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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 5, 2013, 16:40 |
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I'm in danger of agreeing with you here.
RollinThundr wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 15:31:
Quboid wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 15:25: I'm pretty sure I give an example of how there's more keeping black people disadvantaged than some black people using their victim status as an excuse to be an asshat.
Speaking of asshats, at this point the strawman that you're arguing against is getting embarrassed, and he's not even real. Average doesn't mean all. That very well could be Quboid, it still doesn't excuse it. At what point do we move on however? Or do we just stay in this perpetual state of blacks are owed something because slavery existed? Hell guys like Reverend Al Sharpton have made a career out of this shit. And I use the term Reverend very loosely here. We are moving on. Very, very slowly. I'd like to click my fingers and be done with it but unless I get can the memo to 7,000,000,000 other people, it still exists. This doesn't excuse individuals who use their victim status as an excuse to be more of a victim, which I think is a valid point that you're getting it.
A few years ago, Bill Cosby made a speech about this which was impressive:
"They think they're hip," the entertainer said. "They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."
He also had harsh words for black men who don't have jobs and are angry about their lives.
"You've got to stop beating up your women because you can't find a job, because you didn't want to get an education and now you're at minimum wage," Cosby said. Generations of discrimination (decreasing, but still a serious issue) is a reason for problems, but it's not an excuse for perpetuating the problem within your own race. This is a generalisation, but that's my problem with black people using the N word. It's not racist like it would be if I used it (depending on context, I used it earlier in this thread and no one seemed to have a problem), but it is perpetuating the use of discrimination as an excuse for underachievement, rather than a reason. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 5, 2013, 15:25 |
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I'm pretty sure I give an example of how there's more keeping black people disadvantaged than some black people using their victim status as an excuse to be an asshat. Edit: And also how people have less control over their life as a result of discrimination. Black people can still rise to the top, but they have a longer way to climb.
Speaking of asshats, at this point the strawman that you're arguing against is getting embarrassed, and he's not even real. Average doesn't mean all. |
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| News Comments > DayZ Video Blog |
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Re: DayZ Video Blog |
Feb 5, 2013, 15:10 |
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jacobvandy wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 14:31: Lol, still clinging to the delusion that a zombie apocalypse is 100% about fearing zombies? Any kind of apocalypse is more about what that does to other people, and how they behave in reaction to it. People trying to survive are paranoid, opportunistic, and ruthless. This care bear fantasy of everybody in DayZ cooperating with you is just silly. The game is, and always has been, about fearing other players and what they may or may not do. If you can't handle it, find something else to play. The only fantasy is that you think anyone wants this.
Of course other people should be dangerous, but if the game mechanics don't get an incredibly hard balance between fearing other people and needing them then the game will cease to be fun. That should be the most intriguing aspect of a multiplayer survival game but actually achieving it may be impossible. For a start, how do you recreate the moral qualms of killing a fellow human being in a computer game without real consequences? |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 5, 2013, 14:55 |
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Perhaps he turned to crime because the caveman who manages the local Burger King hired the white kid instead of him.
Maybe he couldn't get a job because he has a criminal record from when a cop found weed on him - during a search that wouldn't have happened if he was white (as per the 28:1 search ratio I linked to before). Even when the 'victim' is guilty and deserves their punishment, discrimination contributes to racial disadvantage because the white guy with weed benefits by getting away with it, and then gets a job that the black guy couldn't get - even if the employer is totally non-discriminatory.
The thing is, individually, I agree with you. I've no sympathy for individuals who deservedly go to jail. However, when the same things happen to the same sections of society, something's gone wrong. Over generations and millions of people, this will add up and create social divides.
Beamer said nothing about no white kids being below the poverty line, you're arguing against a strawman. How are we as a world and as people in general ever going to move on if we bury our heads in the sand?
BTW, everyone judges people by looking at them, to some extent. Everyone. |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 5, 2013, 13:06 |
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These cavemen can't be ignored and sure as hell aren't few. If a caveman works for the police, for example, you can't very well ignore them. The sad fact is that, very generally speaking, black people are still victims and affirmative action (which I consider to be frequently racist) doesn't make up for it (and fundamentally never will, 2 wrongs don't make a right).
