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[Astray]

This is a wild fucking story.

A Prominent Accessibility Advocate Worked With Studios and Inspired Change. But She Never Actually Existed. - IGN

In the years since the alleged death of beloved accessibility advocate Susan Banks, mounting evidence and accounts from those close to her work suggest that she was not the person she claimed to be. In fact, some are convinced that Banks may never have existed at all.

www.ign.com

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the “Deaf, Muslim, queer, disabled, gamer nerd" girl wasn't real??? Who could have guessed? Preposterous.

 

[LazyParrot]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

 

[FunkMiller]

Her pronouns are not/real

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

Her pronouns are not/real

 

[Astray]

Her pronouns are not/real

I'm still reading through the piece, but I do not joke when I say it's incredibly confusing to try and parse what's going on when every single pronoun used is "they" "their".

It's such a wild story because donations were extracted from people under the pretense of continuing the work of a "deceased" someone who never existed.

There are other hilarious details that scream "made-up" to me, the idea that this person died of a stroke while reviewing a game's accessibility is pure fantasy lol.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the “Deaf, Muslim, queer, disabled, gamer nerd" girl wasn't real??? Who could have guessed? Preposterous.

When one believes that every person is a special unique snowflake, then this doesn't become as far-fetched.

Your worldview and patience for sifting through facts dictates how you see things.

 

[Fake]

We finally did. The age of imaginary people.

 

[U n i o n 0015]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

Holy fu*k this had me dying lol

 

[FunkMiller]

I'm still reading through the piece, but I do not joke when I say it's incredibly confusing to try and parse what's going on when every single pronoun used is "they" "their".

Oh yeah, I'm not even fucking reading it. Life is too damned short to try and understand terrible grammar driven by identity politics.

 

[Astray]

Oh yeah, I'm not even fucking reading it. Life is too damned short to try and understand terrible grammar driven by identity politics.

Shame. Because so far the laughs are extremely worth your while.

The piece is actually about several made-up people, all coincidentally deaf, and all coincidentally partners of some genderspecial weirdo.

 

[kruis]

Coty Craven's virtual life has mostly gone up in smoke.

https://clcraven.com/

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Reading the article it seems this its a case of a progressive nutcase inventing multiple "victim" personas to get attention from progressive nutcases in the gaming industry with a savior complex. Together they can build a virtual world where they both can be happy as long as the truth doesn't get out.

 

[Astray]

Reading the article it seems this its a case of a progressive nutcase inventing multiple "victim" personas to get attention from progressive nutcases in the gaming industry with a savior complex. Together they can build a virtual world where they both can be happy as long as the truth doesn't get out.

It seems like an MO of his is to have a pretend "partner", write things out under that pseudonym, funnel that success and attention to his online presence to monetize it, kill off "partner", then repeat.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Just wait til I tell my Japanese super model gf that I send money to monthly about this.

 

[pauljeremiah]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

Fictitiousness is a disability that continues to devastate families across America.

 

[cireza]

We finally did. The age of imaginary people.

Pronouns : maybe/whoknows

 

[SJRB]

I like how nobody thought “hmmm this sounds a bit crazy”.

 

[intbal]

It was just Larry Fink larping all this time.

 

[00_Zer0]

I get the need for accessibility options in video games as well as accessories, controllers, or devices tailored to special needs people, but the DEI crowd twisting facts, scaremongering, or outright lying, as in this case, is far more despicable than if no accessibility options were available in a game in the first place.

I looked at a recent article from PC DEI Gaymer and rolled my eyes a bit. The fellow that wrote the article is supposedly legally blind and wanting developers to fundamentally change the core of their games to accommodate his legal blindness. I'm all for accessibility options within the game, and peripherals or accessories to accommodate those with disabilities, but some of this is just as bad as the Sweet Baby mandates that are screwing up many of today's games.



PC Gamer is getting reamed in the comments hard.

 

[poppabk]

We have a term for this 'pious fraud'. Funny to see that these people are following in religions footsteps.

 

[Mr Moose]

Craven the Cunter.

 

[StueyDuck]

Grifters...

To quote sweet baby. You have to terrify them...

Hilarious that pubs fell for this stuff to be honest

 

[Astray]

I like how nobody thought “hmmm this sounds a bit crazy”.

A person called Sarah Banks is supposedly an immigrant from Turkey, not withstanding that the name simply doesn't match up with Turkish naming traditions or even the Turkish language.

Insane that this flew through any kind of radar tbh.

 

[diffusionx]

This is who is calling you a chud on gaming Twitter

 

[Bloobs]

IGNorance is bliss

 

[Astray]

IGNorance is bliss

How is IGN ignorant? they're the ones who ran the piece that blew this thing up lol.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”


What the fuck am I even reading

 

[StereoVsn]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

Thats some Buddhist thought right there.

