I'm sure he's the fuckin' nobel prize winner of game streamers
more like the lottery winner of game streamers rly in that he's a millionaire despite having (afaict) very little going on to differentiate him from innumerable other screaming youtube tools
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 11 September 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
if there's anything we can learn from twitch it's that being a public asshole is the easiest way to reach the gaming demographic
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 14:51 (six years ago) link
pretty much all the top gaming streams are either the few most skilled players at whichever game, or loud rude dudes
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
this guy sounds like a really dumb south park character
Well...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehash_(South_Park)
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Monday, 11 September 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
you know, there were moments in there I was ok with at the time, but I'm pretty good with deleting the entire run of south park from history
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
kinda hard not to see south park as playing some role in the 4channing of culture, yeah
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
there's been plenty of thinkpieces tying shitty gamer attitudes to kids growing up watching South Park. it's fairly otm I think
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:01 (six years ago) link
10 year-olds just don't understand that Cartman's supposed to be the bad guy
― Cheds Baker (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:17 (six years ago) link
more of a problem that 30 year-olds just don't understand that Cartman's supposed to be the bad guy, i think
― here's how **takes sip of duck urine** economics works (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
reminds me of a conversation I had with my mom not long ago
"I didn't even let you kids watch South Park!""Mom, South Park didn't come out until I was in my last year of high school. You didn't let us watch The Simpsons for the first few years it was on""Did I let you watch South Park?""It was on Comedy Central and you didn't have cable television until I moved out, so I guess not"
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
oh, all of it, tho I don't really buy in to moral panics about any particular cultural form's negative impact on the youths
― Cheds Baker (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
I think there are other social and parenting processes that shd prepare your children to recognize a bigoted sociopath when they see one
― Cheds Baker (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:27 (six years ago) link
I don't think there are strong reasons to stop kids from watching a lot of things, but this whole "ehh just let kids watch whatever and don't put it in context" thing has to be something
but yeah, 30 year olds don't get Cartman is bad either, so they're not going to impart great things to their children
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
NV otm, it's not what they watch, it's who they watch it with
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
I think one reason it might not be straightforward for everyone to grok that cartman is bad is because he almost never suffers any consequences on the show. On top of being hateful and entitled, he's also a murderer, a cheat, a liar and a thief and he's been getting away with all of it for decades.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
he's steve bannon
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
That has actually blown my mind.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 11 September 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
I was being partly ironic Tom, I don't think Parker & Stone see him as the "bad guy" so much as a handy conduit for jokes they'd otherwise struggle to get away with
― Cheds Baker (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 September 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
they can't do real humor about politics, just dumb jokes and shlock
never forget the mind-numbing mediocrity of "that's my bush"
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:00 (six years ago) link
that show was hilarious, mostly because there was like no political humor whatsoever
― frogbs, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
all last season he was performatively woke, not sure if it was ironic or not, whether it had a point or not
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 11 September 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
that's my bush ruled but because it was more about parodying sitcoms than politics
hey we've found the two viewers
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:04 (six years ago) link
I dunno if I'd blame the behavior of the characters so much as the general attitude of maintaining ironic distance from everything because actually caring about things means you're intellectually compromised
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:16 (six years ago) link
^^^
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Monday, 11 September 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
yeah, the ongoing "all things are bad or worthy of mocking, maybe some a little more than other, but take nothing seriously" strays from the "we're equal opportunity mockers of things" after a certain point
like, great, you can mock anything and everything, good for you
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:27 (six years ago) link
it is up to the creators to decide what goes into a work. it will be interesting to see what they do w the new game. they need to make some points in favor of progressivism.
last game featured lots of actual Nazi speeches sampled for the bad guys. at one point you are hearing this stuff for hours while in rpg random battles. millions of kids hearing this stuff is not a good idea. kind of amazed they got away with that tbh. if that game came out post-Trump it would be a different story.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 11 September 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
ironic distance leads to ironic racism leads to actual racism (which ironic racism is anyway)
― nomar, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:34 (six years ago) link
even if they claim to mock everything equally, that sort of apathetic libertarian 'ideology' is always going to align more closely with the right than the left because the left pushes for more change and change requires caring and caring is uncool
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:42 (six years ago) link
I was typing out more words about it, but yes, ironic racism is completely indistinguishable from racism as a third party, even if you're "joking" with your friend and using slurs against them and they're a member of that group. If you do that all the time, you'll end up meeting someone new and immediately associating all the bullshit you think is fun to scream at your friends with them.
― mh, Monday, 11 September 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
the massive success of cards against humanity is another bit of proof that many people are perfectly comfortable being openly racist as long as they can't be held accountable
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 September 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
a chlling glimpse into a dystopian future where online gaming isn't dominated by adolescents shrieking hate speech at one another
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKATUb9UMAAi3z-.jpg:large
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
(also 'heterogamingvet' ffs)
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
lolllllllllll
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:52 (six years ago) link
Guys he just wants to help animals jeez
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Monday, 18 September 2017 14:55 (six years ago) link
Guys, I think I'm at the objective!
― El Tomboto, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:56 (six years ago) link
not on my watch
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:57 (six years ago) link
i wonder how this dude even became a gamernerd when any single episode of Voltron or the Power Rangers would have presumably led to him throwing something through the TV screen
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 18 September 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
what's up with the product placement for coke in that cartoon? will mountain dew be outlawed by the sjw junta?
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 September 2017 15:03 (six years ago) link
love that these dudes are shitting themselves over the most innocuous feel-good comics
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
may they forever have online gaming sessions where their teams are two angry-sounding men in their 30s spitting into their headsets and a half dozen tweens who are screaming
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
BG u don't follow @CokeEsports??
― El Tomboto, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
Lol at the terrible tags on these blog posts
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/tags/coke-esports
― El Tomboto, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
oh, for the days when mountain dew sponsorship was a distant dream and gaming events were sponsored by bawls and jolt
― mh, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
and by sponsored I mean they'd send a free case
a shameful oversight which i assure u i have now rectified
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 September 2017 15:23 (six years ago) link
Good job, man!
― El Tomboto, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:25 (six years ago) link
luv2interact with #brands online about #gaming
― Mr. Eulon Mask, urging the UN to ban the "homicide robot" (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 18 September 2017 15:28 (six years ago) link
two angry-sounding men in their 30s spitting into their headsets and a half dozen tweens who are screaming
Ideas for ILX
― Karl Malone, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
sorry but I can't get past "I think I'm at the objective"
― ciderpress, Monday, 18 September 2017 15:57 (six years ago) link