The Bore does what NeoGAF doesn't.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Once one is ready to jump in the trenches and engage with trolls for hundreds of hours over the course of the an election year concerning a grandma carrying hotsauce in her purse or whether 80 degrees should be considered "hot" or not, it's really just mental masturbation.  Self righteousness can be intoxicating especially when you mix in witch hunts and all of your peers are sipping the same kool-aid.

Lately?

A decade ago there were left wing gaffers who cited holocaust deniers for their arguments.  PoliGAF has always been dumb and always will be dumb.  It's the kids from Political Science 101 who decide that they know everything about anything.

Maybe I'm romanticizing the past but I don't remember the wannabe political strategists and PR mouthpieces being this bad 8 or 9 years ago.  The tribalism feels like it is on another level now

I should go back and read more threads from the democratic primary and general election in 08, it'd be an interesting comparison.

PoliGAF went off the deep end in 2007-2008.  It's only went from bad to worse but it hasn't been a source of quality political discussion for a long time.

[benjipwns]

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1278250

Problematic, toxic thread in the making 

Yeah this is some talk radio rush Limbaugh bs.

[agrajag]

#notallpepes

[railGUN]

#notallpepes

[benjipwns]

Have we lost H3H3 to the gamergate/MRA/Pepe/Alt-right/Commie/Harambe/whitch cabal?

Gross.

I get SJW types are lame but this isn't really a funny video. That should be a crime.

annihilated

[agrajag]

Dicks out for Hugh mungus

[Joe Molotov]

Once one is ready to jump in the trenches and engage with trolls for hundreds of hours over the course of the an election year concerning a grandma carrying hotsauce in her purse or whether 80 degrees should be considered "hot" or not, it's really just mental masturbation.  Self righteousness can be intoxicating especially when you mix in witch hunts and all of your peers are sipping the same kool-aid.

Lately?

A decade ago there were left wing gaffers who cited holocaust deniers for their arguments.  PoliGAF has always been dumb and always will be dumb.  It's the kids from Political Science 101 who decide that they know everything about anything.

Maybe I'm romanticizing the past but I don't remember the wannabe political strategists and PR mouthpieces being this bad 8 or 9 years ago.  The tribalism feels like it is on another level now

I should go back and read more threads from the democratic primary and general election in 08, it'd be an interesting comparison.

PoliGAF went off the deep end in 2007-2008.  It's only went from bad to worse but it hasn't been a source of quality political discussion for a long time.

When did benji start posting?

[zomgee]

Maybe I'm romanticizing the past but I don't remember the wannabe political strategists and PR mouthpieces being this bad 8 or 9 years ago.  The tribalism feels like it is on another level now

8 years ago was the ramp up of the Obama campaign, not that you didn't know that of course, but just sayin'. 

EVERYBODY understood politics then. I like him as a president but people bought into the cult of personality rather strongly at Poligaf.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Have we lost H3H3 to the gamergate/MRA/Pepe/Alt-right/Commie/Harambe/whitch cabal?

Gross.

I get SJW types are lame but this isn't really a funny video. That should be a crime.

annihilated

"Anything I don't like or agree with should be ILLEGAL!"

~NeoGAF, 2016

[benjipwns]

When did benji start posting?

2007

[Joe Molotov]

People are saying...

[agrajag]

Yeah this is some talk radio rush Limbaugh bs. Chick was obviously out of her mind but I'm gaining nothing from such a one sided interview.

Actually chick was so obviously out of her mind this interview wasn't even required and will probably ultimately only serve to help her crazy in some way.

WTF does this fuckwit have to glean from the side of the "obviously out of her mind chick?" He already knows she's a batshit crazy psycho bitch, but he needs to hear her side of the story for.. reasons. Not like the entire, unedited video has been posted online or anything. Not that h3h3 is a meme-oriented comedy channel and their hugh mungus video has brought them tons of $$ and memes of this guy are all over the internet or anything. Yep, makes no sense at all to do a followup video and make even more $$ from it. Not to mention that Ethan is probably more scared of that crazy broad than the devil, no fucking way would he ever try to reach out to her.

[Dennis]

We are hating h3h3 Productions now?

