitter.com/Kingofpol/status/518417164345556992

looks like someone made a long-ass webcomic about, idk, white nationalism or something.

goole, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link

that is some strange stuff right there

polyphonic, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link

lol at you are free now brah

lagโˆžn, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link

Lol at the WHOLE THING

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link

what's that rule about not being able to tell if something is extremism or parody anymore...

Nhex, Thursday, 9 October 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link

you guys, a #GamerGate proponent just went super-saiyan hilarious:

https://twitter.com/nitramy/status/520248494112534528

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜ˆโš ๏ธ (DJP), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link

Conrad Verner โ€@ConradVerner 2h2 hours ago
@nitramy The parallel is a little excessive but I like the general concept of it

linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link

Nitramy โ€@nitramy 2h2 hours ago
@JagsDomainCrew Only pic of people linked arm in arm I could find.

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link

someone tell me its not real

lagโˆžn, Thursday, 9 October 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link


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