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NekoFever

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27422 on: October 09, 2020, 02:22:19 AM »
That is Era in a nutshell.  take a term, either scientific or academic and distort it beyond recognition ie, white fragility/privilege

Or SSD.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27423 on: October 09, 2020, 03:49:33 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/games-that-employed-faked-graphics-tech-before-its-time-or-on-hardware-not-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-it.301769/

there are so many words and terms being used wrong, not to mention things just plain wrong, in this thread :mouf

That is Era in a nutshell.  take a term, either scientific or academic and distort it beyond recognition ie, white fragility/privilege

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27425 on: October 09, 2020, 04:48:15 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/they-beat-our-a-es-russian-mercenaries-talk-about-humiliating-defeat-by-us-in-reportedly-leaked-audio.302756/

Voice of America  :salute

It sounds to me like Putin and his people got word from trump that they wouldn't face any resistance when they went to claim the oil refinery but the local commanders for the US side on the ground didn't get that message And completely annihilated the approaching Russian mercenaries.

 :derp :hans1 :trumps :putin :gopnik

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27426 on: October 09, 2020, 05:18:12 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wanted-to-share-something-i-wrote-about-the-politics-in-video-games-discussion-wanted-to-get-eras-thoughts.302252/
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I was on Facebook having a very friendly discussion with someone who believed that video games don't typically have politics in them. Basically that just because Metal Gear solid has politics in it, does not make it "Political". To him, political games are those that attempt to influence you, they don't necessarily have the artists political opinion in them. I countered in the multiple instances of political opinions in Metal Gear solid, to which he replied that he himself has opinions, but they are not political, and wouldn't necessarily be shown in a video game if he made one.

You have political beliefs whether you think you do or not.
Say you have 10 people in a village. 8 of them work. 1 of them is filthy rich. 1 is dirt poor and disabled.
What do you do?
Do you tell the person who lives in extreme excess to give to the 1 poor dude who can't work?
Do you all pitch in an equal amount to take care of the one dude that doesn't work?
Do try to create a system in which that one dude can make a profit of his own?
Do you tell him thats how the world works and he needs to find a way?
How you answer that question is just one facet of your political beliefs.


He disagreed, simply saying that his view about how the world should work does not equal politics, and that a game he makes would be apolitical,because he himself is apolitical.

What say you ERA? Thoughts?



Yes, ask the website where people say Goldeneye 64 was political because there were levels set in Russia.  It's a forum crawling with literal minded people that don't understand the difference between a plot point and a narrative.  You might as well argue that Pulp Fiction is a movie about luggage because it has a suitcase in it.  I guess thats what happens when people just read comic books

Also, a gem from our Messo

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Yeah it kinda blew my mind when I was shown how colonialist strategy games can be, and anti-indigenous mechanics can be such as fog of war.

There is a difference between seeing a political narrative in art/games and then trying so hard to find one so you can complain about it.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27427 on: October 09, 2020, 05:59:36 AM »
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Yeah it kinda blew my mind when I was shown how colonialist strategy games can be, and anti-indigenous mechanics can be such as fog of war.

Wouldn't fog of war be pro-indigenous? After all, its the invading outside army that can't see the map? They wish to colonise, hence they want to explore/open up the map - whereas the local indigenous peoples have full visibility (as they are the rightful owners/custodians of said map)

Nintex

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27428 on: October 09, 2020, 06:06:48 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/they-beat-our-a-es-russian-mercenaries-talk-about-humiliating-defeat-by-us-in-reportedly-leaked-audio.302756/

Voice of America  :salute

It sounds to me like Putin and his people got word from trump that they wouldn't face any resistance when they went to claim the oil refinery but the local commanders for the US side on the ground didn't get that message And completely annihilated the approaching Russian mercenaries.

 :derp :hans1 :trumps :putin :gopnik
Donnie Trump conned the Russians  :trumps
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VomKriege

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27429 on: October 09, 2020, 06:25:34 AM »
Also, a gem from our Messo

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Yeah it kinda blew my mind when I was shown how colonialist strategy games can be, and anti-indigenous mechanics can be such as fog of war.

