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No apologies for the double post

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Parody Accountant wrote:No apologies for the double post
None needed, my friend: it was wonderful.

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http://i.imgur.com/pHA00VQ.png

It's funny because murder.

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BarnOwl wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Totally OT:

Prince Albert II of Monaco did the bucket challenge. I have quite a soft spot for the guy, so this video made my day:



Carry on...
He isn't much of an equestrian or polo player though. I used to think that equestrian skills were an absolute requirement for European royalty ... not so, I guess. Maybe it's just the British royals who are horsey.

... resisting making a snide comment about horsely looking royals.

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Sulman wrote:These people. They just...words fail me.

It was behaviour like this - and they all do it - that showed me how ugly the heart of progressives can be.
Lol.

Sorry libs, but as a fellow lib, I'm going to have to call you guys out for pulling this shit without fail.

Screams of "tokenism," except in specific cases where you can prove it is true are extremely racist. :lol:

But I like how they a) somehow don't notice all the blacks and women in the tag and b) generalize all of them as "tokens."

Not to mention it's ciswhite heterorapist guys doing this. :lol:

So that's like DOUBLE ONLINE RAPE.

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JacquesCuze wrote:Mothers are being oppressed by society idealizing "home cooked meals"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/20 ... thers.html
Sure they are healthier but they add stress to the mother.

It's a pernicious message that society sends to woman that “home-cooked meals have become the hallmark of good mothering, stable families, and the ideal of the healthy, productive citizen,

Low-income mothers often have erratic work schedules, making it impossible to have set meal times.

Even for middle-class working mothers who are able to be home by 6 p.m., trying to cook a meal while children are demanding attention and other chores need doing becomes overwhelming.

Money is also a problem. Low-income women often don't have the money for fresh produce and, in many cases, can't afford to pay for even a basic kitchen setup.

The women interviewed faced not just children but grown adults who are whiny, picky, and ungrateful for their efforts. “We rarely observed a meal in which at least one family member didn’t complain about the food they were served,

Picky husbands and boyfriends were just as much, if not more, of a problem than fussy children.
So Mandy, and yes, we all knew it was Mandy who wrote this, doesn't list a single alternative to home cooked meals. What is she advocating for?

+ Mac and Cheese?
+ Meals on Wheels?
+ Takeout
+ McDonald's
+ Pizza
+ Denny's
+ A nice brew pub

She nicely puts in all on the mothers, (husbands and boyfriends are picky and worse than children). Gosh knows, I never cooked dinners for my kids while scheduling work, chores, and stuff!

And home cooked meals being difficult on the wallet? Yeah, fast food, dining out, and tv dinners are certainly more economical than making a pot of spaghetti, or making hamburgers at home, or what have you.

What on earth is the point of this article? What is she advocating for?
Ok, Mandy Marcotte is really pissing me off now. Stereotypes much? I do most of the cooking at home. So do almost all my male friends. Maybe it's a French thing, but cooking is the magisteria of dudes where I live. Is she going to speak about Patriarchal gender roles next?

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Lochness_Hamster wrote:it's amazing #notyourshield is like a cross and garlic against SJW's they have nothing to say
Speaking of which, I suppose that now is a good time as any to mention that our brave and fearless Social Justice Warrios are taking an ass pounding from some of the very people they claim to speak for.

Some are posting selfies to counter any argument that they are in reality CIS white neckbeard dudebro MRA scum :
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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
JacquesCuze wrote:Mothers are being oppressed by society idealizing "home cooked meals"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/20 ... thers.html
Sure they are healthier but they add stress to the mother.

It's a pernicious message that society sends to woman that “home-cooked meals have become the hallmark of good mothering, stable families, and the ideal of the healthy, productive citizen,

Low-income mothers often have erratic work schedules, making it impossible to have set meal times.

Even for middle-class working mothers who are able to be home by 6 p.m., trying to cook a meal while children are demanding attention and other chores need doing becomes overwhelming.

Money is also a problem. Low-income women often don't have the money for fresh produce and, in many cases, can't afford to pay for even a basic kitchen setup.

The women interviewed faced not just children but grown adults who are whiny, picky, and ungrateful for their efforts. “We rarely observed a meal in which at least one family member didn’t complain about the food they were served,

Picky husbands and boyfriends were just as much, if not more, of a problem than fussy children.
So Mandy, and yes, we all knew it was Mandy who wrote this, doesn't list a single alternative to home cooked meals. What is she advocating for?

