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isn't religious education still somewhat compulsory in the english education system?
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May 11, 2017 17:58
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Edit: Ahhh help McArthur is eating my brain
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May 11, 2017 18:02
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boner confessor posted:isn't religious education still somewhat compulsory in the english education system? It was when I went to school. As to why they're all Brits I think the UKMT definition of the UK as "rainy fascist island" is apt. The UK never really stopped believing that its Empire was good and there's a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork to advocate for all the best bits of British Imperial policy.
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May 11, 2017 18:38
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Arrr Im a Pirate posted:So it's not coincidence so many of these guys are English yes? It's a little bit of the pomposity mixed with the fact that they sound really smart too teenagers and 20-somethings in America? A disproportionate number of successful youtubers in almost any subject have some kind of UK accent for exactly that reason. Politics, video games, comedy, make tutorials, you name it. Americans just go crazy for the accents... even the lower class/regional ones that make actual posh English people sneer. You have no idea how shocked I was to learn a youtuber called "Northern Lion" wasn't from Manchester. Codex Occultus fucked around with this message at 00:13 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 00:10
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Is there any real difference from being posh and a snob? They sort of sound like the same thing to me.
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May 12, 2017 05:40
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Some fun stuff about Jordan Owen and Davis Aurini can be found here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLNGXbPvZM The hateful comments from Gamergate's mixture of men's rights advocates and overlapping alt-right guys led me to this lovely chap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-R4azKhwZM
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May 12, 2017 07:00
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:The hateful comments from Gamergate's mixture of men's rights advocates and overlapping alt-right guys led me to this lovely chap. Hoooooly poo poo.  Edit: nah seriously everyone, everyone has to watch this whole thing That Old Tree fucked around with this message at 07:32 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 07:30
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boner confessor posted:isn't religious education still somewhat compulsory in the english education system? Only in the 'religious studies' sense rather than "yay Christianity" way
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May 12, 2017 07:44
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:The hateful comments from Gamergate's mixture of men's rights advocates and overlapping alt-right guys led me to this lovely chap.
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May 12, 2017 09:37
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Gorn Myson posted:I can never be too sure if these things are parodies or not, especially when he seems to have a packet of Uncle Bens microwavable rice on the shelf in the background. yeah, bit of a show off. quite expensive, as i recall.
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May 12, 2017 09:41
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OwlFancier posted:It was when I went to school. is there any country other than germany that doesn't look back on their imperial past with fondness?
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May 12, 2017 10:48
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Codex Occultus posted:You have no idea how shocked I was to learn a youtuber called "Northern Lion" wasn't from Manchester.  represent! 
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May 12, 2017 14:40
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Whorelord posted:is there any country other than germany that doesn't look back on their imperial past with fondness? Denmark? Dunno how they feel about what's now the US Virgin Islands. But OwlFancier is right in that we really do view it appallingly fondly.
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May 12, 2017 14:45
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This thread proves there are too many unemployed white men.
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May 12, 2017 15:47
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Codex Occultus posted:A disproportionate number of successful youtubers in almost any subject have some kind of UK accent for exactly that reason. Politics, video games, comedy, make tutorials, you name it. Americans just go crazy for the accents... even the lower class/regional ones that make actual posh English people sneer. Northern Lion is also a perfectly reasonable, likeable LPer and not an alt-right clod, in case anyone gets confused. Because that is the sort of name they would use nowadays, isn't it.
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May 12, 2017 16:27
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Why do so many of them use mascots to represent themselves? It seems like a convention born out of nothing. Just show your gross fat faces like Carl of Sad.
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May 12, 2017 17:09
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Probably because they're terrified of the consequences of sharing their ugly opinions. For real, these guys will berate and dog public figures all day but they will turn real sanctimonious and play up the victim card if anyone tries to unmask them.
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May 12, 2017 17:58
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Also, these guys are loving morons, and probably string together multiple cuts, or read blatantly off a script, or both, and just recording audio makes it easier to splice together the poo poo they want to use. So it's cowardly AND lazy! Look up Rocking Mr. E if you want what happens when you read off a script live.
