Zen_Arcade
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I really need to save that picture asking why you fuckers can't just be normal. It applies to more shit here than Simpsons gifs do.
ahahahaThis is the level of discourse I would expect when a video game forum tries to talk politics.
In the past, I would have said "You are crazy, OP" but seeing all of the Russian meddling makes me believe that anything is possible.
Do Trump voters hate Pokemon because of evolution
i can't wait till the us gets rid of trump. people are losing their minds.
Just like Tabloid Journalism really fucked up people in 2008 when it gave us Birtherism, it's really gone and made a hash of things in 2016/17 with Neo-McCarthyism hasn't it?
Well Pokemon is banned in many Muslim countries for this exact reason. Trump seems to hate Muslims.
I can't wait until this thread gets bumped like 10 years from now with incontrovertible proof.
And 90% of us are banned.
I can't wait until this thread gets bumped like 10 years from now with incontrovertible proof.
I'm bored, so I'll just take the bait.
Okay, according to the article. The don't shoot us website directed people to a Tumblr account that made a contest for people to play Pokémon Go to go to locations where police brutality occured. The prizes were Amazon gift cards but apparently there was no evidence of anyone entering.
I admit I should've read the article a bit more, but I actually don't think this contradicts my theory.
If anything, I think it kind of works against the argument people are making about "why would Russia bother?". The Pokemon Go thing turned out to seemingly be, well, "not very effective" but they still did it. It doesn't seem Russia necessarily had a solid goal, they seemed to just want to fuck things up whenever possible. Sure, this can lead to the open-endedness of saying Russia was behind everything, which can lead to craziness, but as the days go on it really does seem they were behind quite a bit.
You claim that a Pokémon leak was distracting you from being able to vote but apparently didn't prevent you from going to work...
Because voting doesn't matter and doesn't personally affect me. I depend on my job to live and thus it is something I have to do.
I'm being sarcastic here, but for many people around my age that's probably the truth...they don't see a benefit in voting. I made sure to vote since I really wanted to be active in the election as I understood the downside of Trump winning, especially with a prominent LGBT-friend who if she were still alive might very well be suffering from some of his "religious freedom" shit.
So I think anyway to get less kids to the poll was a net benefit for pro-Trump, even if they lost possible Trump voters in the process. I don't think Sun and Moon leaking was the ONE thing that stopped people from voting, just another distraction.
I really need to save that picture asking why you fuckers can't just be normal. It applies to more shit here than Simpsons gifs do.
why can't any of you fuckers just be normal?
Where is the lie in the OP?
And I don't appreciate the "you're crazy!" and "conspiracy theory!" jabs, because I don't think I'm acting that way..
I don't appreciate the "you're crazy!" and "conspiracy theory!" jabs, because I don't think I'm acting that way.
I legitimately believe Pokemon Sun and Moon was used to influence the U.S. Election
So, that's my theory. Someone with ties to Russia, or sympathetic to Trump, obtained an early copy of Sun and Moon and leaked it to the Internet on Election Day to distract young liberals from going to the polls.
This is exactly what every conspiracy theorist thinks when they give their opinion.And I don't appreciate the "you're crazy!" and "conspiracy theory!" jabs, because I don't think I'm acting that way. It's a farfetched idea, but I felt like I was levelheaded in my initial post and wasn't showing any signs of paranoia or any dangerous thoughts.
I admit the thread title does come across as a joke, and I joked about this myself last year. But I truly mean what I'm saying and did not intend for this to be simply a joke, it's a scenario that I consider plausible.
And I don't appreciate the "you're crazy!" and "conspiracy theory!" jabs, because I don't think I'm acting that way. It's a farfetched idea, but I felt like I was levelheaded in my initial post and wasn't showing any signs of paranoia or any dangerous thoughts. If I think this and you don't agree, that's fine, but I don't consider it a thought that's dangerous to have, and truth be told we might never know if I was right. It's not like me thinking this could have happened will result in anyone getting hurt or harassed. And comparing my post to one about a dude who more or less is insinuating he wants to kill someone's wife? I think that's a little bit of a hyperbole.
For those who think this is "watering down the seriousness of the Russian hacks", I don't think it is. I'm not a person in power of a strong political voice that people listen to and trust, so I don't shape the narrative. Most people who don't believe me will chalk it up to me and me alone, they aren't going to totally dismiss all the Russian hacks as silly. And if they do, they're probably dismissive of the idea in the first place.
As for the Pokemon Gumshoos resembling Trump, I actually do think that helped him in a way---though I do believe it was a bizarre coincidence on Game Freak's part given development time and they didn't intend for it to resemble Trump to make any political statement. So nobody is to blame for that necessarily, but it was another meme to add to the pile of ways to make Trump "funny" which blew up in all of our faces as we underestimated him.
I'd also like to add for those saying "Pokemon wouldn't keep that many people away!" we just had countless people line up for szechuan sauce because of a television show. I think it's fair to say popculture has some pull.
It's 'gamers' for you, and I mean it. Saying that as someone who went to school to learn how to work in the business. School had both Engineering and Art/Design oriented Bachelors, so I saw the culture of self-identifying 'gamers' and this thread screams it.
I think that overall GAF is one of the best communities on the web, full stop. But seeing how the posters in this thread have responded to the OP, it just reaffirms my views on the role of games in our social and political nightmare we are facing.
Here's Professor Henry Giroux talking about the effects of Casino Capitalism, and is one of the foremost leaders on pedagogy. I recommend people to read and listen to what he says, because it's directly related and his words are more important than ever.
Henry Giroux on Moyers & Company: Politics in the Age of Casino Capitalism
I admit the thread title does come across as a joke, and I joked about this myself last year. But I truly mean what I'm saying and did not intend for this to be simply a joke, it's a scenario that I consider plausible.
Congratulations on going to college and hearing lectures. Most people here have. You are not some secret genius for identifying with a psychopath and then attempting to rationalize their crazy logic because Russia scares you. Which one of you is Louise Mensch's GAF account?
Well Pokemon is banned in many Muslim countries for this exact reason. Trump seems to hate Muslims.
except it is a conspiracy theory, you don't have a shred of actual evidence.
While I am reading, Put the bolded in quotes from you please.
If you're still posting hot opinions about video games on the internet 10 years from now then I feel bad for you.
I came in here honestly expecting more links to Gumshoos, who has a similar look and (maybe?) demeanor to President Trump.
I was not speaking about college lectures, I was speaking of seeing, speaking to, and living with my 'gamer' peers. But lol okay, I obviously struck a nerve with you.