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Hideki Kamiya shits all over Kotaku
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jim-jam bongs
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he was terrible, I know, but there's no accounting for taste. personally I'd be okay with a Monet holocaust but then I'm a sucker for the impressionists.
This made me laugh way more than it should.
This is a dangerously stupid post. There are never, ever, enough reasons to be racist or xenophobic. There are no reasons at all to justify any of that.
Wuthering_Heights
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EmCeeGramr
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He's allowed to say whatever he wants to.
Because 1) it's hard to be arrogant when you're so deserving, 2) he's funny, 3) and lighten up.
el retorno
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Saying someone is a stupid fucking idiot foreigner is racist there is no reason to use the word foreigner in that phrase.
And its not like japan has a history of this stupid xenophobic sentiment in its past (this is not saying japan as a whole is racist but there are many examples in its history of being PRETTY damn xenophobic)
StreetsAhead
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A Hitler comparison in an argument on the internet?
Why hasn't anyone ever thought of that before?!
As it targets no race, that's semantically impossible, but I will acknowledge that you meant the term xenophobic. He is obviously trying to antagonize certain people with the use of the word 'foreigner'. but it's still the truth. As far as I can tell, all the attacks were foreign AND the original article did set up a highly jingoistic hypothesis about 'unenlightened Japan vs. the world.'
Count Snackula
Banned
thats the japanese equivalent of the goth kid taking a picture with his mom at Sears
grimshawish
Banned
That eat shit line is fucking priceless.
When it came to choosing a username you chose Chuck Norris.
When it came to choosing a username you chose Chuck Norris.
Holy Order Sol
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jim-jam bongs said:
he really wasn't
Broder Salsa
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ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Even if the entire situation is funny and Kotaku is shit, I wouldn't want Kamiya to keep getting angry like this. He might get a bad rep from the community (journalism, even people who follow him), which could lead to a loss of potential investors.
Well, it's a contested issue. I didn't think it was derogatory for most of my life, and it's still used pretty casually with no malice aforethought in a fair amount of situations I run into... but whether it could be considered derogatory, I don't know.
I just don't any other chinese terms for foreigner, lol
Psychological Intellect
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"do you eat shit?"
lmao :lol:lol;lol
lmao :lol:lol;lol
Lol I have a feeling that quote sums up most of the rage in this thread
you all have been trolled by Kamiya
I think the point is that when you stick "fucking stupid idiot" or whatever exactly he said in front of the word foreigner, it becomes a slur.
Kind of like calling someone black isn't a slur. But calling them a stupid fucking idiot black person is.
No, I agree with you.
Not saying what he did is right but Kotaku started with the potshots and presented it as an analysis.
The guy repeatedly said he doesn't care ages ago, let it go ffs
TheBaronOfNA
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I suspect he is intelligent enough to realize that: Is better stop responding.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
The fact that there are so many people seem apparently seem so... I don't know the word... "bothered", perhaps?... that he is not interested in PC gaming is mind-boggling.
Especially considering the original tweet he didn't actually disparaging PC at all, he just said he's disinterested in it. It's incredible to think so many people think this as offensive.
Especially considering the original tweet he didn't actually disparaging PC at all, he just said he's disinterested in it. It's incredible to think so many people think this as offensive.
He's asking why. And that's the simplest answer I can find.
jim-jam bongs
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that seals it, that was my favourite deliberate invocation of Godwin's law of all time.
The Illiterati
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Is that not an accurate description of Kotaku?
Relaxed Muscle
Member
If people don't like his responses they should just stop following him. He neither is a PR person that is obligated to be nice to people on the internet. Otherwise he is allowed to say whatever he wants, no one is forced to follow him
I really don't know how to say it better?
I'm not taking issue with the word Gaijin, it's the words he sticks in front of it.
Here another explanation:
Stupid fucking idiots, sounds good as well. I'm not going to use foreigners. Remember he explicitly said this in Japanese.
I understand, but responding the way he did makes he sound like an awful person. Maybe he was honestly tired, that means he should have gone to bed for the night, not start cursing at everyone who asked him for a port.
GalacticGravy
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Kotaku is like the weird smelly kid in your 3rd grade class who swears that his cousin has a pre-release copy of Final Fantasy 27 and that he's way better at it than you would possibly be.
call_kotaku
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Is there a less "racist" word in Japanese for non-Japanese speaking people? I'm honestly curious.
legacyzero
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Kamiya don't even give a FUCK.
el retorno
Member
If one group of jews/blacks/latinos/asians treat me badly does that excuse the phrase "Stupid idiot jews/blacks/latinos/asians" No.
外国人 (gaikokujin) - it's more polite. But gaijin isn't inherently racist, either. As with any other word, intent matters.
cosmicblizzard
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He means gaijin, which is a derogatory term.
Anyway, Kamiya is hilarious on twitter (mostly unintentionally).
el retorno
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from wiki
Not necessarily. Stan Hansen is called a gaijin, and he was a god in Japanese wrestling. It just means someone who's not from here.
Riposte
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No offense, I don't think you are actually paying attention to the words he stuck in front of it. He deliberately says "some" before the insult in a post that is otherwise amicable to english speaking readers of his twitter. By putting the insult in Japanese he is likely being cheeky or maybe trying to vent his frustration in a way that will slip by most. I think the intent is pretty clear.
This thread is incredibly frustrating. I'd wish someone could at least tell me I'm wrong.
XANDER CAGE
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I'm pretty sure his use of "foreigners" was predicated on the fact that Kotaku ran a dumbass article that used him as the sole source for an article "about Japanese people."
fart town usa
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Seriously.
This is why I come to gaf to get info. I can't be bothered with clowns* (literally in this case) writing blogs for hits. Might as well go to N4G for all the inside scoops, lol.
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Except for the crew at giantbomb of course.
If you read the article, you would see how painfully sensationalist the piece is. A Japanese developer, living in Japan, has no idea about Steam and Valve, who have next to no presence in Japan. This is a story? Then it brings up how Kamiya has a "baffling" view regarding cloud gaming when in fact it's absolutely reasonable.
The article is garbage and that being shown to Kamiya had him say his piece. This happened with DmC and how people flooded him about how awful the game is.
Chuck Norris
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People tend to get offended by people who come off as confrontational. Especially to their fanbase
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