+ Mac and Cheese?
+ Meals on Wheels?
+ Takeout
+ McDonald's
+ Pizza
+ Denny's
+ A nice brew pub

She nicely puts in all on the mothers, (husbands and boyfriends are picky and worse than children). Gosh knows, I never cooked dinners for my kids while scheduling work, chores, and stuff!

And home cooked meals being difficult on the wallet? Yeah, fast food, dining out, and tv dinners are certainly more economical than making a pot of spaghetti, or making hamburgers at home, or what have you.

What on earth is the point of this article? What is she advocating for?
Ok, Mandy Marcotte is really pissing me off now. Stereotypes much? I do most of the cooking at home. So do almost all my male friends. Maybe it's a French thing, but cooking is the magisteria of dudes where I live. Is she going to speak about Patriarchal gender roles next?

I encourage marcotte and all other, strong empowyrd womxn who don't need no man to live exclusively on carbohydrate rich processed food and sugar filled drink. Anything less would be colluding with the patriarchy.

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AndrewV69 wrote:
Lochness_Hamster wrote:it's amazing #notyourshield is like a cross and garlic against SJW's they have nothing to say
Speaking of which, I suppose that now is a good time as any to mention that our brave and fearless Social Justice Warrios are taking an ass pounding from some of the very people they claim to speak for.

Some are posting selfies to counter any argument that they are in reality CIS white neckbeard dudebro MRA scum :
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It's funny that the internet that so empowers these idiots in going to ultimately be their undoing. Can't supress a world of knowledge forever. Even if you shout rape a lot.

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Garlix wrote:
James Caruthers wrote: One thing I noticed in medieval romance was the accounts mostly used weapons and armor as emblems of rank, which goes to the rigid class system. There weren't many stories I can think of where the knight used something other than a sword (arming sword) or lance, even though some of the stories were written in the late medieval period, when arming swords were falling out of favor and militias were becoming the future. This reality would have been at odds with the courtly ideals and beliefs a knight would have had about class structure.
In France, bearing a sword was the symbol and privilege (oops!) of Nobility right until the Revolution. You see paintings of salons from the late 18th century - and you can recognize the nobles as they actually carry a sword in the goddamn salon!

https://pages.wustl.edu/files/pages/sal ... nsalon.jpg (look for the long gray pointy things extending from their hips- sword sheaths).

Meanwhile in Medieval England, millions of commoners had longbows and were required to learn how to use them proficiently, leading to predictable ass-kicking of our precious heavy knights and mercenary crossbowmen during the Hundred Years' war. Thank god for gunpowder (and Joan of Arc-ekicker :dance: ).
There's also a copious absence of crossbows in most medieval romances. :whistle:

And very few (if any) stories about peasants who became kings. Arthur, no matter which version, doesn't count because (and this VERY important,) he had a lineage through to Uther, who was a king.

The one medieval romance I can even remember in which peasants fought knights was the Knight of the Cart. Now, this story does have one radical element, which is that the knight (Lancelot) must ride in a cart driven by a dwarf (a peasant of very low stature, basically.) By getting in the cart, he undermines his position in society. It's hard to explain. He does this and immediately almost everyone somehow knows and people laugh at him constantly for the rest of the story because of it. Anyway, Lancelot meets some peasants, and they have short bows. They shoot some arrows at him, he charges them, and I think they run away.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of ... ows#Europe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot,_ ... f_the_Cart

Crossbows would have been available at the time Mssr Chretien wrote his tale, but they are not included. Chivalric writings were utopian in the sense that they often chose to omit the less "honorable" aspects of medieval life and warfare. And it just isn't very chivalric if those damn peasants can kill a nobleman! God wouldn't care for that shit! :snooty:

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AndrewV69:
They've already given up on the "you're all sockpuppets" argument. They've turned it into "You just suffer from internalized racism/misogyny/[insert buzz word here]".

They failed to realize that gamers aren't just cishetwhitedudebros and as a result picked the wrong group to target. Now they've left their asses exposed, and maybe MRAs will gain some ground out of it too, as there are more than a few feminists on both sides of "GamerGate".

I'll dare to say that it's the equivalent of getting caught "flat-footed" in any number of D&D games, the ones I play are all video games 'cuz I don't have the patience for table-top, and now they're taking critical damage for their antiquated ideas and their ability to duck and dodge issues doesn't mean anything.

