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Everyone stop arguing right now and watch this Phelous video with adblock disabled so he can recoup the $300 he spent on this. https://phelous.com/2015/02/18/phelous/bootleg-zones/bootleg-zones-evil-stick/
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dijon du jour posted:Everyone stop arguing right now and watch this Phelous video with adblock disabled so he can recoup the $300 he spent on this. Money well spent. 
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Jay O posted:Screencap culture blog with one short paragraph of plot summary and one of "opinion" except kind of they're both the same, followed by twenty million screencaps? I can answer that question for you! quote:Also, that poor soul is still watching Cross Ange.
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I hope I don’t restart the terminology debate by saying “midget.” Because my most recent review is about a midget spy from the Philippines. It’s For Y’ur Height Only.
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Mraagvpeine posted:Well someone has to see how deep the rabbit hole goes and how brutally murdered the rabbit is at the end. I've heard some people say it gets better but after how it started there is just no redeeming that trash show.
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echopapa posted:I hope I don’t restart the terminology debate by saying “midget.” Because my most recent review is about a midget spy from the Philippines. It’s For Y’ur Height Only. I'm sure you have seen both of these but I'm posting two documentary recommendations anyway. The Search for Weng Wenghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEYnui9r_tA A doco about the lead actor in For Your Height Only. Machete Maidens Unleashedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDo-CWfe8Cw This trailer is full of nudity btw. This one is about the exploitation cinema of the Philippines and is directed by the same guy who did the recent Cannon films documentary and another on Ozploitation.
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Feb 21, 2015 23:52
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Terminology debates are ultimately a distraction from the problems in society that cause people to feel the need to find things to complain about in the first place. People feel anxiety about their existence in our world and the easiest target is people who don't fit in or just feel wrong, like the tumblers or the transes or 'shitlords' who don't see the world their way, and the argument about slurs is only ever perceived as a 'well now they're even trying to take over my language!' sort of thing. The point of communication is to both learn to do so effectively, and learn to interface with other people's ways of saying things even if they never completely line up with your own. Plenty of slurs are only hurtful because of the horrific power structures of which they act as a reminder - if those relations are removed, they become devoid of this meaning. We are all allies in this greater struggle against our own human weaknesses and the power structures we've built for ourselves. Also kill the rich.
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Feb 22, 2015 00:52
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Speaking of saying dumb, bigoted stuff on the Internet, the Escapist's new writer just made quite a first impression. 
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Feb 22, 2015 01:05
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Has anyone been watching Gamegrump's playthrough of Legend of Zelda 2? It's actually been pretty amazing. Dan is killing it at that game, and he reminded me of why I liked it when I was a kid.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:07
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Darth Walrus posted:Speaking of saying dumb, bigoted stuff on the Internet, the Escapist's new writer just made quite a first impression. Well, I think it's about time I quit going there. Good god.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:08
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Darth Walrus posted:Speaking of saying dumb, bigoted stuff on the Internet, the Escapist's new writer just made quite a first impression. Can I call this guy an rear end in a top hat or should I not judge others by their words? Maybe he just isn't aware of why it's bad.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:08
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Clip-On Fedora posted:Has anyone been watching Gamegrump's playthrough of Legend of Zelda 2? It's actually been pretty amazing. Dan is killing it at that game, and he reminded me of why I liked it when I was a kid. Dan seems to be that right combination for that stuff to work. I'm also glad they have a place to store stuff that isn't necessarily fully related to their videos, so you get stuff like this.
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WickedHate posted:Can I call this guy an rear end in a top hat or should I not judge others by their words? Maybe he just isn't aware of why it's bad. That's way different from what you were sperging about though. You're saying that if a person unknowingly says something offensive, that ignorance of the offensiveness of their words isn't enough to make them not an rear end in a top hat. This guy is saying that he gets that trans-people are offended by certain words, but he just can't be arsed to kowtow to all these overly-sensitive types trying to impose their mores on him, maaaaaaan. Comes from a completely different place. Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 01:19
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Darth Walrus posted:Speaking of saying dumb, bigoted stuff on the Internet, the Escapist's new writer just made quite a first impression. See how it ties into what I said? The writer has a problem with a 'certain group of people'. Not trans people, although their association with liberals makes them an easy subtarget, but the people who he feels are trying to 'tell him what to do'. Being judged for how he acts or what he writes on someone else's terms - the idea that people will read what he writes - is scary, and the blame must be on those who fail to fall in line and think his way. tldr Defending one's ideas or choice of words is far too hard if you're the sort of idiot who writes for the escapist, it's easier to fantasize about the 'PC Police'. The guy isn't an rear end in a top hat (well they are) so much as very very stupid in the very specific way that makes it difficult for them to engage with other people - but it's the other people's fault! All of them! They want to tell me how to talk!
