All the reports I’m seeing from actual trans people is those harassers were, as one person put it, “internet shit stirrers who want to paint the trans communities outrage over JK Rowling as some kind of crusade against everyone”. Most of the trans people I’ve seen comment on others playing/streaming has been along…

I should be clear: their statement may be what you first read it to be. But since it uses the same doublespeak as the Russian casus belli, it’s impossible to tell which one it actually is.

Jesus Christ you’re a scumbag.

That was always the intention. It was created by music industry lobbyists solely to act as a one-sided bullying tool, which intentionally lacked any real safeguards or serious notification requirements. They and the politicians who created didn’t stop for one second to think about the ramifications or potential abuses…

It’s almost like you want to make this about sexual abuse allegations, probably because you’re afraid they’ll impact you, probably because your behaviour is highly suspect.

In soviet Russia, realistic game mode owns you!

Why do all the Harry Potter apologists gotta write entire novels defending this damn game, why are you like this. 

Transphobes: Wow, trans people are always so dramatic. MAYBE I’d support them if they didn’t act like victims all the time.

Oh, great. So when Skynet becomes self-aware it’s just going to do a bunch of cringey Dave Chappelle bits? I’d prefer the Terminators, to be honest.

Still an encouraging sign when your AI’s failure is a better Jim Brewer

There is something about some very online communities where they invent code and slang for things and then assume everyone else also understands what they mean and are using them in the same way. You see it with certain Tik Tok slang used to evade censorship but you also see it with groups like QANON nuts who are…

I love how "I like to do my own research" has become such a convenient shorthand for me to instantly dismiss the person saying it as a complete fúcking moron.

It’s really terrible when people jump to disrespectul conclusions. Anyway, like I was saying, most western men are feminine and weak...

It really isn’t that big a culture war target, probably because there are so many non-reactionaries already goofing on it for non-racist reasons. If this game was receiving a warmer welcome in general it probably would have been a real culture war target and all you’d hear is “woke this woke that, brokey broke.” But…

Uh, no. Maybe at some jobs I’ve had, but I work in an office now full of talented, dedicated people who bust their asses every day and consistently hit targets and generate verifiable growth. (Coincidentally, it is also a place which regularly prioritizes the financial, physical, and mental wellbeing of employees.)

but are the actual shitty workers getting called out? or they don’t get picked because they’re friends with so and so all buddybuddy 

Halo missed launch by a year

I don’t need a factcheck to realize this is a joke, but apparently a lot of Facebook aunts and uncles do.

Yeah, anyone who claims they’re offended by “cracker” is actually just mad that they can’t use the n-word.