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7 year old child Josh Hardy needs help to save his life

I'm not sure if you also did this or not, but this may of been better posted in spam as they tend to have a bigger community.

Also, this article is from Fox News... :/
They're well known for pushing bias and false new articles.
I recall one where they claimed Obama was planning on killing all the elderly by cutting off any kind of health care to them, except for one shot meant to put them to sleep.

MIGHT have to leave the guild for...a while.

Shoveling driveways could work. :)
I wouldn't suggest playing so people pay you to stop though :P
As funny as that would be you risk annoying the wrong people.

Also an idea I completely forgot to mention last night, you could always just go to a local library or something where computers have internet.
Use those to keep in touch with people online and the Guild.

MIGHT have to leave the guild for...a while.

That's just awful... :(
I'm sorry to hear that, truly I am.

I hope it all works out and you get the cash you need somehow (If you're not already maybe finding a job might help? Play an instrument for cash? Do pixel art?).
We just met but I was starting to like you a lot (Since text can be misleading I'll clarify here, I mean in the friend way :P), shame you're going. -.-

Though honestly, no matter how bad it get's at least they can't take the sky from you.

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

(Sorry for double post, I forgot the new Guild didn't merge posts by the same user that were posted shortly after one another)

Kestrel said Yeah, it's a new thing. People will get used to it soon enough. Not so much because of feminism, but more because of ;"Yeah I'm a girl, but what you should be more worried about is BOOM HEADSHOT. Check dat killstreak bitches."Seriously, that'll get you a lot more respect. It's true that gaming and geek culture has mostly been a male-dominated culture, but that also means it values competition. Kick enough ass and people will have no choice but to respect you. Except maybe some teenagers. But guess what. Puberty does that.

This. Being a girl or a boy shouldn't matter in the gaming world.
What matters is how you act, how you play and how you get the job done.

And teenagers... Never expect the teenage community to making logical sense or be accepting.
If my High School speaks for anything the very nature of Teenagers is to abandon logic as being inconvenient, and to cast out as many people as possible so those remaining feel more special and important about themselves.

Kestrel said Go into any PvP game and see what shit people yell at one another. Here's a small revelation; most of these people assume everyone is a guy. I think guys are generally a lot harder on each other. Even in my MMO-days, you didn't want to PUG as a male priest. People would make their priest female because they had at least a chance of others assuming they were girls. At this time gender-shielding was far more accepted than what I gather it is now, though.

In my case I more just treat everyone 'like a guy'. At least if another looked at how I treat everyone they'd probably say "I treat everyone as a guy".
I try not to judge, make assumptions or treat anyone differently cause of their gender. I just treat everyone as logical, rational human beings who don't need everything sugar coated or focus directly towards them to get along with.

If you are the kind of person who proves to be illogical, or need's everything sugar coated for you to get along well with others, then we probably get along in the first place I'd just list that person as someone whose not worth my time.

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

Instead of replying to a ton of quotes with reply's basically saying I agree a lot, I'll just note right here I agree with basically everything Brovo and Jorick have said so far on this topic.

thinkertron2000 said The lengths that people reach towards to try and explain why feminism is unnecessary is depressing and disappointing, Brovo, I know you're just trying to do what you think is right, but you're severely undereducated about the world (also about feminism, literally nobody talks like that dude). Have you ever heard of the Bechdel test? It goes like this: "A movie passes the Bechdel test if two women, with names, talk to each other, about something other than a man". Which seems simple enough, right? But FAR too few movies pass this test, it's kind of ludicrous. And before you respond with another boring overused (and, to be honest moronic) point: no, the Bechdel test cannot be accurately used to find out of a movie is sexist or not, it's used to illustrate a problem.I'm not going to educate you on feminism, if you want to read more, this is one of the best articles I've read identifying a problem with our society: [url]http://badassdigest.com/2013/11/14/we-need-to-change-how-we-talk-about-rape/[/url] and before you mention this too: That's written by Film Crit Hulk, he writes in all caps and in hulk speak, he has very good reasons for doing so (which aren't important right now), just go with it.

I really do not feel like hurting my brain by having to read through some guy yelling in Caps for a long time.
If I wanted to read a ton of Caps debates I'd play League of Legends or go on Ray Comfort's page and watch his followers try defending him.

Also, normally I would go on and proceed with a long response with arguments and points like Brovo and Jorick did.
But at the moment I'm just not in the mood to put that level of effort in arguing someone whose doesn't bring anything to the discussion outside of "I'm a feminist, if you disagree with me you're an ignorant male who doesn't know feminism" that completely wreaks in sexist statements and logical fallacies.

