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tobifag replied to your post: I would seriously bet actual money that the… Sounds like...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:17 -0400

tobifag replied to your post: I would seriously bet actual money that the…

Sounds like something you’d hear in a murder more like it.

exactly. that is the only context ive ever heard it used in (and i read and watch a lot of kinky fucking porn)

I would seriously bet actual money that the phrase, “Just wait, It’ll be over...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:11 -0400

I would seriously bet actual money that the phrase, “Just wait, It’ll be over soon,” was NEVER used in a sexual context in any type of media EVER.

bradofarrell: This year at E3 during the Xbox panel during a...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:27:32 -0400

bradofarrell:

This year at E3 during the Xbox panel during a scripted “trash talk” bit someone made a scripted rape joke (male gamer to girl gamer who sucks at a game: “just wait, it’ll all be over soon.”) and then they acted like it wasn’t a big deal and then they released an expensive, anti-consumer (DRM on physical games) piece of hardware. And then Sony just released the PS4 which is just the PS3 but better graphics and $100 cheaper than the Xbox. So THAT happened.

But then Nintendo just quietly released a bunch of great looking sequels for all of it’s major franchises (Mario, Pikmin, Donkey Kong, and Smash Bros.) and every single one of those games interestingly features playable female characters who haven’t been seen in decades like Dixie Kong and Princess Peach - and Pikmin now has a new female hero.

One of my favorite things about Peach in the new Mario game is that one of the power ups is a literal “cat suit” and Peach’s “cat suit” doesn’t sexualize her at ALL. You can’t even see her boobs. She just looks like she’s wearing over-sized footie pajamas it’s so cute. Also they added a pink letter to the Mario logo just to accommodate Peach’s re-inclusion into the franchise as a character with actual agency!

So at the end of the presentation they tell you to go to the Smash Bros website to find out about new characters. And then they announced this character, Wii Fit Trainer, on the site. And in an interview the director said he gets thousands of requests for almost every video game character under the sun and he’s gotten absolutely zero requests for this character and he put her in the game to be funny and defy fan expectation. This character is literally “hey fuck you we’re the ones making the games around here, and we’ll be goofy and funny if we want to and also check it out another female character in Smash.”

Also the inclusion of the Animal Crossing villager is interesting because Animal Crossing is VERY popular with girls and even though the villager is male I’m 100% certain his alternate costumes will include the girl default villager character. So that’s neat. The three Smash characters they announced were two girl(ish) characters from two girl(ish) games and then Mega Man.

Also in the new Animal Crossing game boys are allowed to cross dress and all of the animals are explicitly genderqueer in the dialog. Characters say stuff like “Boys can ware make up if they want to, I mean, it’s 2013, who cares?” and just today a jock rhino was looking deeply into my eyes and asking me to hike a football and I asked him if he loved me (which was one of the option out of other options about sports) and he was like “Oh I guess a lot can happen when you look into someone else’s eyes like that, huh?” He didn’t even care that we’re both guys. Also in the new Pokemon game you can be black.

Basically what I’m saying is Nintendo is quietly and systematically making their games more socially progressive and Microsoft made a rape joke and then said “what? it was a joke.”

sorry but what the fuck? how is, “itll all be over soon” a fucking rape joke? i just looked it up and apparently thats literally all that was said besides the offending sexist remarks which i havent looked into, but wouldnt be surprised if they were exaggerated based on the fact that anyone interpreted a common saying as a rape joke.

microsoft put out a shitty console, but really? can someone explain this shit to me?

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:57 -0400

iamthebunny: Congrats, Russia, you’ve outdone yourselves (I...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:36 -0400

iamthebunny:

Congrats, Russia, you’ve outdone yourselves (I mean 436-0? that’s disgusting):

As Russian government just hit a new low in its systematic persecution of Russian LGBT citizens, Moscovites just hit a new low in its violent homophobia.

The State Duma passeda notorious bill today that would punish any person or media company making information about the gay, bisexual and transgender community accessible to minors. That means that virtually anypublic mention of GAY will be punished under law as illegal “distribution of propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations” and “relations not conducive to procreation.” Duma approved the Kremlin-backed legislation in a 436-0 vote, minus one supposed rights supporter who heroically abstained from voting.

http://animalnewyork.com/2013/anti-gay-bill-passes-in-moscow-protestors-beaten-by-cops-christian-extremists-and-kids/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

I’m really not sure I have words for this. The person at the top was chased by a bunch of kids who beat him up and the kids were lightly admonished only for outnumbering him.

This is going to get worse before it gets better. Spread awareness, let’s try to change this, wherever we are (or at least show our support for those suffering under these frankly disgusting new laws).

nikoanesti: I WOULD DIE

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:51:27 -0400

nikoanesti:

I WOULD DIE

loryisunabletosupinate: treasurewisesilliness: This is Japan...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:31:45 -0400

loryisunabletosupinate:

treasurewisesilliness:

This is Japan in a nutshell. Forget all the crazy stuff with the weird tv programs and the cosplaying—that’s just the outer shell that gets attention because it’s unusual. This, this is the beauty of the country. I’ve had little grandmothers chase me down because I dropped my shinkansen tickets. In amusement parks, the attendants do their upmost to get lost items (usually cardigans or kids’ shoes) back to the owners—before the owners even realize they’d lost said item(s). I’ve had complete strangers not only give my thorough directions but have offered to drive me to the place I needed to go.

It is so, so, so hard to go back to the States after you get the J-treatment. I mean, Japan has its downside (“What is this madness you call pizza???”), but the general attitudes of everyone—even the so-called hardcore yankees (two of whom who, on a blazing summer day, helped me find one of my schools when I was heinously lost in the labyrinth that is the neighborhood in which said school is located)—is the epitome of the mindset that I wish everyone would adopt. Because yelling at people gets you nowhere. And being able to empathize with people kinda helps make this country a really nice place to live in.

my first interaction with a person in japan (once i was past security) was at a noodle shop in the airport. i had just purchased cold udon and i went to sit down and eat it. this woman starts trying to get my attention and i turn to look. she does this gesture with her hand but i don’t know what she wants me to do.

she walked over, grabbed a bottle of sauce, and showed me i should pour it on the noodles. she let me do it, too. (they were great with the sauce).

this woman wanted me to enjoy the noodles the way they were supposed to to the point that she had to walk over to me. i was blown away by that.

12085: parenting is hard

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:16:37 -0400

12085:

parenting is hard

joshuamholman: Swiss diversity.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:15:26 -0400

joshuamholman:

Swiss diversity.

3ridan: do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to do not read old chat logs of...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:33:10 -0400

3ridan:

do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to do not read old chat logs of someone you used to be close to

the-star-stuff: Planetary Anatomy A series of free...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:32:09 -0400

the-star-stuff:

Planetary Anatomy

A series of free illustrations showing a surrealistic twist on the physical anatomy of our solar system planets. We are disclosing secrets of the inside of our planets, revealing a strange and visionary world.

Credit: FOREAL™