swarthygarfield
Swarthygarfield
swarthygarfield

From the article: Nichols was not so naive as to put his banana on Twitch sans protection. There was a language filter in place, but the GGX gang figured out how to trick it.

“It was kinda like when there’s a plane accident, and they recover the black box,” he said. “But this time, instead of the pilots saying ‘mayday’ as the plane crashed, they just kept repeating the n-word until the plane exploded.”

You mean PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds isn’t about physically attacking everyone who’s crossed PlayerUnknown in real life? ;)

Almost as if there’s a difference between playing a violent video game and threatening violence in real life (even as a joke).

I think there’s a bit more nuance there... it’s a bit of a false dichotomy.

I did not include the fact that he scream-shouted it twice, and the second time, the lyrics were about his genitals.

The basic idea is to create an environment that fosters the development of people’s talents and widens the scene to more people. Right now, CSGO is a heavily male-dominated thing. That makes it awkward/intimidating for women to just jump in. You immediately become the odd person out, not to mention one of the sole

You kind of have a shit sense of humor. Not only are you changing the original meaning and intention for a stupid joke, but you’re making a big deal about it as if you’re the righteous one, fuck off.

I don’t like using the word idiot for anyone who tries to sit down and talk level-headedly about their choices. But you absolutely, definitely made the wrong call here. And I certainly hope no one follows in such hasty, thoughtless footsteps.

If the acronym KKK makes you chuckle, then you my friend have a problem. You KNOW what it means, and KNOW how people feel about that, so you think of US (your consumers); As foolhardy jerks who find humor in racism... We aren’t you, and I concur with your name not being in the credits. Cya homeslice.

Molehills are not noted for their structural integrity.

You picked a hill to die on and everyone is wondering why you flopped down on a molehill.

So not only did the wordplay not localize, the developer themselves backed entirely away from the gag when the first part of the conversation was tabled.

....you do not demonstrate commitment to principles. You demonstrate commitment to your own self importance and being an asshole, and worse: being loud about it. I

This isn’t censorship, this is one guy trying to defend a bad joke that has no basis in the original text. It even says outright that the original name is a pun on light switches. What in the hell do light switches have to do with a radicalized Christian terrorist group?

The WSJ has its own YT channel with 25k videos. Most people would consider this as proof of it making YT part of its business strategy, but reporting about PewDiePie making anti-semitic jokes clearly shows the WSJ is trying to take YT down.

The problem is that there is no institution in place to keep a person accountable. Places like the NYT, WSJ, or LAT have long standing institutions in the form of ombudsmen, editorial boards, rules, disciplinary oversight. Oh and requirement’s that you receive a college education on topic.

Yeah its weird how in the past year or so people start qualifying their mistakes instead of just admitting they’re wrong. It’s almost as if some ultra prominent public figure had popularized such behavior and shown that it has zero consequences and the largest of rewards.....

Especially when it involves twisting the original article - the tweet in question only states that the ads were playing alongside racist videos and not who specifically is receiving the money. Yes it is implied and could benefit from more clarification (which can be difficult with twitter’s character limit). But man

 I’m completely and utterly shocked that a YouTube star was foolhardy, opinionated, grossly misinformed, and unwilling to apologize.

Saw this play out over on Reddit this weekend. I really dislike this trend of moving the goalposts instead of just admitting the mistake. This seems to be a trend among the youtubers- Admit fault and amend with a BUT...