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didymos wrote:
James Caruthers wrote:http://38.media.tumblr.com/48e798509602 ... 1_1280.jpg

"Made of rape."

I must have missed that part in Witcher 2, but the game was buggy as fuck and essentially broke my save file, so who knows. I know it was trying to be darker, more realistic and more violent than most video game fantasy worlds.

I can't wait until SJWs start trying to ban dark fantasy because of all the raep and violence (against women, violence against men is fine.)
Oh, fuck her. I know for a fact she's played both games (there's a video from a lecture she did on Youtube, terribly researched and very tendentious, about them), so this is just straight up lying. Yes, rape comes up in the games. They're set in a late-medieval society. Lots of horrible stuff comes up. No, it's never shown on-screen. There are two instances of threatened rape in the first game, both of which you prevent, and you can find out about two others in the past if you ask the right people the right questions. You learn about three women who were raped in the second game, all after the fact. This adds up to a few minutes out of probably 80-100 hours of gameplay total. "Made of rape". Please.
You can kill female NPCs in the Souls games. Dark Souls, Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 2 all let you kill women if you choose to.

Why won't someone stop all this violence against wombyn?!? Misogyny!

What's that? Oh yeah, the majority of the enemy monsters are male if they have a gender. Oh, but there are a couple of female monsters.

Misogyny! Violence against women! Someone needs to pass VAWA for video games right now!

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DeepInsideYourMind wrote:
sinister wrote:
didymos wrote:Well, apparently, the chick who wrote that Guardian piece about Zoe Quinn (who she failed to mention was her BFF) has flounced from game journalism:
Is there a SJW rule that the majority of one's tweets must make the reader believe Eeyore is real and has internet access?
Will she stick the flounce ... or will she do a Suey/Hensley/Caineajiwhatsitname


Awww cmon ... she's an SJW... they can't stick to anything, let alone a flounce


WTF is it with SJWs and hissy fits, I'm sure that is reinforcing a stereotype they think is bad.
Good. Good riddance to her. One less "journalist" to worry about. But yeah, let's face it, as an SJW she is unlikely to stick to the flounce.

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sinister wrote:'
So.. Movie Bob is kinda dumb, eh? Is that a requirement for game 'journalists'?
He's dumb by the low standards of his own occupation.

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DownThunder wrote:
Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
JacquesCuze wrote:What on earth is the point of this article? What is she advocating for?
Ok, Mandy Marcotte is really pissing me off now. Stereotypes much? I do most of the cooking at home. So do almost all my male friends. Maybe it's a French thing, but cooking is the magisteria of dudes where I live. Is she going to speak about Patriarchal gender roles next?

I encourage marcotte and all other, strong empowyrd womxn who don't need no man to live exclusively on carbohydrate rich processed food and sugar filled drink. Anything less would be colluding with the patriarchy.
Phil, it's just advertising herself as a contentious click-baity person, like Norton Quinn in Mykeru's BBC video. She's hoping to get attacked for it so she can cry victim, and likely will get the responses she wants.

DownThunder, they cannot subsist on carb-rich food & sugar drinks because that would also be a tool of the Patriarchy. And they can't drink rainwater, because rain increases humidity which is a leading cause of "Bad Hair Days" which only happen because of Patriarchy. Nor could they eat carb-rich foods, because those are mass-produced in factories, with men being paid for minimum wage to do shitwork. By buying ANYTHING they are inadvertently supporting the Patriarchy. Whatever they get has to come to them for free. Except the Patriarchy is also behind welfare to keep the poor below the poverty line. [and the circle-jerk continues until everyone finally runs out of ideas with one of the last lines being:]
Starvation is also not an option because 'strong independent womxn that don't need no man' don't want to allow any man any victory.
:think:

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sinister wrote:https://twitter.com/Auragasmic/
Aspie.INTJ.Sex Positive & Intersectional Feminist.
Purveyor of the Socialist agenda & #ProChoice
Propaganda. INFOSEC. Atheist. Sith Lord. Feisty.
:cdc:

They really do all claim to have Asperger's don't they? Like it's a badge of honor or something.
I don't understand. Be fine with who you are, but don't let your disabilities be what defines you. :bjarte:
If they could understand that one point, they wouldn't be SJW any more.