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May 12, 2017 18:01
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Arrr Im a Pirate posted:Probably because they're terrified of the consequences of sharing their ugly opinions. For real, these guys will berate and dog public figures all day but they will turn real sanctimonious and play up the victim card if anyone tries to unmask them. this and also many of them are certainly steeped in le epic memery and if you find rage comics to be an appropriate form of discourse (or did, in more youthful days) you'd probably down with the brainless irony of an anthropomorphized innocent object sharing the raw truth about black on black crime
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May 12, 2017 18:06
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Deified Data posted:Northern Lion is also a perfectly reasonable, likeable LPer and not an alt-right clod, in case anyone gets confused. Because that is the sort of name they would use nowadays, isn't it. I made a similar assumption about Jim Sterling for a long time because of his red-white-black banner/logo thing and his black shirt, gloves and trenchcoat attire looking a bit nazi.
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May 12, 2017 18:33
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Also, these guys are loving morons, and probably string together multiple cuts, or read blatantly off a script, or both, and just recording audio makes it easier to splice together the poo poo they want to use. So it's cowardly AND lazy! Yeah he's terrible for that. His actual oration is worse too, like he reads aloud in the same way that bridesmaids do at all the weddings I've ever been to. At least Sargon speaks to you instead of at you (relatively).
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May 12, 2017 19:02
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Midig posted:Is there any real difference from being posh and a snob? They sort of sound like the same thing to me. You can be a snob without being posh, and posh without being a snob. Posh is what you are, snobby is how you act. mojo1701a posted:Yeah he's terrible for that. His actual oration is worse too, like he reads aloud in the same way that bridesmaids do at all the weddings I've ever been to. Also I continue to be unable to take white nationalism seriously in a Welsh/west country accent. Alright my luvvers, oo faaancies a bit of a pugrum eyy? OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 19:08 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 19:06
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Reveilled posted:I made a similar assumption about Jim Sterling for a long time because of his red-white-black banner/logo thing and his black shirt, gloves and trenchcoat attire looking a bit nazi. To be fair his "character" is sort of a mockery of the self-serious "gamer" anyway so he invites this sort of misconception to some degree. As I recall from my Neogaf days he was Gamergate...adjecent(?) for a bit when there were still a few rubes who actually thought it was a anti-shill, pro-consumer thing but he's since done a 180. He's good people.
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May 12, 2017 19:06
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OwlFancier posted:Also I continue to be unable to take white nationalism seriously in a Welsh/west country accent. Remember that in North America, there's just one (maybe two if you separate Cockney) English/British accents (not counting Scottish).
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May 12, 2017 19:42
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But he sounds like a member of the Wurzels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb63PdPweDc
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May 12, 2017 19:45
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Avenging_Mikon posted:Look up Rocking Mr. E if you want what happens when you read off a script live.  OwlFancier posted:Also I continue to be unable to take white nationalism seriously in a Welsh/west country accent.
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May 12, 2017 21:28
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OwlFancier posted:But he sounds like a member of the Wurzels. I needed to look him up for proof of this, skipped to a point in the first video that came up, heard him utter the words "drafted in the great meme war" & promptly felt really sorry for everyone with a West Country accent, and also humanity as a whole.
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May 12, 2017 21:34
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He seriously sounds like a farmer who got bitten by a radioactive 1930's political theory textbook.
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May 12, 2017 21:38
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:
I found out recently that FBI investigated Gamergate related threats that were released in January. Most of it consists of people loving bureaucracy while receiving death threats. Pdf to the whole investigation here: https://vault.fbi.gov/gamergate Two excerpts that come to mind: >"In an attempt to discern if the language sounded familiar to him, Agents asked BLANK if anyone had ever called him a "Glorious Winged human being Extraordinaire". >"He told me that he has probably called her at least 40-50 times with threats." Mentions of swatting, bomb threats, endless amount of harassment. I had no idea the whole GG thing was this serious. If Anita ever makes fun of anime she might become a martyr. Midig fucked around with this message at 22:03 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 22:00
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Midig posted:
Seriously? It's not like the victims of the threats and harassment kept quiet about it. There were tons of news articles about talks being shut down because of bomb and shooting threats. I'm shocked you were able to avoid exposure to that.