Britain is generally seen as a tolerant, open society but we have problems. There are social reasons to somewhat explain this; people in poor areas are more likely to be searched and that is where black people are more likely to live, due to generations of racism, but 28:1? That might explain 3:2 and that's being very generous.
It's not white guilt to think that black people (and other minorities, particularly central/west Asian in the UK) tend to be victims of prejudice. That's reality and although I can't do much to help the situation, I'm not going to bury my head in the sand.
Anyway, I'm off to laugh at some stupid looking yellow people (The Simpsons is on). |
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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Re: F-Bomb |
Feb 5, 2013, 12:53 |
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eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 10:57: That very evil expletive during celebration killed my kittens and ate my pancakes!
I demand instant reparation. In form of more pancakes and expletive swearing....
Absurd. It ate your pancakes?! Fuck me, any shit head who swears should be strung up by their bollocks! |
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| News Comments > New 3DMark |
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Re: New 3DMark |
Feb 5, 2013, 09:41 |
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Arithon wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 07:01: I see little value in recent benchmarks, since most are now "on this weeks cards / hardware"
I want to see how much bang-for-buck I get for my money compared to the 2010 video card I have in my PC right now.
There are some sites that give you "HD5870 vs GTX660Ti" for example, but they are the exception.
The problem with new benchmark software is it removes the ability to compare with previous hardware. i.e. 3Dmark06 (from 2010) gives my card "23611" but 3Dmark11 (from last year) gives the 660 Ti "9027". That's no help to anyone. Both cards will run in my PC, so I want a meaningful comparison.
If 3DMark have a database of comparable test results for hardware going back some time that they share with purchasers of the software, then I'd be interested to know more, otherwise not. QFT!
I have a Geforce 460 and I'll probably upgrade for the Autumn games rush, but no site will have performance comparisons that really mean a damn thing to me and I don't trust comparing a benchmark today with one from a couple of years ago even in the extremely unlikely event that the same hardware is used.
This comment was edited on Feb 5, 2013, 11:48. |
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| News Comments > Evening Metaverse |
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Re: Evening Metaverse |
Feb 5, 2013, 09:35 |
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I'm not sure John McCain would use that has his defence; if he's not Creationist many of his voters are.
People see someone of another race being called a monkey and assume the insult is based on race. I don't think it was, it was based on perceived intelligence. |
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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F-Bomb |
Feb 5, 2013, 09:28 |
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I heard that F-bomb during the Super Bowl. Naturally, I was shocked and appalled.
I wonder what these precious pricks would make of a typical football match in Britain. It amuses me when 40,000 people break into a somewhat sweary song (which happens several times every match) and you can detect some sound engineer trying to make subtle adjustments to muffle the swears but no one really gives a shit.
If a swearword is clearly picked up and broadcast, the commentator or studio presenter will give a quick apology and that's the end of it. The Superb Owl F-Bomb probably wouldn't even have got a quick apology.
The only exception is when a player deliberately swears into a microphone, which happened twice in recent years that I've seen: Didier Drogba after disgraceful refereeing and Wayne Rooney after scoring a goal (and possibly being startled by his own reflection in the camera). These players got a relatively small fine and banned for a couple of matches and then we all moved on, the fabric of society unharmed. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 5, 2013, 09:06 |
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Prez wrote on Feb 5, 2013, 01:10:
Sorry kind of side tracked there but I've always felt more optimistic about younger generations than what I perceive to be the majority opinion of "kids these days... " types. Same here. Kids today by and large seem so much more enlightened and open to reason than my generation seemed to. My daughter astounds me with her ability to reason, show compassion, and think for herself. From what I've seen, most young people are nice, polite, open minded and tolerant. There are bad eggs, and a great many of them, but "kids these days" ain't so bad. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 4, 2013, 17:39 |
Quboid |
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deqer wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 16:11: If someone wants to live the life of a "homie G from da ghetto D" and therefore talk slang, then let them. And let them do it in peace without you claiming them to be racist because of their chosen lifestyle and way of talking.
Being a wigger is not being a racist. No one in this thread is saying that being a wigger is racist. Everyone here appears to be in agreement that the accusation of racism aimed at Borderlands 2 is at best nonsense. |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 4, 2013, 14:24 |
Quboid |
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| Quit saying /thread, you arrogant dick. Just because you've had your say doesn't mean the thread is done, especially when you go out of your way to point out that you haven't even read the thread. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 4, 2013, 09:43 |
Quboid |
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RollinThundr wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 09:31:
nin wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 09:15:
Quboid wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 09:06:
RollinThundr wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 08:25:
n3farious wrote on Feb 3, 2013, 23:55: Liberals will be offended at anything and everything.
