Brovo said
Here I'll summarize it for you: People said things and made arguments because they cared about the subject.
Uhhh... Look at ShonHarris' post. That goes beyond caring to, "Fake Gamer Girls Killed My Mom."
Brovo said
Here I'll summarize it for you: People said things and made arguments because they cared about the subject.
Turtlicious said
Uhhh... Look at ShonHarris' post. That goes beyond caring to, "Fake Gamer Girls Killed My Mom."
thinkertron2000 said
"Dick" does not equal to any of those words, largely because men aren't as as maligned as women are, and "bitch" as an insult for men is still sexist against women. When you call a man a "bitch", what you means is that he's like a woman, submissive and incompetent.hahahahaHAHAHAH! I love guys like this, people who've never actually spoken to a feminist, nor read any feminist articles. You're adorable. Look, one of the biggest tenants of feminism is getting rid of gender rolls, and a patriarchal* society, both of which certainly hurt women, but they hurt men as well. It's because of gender rolls that women get the children in divorces more often (well, that and a higher amount of male abusers than female), it's because of a patriarchal society that male victim rape is so often ignored (also the same reason that female victim rape is ignored).Do you want to know why feminists rarely talk about male problems? BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FEWER OF THEM THAN FEMALE PROBLEMS. It's not that hard you guys.
Dervish said
I always found it somewhat amusing that the sexist nerds who rally against women participating in their "thing" are usually the ones drooling over giant breadted cartoons in chainmail bikinis. To clarify, they're driving off real women while idolizing fake ones. It's as bad as the one kid in my boot camp who claimed to prefer hentai to a real girlfriend. It's pretty sad.And then they complain when they can't get girlfriends. Fucking awesome.
Blondie said
I think it's pretty much all about self-image, jealousy and sexual frustration.It's pretty much agreed upon that this nerd hate comes primarily (if not entirely) from men. I'll just be blunt. I assume a guy who sees a "fake geek girl" and lashes out over it is only because he finds the whole situation unfair. I figure he's thinking "you like comics and games? I'm OBSESSED with comics and games. You should be impressed. Why is it that you like the THINGS I like but not ME specifically?"
Turtlicious said
I don't?If you want to play DnD with me make a sheet, who cares why you want to do it.e: I'm not reading all of those paragraphs, because I have a job and a girlfriend Jesus people, it's like no-one taught you about brevity.
Brovo said
Erm... No. Definitely not jealousy and sexual frustration. Has a lot more to do with social outcasts traditionally ignored by women and treated poorly by women now watching women enter their one "safety zone". Is it still immature as shit? Damns right. Is it counterproductive? Damns right.Is it without point? No. There is a point. It's just not a very good one.Here I'll summarize it for you: People said things and made arguments because they cared about the subject.
Brovo said
... Yeah you didn't read anything and formulated an opinion already. Unsurprising.
Turtlicious said
I... said that.Like that's what I said, do you think everyone came into this without an opinion? Do you think ShonHarris wrote that whole beast of a post and it summed up to, "But I don't know, maybe you guys are right." Everyone in this sub-forum is spinning their wheels even though neither can convince the other side of anything, they just want to stroke their dicks and see how much BS they can throw into the ether lol.
Yes people here come in with opinions and views. But we have these discussions to keep exposing ourselves to other views, gain new information and expand our horizon.
Turtlicious said
Well that and trying to get each other banned lol. To roughly quote myself, "Bullshit."
Magic Magnum said
That was a small amount, and none of them came to the new Guild anyways.
With the vast majority people are treated and respected according how good an argument they can make so it leads to a pretty civil and mature group. While in spam may someone be liked, disliked etc is totally dependent on the mood of the people when first impressions are made and if the person is "cool" or "fun" enough to not burst their bubbles.
Turtlicious said
This is painfully untrue on multiple levels. I've never seen someone "change their mind" or "change their position" in OT, I've only seen them move the goal posts, concede, or just write paragraph upon paragraph changing the issue as much as possible so that they won't be seen as wrong. Also, the posters probably came back under new names. If I had to guess, you're not fond of spam because no-one "has" to engage you on the same level, and higher effort tends to be mocked. If ShonHarris put his post in spam, everyone would tell him the truth. It was way too long for people to really read. His writing isn't so engaging he can expect me to read an article every time he posts. (I'm singling out Shon but many other posters do this as well.)
Hunter of Shadows said
I'm sure some people have said this already, but men are sexist in general being a geek has nothing to do with it
Dervish said
I always found it somewhat amusing that the sexist nerds who rally against women participating in their "thing" are usually the ones drooling over giant breasted cartoons in chainmail bikinis. To clarify, they're driving off real women while idolizing fake ones. It's as bad as the one kid in my boot camp who claimed to prefer hentai to a real girlfriend. It's pretty sad.And then they complain when they can't get girlfriends. Fucking awesome.
Darog the Badger God said
There's something gloriously sad about that mindset.And I'm dying of laughter because of it.
Blondie said
You're right, but I think I'm right too.
Turtlicious said
I... said that.Like that's what I said, do you think everyone came into this without an opinion? Do you think ShonHarris wrote that whole beast of a post and it summed up to, "But I don't know, maybe you guys are right." Everyone in this sub-forum is spinning their wheels even though neither can convince the other side of anything, they just want to stroke their dicks and see how much BS they can throw into the ether lol.
Turtlicious said
Well that and trying to get each other banned lol. To roughly quote myself, "Bullshit."
Turtlicious said This is painfully untrue on multiple levels. I've never seen someone "change their mind" or "change their position" in OT, I've only seen them move the goal posts, concede, or just write paragraph upon paragraph changing the issue as much as possible so that they won't be seen as wrong.
Turtlicious said Also, the posters probably came back under new names. If I had to guess, you're not fond of spam because no-one "has" to engage you on the same level, and higher effort tends to be mocked.
Turtlicious said If ShonHarris put his post in spam, everyone would tell him the truth.
Turtlicious said It was way too long for people to really read. His writing isn't so engaging he can expect me to read an article every time he posts. (I'm singling out Shon but many other posters do this as well.)
Hunter of Shadows said I'm sure some people have said this already, but men are sexist in general anyways being a geek has nothing to do with it
Nevis said There's an issue with the entire premise of this thread, though, in that it takes the entire subject out of context; sexism in video games and 'geek' subculture is part of cultural sexism and general, and there will be elements missing without looking at it and understanding it in that full context. There are plenty of references and examples that relate to that in this thread-I think it's incomplete, though.
Brovo said Mocking intellectualism and praising meme-based stupidity and reposts. Yes. This is definitely a positive element of the spam community. One so positive that even Jorick hardly goes there anymore.
... What? Dude, that's a pretty sexist statement right there.
Hunter of Shadows said
No it's not, it's a statement of fact, 'in general' refers to the fact that lots of men in this world are sexist irrespective of whether or not they're geeks or whatever
No more than women are.