Salty Rice
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Oculus' Palmer Luckey funds white-supremacist/misogynistic/anti-lgbt harassment group
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Fudgepuppy
Banned
CliffyB is a pretty progressive guy, who also got a pretty big payout when Oculus was bought, has he mentioned anything?
T.Slothrop
Member
Honestly if the group weren't so shitty I wouldn't care at all. You wanna donate to Republicans? Go ahead.
But this group and its stated goals are just extremely repellent.
The thought of my money somehow helping them in any way is too much.
But this group and its stated goals are just extremely repellent.
The thought of my money somehow helping them in any way is too much.
If they say anything today, its going to be at the last min possible, its the Classic Friday News Dump.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
"Luckey is the first mainstream engineer in years to actually have something to say."
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bigwinnerx
Member
I really didn't expect them to push this to a 5pm PST-ish announcement if they did one, but, here we are. This would be deeply buried in a Friday news dump at this point.
Zuck should pull a WWE. "We wish Palmer the best in his future endeavors."
Zuck should pull a WWE. "We wish Palmer the best in his future endeavors."
FreeQuebec86
Member
Damn, well... And we know that USA can't see able to imagine constitution change -_-.
You look doomed, GG well played ez lol...
A rather bizarre rumour that KentBye Voices of VR is reposting - originally from a guy that deleted the relevant tweets, but Palmer Luckey liked the tweet apparently - basically Palmer owns 4chan since last year (?!):
https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/779387059060355072
And a second person verified that tweet was as he described at the time
Not even sure whats going on here
https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/779387059060355072
He deleted it, but here's the tweet that @PalmerLuckey liked that claimed that he owns @4chan. It wouldn't surprise me a bit.
He claimed that the current owner of @4chan is a just a front-man for @PalmerLuckey. Aligns w/ his support of the alt-right, but unverified
And a second person verified that tweet was as he described at the time
Joe VFX ‏@vfxiled 5h5 hours ago
@kentbye Here is the raw screenshot of the like exactly as posted by MarkM447.
Not even sure whats going on here
Insomniac had something to say about thhis.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...oup.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...oup.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Chie Satonaka
Member
Welp.
Maybe it's just one of these magical memes
Posted? Sorry, if so.
http://gizmodo.com/palmer-luckey-mi...dium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Gizmodo_twitter
His GF is like a GGers wet dream.
Gizmodo said:
http://gizmodo.com/palmer-luckey-mi...dium=sharefromsite&utm_source=Gizmodo_twitter
His GF is like a GGers wet dream.
Garmonbozia
Member
I thought a Japanese guy had bought 4chan from moot?
Literally in the posts - https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/779388875324002304
"He claimed that the current owner of @4chan is a just a front-man for @PalmerLuckey. Aligns w/ his support of the alt-right, but unverified"
I find this a bit unlikely. Moderation on 4chan has gotten harsher and harsher since moot left, and I don't think Palmer would agree with that considering the stuff he's doing.
Literally in the posts
How does he know?
bigwinnerx
Member
I bet she's a real treat and certainly someone I'd want to end up with in my search for a soulmate.
Abilidebob
Member
Who is Hiroshima?Literally in the posts
But she's real.
That is why it is called a rumour - the only reason he gives it credence is because palmer liked the original tweet back in May
Google it - I'm off to sleep!
Doctor Ironic
Member
I feel like that's not true given that /pol/ didn't start getting REALLY bad until he left.
afternoon delight
Member
The bio on that funding site makes my skin crawl, ugh, you can tell he's a true believer.
Revolting.
Revolting.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Surely racist-fuck/chan speak for "Japanese guy whose name I don't care to remember."
It's referring to Hiroyuki Nishimura.
Garmonbozia
Member
Literally in the posts
Oh... This is getting weirder and weirder.
Abilidebob
Member
Oh okay.
If it's supposed to be a secret why did he like the tweet then? Doesn't make much sense.
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Simply liking it doesn't mean that he's attesting to the truth of the statement. Even if it weren't true, Luckey might have just liked it because he found it humorous or whatever.
I'm going to guess that it's just a joke. Kind of ties in with the whole "president of memes" or whatever moniker that people are trying to give Luckey. It's very clearly that the audience who posts terrible shit on 4chan and similar boards really like Palmer and identify him as one of their own.
jediyoshi
Member
Literally in the posts - https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/779388875324002304
"He claimed that the current owner of @4chan is a just a front-man for @PalmerLuckey. Aligns w/ his support of the alt-right, but unverified"
I don't want to believe
It also doesn't make much sense to do the interview that he did today. He probably didn't think anyone would notice or care, or that he's rich enough to weather any storm.
