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[vertigomez]

I'm sorry, but I have to rant about my paranoid coworker. I wish she was just ******* with me, but she's not. She's not just a conspiracy theorist, she's like... ALL THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

She's gone on and on before about how every politician is a Satanist, and Obama is actually the third Obama (the original is dead and these last two were lizard people clones). She's an anti-vaxxer who believes earth is on a collision course with planet Nibiru, which the Illuminati wants for... some reason.

This morning she was telling me about microchips in vaccines that are activated via satellite, and whose sole purpose is to cause more pain in people who already suffer from chronic pain. The microchips contain the Number of the Beast. She knows this because her boyfriend got a vaccine after a lying doctor diagnosed him with cancer (which was a LIE!! because he failed a pregnancy test), and he got a rash all over his body after they ate Kentucky Fried Chicken that was loaded with MSG (don't ask me how this is related). Domino's Pizza is in on it too - the logo falling off in the commercial is symbolic of how much they want to kill us, "like the domino effect."

I CAN'T HANDLE THIIIIIIS. It would be hilarious if she wasn't dead ******* serious. So it's just terrifying instead.

SHE'S BACK. Today she stayed an hour(!!!!) after her shift was over to tell me this crap.

The lens flare on her camera is actually evidence of another solar system on a collision course with ours.
The earth is flat and the guy who told her this is being forced to say that Jesus is an alien, or else the government will kill him.
There's a giant Satanic tunnel underneath the earth where lesbian orgies and baby sacrifices to Baphomet happen. The Pope is in charge of this.
Blue Kuchina = Wormwood, warning of oncoming collision with planet Nibiru.
M-A-R-T-I-A-L L-A-W = W-A-L-M-A-R-T...ial?
Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" contains subliminal messages.
"The Bible says" that Noah's arc is going to appear (to... rescue people? Animals? NO ONE KNOWS) during the Olympics in Rio.
Human souls are frequently replaced by souls from the fourth dimension (Obama is one of them. I thought he was a lizard clone..?)
She showed me a Mercedez Benz commercial that had a bunch of red cars and the words "summer event" - this is more Nibiru foreshadowing.
I asked who "they" were, she said, "The elite. The Satanic elite. They are in charge of everything." and that she is "tired of being censored."

And then she started in on ******* Orlando and I had to GTFO.

[lynroy]

Holy ****, that is insane!

 

Well, I work at Walmart so the martial law thing seems accurate.

[Biotic Apostate]

There's a giant Satanic tunnel underneath the earth where lesbian orgies and baby sacrifices to Baphomet happen. The Pope is in charge of this.

Well, the pope is certainly moving up in the world, good for him.

[nightscrawl]

http://www.polygon.c...eads-status-quo
 
I apologize to anyone who's fan of Anita and Feminist Frequency, but criticizing Overwatch for being not "diverse" enough in their "state of the union" address. One of the reasons I love Overwatch when I played the beta was it's diverse characters, but now it's not enough for them?! I don't know about Uncharted since I haven't played it, but using Overwatch as an example of games appealing to white males is false and misleading considering they have vast array of females sexualized and non-sexualized. 
 
Sometimes these "culture critics" just want to criticize just get attention regardless of how little research has been done.

 
But that is not what was said about it...
 

When Blizzard first introduced the cast of Overwatch, Petit found the female cast to sport typically slender, sexualized bodies, designed to appeal to men.
 
Overwatch's final cast diversified to include different body types, however. "We're trying to right the boat really slowly," Petit said.

 
It's actually a positive critique since Blizzard improved. And when you consider the hubub over Tracer's butt pose, which was replaced with something that was hardly different and still sexualized, I think that critique is merited.
 
Granted, I do agree that Overwatch is not really the best example, particularly since it does have a wide range of characters -- personalities, genders, body types, and ethnicities -- but it is also not completely perfect, nor immune from critique.
 
