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| ~Alkarii~ | Oct 17 2014, 07:01 PM Post #641 |
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I like how "banning firearms in schools" will definitely prevent a shooting, just like Colombine, or Jonesboro, or any of the others. Edit: who is she, anyway? Is she one of those who are about equality, or the misandrist type who thinks anyone born with a penis is automatically evil and doesn't care where he's sticking it, without even asking for permission? Edited by Alkarii, Oct 17 2014, 09:04 PM.
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| ~DaBuddha~ | Oct 28 2014, 12:27 AM Post #642 |
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COOPERATIVE MUSICAL CHAIRS It starts by playing musical chairs and then taking a chair out and making kids work together by sitting on each other's laps until one chair is left and EVERYONE IS A WINNER God help us all... x_x |
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| ~The Boss~ | Oct 28 2014, 06:08 AM Post #643 |
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That actually sounds like a lot of fun, if you make the object of the game to see how many kids you can fit on one chair. Aside from that, I'm reminded of when I was in elementary school and we had Field Day, and I ran one of the races and came in last and got the Participation ribbon. I was pissed, first of all because I totally beat that fat kid who they say crossed in front of me and if small town South Texas elementary schools had instant replay for Field Day back in the early 90s I so could've challenged that shit and won (no, I'm not bitter, why do you ask?), but mostly cause nobody wants the Participation ribbon. You at least want the one that says what place you came in, even if it was fifth place. So yeah, the whole "everyone is a winner" idea is stupid, but not for reasons most people think. It's stupid because the Participation ribbon/trophy/medal is not affirming at all. It's just a physical reminder of how much you suck. .......................... I wanna touch on the Anita Saarkesian stuff, because I've addressed this before in this thread, albeit very briefly. Quite simply, she's absolutely right. Video games are incredibly sexist. I mean, how is that even an argument? It should be obvious to anybody who knows who Lara Croft is (although to be fair, what I've seen of her most recent outing actually looks relatively tasteful). Not only that, this is hardly news. You know when I knew video games were sexist? 1989! BTW, it bears mentioning that this is also why I don't freak out about the NSA. Enemy of the State came out in 1998. Eric Stoltz berated Travolta for talking about drugs over a cellphone in Pulp Fiction in 1994. Judas Priest released "Electric Eye" in 1982. This shit's been around for a long time. And yet, freedom is intact (shut up, Infowars guy, I don't wanna hear from you) and I hit up people for ganja via text with impunity. But back to the lecture at hand (perfection is perfected, so I'mma let 'em understand). When these pathetic losers say "Feminists ruined my life," what they really mean is "I've never been laid and never will be." That's all this shit is. Pure, unadulterated sexual frustration. In my opinion, we could easily solve this whole mess by setting up a Kickstarter to get the boys of Gamergate some hookers. |
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| ~Alissa~ | Oct 28 2014, 12:22 PM Post #644 |
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the whole thing looks like this to me. first group: "hey guys we are noticing this thing that is kinda messed up, and it make you all look like jerks. maybe we should change things" second group: "how dare you call is jerks!? Lets all act like monsters till they take back that jerk comment!" first of all I don't think we should be rewarding this behavior in the first place. I'm not sure your 100% right on this one but your close to part of it. a lot of these guys seem to feel that they are owed some sort of female attention, like they've checked off some sort of list and because of that they get a reward of some kind. these are the same sort of guys who think the friend zone is a real place and that it is unfair to end up there. these guys are jerks. additionally a lot of these gamergate basement dwellers are claiming the whole flap is somehow related to journalistic integrity which would be a lot more believable if they were directing their flamewar at journalists instead of a handful of female devs. lastly I personally know several women who have had their personal information posted online, and been either themselves or themselves and their families threatened with rape and death over comments they made on the subject. a lot of these GG guys like to try the "those are just a few guys, they don't represent the whole movement" but they are also not doing anything about it. if you know its happening, you don't do anything to stop it, and you let these guys claim the same banner, your part of the problem. gamergate is not a movement its a hashtag. its not about journalism its about making women feel like crap for expressing an opinion you don't like. its about not wanting to feel bad about representing women in video games as objects, and its about being afraid that something might change and you would get less eye candy in those games. GG can go die in a fire. </rant> |
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| ~Alkarii~ | Oct 28 2014, 06:56 PM Post #645 |
