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i like the cined star wars thread b/c of all the people who straight up can't deal with alternative readings of films
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The Warszawa posted:Wrong. If it were a concentrated dose of DnD, a third of it would be pointing out that it's Tatooine, not Tattooine. this sounds like something Vox himself would point out
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My Imaginary GF posted:My prediction: Gutting the pension funds and pension commitments by the "very serious people" in the name of "fiscal restraint." it's not really a prediction when it's a thing that's been happening for years Discendo Vox posted:Have folks encountered The People's History of Tattooine? It's like a concentrated dose of DnD in twitter conversation form. sounds like a rejected mcsweeny's piece e: oh wait they had zinn and chomsky's fake commentary for lord of the rings Alec Bald Snatch fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Sep 2, 2014 |
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working on labor day wasn't that bad because the managers were all off, it was pretty relaxed and i got a lot done 
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Swan Oat posted:working on labor day wasn't that bad because the managers were all off, it was pretty relaxed and i got a lot done Good for you!  Who else hit snooze on their alarm and woke up an hour later instead of 9 minutes and now has to eat breakfast on the run?
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visceril posted:Good for you! I was actually early until I thought it was a good idea to catch up on the chat thread.
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Piers Morgan has chosen not to renew his contract with CNN, in order to seek new pastures that meet with his standards. One wonders why CNN would wish to continue the collaboration.
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Sep 2, 2014 14:49
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Does this mean that 1776 is commencing? 
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Sep 2, 2014 15:02
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ufarn posted:Piers Morgan has chosen not to renew his contract with CNN, in order to seek new pastures that meet with his standards. Americans have a weird fetish for being condescended to by Englishmen. It's why Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, and the judges from America's Got Talent have been so successful It's also why Gordon Ramsay is way meaner on his American show than his original British show
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visceril posted:Americans have a weird fetish for being condescended to by Englishmen. It's why Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, and the judges from America's Got Talent have been so successful Also he's nicer on Hotel Hell than on Kitchen Nightmares.
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Sep 2, 2014 16:18
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Gail Wynand posted:Except Gordon Ramsay isn't English. He's British enough for Americans. To us Scottish people just sound like angry English people who've gone hoarse because of too much yelling.
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Sep 2, 2014 16:24
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visceril posted:Americans have a weird fetish for being condescended to by Englishmen. It's why Simon Cowell, Gordon Ramsay, and the judges from America's Got Talent have been so successful Its pretty hilarious to switch between BBC America and Fox when his shows are on.
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The weirdest thing about the timespan in which I've been alive is how various swears become acceptable over time. When I started watching TV it was a big deal to say hell and drat. Now we're all the way up to poo poo. But who shall break the gently caress barrier?
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Sep 2, 2014 16:41
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zoux posted:The weirdest thing about the timespan in which I've been alive is how various swears become acceptable over time. When I started watching TV it was a big deal to say hell and drat. Now we're all the way up to poo poo. But who shall break the gently caress barrier? The South Park episode where using "poo poo" on TV becomes acceptable is one of the better ones. Also, Bono broke the "gently caress" barrier.
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Sep 2, 2014 16:52
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:He's British enough for Americans. To us Scottish people just sound like angry English people who've gone hoarse because of too much yelling. Also unless you are literally Groundskeeper Willie in a kilt holding bagpipes, it won't register as Scottish to Americans. Similarly, I don't think most Americans know what Welsh even is, in spite of the famous ones. zoux posted:The weirdest thing about the timespan in which I've been alive is how various swears become acceptable over time. When I started watching TV it was a big deal to say hell and drat. Now we're all the way up to poo poo. But who shall break the gently caress barrier? Family Guy really wants it to be him. I can feel it
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NYPD Blue tried to bring poo poo and bare manass to American living rooms, but the 90s wasn't ready.
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Sep 2, 2014 16:54
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Are there even any prestige network TV dramas that could cross the gently caress Rubicon?
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Hannibal can show literally the most gory disturbing poo poo I've ever seen on a TV show ever and yet even they cannot.
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Sep 2, 2014 16:59
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Alea Fuckta est.
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In the most economical of terms, could someone explain to me what #gamersgate is and then can we absolutley not have a discussion about the intersection of politics/feminism/journalism/whatever and games, thanks in advance.
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gamersgate is paradox interactive's distribution company???
