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So I see the thread I linked two posts from has been scrubbed off the forum, what happened anyway.
I really need them to finish off this "Oh no the students killed her husband!" plot. It's such a boring distraction.
Oh, and the Kermit romance.
Oh, and please kill off Michaela. She's awful.
This show is kinda booty, actually.
Which he uses because he can't properly plan
Also:
those certainly weren't the last 9 words i was expecting...
They weren't even that shocking. Anybody who's been paying attention BEEN knowing he was fucking her.
I really need them to finish off this "Oh no the students killed her husband!" plot. It's such a boring distraction.
Oh, and the Kermit romance.
Oh, and please kill off Michaela. She's awful.
This show is kinda booty, actually.
Show also takes some cues from the Tyler Perry play book of writing. That bullshit with Michaela and her fiancé was so garbage.Every single character is terrible. Uninteresting at best. Even the guest of the week clients she represents are one dimensional buffoons.
How do you see that and think of "light skin black guy with dreads"? lol
in that particular picture I can kinda see it.
How do you see that and think of "light skin black guy with dreads"? lol
So I see the thread I linked two posts from has been scrubbed off the forum, what happened anyway.
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Given how most people play GTA, not really surprised by the appeal of that Hatred game.
in that particular picture I can kinda see it.
Yeah he's trolling but the fact that people took that seriously in the first place says a lot.Somebody said he's trolling (which I'm really fucking tired of anyway) but the posts are in line with other stuff I've seen him post, so...
Same. Yo I don't even know about this game tho, seems like it's controversial. Will check gaming side for a min
Hatred looks like straight murder porn. GTA is never like that even when youre on killing sprees.
It's not as graphic, but it's pretty much the same effect. Watching bodies fly and blood get smeared for entertainment.
I believe that poster has had a few sus posts in there.
No context is better than what the devs thoughtup for that game
In GTA and a lot of other games violence is glorified but at least the context isn't gross murder simulator through and through. You're someone of loose morals trying to achieve a goal of some sort even if it is shallow like to make money. You even snatch up the cash someone drops after you kill em.
This is basically everyone should die while they beg to live because.
I thought I was being weak for feeling the way I did the other day but I see now I wasn't the only one overwhelmed and ready to throw in the towel.
All this gamergate insanity has weighed on so many people and just about drove many of us to consider abandoning online gaming communities altogether.
Can't believe it's gotten this bad. But I suppose it has to get worse than it is now before some dramatic change will occur. If only it didn't. Hopefully, violence won't be a factor before the change comes.
You know what I don't understand? Why do people cite misogyny as a reason that they avoid gaming side, yet seemingly make the most posts in the threads that are filled with the most misogyny?
Can't you ignore it like most people and play games? I barely recognize it's presence and never really jump into those threads because it's a mess. Not even worth getting stressed over.
Can't you ignore it like most people and play games? I barely recognize it's presence and never really jump into those threads because it's a mess. Not even worth getting stressed over.
Let me say this as someone in the industry: people ignoring this stuff and being apathetic leads to the people who make the games you want to play getting run out of the industry or avoid getting into it all together.
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You know what I don't understand? Why do people cite misogyny as a reason that they avoid gaming side, yet seemingly make the most posts in the threads that are filled with the most misogyny?
But the games I want to play aren't getting run out. That's why I'm apathetic generally speaking. It's just honestly not worth arguing with cats online. At least it's not too me
How do you see that and think of "light skin black guy with dreads"? lol
We the bucket for real?
We're dissuading people from trying to change gaming culture and it's problem with women?
Is this at me? I rarely go on gaming side save for harmless topics generally but yes, I make a few posts in the threads here and there but definitely not the most.
From what I've seen, and I've only been involved for 4 years, I can pretty much guarantee women at all major game companies have to deal with harassment. It may not affect their bottom lines and ship dates, but you definitely have a pool of talent being shrunk constantly.
But what does telling random people online who's heads are too far up their ass when it comes to issues like harassment about themselves do? I have never seen that really be effective. The mess surrounding harassment in gaming definitely isn't helping because no one's opinion right or wrong is really getting heard. It's just mess that needs to die out.
But what does telling random people online who's heads are too far up their ass when it comes to issues like harassment about themselves do? I have never seen that really be effective. The mess surrounding harassment in gaming definitely isn't helping because no one's opinion right or wrong is really getting heard. It's just mess that needs to die out.
In general. I just find it confusing that people say that they avoid gaming side because of misogyny, yet post there when it's the most blatant.
If you did a cross section of misogynist and racist posts in both Gaming and OT, you'd be sure to get some familiar names.
It's not as graphic, but it's pretty much the same effect. Watching bodies fly and blood get smeared for entertainment.
If you look at those theories, they all stem from the same core idea: rationalization. These games are completely digital, but there's a certain degree of rationalization at work in personally committing violent acts. We feel empathy for those fictional characters, so we need reasons to ignore those feelings. We're able to rationalize our violent actions in a variety of ways, which makes everything fine. That violence becomes catharsis.
Hatred (the game!) strips that rationalization away, leaving just the violence. It doesn't say, "You did this horrible thing for X reason," it merely lets the act stand alone. And for some people, that's a bridge too far.
To your first point: it's usually not about convincing the person acting in the extreme, but convincing the readers who aren't actively posting but are reading the ideas.
Concerning the bolded: you realize what that sounds like right? "Why talk about ___ism? Just leave it alone and let it die out."
I've been noticing this lately too.
The dude that started #notyourshield bullshit was black and we CONSTANTLY get people in misogyny-related threads saying "as a black man, i don't care."
Empathy is important, even if you don't feel something affects you directly.