The Official Psychoanalysis GAF Thread

[Eel O'Brian]

If they can learn to beatbox, those women could parlay this unfortunate incident into a musical career

[Vertigo]

If they can learn to beatbox, those women could parlay this unfortunate incident into a musical career

And a film career

[parallax]

If they can learn to beatbox, those women could parlay this unfortunate incident into a musical career

And a film career

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i fucking loved that movie as a kid. i havent seen it in years though

[Joe Molotov]

If they can learn to beatbox, those women could parlay this unfortunate incident into a musical career

Actually, my first thought was:

[MIMIC]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

[nudemacusers]

GAF is eating itself. amazing.

[Shadow Mod]

GAF is eating itself. amazing.

Are you calling GAF fat?

[parallax]

GAF is eating itself. amazing.

That lesser comment  made me take notice. That was pretty sad to read

[StealthFan]

Lore is such a self loathing sack of shit. He may have lost weight but he'll always be an aspie. You can't reverse the damage from being a shut-in. He tries and acts like he's distanced himself from that life but the reality is his income is from a fucking video game forum. The only thing he escaped from is sight of lard when he looks in the mirror.

[Himu]

"It's pretty fucking sad that you have all these rules in place to ensure LGBT people and people of color aren't insulted or mocked on GAF but hey, fuck fat people."



equating being fat to being someone of color or gay.

[Atramental]

Here's fat Atramental back in mid 2011.


I do not miss that fat fuck one bit.

[Himu]

nice chin, bruh

[Phoenix Dark]

That fat thread seems like such a basic description of GAF culture. Bunch of basement dwellers waiting to jump on a group lower on the totem poll than them, and getting carte blanch from the mods. Being fat often leads to health problems, everyone knows that. But the service industry, especially restaurant service, should know better than to shit on customers publicly; in fact most know better. There's no justifying that receipt even if the chicks were fat. How about some manners...

[Himu]

I find people being hypersensitive over it even worse than the people who are defending the waiter, saying they "deserved it".

[Shadow Mod]

That fat thread seems like such a basic description of GAF culture. Bunch of basement dwellers waiting to jump on a group lower on the totem poll than them, and getting carte blanch from the mods. Being fat often leads to health problems, everyone knows that. But the service industry, especially restaurant service, should know better than to shit on customers publicly; in fact most know better. There's no justifying that receipt even if the chicks were fat. How about some manners...

Thats what im saying. Who does that shit?

People who really need to feel better about themselves. With the crackdown on slandering other groups it seems fat people are still left to be shat on so most of the insults go in that direction these days.

[Momo]

I'm glad people have started to hassle me less for being a smoker and moved onto the fatties of this world

[Oblivion]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

Strange how nobody commented on that post.

[Vertigo]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

Strange how nobody commented on that post.

Yeah I noticed. A mod even posted on the same page and nothing.

[thisismyusername]

"It's pretty fucking sad that you have all these rules in place to ensure LGBT people and people of color aren't insulted or mocked on GAF but hey, fuck fat people."



equating being fat to being someone of color or gay.

Well, to be fair: He isn't exactly wrong. GAF hates game piracy, lets movie/tv/music piracy slide unless posters are complete idiots (like the "POP-GAF chainsaw massacre") and admit to it in public.

I mean there's a lot of that flip-flopping around. I'm not agreeing with his "we should be protected as well!" but 'Lore keeps flip-flopping in policies and some of those policies shouldn't be implemented in the first place if that's how it's going to be.

Frankly, them dropping the piracy rule would improve the board ten-fold since posters wouldn't have to tip toe around not admitting to piracy but also not admitting to piracy. But you know they won't do that since "game developers" post on the board (spoiler: only to shill their next game!) to where we can't hurt their feelings that someone thinks their game isn't worth $60 and chose to pirate it/"buy it used" instead.

Keeping the gay/black/ethnic rule would improve discussions beyond a twelve-year-old discussion level (or... not, as the current GAF is).

Banning "cunt," never should've happened. "It had good intentions," sure... if you're an American. And speaking as an American I understood that the rest of the world (see: Europe/Australia) use it as an insult more than the "C-word"/"F-bomb" holy grail that women in America make it out to be.
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Anyway, he isn't banned yet. So either 1) Evilore knows and hopefully takes the comment about the policies being fast and loose to heart or 2) mods completely didn't notice the post or 3) GAF/'Lore is finally becoming lax about people disagreeing with him and not going to ban someone for saying "fuck you" to them.

