Gamers who harass women are literally losers

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alienjesus wrote:Jesus Christ this thread is a shitshow.
:lol: Yeah it really is.

I originally posted a bunch of links explaining why I thought Anita is a hack. As an addendum, I mentioned I thought she was hypocritical with her makeup usage. Of course out of all the links I posted about why I thought her work is flawed, that totally gets ignored, and a strawman argument is built up about how I think feminists who wear makeup aren't really feminists. Which was a misconstrued argument to begin with, because I was only talking about Anita in particular, and not every lipstick feminist in the whole world.

Despite the laughable and ridiculous efforts of others to convince me otherwise, my opinion on Anita and her work still hasn't changed. My final stance is Feminist Frequency is a deeply flawed show, Anita is a conwoman, and a hypocrite. But I'm not about to sit here and argue for days with strangers on the internet just to validate my own opinion. It's a complete waste of time, and I have better things to do with my life. I come to this forum to talk about video games, and things that relate to video games, not to deeply debate feminist philosophy.

JT/Michi/Dsh/whoever - you guys can sit around and talk about how you think I don't understand women's rights, or I am an alpha male poster child, or whatever you inaccurately believe about me. The fact remains, I raised a beautiful young woman, who is well adjusted in society, and wouldn't let a man mistreat her for anything in the world. That's reality land over here. So kindly project your misogynist-angst somewhere else where it's actually needed.
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BogusMeatFactory wrote:Yep. Some people will fight and argue about everything. Those same people should be ashamed of themselves, but they aren't. The video game culture is a shitty one filled with shitty people, which is why I stay out of it for the most part now. It is sad.
I've found myself retreating from most online communities in general. It's hostility on all sides out there. I'd say it's like the entire Internet is becoming 4chan if 4chan took itself half as serious. I've just gotten tired of letting online communities upset and depress me over stupid things so it's not worth engaging in them, which also kind of depresses me. First world problems, I know.

I'm not saying be positive at all times. I argue plenty on this forum usually about stuff that doesn't matter. But people sometimes take discussion too far and get insulting. I think for the most part on Racketboy at least people can come to blows on an issue and still respect one another.

Usually anyway. At least I like to hope so.
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BogusMeatFactory wrote:The video game culture is a shitty one filled with shitty people, which is why I stay out of it for the most part now. It is sad.
The non-shitty among us (can I say that about myself?) miss you, though. So just keep that in mind as you keep your distance.
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Gunstar Green wrote:But people sometimes take discussion too far and get insulting. I think for the most part on Racketboy at least people can come to blows on an issue and still respect one another.
I'm sure if we were all sitting around in real life in a room together talking, discussions such as this thread wouldn't get this ridiculous. (I mean yeah Dsh and I would punch each other's teeth out but other than that, no big deal. :lol: )

For real though, compared to the few other video game forums I randomly lurk, Racketboy is a really chill place, with a lot of level headed discussion and mature conversation. That's the sole reason I bother to post on this forum, whereas I rarely post on others.

That said, I hate to see anyone leave. Bogus for example was always a really positive dude who brought levity and optimism with most his posts. Not sure who ran him off, but it'd be nice if Bogus would return.

On that note, Racketboy has felt kinda like a ghost town for a good while now. I'm not sure what happened. I think there are a lot of lurkers still, but posters not so much. I hope that changes and things pick up again.
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BogusMeatFactory wrote:Yep. Some people will fight and argue about everything. Those same people should be ashamed of themselves, but they aren't. The video game culture is a shitty one filled with shitty people, which is why I stay out of it for the most part now. It is sad.
If all the fun and happy people (referencing your signature) leave because of all the shitty people, then all we're left with is shitty people. That's why good people have to stay present and not falter. The forum is only as good as we all make it. All the darkness in the universe can't even put out a solitary candle, so don't hide your light.
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J T wrote:
BogusMeatFactory wrote:Yep. Some people will fight and argue about everything. Those same people should be ashamed of themselves, but they aren't. The video game culture is a shitty one filled with shitty people, which is why I stay out of it for the most part now. It is sad.
If all the fun and happy people (referencing your signature) leave because of all the shitty people, then all we're left with is shitty people. That's why good people have to stay present and not falter. The forum is only as good as we all make it. All the darkness in the universe can't even put out a solitary candle, so don't hide your light.
I agree with the first part, but the second part is patently false. I look forward to the heat death of the universe.
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Ah Popo. You nihilistic lil' scamp.
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MrPopo wrote:I look forward to the heat death of the universe.
If you have a plan to live that long, maybe you should be sharing it with the rest of the forum, eh? What kind of horrific experiments have you done to yourself?
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Too horrific to mention here.
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