FYI they count a vagina or dark skin as a "disability." :lol:

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James Caruthers wrote:
sinister wrote:'
So.. Movie Bob is kinda dumb, eh? Is that a requirement for game 'journalists'?
He's dumb by the low standards of his own occupation.
How could anyone find this pseudo intellectual nonsense convincing? That argument makes no sense unless he believes politics is synonymous with philosophy.

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ok Boogie has thrown "all in" now, big youtuber finally

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Parody Accountant wrote:
didymos wrote:God Fucking Damn It. Fuck This Board!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwkwAMtIIAAK9xt.jpg
swastika on the wrist. wut
All of a sudden, I feel like appearance and slut-shaming this woman.

Must be because I was born with a penis. Damn penis!

What's that, penis?

Ah, okay.

The penis is telling me she isn't even worth objectifying.

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I hope these journalists are getting that low blood pressure, white faced, hollow stomach fear right now. They have to be aware this is turning out very poorly for them. Watching their arguments sink time and again has to be deeply concerning. I can't believe they ever thought the minority of a minority of minorities would be their meal ticket. I wish I could see this dawn on them as they get up each day and see that thousands more people have posted about this, and it's getting louder. Not fading into dark like most internet blow ups.

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Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?

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sinister wrote:Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?
Not at all, as it seems to be related to compensation for the personality they're lacking in. Not all women that dye their hair those colors are vapid women, just the ones that use it to shout "LOOK AT ME!" so they can then turn around and shout "STOP EYE RAPING ME!" :roll:

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sinister wrote:
James Caruthers wrote:
sinister wrote:'
So.. Movie Bob is kinda dumb, eh? Is that a requirement for game 'journalists'?
He's dumb by the low standards of his own occupation.
How could anyone find this pseudo intellectual nonsense convincing? That argument makes no sense unless he believes politics is synonymous with philosophy.
I talk with a few other people who have known about Bob for at least the last five years. Most of us have concluded after 5 years of paying halfhearted attention to his work that he's a troll and a moron. Probably about 50/50.

He wrote a book where he claimed Mario saved him from suicide. He's very childish. He idolizes Nintendo as a company. He thinks Halo (the franchise) is racist because The Covenant, a group of racially-"diverse" aliens, are the bad guys and a white cishet is the good guy. He hated the Expendables and Transformers movies but loved Pacific Rim. He loves Anita Sarkeesian and yet also loves all these Nintendo games that she thinks are irredeemably sexist and toxic.

I tend to think he's trolling most of the time, but when it comes to the social justice league, he's fully on board. I think it boils down to Bob's status as the Ur-example of a male white knight.

http://i.imgur.com/7z2FAmd.jpg

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I don't like the word "mangina," but damn is it ever appropriate in Bob's case.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jgz5y7wfYM8/T ... hinker.png

He even dresses up as what he imagines a "dudebro" looks like (yes he really does do these skits like a fucking 11 year-old) and puts strawman arguments in the mouths of his critics.

https://38.media.tumblr.com/413acabfa44 ... o1_500.png

Is that what privilege is? Because I think if the hobby was feminism and you were an oppressed pock or wock, you'd argue that you HAVE to have that identity built around the hobby because you're so UPPRESSED that you just can't... even... without it.

Y'know, sort of like the guys on Wizardchan. 8-)

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sinister wrote:Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?
The modern western social justice feminist mating call is widely recognized by contemporary evolutionary biologists as having the reverse effect on most males.

Except for the illusive "ivory warrior," a rare breed of male typically found attached, limpet-like, to the posterior of the most vocal females. Strangely, the female, despite her desperate mating calls of "misogyny!" and "patriarchy!" finds the ivory warriors repulsive.

http://www.obeasts.org/

Here's some reference material for future study.

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ive asked so many Feminists to come talk in #notyourshield..... funny none take up the challenge

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Lochness_Hamster wrote:ive asked so many Feminists to come talk in #notyourshield..... funny none take up the challenge
To venture a guess, most of them are skipping past gamer gate to get at the real issue. The wage gap, wherein the folks (as it's not just men) working overtime to pick up the slack & keep a project (or possibly even business) afloat is supporting the patriarchy because the woman on maternity leave isn't in there to do her job.

