Hilarious Asshattery
Oh man. So today this guy called Darth Jader starts commenting on my Rape Culture in Gaming essay - a piece, I might add, which is currently more than six months old - and his ignorance is just so hilarious, I can’t even. Aside from claiming that incomprehension is “not an actual word”, he’s just textbook angry-clueless, and given the choice between mocking him publicly and weeping for the species, I’m going to choose the former. So, some choice quotes to be going on with:
On trash talk in gaming: “While the method of delivery may be superficially sexist, racist, whatever, the context is not, and I think that’s the source of your lack of comprehension. I’m sorry, but I’m beginning to see that you are nothing more than a religious zealot who’s exhibited an utter failure to pick your battles wisely. It’s not gaming that’s the source of your frustration, but rather the demographic, kids will be kids, let em, contrary to your ridiculous claims, they are doing absolutely nobody any harm whatsoever.”
and:
In defence of the GTA franchise: “Right from the start the GTA franchise was about an aspiring gangster, what do gangsters do? Steal cars, sell drugs, beat the sh*t out of people in broad daylight for money, kill people, f*ck hookers, etc. etc. So….you’re going to blame the developer for making the game have realistic options? What, would you have the ONLY game genre out there be fantasy games?”
Using the “but my friend says it’s OK!” defense: “If you don’t like games that do objectify women (Duke Nukem, Conker’s BFD, Leisure Suit Larry) to the delighted entertainment of men and women everywhere THEN DON’T EFFING PLAY THEM! Unlike your utterly ridiculous extreme feminist claims they do no harm to anyone, in any way at all, people like you disgust me. One of my best friends LOVES gaming, she’s also a leading industry game designer (currently working for Disney), she loves games the way they are, and if you f*cked that up for her, she’d probably hunt you down and…..well her job requires her to be very creative, I’m sure she’d think of a delightfully ironic punishment for you. There is no “rape culture” and I’ll thank you very much to stop spreading your misanthropic/misandrous propaganda. Go find yourself a hobby….such as tiddly winks.”
Well, I guess that schooled me proper!
Seriously. You couldn’t make this shit up.
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