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[Dunki]

Well here it is again. And absolute Embarrassment from Kotaku.,



Even after tons of people correcting them angrily they still keep the article up. Do not apologize and just ad some little small update on the bottom of it



These people know no shame they did not check it at all just to get it out because it will be controversial and the DLC is new....

 

[DeepEnigma]

And they wonder why they were sold at a loss.

 

[iconmaster]

Yes, I'm sure Sakurai and Nintendo would have allowed the word "retarded" into one of their biggest titles. That fits their MO perfectly.

And "Let’s go, let’s play, retarded" is a perfectly cromulent sentence.

 

[Jigsaah]

I'm asking this because I'm concerned about my own contribution to an apparent problem. Is saying the word "retarded" regardless of context...a bad thing?

 

[Dunki]

I'm asking this because I'm concerned about my own contribution to an apparent problem. Is saying the word "retarded" regardless of context...a bad thing?

Depends on the people. Normal people would say no. Games journalist would compare you to Hitler.

 

[The Skull]

Ironically the slur is quite apt to describe this article.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

To be fair, I listened to the song specifically trying to hear retort it. I can't.

It does genuinely sound like retarded because there does sound like the is an 'A' in the sound.

Not defending the article or whatever. Just listened to it several times and there is at the least, an 'A' sound. Swap the o for an a in retort it, and it does sound like retard it. Maybe just the way it was pronounced.

 

[CatCouch]

Yeah, this is the kind of stuff that makes me lose faith in gaming sites like Kotaku. The desire to find offense is getting old.

 

[Abriael_GN]

This is another example of why "journalists" improvising themselves activists is a massive issue nowadays. These people are literally hunting for reasons to create false outrage, and when they're proven wrong, they don't even apologize.

This is absolutely despicable.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

It is pretty impressive how even when you think expectations are incredibly low, Kotaku still finds a way to go under.

Kotaku is like water. Runs to its lowest possible point.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Depends on the people. Normal people would say no. “Games” activists would compare you to Hitler.

FTFY

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

While we're at it, I believe that the name "Super Smash Bros" invokes a disturbing undertone of college frat boys "smashing" college girls. This will ultimately encourage the rape culture in the minds of youth who engage in Nintendo's first party title.

 

[shark sandwich]

This stuff is easy to write, gets tons more clicks than any legitimate journalism, and leaves the author with an aura of moral superiority.

Replacing paid journalism with ad-driven content was a terrible mistake.

 

[Ovek]

Laura Kate Dale

 

[Barnabot]

Never go full retarded, Kotatu. This is your swan song.

 

[LaughingStock]

I'm asking this because I'm concerned about my own contribution to an apparent problem. Is saying the word "retarded" regardless of context...a bad thing?

Say neurodivergent instead.

"Stop being so neurodivergent!"

 

[kingbean]

Fucking retard must have posted this "news article".

I stopped listening to Jim Sterling's podcast because this journalist cared too much about their fee-fees than anything else.

 

[Scopa]

This is why I always have a laugh when some people try to defend Kotaku.

“But...but, they sometimes post really good articles (read: smear campaigns)!”

No. They are a trash tier gutter blog and that’s why I haven’t clicked on a Kotaku link for close to a decade.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

We have reached out to both Nintendo and Persona 5's European publisher Deep Silver for comment, and will update this article with any response.

I guess you can say the author... Reached Out to the Truth on this one





sorry thats all i got for this retarded article

 

[brap]

Funny how they say the article should be updated within the hour but over 2 hours later and it still hasn't been updated

 

[Ogbert]

I love the way they say ‘we may be dealing with an unfortunate soundalike’, rather than the correct update which should read ‘we, unfortunately, were fucking idiots’.

 

[Night.Ninja]

Clicks

 

[Lanrutcon]

They know exactly what they're doing. No professionalism, no class, no restraint.

 

[Petrae]

Rename Kotaku to “Gamer Outrage HQ”. The site would probably get more visits while the new moniker would be an accurate portrait of what the site’s purpose is.

If you look hard enough these days, it doesn’t take long to spot something that initiates the outrage version of the Bat-Signal... and, since outrage leads to clicks and cash, you know that the site’s team is ALL OVER THAT.

 

[Jigsaah]

Depends on the people. Normal people would say no. Games journalist would compare you to Hitler.

Ahhhh I see. Yea I sometimes slip up and say "retarded". I'm pretty adamant about refraining from saying the N word, though apparently it's my birthright so I try to be sensitive about these "slurs".

 

[Arkage]

I'm asking this because I'm concerned about my own contribution to an apparent problem. Is saying the word "retarded" regardless of context...a bad thing?

Retarded has largely fallen out of context since it's primarily used as a slur against normal people by fellow normal people to belittle them into a category of disable people. Even used in context for a special needs person, it implies the person is "slow" which is extremely limiting and not representative of the wide variety of mental disabilities found within the special needs category. So it's just best not to use it at all if it can be helped, as it's typically either an incorrect label, or a label being applied for derogatory reasons.

 

[Jigsaah]

Retarded has largely fallen out of context since it's primarily used as a slur against normal people by fellow normal people to label them into a category of disable people. Even used in context for a special needs person, it implies the person is "slow" which is extremely limiting and not representative of the wide variety of mental disabilities found within the special needs category. So it's just best not to use it at all if it can be helped, as it's typically either an incorrect label, or a label being applied for derogatory reasons.