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Personally, I'm more about equality. I'm also sick of seeing the scantily clad amazon princess, mostly for two reasons. First, I can't really believe anyone would swing around SHARP METAL OBJECTS while not wearing much to protect herself from her own weapons, let alone those belonging to enemies. Second, it's like the developers are trying to get male gamers' attention based on sex appeal, as if males wouldn't know a good story or good gameplay if either tried to lure them into a windowless van with candy. Although, if you notice, men are portrayed pretty unfavorably in the media as well. How many times is the husband/father portrayed as an idiot? How often are males seen as sexual deviants, rapists, molesters, and all around perverts? Men are always unfeelihg, uncaring, selfish, egotistical pigs. Our opinions are valued much less, to the point that if we say anything regarding how society sees us as disposeable (the guy always has to save the girl, women and children first), we're labelled as misogynists, when that's not usually the case. How often do we hear of a woman trying to save her kidnapped boyfriend? Would anyone even believe that story? Also, take a look at what usually happens in a divorce: most of the time, the male has to pay alimony, and if there are children, it's almost always the female who gets the kids, and the father pays child support until the youngest is 18. If he tries to keep enough money so he doesn't wind up in a cardboard box, he goes to jail. Unless the children are so youngest that they are still being breast fed, how can it be that the mother is automatically the better parent? You know what a woman has to do to get a divorce? Say she's not as happy as she thought she'd be. Emotional unfullfillment is legal grounds for divorce, I shit you not. And if the man has a blue collar job, that could be seen as emotionally unfullfilling. It baffles me still that people wonder why I won't even bother getting involved with someone. All there is to gain is severely outweighed by all the risks these days. |
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| ~Alissa~ | Oct 28 2014, 08:15 PM Post #646 |
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so there are some serious inequalities in the system that are stacked against men as well. I have a friend who spent years fighting to get custody of his daughters from their really very awful mother for him the burden of proof was much higher to show that he was the best choice for his girls. it was heartbreaking to watch and its over which is good. I'm going to use the F word here; what a lot of people don't get about feminism (see what I did there) is that its also about how men are treated. the primary cause of that custody case I mentioned is that people assume women are better caregivers even when they are not. I am not going to get onto anything else because really this isn't the place for it and I want to keep things civil but I will say this about what you said about how men are portrayed in media. <quote>Men are always unfeeling, uncaring, selfish, egotistical pigs. Our opinions are valued much less, to the point that if we say anything regarding how society sees us as disposable</quote> Masculinity culture is a big problem with how we raise boys and on into men. culturally we tell them that they have to be strong, can't show emotion. If you have ever heard someone to tell a guy to man up or grow a pair that is part of what we are talking about here. we are starting to find that this causes all sorts of problems for young men. that being said "men look stupid" is not the same as women are portrayed as objects |
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| ~Alkarii~ | Oct 28 2014, 09:16 PM Post #647 |
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True, we don't generally get depicted as objects, but quite often we're depicted as little more than animals. It's perfectly acceptable for women to say that men need to be trained/housebroken/civilized/worked on/whatever. And also, boys aren't allowed to hit girls, even in self defense (except obviouzly in life-threatening situations), but girls can get away with doing just about anything that doesn't result in a hospital visit. Woman hits man in the crotch = funny Man hits woman in the crotch = sexual assault Also, same thing in regards to gropes, teasing (sexual harrassment), and the like. It's also my understanding that if, on a college campus, a female accuses a male of sexual harrassment/assault, she doesn't really need evidence, and the guy is kicked out at the very least? Fun fact: it is physically possible for a woman to rape a male, as a man can be forced to have an erection against his will. In actual cases that make it to court, very rarely is the woman found guilty because an erection is obviously consent, even though it's actually a physiological response to stimulation. Are you aware that some women who have been raped have had an orgasm during the assault? Same thing there, only it's worse for the victim there because then she worries that she wanted it to happen. However, all of this discussion aside, I should point out (before painting myself into a corner) that most females don't act misandrist (just as most males aren't misogynist). The problem for me is that it's an inability to trust, and some double standards. Women don't like it when the men they are with discuss their sex lives, but do women see a problem discussing the same thing with their female friends? For me, it would be mortifying to find out any woman is complaining about my body or my ability to her friends (one I won't bother changing because I'm not vain, the other could be changed if she'd just tell me things). Part of the "don't kiss and tell" rule. Although, I should also point out, thankfully the female members here are actually friendly towards males, so thank you for that. |
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| ~Deadly Aim~ | Oct 28 2014, 09:53 PM Post #648 |
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Deadeye '17, eager to move on from the slow-motion train wreck that was last year.