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No please don't
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Sep 2, 2014 17:10
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This is my revenge for making me read arguments about sorkin and whedon 
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A female developer made a game that was intended to make a deep statement. An ex of that developer blogged that she cheated on him numerous times with people from the indie games and game journalism scene. "Gamers" take that as an attack on both the integrity of their As the internet is consumed by flames, curtains fall. Raskolnikov38 posted:gamersgate is paradox interactive's distribution company??? Gamersgate and Paradox split a few years ago.
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Randler posted:A female developer made a game that was intended to make a deep statement. An ex of that developer blogged that she cheated on him numerous times with people from the indie games and game journalism scene. "Gamers" take that as an attack on both the integrity of their I know all that, I thought gamersgate was something else.
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zoux posted:I know all that, I thought gamersgate was something else. Silly zoux. The internet can only focus on one thing at a time.
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There's also a second activist who released a video about the use of sexist tropes in video games at about the same time. This one is now receiving internet abuse so bad that she had to temporarily leave her house while the cops investigated some death threats. It's literally a Perfect Storm of gamer outrage.
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haveblue posted:There's also a second activist who released a video about the use of sexist tropes in video games at about the same time. This one is now receiving internet abuse so bad that she had to temporarily leave her house while the cops investigated some death threats. It's literally a Perfect Storm of gamer outrage. I think Anita Sarkeesian has been around for a while and they were just like "while we're anewly mad at feminism lets be mad at her some more". I'm beginning to believe that America is more racist and Sexist than it was 20 years ago.
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My favorite part is where a couple of days ago, 4channers and redditors made a campaign of death and rape threats that scared Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian into leaving their homes for a few days, then made up a story about how Quinn was going to fake a brutal assault on herself so that Sarkeesian could force everybody to stop using the word "gamer" in favor of a word she and Quinn came up with which would exclude men from the hobby, therefore taking away male gamers' identities as gamers.
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If we are going for a full review of "Women in Gaming & The Internet" there was also Mighty Nr. 9, where people got upset that a vocal about SJ themes, not hardcore megaman fan woman was hired as community manager for a basically megaman game. (Didn't help that her boyfriend was already employed at the company so they could cry about nepotism as well.) Basically, nerds who identify as gamers are horrible idiot people and are dumb enough to believe that gameing journalism and the games industry are supposed to be purer than other entertainment media. Randler fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Sep 2, 2014 |
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zoux posted:I think Anita Sarkeesian has been around for a while and they were just like "while we're anewly mad at feminism lets be mad at her some more". She has, but there's a new shitfit every time one of her videos comes out and this one happened to coincide with the ongoing Zoe Quinn shitfit. Superposition 
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My favorite thing from this whole thing is a series of tweets between A Cool Guy and A Gamer and while I can't find the SS I can create it from memory. ACG: Do you even watch Anita's videos AG: All of them except the last one they are full of lies ACG: Can you give me an example? AG: Hitman. The level where she says you discover a body of a dead hooker you use for a distraction, you actually have to murder the hooker and take her there. Poster's note: I am not loving kidding.
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zoux posted:I think Anita Sarkeesian has been around for a while and they were just like "while we're anewly mad at feminism lets be mad at her some more". Guys were a lot more secure 20 years ago.
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I played Hitman Absolution and didn't murder a single hooker. I'll never be a true gamer.  The hooker corpse distraction is forced, but somebody else killed the hooker ingame.(Though I still find it hilarious that Saarkesian's video's premise of "Portrayal in Media can have real-life effects" gets parroted by people who were crying about Jack Thompson implying game violence cause real violence. But the current hardcore "gamers" might all be too young to have ever heard of Thompson.)
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Shageletic posted:Guys were a lot more secure 20 years ago. It's true - take a look at the clothes they wore.
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I remember being a teenager who was into all kinds of geeky poo poo and wishing more girls were, and watching that happen and nerds responding to it by becoming shrieking misogynists spewing all manner of hate is just incredible and bizarre.
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Shageletic posted:Guys were a lot more secure 20 years ago. Or maybe there wasn't a media outlet yet where people could publically discuss their insecurities.
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midnightclimax posted:Or maybe there wasn't a media outlet yet where people could publically discuss their insecurities. I'm pretty sure they already had marxist debate clubs and gettogethers at university campuses in the 80s. 
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20 years ago was the 90's 
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