I pride myself in my lack of empathy. I honestly see empathy as "the path to hell, paved with good intentions". I have my own concerns to worry about, work, health, home, family. I have lost things and people before, recently in fact.
But to see empathy as a positive is not always a good thing.
Games like DAY Z are much more beneficial to society, as we learn to be self sustaining, instead of getting hung up on the stuff that has 0 impact on our lives. The fact is capitalism isn't going away and lack of empathy is a powerful survival tool.
Have I mentioned that I love people.....No? Huh how about that.
I pride myself in my lack of empathy. I honestly see empathy as "the path to hell, paved with good intentions". I have my own concerns to worry about, work, health, home, family. I have lost things and people before, recently in fact.
But to see empathy as a positive is not always a good thing.
Games like DAY Z are much more beneficial to society, as we learn to be self sustaining, instead of getting hung up on the stuff that has 0 impact on our lives. The fact is capitalism isn't going away and lack of empathy is a powerful survival tool.
Ah, the height of 15-year-old "I just read The Foutainhead" philosophy.
Meanwhile, on 8chan (the refuge of gamergate after 4chan kicked them out), this is what's going on. TL;DR? They want to make Rhodesia 2: Wizard Boogaloo.
Considering how often Libertarians have proposed, and then utterly failed to bring into reality various versions of Galt's Gulch, and how many Libertarians are drawn to Gamergate, it was almost an inevitability.
A gomergater tried to tell me everything Sarkisian says is wrong because, in her thesis from 2010, she cited an article staying that there is no link between video games and violence. Then, he linked to fake, photoshopped tweets and said because she said those things on twitter, her entire argument was wrong. Then he devolved into raving and insults. Then, there were sea lions.
Did the PAX staff make comment on this or any particular plans to address potential GGer violence?
Outside of the expected "We do our best to keep all our attendees and panelists safe" sort of thing I'm not sure they made any statements, but I'm sure security is very well aware and will be acting appropriately.
Has there been any actual violence as a result of these threats? Because it sounds like your average internet shitbags to me, with a little extra sexism and selfrighteousness.
Has there been any actual violence as a result of these threats? Because it sounds like your average internet shitbags to me, with a little extra sexism and selfrighteousness.
Only that I've heard of in rumor, nothing substantiated, and even then it was relatively minor. However, that doesn't really matter - as much as nothing has happened so far, you sure as hell don't want your venue or event to be where the first occurrence goes down.
Game developer and frequent Gamergate target Brianna Wu says she fears for her safety due to a bizarre and threatening YouTube video posted by a Massachusetts man this weekend. The man has posted several videos accusing Wu of trying to assassinate him; the newest video shows him standing next to his wrecked car, which he says he crashed on his way to "confront" her.
The man posts on YouTube under the name "ParkourDude91," and has said in several videos and on Twitter that his name is Jace Connors. Connors is somewhat infamous online: He's claimed for years to be, variously, a former U.S. Marine or, in his Twitter bio, a former Navy SEAL. He's also said that he lives with his mother and posts frequently about video games. In the past he referred to himself as a juggalo (an Insane Clown Posse Fan), but these days says he's a Gamergate supporter. There's a cruel and mocking entry on the "parody" site Encyclopedia Dramatica about Connors, detailing his long history of strange claims and his fondness for appearing in his YouTube videos brandishing a knife featuring the Marines' "Semper Fi" motto and, occasionally, an Airsoft (replica) gun styled to look like a Desert Eagle pistol. Another video posted online shows Connors and a friend apparently beating up and threatening a third man with an Airsoft gun to get him to "pay" for an XBox they accuse him of stealing.
Connors has denied on Twitter that he suffers from mental illness, but has also written that he has a "past history" of schizophrenia, for which he says he takes medication. His YouTube videos show someone with a number of paranoid and delusional beliefs about various conspiracies against him. In recent months, Connors seems to have become fixated on Brianna Wu. Here is the video he posted Friday, titled "Brianna Wu tried to assassinate me street racing."
In the start of the video, Connors is standing in the snow next to what he says is his mother's wrecked Prius. He's yelling almost unintelligibly: "I wasn't even fucking drunk, I was just street racing, I was just street racing." He dissolves into screams as he kicks the wrecked car. The video then fades into a black screen with white text, where Connors accuses Wu of masterminding the accident: "I suspect Brianna Wu rigged my mom's Prius to crash and/or kill me to silence me from being a #GamerGate Vigilante... The crash happened today while I was driving to Wu's house (in order to expose her as a corrupt gamer by racing her on camera)."