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I look at it this way: when men tell other men to man up, it is either a good thing in encouraging them to take a stand and lead with righteousness (nothing against women leading at all, mind you). I think that the "uber-macho" depiction of men can be more than a bit ridiculous; men are not always sex-obsessed brutes ruled by lust and instinct, but they certainly can be. You know what's really manly? Being a man and not being afraid of others seeing you cry. And I was told that by one of the most macho, manly men I knew. RIP grandpop, miss you.
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| ~DaBuddha~ | Oct 30 2014, 02:13 AM Post #649 |
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Wars of the Sexes I have been taking a ballroom dancing course. And, of course, men lead and women follow. It's how it is, and people don't question that. So, me being the bible believer I am and having heard in other areas outside of my Good Book that women were happier when they had someone defined as masculine around them. I decided to test this theory. OBSERVATION/RESEARCH: Women Like Signs of Masculinity Example being that famous women being attracted to beards study. This source indicated a man with a beard a common sign of masculinity because men grow beards a lot better and testosterone production yadda yadda. My bible believing ways also support that people are at their happiest the way God intended them to be. HYPOTHESIS and TESTING: Women, Liking Signs of Masculinity, Must Like Being Feminine Anyway, I have been keeping a mental tally of the young women there. I have noticed the women that are just told that being a woman is not an option variety*, after figuring out that I was the leader and they needed to wait, actually enjoyed being led around the dance floor. *As a woman you must get a job and be like a man. That's another can of worms for another day. But, this is what I'm going off when I say "Being told that being a woman is not okay" REPORT RESULTS: Hypothesis Accurate For example, yesterday (as its 2AM EST as of writing), I was practicing Swing Dancing with a young woman. After she figured out she needed to follow, she quickly began enjoying herself. How did she enjoy herself? I'm getting there! During the Swing Dance after the woman does a twirl, the man needs to pull the woman in close and when I pull a woman close during the dance course I pull her in fast. She proceeded to tell me that I made the dance feel sexy. She then proceeded to offer me a ride to school. She would not stop talking to me and I felt bad so she dropped me off a little farther from class because I didn't want to cut her off. Ultimately, my hypothesis is correct because she acted in a way that I would define as "being attracted to me." And, running this by another female ((Chibi)), she agrees that it is likely that. I guess in a roundabout way I'm saying women are women and men are men and why is that an inherently bad thing? |
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| ~Alkarii~ | Nov 1 2014, 02:49 PM Post #650 |
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What it comes down to is that some are tired of females being oversexualized, i.e. characters showing a lot of skin, all the sex workers in games being female, that kind of thing. Though I should point out that male prostitutes are less common and likely get a lot less business. You'll see more female strippers in games than males, mostly because in real life there are more females than men in the skin biz. Men go to strip clubs because we like when women smile at us and make us feel that we are desired, even if we're paying for it. I myself wouldn't go to one of those clubs, because it's ultimately pointless. Plus, I'd be embarrassed. A virgin like myself doesn't need to be in one of those places. Americans generally have different attitudes about sex than people from other countries. I've heard that americans are afraid of sex, and in a way, that's true. We are terrified of kids knowing how mommy got pregnant, we get embarrassed when someone says we're attractive, and we generally don't know how to tell someone they're physically attractive without it sounding as if we only want a sexual conquest. I've also read somewhere an interesting line. "In America, sex is an obsession. In the rest of the world, sex is a fact." America's problem with sex is that we had the big fundamentalism movement (amoung other things). To the best of my knowledge, the bible didn't say enjoying sex is wrong. Just adultery, incest, rape, premarital, prostitution, and homosexuality. Two of those are never okay under any circumstances, one is okay under a select few (in my opinion), marriage shouldn't really be required anymore, we've got seven billion people so fooling around with someone who is the same sex ain't a problem. As for prostitution, well... as long as noone is being forced into it by another person or spreading diseases, it's okay, but I'd never pay for sex. Big violation of guy code. Besides, I need more than just the physical side of it. But back to the sexism issue, I really think we should stop caring about what's between a person's legs or what chromosomes they have. The only time it should matter is if you're trying to reproduce. |
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