I can't keep up with who I am supposed to hate anymore.

[agrajag]

We are hating h3h3 Productions now?

I can't keep up with who I am supposed to hate anymore.

We aren't, but GAF is. But don't worry, GAF don't want you no more Dennis.

[railGUN]

EviLore's response to the ad complaints:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

 

[close]

[agrajag]

I remember when Ethan was called out for being a "lib cuck" early on in his channel.

 Now he's the alt-right Pepe lovin' Rush Limbaugh?

  Are we supposed to roll with both now depending on the situation?

No, you're just supposed to enjoy funny youtube videos like a normal person.

[benjipwns]

That's how these alt-right types sneak in and make you think they're all reasonable like back when Trump was donating to Hillary and supporting gay rights eight years ago and we could post Pepe without sending signals to Hitler's secret Zombie Army about who to target on Twitter next.

[agrajag]

#notmypepe

[agrajag]

I remember when Ethan was called out for being a "lib cuck" early on in his channel.

 Now he's the alt-right Pepe lovin' Rush Limbaugh?

  Are we supposed to roll with both now depending on the situation?

No, you're just supposed to enjoy funny youtube videos like a normal person.

I thought it was obvious I was being smarmy.

 Maybe it's time to consider my optics. 

Don't be gross.


I know you were being smarmy, it was a general spit in the permatrigs' direction.

[railGUN]

Aren't Country Clubs "Safe-Spaces" for White People?

 

Post #4

America is a safe space for white people

 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Who is that guy?  Looks like Jeff Gerstmann aka Jeff Girthmann

[agrajag]

This anti SJW spiel Ethan has been angling lately has really turned me off his channel. Can't stand hearing that shit. There are better ways to criticising overzealous self righteous individuals than using terminology co-opted by racists, sexists and misogynists.

 

Been noticing it on quite a few channels lately aside from H3H3, like Philip DeFranco. I wonder what's caused it.

Or maybe, just maybe average, non-neonazi-Pepe-type-people have been using "terminology" for the longest time.

[railGUN]

This anti SJW spiel Ethan has been angling lately has really turned me off his channel. Can't stand hearing that shit. There are better ways to criticising overzealous self righteous individuals than using terminology co-opted by racists, sexists and misogynists.

terminology co-opted by racists, sexists and misogynists.

terminology co-opted by racists, sexists and misogynists.

[Tasty]

I hated h3h3 before it was cool. Dude is unfunny and fucking lame.

[agrajag]

I hated h3h3 before it was cool. Dude is unfunny and fucking lame.

There are times I wish I could dislike posts on the bore. I would dislike you into oblivion

[benjipwns]

That post is quite problematic as it suggests there was once a time when it was okay to use anti-social studies warriors language before that language was co-opted by those against social justice.

[Tasty]

I hated h3h3 before it was cool. Dude is unfunny and fucking lame.

There are times I wish I could dislike posts on the bore. I would dislike you into oblivion

Deal with it edgelord.

[agrajag]

Haha, this guy is going in on GAF

Instantly turned it off when I heard him un-sarcastically say social justice warrior

smh

 

Just how instantly did you turn it off? Super instantly? Five minute "instant rice" instantly? Did you say "gross" before closing the video?

 

[nachobro]

I feel like the people who take very hard line stances against Safe-Spaces are the exact same people who have no problem with the existence of country clubs.

Which seems hypocrital to me, because the whole point of Country Clubs is to provide their members a "safe space" that is completely isolated from Black, Brown, Asian and Jewish people.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1278286

Yeah, there's no Jews in country clubs 

[agrajag]

How were you not embarrassed to the point of deleting this dreadful post when you wrote it? Am I supposed to take this ridiculous strawman seriously?

[OnlyRegret]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216822213&postcount=174

I do think part of it has to do with a lot of European countries not familiar with the prowess of African American athletes due to their dominance of American centric sports instead of Eurocentric ones like Tennis and Gymnastics, so there's an underlying belief that Serena and Simone can't be as dominant without illegal substances aiding them.

Wait... What ?

Same guy who was going full rape apologist in the other thread.
Not banned, not shutting up, not surprising. 

lmao

[benjipwns]

Honestly, GAF is the only place where I see people get turned off by those terms [like social justice warrior].

