4281

Eh, that’s probably just a boring old intelligence service front.

If you want a real mystery…Satoshi Nakamoto

4282

Adam Baldwin coined #gamergate - in a tweet with links to videos about Zoe Quinn - before Leigh Alexander’s article was published.

4283

He played Animal Mother in Full Metal Jacket (an awesome role in it’s own right) so at least Kemper was in the right ballpark.

4284

That is correct, Vincent D’Onofrio played Private Leonard Lawrence, referred to derisively by his Drill Sergeant and the other recruits as, “Private Pyle.” Kemper is probably right that this is just the mainstreaming of an art form. Like how the rap songs that they play on the radio are only kind of deeply offensive to women as opposed to the album tracks, which are essentially swear jumbles directed at women and practitioners of the hate. If companies want to chase greater success by handling the objections of potential consumers to their product lines, I guess that’s fine, even if it’s somewhat Puritanical. I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to buy a game where everybody’s dicks were hard and out all the time.

I’d wait for the Steam Sale.

4285

That would be the wonderful world of modded Skyrim.

4286

Okay, laughing so hard I got hiccups.

“steely eyed hat…hiccup”

4287

I’ve thought a lot about this SJW thing and I’ve come to a conclusion

Its really transparently an “original sin” argument to guilt in more followers.

Privelge is:
Something you are born with
You can never get rid of no matter what
People with less of it are better on some level
Something that prevents you from judging or speaking out
Must constantly atone and apologize for to be even remotely acceptable and must agree with every precept of a “less” priveleged person.
The guilt keeps people in the belief system.

In conclusion, the whole idea that being more privileged than someone else makes you less of a moral person than those without is really dumb.

4288

I agree, I think Christian morality is the best frame for understanding the SJW worldview and resolving the contradictory “so tolerant we’re intolerant” strain that they seem to relish.

4289

This is an absurd, cartoonish misrepresentation of the concept of socioeconomic privilege. While there are probably some morons on Twitter who believe something along those lines, as you’ve so cleverly deduced no reasonable person would adopt such a worldview.

Think of it more along the lines of having a touch of humility and stepping outside yourself to consider other life experiences.

“The police are fundamentally good. Only criminals mistrust them, and any upstanding citizen will be treated fairly and with respect.” This is a sentiment common to a “privileged” white middle-class-and-up worldview that does not take into account the depressingly common black and lower-class experience of being targeted, harassed, and at best ignored by police forces that have a deep-seated adversarial view of the communities they operate in. “Checking your privilege” (god do I hate that phrase) in this case is about thinking about the experiences people with other backgrounds and situations might have that lead them to a different view, and understanding that simply by being white and having middle+ class markers (speech, dress, etc) your outcomes are observably better when e.g. dealing with police.

Being at the top of the food chain – white/male/cis as an American example – doesn’t invalidate your opinions or feelings. It does mean that you had/have it easier than someone with a less “ideal” background for the society in which they live. Is it hard to be a successful entrepreneur no matter your race/class/gender/etc? Absolutely!

Is it harder to be a black/female/gay entrepreneur than a white/male/straight one? Transparently, obviously, yes. The question is absurd on its face. Do I really need to go digging for stats on this?

4290

Think of it more along the lines of having a touch of humility and stepping outside yourself to consider other life experiences.

I think that when phrased as such, it becomes much more understandable and pallatable to people.

I think that part of the problem with how the notion of privilege is often portrayed, is that some choose to intentionally take an adversarial stance against people who they feel enjoy some privilege, or at least give off that type of vibe.

This type of approach makes it harder for folks to accept it, since it can immediately put them on the defense.

Notions such as racism are very much alive, and the type of introspection you describe, and awareness of not merely our experiences but rather how OTHERS’ experiences likely differ, is important to ultimately building some kind of common understanding of things. And it’s only with that kind of common understanding that you can ever really move beyond bigotry and racism.

4291

Yes why don’t they tolerate your intolerance? It’s a mystery.

4292

I don’t think I’m intolerant at all, besides resenting boring, dry, preaching that tries to guilt me about my hobbies.

4293

Are you really at the top of the food chain if you’re poor? It’s a lot easier to think of privilege and stuff if you’re a rich white than a poor white.

Wealth privilege is a thing.

4294

My opinion (1/2):

Theres nothing wrong with videogames.

Videogames are a form of art (or craft, if you have such opinion).

They are part a computer simulation, part a boardgame where the rules and the board is inside the computer.

“Is just a game” is a perfect defense of videogames, …videogames are only games.

When you are playing a videogame, you are not hurting real entities, occupying real states, … or anything with lasting effects in the real world, really. Is all inside the computer, the simulation, and the game rules. And when the game ends, its ready for the next game that can start from a clean slate.

If anything, games entertain us, challenge us and perhaps help us maintain our brain. Like a muscle, our brain want exercise, and videogames can provide it.

In this sense, playing videogames is not worse than lifting weights… with your brain.

Videogames can be, or can contain, power fantasies. You can be pilot of a experimental ship that will save the day, and become the hero. Or you can be a thief, and steal a lot of gold and become rich. Maybe you can drive a powerful car. Or have a beautiful women sidekick with enormous tits.

The thing with fantasies (power fantasies or not) is that are not real. No gold is stolen, no army is destroyed by a experimental ship, and no women has been objectified.

Talking about enormeous tits. Womens have fantasies too. Movies like “Sex in New York” of “50 Shades of Gray” are made possible, because womens have put the money, the million of dollars required to make these productions. Banning male fantasies would only be fair if women fantasies are banned too, but that would be a stupid “a eye for a eye” world where everyone is blind. I am not psychologist, but I bet fantasies exist because we need them.

4295

Most videogamers would agree with this; where there’s a difference of opinion is whether they should be analyzed like every other art form.

Or to put it another way, many gamers believe games are art, that they should be put on the same art (or at least pop-culture) level as movies, literature, etc., and that they are expression, and therefore cannot and should not be censored. They will continue to assert this until someone analyzes or critiques them in a way common to every other form of art, in which case they’re “just games” and the critic is an SJW who wants to ban games and/or should be destroyed.

4296

I’m never 100% convinced Teiman is real and isn’t the longest running in-character account of Qt3 history.

4297

I’m still waiting for part 2

4298

Teiman is the MOST REAL of all of us.

4299

I think class is the most salient division in society and so far an indigestible stumbling block for the identity-politics driven 21st century left.

4300

I agree. “Top of the food chain” was a poor phrasing.