Respond to Brovo and Jorick's posts with some well made arguments and not simply attacking them for being male or not feminist and maybe I'll decide it's worth giving a decent reply to.
Until then... I've got a recently updated gaming PC to enjoy.

Darog the Badger God said I'd like to know how Brovo is moronic and ludicrous?He really isn't.

This. Brovo always seems to word arguments and make points far better than I can.
Half the time it makes me go "Should I even bother adding in? Brovo already said everything I would, and much better than I can too".

Brovo said I'll venture to agree that men got the better end of the bargain.

Just wanted to comment here specifically.
I'd agree they got the better end after they survive, but you've got to remember this did come at the cost of a man's life being valued less and more expendable in the first place.

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

Jorick said For instance, two people in this thread so far (IRLGoat and Magic Magnum) have said things to the effect of gamers rarely interacting with girls.

Feeling the need to clarify here, cause re-reading my earlier post I think I did give across the wrong message.
I didn't mean for that to come across as an on average or all gamer's sort of comment. Just that it is noticeably more common in geek culture than outside it (at least in High School and before. College and later it seems even out).
Which honestly I think is really the result of 2 things.

1. Elementary & High School Culture (+How Parent's raise them) cause kids to equate sports, drinking etc. to be popular and cool. But games, anime etc. to be lame. So those who do like it get casted out, and as a result don't get as much interaction with the opposite sex.
1a. This being combined with how Culture still seems to raise women (Unconciously or not) to go after the cooler/alpha male, so naturally most women get lured away from the uncool geek culture.

2. It being highlighted as something as weird, odd and different it acts as a place of acceptance for those with a lack of success in average life. A place of understanding, reliability and ultimately an escape from the real world that shunned them.

James Portnow from Extra Credits did a good talk on how stuff like games can be compulsive for people like that.

They also have other episodes which address this issue, and the sexism that's apparent in geek culture, all of which I feel relate to the topic on hand if anyone has the time to watch them.

Jorick said I've seen plenty of instances of fake geek stupidity, such as people wearing glasses with no lenses and then talk about how they're such a geek, or how someone will say they studied for some test and then say something like "I'm such a nerd" in a positive joking manner, or how some will talk about how they played <insert major blockbuster video game here> and that they're a huge geek because of it.

Forgot about these cases...
Most these I just see as such horrible/bad attempts at being a Geek that I forget to even count them as attempts to be one.

With these cases in mind I change my percentage estimate of 95% to become around 50% or so.
It varies anywhere from 80%-20% though I'd say depending on the area.

Jorick said -Long bit on Girl's using their sex to get free shit-

Maybe it's just been my general play style and lack of caring if there's a girl around or not, but I've rarely noticed this in the game's I've played.
Though, at the same time I've never played an MMO to the point that I imagine these girls would pick me as a target for this kind of thing anyways.
If a girl got into a game like Kotor or Mass Effect though where I was really high leveled and started asking me for stuff... well first off I'd be shocked they found a way into a single player game. :P

But these are cases that I have at least heard much about.
Hell in one group I'm in on facebook called the Cult of Dusty I know of at least one girl who has bragged about doing this stuff for free games and such constantly.
And the behavior outright disgusts me, to be honest. It really worsens the case for girls trying to get involved in the community.

IRLGoat said Haha~ You'd be more worried if it were effecting your lifeeee. :/

I believe Jorick means more in terms of the fact that he's not worried about where it's going. Not in regards to it's current state.
But honestly, getting up in arms against the Gaming community demanding them to treat women better will get you nothing but a knee-jerk reaction making the situation worse.

The wheels to get women more accepted are already in motion, this kind of thing takes time though for everyone to adjust and get used to.
No group of people have been instantly accepted into something over night.

Getting mad at the community at a whole for it is only going to piss them off and slow down the process.
I mean just look at Anita and Feminist Frequency (most of her points being falsified not counting for this example).

Even if everything she said was true, all she's doing is getting gamer's to react badly to her and do stuff like make apps of her getting beat up.
If anything she's pissing people off at girls and gaming than she is helping people accept girls in gaming.

Granted, you can argue that no matter what people do to get equality there will be bad reactions.
This is true, that's part of the cycle to getting equality to happen, but once the gears have already been turned people are far better off by offering good solutions than they are simply complaining about it.