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Clip-On Fedora posted:Has anyone been watching Gamegrump's playthrough of Legend of Zelda 2? It's actually been pretty amazing. Dan is killing it at that game, and he reminded me of why I liked it when I was a kid. Love that game, going to watch. edit: Why does it look so grainy? Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 01:19
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Spiritus Nox posted:That's way different from what you were sperging about though. You're saying that if a person says something offensive, that ignorance of the offensiveness of their words isn't enough to make them not an rear end in a top hat. This guy is saying that he gets that trans-people are offended by certain words, but he just can't be arsed to kowtow to all these overly-sensitive types trying to impose their mores on him, maaaaaaan. Comes from a completely different place. If he doesn't think("isn't aware") he's doing or saying anything wrong then it's the exact same thing.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:21
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WickedHate posted:If he doesn't think("isn't aware") he's doing or saying anything wrong then it's the exact same thing. ...N-no. No it isn't. There was a time when I might have used the word 'tranny' to refer to a transgender person - I had no particular ill-will towards trans-people, but I had never actually engaged with one either so I had no idea that words like that would come off as hurtful. My horizons eventually broadened, I became more aware of what is or isn't considered polite, and I began making an effort not to use certain words - because I generally have some concern for the feelings of people I engage with. If someone understands that a word is offensive to a given person and finds it too bothersome to remove that word from their vocabulary, that goes beyond ignorance and goes into active disregard for the person in particular. I don't know why you're so intent on rendering the two as morally equivalent.
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Can we go back to the dumb arguments with HBomber? At least those had some vague appeal via goofy interpretations. WickedHate is just being a whiny baby.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:27
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Well, The Escapist was always inflammatory trash masquerading as "schtick" (with the exception of latter-day MovieBob and the LRR guys, plus Extra Credits for the five minutes they were on Escapist) so this new guy looks like he'll fit in just fine!
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Genetic Toaster posted:Well, The Escapist was always inflammatory trash masquerading as "schtick" (with the exception of latter-day MovieBob and the LRR guys, plus Extra Credits for the five minutes they were on Escapist) so this new guy looks like he'll fit in just fine! And Shamus, who I've never seen do anything wrong.
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I do go for the way one deals with nonsense. If someone shits on transfolk or black folk or muslims to some point, gets on where they're being lovely and makes an honest attempt to fix their wrongs, I won't be so harsh than someone who let's say, start embracing endorsements from V-Dare or starts looking at matters that resulted in big piles of skulls and going "pfffft, tumblr poo poo."
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Spiritus Nox posted:There was a time when I might have used the word 'tranny' to refer to a transgender person I don't think people should be punished if they just make a mistake, and I'm happy when people learn and get better, but let me ask you this: How old were you at the time? Because Doug is 33 and has plenty of access to knowlege that he shouldn't say that. As I said, he should know better. It's like saying someone who's been driving for years arguing that they shouldn't get a ticket because they "never knew" about speed limits. I don't think he's different then this guy. You can't really imagine him looking you in the eye and honestly telling you that he had no idea that word is offensive. That's bullshit. WickedHate fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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WickedHate posted:I don't think people should be punished if they just make a mistake, but let me ask you this: How old were you at the time? Because Doug is 33 and has plenty of access to knowlege that he shouldn't say that. As I said, he should know better. It's like saying someone who's been driving for years arguing that they shouldn't get a ticket because they "never knew" about speed limits. Probably 18-20, and I'm 22 now. Also, I have only actually met one trans-person in my entire life, a person who only came out years after I'd last seen her in person and I have only known via Facebook for years - and I'm the sort of guy who usually makes some effort to broaden my cultural horizons. I really don't think that, especially for a guy who does a lot of work at or near home with the same set of people, having a meaningful engagement with a person he knows to be Trans is half as easy to come by as you seem to think. Spiritus Nox fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Feb 22, 2015 01:38
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:Love that game, going to watch. It was a problem with the filter. They fixed it in the later episodes. I kind of liked it grainy though. It remained me of playing it on an old tv.
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Feb 22, 2015 01:44
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Good people at the Escapist, please leave now.
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The last time I went to the escapists, their forum front page thread was a poll on rape being good in games and basically the thread consensus was "yes" with arguments about murder and stealing in games anyway. Because yeah.
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I had a transgender science teacher in grade 11. She was pretty cool. I also had a trans-person in one of my university classes and my first thought was: "Cool! I never met many trans people before!" My mom used to work with someone who eventually came out as a transman, but my mom didn't work there anymore when he came out. I also used to make fun of people's weird pronouns until I realized how transphobic that was. So I guess people Doug's age have more difficulty than I did. And I was a pretty dumb teenager. 
