don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
Nope.
I want to do with you
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don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
massive generalization here but I think the thought process is that dudes are generally more capable of effectively defending themselves from a punch than most ladies are
don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
massive generalization here but I think the thought process is that dudes are generally more capable of effectively defending themselves from a punch than most ladies are
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
massive generalization here but I think the thought process is that dudes are generally more capable of effectively defending themselves from a punch than most ladies are
don't hit women is kinda silly in it's phrasing because it implies hitting dudes is a-ok
don't hit people is better?
just
don't hit
I think those are two good, but separate messages.
yeah i mean usually when people are talking about not hitting women, they are specifically talking about not being abusive toward women in your life who you supposedly care about and who have come to trust you
not like some girl you got into an argument with outside a bar
in both those cases, obviously you should not hit them. but the factors involved with each of them are fundamentally different
So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
massive generalization here but I think the thought process is that dudes are generally more capable of effectively defending themselves from a punch than most ladies are
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Ubikoh pete, that's later. maybe we'll be dead by thenRegistered Userregular
I think the only sensible opinion is that spousal abuse sucks either way it goes, even if society doesn't view female on male spousal abuse as a problem
hitting anyone is bad and the only reason malexmale violence is encouraged is because of stupid shitty reasons, when you hit a woman the whole 'not-looking-like-a-coward' incentive vanishes so there is absolutely no reason to do it
if a woman or a man attacks you then walk away and only hit back if you HAVE to defend yourself
i specifically pointed out 'dont hit women' though because it is waaaay more likely for a woman to be physically abused in a relationship than a man, i should have specified that
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PharezonStruggle is an illusion.Victory is in the Qun.Registered Userregular
Boo must be destroyed.
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But when you're trying to communicate ideas broadly and effectively you've got to be a little pragmatic and pick a target audience. IMO "You're fucking scum if you hit your girlfriend" is more effective at reducing heteronormative domestic abuse than "Don't hit people" would be
Most people would look at a sign that says "Don't hit people" and go "Yeah, obviously" and forget about it and not necessarily apply it to their specific situation in which they push their woman down the stairs
But when you're trying to communicate ideas broadly and effectively you've got to be a little pragmatic and pick a target audience. IMO "You're fucking scum if you hit your girlfriend" is more effective at reducing heteronormative domestic abuse than "Don't hit people" would be
Most people would look at a sign that says "Don't hit people" and go "Yeah, obviously" and forget about it and not necessarily apply it to their specific situation in which they push their woman down the stairs
Ok ladies. You like video games. Great. Name a game you play regularly other than the following. Not ranting.Just asking, Please? →
Assassin’s Creed Series
Call of Duty Series
Battlefield 3
Gears of War Series
Portal series
Super Mario
Pokemon
The Legend of Zelda
Halo
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Kingdom Hearts
Left 4 Dead
Bioshock
Because I’ve just recently noticed that females who play video games tend to lean towards these titles more than anything else. I ask this because I’m curious to see who has been there throughout the ages. Which of you lovely women have been there for the Metal Gears, The Half Lives, The Resident Evils, Gradius, Metroid all those fine titles. How many of you finished Red Dead Redemption, completed GTAIV, COMPLETED FALLOUT 3!? Whick of you can hold your own in a match against an online competitor in Soul Calibur V or Marvel vs Capcom 3? Who’s played Disgaea? Don’t get me wrong Bioshock, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Kingdom Hearts were great games that were masterfully developed. Halo is groundbreaking and Call of Duty is addictive and has photo-realistic graphics. Please I just…I just want to know what else you guys play.
Ok ladies. You like video games. Great. Name a game you play regularly other than the following. Not ranting.Just asking, Please? →
Assassin’s Creed Series
Call of Duty Series
Battlefield 3
Gears of War Series
Portal series
Super Mario
Pokemon
The Legend of Zelda
Halo
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Kingdom Hearts
Left 4 Dead
Bioshock
Because I’ve just recently noticed that females who play video games tend to lean towards these titles more than anything else. I ask this because I’m curious to see who has been there throughout the ages. Which of you lovely women have been there for the Metal Gears, The Half Lives, The Resident Evils, Gradius, Metroid all those fine titles. How many of you finished Red Dead Redemption, completed GTAIV, COMPLETED FALLOUT 3!? Whick of you can hold your own in a match against an online competitor in Soul Calibur V or Marvel vs Capcom 3? Who’s played Disgaea? Don’t get me wrong Bioshock, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Kingdom Hearts were great games that were masterfully developed. Halo is groundbreaking and Call of Duty is addictive and has photo-realistic graphics. Please I just…I just want to know what else you guys play.
When I sit down at a computer, my left hand falls automatically into the inverted-V shape known well by all of you; middle three fingers arched across W, A, S and D. Pinky hovering over left-shift, my thumb resting lightly on the space bar. There’s a poetic comfort in this for me. I do it without thinking. These letters are the ones I always come home to.
