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Subject: The commodification of the female gamer online

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Studnessyep

Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
The reason why they were harassed by gender is because they advertised themselves as girls.

Male attention whores are not harassed with their genders because they do not advertise themselves as such.
So being a girl makes you fair game for harassment?


When you seek attention so much you are in fact going to get it, both good and bad. You seem to only want good attention and compliments and people agreeing with you, but when someone insults you or disagrees you cry foul and consider them sexist, or racist, or whatever.

Sorry, but the Internet isn't here to please you. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Now death threats and the like are obviously going too far, but you wouldn't get those either if you were just average and didn't make everything about you.
I don't give a damn about negative attention.

But it shouldn't be because I'm a girl, seeing as there is actually nothing negative about that. Go ahead and trash me for what I say, what I like, whatever. But why is my girlhood even a talking point?

  • 01.02.2013 3:46 PM PDT

It did reach 500.

  • 01.02.2013 3:47 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Posted by: jaythenerdkid
But it shouldn't be because I'm a girl.
It's not because you're a girl! Sexism is just a convenient way of insulting a girl.

Just like it's convenient to insult a dwarf by making fun of his height. This thread is testament to this.

  • 01.02.2013 3:50 PM PDT

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I personally have no kind of disregard for anyone whether it be race, age, gender, whatever.

I'll respect you in the same manner as you do towards me and others.

But if you do try to show off your difference in an obnoxious way, then that is a reason for disregard.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 3:56 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 3:53 PM PDT


Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: Studnessyep

Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
The reason why they were harassed by gender is because they advertised themselves as girls.

Male attention whores are not harassed with their genders because they do not advertise themselves as such.
So being a girl makes you fair game for harassment?


When you seek attention so much you are in fact going to get it, both good and bad. You seem to only want good attention and compliments and people agreeing with you, but when someone insults you or disagrees you cry foul and consider them sexist, or racist, or whatever.

Sorry, but the Internet isn't here to please you. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Now death threats and the like are obviously going too far, but you wouldn't get those either if you were just average and didn't make everything about you.
I don't give a damn about negative attention.

But it shouldn't be because I'm a girl, seeing as there is actually nothing negative about that. Go ahead and trash me for what I say, what I like, whatever. But why is my girlhood even a talking point?


Because you are the one drawing attention to it and playing the victim. You can just be a girl, you don't have to start a huge fuss over something that's pretty much a non issue.

  • 01.02.2013 3:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: jaythenerdkid

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
So being a girl makes you fair game for harassment?
No, you didn't understand.

The girl attention whores advertised themselves as girls and liked to tell everyone that they were. It's fair game because they advertised themselves as such. Women attention whores know very well what kind of attention being a girl will get them on here, it's an opportunity they take advantage of.

Because being a male on these forums is nothing special it's not something you can attention whore about, so male attention whores aren't going to be harassed in a sexist manner.

But males who brag about their physique and how much -blam!- they get per week get harassed in a very similar fashion. It's about people who want to tell the world that they're different. The world answers back with "we don't care" and the attention whores get all defensive and/or offended.
So if I tell people I'm a girl, I deserve to be trashed for being a girl?

Okay!
Nice strawman.

If a girl says something along the lines of "give me attention because i play video games, BTW I'M A GIRL, betcha never seen that before", then like what monitor's saying, it's perfectly understandable that people are going to respond with "no one cares" and "stop being an attention whore" and the less than civil variations on "slut".

And the same applies to males, if someone brags about how alpha he is, you'll get the same kind of replies.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, read monitor's damn post with an open mind.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 3:57 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 3:57 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: DarkJet7

If a girl says something along the lines of "give me attention because i play video games, BTW I'M A GIRL, betcha never seen that before", then like what monitor's saying, it's perfectly understandable that people are going to respond with "no one cares" and "stop being an attention whore" and the less than civil variations on "slut".
Actually, no. Tell her to stop being an attention whore, but what exactly excuses you labelling a girl a slut just because you don't like her?

Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
But it shouldn't be because I'm a girl.
It's not because you're a girl! Sexism is just a convenient way of insulting a girl.

Just like it's convenient to insult a dwarf by making fun of his height. This thread is testament to this.
Yes, and insulting a dwarf by making fun of the disability with which he was born would also be disgusting and vile.

It'd be pretty convenient for me to use someone's race to insult them, but I don't do that either, because bigotry isn't okay just because I don't like someone.

I honestly can't believe what I'm reading here. Are people really so blind?

You know what? Don't answer that. They obviously are. I'm done here.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:02 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 3:59 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Was this whole thread meant to inform us that there is no socially proper way to insult someone?

How many types of wheels are you going to reinvent Jay?

  • 01.02.2013 4:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: monitor 16807
Was this whole thread meant to inform us that there is no socially proper way to insult someone?

How many types of wheels are you going to reinvent Jay?
Since when is it socially proper to insult people in any way?

  • 01.02.2013 4:07 PM PDT
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I aim to please.

