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Isn't this how we saved Tinkerbell?

Khalid: "We had these same "discussions" 3 years ago. The definition of encourage directly contradicts what Moonbat is saying, yet he hasn't wavered once from his absurd stand. He is in too deep, it is like expecting Lumie to back off from end of the world predictions." Here's where I say "I...

Doc: "No of course not because Anita is using a very special and specific version of the word "encourage" that's never been used by any one ever before and is conveniently defined in the most narrow way possible to make what she said not completely retarded. You'd know this if you had donated to...

Agraza: "that's not what encourage means. you're not entitled to your own definitions." Already covered. If you didn't like my explanation, counter it. Chaos: "If real life has a cliff you can jump off of, are you implicitly encouraged to commit suicide?" Real life is not a video...

Drinsic: "Are games where I can jump off a cliff encouraging suicide?" I've already addressed that exact point, Drinsic, but I will repeat it: If a video game allows you to jump off a cliff, you are implicitly encouraged to do so, even if only to see if you can. In any game that DOES...

Phazael: "So yeah, he is an asshole, but I think some people are more openly flustered because we all know deep down we ran that same joke through the back of our minds (yay rape culture!), but unlike Wormie, we actually have a part of our brains that says "nope, that's too much of an asshole...

Fury (to Wormie): "The reality is there are only about three people who's opinions matter on this board, and you aren't one of them." Wait... who are the other two?

Wormie: "Its about the fact that the mods, who are supposed to be impartial," HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cad: "As long as you realize "rape culture" is something completely made up and nonsensical, and then accuse us of apologizing for it by defending free speech, then sure... sorry for disturbing your... thoughts, I guess." Gavinmad: "I don't apologize for rape culture. Rape culture is...

Agraza: "Anti-Sarkeesians were just right before it was cool, and we should be thankful they were prepared to bravely call bullshit so early." They were never right, and still aren't. The people who actually criticized her work by making valid counter-arguments to the points she made were...

Mist: "SJWs are literally the same kind of shit-flingers they're fighting against." See? Mist gets it.

From the article linked by Siddar: "Why GamerGate Is Really A Liberal Identity Crisis" "As an onlooker, I was neutral at first and put the blame equally on all sides. But I kept watching, and now, a year later, I feel that I can pass judgment the true nature of each side. The GamerGate...

Agraza: "The subjectivity guarantees it's a losing proposition if your foundation is that everyone's perspective has equal merit. The solution is that they don't." And rationally debating using logic and reason and, whenever possible, relevant evidence, is what elevates the merit of one...

a_skeleton_02: "So I started a blog with my friend a couple weeks ago for the Game of Thrones card game that is coming out. I'm thinking of starting a patreon for shits and giggles and I need help giving it a slant. What would make more money pro or anti GG right now." Skanda: "No question...

Agraza: "You (don't) get to have your own definitions for words. Neither does she. Encourage means something. If she's going to add all those caveats to what she means, then encourage is the wrong word to use." I would agree with you if she didn't make it clear what she was talking about. If...

Agraza: "They are ignorant and preach to their ignorant choirs about how everybody unlike them is that way because of X, so we must make sure NO ONE can have X." Sarkeesian never said anything remotely close to this, BTW. Agraza: "We live in the most musical, cinematic, gamer period...

Agraza: "No, because a bottle is shootable does not mean the game encourages me to shoot it." Of course it does. You're just hung up on on tying implicit encouragement to incentive/punishment. My stance: When Sarkeesian talks about implicit encouragement, she is NOT talking about a game...

Agraza: "It did not remotely encourage me to kill randoms." This is a common misunderstanding of what Sarkeesian said. Sarkeesian: "I should note that this kind of misogynistic behavior isn't always mandatory. Often, it's player-directed, but it is always implicitly ENCOURAGED.... Games...

More from Brown: "Here?s my take on this. The rhetoric of offense is different than the rhetoric of explication. The latter is meant to explain. The former?s goal is to cause injury. It has no interest in sharing ideas. It only has interest in injuring someone, either to try to gain relief...

I like the cut of John Brown's jib: "... before I agree or disagree with someone, I need to understand them. And the best way to understand someone is to ask questions, listen, and verify I've understood accurately. The worst way to understand is to start with an attack."

From the article about Vox Day, paraphrased from George R. R. Martin: "Internet conversations that are not moderated to maintain a tone of respectful disagreement are a bane upon us all." He's got a point.

Replayable? Really? Don't get me wrong, I love that developers are taking experimental approaches to game creation. I applaud games that take risks and go against convention, even if they end up falling short as satisfying experiences. Proteus was one such game, IMO. For a game that seems...

Hey, you're preaching to the choir. I am completely rehabilitated. I haven't "shit up" a thread in months.

Please tell me I don't sound like this when we talk about Sarkeesian. Also, this thread has put me in the mood for breaded pork cutlets.

Is it weird that this just seems like one of the worst things you could force upon someone?

Interestingly, "Gavinmad logic" doesn't exist, as it is an oxymoron that would collapse reality and bring about the end of the universe as we know it.

Already happened.

You're missing the point. You're being so stubborn that you don't realize there is a way to make him pay his debtthat will satisfy all parties. Araysar has painted himself into a corner. As long as you can provide an avatar that evenhecan't deny is a "Cutler avatar", then it can be as...

I don't even have Photoshop installed, or I would write "Putin slurps Cock" onto this T-shirt: [ Fuck it, I used Paint and 2 minutes of work: You're telling me nobody has the imagination or will to do better than that?

All I'm seeing here is a lack of creativity and awareness of the flexibility of design. Take something Araysar would hate, photoshop it onto a T-shirt worn by Cutler, problem solved. FFS, putthe avatar you wantedonto the T-shirt. Make somethingnobodycan deny is a "Cutler avatar" that still...

Well, to be fair, if "popular consensus" is abrasive and obnoxious enough, they can get the mods to bend to their will. People who haven't broken any rules have been shawed after "the people" incessantly cried for blood and the mods were sick of hearing about it.

Caught the latest episode and it was a riot. The surprisingly clever sci-fi plots remind me of some of the best Futurama episodes. I really, really hope they can keep up this pace for a while.

Is this the same Jay Cutler? (I don't sports) Maybe we can compromise a bit to make everyone happy?

You shouldn't be.