There is a difference between seeing a political narrative in art/games and then trying so hard to find one so you can complain about it.

 :wut
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Nintex

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27430 on: October 09, 2020, 06:30:37 AM »
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Ya don’t need a story for that.

Gameplay in itself can be political.

Is there resource accumulation?

How do you manage natural resources?

Is physical violence a valid means of progression?

All these are astonishingly political.
:mindblown
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clothedmacuser

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27431 on: October 09, 2020, 07:09:12 AM »
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Yeah it kinda blew my mind when I was shown how colonialist strategy games can be, and anti-indigenous mechanics can be such as fog of war.

Wouldn't fog of war be pro-indigenous? After all, its the invading outside army that can't see the map? They wish to colonise, hence they want to explore/open up the map - whereas the local indigenous peoples have full visibility (as they are the rightful owners/custodians of said map)

I'm still trying to figure out what he thinks the term "fog of war," means in that statement.  Kids, don't hang around Slayvven lest you start talking like him.
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Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27432 on: October 09, 2020, 07:22:08 AM »
I thought the general consensus was their content quality has been going downhill long before the plandemic hit :trumps

I know I rarely watch any of their stuff these days and haven’t listened to their podcasts in a couple of years now
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SmokyDave

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27433 on: October 09, 2020, 07:27:08 AM »
Giant Bomb (for me), died along with Ryan Davis. Between that and Dave leaving, it was never the same again.

Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27434 on: October 09, 2020, 07:59:25 AM »
It’d be sad to see them go but would anyone be shocked if they aren’t cut/rolled into gamespot if their subs are tanking, under the new ownership? Pretty sure their premium service is what was keeping them safe from that at cbs :doge
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27435 on: October 09, 2020, 08:01:21 AM »
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Yeah, super weird to see people ITT say they let their sub lapse because the distanced content wasn’t enough for them. It’s $5 a month, and they’re still putting out great stuff. Giant Bomb saved my life a few years back, and even as a poor retail employee I can’t imagine not subscribing.

Sub shaming!

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Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27436 on: October 09, 2020, 08:10:44 AM »
I wouldn’t be shocked if most of the ree cancellers diverted their $5 a month giant bomb premium towards some simp sub instead :girlaff
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Klelk

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27437 on: October 09, 2020, 08:18:08 AM »
GB fuckin sucks. Can't listen to either podcast because of Ben and Abby  >:(

BisMarckie

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27438 on: October 09, 2020, 08:32:23 AM »
GB going under would be entirely self-inflicted. Their content sucks ass. Dan Ryckert was the last saving grace. When he left, the whole thing became irredeemable trash by a bunch of people that give off the vibe that they would literally do anything else than playing vidya on camera.

Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27439 on: October 09, 2020, 09:42:04 AM »
idk what they're like now that the crazy has increased ten fold since the move, but the giant bomb community thread was kinda fucking insane and creepy on neogaf :brain
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Clockwork5

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27440 on: October 09, 2020, 10:05:05 AM »
Giant Bomb needs some enthusiasm. I mean Ben can get kinda hyped up but I can’t stand him 95% of the time. When Dan left the west it got real sleepy over there and he became the driving force of content in the East. It’s like all of the chemistry has either died or was split up. No Vinny/Drew,  Jeff/Vinny, Jeff/Dan, Vinny/Dave, Dan/Jason.

Every time I check out a quick look I can’t be bothered to finish it.