Wu says she's alarmed by Connors' threats and his expressed desire to come to her house to "confront" her. Both of them live near Boston. After someone sent her the latest video, she posted a series of tweets begging police to arrest him and pointing out it's not the first time he's expressed a desire to punish her for what he calls "treachery."
"Only in the twisted, face-obsessed world of Reddit, the chans, and YouTube, is the distinction between a sociopath terrorizing a woman on behalf of Gamergate and a sociopath terrorizing a woman on behalf of an obscure satirical point involving Gamergate a meaningful one. Even if we take Rankowski at his word, outside of the Greater Internet Psycho Co-Prosperity Sphere, this line is nonexistent: Jace Connors purported to be a frightening, gaming-obsessed young man who terrorized Brianna Wu for amusement. In reality, Jace Connors is a frightening, gaming-obsessed young man who terrorized Brianna Wu for amusement... named Jan Rankowski. "
Thing is, this is PAX Boston. The city of cowards forces them to make every single attendee go through a bag search (at Anime Boston I was also required to submit to metal detectors several times), and there are lots of police around.
Couple that with the enforcers and acute awareness of the gomergate morons' activities/dangers, and PAX is probably one of the safest gaming events one could attend.
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Fuck this fucking nonsense.
TL;DR? They want to make Rhodesia 2: Wizard Boogaloo.
Probably the best compilation of the history of Gamersgate I've found
Oh, it was the "lack of empathy is good" rant.
Also, college campuses are camps for training feminists now. Just an FYI.
Then he devolved into raving and insults.
Then, there were sea lions.
Game developer and frequent Gamergate target Brianna Wu says she fears for her safety due to a bizarre and threatening YouTube video posted by a Massachusetts man this weekend. The man has posted several videos accusing Wu of trying to assassinate him; the newest video shows him standing next to his wrecked car, which he says he crashed on his way to "confront" her.
The man posts on YouTube under the name "ParkourDude91," and has said in several videos and on Twitter that his name is Jace Connors. Connors is somewhat infamous online: He's claimed for years to be, variously, a former U.S. Marine or, in his Twitter bio, a former Navy SEAL. He's also said that he lives with his mother and posts frequently about video games. In the past he referred to himself as a juggalo (an Insane Clown Posse Fan), but these days says he's a Gamergate supporter. There's a cruel and mocking entry on the "parody" site Encyclopedia Dramatica about Connors, detailing his long history of strange claims and his fondness for appearing in his YouTube videos brandishing a knife featuring the Marines' "Semper Fi" motto and, occasionally, an Airsoft (replica) gun styled to look like a Desert Eagle pistol. Another video posted online shows Connors and a friend apparently beating up and threatening a third man with an Airsoft gun to get him to "pay" for an XBox they accuse him of stealing.
Connors has denied on Twitter that he suffers from mental illness, but has also written that he has a "past history" of schizophrenia, for which he says he takes medication. His YouTube videos show someone with a number of paranoid and delusional beliefs about various conspiracies against him. In recent months, Connors seems to have become fixated on Brianna Wu. Here is the video he posted Friday, titled "Brianna Wu tried to assassinate me street racing."
In the start of the video, Connors is standing in the snow next to what he says is his mother's wrecked Prius. He's yelling almost unintelligibly: "I wasn't even fucking drunk, I was just street racing, I was just street racing." He dissolves into screams as he kicks the wrecked car. The video then fades into a black screen with white text, where Connors accuses Wu of masterminding the accident: "I suspect Brianna Wu rigged my mom's Prius to crash and/or kill me to silence me from being a #GamerGate Vigilante... The crash happened today while I was driving to Wu's house (in order to expose her as a corrupt gamer by racing her on camera)."
Wu says she's alarmed by Connors' threats and his expressed desire to come to her house to "confront" her. Both of them live near Boston. After someone sent her the latest video, she posted a series of tweets begging police to arrest him and pointing out it's not the first time he's expressed a desire to punish her for what he calls "treachery."
out and said: "It was all satire!"
"Only in the twisted, face-obsessed world of Reddit, the chans, and YouTube, is the distinction between a sociopath terrorizing a woman on behalf of Gamergate and a sociopath terrorizing a woman on behalf of an obscure satirical point involving Gamergate a meaningful one. Even if we take Rankowski at his word, outside of the Greater Internet Psycho Co-Prosperity Sphere, this line is nonexistent: Jace Connors purported to be a frightening, gaming-obsessed young man who terrorized Brianna Wu for amusement. In reality, Jace Connors is a frightening, gaming-obsessed young man who terrorized Brianna Wu for amusement... named Jan Rankowski. "
Couple that with the enforcers and acute awareness of the gomergate morons' activities/dangers, and PAX is probably one of the safest gaming events one could attend.