this is yer man boltair's twitter avi fyi
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/748724142661332992/H5sYV-qm.jpg
and yeah, his twitter is every bit the queasy fusion of alt-right memes and gaming detritus you'd expect
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 12:24 (seven years ago) link
a true intellectual heir to Hume, Kant and Diderot
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 12:25 (seven years ago) link
or should that be "intellectual hare" sorry
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 12:26 (seven years ago) link
his alt account seems to contain most of the real weird furry shit - he appears to be into fat furries
One more for #TummyTuesday #FatBunnyAgendaStyleHelp me pop that last button? #SendIceCreamPlease pic.twitter.com/HE78HJWOGX— Rounded Bunny Gut (@DessertGunBunny) October 7, 2015
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 12:26 (seven years ago) link
brb gonna seek psychological support
#TummyTuesday
― human/hutt hybrid (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
oppa Fat Bunny Agenda Style
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 13:44 (seven years ago) link
boltair does seem the type to yell at a butt
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
it is with a heavy heart i come to the realisation that there is almost certainly a furry-themed gangnam style parody video out there somewhere :(
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:12 (seven years ago) link
oh
oh god
oh god no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Iux1zfrQohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C2pSSpMz7Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZiF6Wl_0TYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-lhRKSAJ-Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2t-8RjTzQ
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:15 (seven years ago) link
this nightmarish discovery is going to fuck up my youtube recommendations for years to come isn't it
In the words of Boltair is incredible, i didn't skip a beat and assumed this had to be either a video game character (maybe a Transformer?) and/or an alt-right Pepe Twitter person, hero of the continuing Gamergate underground survivors, named after such a character
lol at suggesting they change the game for America, coming right on the heels of complaining about "the outright censorship of art through 'localization' policies"
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
i think what they really mean by that is that they can't buy hentai games at target
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
i just looked up the premise for the game and its not even nearly as outrage-baiting as i expected
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:03 (seven years ago) link
no shit
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:03 (seven years ago) link
lmao bizarro
FIVE videos
no way am I clicking on any of them but lmao
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:10 (seven years ago) link
there's a lot more out there, trust me
i have looked into the abyss
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
lol old lunch
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
BOLTAIR
― goole, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
I'M LOSING IT
kinda thought that was a sign this was a troll but it's too good
― goole, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
BOLTAIR's MANDIDE
― mark s, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:40 (seven years ago) link
usain boltair has won three 100m golds in the furry olympics iirc
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
ok fr it's way more likely one of these chuds would know it was "Voltaire" by sight but, never having heard it irl, thinks it's pronounced "VOL-tar-RAY" or something
― goole, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:53 (seven years ago) link
candide, rhymes with carbide
i think you're giving these chuds too much credit, there's way more chance they've heard of some furry gamer than a dead frenchman
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:55 (seven years ago) link
the voltaire quote probably shows up on boltair's gamertag or something
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:56 (seven years ago) link
imagine if television formed today and young thomas miller decided to name himself like 'tom bearlaine' after some fucking hero of the furry gaming community
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 15:58 (seven years ago) link
In the words of Mark Twang, 'It's the right thing to do and the tasty way to do it.'
― In the words of Boltair (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
https://heatst.com/gaming/journalists-fall-for-fake-far-cry-5-petition-bash-video-gamers-as-dangerous-racists/
but its heat street so its probs bullshit and i already regret clicking on it
― Who's puttin' sponge in the zings I once zung (stevie), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 11:18 (seven years ago) link
'Dangerous' is a stretch. Unless you count the potential for retaliatory swatting.
― In the words of Boltair (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 12:03 (seven years ago) link
an alternative, some might say the correct, way to look at this is that gamers have proved to be such a vocal bunch of whining, entitled pissbabies that the parody petition was indistinguishable from any actually legit gamergate-aligned petition
― heck i've even been an 'oyster pirate' (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 12:08 (seven years ago) link
'I can't believe you fell for that practical joke where I told you I'd never enjoyed the erotic touch of another human being! What a sucker you are!'
― Trockasturm Hoar The Ramming Battle Ceraton (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 12:43 (seven years ago) link
if there was no video evidence i would be hard pressed to believe there are fux0rs recording themselves playing video games for 5+ hours and babbling endlessly about garbage and hundreds of people watching and listening
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:14 (seven years ago) link
pro tip, anybody who describes GamerGate as "the consumer-driven movement for ethics in games journalism" is vermin and can be safely ignored
― Covfefe growing vpon the skull of a man (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 31 May 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
The Guild Wars community (air quotes) just harassed a female developer (and a male developer who stood up for her) out of a job for being uppity enough to call out what she felt was a gender-related microaggression.
Here is the completely unremarkable exchange that sparked the shitstorm:
Today in being a female game dev:"Allow me--a person who does not work with you--explain to you how you do your job." https://t.co/lmK0yJWqGB— Jessica Price (@Delafina777) July 4, 2018
The gamers cried, a lot: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/8w3q4n/must_be_a_thrill_to_work_with_this_dev/?st=jj9bes2e&sh=7f012da4
The company that makes the game rolled over: https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/comment/586426#Comment_586426
I don't play this game, just noticed a link related to it. This kind of thing probably happens so often that it's become unremarkable.
― Dan I., Friday, 6 July 2018 01:46 (five years ago) link
I play a lot of video games--too much, honestly, more than I want to--and I have since I was like 5 years old, and I think it is fucking creepy that "gamer" has become something that can form the core of a person's identity. Gamer culture, such as it is, is fucking fascistic.