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Darth Walrus posted:Speaking of saying dumb, bigoted stuff on the Internet, the Escapist's new writer just made quite a first impression. It's impressive to start out saying something completely dickish and then quickly pivot your dickishnesh in a totally different direction. I shouldn't have to act decent around "those" people. And yes, now that you bring it up I should be able to utter hate speech with abandon. Stop treading on me!  WickedHate posted:I don't think people should be punished if they just make a mistake, and I'm happy when people learn and get better, but let me ask you this: How old were you at the time? Because Doug is 33 and has plenty of access to knowlege that he shouldn't say that. As I said, he should know better. It's like saying someone who's been driving for years arguing that they shouldn't get a ticket because they "never knew" about speed limits. I don't think he's different then this guy. You can't really imagine him looking you in the eye and honestly telling you that he had no idea that word is offensive. That's bullshit. Considering that it's only recently that there's been a noticeable push to stop using the word, the fact that he's 33 would if anything lend credence toward the idea that he's not aware it's hurtful. We're still at the point where it is completely possible to be unaware of trans issues in near totality with absolutely no effort taken to do so.
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Scorched Spitz posted:Speaking of Linkara, here he is demonstrating the batshit lunacy that goes into transferring the Pikachu from Pokemon Yellow to Emerald. Is there a bigger internet nerd celebrity than Linkara? I don't think there is. The nerdiest internet nerd celebrity in existence.
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E: Nevermind, misinterpreted.
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Lol, this loving thread sometimes. Speaking for myself as a tranny, Rich from whatever thing that you talk about that I don't watch = sounds like a mistake, no real issue. Dudetwat from The Escapist that I don't read = hateful poo poo who should have several seats. Honestly I don't give much of a poo poo because Dominik Diamond himself loves and has shared around the video I made on Gamesmaster, so I'm quite happy. Brushes with fame, people!
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Kim Justice posted:Honestly I don't give much of a poo poo because Dominik Diamond himself loves and has shared around the video I made on Gamesmaster, so I'm quite happy. Brushes with fame, people! Dominik Diamond is a national treasure.  I love the concept of reviewing old games magazine-type programmes, because there's just so much atrocious material in them to riff on. Can't wait for you to get to Gamezville in particular, because Gamezville was a special kind of trainwreck. I remember there being a recurring segment where a dude from Manchester called "The Guru" would sit in a bathrobe and answer questions like "why is Luigi the same height as Mario in the NES game? I thought he was supposed to be taller!" completely unironically.
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NAViGaTR will always be some of Retsupurae's best stuff. Honestly just watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0lzbCK9f8
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NAViGaTR is amazing. This weird awkward old man engaging with videogames on a bizarre level is endlessly funny.
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NAViGaTR is the name of the people that reupload his stuff. The dude's name is George Wood, and he hosted a video game show on a public access channel.
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I'm disgusted and repulsed by men who chop their dick and gum drops off and have a surgical wound stretched open into a "vagina" so I would probably call them a tranny but I don't want to hurt their feelings.... poor guy had his tally whacker chopped off after all
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WickedHate posted:NAViGaTR is the name of the people that reupload his stuff. The dude's name is George Wood, and he hosted a video game show on a public access channel. I'm fully aware that Gaming in the Clinton Years is a rehosting of old segments from Flights of Fantasy, a public-access gaming show that NAViGaTR acquired the video library of; and that all signs point to the reuploads being 100% ironic (George Wood definitely meant it, though). It's just that sometimes I choose not to explain every intricate aspect of a funny video I want people to watch.
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WickedHate posted:This is going to blow you're mind but people who use terms like "tumblrite" and "tumblrina" often turn out to be horrible human beings as well. Don't make excuses for that stuff. It takes a huge level of ignorence to think it's alright just because they don't "mean it" a certain way and it's not acceptable. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that yes, they should loving know not to say that. You're an idiot. Go back to defending child porn, at least that was entertaining.
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a starwar betamax posted:I'm disgusted and repulsed by men who chop their dick and gum drops off and have a surgical wound stretched open into a "vagina" so I would probably call them a tranny but I don't want to hurt their feelings.... poor guy had his tally whacker chopped off after all Thanks to JB50 for running and crying to GBS so we could get quality posts like this. This was a worthy trade to get back at those mean people who criticized your fave internet show.
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Genetic Toaster posted:Dominik Diamond is a national treasure. Doesn't he do radio segments on a Toronto radio station now? I remember Q107 having Dominik Diamond the Scot that Rocks.
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