IRLGoat said I believe girls do deserve a bit of special treatment(unless they're totes cray), since we already receive special treatment in the negative aspect. :/

Now, like Jorick's already said.
This is only worsening it for you, not helping.
If women are being treated unfairly you want to fix/get rid of it by having that bad treatment go away and have them be treated equally.
If you give them special treatment instead, you not only allow the bad treatment to stay but also give the message that women aren't good enough to be treated normally and instead need to be treated with more sensitivity and care. Which I don't think anyone here wants or agree's with.

In another sense, imagine someone broke an arm.
Are you better off fixing the arm so it can work normally?
Or are you better off leaving it broken, but changing the environment around them to be broken arm friendly?

thinkertron2000 said at least to stop using gendered words, like "slut", "whore", "bitch" and so on. Using these targets them AS WOMEN, rather than as just someone you don't like,

And what about word's like dick?
Also I've seen some women curse words used on men, like bitch.
Hell that's more gender neutral at this point with how people use it.

Jorick said I think that's the first time someone has ever said I'm a nice guy who means well.

I agree, it is odd seeing someone say that of you. :/
Though, to be fair you have been coming off as less "I care nothing for your feelings and will just slam my opinion down hard on you lately".
But maybe that's just because I've known you for a while now and have gotten used to you. :P

Kestrel said On the other hand you try telling someone, as a straight guy, that you enjoy Desperate Housewives and then go a week without uttering the sentence; "No, I'm not gay. Why would you ask that?" (really, try it. It's hard.)

Oh yea...
I personally don't watch the show at all, but I've had people in High School think I'm gay simply cause of how I never seemed to alter my mood or go out of my way at all to be with a girl.
Thankfully though the school was largely homophobic, so I learned about by just having a casual conversation with some classmates and them passively saying I was gay just as if it was well known fact and I had to go "Woah there, you think I'm what now?".

Bi to be Popular

Doctor Belasco said
I think there is a group of people that claims to be bi to be popular, and, from what I've experienced, I'd say it's mostly girls. From what I've seen, there seems to be something of a fad that teenage girls can go through, especially associated with alternative subcultures, where everything they do is about how they are. Everything that falls out of the conventions of heterosexual relations is so cool and edgy, and if you have a problem with it*, then you are . I've known girls from such scenes that claim to be bi who've never had a girlfriend nor displayed any actual female-female desires apart from loudly commenting that they find <common female pinup of the month> attractive.Obviously, this doesn't mean that all teenage girls that come out as bi are liars. Some will be genuine. Some will be confused. Others might be genuinely bi, but might grow out of the phase, as patronising as that concept would be to them. Some, as I did, will come out as bi to 'test the waters' and not commit to being 100% gay or lesbian. If you care, it's up to you to make a judgement call about whether you think they're legit or if it'll last. Please, though, don't make those concerns public. Take it from me, denying an LGBT teen when they have come out is incredibly hurtful.Nor does this actually matter. In any civilised society, one's sexuality or lack of it is one's own business, provided one isn't deceiving anybody or abusing them. Claiming to be bi for the social status of it is a bit silly and childish to my mind, but doesn't actually do any harm. Nor does it matter whether or not one can or can't change one's sexuality. It doesn't matter one is / is not attracted to whatever particular genders one is / is not attracted to, unless there is a with one or some of those configurations - and there isn't.* The problem I had with these girls in particular is that I was suddenly extremely popular when they found out abut my sexuality and yet they weren't that interested in me before - I loathe the thought of being 'fashionably gay'. Obviously I'm not homophobic.

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Damn

LoneSilverWolf said
But I don't know u as Gwazi D:To me you will always be Magic Magnum xD

That's fine too :P

Damn

Morgan Freeman... :3

Also you guys are still allowed to call me Gwazi if you want. I don't really mind, I just felt like changing my usernsme.

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

@IRLGoat
(Using phone so direct quotes is a huge hassle)

Gaming is one of the few areas that I agree that women are clearly getting the shorter end of the stick. At least in terms of community, I think most attacks on the games themselves are one-sided and largely unjustified.

Unlike most gender issues, the gaming community doesn't have much of a "Women may face X, but Men face Y". It really is a case of just women being discriminated against.

I agree with most of what you say. Con's, Online gaming, Magic Tournaments etc have a bit to work on in how they treat women as equals.

But I would like to note that for some guys the overly niceness may not be on purpose. These are generally male dominated areas. Many men in them barely interact with girls in their lives.

I think it's silly in the first place that a girl makes then act so much differently in the first place. But they aren't used to it. Trying to hard to be nice or adapt is bound to happen. Think of it like little kids being taught manners, they don't always mean to be rude or odd, they're trying not to. But it doesn't always come off the way they want it to.