Like many of the examples they give on FF, there are better targets. For example, at one point World of Warcraft was criticized for their bikini plate armor. While that is a valid criticism, it really only applies to the armor that was present for the females in the first one or two expansions. The armor for the past several years, and four expansions, is basically the same for both genders, barring some exceptions (but none so extreme as bikini plate). As a former WoW player, it comes across as unfair to disparage the game for something that is not even applicable today, especially when there are many strong female characters throughout the Warcraft franchise, and the game itself allows for play as either gender with no emphasis on that gender. But that wasn't mentioned, was it?
 
So yeah, I get it, but at the same time... the main problem I have with FF is that, while the message is good and important, the errors and misrepresentation allow critics to point to it and say, "SEE it's all BS," which casts a cloud over the message and allows these people to obscure it.

 

 

 

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Here is an article about the introduction of Zarya (a more robust female character) where Blizzard literally says they introduced her as a result of those types of criticisms.

Modifié par nightscrawl, 25 juin 2016 - 04:31 .

[CrimsonN7]

 

I also saw it speculated that N. Ireland might vote to rejoin Rep. of Ireland after this vote. That certainly would be... something. All of the strife over religion and all of that, especially with the turbulence of the 80s and IRA, to finally come back together because of something totally unrelated.

 

 

The Northies rejoining us, nah, can never see that happening in my lifetime. The border separating the North from the Rep will go back up. And I can see the Scots voting to leave the Union in a second Independence referendum before I see the Protestants in the North getting cosy with us, nope, will never happen.

 

Jesus England, fine hot mess you got on your hands there. 

 

Welp, looks like you'll need an Irish passport England, to get around Europe with ease and all.

 

Start looking up those Irish grannies.

[SmilesJA]

 
But that is not what was said about it...
 

 
It's actually a positive critique since Blizzard improved. And when you consider the hubub over Tracer's butt pose, which was replaced with something that was hardly different and still sexualized, I think that critique is merited.
 
Granted, I do agree that Overwatch is not really the best example, particularly since it does have a wide range of characters -- personalities, genders, body types, and ethnicities -- but it is also not completely perfect, nor immune from critique.
 
Like many of the examples they give on FF, there are better targets. For example, at one point World of Warcraft was criticized for their bikini plate armor. While that is a valid criticism, it really only applies to the armor that was present for the females in the first one or two expansions. The armor for the past several years, and four expansions, is basically the same for both genders, barring some exceptions (but none so extreme as bikini plate). As a former WoW player, it comes across as unfair to disparage the game for something that is not even applicable today, especially when there are many strong female characters throughout the Warcraft franchise, and the game itself allows for play as either gender with no emphasis on that gender. But that wasn't mentioned, was it?
 
So yeah, I get it, but at the same time... the main problem I have with FF is that, while the message is good and important, the errors and misrepresentation allow critics to point to it and say, "SEE it's all BS," which casts a cloud over the message and allows these people to obscure it.

 

 

 

[edit]

Here is an article about the introduction of Zarya (a more robust female character) where Blizzard literally says they introduced her as a result of those types of criticisms.

 

I don't think anyone has a problem with what the message they're trying to convey. It's more of the fact they get a lot of research errors and misrepresentation that it drives people crazy. It does not help that Feminist Frequency themselves still rarely listen to criticism  which makes them fustrating to deal with. In terms of diversity Overwatch is great, having them use it as an example is very weak and just used to get attention, regardless of alleged flaws. They're other games which have bigger, glaring flaws in terms of diversity.

 

And even reading that quote it feels that they're judging it before even the entire cast has been revealed. It seems that Zarya was in the works before the criticism began.

[vertigomez]

I'm so ****** done with today. Texas woman killed by police after fatally shooting her two daughters.

I really like how her Facebook is a nice, friendly, suburban mix of pro-gun rhetoric and going on about how much she loves her kids. Yeah.

[nightscrawl]

Well, here's an "Awwww" story for you, Gomez. Just randomly saw this while browsing Fusion.

 

London police officers propose at Pride parade.

 

See, the world doesn't actually suck completely.

[Lady Artifice]

I'm so ****** done with today. Texas woman killed by police after fatally shooting her two daughters.