This thread is hilarious, because absolutely no progress is being made. 21 pages worth of arguments that don't matter, because as usual they will fail to change anything. I don't even know why you people try. This thread itself is a part of the problem, if you ask me.

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Why, hello there.

Posted by: R3ACTlON
Since when is it socially proper to insult people in any way?

He never said there was.

  • 01.02.2013 4:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: R3ACTlON

Posted by: monitor 16807
Was this whole thread meant to inform us that there is no socially proper way to insult someone?

How many types of wheels are you going to reinvent Jay?
Since when is it socially proper to insult people in any way?

With subtlety my friend.

  • 01.02.2013 4:08 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Posted by: R3ACTlON
Posted by: monitor 16807
Was this whole thread meant to inform us that there is no socially proper way to insult someone?

How many types of wheels are you going to reinvent Jay?
Since when is it socially proper to insult people in any way?
It's not and everyone knows this.

  • 01.02.2013 4:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: R3ACTlON
Posted by: monitor 16807
Was this whole thread meant to inform us that there is no socially proper way to insult someone?

How many types of wheels are you going to reinvent Jay?
Since when is it socially proper to insult people in any way?
It's not and everyone knows this.
I wasn't clear on you posting ironically or not, my bad.

  • 01.02.2013 4:11 PM PDT


Posted by: XRevelationX
This thread is hilarious, because absolutely no progress is being made. 21 pages worth of arguments that don't matter, because as usual they will fail to change anything. I don't even know why you people try. This thread itself is a part of the problem, if you ask me.


Flood never makes progress. They all just love to argue and try to outsmart the other person.

  • 01.02.2013 4:14 PM PDT

50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.

The girl gamers that play to play the actually game and not to socialize I respect.

  • 01.02.2013 4:17 PM PDT


Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.

The girl gamers that play to play the actually game and not to socialize I respect.


But online games were made for you to play them and to socialize with others.

  • 01.02.2013 4:19 PM PDT

1.) "Crack In Time" - Louder Production Music
2.) "Agressive Sucks" - Moss Landing
3.) Custom Version of "Meet Oscar" - Louder Productions Music
4.) "Behind You Rise" - Distortion Music
5.) "Aurora" - Mark Petrie
6.) "Surge Down - Audio Machine


Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.

The girl gamers that play to play the actually game and not to socialize I respect.

Not sure if the term "most" is correct, but what you're saying is true.

The amount of girls I've seen on facebook posting "lol playing call of duty, hmu ! (;"

  • 01.02.2013 4:19 PM PDT


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Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.

The girl gamers that play to play the actually game and not to socialize I respect.

Not sure if the term "most" is correct, but what you're saying is true.

The amount of girls I've seen on facebook posting "lol playing call of duty, hmu ! (;"

*Most girls on the mic on CoD and Halo. I did play with respectable girl gamers, but most of them go 1-20 and talk the whole game screaming acting scared.

  • 01.02.2013 4:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.
lol. Spoken like a true teenage angsty forveralone.


You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Nothing pisses me off more than spoiled white males who won't acknowledge their own privilege.

Many girl gamers simply don't use their mic or allude to their gender in order to hide, because of course they'd get harassed instantly if they did otherwise by the typical jerks online.

[Edited on 01.02.2013 4:25 PM PST]

  • 01.02.2013 4:22 PM PDT
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I aim to please.


Posted by: Locke357
Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.
lol. Spoken like a true teenage angsty forveralone.


You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Nothing pisses me off more than spoiled white males who won't acknowledge their own privilege.



Posted by: Locke357
spoiled white males


I'm not white, but what does race have to do with this?!

I'm not saying I agree with you or the other dude but are you serious?

  • 01.02.2013 4:25 PM PDT


Posted by: Locke357
Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.
lol. Spoken like a true teenage angsty forveralone.


You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Nothing pisses me off more than spoiled white males who won't acknowledge their own privilege.

I'm not spoiled and I am an adult.

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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
.... Just a thought.

*wipes soda off of monitor*


*wipes Earl Gray off of monitor*

  • 01.02.2013 4:25 PM PDT


Posted by: XRevelationX

Posted by: Locke357
Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.
lol. Spoken like a true teenage angsty forveralone.


You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Nothing pisses me off more than spoiled white males who won't acknowledge their own privilege.



Posted by: Locke357
spoiled white males


I'm not white, but what does race have to do with this?!

I'm not saying I agree with you or the other dude but are you serious?

You are allowed to be racist against white people, but saying anything against minorities makes you a racist pig.

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Posted by: Locke357
Posted by: kikashi hatake
50% of gamers are not girls. Most girl gamers suck and play just for attention and try to get people to suck up to them online. They don't play to play.
lol. Spoken like a true teenage angsty forveralone.


You people ought to be ashamed of yourselves. Nothing pisses me off more than spoiled white males who won't acknowledge their own privilege.
Implying we're all spoiled white males. I'm black and am far from spoiled.

  • 01.02.2013 4:26 PM PDT