True story: I've had this brought up as an "inequality that women face", they pointed at wage gap and maternity leave. All I got was a "favorite" for was the "men are in CEO positions, because they are there [at the workplace] more often to show their dedication and have more opportunity for merit, not being out of the office on maternity leave for a few months." rhetoric. To some extent I suspect they even maybe agreed with it. Yet the next day this same person shamed me for pointing out how toxic feminists can be, and that when you take up a label you take up all of it, not just the fluffy fuzzy feel-good parts because words mean different things to different people. I was also informed that it wasn't a language barrier thing (specifically I said "like 'cunt' in Australia vs. 'cunt' in the US"), that makes people define the term feminist as toxic people that seek female supremacy.

Gets confusing, but it's mental gymnastics I guess. :roll:

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sinister wrote:Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?
Don't forget the black rim glasses

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Michael J wrote:
sinister wrote:Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?
Don't forget the black rim glasses
You wish they were black. Black would at least be a neutral color they could pair with colors normal people wear.

White, pink, purple and blue rim glasses are all the rage now. Don't be left in the past, you square!

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JacquesCuze wrote:Mothers are being oppressed by society idealizing "home cooked meals"

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/20 ... thers.html
Sure they are healthier but they add stress to the mother.

It's a pernicious message that society sends to woman that “home-cooked meals have become the hallmark of good mothering, stable families, and the ideal of the healthy, productive citizen,

Low-income mothers often have erratic work schedules, making it impossible to have set meal times.

Even for middle-class working mothers who are able to be home by 6 p.m., trying to cook a meal while children are demanding attention and other chores need doing becomes overwhelming.

Money is also a problem. Low-income women often don't have the money for fresh produce and, in many cases, can't afford to pay for even a basic kitchen setup.

The women interviewed faced not just children but grown adults who are whiny, picky, and ungrateful for their efforts. “We rarely observed a meal in which at least one family member didn’t complain about the food they were served,

Picky husbands and boyfriends were just as much, if not more, of a problem than fussy children.
So Mandy, and yes, we all knew it was Mandy who wrote this, doesn't list a single alternative to home cooked meals. What is she advocating for?

+ Mac and Cheese?
+ Meals on Wheels?
+ Takeout
+ McDonald's
+ Pizza
+ Denny's
+ A nice brew pub

She nicely puts in all on the mothers, (husbands and boyfriends are picky and worse than children). Gosh knows, I never cooked dinners for my kids while scheduling work, chores, and stuff!

And home cooked meals being difficult on the wallet? Yeah, fast food, dining out, and tv dinners are certainly more economical than making a pot of spaghetti, or making hamburgers at home, or what have you.

What on earth is the point of this article? What is she advocating for?
Being considered with diminished responsibility and becoming a ward of state as a legitimate lifestyle choice?

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When neck beards swarm ......

And what does one get if one should mate with Gertrude McFuzz coming down the stairs?

http://i.imgur.com/nx06C5Z.jpg

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MUH PAIN!

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Pitchguest wrote:I have a confession to make. I never played System Shock 2 during its original release. (I know, I know, a gamer faux pas!)

But I did buy it on GOG a few months back and I installed it hoping to redeem myself. Let me just put it this way: I've become way too used to modern games. Because holy fucking shit. The game is way too fucking complicated. I'm sure at the time when I was more accustomed to games being that way and I actually think I would have made sense of it much sooner due to the contrived way games were conceived back then, but now? I came to a point where I had no idea what to do. Enemies were swarming me. I ran out of bullets. The upgrade system is crazy. I could link waypoints on the map multiple times that would show up in the game but showed no way how to disable them so they were eventually clogging up my screen. Um. Yeah.

I didn't even get half way. I still have it on my computer, haunting me, compelling to play it all the way through. But each time I fire it up I run into the same problem. I refuse to look through playthroughs on YouTube because I want to figure that shit out for myself, but I was just astounded on just how complicated it turned out. Even the original Deus Ex wasn't this convoluted.
It looks like the classic game "Star Control 2" or "Urquan Masters" is just like your type! /troll

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Lochness_Hamster wrote:
Very nice video. "Never generalize" should really be the message.

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A comment from the latest Ophelia Benson cut-n-paste-apalooza:
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Huh, what? Using women's corpses as sandbags? Sounds like fun. Of course somebody knows what game s/h/it's talking about, right?

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Brive1987 wrote:When neck beards swarm ......

And what does one get if one should mate with Gertrude McFuzz coming down the stairs?

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Can these white guys talk down to me about diversity again?

