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[Sou Da]

Lots of men.

You guys don't actually think saying "Come get a butt massage" is sexy right?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I wonder if she saw Inside Out without him?

Ha

Callbacks

 

[Slayven]

Well, he IS threatening to do a podcast with Charles "Chuck" Johnson. So, tomato/tomahto.

who is that?

 

[mcrommert]

The best thing that happened to me and my friends at that age was the older college guys dropping knowledge that it is a numbers game. You say hello, she rebuffs, then you say have a nice day and walk away. Onto the next one.

Schools should start teaching a class for guys on this subject, lol

Or people could just learn to be human beings to each other.

 

[Alucrid]

When you look at the email all it is is I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I

 

[Keyser Soze]

Well at least Calvin Harris did not block him

 

[AJLma]

"you had me when you posted that kendrick lamar vid"

"the way you ghosted me.."

Yeesh.

How do you deal with a person who can work themselves up into a rage so suddenly and completely over nothing.

 

[Tabby]

I'm disappointed I didn't see a "pls respond".

 

[mcrommert]

who is that?

You don't want to know

 

[bodyofanamerican]

who is that?

Charles Johnson, one of the Internet’s most infamous trolls, has finally been banned from Twitter

Founder of "Got News", banned from Twitter, huge troll. I believe he was the guy who outed the wrong person when he thought he was naming the UVA rape victim from the Rolling Stone story.

 

[Real Hero]

harry potter fans really are crazy

 

[DoktorEvil]

https://twitter.com/SarahSnitch/status/633405997973811200

OH man, this is a beautiful mess.

 

[Dram]

What's a "listicle"?

An article on the Internet presented in the form of a numbered or bullet-pointed list. "A recent BuzzFeed listicle called “21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity”

.

 

[Prime crotch]

Or people could just learn to be human beings to each other.

There's an increasingly alarming number of people who never go through the drama phase on their teens, so they can't actually handle rejection. I think this is a product of a lot of things but I like to single out both poor sex ed and the increase of social media into our private lifes which lead to the decrease of sex life.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

His response to the Daily Dot:



If the fedora fits...

 

[injurai]

I wonder if she saw Inside Out without him?

Well at least Calvin Harris did not block him

 

[bodyofanamerican]

I am also going to try to work the term "in a ghostly manner" into my day to day conversation.

 

[Strictly]

Or people could just learn to be human beings to each other.

Except these guys are clearly clueless. They're clueless because they are entitled. The earlier that entitlement is erased, the better.

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

@benschoen:

Hitler had a few good ideas. People forget that.

Well then

 

[ratcliffja]

What's a "listicle"?

A list article such as "5 surprising words invented by the internet" or "7 words starting with L that may not be what you think."

 

[commedieu]

How is this going to end? Because the NO-MAAM gamergate kids are going to take his side, right? And spam her/try to get her fired because they will see nothing wrong in anything he did, and will just continue hating girls...

https://twitter.com/SarahSnitch/status/633405997973811200

OH man, this is a beautiful mess.

Jesus. This dudes game is... horrible.

The shit women have to put up with.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

https://twitter.com/SarahSnitch/status/633405997973811200

Is this guy for real?

What is wrong with people?

 

[border]

Blocking him on Facebook and Twitter is likely why he went nuts.

 

[Inquisitive_Ghost]

Lots of men.

Related: When Women Refuse

This is why many women are afraid to give an explicit "no." When men refuse, they risk being laughed at. When women refuse, they risk being murdered.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Oh wow, his twitter feed is amazing right now.

benschoen ‏@benschoen Aug 17
I would bother posting the full extent of my "attack" on @GraceSpelman but she has already played right into my hand so no need

lol

 

[Admiral Woofington]

He was m'ladying so hard he supernovad

 

[TimorousPanda]

He's currently having a meltdown on Twitter.

I've never seen anything like this in real time! How exciting!

 

[Stat!]

I used to listen to this podcast all the time when I was like 14-16. I think they eventually stopped (and moved to like once a month) post 7th movie? Its such a shame since it was legit awesome for HP fans during all the books and guessing what would happen next. They used go through each chapter.

anyways, that's crazy.

