The amount of ignorance in these threads regarding how to properly handle a gun is alarming to me.

MASH was such a genius show. It was a comedy, but there was so much sadness lying under the surface throughout. Even the theme song is kind of depressing, more so if you take the time to really think about what is going in those helicopters in the intro. When I was a kid I thought it glorified war, but when I got…

God forbid anyone should ever have an opinion right?

A lot of white people think being racist means intentionally treating PoC different than you would people of their own race. We think we aren’t bad people, so there is no way we could be racist.

When I was 22 years old I was too busy chasing girls and going to parties and getting blackout drunk to have time for crap like this. In other words, I was enjoying life.

We do too. I think all workplaces do that. Otherwise how can you have an efficient enterprise?

I have a government job. My coworkers and I work hard and are damn proud of what we do. Don’t assume all government employees lack passion for their work. Also, are you implying people who work in the private sector never succumb to 9-5 syndrome? That would be very ignorant.

In those other settings management can make them leave or you can call the police. You can’t do that in a game. People are jerks sometimes and there is nothing Blizzard or I can do to change that. That’s why I just try to minimize how much it affects me. It isn’t that I think it is acceptable. It’s that if I react to…

You are right; trolls won’t just go away. I just try to minimize how much it affects me. I mute them and just try to enjoy the game as much as I can. I’ll admit it isn’t a perfect strategy, but I don’t see much alternative. People are going to be jerks sometimes, and there isn’t anything Blizzard or myself can do…

We can’t be friends.

What I don’t understand is why people are making such a big deal of it. Overwatch isn’t even that bad compared to many other games. If people annoy me I mute them. If someone gets multiple reports for throwing they should get a competitive ban, but beyond that I really don’t care. This is all petty nonsense. Blizzard…

I don’t have an argument for or against the statue, but trying to elicit change through violence or the threat of violence is the textbook definition of terrorism. I don’t know who wants statues of Columbus removed, but this is a poor way to do it.

Cincinnati has a consistently mediocre football team that isn’t terrible, just can’t get any traction during playoff season.

I can’t blame you for feeling angry about that. I’ve read through the various replies in this thread and the level of misogyny is quite disturbingly high, which kind of proves the point you’ve been trying to make.

That is funny. The thing about low level IT is that no one thing is complicated. There are just many, many simple things. I say web design is complicated because I’m trying to finish my degree and that’s what’s flooring me at the moment. It’s kind of the same too though. Nothing in HTML or JavaScript is particularly…

I think I understand where you’re coming from a little better now. I’m sorry you have to deal with that. I’m in the IT field too (nothing as sophisticated as what you do) and I’m a firm believer in promoting a diverse work environment. I could see how you feel ganged up on in a situation like that.

I’m not sure I really understand the difference. Also you are being kind of mean.

How did you handle it? If I was that man and you shot back something like, “You know I build websites for a living, right?” I would have felt incredibly obtuse, which would be appropriate.

People are jerks sometimes. If you feel like someone is being condescending, I think you should just feel free to call them out on it. I feel like your comment is a bit condescending and I’m calling you out on it. If you feel like my reply is condescending, just say so. The term manslaining will never be taken…

“Men are condescending dicks more often (in my experience), and they aim it at women more often than they do at other men.”