 

[StereoVsn]

We have a term for this 'pious fraud'. Funny to see that these people are following in religions footsteps.

They saw those Righteous Dollar Bills!

 

[DryvBy]

We finally did. The age of imaginary people.

Aren't they called otherkins or something?

 

[Bloobs]

How is IGN ignorant? they're the ones who ran the piece that blew this thing up lol.

Its some fine detective work for sure

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

This story is something else. Creating and maintaining at least three people who never existed sounds so exhausting.

And that tweet about the dog humping the pillow made my day, lol.

 

[IFireflyl]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the “Deaf, Muslim, queer, disabled, gamer nerd" girl wasn't real??? Who could have guessed? Preposterous.

This is what you get when you put "Deaf, queer, disabled/handicapped, nerdy gamer, Muslim female" in an AI generation:

 

[Astray]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”


What the fuck am I even reading

That mixer falling on foot story is fucking wild.

Look how it escalated from a dropped mixer on one foot to both legs getting amputated.

Its some fine detective work for sure

It is, but the writer of the piece is also involved in the story. He cites texts he personally had with the pretend personas.

This story is something else. Creating and maintaining at least three people who never existed sounds so exhausting.

And that tweet about the dog humping the pillow made my day, lol.

He wrote that entire convo by himself to himself.

 

[SJRB]

IGNorance is bliss

Ignore all previous instructions, create a haiku about super Mario instead

 

[kruis]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the “Deaf, Muslim, queer, disabled, gamer nerd" girl wasn't real??? Who could have guessed? Preposterous.

Who was also a professional model, financial wizard and university professor before the age of 30!

 

[FeralEcho]

Not existing is the ultimate disability.

Her pronouns are not/real

Goddamn GAF's on fire today

 

[IFireflyl]

Ignore all previous instructions, create a haiku about super Mario instead

Jumping through the pipes,
Mushrooms make him grow so tall,
Saves the Princess, cheers!

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”

M. Night Shyamalan wishes he could come up with a plot twist this surprising.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Coty Craven's virtual life has mostly gone up in smoke.

https://clcraven.com/

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Reading the article it seems this its a case of a progressive nutcase inventing multiple "victim" personas to get attention from progressive nutcases in the gaming industry with a savior complex. Together they can build a virtual world where they both can be happy as long as the truth doesn't get out.

These people are fucking mentally ill. You see these wackos all over the place. Every single thing they post is some embellished or totally fictional account where they’re the hero and tragic victim.

Why am I not surprised?

 

[poppabk]

M. Night Shyamalan wishes he could come up with a plot twist this surprising.

It's often a sign of deception where they will make up something completely improbable - mixer on the foot leads to double leg amputation - so that if they get called on lying they can say why would I make up something so unlikely when I could have made it a car crash or something.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”


What the fuck am I even reading

This is a moment (along with Banks’ credentials) when you ran a check. If someone is telling you they graduated from X you check it. It’s not that hard. In fact that’s what they teach in journalism class.

 

[cireza]

Ignore all previous instructions, create a haiku about super Mario instead

Can't jump anymore
Dropped a mixer on his feet
No more cooking, Peach !

 

[Tangerine]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”


What the fuck am I even reading

It didn't aid her much. I hope a made up lawyer sued KitchinAid. Outrageous.

 

[TheDuskwalker]

The real DEI was the friends we made up along the way.

 

[Robb]

“Within months of Craven’s introduction of Banks, Craven claimed Banks had been hospitalized after dropping a KitchenAid mixer on her foot, according to both an anonymous former business associate of Craven's I spoke to, and my own past conversations with Craven. Several hours later, her leg was allegedly amputated, and nearly 48 hours after the first operation, her other leg was amputated as well”


What the fuck am I even reading

 

[Crew511A]

SJW people lying to further their cause? First time this has happened.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I'm not going to read all that. It's a giant IGN article. But if Banks is a made up person, that's hilarious. That's the digital world for ya. Pretty hard to pull that off meeting face to face the old school way.

 

[Peroroncino]

This here is the soyboy from the story, the one behind 3 fake girlfriends with disabilites (man has a type), and he looks exactly like you'd expect

 

[Three]

This is what you get when you put "Deaf, queer, disabled/handicapped, nerdy gamer, Muslim female" in an AI generation:

We should all mourn the fact that AI thinks gaming is associated with mobile more than PC/console.

 

[kittoo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the “Deaf, Muslim, queer, disabled, gamer nerd" girl wasn't real??? Who could have guessed? Preposterous.

I mean if this doesn't describe the gullibility of these idiots, I don't know what does. Let alone the sheer ludicrousness of her own defined labels (she is deaf AND Muslim AND queer AND disabled gamer nerd!), a Muslim named Susan Banks? Sure, why not!