― Dan I., Friday, 6 July 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
I dunno. Read through all that and it seems to me like the dev freaked out on him for seemingly no reason. He wasn't being an asshole to her in his reply. And while the shitstorm did bring out a few pretty unfortunate gamergate stereotypes, most replies were just criticizing her for being rude to him instead of engaging in conversation with his points like a normal person would.
― how's life, Friday, 6 July 2018 12:19 (five years ago) link
Being rude to a customer should definitely get you and your friends fired, every time Who the fuck still plays Guild Wars
― El Tomboto, Friday, 6 July 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
Fair enough, I guess. Just seems like the entire episode would have passed completely unremarked upon if it was a prickly dude who was the dev (think Linus). Instead, thousands of users immediately rallied around the very important cause of getting this woman fired
― Dan I., Friday, 6 July 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
I was being sarcastic People who self-identify as “gamers” would appear to be the thinnest-skinned dipshits aliveI only follow army vets and lesbians on Twitch
― El Tomboto, Friday, 6 July 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
most replies were just criticizing her for being rude to him
The problem even with these replies is that the cumulative effect is basically a mob. I can understand someone's impulse on seeing that exchange to want to defend Deroir, but when thousands of people have that same impulse, you end up with a pile-on which is totally out of proportion to the original exchange. I also don't see many people on those threads arguing for the response to be scaled back from 'fire them now!'
― jmm, Friday, 6 July 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
I don’t understand the impulse to defend him at all. He’s a fucking overprivileged adult, he can handle himself. It’s all pathetic.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 6 July 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Man, I just don't see where he's being over-privileged. He just made a normal-ass, inquisitive response to her (heretofore very thoughtful) run of tweets and for some reason she basically accuses him of mansplaining, subsequently calling him an asshat. He did nothing wrong. She started off wrong and then doubled down.
But I'll stay out of it. I'm not a gamer and I only saw this thread bc we can't choose what boards go on SNA on the mobile app lol.
I also don't see many people on those threads arguing for the response to be scaled back from 'fire them now!'
Didn't see any tweets of that nature, but there were definitely some in the message board thread.
― how's life, Friday, 6 July 2018 15:16 (five years ago) link
I mean the guy seems like he doesn't have a lot to worry about
― El Tomboto, Friday, 6 July 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
in a vacuum these sort of things might look overblown but in the context of the games industry since 2014 there's more to it
― ciderpress, Friday, 6 July 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
The whole gamergate thing had an element of wanting to consider gaming to be an artform but then refusing to allow it to be critiqued, and campaigning against anyone (or any woman) who dared to do that. Seems like their criticism of her is basically the same, except this time a woman is on the other side of the equation, so they've switched sides too. Maybe that's all that matters.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 6 July 2018 21:11 (five years ago) link
wait, i thought they were ardently anti-games-as-art (git yer politicking out of MY games) unless it was like the level of detail on gun stocks
― Nhex, Friday, 6 July 2018 21:24 (five years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/guild-wars-2-writers-fired-for-calling-out-fan-on-twitt-1827401422“We can probably fire anyone on the GW2 dev team as long we make a big enough stink,” wrote GW2 subreddit member 5NightsAtUndert413 in a now-deleted post. “Nobody at Arenanet is safe from the hand of Reddit... The moment a dev steps out of line or try to talk back to a player, guess what, they’ll know we got their hands on their throat and we can squeeze any time we like.”I feel comfortable assuming this ass hat represents the majority of GW2 players and that ArenaNet is totally OK with this
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 7 July 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
“Nobody at Arenanet is safe from the hand of Reddit... The moment a dev steps out of line or try to talk back to a player, guess what, they’ll know we got their hands on their throat and we can squeeze any time we like.”
guessing these chuds have IRL never squeezed their hands around anything other than their own lonely cocks
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Saturday, 7 July 2018 14:45 (five years ago) link
I have no idea why a woman in the gaming industry would be so defensive.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Monday, 9 July 2018 17:23 (five years ago) link
lol @ all the men in this thread not getting why a female in a male dominated industry might just lose her shit a little once in a while because this stuff only happens EVERY DAY.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 9 July 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
Good thread
So, because it seems a lot of people are having trouble with it, I'm going to talk about Jessica Price and ArenaNet.— John Teasdale (@beaglerush) July 11, 2018
― Dan I., Friday, 13 July 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
Yes
This 👏 is 👏 sexism. This is what it looks like. If you look at this situation and join the mob of people sympathizing with that "poor, innocent man", it is my firm belief that you are, excuse the saying, part of the fucking problem.— John Teasdale (@beaglerush) July 11, 2018
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 July 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
that is an excellent thread
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Friday, 13 July 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
excellent thread with a real mixed bag of replies. anyone who identifies as a gamer is to be watched tbh
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 July 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
really not feeling this gamertag self-hatred
― Nhex, Friday, 13 July 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
you're just leaving "gamer" to millions of players who shouldn't just be lumped in with sexist/racist assholes
Sometimes it's just not possible to reclaim a term. But yes, a good thread, probably getting hi lots of hate atm.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 14 July 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/13/17566068/banned-twitch-streamers-youtube-slurs-language
...others argued that terms like “gay” and “fag” evolved online. People claim that because the terms are used so often online, and supposedly without any malice, then our own understanding of how these words should be able to change. This argues kids who grow up on the internet, and see words like “gay” and “fag” slung around as casual supplements for words like stupid, frustrating, or annoying, wouldn’t think twice about using a slur because it’s not how the word was introduced into their vocabulary.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 15 July 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jy6Ob1WDBE
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
I wish that project was a tad less edgelordy
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
yeah, i agree; the obsession with copypasta hobbles it a bit.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link