Duly noted. I'm curious now though. The origin of the word is to accurately described a specific type of mental handicap correct? If so, would there be a proper context to use this word in? Or has the perversion of it's use basically caused a rebuttal of it's use in any context whatsoever, deeming it as universally taboo?

 

[Revolutionary]

Wow, how culturally insensitive of Kotaku to expect a non-English speaker to sing in perfect English.

Edit: lmao, I was being sarcastic but the top comment in the article is basically the non-sarcastic version of my post.

 

[Thurible]

Duly noted. I'm curious now though. The origin of the word is to accurately described a specific type of mental handicap correct? If so, would there be a proper context to use this word in? Or has the perversion of it's use basically caused a rebuttal of it's use in any context whatsoever, deeming it as universally taboo?

To retard essentially means to slow. There are other usages of the word that do not involve the degradation of the mentally handicapped, but in general, using it to describe a person is probably not the best idea. Ex. Fire retardant is used to slow or suffocate a fire.

 

[shark sandwich]

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[dolabla]

While we're at it, I believe that the name "Super Smash Bros" invokes a disturbing undertone of college frat boys "smashing" college girls. This will ultimately encourage the rape culture in the minds of youth who engage in Nintendo's first party title.

 

[Mochilador]

To retard essentially means to slow. There are other usages of the word that do not involve the degradation of the mentally handicapped, but in general, using it to describe a person is probably not the best idea. Ex. Fire retardant is used to slow or suffocate a fire.

A little OT but your name is really "different".

 

[Thurible]

A little OT but your name is really "different".

...Thanks....?

 

[TeamGhobad]

retardation means slowing down, its used in physics, music and many other areas doesn't have to mean something nefarious. but its a slow news day and kotaku wants the SJW army to click on something and get angry and have a PC circlejerk. jason schreier really is the only good thing over on that site and i think he should go independent.

 

[Spukc]

retardation means slowing down, its used in physics, music and many other areas doesn't have to mean something nefarious. but its a slow news day and kotaku wants the SJW army to click on something and get angry and have a PC circlejerk. jason schreier really is the only good thing over on that site and i think he should go independent.

Did you buy his book ?

 

[SonGoku]

K

TAKU

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

kotaku is pretty retort it, i gotta say

 

[Dr. Claus]

Overly sensitive "retort it" fools further showing how little you can trust modern gaming "journalism".

 

[Whitesnake]

retardation means slowing down, its used in physics, music and many other areas doesn't have to mean something nefarious. but its a slow news day and kotaku wants the SJW army to click on something and get angry and have a PC circlejerk. jason schreier really is the only good thing over on that site and i think he should go independent.

Jason “If you like big anime tiddies you’re a pedophile” Schreier?

Nah, burn the whole site down. None of it is salvageable.

 

[ExpandKong]

Kotaku is retarded.

 

[Mr Nash]

I never saw the point of calling someone a retard when I can just fall them a fucking idiot instead.

 

[TeamGhobad]

Did you buy his book ?

absolutely not, but i liked his bioware article.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I never saw the point of calling someone a retard when I can just fall them a fucking idiot instead.

For now...

 

[shark sandwich]

Someone needs to use the word “niggardly” in a game just to see how many Kotaku articles get written about it.

 

[RokkanStoned]

Retarded has largely fallen out of context since it's primarily used as a slur against normal people by fellow normal people to belittle them into a category of disable people. Even used in context for a special needs person, it implies the person is "slow" which is extremely limiting and not representative of the wide variety of mental disabilities found within the special needs category. So it's just best not to use it at all if it can be helped, as it's typically either an incorrect label, or a label being applied for derogatory reasons.

The problem is that this concerns all words that we use. Idiot is a good example as well. (ref wikipedia: "Idiot was formerly a legal and psychiatric category of profound intellectual disability") Idiots and another word that's also used normally nowadays "tullinger" (which in english also means idiots) were kept a statistic over in Norway during the 19th and 20th century.
You'll find it hard to ever talk negatively about someone if you want to be overly sensitive over disabled people. It's better to have enough understanding to understand that some people aren't mentally retarded in the clinical sense, but we use the word like a homonym. Otherwise every word will cause the problem that it refers to someone of a mental disability. I don't see how this is avoided in terms of casual use. It's better that the clinical terms attempt to become complicated enough that it's hard to fall into everyday use.

 

[TeamGhobad]

kotaku went full retard with this article. this article started the whole SJW PC culture in videogame "journalism".

Why Were There No Women Presenters At The PlayStation 4 Event?

Today we got a healthy dose of next-gen information, delivered to us by a bevy of excited, breathless developers and publishers. Here's the thing: not a single one of the presenters at the PlayStation 4 event were women, and people noticed.

kotaku.com

 

[Mr Nash]

For now...

Don't start giving them ideas...

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Very understandable reaction, since she could fairly feel that she was being mentioned in the game.

On a side note, it's to be thanked the fact that retarded journos identify themselves by dying their hair in blue or purple so we just need a glimpse of them to get the case straight.

 

[Fake]

The first tweet was deleted. Anyone have printscreen?

 

[Dunki]

hmmm it was not even the first time she did something like that.