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

alls im saying is i truly believe the worst thing on the internet and maybe in fact in the world is... SJWs

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 19, 2014 1:09 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i've criticized sjw culture many times (lol) for its groupthink aspects that iron out nuances by casting everything in terms of two-sided debates rather than multidimensional discussions. but it's good they're out there, on twitter, fighting misogyny and racism because otherwise twitter would just be a hateful cesspit with no resistance.

This whole thing has been a giant confirmation of Lewis's Law

it's good they're out there, on twitter, fighting misogyny and racism because otherwise twitter would just be a hateful cesspit with no resistance.

― Treeship, Sunday, October 19, 2014 9:55 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obvs i was just joking but this is also not true at all

I think the people complaining about social justice warriors would be a tiny bit more sympathetic if social justice wasn't a de facto obvious good that only full-on terrible people don't want

Also if these douchebags were actually smart, things would eventually get better for them but fuck then maladjusted morons; I glory in their pathetic, hateful loneliness.

#ElitismHasAPlace

well i never

they all seem very damaged. this doesn't excuse what they say or do in any form or fashion, but still. sending rape threats to women who complain about the glaring disaparities in the video game industry? it doesn't just seem like sexism to me, it seems emblematic of some larger cultural rot that i am not intelligent enough to fully understand... i felt the same way about elliot rodgers. the idea of these people out there who don't recognize the humanity of others in an even minimal sense, and find validation for their views on the internet. misogyny is the hateful ideology that is most ready to hand, but it could be something else... idk how to even begin to address all of this. maybe it is as simple as dismissing the antisocial bigots, holding them fully accountable for their choice to not be a part of the human community.

well it seems pretty easy to let them all act as one basket full of hateful crabs if you never have occasion to interact with them

well I guess that doesn't hold; the big problem is them targeting women who disagree with them in any way

sure, i'm gonna trust crab advice from someone called crabbits
no, actually i agree - as horrible as this behavior is, just plain shunning and berating them isn't enough of a solution

on some level i feel like its just another symptom of the endemic cultural alienation and loneliness sweeping the post industrialized world, like they seem to just not have that much exposure to society at large

take away their game genies, that's what I say

in their subculture histrionic displays of aggression are normal

sending ppl baroque death threats for beating you at street fighter is one of the best things abt video games

lol

If ppl were actually saying "I will club you to death with a sackbut" I would wholeheartedly approve

in their subculture histrionic displays of aggression are normal

― lag∞n, Sunday, October 19, 2014 6:17 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark

are we talking about ILX?

get fucked shit senator

https://storify.com/x_glitch/when-the-gamergate-mob-targeted-anil-dash-for-no-r

theyre like mean ants crawling all over you biting you

they have their own special words

http://i.imgur.com/beA7iSO.png

this whole sudden turn into the anti-bullying crusade is the funniest shit

IF ONLY WE HAD KICKSTARTER IN JUNIOR HIGH, GUYS *pushes up glasses, accidentally pops four zits in the process* ow

They tried to get the creator of Bayonetta to join their crusade (Bayonetta being an example of a 'women-positive' game I guess) and

http://i.imgur.com/QtYrXHQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/xKm17KV.png

almost like they think this whole thing is... a game

Kamiya is the best

http://i.imgur.com/fKZrOpb.png

Hahaha

the anil dash thing max posted has me rubbing my temples in despair

though it did remind me weirdly of this, which made me smile

Gabriel Knight must disguise himself as a man called Mosley in order to fool a French moped rental clerk into renting him the shop's only motorcycle. In order to construct the costume, Gabriel Knight must manufacture a fake moustache. Utilizing the style of logic adventure game creators share with morons, Knight must do this even though Moseley does not have a moustache.

very nice

http://i.imgur.com/oLwSsQf.png

binder does gods work i swear

Oh, that is TOO rich. Wow.

lol

Matt Binder ‏@MattBinder 3m3 minutes ago
btw i recently came across a twitter thread warning gamergaters to stay away from me because they'll lose https://archive.today/CkyVn

starting to think this guy's charity might not be totally authentic

she herself retweeted this one

https://twitter.com/SteinersCooking/status/523974280338759680

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0V09kWIgAADzmC.png

Jesus fucking Christ

I can't stop laughing.

http://i.imgur.com/GHnO7Jc.png

I was talking to a friend's brother, a huge gamer who hadn't heard of gamergate, and was trying to express what it was in like one sentence and it became so clear to me how none of it, on any level, makes any sense

https://storify.com/stillgray/matt-binder-nails-gamergate-based-lawyer-mike-cern

oh hey that old man murray gabriel knight quote reminded me that the remake of the original gabriel knight came out last week. i read that they replaced all the old voice actors tho, no more tim curry saying "what can you tell me about...voodoo?"

really unchill gamer gate is plagiarizing based god btw

I was talking to a friend's brother, a huge gamer who hadn't heard of gamergate, and was trying to express what it was in like one sentence and it became so clear to me how none of it, on any level, makes any sense

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, October 19, 2014 5:50 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he was just like "why fafsa"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0WVUpcCEAAhrga.png:large

KNOWN SJW

Dr Paris @parisba · 32m 32 minutes ago
To the #GamerGate people trying to get me fire: I forwarded your emails to HR, and upon receiving them decided not to fire myself.

Hahaha

you have been warn

https://storify.com/stillgray/matt-binder-nails-gamergate-based-lawyer-mike-cern

lol I love Matt Binder. Majority Report!