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dogen wrote:
sinister wrote:
dogen wrote:
Indeed. A+'s very own Grimalkin diagnosed itself with Asperger's.
Why would that be good? I saw internet aristocrats vid about it, some chick claiming a 140 iq or some such nonsense... but I don't understand why they would think that is do wonderful.
I think it's because (i) having a 'disability' increases one's in-group social power, and (ii) Grimalkin wanted a narrative for why the world at large refuses to put up with s/h/it's shit.
This is pretty much A+er Kassiane's whole shtick -- she is fundamentally a shockingly pushy, rude, and narcissistic bitch, which is supposed to be explained and perfectly justified by her "autism."

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Mykeru wrote:A comment from the latest Ophelia Benson cut-n-paste-apalooza:
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Huh, what? Using women's corpses as sandbags? Sounds like fun. Of course somebody knows what game s/h/it's talking about, right?
It's a scene from a single game, and the first time I'd ever seen that done in a video game. Also, the body actually wasn't cover. It was on the table that was cover. I have no idea what the context was, because Anita doesn't do context.

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Apples wrote:
dogen wrote:
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Why would that be good? I saw internet aristocrats vid about it, some chick claiming a 140 iq or some such nonsense... but I don't understand why they would think that is do wonderful.
I think it's because (i) having a 'disability' increases one's in-group social power, and (ii) Grimalkin wanted a narrative for why the world at large refuses to put up with s/h/it's shit.
This is pretty much A+er Kassiane's whole shtick -- she is fundamentally a shockingly pushy, rude, and narcissistic bitch, which is supposed to be explained and perfectly justified by her "autism."
It's also deeply patronizing to those with similar issues who do not use it as an excuse to be vile. Having a condition (for want of a better word) does not make a person horrible yet she is doing her best to prove otherwise. The same is true for SJW's who wreck any chance in having an adult, intelligent discussion about anything they dig their claws in. They polarize and abuse those who should be natural allies and friends. Myers is proud of doing that, rather childish for someone his age and extremely counterproductive. They damage the very causes they think they support.

On gaming, has Watson expressed an opinion? She is a gamer and this is a topic she could talk about with some knowledge I would assume. She should be in a good position to present a balanced, thoughtful piece about gaming culture which could easily pinpoint areas of misogyny, racism etc with untampered evidence but without accusing all gamers of being evil bigots.

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didymos wrote:
Mykeru wrote:A comment from the latest Ophelia Benson cut-n-paste-apalooza:
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Huh, what? Using women's corpses as sandbags? Sounds like fun. Of course somebody knows what game s/h/it's talking about, right?
It's a scene from a single game, and the first time I'd ever seen that done in a video game. Also, the body actually wasn't cover. It was on the table that was cover. I have no idea what the context was, because Anita doesn't do context.
The easy way out is to have only white cis males killable in games. The fact that would remove the agency of everyone else as well as be deeply offensive does not cross some people's minds. While they are at it they should ban all art and literature which has females die. We can start with Shakespeare.

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Hey Sinister,

If you are about you may be interested in this video where our friend from JREF, MattusMaximus, (that's him in the screenshot) moderates at last years Dragon*Con.

Given his staring role, I find it unsurprising he declares this to be '"my favorite panel from last year’s Skeptrack".

Also notable is just how unhealthy Pam Gay looks. Someone badly needs an intervention.

http://vimeo.com/99627043

http://i.imgur.com/i7QEuB6.jpg

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And if you you were mislead by his earnest "schism, what schism?" facade be so no more ....


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Just looked up at the TV in time to hear "could the ark of the covenant really be hidden in Japan"

Yep, History Channel. My bad.

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And there was much rejoicing:

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free thoughtpolice wrote:
Scented Nectar wrote:
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Wait a minute, she's not even an atheist?

Wait a minute, I'm surprised?
She's a feminist and a Muslim. True Islam isn't sexist, it's that Islam was hijacked by the patriarchy. :geek:
Hijacked! Oh the stupid burns strong. There is no way to interpret the koran (and those hadith books too) other than seeing the very clear laws in those books declaring that women are inferior, property of her father or the husband that she was arranged/sold-to, and whom must fuck on demand - extra unpleasant if she's also been mutilated - and do all sorts of slave labour in the home as well, and must obey them both on threat of death or beatings. Also, if she's a believer, she has the threats of eternal after-death torture. Why on earth would a feminist promote the only remaining patriarchy and true rape culture left on our planet?