 

[frontovik]

Lol. Poor fellow, he clearly has no social skills.

 

[commedieu]

He was m'ladying so hard he supernovad

lol... fuckin fedora and thin-line-beared just bursted into pure light.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Based on the tweets the guy sounds socially retarded, and in line with a lot of other men you find who spend a lot of time online. He's gone past the "docile loser who wallows in sorrow" level and into "loser who gets aggressive with women" territory.

 

[gutshot]

Yeesh. I know Ben. He ran the ad network I used on my GoT fansite. He always seemed like a shady dude.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

It's about ethics in wizardry education.

 

[thecouncil]

Another story about him in that OP article, from a different woman:

Since Spelman's tweets started going viral, she says other women have privately messaged her to relay similar experiences they've had with Schoen. Here's one, quoted with permission from the author:

"Hi Grace, I just wanted to add to the numbers who've told you about Ben. I had a similar experience ~8 years ago after meeting him on a book tour he was on w/ the other Mugglenet guys. My friends & I hung out w/ them that night & he hit on me pretty aggressively the whole time. (He was still in high school then.) In the weeks after, he sent me similar Facebook messages to what you received, even after I started ignoring him as they became creepy. I chalked it up to youthful exuberance at the time - I mean, he was a kid from Kansas who likely was away from home for the first time & talking to girls who didn't know him as the chubby kid, but as someone in the Harry Potter "in crowd." (I mean, he had met JK Rowling!) Unfortunately, it didn't seem to be an age/maturity issue. He's just an asshole. Sorry you had to experience this, and thanks for sharing!”

Also,

Schoen is — perhaps a bit ironically — the co-founder of Feminspire, "an online publication featuring a global collection of female voices."

 

[bodyofanamerican]

How is this going to end? Because the NO-MAAM gamergate kids are going to take his side, right? And spam her/try to get her fired because they will see nothing wrong in anything he did, and will just continue hating girls....

Yup, it fucking sucks. With the hoped-for result of women being more hesitant to call dudes out on shitty behavior online.

 

[Broken Joystick]

Heh, been watching this all day on Twitter, it's pretty funny. I feel for the Buzzfeed writer though, harassed when a guy just doesn't get it.

 

[JDSN]

B-but, why do women dont just tell guys to fuck off?

 

[mcrommert]

There's an increasingly alarming number of people who never go through the drama phase on their teens, so they can't actually handle rejection. I think this is a product of a lot of things but I like to single out both poor sex ed and the increase of social media into our private lifes which lead to the decrease of sex life.

Except these guys are clearly clueless. They're clueless because they are entitled. The earlier that entitlement is erased, the better.

Agreed...I would more likely put the reason to parents who never tell their children no, society that tells them that they are all beautiful butterflies, etc, etc but yep...entitlement is the problem

 

[Littlefang]

What does he expect here? Like she already has a boyfriend and I'm assuming that she doesn't live near him. Is she supposed to drop everything and run straight into his arms?

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Someone needs to turn off his internet. He needs a break.

 

[Lulubop]

Typical thristy nice guy

 

[Siegcram]

@benschoen:
Well then

That feed is a goldmine. Of awfulness.

 

[Kama_1082]

You guys don't actually think saying "Come get a butt massage" is sexy right?

I tell that to my wife all the time

 

[Permanently A]

That 180 when he finds out she has a boyfriend, lmao

 

[Kinyou]

The switch from "Hey, I really like you" to "Who do you think you are, bitch" always amazes me. How do the brains of these guys even work.

 

[Sephzilla]

is it wrong that it still bugs me when people call this a fedora? its a trilby.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Another story about him in that OP article, from a different woman:

Oh wow this is going to follow the same script as the Bill Cosby accusations isn't it? Watch as 50 women come out to share their story of how Ben victimized/stalked/harassed them.

 

[Alucrid]

Oh wow, his twitter feed is amazing right now.



lol

I guess he likes you gi oh too

 

[mcrommert]

I tell that to my wife all the time

seriously...at least once a night

 

[DoktorEvil]

Another story about him in that OP article, from a different woman:

You're an asshole, Benny.