That fat thread seems like such a basic description of GAF culture. Bunch of basement dwellers waiting to jump on a group lower on the totem poll than them, and getting carte blanch from the mods. Being fat often leads to health problems, everyone knows that. But the service industry, especially restaurant service, should know better than to shit on customers publicly; in fact most know better. There's no justifying that receipt even if the chicks were fat. How about some manners...

Basically. But that's human nature it seems.

[Fifstar]

"It's pretty fucking sad that you have all these rules in place to ensure LGBT people and people of color aren't insulted or mocked on GAF but hey, fuck fat people."



equating being fat to being someone of color or gay.

The message here probably is more something like, 'if you try to establish a respectful tone, don't separate between groups', not that those groups can be considered equal.

[MIMIC]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

Strange how nobody commented on that post.

EDIT: That guy's post was the elephant in the room (heh, no pun intended).

But I don't think it's gonna set some sort of precedent or anything and people will be able to speak to each other (let alone the mods) like that, though.

[Brehvolution]

equating being fat to being someone of color or gay.

He's just saying it's a matter of personal choice, not that they were born that way.

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[king of the internet]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

I don't disagree with everything he's saying, but there's a lot of bile in the words he chooses to use. I can't help but get the impression that there's still some lingering self-loathing there.

[Don Flamenco]

i learned a new word: malodorous

edit: how the fuck can you play lacrosse and be morbidly obese?  calling bullshit

[tiesto]

i learned a new word: malodorous

edit: how the fuck can you play lacrosse and be morbidly obese?  calling bullshit

Play goalie? I knew this really fat kid who played roller hockey goalie, he was big enough to cover the whole goal so nobody could score

[Van Cruncheon]

play defense

[Van Cruncheon]

i don't get why people get so worked up about fats. i always suspect that much of it is self-directed fear of their own potential as a future fatass, turning every encounter into a personal cautionary tale, or just the usual petty need to sneer at someone, anyone.

me, if i want to sneer, it'll be at people who like michael crichton.

[Phoenix Dark]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45302308&postcount=1023

Uh oh

Strange how nobody commented on that post.

EDIT: That guy's post was the elephant in the room (heh, no pun intended).

But I don't think it's gonna set some sort of precedent or anything and people will be able to speak to each other (let alone the mods) like that, though.

I think he was speaking from the heart, and clearly was not looking to make trouble. Fat people don't deserve to be mocked like that, and it's rather revealing that so much of the forum felt the need to shit on them

[Huff]

I think it's hard, especially in America, to just blame a fat person for being fat when over 2/3 of the population is overweight and 1/3 is obese. It's very difficult to fight your culture and there is no easy fixes for this disease. Childhood obesity is at an all time high, drug related high gain is similar the way doctors had out anti psychotics and anti depressants like they are candy. Being a jackass isn't going to help people lose weight anymore than telling a depressed person to stop crying and be a man is going to cure them

[Mupepe]

Agreed, Huff.  But I also don't believe the culture should develop to coddle them and tell them it's okay.  It should remain as a problem.  Trying to turn it into something that is just accepted and okay is dangerous IMO.  But humiliation and degradation isn't any sort of answer.

[Huff]

Oh I agree. Over half of kids diagnosed with diabetes is type II these days. Thats crazy in a really bad way

[Risible]

Many thanks to PhoenixDark for suggesting I might want to sign up for TheBore in light of what he felt was my impending ban on GAF.  I'm the guy from the fat thread that gave a heartfelt "Fuck you" to Evilore.

I've been chomping at the bit to address some of the comments on this page .

Regarding equating LGBT people and people of color to fat people - that's not the point I was making.  Of course I don't equate them to fat people, fat people have a choice.  My point is that there are rules in place on GAF to prevent discussions from turning into ad hominem attacks on others...except if you're fat, then go right ahead, fuck those fat fuckers.

As for self-loathing - nope.  Yes, there was a lot of bile in my comments, but that was because I just got really tired with the fat-bashing that goes on in GAF.  I've always been a fairly popular person because - and this may come as a shocker - fat people can have good personalities and be outgoing just like skinny people.

As to my playing lacrosse - I should have been more clear.  I'm a 48 year old father of three, so I'm not playing lacrosse for college or intramural or anything.  I played varsity in high school, but couldn't play in college because I paid my own way through college and worked 40 hour weeks, there was no way I could do an engineering degree, work 40 hours, AND play a sport.  Something would have suffered.  It's one of my big regrets though, because I love the game.  Want I meant was I play with my kids, running around and playing defense, and I play with the kids I coach. 

