What's up with the sexism topics?

[King Aragorn]

What is it with this forums tendency to spew sexism topic after sexism topic after sexism topic? it usually happens in waves too, one month its quiet, nice discussion and the second its pages filled with feminism and the like.
Just, is there something i'm missing here?

 

[Total LOLige]

Once something gets the blood boiling, it's hard for people to stop. So, all these threads pop up until everyone has worn themselves out.
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[Private Custard]

Once something gets the blood boiling, it's hard for people to stop. So, all these threads pop up until everyone has worn themselves out.

That looks incredibly complex, and I don't feel like braining Phillip. Can I just head straight for the pub? I'll take a cricket bat, just in case!

OT: For the past couple of years, it doesn't seem like it's coming in waves. It's more like that really fine rain that somehow gets you really wet, never seems to stop completely, and really pisses you off.

I actually think that a new forum rule is needed. Any topic about sexism gains the thread starter an instant warning.

Sorry OP, but you've just gotten a strike!!

 

[Keoul]

Did you just miss the entire Zoe Quinn controversy or something?
Something big happens with some girl in the gaming industry and the sexism threads come in.

 

[King Aragorn]

Why don't we three decide to just randomly start waves of SLOTH related topics. How they're taking over the rain forests, are they really as cute as everyone claims they are, can their fur really heal cancer, and so forth.

I mean, we can really pull this off, every few months, a WAVE of sloth threads. And then nothing. Like a phantom fart that just disappears. I think we could do it. We're crafty that way.

This would truly be amazing. For every sexism topic we make one about sloth and how underrepresented they are in gaming for that extra kick, too.

Once something gets the blood boiling, it's hard for people to stop. So, all these threads pop up until everyone has worn themselves out.

That looks incredibly complex, and I don't feel like braining Phillip. Can I just head straight for the pub? I'll take a cricket bat, just in case!

OT: For the past couple of years, it doesn't seem like it's coming in waves. It's more like that really fine rain that somehow gets you really wet, never seems to stop completely, and really pisses you off.

I actually think that a new forum rule is needed. Any topic about sexism gains the thread starter an instant warning.

Sorry OP, but you've just gotten a strike!!

Its just what usually drives me to stay off the forum for a long time and come back. Would you say some of it happens from people who want to sound ''smart''?
Not trying to blanket term people here, of course.

 

[Private Custard]

Not a bad idea. I mean, it's pretty obvious what they're capable of........check out this fucker, he sings and lights up and everything!

 

[Private Custard]

Would you say some of it happens from people who want to sound ''smart''?

I reckon some of it happens because it seems an easy way for a thread-starter to harvest a few hot-topic badges. The rest, meh, I've got no idea. Surely everyone should have gotten bored by now. Everything that ever needed to be said, has been.......as well as a lot that didn't!

 

[Total LOLige]

I like the idea of that sloth being a ... whatever the term for misogynistic asshole towards cats would be.

A Felineogynist, I think.

That looks incredibly complex, and I don't feel like braining Phillip. Can I just head straight for the pub? I'll take a cricket bat, just in case!

Sometimes you've got to do what you gotta do. Gotta take Old Yella round back and cave his zombie head in, you know?

 

[King Aragorn]

If we don't organize this somehow I will feel as if I personally failed the world. We need it to run concurrent with the sexism stuff too, to highlight how annoying it gets after a while.

 

[DementedSheep]

Have you notice how a large percentage of the "sexism topics" are from people complaining about the sexism topics and as a result bring it up and get it on peoples minds again?

 

[Asita]

Long story short? It's a hotbutton topic that everyone has an opinion on, and both sides are talking past one another due at least in part to differences in opinion over what exactly constitutes sexism/a sexist portrayal. Cue then both sides trying to open the eyes of the other and pouncing on anything they perceive as evidence of their position...and well, you get the slew and a half of threads we've seen.

Why don't we three decide to just randomly start waves of SLOTH related topics. How they're taking over the rain forests, are they really as cute as everyone claims they are, can their fur really heal cancer, and so forth.

Clarification: Do sloths in pajamas count towards the cuteness question, or are those disqualified as game breakers? Because those little guys are right up there with pigs in a blanket if the pjs get involved.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Eh, for much the same reason we get loads of threads about war in the Middle East, high profile crimes in the US, or new additions in an old franchise that aren't as good.

 

[NoX 9]

I haven't been paying atention at all so I don't actually know what the whole Zoe Quinn case is about, but seems like that is what sparked the current wave. It doesn't seem to ever die down completely though. Unfortunately most of the threads are completely unreadable because every single post is a 4-page reply to another 4-page post, the contents of which is basically two people shouting arguments at eachother while paying absoluetly no respect or legitimate thought to eachothers points of view.

That whole debate no longer brings anything of value to either camp, and it has pretty much obliterated the word 'feminism'.

Have you notice how a large percentage of the "sexism topics" are from people complaining about the sexism topics and as a result bring it up and get it on peoples minds again?

Actually, the previous 3 threads I saw on this topic were ALL "whats with the sexism threads" threads! Not that this doesn't happen with every hot topic. Used to be countless "why all the CoD hate threads" threads whenever a new CoD would show up.

 

[Stats ^1]

Too many people who don't understand the definition of sexism. That's it. There's no discussion.

There's also the matter of about 2/3rds of the population being utter morons.

 

[Ramzal]

Why? Because people were crappy parents and somehow it magically became the job of others to teach others to respect a group of people because of long distance communication known as the internet. (It's not anyones job. There will be jerks and sexist in the world just as there will be good and bad people in the world. It's impossible to get everyone to be good boys and girls/conduct how people carry themselves so I don't know why we try.)

 

[UmberHulk]

Give it another week or two and something else will come up and every one will be talking about something else. Now about those sloth threads that's an idea I can get behind.