Ben: Hey Brad, today we are checking out Retro game #342.
Brad: (Yaaawwwnnn) Hey thanks for having me.
Ben: (Tells bad joke)
Brad: MmmmHmmm
Ben: (Drives bad joke into the dirt)
Brad: MmmmHmmm
Ben: (Another bad joke)

It’s just not entertaining.

daycru

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27441 on: October 09, 2020, 10:14:08 AM »
Ben is a young, unfunny Jeff. They had the opportunity to bring in just about anyone, and went diving right back into their comfort zone

HaughtyFrank

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27442 on: October 09, 2020, 10:15:18 AM »
Why did they even split into east and west? Seems strange for such a small group

daycru

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27443 on: October 09, 2020, 10:17:08 AM »
Why did they even split into east and west? Seems strange for such a small group
Alex got a NY girlfriend and he’s high school best friends with Jeff.

benjipwns

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27444 on: October 09, 2020, 10:22:59 AM »
Vinny moved to NY for a variety of reasons too, I don't think they sent him there deliberately to start East.

Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27445 on: October 09, 2020, 10:57:54 AM »
tbf a shit load of vocal online gamers are also neets or have never had a real job.

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SmokyDave

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27446 on: October 09, 2020, 11:05:39 AM »
I'm reasonably certain that nobody gives the first fuck about 'crunch*'. It's just another stick to hit developers that you don't like.

*and really, isn't 'crunch' just 'putting in overtime to meet a deadline'? It's not really earning a place on the 'List of Awful Hardships' that I maintain on my fridge.

Pissy F Benny

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27447 on: October 09, 2020, 11:07:41 AM »
i'm sure there are companies who take the piss, but with cdpr it sounds like they're doing an extra 8-10 hours a week :omg
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thisismyusername

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27448 on: October 09, 2020, 11:52:34 AM »
I'm reasonably certain that nobody gives the first fuck about 'crunch*'. It's just another stick to hit developers that you don't like.

*and really, isn't 'crunch' just 'putting in overtime to meet a deadline'? It's not really earning a place on the 'List of Awful Hardships' that I maintain on my fridge.

I give a fuck about crunch. Nobody should be working 20+ hours for 5 months straight just to hit an arbitrary deadline they made 2 years ago.

EA_Spouse and others show that the work-life balance for the games industry is pretty fucking poor. Throw in job security and the whole industry needs a top-to-bottom rework.

jorma

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« Reply #27449 on: October 09, 2020, 11:55:30 AM »
I'm reasonably certain that nobody gives the first fuck about 'crunch*'. It's just another stick to hit developers that you don't like.

*and really, isn't 'crunch' just 'putting in overtime to meet a deadline'? It's not really earning a place on the 'List of Awful Hardships' that I maintain on my fridge.

i had to OT for three hours/day during a 6-8 month period where we had a bug in a product and i had to manually oversee and nudge the update along every night (roughly between 22.00 and 01.00 every day).
it was pretty awful and soul crushing towards the end and even tho i would have been pissed off with the union if they hadn't accepted the OT exemption they issued for me, and it nearly doubled my salary those months, i was still happy when the bug was fixed. If i couldn't have done it from home i would have refused to do it after the first month.


Cauliflower Of Love

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27451 on: October 09, 2020, 12:00:12 PM »
Electric probably realized how insane those people are and decided to bounce.

There's no "modship is taking a toll on me" vibe from electric.

EightBitNate

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27452 on: October 09, 2020, 12:49:27 PM »

thetylerrob

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« Reply #27453 on: October 09, 2020, 12:57:54 PM »
white = bad

VomKriege

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27454 on: October 09, 2020, 12:58:57 PM »
The last GAF thread they had before the split about this was epic, with a fair number of posters asking that Asian-Americans should keep quiet on the matter.
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EightBitNate

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27455 on: October 09, 2020, 01:07:55 PM »
white = bad

It’s not even that. People are laughing at the story but i guarantee none of them are actually Asian American.

Cauliflower Of Love

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27456 on: October 09, 2020, 01:32:44 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-and-roxane-gay-champion-trans-rights-in-open-letter.303332/

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Stephen King and Margaret Atwood are among the signatories to an open letter offering support to the trans and non-binary communities of the US and Canada, as a bitter divide over trans rights continues to split the literary world.

dope



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Averon

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27457 on: October 09, 2020, 01:39:18 PM »
It is always never enough when they mark you as "suspect."

thetylerrob

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« Reply #27458 on: October 09, 2020, 01:55:49 PM »
white = bad

It’s not even that. People are laughing at the story but i guarantee none of them are actually Asian American.
The thread would have gone a completely different way if the headline didn't include "white applicants." It gives them an out to have another circlejerk about whitey. I agree that it implies that generally they don't view discrimination against Asians as a real issue.