Listen, I know that being fat is my choice.  I won't go into the multitude of reasons as to why I'm fat unless you all want me to.  We can have an "Ask a Fat Person" segment.   I don't expect pity, I just want motherfuckers to stop being so fucking rude.  I don't call others bald or stupid or gingers or anything else like that, I treat people with respect, and I ask for the same in return.  I get comments from people who are clearly 20+ lbs overweight and it's like WTF.  I just never cease to marvel at the chuptzpah or rudeness of a lot of people.

[demi]

Hi Risible. If it makes you feel any better I get aroused to fatties. There are people like us out there who would bang you with the quickness. Thanks.

[Himu]

"It's pretty fucking sad that you have all these rules in place to ensure LGBT people and people of color aren't insulted or mocked on GAF but hey, fuck fat people."



equating being fat to being someone of color or gay.

Well, to be fair: He isn't exactly wrong. GAF hates game piracy, lets movie/tv/music piracy slide unless posters are complete idiots (like the "POP-GAF chainsaw massacre") and admit to it in public.

I mean there's a lot of that flip-flopping around. I'm not agreeing with his "we should be protected as well!" but 'Lore keeps flip-flopping in policies and some of those policies shouldn't be implemented in the first place if that's how it's going to be.

Frankly, them dropping the piracy rule would improve the board ten-fold since posters wouldn't have to tip toe around not admitting to piracy but also not admitting to piracy. But you know they won't do that since "game developers" post on the board (spoiler: only to shill their next game!) to where we can't hurt their feelings that someone thinks their game isn't worth $60 and chose to pirate it/"buy it used" instead.

Keeping the gay/black/ethnic rule would improve discussions beyond a twelve-year-old discussion level (or... not, as the current GAF is).

Banning "cunt," never should've happened. "It had good intentions," sure... if you're an American. And speaking as an American I understood that the rest of the world (see: Europe/Australia) use it as an insult more than the "C-word"/"F-bomb" holy grail that women in America make it out to be.

Agreed. Lore undoing bans his own mods did was pretty disrespectful to his team. At the least, he should have lessened the ban times, not just outright unban the whole thread.

[Risible]

Hi Risible. If it makes you feel any better I get aroused to fatties. There are people like us out there who would bang you with the quickness. Thanks.

LOL, thanks Demi.  My wife feels the same way . 

[Risible]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503685

things are gonna be interesting

First post nails it..."There will be bans."  That's gonna be a graveyard.

[king of the internet]

As for self-loathing - nope.  Yes, there was a lot of bile in my comments, but that was because I just got really tired with the fat-bashing that goes on in GAF.  I've always been a fairly popular person because - and this may come as a shocker - fat people can have good personalities and be outgoing just like skinny people.

If this was in reference to my remark on this page, I was talking about Evilore's post, not your's. My bad.

[Himu]

Many thanks to PhoenixDark for suggesting I might want to sign up for TheBore in light of what he felt was my impending ban on GAF.  I'm the guy from the fat thread that gave a heartfelt "Fuck you" to Evilore.

I've been chomping at the bit to address some of the comments on this page .

Regarding equating LGBT people and people of color to fat people - that's not the point I was making.  Of course I don't equate them to fat people, fat people have a choice.  My point is that there are rules in place on GAF to prevent discussions from turning into ad hominem attacks on others...except if you're fat, then go right ahead, fuck those fat fuckers.

As for self-loathing - nope.  Yes, there was a lot of bile in my comments, but that was because I just got really tired with the fat-bashing that goes on in GAF.  I've always been a fairly popular person because - and this may come as a shocker - fat people can have good personalities and be outgoing just like skinny people.

As to my playing lacrosse - I should have been more clear.  I'm a 48 year old father of three, so I'm not playing lacrosse for college or intramural or anything.  I played varsity in high school, but couldn't play in college because I paid my own way through college and worked 40 hour weeks, there was no way I could do an engineering degree, work 40 hours, AND play a sport.  Something would have suffered.  It's one of my big regrets though, because I love the game.  Want I meant was I play with my kids, running around and playing defense, and I play with the kids I coach. 

Listen, I know that being fat is my choice.  I won't go into the multitude of reasons as to why I'm fat unless you all want me to.  We can have an "Ask a Fat Person" segment.   I don't expect pity, I just want motherfuckers to stop being so fucking rude.  I don't call others bald or stupid or gingers or anything else like that, I treat people with respect, and I ask for the same in return.  I get comments from people who are clearly 20+ lbs overweight and it's like WTF.  I just never cease to marvel at the chuptzpah or rudeness of a lot of people.