Exactly. Like I said, a bizarre rumour to push based on that but an amusing notion whether true or not
Either the PR is never coming or some heated discussions are going on at Facebook.
https://twitter.com/StarFire2258/status/779471692728893442
https://twitter.com/StarFire2258/status/779471692728893442
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
when you're one of the faces of a transformational new technology, but all you wanna do is bankroll some racist memes for your GF to tweet while wearing a vivian james outfit
I do hope we hear a response soon. Customers who have already invested in Rift deserve to hear something
I do hope we hear a response soon. Customers who have already invested in Rift deserve to hear something
bigwinnerx
Member
If they keep this up, maybe the CNN 3am shift can cover it.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Well they're going to delay the news for as long as possible. Gotta try to bury that shit on a Friday night for starters.
Plus, there are probably tons of people going over the statement to make sure it is both accurate and precise (almost certainly Mark Zuckerberg is in those discussions too since Palmer is a high-ranking exec).
Probably heated discussion going on right now.
Saw this combination of images on Twitter and got a kick out of it.
That Reddit post really shows what an ego this fucker has.
brandonh83
Banned
This is the bottom of the fucking barrel, isn't it? I literally cannot think of anything more cringeworthy than this.
bigwinnerx
Member
Zuck: "Palmer, I know you're a young, bright kid, but, are you down with the alt-right, bro?"
Palmer: "Brah."
Zuck: "We can't have this negative energy around the company right now. I'm throwing 3 bills at fixing every disease ever."
Palmer: "Righteous. Golden chute?"
Zuck: "Word, but, man, keep your hands off Hill and just do GamerGate stuff."
Palmer: "On it. Shahhhhhhhhh. Deuces. Out."
(Why is Palmer Sean Penn in Fast Times at Rigemont High in my head but as a millennial?)
Palmer: "Brah."
Zuck: "We can't have this negative energy around the company right now. I'm throwing 3 bills at fixing every disease ever."
Palmer: "Righteous. Golden chute?"
Zuck: "Word, but, man, keep your hands off Hill and just do GamerGate stuff."
Palmer: "On it. Shahhhhhhhhh. Deuces. Out."
(Why is Palmer Sean Penn in Fast Times at Rigemont High in my head but as a millennial?)
Riposte
Member
Not sure if that's what happened. Dailybeast mentions a billboard, but everything else is really vague. The financial statement refers to "ops", but associated with the "website", with one exception, "general" for 18 dollars. Other than that, I think I see Facebook ads. This seems like a bog-standard SuperPAC posing as exotic and hip. Perhaps I'm wrong, I'd like to see something specific about the "shitposting" component, assuming it's not just a cool way to say "political advertisements".
The Verge now has an article that also talks to some developers (some annoymously) that shed some light on relations with them prior to all this and now - http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/23/13033268/palmer-luckey-trump-meme-fund-oculus-developers-respond
EatinOlives
Member
It's hilarious to see the pattern that emerges. They must always insist they came "from nothing", even if it is factually incorrect.
That 4chan rumor is baseless and dumb and if Luckey liked it that's your clue that it's trolling.
If Zenimax's lawsuit against Luckey is true then Luckey wouldn't be a valuable asset to lose. The mythical kid who invents shit in their parents garage trope is overdone and they don't need a goofy looking alt-right prodigy hoax as the face of their company.
If Zenimax's lawsuit against Luckey is true then Luckey wouldn't be a valuable asset to lose. The mythical kid who invents shit in their parents garage trope is overdone and they don't need a goofy looking alt-right prodigy hoax as the face of their company.
SmackAttack
Member
Wow this thread is big. Debating whether or not to read through it or just from here on. I'm not sure when I was ever going to grab a VR headset but it sure isn't going to be a Rift when I do. Screw Palmer.
The internet was a mistake.
we're past the barrel with this stuff now
Would he get a golden parachute? I imagine there most be some kind of morality clause Facebook can pull, assuming they got the evidence and more to back up the claims against Luckey.
brandonh83
Banned
Surely. So, I admit I didn't read the article in the OP, I read enough quotes in the OP to get a gist of what was going down. It wasn't until I read the thing-- and this isn't the author's fault, but when I read it, it was like being consistently bulldozed by the most cringeworthy sentences I've ever read. I mean you report on cringe, you get it. I knew it was bad, stupid, etc., that much is obvious, but I admit that I'm a little blindsided after looking into it more.
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