So last week at E3, it wasn’t disappointing press conferences, my ruthless appointment schedule, not having time to eat, or even the nightly drinking that broke me. It was my forced separation from those four buttons.
It happened during one of my first appointments of the show, a half hour I’d booked to check out the sequel to a well-known military shooter franchise. I’d checked into the publisher’s booth as media and had been told to wait at a computer for the next available PR person to assist me.
So I sat down, fingers falling perfectly across the keyboard. Before me, yellow grass swayed in the wind, and leaning on the W, I began to move slowly through its blades, watching the brush give way to glimpses of crumbling buildings and battered vehicles. It was a meticulously detailed scene and I wanted to absorb all of it.
This was how the PR representative found me a few minutes later, though it seemed he mistook my marvel for a slow-witted lack of comprehension.
“Do you play PC games?” he asked, frowning.
One of the publications on my media badge was listed as PC PowerPlay. It shouldn’t have been necessary for him to ask such a question, but I answered. “Yes.”
“Well, OK.” I sensed a disbelief in the guy’s voice. “But do you play shooters?”
I remember the silence that filled this space beyond this question. I was horrified that anyone could even ask such a thing. Here I was, sitting with my fingers spread across WASD, admiring a game world — and somehow, for some obtuse reason, being assumed to be someone who didn’t know anything about the world or how to interact with it.
“I think I better play it for you,” he said finally, prying my hands away and turning the keyboard towards himself.
And so there I was, hands twisted awkwardly and uselessly in my lap as a guy walked me through his game. In laboured detail, he explained to me simple mechanics that any shooter player would be well-acquainted with. He avoided the gameplay due to some apparent strange belief that I was not there to learn about shooting things in a shooter game, that perhaps my delicate girl senses might be offended by killing with guns and missiles. He pointed out rabbits in the grass with all the condescension of an adult trying to distract a noisy toddler, as if my interest in this simulation-grade shooter lay in some wildly misguided assumption that it would be full of adorable, fluffy animals.
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So I can't have those sort of relationships with men?
Kind of a homophobic message there.
Nope.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
whoa brandon fuck you punch cats pet dogs
Jungle
"He is mostly disappointed that he is forgotten in field trips."
What spring does with the cherry trees.
too many nouns and verbs I'm getting confused
fuck dogs pet brandon whoa cats punch you
what about lustfully smacking them
boo is the light you heathen
butters
massive generalization here but I think the thought process is that dudes are generally more capable of effectively defending themselves from a punch than most ladies are
MISOGYNIST
yo that is super chauvanistic
only if they hot butts
Quit hating women, jeez.
that's the only kind i know
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that's the thought process
The don't hit people poster is right
if a woman or a man attacks you then walk away and only hit back if you HAVE to defend yourself
i specifically pointed out 'dont hit women' though because it is waaaay more likely for a woman to be physically abused in a relationship than a man, i should have specified that
no it's not
how did your brain even learn human speech
But when you're trying to communicate ideas broadly and effectively you've got to be a little pragmatic and pick a target audience. IMO "You're fucking scum if you hit your girlfriend" is more effective at reducing heteronormative domestic abuse than "Don't hit people" would be
Most people would look at a sign that says "Don't hit people" and go "Yeah, obviously" and forget about it and not necessarily apply it to their specific situation in which they push their woman down the stairs
ding ding ding this is correct
Assassin’s Creed Series
Call of Duty Series
Battlefield 3
Gears of War Series
Portal series
Super Mario
Pokemon
The Legend of Zelda
Halo
Skyrim
Mass Effect
Kingdom Hearts
Left 4 Dead
Bioshock
Because I’ve just recently noticed that females who play video games tend to lean towards these titles more than anything else. I ask this because I’m curious to see who has been there throughout the ages. Which of you lovely women have been there for the Metal Gears, The Half Lives, The Resident Evils, Gradius, Metroid all those fine titles. How many of you finished Red Dead Redemption, completed GTAIV, COMPLETED FALLOUT 3!? Whick of you can hold your own in a match against an online competitor in Soul Calibur V or Marvel vs Capcom 3? Who’s played Disgaea? Don’t get me wrong Bioshock, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and Kingdom Hearts were great games that were masterfully developed. Halo is groundbreaking and Call of Duty is addictive and has photo-realistic graphics. Please I just…I just want to know what else you guys play.
nerd blackface or something
it's the worst fucking thing
lost it when my computer died
I Can Be Just As Capable. Let Me.
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the ending of fallout 3 sucked almost as much as borderlands
wait you didn't finish borderlands I bet
ok uhh
hmm hold up
...and I finished Borderlands.
are you talking shit on Sir Mix-A-Lot?
i cheesed the fuck out of the ending
turns out you can stand just outside the combat zone and snipe it
and if you're a soldier with the mod that refills your ammo, you will never run dry