HaughtyFrank

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27459 on: October 09, 2020, 02:02:13 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-and-roxane-gay-champion-trans-rights-in-open-letter.303332/

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Stephen King and Margaret Atwood are among the signatories to an open letter offering support to the trans and non-binary communities of the US and Canada, as a bitter divide over trans rights continues to split the literary world.

dope

(Image removed from quote.)

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VomKriege

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27460 on: October 09, 2020, 02:31:31 PM »
white = bad

It’s not even that. People are laughing at the story but i guarantee none of them are actually Asian American.
The thread would have gone a completely different way if the headline didn't include "white applicants." It gives them an out to have another circlejerk about whitey. I agree that it implies that generally they don't view discrimination against Asians as a real issue.

It went pretty much that way in that infamous GAF thread and I don't think whites were mentioned then (IIRC it's been postulated / studied that white applicants would probably be at a disadvantage too if it was an actual free for all, only best candidates on top).
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27461 on: October 09, 2020, 02:45:02 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/doj-sues-yale-for-discriminating-against-asian-american-white-applicants.303317/

Why are injustices to Asian American swept under the rug and laughed at



Isn't this comic peak whataboutism?  It seems to be a criticism of how people focus on the minority while not really making any argument on why the minority himself is more deserving than the guy that didn't get in.  If anything, it seems like all 5 on the left shouldn't have gotten in.

Cauliflower Of Love

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27462 on: October 09, 2020, 02:52:32 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/doj-sues-yale-for-discriminating-against-asian-american-white-applicants.303317/

Why are injustices to Asian American swept under the rug and laughed at

(Image removed from quote.)

Isn't this comic peak whataboutism?  It seems to be a criticism of how people focus on the minority while not really making any argument on why the minority himself is more deserving than the guy that didn't get in.  If anything, it seems like all 5 on the left shouldn't have gotten in.

:yikes

Clockwork5

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« Reply #27463 on: October 09, 2020, 04:21:34 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/doj-sues-yale-for-discriminating-against-asian-american-white-applicants.303317/

Why are injustices to Asian American swept under the rug and laughed at

(Image removed from quote.)

Isn't this comic peak whataboutism?  It seems to be a criticism of how people focus on the minority while not really making any argument on why the minority himself is more deserving than the guy that didn't get in.  If anything, it seems like all 5 on the left shouldn't have gotten in.
It also misses the point. It’s has nothing to do with how many minorities are enrolled or how many whites are there on sports scholarships (funny that the one sports person in that comic is a white person lol) and we’ve seen what happens when rich white people buy their children’s way into Ivy League Universities (jail). It’s about the admissions process and weather or not it inherently gives advantages to minorities. You could have 1 minority student and still be guilty of discrimination and favoring minorities in the admissions process.

To be honest, I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing to give advantages to minorities but it is illegal. I guess it’s a circumstance where I agree with the spirit of the law but I kind of disagree with the law within the context of racist America.

Cauliflower Of Love

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« Reply #27464 on: October 09, 2020, 04:59:30 PM »
The comic has a pretty solid theme until you account for the "raised in distant state" vs. minority and the discrepancy of privilege.

I guess it's a stand in for "random white person"?


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« Reply #27465 on: October 09, 2020, 06:27:13 PM »
To be honest, I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing to give advantages to minorities but it is illegal. I guess it’s a circumstance where I agree with the spirit of the law but I kind of disagree with the law within the context of racist America.