If asked, most of these idiots barf out something like "but, but, racism/islamophobia!" even though it has nothing to do with race. There are muslims of just about every race on earth. It DOES have to do with culture though, and there is no bigotry in criticizing cultural behaviours. It's only sensible to be cautious, phobic even, towards a barbaric, unequal, unjust, legal and lifestyle system which is trying to spread into modern, happier countries.

The only time bigotry appears is when one is told to NOT criticize a culture. Even when the criticism is in favour of improving the quality of life of people who are stuck living in that culture. When someone thinks that we should accept barbarism in someone's culture "because it's just their way - we should tolerate it", they are practicing the bigotry of lowered expectations. We should want everyone to have a good quality of life, not help keep them in old barbaric situations "cuz it's just their way".

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Also:

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didymos wrote:And there was much rejoicing:
Ah I guess that means the fashion of androphobia has gone a bit too mainstream.

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Parody Accountant wrote:
didymos wrote:God Fucking Damn It. Fuck This Board!

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swastika on the wrist. wut
Oh yuck! That face with whatever the fuck expression that is, the ugly hitler tats, piercings and hair dye... How on earth did she talk 5 men into having sex with her?

Well, this is a good example of how women have a much easier time getting sex from men, than men do from women. All you have to be is female. Even if you're ugly or fat or whatever else undesirable trait, women are privileged in being able to get offers of hetero sex far easier than men do.

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Those who live in house full of people with stupidly pretentious nyms shouldn't throw bitchy stones:

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didymos wrote:Those who live in house full of people with stupidly pretentious nyms shouldn't throw bitchy stones:
Wow, I know I say it all the time, but would a little introspection kill these people?

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Opyt wrote:
sinister wrote:Is it bad that blue, pink, and purple hair dye have become a warning of oncoming stupidity, and revulsion to me, on an almost visceral level?
Not at all, as it seems to be related to compensation for the personality they're lacking in. Not all women that dye their hair those colors are vapid women, just the ones that use it to shout "LOOK AT ME!" so they can then turn around and shout "STOP EYE RAPING ME!" :roll:
Fuck, I hate that shit. Fucking own it if you dress to be noticed. Don't pretend you didn't do it. Do act as if the notice you receive is 'bad.' Don't think I'm 'stare raping' you, I'm probably just thinking your 'shock value outfit' looks stupid and you didn't pull it off.

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didymos wrote:Also:
Uuurk, no, bitch, your "at home" time used to make hate filled accusations and constant flaming of people is why not a damn person (except damion apparently) can defend your PTSD anymore. Not even you.
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Sorry for the harsh language, I guess.

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I realised the gaming world was a shitty place when my tie fighter kept getting pummeled by x-wings wielding their shield privilage.

I never looked back. Learn from my experience.

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didymos wrote:Also:
That's just weird. Working from home would be a great accommodation if one has agorophobia, because they won't need to go outside or amongst crowds.

But Melody claims that interacting on social media has given her PTSD. Her accommodation should be that she should not have to use social media, but instead do other work.

She was probably diagnosed with agorophobia, or maybe even a general social anxiety condition. She just wants people to think it's all the result of bad words on twitter so that she is seen as oppressed rather than simply mentally ill.

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I just have to say the "privilege" behind that tweet is astounding. Hundreds of homeless vets suffer from PTSD they have thanks to being witnesses to the worst of the worse part of human tragedy and suffering. Melody a pampered well off white woman, has PTSD due to bullies on twitter. Melody has it so good that she gets to work from home and somehow use that entity which so harms her daily. The important thing here though is to acknowledge how terrible things are for Melody, as often as possible, also be sure to complement her new glasses. What utter inhuman narcissism.

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TheMudbrooker wrote:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwkwAMtIIAAK9xt.jpg

Wow, Mitch McConnell must be truly desparate for the youth vote.

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Turtlekin?

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didymos wrote:Those who live in house full of people with stupidly pretentious nyms shouldn't throw bitchy stones:
Because the compound word "thunderfoot" is defined by [fill in the blank] of some particular age below 40? What does he think 'thunderfoot' means, if it even means anything that is? Maybe the Monty Python foot stomping down from the thundery clouds. Or maybe a heavy footstep making a thunderous sound. But where the fuck does SpokesGay get 'something that cannot be as old as 40'?

Figures that a SJW would blurt out something ageist too. Fucking hypocrites.

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Sinister, apologies if you still have PTSD from MattusMaximus. I should have provided a trigger warning to my post above.

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