Tiny Tina is the first character that I have had tears flowing down my face in laughter at in a video game. She is irreverent, crass and politically incorrect.. in the body of a sweet little girl. It works. Get over it. Fixed that for you. Because really, conservatives don't tend to buy into PC. That's pretty much a liberal soapbox. Oh yeah, it's just us liberals who get offended at anything and everything. That's why I'm so deeply upset about this, and why you can't ever find anyone on Fox News being offended at anything.
Trollindunder to the rescue!
It's not really trolling if it's true. Conservatives generally don't buy into the PC bandwagon. And conservatives also don't go looking for racism in things like superbowl tv commercials of all things.
Lets be honest here, offending a liberal and getting their panties into a twist isn't exactly difficult. As I said before, political correctness is supposed to be about not being an asshole and you've got a point - conservatives tend not to buy into that.
It's got nothing to do with liberal or conservative. The only slight difference is what some people get offended over and if I'm going to be labelled in one camp or the other, I'd rather be associated with the sort of idiot who goes overboard over racism (an actually bad thing) than a televised nipple. |
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| News Comments > Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods Announced |
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Re: Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods Announced |
Feb 4, 2013, 09:30 |
Quboid |
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Yes, I must do that. I got some Paradox DLC that way, just some face packs.
I hear they're putting a cut-down version of the character system into Europa Universalis 4, which should be fantastic. At times in CK2, I just wanted to go invading someone which is more what EU is about, but at the same time, the character system is brilliant. I can understand them cutting it down, as it would be overwhelming along with a full conquest game. Just getting rid of the lowest Count level systems would be fine. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 4, 2013, 09:21 |
Quboid |
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nin wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 09:15:
Quboid wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 09:06:
RollinThundr wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 08:25:
n3farious wrote on Feb 3, 2013, 23:55: Liberals will be offended at anything and everything.
Tiny Tina is the first character that I have had tears flowing down my face in laughter at in a video game. She is irreverent, crass and politically incorrect.. in the body of a sweet little girl. It works. Get over it. Fixed that for you. Because really, conservatives don't tend to buy into PC. That's pretty much a liberal soapbox. Oh yeah, it's just us liberals who get offended at anything and everything. That's why I'm so deeply upset about this, and why you can't ever find anyone on Fox News being offended at anything.
Trollindunder to the rescue!
I found his comment to be deeply offensive. In this day and age it's wrong - it's not politically correct - to mimic the mentally handicapable for his own amusement. |
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| News Comments > Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods Announced |
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Re: Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods Announced |
Feb 4, 2013, 09:17 |
Quboid |
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I love Paradox Development Studio but they really pump these out at a not inconsiderable price each. I got Sword of Islam but not The Republic, the Byzantine expansion and probably not this. If they'd half the price, they'd get 4x the sales - based on my in-depth market analysis of one person.
I'm pretty sure they've been including unholy UIs with many of their games anyway. |
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| News Comments > Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
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Re: Borderlands 2 Racism Discussion |
Feb 4, 2013, 09:06 |
Quboid |
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RollinThundr wrote on Feb 4, 2013, 08:25:
n3farious wrote on Feb 3, 2013, 23:55: Liberals will be offended at anything and everything.
Tiny Tina is the first character that I have had tears flowing down my face in laughter at in a video game. She is irreverent, crass and politically incorrect.. in the body of a sweet little girl. It works. Get over it. Fixed that for you. Because really, conservatives don't tend to buy into PC. That's pretty much a liberal soapbox. Oh yeah, it's just us liberals who get offended at anything and everything. That's why I'm so deeply upset about this, and why you can't ever find anyone on Fox News being offended at anything. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Feb 3, 2013, 21:03 |
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subx wrote on Feb 3, 2013, 20:48:
jimnms wrote on Feb 3, 2013, 15:21: The evidence of this "theory" were clues hidden in the movie "The Sum of All Fears." So, er, was there a plot revolving around a power cut in that movie? Neo-nazis have nuked half the local power station? Or Arab extremists, which IIRC were in the book but the movie makes pussied out of. |
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