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MAGfest takes the piss out of Kotaku, gets bullied into apologizing by danger hair journos for "gamergate dogwhistling" and "making them feel unsafe"
gaming_again
Member
Formally unimaginable levels of cuckery on display there.
dreamstation
Member
People can't take a joke anymore huh?
killatopak
Member
How did that get escalated so much? It’s such a simple joke.
Venom Snake
Member
That banner tho...
Fuck Kotaku and everything they stand for.
Fuck Kotaku and everything they stand for.
Mozza
Member
It's Twitter.... no need to say any more, however things could change under new ownership, although that would be more down to members of one side leaving the platform, more than anything else.
Ghost of Caelid
Banned
On my way there now! corny joke but it’s a light jab.
balls of snow
Member
Loltaku can never take a joke at their expense. But shitting on other games/dev, no problemo.
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Spaceman292
Banned
The idea of 'dogwhistling' is hilarious. It's just another word for seeing things that aren't there.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
If you say to someone to go f-ck themselves you are personally causing them body harm, something just short of a death threat as performing the act might cause them harm.
The thing is that neither “side” should mob the other over… but it is not great seeing people who love the idea of mobbing others and ruining their lives literally as “fair consequences” act this way when the shoe is on the other foot. It is a religious movement by another name.
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I had to find on the internet what dogwhistling fucking means.
Some people fill their mouth with complicated terms just to sound smart.
And yes, this guy has pronouns on his bio.
But then, wtf gamergate has to do with it? It's the usual victimization from people who fight ideas with (their) morality.
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RoadHazard
Gold Member
What the fuck does "unsafe" even mean anymore?
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Anything you want it to mean. I wish I were joking. We are stuck between that and the Cold War 2.0 CCP monster threat… so it seems like the current direction full steam ahead is the only one to go for some countries…
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Sigh
64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Kotaku does have no journalistic integrity though. and no talent either. It's an awful site regardless of gamergate or not
now piss off and enjoy the convention. I can't imagine being able to travel that far and have enough money to go to an area like that only to get angry at a poster. I live in Georgia ffs, It's a miracle whenever a convention happens close to where I live. These useless journalists get to sit back all day, write trash like how Elden Ring is sexist or some shit, and get enough money to travel anywhere they want only to get offended by everything. I'd be jumping for joy if I could go to magfest
now piss off and enjoy the convention. I can't imagine being able to travel that far and have enough money to go to an area like that only to get angry at a poster. I live in Georgia ffs, It's a miracle whenever a convention happens close to where I live. These useless journalists get to sit back all day, write trash like how Elden Ring is sexist or some shit, and get enough money to travel anywhere they want only to get offended by everything. I'd be jumping for joy if I could go to magfest
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64bitmodels
Reverse groomer.
Meicyn
Gold Member
For folks who have never experienced true fear or danger, they are a product of their own privileged lives. And so they use the word in a flippant manner, oblivious to how they’ve diluted that word’s meaning.
Marvel14
Banned
I want to take these performative victimhood people and metaphorically slap them up and down. There are people dying in actual conflicts, people struggling to make ends meet, people taking dangerous journeys for better lives, people dealing with loss, pain or addiction. And these morons think a snarky joke on the bottom of a sign puts them in the same category.
FFS. They are just bored, lacking meaning and real struggle. So they have to invent it for themselves.
FFS. They are just bored, lacking meaning and real struggle. So they have to invent it for themselves.
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Thebonehead
Banned
Look at this little bitch. Scared of a poster. "But words hurt, mom!", he cried into the phone with his tiresome mother while hiding in the genderneutral toilet.
[How's that for dogwhistling, you cretin. Deliberately stirring up controversy for clout, fuck off with that shit]
With that massive forehead he looks a bit like
A Most Virtuous Cat
Banned
Bro looks triple vaxxed with 18 booster shotsWith that massive forehead he looks a bit like
Hypereides
Member
Are these people fucking real?
MAGfest shouldn't have backed down and instead added another diss at Kotaku at the end of that banner.
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Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
The horror.
ManaByte
Gold Member
DarkestLight
Member
Am I alone in not knowing what the fuck gamergate actually is or means? I've seen it mentioned many times over the years, and even though I've tried to look it up, I don't actually know what it means, anyone able to explain to a simpleton?
bitbydeath
Member
I don’t get it, it’s not even a joke.
Most know Kotaku don’t have journalistic integrity. Why apologise for a true statement?
Most know Kotaku don’t have journalistic integrity. Why apologise for a true statement?
hemo memo
Gold Member
That’s the funny thing about it. If they just laugh it off it will just go unnoticed. Now everyone knows that this statement has some truth that it got them outrage because of a simple joke.I don’t get it, it’s not even a joke.
Most know Kotaku don’t have journalistic integrity. Why apologise for a true statement?
They are not scared at all, they don't want certain people there and have no shame embarrassing themselves and manipulating emotion to get what they want.
Look at this little bitch. Scared of a poster. "But words hurt, mom!", he cried into the phone with his tiresome mother while hiding in the genderneutral toilet.
[How's that for dogwhistling, you cretin. Deliberately stirring up controversy for clout, fuck off with that shit]
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BbMajor7th
Member
Question the integrity of mainstream media reporting on real world events and you're an enlightened, progressive freethinker; poke fun at freelance writers in enthusiast press circles and you're shilling for a malevolent internet bogeyman. Sounds like the present timeline we all know and love.
And I say this as an arch-environmentalist, vegan socialist...
A bizarre, storm-in-a-teacup psychodrama from what must be a decade ago now, that was sparked by a small number of indie devs and games journalists who may or may not having been sleeping together and who may or may not have let that influence them professionally. There were definitely some creepy bad actors who were going around harassing people online, massively inflated by fake outrage, hysteria and pot-stirring. Most people implicated were nobodies; most people dining out on the drama were also nobodies; most people still seriously referencing it in 2023 are nobodies.
And I say this as an arch-environmentalist, vegan socialist...
A bizarre, storm-in-a-teacup psychodrama from what must be a decade ago now, that was sparked by a small number of indie devs and games journalists who may or may not having been sleeping together and who may or may not have let that influence them professionally. There were definitely some creepy bad actors who were going around harassing people online, massively inflated by fake outrage, hysteria and pot-stirring. Most people implicated were nobodies; most people dining out on the drama were also nobodies; most people still seriously referencing it in 2023 are nobodies.
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gaming_again
Member
I recommended casting it out of your mind. Really. There is no value to be had in reading about it.