Dude, I'm fat too. I have battled it since I was a teenager. I was  a skinny fuck as a kid, in shape, played a lot of sports. I know how it feels. While I find what the waiter did was disrespectful, I find half the of the replies coming from that thread to be oversensitive and touchy than they have any right to be. And I guess, from your language or tone, I lumped you in with the rest. My apologies.

[demi]

Hi Risible. If it makes you feel any better I get aroused to fatties. There are people like us out there who would bang you with the quickness. Thanks.

LOL, thanks Demi.  My wife feels the same way .

When you feel the fire is dimming, I'll still be here, Risible.

[Risible]

I agree Himuro, people get too oversensitive about it.  Did we really need a news article about three chicks being called fat?  No.  It's shitty, yes, but not newsworthy.  It goes both ways though - the people saying fat people deserve it because they made their choice are out of hand as well.  It's all fucking crazy.

And Demi, you have moved straight to the top of my "people to call when I get divorced" list.

[demi]

I love you Risible.

[Himu]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503685

things are gonna be interesting

I thought biologists in the past have said that homosexuality is a form of population control and that it was biologically beneficial for the rest of the species?

[archnemesis]

Epigenetics is still biology.

[Himu]

I'm not disputing that, I'm disputing this sentence from the first paragraph,"And indeed, when looking at this issue through a strictly Darwinian lens, it makes no sense for homosexuality to exist in the gene pool. Given the "selfish gene" theory, it couldn't possibly be a beneficial adaptation — it's a trait that could never be passed down."

Is this the own writers opinion or that of the scientists who conducted this study?

[archnemesis]

Yeah, I don't agree with that part. It's a simplistic way to look at it. When studying genes it's generally better to look at populations than individuals.

[Himu]

Exactly, so that doesn't make sense at all.

[Huff]

I'm not disputing that, I'm disputing this sentence from the first paragraph,"And indeed, when looking at this issue through a strictly Darwinian lens, it makes no sense for homosexuality to exist in the gene pool. Given the "selfish gene" theory, it couldn't possibly be a beneficial adaptation — it's a trait that could never be passed down."

Is this the own writers opinion or that of the scientists who conducted this study?

The article hasn't been published so who knows. The quarterly review of biology has a pretty good Impact Factor, so it's not as if this article was published in some shit magazine

[archnemesis]

It's from a serious research institute. I would be surprised to find that sentence in the final article.

[Joe Molotov]

Yeah, I don't agree with that part. It's a simplistic way to look at it. When studying genes it's generally better to look at populations than individuals.

That's why it says "from a strictly darwinian sense", in other words just looking at it from a survival of the fittest angle, where "fittest" just means ability to reproduce.

[Himu]

Yeah, I don't agree with that part. It's a simplistic way to look at it. When studying genes it's generally better to look at populations than individuals.

That's why it says "from a strictly darwinian sense", in other words just looking at it from a survival of the fittest angle, where "fittest" just means ability to reproduce.

Ahhhh, good point. But fittest can and very often does mean adaptation.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

So if homosexuality is an adaptation of the species to create less people who have the ability to procreate, it goes along Darwinian natural selection.

[Tasty]

i learned a new word: malodorous

edit: how the fuck can you play lacrosse and be morbidly obese?  calling bullshit

Honestly i knew a couple fat kids in each sport i played that are good.

Fat isn't the same as morbidly obese.

[FStop7]

Here's fat Atramental back in mid 2011.
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I do not miss that fat fuck one bit.

Ned?  Ned Ryerson?!

[Broseidon]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45317070#post45317070

[Shadow Mod]

You can tell squiddy barely knows any homosexuals if he doesn't know any shitty ones.

[MIMIC]

I think he was speaking from the heart, and clearly was not looking to make trouble. Fat people don't deserve to be mocked like that, and it's rather revealing that so much of the forum felt the need to shit on them

Exactly. I basically wrote the same thing (then decided to edit it because I thought I was overly analytical about it).

[Shadow Mod]

I wish people like kapura would wear sweatshirts that said how much of a fucking asshole they are. I'd love to avoid people like him.

[Mupepe]

You can tell squiddy barely knows any homosexuals if he doesn't know any shitty ones.

For real real.  They are just fucking people.  Christ. 

[Steve Contra]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45317070#post45317070

That guy shouldn't have kids.

[king of the internet]

Squiddy posts dumb shit like it's his day job. Maybe he's self aware and it's just an act, but some of the stuff he posts is really fuckin' out there.

[Huff]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=45317070#post45317070

That guy shouldn't have kids.

I don't worry too much about the chance of the average gaffer having a kid