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May 13, 2017 01:21
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:Some fun stuff about Jordan Owen and Davis Aurini can be found here. That explains way more than I ever knew, thanks (the "Sarkeesian Effect is just ok" notwithstanding). It also made me, a guy who gave up on being an editor and is now an accountant, feel better that it took Davis four months before he was able to produce 25 minutes of a rough cut. I once did a 12-minute short in less than a week. Rugoberta Munchu posted:The hateful comments from Gamergate's mixture of men's rights advocates and overlapping alt-right guys led me to this lovely chap. I got halfway before I realized what he was trying to say. Yeesh.
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May 13, 2017 02:07
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Deified Data posted:To be fair his "character" is sort of a mockery of the self-serious "gamer" anyway so he invites this sort of misconception to some degree. Also I'm pretty sure that his character is meant to make fun of people who call him a fascist for giving zelda a 7/10 on his review site.
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May 13, 2017 03:39
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Who What Now posted:Seriously? It's not like the victims of the threats and harassment kept quiet about it. There were tons of news articles about talks being shut down because of bomb and shooting threats. I'm shocked you were able to avoid exposure to that. Once I found out that the fuzz started with a rant from an angry ex-boyfriend claiming that his previous GF used her vagina to promote her indie game I pretty much tuned out. Midig fucked around with this message at 11:48 on May 13, 2017 |
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May 13, 2017 11:29
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Midig posted:Once I found out that the fuss started with a rant from an angry ex-boyfriend claiming that his previous GF used her vagina to promote her indie game I pretty much tuned out. Heaven forbid you try to become less ignorant about a topic you seem to care about.
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May 13, 2017 11:38
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WampaLord posted:Heaven forbid you try to become less ignorant about a topic you seem to care about. Why would I invest more time into what was seemingly some conspiracy/drama about gaming? I get it, Who What Now, Boner Confessor, and you have probably invested years into this poo poo. I was too busy being a "rational", cut me some slack. Midig fucked around with this message at 12:03 on May 13, 2017 |
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May 13, 2017 11:55
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Did Gamergaters in general really think the likes of Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and Leigh Alexander were ugly or were they just attacking them in any way possible because uh Like it was a frequent talking point and I still can't figure out if it was entirely disingenuous or not
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May 13, 2017 12:06
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Lightning Lord posted:Did Gamergaters in general really think the likes of Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and Leigh Alexander were ugly or were they just attacking them in any way possible because uh Bit of column A, bit of column B. GooberGaters pretty much scrape the bottom of every barrel when it comes to attacking their targets. Remember that entire thing where they decided that some of their targets having brightly dyed hair meant there was a Feminist conspiracy to turn off men with "SJW hair"?
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May 13, 2017 12:34
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Terrible Opinions posted:As far as I can tell not really. At least not by the time the general internet hate mob became formalized as gamergate. Jim's angry mboy about feminism days were well before gamergate was around. The closest thing was saying "hey maybe the gamers are dead articles were poorly timed". Honestly if it wasn't for the fact that alt-righters seem to know him well enough to remind him what a traitorous sjw he is in the comments under every one of his videos I'd have assumed he was doing a honeypot thing to trick unwary reactionaries into listening to pieces about why women playing video games is good.
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May 13, 2017 12:37
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Lightning Lord posted:Did Gamergaters in general really think the likes of Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and Leigh Alexander were ugly or were they just attacking them in any way possible because uh one of these things is not like the other... (tho that's neither here nor there, their being ugly or attractive is immaterial to the issue).
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May 13, 2017 12:44
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Midig posted:Why would I invest more time into what was seemingly some conspiracy/drama about gaming? I get it, Who What Now, Boner Confessor, and you have probably invested years into this poo poo. I was too busy being a "rational", cut me some slack. I've invested almost no time into this besides the few minutes it takes to be aware of things happening in the world around me.
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May 13, 2017 13:37
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