If they had a quota system that tied the demographics of Yale to the demographics of America, U.S is only 5.9% Asian but 17.3% of Yale undergraduates are Asian, so if it was more representative it'd suit Asian students even *less*. It'd benefit black and hispanic students though (and whites). But then the standards for getting in would be so much harder for so many blameless Asian kids. Feel sorry for Yale tbh, no right answers with this shit
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« Reply #27466 on: October 09, 2020, 08:50:57 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/nsfw-duscwhy-is-vintage-porn-so-much-better-than-todays-porn.302435/

Man.... everyone is in there having a good time and Poodlestrike comes in and locks the thread talking about reviewing posts. What a dick.

Someone in that thread got banned for

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Boys Club Rhetoric

:jawalrus

Someone should ask why Reee is so anti sex.

benjipwns

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« Reply #27467 on: October 09, 2020, 11:31:03 PM »
So, I worked myself to the bone until I got so stressed I had to be hospitalized. Tell me, does that make me lesser than you? Does that mean I "didn't work hard enough"? I worked as a paramedic and got so stressed in addition to the long hours and the difficultness of what I saw that I had to stop. Does that make me "weak" or "not loving what I did"? I am proud of my work as a paramedic but had to stop. Does that make me weak? This pisses me off so much. FUCK YOU! How DARE you imply that only those who enjoy their work work without complaint! How DARE you imply those who work normal jobs are inferior to those who work on passion projects! How DARE you pretend that people who want the right to work in a safe envorinment are "unbalanced"! WORKING UNTIL MY BONES BREAK CAUSE MY MENTAL INBALANCE, YOU COCKY BASTARD! AM I INFERIOR BECAUSE MY OWN GODDAMN BODY BROKE DOWN!?!
Goddamn it, that poster pissed off so much it caused me a panic attack. I lost my mental stability due to overwork and I bet this bastard is going to look at this and laugh at me because I got too traumatized by it. I deal with hellish mental damage and this person is looking down at me as laughing at how inferior I am because I had the goddman weakness to be so traumatized by what I saw that I had to never touch medicine again. They are laughing at me because I am too weak. Goddamn it. Why am I weak. Why do these people go for "you're too mentally unbalanced because you don't work hard enough!?!"
I ENJOYED MEDICINE! IT WAS MY PASSION! I HAD TO QUIT BECAUSE ME FOLLOWING THAT PASSION TO THE GODDAMN LETTER MADE ME A NERVOUS WRECK! I AM STILL A NERVOUS WRECK WITH LOADS OF MENTAL ISSUES YEARS LATER BECAUSE I DID YOUR GODDAMN ADVICE! THAT IS WHY YOU PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH! OF COURSE I'M FUCKING UNBALANCED!!!! WORKING PASSIONATELY KILLED MY MENTAL STABLITY! AND HERE YOU ARE KEEP ON ACTING LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME BECAUSE I HAD THE GALL TO WORK UNTIL I WAS PHYSICALLY MENTALLY SO BROKEN IT TOOK YEARS TO EVEN ACT SOME SAMBLANCE OF NORMAL! SO FUCK YOU FOR DARING TO IMPLY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE DON'T NEED THINGS LIKE PROPER WORK HOURS BECAUSE THEIR PASSION CAN SUSTAIN THEM! I NEARLY LOSS MY LIFE DOING THAT SO DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND MAKE IT TO BE THIS GODDAMN IDEAL!

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« Reply #27468 on: October 09, 2020, 11:45:50 PM »

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« Reply #27469 on: October 10, 2020, 12:01:05 AM »
That guy has some serious issues. The post that set him off wasn't even directed at him. He seriously shouldn't be on the internet if some random post causes him to breakdown

