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

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intel should've known better considering the army of lawyers and analysts they must have

Nhex, Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link

tbf developers are going to end up buying a bunch of intel shit whether or not they advertise, anyway

⌘-B (mh), Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:53 (nine years ago) link

ya im sure they dont really give that much of a shit whether they advertise on some dinky nerd website or not

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link

well, it's one of those things where they want developers to optimize for whatever intel platform and put "runs best on intel" on the box for their games but ehhh

⌘-B (mh), Thursday, 2 October 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link

https://twitter.com/CHSommers/status/517716681373011968

ooohhhh loord pac they're calling christina hoff sommers "mom" now.

MOM.

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link

http://m.c.lnkd.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/p/1/005/058/38f/0d440c9.jpg

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link

I mean wtf

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link

lol that intel pulls advertising bc of some gamer-bros and meanwhile despite BDS-bros:

(Reuters) - Israel's finance and economy ministries on Monday approved a plan by Intel Corp to invest $6 billion in the upgrade of its chip manufacturing plant, in what would be the largest single investment by a foreign company in the country.

Mordy, Thursday, 2 October 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link

i don't understand any of that christine sommers tweet, nor the tweet that follows

A college wearing a sweater that says “John Belushi” (stevie), Thursday, 2 October 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link

lol missed this one

https://twitter.com/leyawn/status/515586375446310914

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:08 (nine years ago) link

omg amazing

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link

It was fafsa all along

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link

FAFSA loans?!?

Nhex, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link

just... wait what

Nhex, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link

to repeat myself it's really ugly and fascinating to watch this as an instance of very far right thinking sinking into an audience that was m/l apathetic or apolitical before

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link

brb getting that as a tattoo

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link

my years of playing WoW tells me that a good chunk of the gaming audience wasn't really apolitical and that none of this is a surprise (apathetic, I'll give you)

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link

do video games make you objectivist?

Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link

pretty sure they just make you fat ime

the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link

they dirty your socks

Mordy, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link

The 4chan / gamer / libertarian crossover seems fairly established to me, but I may be wrong.

Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link

my years of playing WoW tells me that a good chunk of the gaming audience wasn't really apolitical and that none of this is a surprise (apathetic, I'll give you)

― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:37 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah true

it should not have been surprising that a technological hobby had a ton of conservatives in it and reacted very badly to feminism

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link

what i'm trying to describe tho, is the constant churn of comments from twitterers who are (or pretend to be) surprised that "conservatism" is even being discussed, like the position of AEI, breitbart, that baldwin dude and the MRA/antifeminist scene is totally opaque to them, or they've never paid any attn to actual adult politics until gamergate put it in front of them.

that and some of the ideas in play are pretty far beyond standard issue conservatism, but i guess all that reddity red pill and 4chan shit is fascist too eh

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bye7EuhCUAEFdJL.png

lol luv the illuminati

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link

All that gamer revenue, just pouring into FAFSA loans.

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link

wow those crit theory sjw must be depicting real people i wld be so proud of myself

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link

i'm not sure who the curly haired dude is but the three women are real ppl yes

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link

lol of all the rabbithole clusterfucks i've let myself go down this one is prob the most shameful

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link

live2learn

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link

class struggle never so powerfully felt then at the counter of gamestop where a teenager buys a game with money from his mom

bnw, Thursday, 2 October 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link

one thing thats funny abt all this to me is i know Social Justice Warrior is meant to make their enemies seem grandiose but it just sounds cool to me

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link

come fight against the ills of society with us
id love to but
we call ourselves Social Justice Warriors
i will charge my phone

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:02 (nine years ago) link

http://gamingsfeministilluminati.com/

Spirit of Match Game '76 (silby), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link

p nice tee tbh

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link

i'd wear it

Mordy, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link

Can I get one that just says feminist illuminati

polyphonic, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link

I want a t-shirt that just says "FAFSA"

💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link

oh man look at the piles of money the SJWs have. damn nobody told me it was so lucrative to be a critical theorisin' social justice warrior on the internet

xps saw that shirt a few days ago and am still mad that it was a limited run and I don't have one

club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link

Where are the game makers in that pyramid?

Or are they the Super Marxist Brothers?

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link

the illuminati are getting super bold wow first the hand signals but now tshirts this has gone too far

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link

fafsa

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link

lol missed this one

https://twitter.com/leyawn/status/515586375446310914

― goole, Thursday, October 2, 2014 7:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

jfcccccccccccccccccccccc

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link

its ok hoos a lot of people sort of freak out when they first hear abt the illuminati but in the long run youll find its better to have the knowledge than be an unthinking sleeping sheeple

lag∞n, Thursday, 2 October 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link

it's fun watching these teenage idiots slowly learning about real life - first Bitcoin now this

panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link

this doesn't look like learning to me. scaring intel off advertising at an ENEMY website is a notable success for them.

goole, Thursday, 2 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

Is the dude in that SJW layer supposed to be Nathan Grayson? Phil Fish might make more sense, but it doesn't look like him (but then it doesn't much look like Nathan Grayson)

that and some of the ideas in play are pretty far beyond standard issue conservatism, but i guess all that reddity red pill and 4chan shit is fascist too eh

Yeah seeing how quickly people go from "There is corruption in the games / games journalist industry" to "Because an invisible army of SJWs are wielding massive influence thanks to their magic vaginas" is kind of dizzying.

But in general I think there's a lot of "I will examine what I opposes me and not what agrees with me" - there's still a quorum that think that the GameJournPro mailing list is clear evidence of collusion (and Jesus there's nothing worse than a bunch of nerds that have just found a new word) despite, well, the actual contents of the list.

Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 2 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link

that diagram makes me envious of the games journalist lifestyle slouching in a tuxedo all day giving toasts

ogmor, Thursday, 2 October 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link

ya srsly matt hook me up bro

lag∞n, Friday, 3 October 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link

Looks like Kurt Vonnegut

Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 3 October 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link


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