The only places where people aren't turned off by those terms are full of bigoted assholes.

[benjipwns]

I feel like the people who take very hard line stances against Safe-Spaces are the exact same people who have no problem with the existence of country clubs.

Which seems hypocrital to me, because the whole point of Country Clubs is to provide their members a "safe space" that is completely isolated from Black, Brown, Asian and Jewish people.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1278286

Yeah, there's no Jews in country clubs 

TED: Hank, I will admit I first asked you to join because you are white. Now I'm asking you to join because you are you. My friend.
HANK: Can I ask you just one more question? What and what accessories do I sell for a living?
TED: Tractors?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

DALE: ...To be fair, you used to sell tractors.
HANK: Yeah, but Ted didn't know that.

[close]

[stufte]

Haha, of course the new Pepe thread was locked.

[benjipwns]

If you say 'it's satire', then it is apparently. That's the only litmus.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1278301
 
Political satire is scary and the sign of the alt-right. Sure, he said it was satire, sure it's in his bio, and sure he has other satire on his Twitter, but are we to take this guy's word for it?

 Come back when you have some of that good political satire.

Oh, you mean like this: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/feed/donald-trump-pepe-the-frog-and-white-supremacists-an-explainer/

[Coitus]

Jokes on them he was only pretending to be distinguished mentally-challenged.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1278325

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1277641

[Tasty]

[Momo]

EDIT: fuck im slow.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216846604&postcount=333
who's the cutie who can post on NeoGAF.com?

[Momo]

Russia hate train choo choo
Sigh

Banned.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216820098&postcount=109

 

Endlessly fascinating how the narrative being pushed is now racism. It's like gaffers are incapable of communicating about events on actual substance and just stubbornly inject their own strawman so they can paint dissenters as whatever sinful thing or socially ostracising digs they have to better ignore their thoughts and opinions. This is the NWO of gaf, the real poison injected into the forum.

Not that I want to talk seriously about anything that isnt Sonic the hedgehog on gaming forums though

[benjipwns]

Not that I want to talk seriously about anything that isnt Sonic the hedgehog on gaming forums though

Who is loved by Kim Jong Un, god you North Korean shills sicken me. Your constant propaganda is like the Holocaust and abortion of the struggling black man in America.

[Momo]

You can say whatever you want, but you will never make me renounce Sonic, Eggman lover.

[benjipwns]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1278352

Ok, hear me out. I love the next best game with amazing graphics just as much as you do. But why is the major 3 companies (Nintendo not so much) pushing "realistic" graphic games so much?

I grew up playing games in the 90s and I've had great experiences with usually every generation. I just feel that devs put way too much work into how a game looks, and mostly ignore the "fun" aspect.

I loved games like goldeneye, conkers bad fur day, rush, cruisin usa, dk64, banjo kazooie, fuzion frenzy, nba jam..etc.

And those games, yes looked great at the time but I feel like devs focused more into gameplay/fun/easter eggs/unlockables. They also didn't need to be patched to look "shinnier" or to fix bugs, what you bought, was what you get.

But I understand, some games do need to feel more realistic, just not every single game, and I feel that devs do it when it isn't needed.

[VomKriege]

http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=216857506

Dude is fucked.

[benjipwns]

I've seen exceptions in some of those threads when everyone is complaining about the ads and showing actual hijacks and stuff.

I assume he'd rather have them stay hooked on the site for when the ads are fixed (why are you laughing?) and lose out temporarily instead of potentially losing them to the rest of the world while they go on hiatus because they can't view the damn site.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I think the ads on Neogaf are pretty toxic, praying on whales to click on them just to make some revenue.

Kind of stuff that would get 50 page thread if it was a game dev/publisher peddling this shit.

Just saying... don't think its ethical displaying that kind of content but expect users to and devs/pubs to do better.

Hypocrisy and all

[VomKriege]

Yeah some people have suggested adblock in the pinned thread too, one going as far that maybe all users adblocking would speed up GAF adressing it effectively  At this point it's clear Evilore won't or can't fix the issue.