I really like how her Facebook is a nice, friendly, suburban mix of pro-gun rhetoric and going on about how much she loves her kids. Yeah.

 

 

One of her Facebook posts is staggering. 

 

Spoiler

 

It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that’s exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns.

 

There are no words. 

[vertigomez]

Well, here's an "Awwww" story for you, Gomez. Just randomly saw this while browsing Fusion.
 
London police officers propose at Pride parade.
 
See, the world doesn't actually suck completely.

That does help. I love a love story.

One of her Facebook posts is staggering. 
 

Spoiler

 
It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that’s exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semi-automatic handguns.

 
There are no words.

It's horrifying, it makes me want to vomit and claw someone's eyes out at the same time, and trying in vain to distract myself with less horrible things I found thiiisss. I posted it in the Sera thread too but THIS IS SO CUTE IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY i rly needed some happy

Spoiler

[Hellion Rex]

My rant is that the GoT finale destroyed me and I don't know what to do with myself.

[HuldraDancer]

Work was a tad annoying today, the person I was sharing a cart with wouldn't listen to me when I tried to tell them they had the area's confused and kept asking other people where it was instead, same person got upset with me for using their broom when I didn't know it was theirs. (There were two brooms on the cart when I got there I assumed they grabbed one for them and one for me, came back to the cart to see one missing and took the other thinking they were using one). Then had someone stomp on my vacuum cord to make a point about it being stretched out too much and a trip hazard but that is literally the only way I can clean the middle isles, though I'm just glad that they didn't bend the metal on the plug by doing that. Oh and got trapped in the bathroom for at least fifteen minutes by security because they were collecting the money boxes and parked their cart right outside the rest room. (We are not allowed to go in front of the cart they use when the doors are open but they don't want you near the cart at all and aren't shy about hollering at you for it.)

[Steelcan]

My rant is that the GoT finale destroyed me and I don't know what to do with myself.

read the books (again?)

[Lady Artifice]

Wait, finale finale, or just finale?

[Hellion Rex]

Wait, finale finale, or just finale?

Nah, just the Season 6 finale. Not the actual series finale.

[Sifr]

Wait, finale finale, or just finale?

 

Season 6 finale.

 

There's still Season 7 and 8 left, but they're going to be smaller than previous seasons.

 

(Edit: Ah, Ninja'd )

[Lady Artifice]

I really need to catch up. I've seen nothing after season 3.

[Biotic Apostate]

@HuldraDancer

*hug* Some days everything that can go wrong, does go wrong, last few days were like that for me, so I empathise with you.

[Sifr]

I really need to catch up. I've seen nothing after season 3.

 

I haven't watched full episodes after S4. Most of my current telly watching has been the cliffnotes versions from reaction videos, makes keeping up with shows somewhat easier if they're not on Netflix or UK telly.

[Steelcan]

tbh you can skip s5 and just ask one of us what the important details are

 

and get an earful from me why s5 is somewhere between North Korea and the Ford Pinto levels of acceptable

[Lady Artifice]

Well, that horrible thread is gone and it's probably better that way. 

[SmilesJA]

Season 6 wasn't that much better, but I enjoyed the finale.

[Steelcan]

Season 6 wasn't that much better, but I enjoyed the finale.

it was significantly better, particularly if you just ignore the existence of ep1 (and 8 to a lesser degree)

[wright1978]

Gibraltar isn't going anywhere, and I doubt Northern Ireland will either,  Scotland might, but depending on how long it takes for the Brits to actually leave the EU tempers may cool.

 

My guess is Scotland short term is going to depend on what the eventual deal with Europe is coupled with how keen Europe is on the notion of Scotland and how keen popylation is on another Indy ref so soon. Not good for the long term stability of the union though

 

N.I is going nowhere. Many unionists voted leave, there's been speculation that was because of desire for return of a physical border. I as someone from NI who equally believes in the union thinks it's nuts to endanger the union and peace for such a petty reason and hope that speculation is wrong and they are just stubborn and blind.

[vertigomez]

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A BABY POSSUM

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