Papacheeks
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I was just comparing where the joke kind of was coming from, and it reminded me of stuff from the 90's?
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Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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I was just comparing where the joke kind of was coming from, and it reminded me of stuff from the 90's?
Ninja Scooter
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Every 5 pages or so a new rando jumps into the thread with "wait is this all over a joke?"
Lord of Ostia
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Are you actually asking that question, or did you want a cover for your shitty 'no one does anything racist or sexist, people are too sensitive' hot take?
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Not to mention the original is pre WW2
Honestly if you can't take it you shouldn't be dishing it out while giving lip service to "respect"
Honestly if you can't take it you shouldn't be dishing it out while giving lip service to "respect"
GearDraxon
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Good news! Lazy, sexist jokes have been around for even longer than the 1990s! That makes...your point...stronger? I guess?
thekiddfran
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What? did he actually cry?!
lol, oh Colin
No he didn't cry, he got upset when he was thanking Rubin for his support during the twitter fiasco. At the same time his best and closet friends abandoned him and were no where to be found.
He also said he got private messages from friends saying they agree with what he was doing but publicly they can't stand by him.
He went on record saying he never wants to talk to them again
He also made a glorious dig at Polygon et al.
7DollarHagane
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I think you missed the point. People were saying he cried to play the victim. I think he was crying as an emotional response to the support he has received.
Did Colin somehow run salt in the wounds of those scared by the Trump administration? He wasn't a voter or supporter. Plus he was against the travel ban, and said it was rightfully shut down.
boredandlazy
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Or a comment about how long this thread is.
Anton Sugar
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Yup. Luckily, you have technology at your fingertips. You can learn.
Human Trashcan
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So even his friends are like "hey this behavior isn't cool" and instead of learning something his response is to double down and cut ties with his friends?
he's well and truly gone
excelsiorlef
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It's 2017 and that movie wasn't about International Women's Day and activist women fighting for their human rights against a rising tide of the sexist Trump government
Papacheeks
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I literally asked a question and said because of my similar age and era I grew up in what his joke and satire reminded me of nothing more.
Not hard to understand hes a popular and huge voice in the gaming industry and he used that voice to tweet a old non intelligent *joke* on International Women's Day using the official hashtag, he didn't use that influence to post something encouraging or to even have some small sense of empathy to understand what that day could mean.
Its like going on the street and yelling women deserve to be in the kitchen and then wondering why random people are pissed off at you, your friends may understand its *just a joke* but others don't he could have contained that joke just to his own twitter followers but he decided to use the hashtag the one being used by thousands of people to show their support for women.
After many people in the industry both male AND female bare in mind the gaming industry is both a toxic and a sexist place for women who receive death threats or verbal abuse from many who speak up to things they find problematic, Colin sends another tweet with a tired and old excuse of *Well my girlfriend found it funny* and then follows it up with *Because not all people are humorless sacks of shit* Yeah fuck those women who dare not even get mad saying hes a sexist but simply voice their opinion by saying it wasn't funny.
It it really that fucking hard for people to understand? To even bring up *Tv shows and sitcoms* as a example is just mind boggling its not even remotely the same thing.
WrenchNinja
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The point of the little rascals joke is that they're stupid kids being stupid. By the end of movie, they do let girls into the club.
What's the point of Colin's joke? That he's an idiot?
Ninja Scooter
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I think you missed my point. "Stop being hyperbolic the sun will rise tomorrow" was exactly (word for word i believe) what Colin said on election night about people being (justifiably) upset and emotional that a raging bigot had been elected president.
thekiddfran
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No it was more like on twitter "hey this isn't cool man" then sending direct messages "I got your back man"
Total bullshit pussy stuff because people want to save face on social media and keep up the "liberal games media" appearance
boredandlazy
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If I help one old lady cross the street, then push the next one in front of an oncoming bus, aren't I still despicable despite one of those things being a good deed?
You can't dismiss all the shit things by focusing purely on the non-shit things.
Garrett Hawke
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i hope this thread disappears soon like colin's relevance to gaming side
Ninja Scooter
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You don't seem to understand what satire is.
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