[Raist]

Started watching that "HUGH MUNGUS WHAT" lady's presentation benji linked on GAF. Had to stop after 5mins. It's always the same shit.

I swear, they want to turn the world into Cocteau's vision for the future (the Demolition Man dude, not the french writer). How did we get to this point?

[benjipwns]

1. No way, that dude is a white male colonialist oppressor.

2. That is our future, Taco Bell WILL win the Fast Food Wars. The prophecies are unrelenting in their accuracy. You will be forced to learn the three seashells.

[Raist]

You mean Pizza Hut.

[benjipwns]

You mean Pizza Hut.

mods help

[Raist]

I don't know what this Taco Bell thing you're talking about is.

[Rufus]

I swear, they want to turn the world into Cocteau's vision for the future (the Demolition Man dude, not the french writer). How did we get to this point?

Mostly they just want to impress like-minded people. As (insular) communities tend to do. The sky is not falling, don't worry. Just increment the bogeyman tally and move on.

If you want to blame something for thinking it's all going to hell, blame the internet. It not only produces a great variety of skewed perspectives (because it's a cherry picking utopia full of filter bubbles) but it's also the best mechanism to expose you to them. Constant and virtually endless. Not to mention all the exaggerated or made up nonsense which often circulates for much longer within groups (because the bogeyman is out there, don't you see!?).

Think of the "Florida man" phenomenon. Are Floridians just that crazy, or do Florida's freedom of information laws just expose more stories ripe for the picking?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, this thread.

[close]

[Take My Breh Away]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216852564&postcount=4659
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216857041&postcount=4706

Sony stans turning on Kinda Funny Games Colin Morriarty because he doesn't like the PS4 Pro and accusing him of spreading Anti-Sony FUD. Morriarty rage quits GAF in response.

NeoGAF is a nexus of hardcore gamers, enthusiast press, and video game industry developers and publishers. This is a neutral ground where facts and evidence platform fanboyism, presented within the confines of civil, inclusive discourse screeching manbabies, prevail through careful moderation whatever biases the mods hold.

[benjipwns]

I don't know what this Taco Bell thing you're talking about is.

(Image removed from quote.)

too far, not funny

this isn't the place to joke about that kind of thing, maybe you're used to GAF where it's all loosey goosey and say whatever you want, but here if you're on the wrong side of history, the facts get brought hard and you get called out on your shitposting in our right and proper discussion

there's a reason we won the 2016 headwalk award for least garbage political thread

and it's not because the bore allows this kind of hateful trash to last long on its pages

[agrajag]

I swear, they want to turn the world into Cocteau's vision for the future (the Demolition Man dude, not the french writer). How did we get to this point?

Mostly they just want to impress like-minded people. As (insular) communities tend to do. The sky is not falling, don't worry. Just increment the bogeyman tally and move on.

If you want to blame something for thinking it's all going to hell, blame the internet. It not only produces a great variety of skewed perspectives (because it's a cherry picking utopia full of filter bubbles) but it's also the best mechanism to expose you to them. Constant and virtually endless. Not to mention all the exaggerated or made up nonsense which often circulates for much longer within groups (because the bogeyman is out there, don't you see!?).

Think of the "Florida man" phenomenon. Are Floridians just that crazy, or do Florida's freedom of information laws just expose more stories ripe for the picking?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, this thread.

[close]

As a Floridian, yes Floridians are that crazy

[nudemacusers]

Uprooting White Fragility - Intersectional Anti-Racism within the Ethical Foodscape

Looking forward to this being an actual gaf topic in the next couple years.

[nudemacusers]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216852564&postcount=4659
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=216857041&postcount=4706

Sony stans turning on Kinda Funny Games Colin Morriarty because he doesn't like the PS4 Pro and accusing him of spreading Anti-Sony FUD. Morriarty rage quits GAF in response.

NeoGAF is a nexus of hardcore gamers, enthusiast press, and video game industry developers and publishers. This is a neutral ground where facts and evidence platform fanboyism, presented within the confines of civil, inclusive discourse screeching manbabies, prevail through careful moderation whatever biases the mods hold.

My only takeaway is loling at dudes writing multi paragraph length reactions to a podcast.