Being expected to like something is the best way to wind up fucking hate it.

But why is this Barb character so damn iconic?

This may have something to do with the developers using a font that looks great for Japanese text, but looks a bit off for English. When I lived in Korea, I noticed that some of the standard fonts they would use looked really, really horrible for English text, and they would absolutely use them for English text…

Yeah I think I read a WashPo analysis of her book, and they said it didn’t really go after Sanders at all, and I was surprised because it was pretty clear from that interview that she is all the way over him.

I kind of wish both of them would step back at this point.

I like your post and I kind of agree with a lot of what you’re saying but I still don’t see you talking about ownership of what you say.

Which is abjectly false. You may not have to “really believe it”, but you have to have internalized it.

I’m not saying Pewdiepie isn’t a racist or whatever else. What I’m trying to illustrate is that people are capable of saying really horrible shit without believing or having internalized any of it. Pewdiepie may be covering for genuinely racist attitudes that he holds. I won’t pretend that I can adjudicate what’s…

You said you once used “gay” and then claimed you never issued homophobic abuse. That definitely falls within the definition, though. So at that time, would you characterize yourself as having been an avowed, committed homophobe?

It’s not an excuse, and I never said that every single person criticizing him goes off and does the same thing. I implied that such a person exists, and probably isn’t nearly as rare as we imagine. And the reason why this person can exist is because, when people are in that state (and yes, I understand that you are…

Learn to read an entire comment before you reply to it. You look stupid.

I was always a fan of GameFAQs. It doesn’t operate like a wiki, unfortunately, which means the information isn’t as organized as it could be. But you can definitely see the effort and care a lot of users put into their extensive text FAQs on games.

Also, videos aren’t easy to update.

Yeah, so I’m pretty sure exactly zero people interested in a given game are looking for info buried in a low-quality, non-searchable video when they are looking up info and tips on Wikia. I love these statements from CEOs about how the latest thing is something their audience clearly wants, drawing on no support for…

I don’t think it matters if he said it with a hard “r” or not. He shouldn’t have said it.

He was not just some average gamer playing online. He is a “celebrity” who was playing while broadcasting. When there’s a camera/microphone on you - especially live - you remember that and conduct yourself differently than you would in your private time. Because there’s a literal freaking camera (and/or microphone)…

The hypocrisy isn’t the part I care about. What I care about is how utterly normal this behavior likely is, and how it can absolutely come from people who otherwise have total respect for LGBT folks, people of color, and so on. We are quick to act as though it’s enough to just perform the easy condemnations of what we…

You open with a statement about how you don’t care about hypocrisy and then proceed to follow with an argument about people’s hypocrisy. Uh. Okay.

How do you design an online interactive solution to racism?

The hypocrisy isn’t the part I care about. What I care about is how utterly normal this behavior likely is, and how it can absolutely come from people who otherwise have total respect for LGBT folks, people of color, and so on. We are quick to act as though it’s enough to just perform the easy condemnations of what we…