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« Reply #27470 on: October 10, 2020, 01:13:16 AM »
So, I worked myself to the bone until I got so stressed I had to be hospitalized. Tell me, does that make me lesser than you? Does that mean I "didn't work hard enough"? I worked as a paramedic and got so stressed in addition to the long hours and the difficultness of what I saw that I had to stop. Does that make me "weak" or "not loving what I did"? I am proud of my work as a paramedic but had to stop. Does that make me weak? This pisses me off so much. FUCK YOU! How DARE you imply that only those who enjoy their work work without complaint! How DARE you imply those who work normal jobs are inferior to those who work on passion projects! How DARE you pretend that people who want the right to work in a safe envorinment are "unbalanced"! WORKING UNTIL MY BONES BREAK CAUSE MY MENTAL INBALANCE, YOU COCKY BASTARD! AM I INFERIOR BECAUSE MY OWN GODDAMN BODY BROKE DOWN!?!
Goddamn it, that poster pissed off so much it caused me a panic attack. I lost my mental stability due to overwork and I bet this bastard is going to look at this and laugh at me because I got too traumatized by it. I deal with hellish mental damage and this person is looking down at me as laughing at how inferior I am because I had the goddman weakness to be so traumatized by what I saw that I had to never touch medicine again. They are laughing at me because I am too weak. Goddamn it. Why am I weak. Why do these people go for "you're too mentally unbalanced because you don't work hard enough!?!"
I ENJOYED MEDICINE! IT WAS MY PASSION! I HAD TO QUIT BECAUSE ME FOLLOWING THAT PASSION TO THE GODDAMN LETTER MADE ME A NERVOUS WRECK! I AM STILL A NERVOUS WRECK WITH LOADS OF MENTAL ISSUES YEARS LATER BECAUSE I DID YOUR GODDAMN ADVICE! THAT IS WHY YOU PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH! OF COURSE I'M FUCKING UNBALANCED!!!! WORKING PASSIONATELY KILLED MY MENTAL STABLITY! AND HERE YOU ARE KEEP ON ACTING LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME BECAUSE I HAD THE GALL TO WORK UNTIL I WAS PHYSICALLY MENTALLY SO BROKEN IT TOOK YEARS TO EVEN ACT SOME SAMBLANCE OF NORMAL! SO FUCK YOU FOR DARING TO IMPLY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE DON'T NEED THINGS LIKE PROPER WORK HOURS BECAUSE THEIR PASSION CAN SUSTAIN THEM! I NEARLY LOSS MY LIFE DOING THAT SO DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND MAKE IT TO BE THIS GODDAMN IDEAL!

Uncle

Yulwei

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27471 on: October 10, 2020, 01:51:54 AM »
that guy needs to chill tf out and smoke some chronic  :D

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27472 on: October 10, 2020, 01:55:11 AM »
Just one of the inmates having a normal one

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27473 on: October 10, 2020, 04:02:23 AM »
"being a paramedic was my passion, but then I saw the things a paramedic sees and now I've retired to live out my days as a sperglord on the internet."

Yulwei

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« Reply #27474 on: October 10, 2020, 04:18:54 AM »
Just one of the inmates having a normal one

