Poll: Do you think Escapist users try to be too edgy?
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Yeah, I've seen a few guys who do nothing but come into topics, don't add shit to the discussion, and act like intellectual elitists.
One thing is people get worked up about stuff. Maybe I'm getting old, but on the whole I'm not really bothered if the best selling video game was not to my tastes or if one system outsells another. I never got the drama of high school and much of it seems in that vein with the use of hyperbole.
Yes, including me.
Everyone does it. But interestingly my observation is that we conform to our own brand of edginess. Everyone on the Escapist is edgy in the same way, and this goes through stages, with people acting non-conformist about the Escapist conformity until other people confrom to the new non-conformity.
Internet anonymity, youthful rebellion, this is what people do.
Everyone does it. But interestingly my observation is that we conform to our own brand of edginess. Everyone on the Escapist is edgy in the same way, and this goes through stages, with people acting non-conformist about the Escapist conformity until other people confrom to the new non-conformity.
Internet anonymity, youthful rebellion, this is what people do.
Not I. I embrace our mainstream pals in all forms. I also happen to think Lady Gaga is the best thing to happen to popular music in recent years.
I would disagree that she's the best thing to happen in recent years, but she's hardly been the worst. (That would probably be Pop Idol and the hundreds of spin-offs it spawned)SmartIdiot said:
Anyway, on topic: Personally, I think that the community here is one of the better video game communities out there.
If you ask the people in my life (as in not on the internet), I'm far less controversial here than I am when I can actually talk and not have to think about each word as I type it. As controversial as my reviews can be sometimes, I actually tone them down quite a bit before I post them.
EDIT: OP, you could probably blame the way you feel on everyone trying to be like Yahtzee.
EDIT: OP, you could probably blame the way you feel on everyone trying to be like Yahtzee.
The reason I say that is because people have the benefit of being anonymous on the internet. I would say a good majority of people would not act the way they do on forums as they do in real life.Mookie_Magnus said:
Ok when I look at movie Bob's comments on hot tube time machine, I see people get mad and denounce it simply because it is too mainstream. They won't bother watching it. Of course how can you say something is good or bad when you haven't seen it? In my opinion people like that are trying too hard to be different from mainstream things.
I don't know how I come off as pompous to you, but if people post attitudes like that open on the internet I damn well have a right to talk about it. Also it seems I hit a nerve with my thread. You a little edgy???
Most of us are social reprobates anyways, or at least I see many of us saying as such.
And I don't think we're deliberately being "cool" non-comformists as such (I despise people like that), we just think things that the majority of people like are shit.
I actually have fairly low standards, so I like a lot of things from a lot of genres.
And I don't think we're deliberately being "cool" non-comformists as such (I despise people like that), we just think things that the majority of people like are shit.
I actually have fairly low standards, so I like a lot of things from a lot of genres.
NON OF Y'ALL ARE LIKE ME! I'M THE BOMB! I'M A NON-CONFORMIST UNLIKE YOU!
Now that I have demonstrated what goes on inside the brain of a normal teenager trying to be kewl, how about we all be civil and talk about our expectations for the years to come?
No? Fine then, more random yelling!
I ALSO GET LAID 24/7 AND ALL THE LADIES LOVE ME!
Nothing speaks better of society, than caps lock
Now that I have demonstrated what goes on inside the brain of a normal teenager trying to be kewl, how about we all be civil and talk about our expectations for the years to come?
No? Fine then, more random yelling!
I ALSO GET LAID 24/7 AND ALL THE LADIES LOVE ME!
Nothing speaks better of society, than caps lock
I'm much nicer on the forums than I am in real life...JimmerDunda said:
I have yet to call anyone names in a forum, I have yet to tell anyone that they're stupid for having an opinion in a forum, I've yet to insult people for liking bad things in a forum...
I've done all of those things in real life
Like... often... like at least once or twice since yesterday.
Am I a bad person? Maybe...
but not on the internets!
Eh, sometimes they can be. I haven't really noticed a significant trend though.
Although the conformist non-conformism you seem to see could just be crazy people with access to the internet. Y'know, like me.
However, I stand out! I am so edgy that it is certain I will be sued by Tim Langdell!
okay I just wanted to make that joke that's all
Although the conformist non-conformism you seem to see could just be crazy people with access to the internet. Y'know, like me.
However, I stand out! I am so edgy that it is certain I will be sued by Tim Langdell!
okay I just wanted to make that joke that's all
Hmm, I'm so and so. I have to say I find the Escapist less of a breeding ground for people stuck in thought than other sites, though. 4chan, for example, is full of people who are through and through atheist (excuse the i, I'm on an annoying laptop) and think the thought that anything might even be out there is utterly retarded. Sure, I think the strict 'n rusty catholics are in the wrong, but this is the complete opposite.
As a teenager, I feel slightly offended. The majority of the time, I agree with the majority, but everyone has their own opinions, and will state them if asked, I don't like sheep mentality, but sheep mentality in my book is when you agree without having opinions of your own.Kollega said:
I do notice how people on the site tend to flare up at things they don't agree with quite easily though.