For strong womyn everywhere: "Internet Plus Equality"

[bkifft]

How about some religious inspired PC?

Aldi Süd (discount supermarket chain in southern Germany) pulled oriental flavored ("1001 nights") liquid soap from it's shelves that depicted a mosque on it's label after critique on facebook (German news link: http://www.derwesten.de/wirtschaft/...cremeseife-veraergert-muslime-id10242320.html).

Paraphrased reasoning for the outcry: "Depicting a holy place on a product which might be used in a bathroom hurts my religious feelings."

Spoiler: Picture

edit: English article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ithdraws-soap-brand-insulting-to-Muslims.html

 

[FAST6191]

You know I am not sure what to think about that. If it was them quoting the Quran then I can see it (it is generally accepted that you do not do that, even if some flavour of Islam is not your thing) but buildings.

On the other hand I do have to recall all the various times something similar happened in games.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2440000/2440713.stm

On another hand still (I grew a third the other day, it is incredibly helpful) I am not seeing it.

 

[TyBlood13]

a little late but still gold

 

[FAST6191]

To be fair I was dealing with some seventh day adventists in recent months. The human smalltalk chip appeared to have been an inferior one, though seemingly less unsettling than the default of silence, and it would occasionally cause me to say "in case I do not speak to you before then do have a good Christmas". Replies seemed to be of the rather terse variety which was always amusing.

 

[Veho]

 

[chavosaur]

http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/01/24/pax-south-2015-why-we-need-games-like-social-justice-warriors

Gentlemen.

We are in trouble.

 

[Veho]

Let's see if it works.

 

[Gahars]

http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/01/24/pax-south-2015-why-we-need-games-like-social-justice-warriors

Gentlemen.

We are in trouble.

The first thing I thought, feared even, when I saw a sign for a game called Social Justice Warriors on the PAX South show floor, was that it was the first in an incoming wave of games decrying the "social justice" movement in the gaming community, a term I dislike for the smug superiority it implies (I like to call it "being generally nice to one another").

The game seems highly inaccurate, though. Where's the "It's not my job to educate you, shitlord!" rebuttal?

 

[Lemmy Koopa]

a little late but still gold

How does that make you privileged you moron? No one is keeping you from randomly giving people gifts the same month. I swear to god these people are just abusing that term now. Maybe they're Masochists because they want to imagine everyone has more power than them.

 

[Pleng]

I swear to god these people are just abusing that term now.

you think?

 

[bkifft]

Warning: Evil untrue Satire!

A creative take on the "25 Invisible Benefits of Gaming While Male" vid by #FullMcIntosh



(Also check out his other vids, good stuff)

 

[Gahars]

Dat massive difference in favorites/retweets.

"Top kek, as they say."

 

[bkifft]

[snip]

Dat massive difference in favorites/retweets.

"Top kek, as they say."

While I strongly believe McIntosh got his hand way up Sarkeesian's bottom (sock puppet style, not what you all think now) those tweets need to be seen in their historical context.

AS got 217k followers today, that's a favorite rate of about 1%.

#FullMcIntosh had (according to http://web.archive.org/web/20101007170333/https://twitter.com/radicalbytes) about 600 followers back in October 2010, and that results in a favorite rate of about 1%, too.
edit: disregard that, was a giant brain fart.

Don't listen and believe, trust but verify. And most important: think.

BTW: Want to get favorable treatment in MMO's? (Pretend to) be a chick. Sexism at work.

 

[Gahars]

While I strongly believe McIntosh got his hand way up Sarkeesian's bottom (sock puppet style, not what you all think now) those tweets need to be seen in their historical context.

AS got 217k followers today, that's a favorite rate of about 1%.

#FullMcIntosh had (according to http://web.archive.org/web/20101007170333/https://twitter.com/radicalbytes) about 600 followers back in October 2010, and that results in a favorite rate of about 1%, too.

Don't listen and believe, trust but verify. And most important: think.

First of all, his tweet was made in 2012, not 2010. Secondly, it's meant in contrast to his first quote, that only a man's opinions will be respected and that women will be completely disregarded. Their own twitter accounts shows the opposite; they say the exact same shit, except McIntosh languishes in obscurity while Anita is wildly more popular. They've unintentionally produced a refutation for the worldview they peddle.

 

[bkifft]

First of all, his tweet was made in 2012, not 2010. Secondly, it's meant in contrast to his first quote, that only a man's opinions will be respected and that women will be completely disregarded. Their own twitter accounts shows the opposite; they say the exact same shit, except McIntosh languishes in obscurity while Anita is wildly more popular. They've unintentionally produced a refutation for the worldview they peddle.

shitfuck. sorry for that 2010/2012 fuckup. Don't know how that happened, still I take full responsibility.

But why is AS so much more popular? Is it because she is female?
Or is it because stupid assholes thought it would be funny to harass her to kingdom come (I hope nobody believes she all did it herself) which resulted in ginormous press coverage? Perhaps even resulting in slacktivist behavior ("Oh that poor damsel in distress, here, have a pity like!")?

Don't get me wrong: those "25 Privileges" are mostly bullshit. But as long as there are racism and sexism (and oh boy, do I know some extreme cases of those) his last statement is sadly partial true.

edit: partial as in "Not limited to gaming but society in general". According to the conversations I had with gaming friends (golly, I know female gamers!) it's just blown way out of proportion.

 

[Veho]

 

[Gahars]

Spoiler

BEADS?

"Patri-Archie-Comics"

I always knew that Archie was on our side. Jughead is shitlord supreme.

 

[FAST6191]

[image describing the nature of an insect colony

I am drawn to wonder where those people will fall with that video of the male chicks being disposed of.

 

[GHANMI]

Spoiler

Oh no not the bees

 

[Gahars]

This is what constitutes "rape culture" now.

Shh, it's okay, it'll all be okay. I can take you away from all of this patriarchy.

Spoiler: Your new home