People blaming Obama for the blackouts

[Deathmageddon]

How do these people not realize that Wikipedia shut ITSELF down TEMPORARILY for a good cause? And how are people that dependent on Wikipedia to do their homework?

Obama as the head of the nation has a responsibility to make sure stupid arse things that are so obviously violations of the constitution don't get passed and to speak out against them. Cept he is as corrupt as the rest of them so never hold your breath for any of them to actually do their job and not sell you out to whatever company wants a monopolistic advantage that day.

Totally agree, Obama has no respect for the Constitution. Remember when he declared war on Fox News and tried to get the American people to report any conservative e-mails to the government in like the first year of his term? Next he'll want to confiscate all of our guns so he can salvage them for parts and make a religion-seeking missile!

 

[Terminate421]

Yes, SOPA was just a master plot concocted by the president to shut down Wikipedia for a while thus preventing us from accessing information that would save the Earth.

Seriously, how do these people breath?

Think they require instructions to watch TV or put on clothes?

 

[Dethenger]

Okay, okay, yes, these people are ignorant. But to be fair, we're on a gaming website, and I assume for the most part we watch internet news outlets. We know about SOPA because we are the people who are going to be affected by it. People who only get on the internet to do some stupid shit (while in and of itself such a waste) of course won't know about it, and it's not entirely their fault.

Can someone tell me why wikipedia block off for the day I don't wanna read

This guy, though. Fuck this guy.[footnote]Some Guy, not Aidinthel[/footnote]

The only detestable ignorance is willful ignorance.

 

[Terminate421]

Now we know who to take voting rights away from.

And removed from the gene pool

 

[Kopikatsu]

Okay, okay, yes, these people are ignorant. But to be fair, we're on a gaming website, and I assume for the most part we watch internet news outlets. We know about SOPA because we are the people who are going to be affected by it. People who only get on the internet to do some stupid shit (while in and of itself such a waste) of course won't know about it, and it's not entirely their fault.

Except for the part where Wikipedia's home page explains all this. All of these people are either willfully ignorant or trolls.

 

[Ariyura]

People's replies are really terrifying. It's almost like an abusive relationship! "YOU CUNTS WIKIPEDIA, COME BACK I NEED YOUUUUU!!" And none of them will take the actual time to learn about why it's down in the first place and that's even sadder.

I wonder how many of the people moaning about how Wikipedia's blackout is stopping them from doing schoolwork actually know about the workaround given on the website and just want to use the blackout as an excuse.

And now I feel really old, when I was in college and writing my research paper we weren't allowed to use Wiki as a reference.

 

[Ariyura]

Sorry Double Post~! ; ;

 

[SirDeadly]

People need to stop relying so heavily on Wikipedia to help them with work. At school we weren't allowed to use any information from there and had to use reliable sources.

 

[krugerrand123]

I really lose faith in humanity sometimes. Wikipedia even said how to disable the block if they actually read the learn more section.

 

[liquidsolid]

Everyone is so helpless without Wikipedia!

I think that the blackout is defiantly sending the message to people that if SOPA passes, these websites will be missed.

 

[redisforever]

ok this one has to be a troll, but if not this is the funniest one on there... simply because of the #dumbfuck tag

Obama should be banning texting and driving nationwide, not getting rid of wikipedia #dumbfuck

#dumbfuck you are, sir, or madam, or whoever posted the tweet there. If they're not trolling...

OT: I actually couldn't read more than 3 of the herpderpedia tweets, without rage-quitting. I hate when the ignorance of people gets brought up front, because it reveals just how many ignorant people there are.

 

[Robert632]

Spoiler: Here's my first thought

Spoiler: Then I got here

Spoiler: And I finally stopped here

I mean...why wouldn't they look at the text that was on their screen. It explains everything they need to know about why Wikipedia's down.

 

[Dethenger]

Okay, okay, yes, these people are ignorant. But to be fair, we're on a gaming website, and I assume for the most part we watch internet news outlets. We know about SOPA because we are the people who are going to be affected by it. People who only get on the internet to do some stupid shit (while in and of itself such a waste) of course won't know about it, and it's not entirely their fault.

Except for the part where Wikipedia's home page explains all this. All of these people are either willfully ignorant or trolls.

It does? I haven't been on since yesterday since I knew it was going to happen. I suppose I should've figured. Well, fuck me.

This of course begs the question: WHY THE FUCK DO YOU FLOCK TO TWITTER AND ASK "WHAT'S UP WITH WIKIPEDIA" WHEN THE ANSWER IS RIGHT FUCKING THERE?

God damn I hate people.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

It kinda looks like their protest is going in vain with raising awareness.

what is wikipedia even protesting.............. -.-

But seriously, what's SOPA and why is Wikipedia gone? #confused

Did Barack Obama shut down Wikipedia?:/

As my friend so beautifully put it

Why do those people's votes count as much as ours?

TROLL EDIT:

Hey Zuckerberg Why you shut down wikipedia?

I thought that was pretty funny

TROLL EDIT2:

i heard wikipedia is down because of some sofa

 

[tombman888]

I'm sorry, i couldn't read all of those response, as my head started to hurt..... wow.... just wow.

Captcha: "Idsinin succeeded". Well done Idsinin.

 

[Something Amyss]

Hope these people aren't serious...

Poe's Law exists for a reason. While they may not be serious, we had thousands upon thousands of people who blamed Obama for creating a recession that preceded his presidency.

I'm kind of inclined to believe the worst in the American public these days.

Lol @ all their overreactions. "How am I supposed to do my homework!?" I mean really, relying that heavily on wiki for your homework? Come on -__-

It's not surprising. Back in my day, people just copied from an encyclopedia wholesale as well. Be it a physical one or on CD-ROM. Laziness evolved.

Wait, didn't Obama promise to veto the Bill and then just sat back and did nothing to oppose it? So in a way aren't they correct, it is Obama's fault SOPA has gotten this far because he hasn't opposed or stopped it?

You know, it was (largely) his opposition that caused the bill to be altered and shelved a couple of days ago. While he hasn't "done anything" in the whole of two days, it's hardly in his court right now.

Obama as the head of the nation has a responsibility to make sure stupid arse things that are so obviously violations of the constitution don't get passed and to speak out against them. Cept he is as corrupt as the rest of them so never hold your breath for any of them to actually do their job and not sell you out to whatever company wants a monopolistic advantage that day.

Anyone remember that ship they won't stop talking about in the news. How the captain of said ship is now in trouble. Same concept!

Except Obama did speak out against it. So is your argument "Obama is corrupt and won't speak out against this thing he's spoken out against, and since he won't speak out against this thing he's spoken out against he should be held accountable for it?"

I mean, that's where the comparison of the ship captain is going, isn't it?

 

[lisalover1]

Can someone tell me why wikipedia block off for the day I don't wanna read

...I have no words. I just, I have no words...

Neither does he, apparently.

 

[redisforever]

I refuse to read that feed. I don't think I'd be able to handle it.

I tried. Honestly, I did my BEST to try. I couldn't. That was the first time I rage-quitted twitter. The ignorance! THE IGNORANCE! I CAN'T TAKE IT! *dives headfirst through window*

 

[Something Amyss]

As my friend so beautifully put it

Why do those people's votes count as much as ours?

I'm surprised politicians haven't found a way to make their votes count double. Or triple.

 

[Trololo Punk]

People I know were like freaking out because they found a "Way around" the Wikipedia blackout. Basically all they did was stopped loading the page before the black out screen showed up.