 :insane

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27475 on: October 10, 2020, 05:11:03 AM »
So, I worked myself to the bone until I got so stressed I had to be hospitalized. Tell me, does that make me lesser than you? Does that mean I "didn't work hard enough"? I worked as a paramedic and got so stressed in addition to the long hours and the difficultness of what I saw that I had to stop. Does that make me "weak" or "not loving what I did"? I am proud of my work as a paramedic but had to stop. Does that make me weak? This pisses me off so much. FUCK YOU! How DARE you imply that only those who enjoy their work work without complaint! How DARE you imply those who work normal jobs are inferior to those who work on passion projects! How DARE you pretend that people who want the right to work in a safe envorinment are "unbalanced"! WORKING UNTIL MY BONES BREAK CAUSE MY MENTAL INBALANCE, YOU COCKY BASTARD! AM I INFERIOR BECAUSE MY OWN GODDAMN BODY BROKE DOWN!?!
Goddamn it, that poster pissed off so much it caused me a panic attack. I lost my mental stability due to overwork and I bet this bastard is going to look at this and laugh at me because I got too traumatized by it. I deal with hellish mental damage and this person is looking down at me as laughing at how inferior I am because I had the goddman weakness to be so traumatized by what I saw that I had to never touch medicine again. They are laughing at me because I am too weak. Goddamn it. Why am I weak. Why do these people go for "you're too mentally unbalanced because you don't work hard enough!?!"
I ENJOYED MEDICINE! IT WAS MY PASSION! I HAD TO QUIT BECAUSE ME FOLLOWING THAT PASSION TO THE GODDAMN LETTER MADE ME A NERVOUS WRECK! I AM STILL A NERVOUS WRECK WITH LOADS OF MENTAL ISSUES YEARS LATER BECAUSE I DID YOUR GODDAMN ADVICE! THAT IS WHY YOU PISSED ME OFF SO MUCH! OF COURSE I'M FUCKING UNBALANCED!!!! WORKING PASSIONATELY KILLED MY MENTAL STABLITY! AND HERE YOU ARE KEEP ON ACTING LIKE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME BECAUSE I HAD THE GALL TO WORK UNTIL I WAS PHYSICALLY MENTALLY SO BROKEN IT TOOK YEARS TO EVEN ACT SOME SAMBLANCE OF NORMAL! SO FUCK YOU FOR DARING TO IMPLY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSIONATE DON'T NEED THINGS LIKE PROPER WORK HOURS BECAUSE THEIR PASSION CAN SUSTAIN THEM! I NEARLY LOSS MY LIFE DOING THAT SO DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND MAKE IT TO BE THIS GODDAMN IDEAL!

I have the gut feeling his mental instability come from somewhere outside of being overworked. That didn’t help for sure...

Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27476 on: October 10, 2020, 05:51:51 AM »
What does someone that becomes a paramedic expects to see ? Rainbows and lollipops?

Maybe he thought he would only help people choking on their food or something.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27477 on: October 10, 2020, 06:29:14 AM »
If only he'd watched SpongeBob instead of Scrubs

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27478 on: October 10, 2020, 07:36:11 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/stephen-king-margaret-atwood-and-roxane-gay-champion-trans-rights-in-open-letter.303332/

Another thread that's literally nothing to do with JKR being a "fuck JKR" thread, even though AFAIK JKR has never said shit about hating trans people, claiming they have no rights, or that she is in any way opposed to this letter existing.

But the narrative is this is a response to... 'her' anti trans letter?
Which letter was that?
One she had nothing to do with which was a bunch of celebs saying "Yo, JKR is literally being targetted in an online witch hunt and that's not cool"?
Or the one that she signed along with other hateful right wingers like Noam Chomsky and Margaret Atwood saying that cancel culture both exists and is also total fucking hateful ideological purity test freedom of speech supressing bullshit?


Maybe era mods should just have all references to JKR be "Literally Who" instead. You know, to deny her publicity. As the sole figure responsible for all anti-trans sentiment in the world, and being the righteous target of any actions anyone feels like participating in.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #27479 on: October 10, 2020, 07:51:36 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/doj-sues-yale-for-discriminating-against-asian-american-white-applicants.303317/

Why are injustices to Asian American swept under the rug and laughed at

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Isn't this comic peak whataboutism?  It seems to be a criticism of how people focus on the minority while not really making any argument on why the minority himself is more deserving than the guy that didn't get in.  If anything, it seems like all 5 on the left shouldn't have gotten in.

Affirmative Action is deliberately supposed to be unfair, because it is intended to bootstrap changes to existing systemic unfairness by compensating for things like demographic makeup to get to parity faster, at which point you're supposed to take 'the training wheels' off because systemic inequality has been overcome and you go back to meritorious selection.

There probably is a danger that when you have a 'perfect' blend of gender and ethnicity that has clearly overcome any systemic inequality that those who are benefiting from a 'new' status quo will in their turn not want to give it up and dismantle their own systemic inequalities because they think 'being the black son of a rich black donator' should count for more than 'being poor and white' or whatever, but I'm fairly sure that Yale isn't at the point where that's a serious concern.