Pewdiepie racism
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Is she famous as a streamer, in the same way as Pewdiepie
Or just a middling nobody?
If she's a nobody it's hardly going to make the news. Most parents will know the name Pewdiepie
Aye.
I don't think I've ever been racist in game, none of my friends have used that word in games I've played with them, I don't even think I've seen/heard it very often* by randoms in games.
Now it could be that I'm playing with slightly more mature/pleasant people, or that I don't play the sorts of games that attract the idiots and kids**, but it's certainly not something I would accept as part of gaming culture.
I find it pretty sad that we're in 2017 and such comments can be written off as "part of gaming culture", I don't remember it being an open part of it even 20 years ago.
*I can't remember the last time.
**Although given the voice comms on some of the games there are definitely kids playing them.
Heat of the moment? In a game? If it was a real battlefield I could maybe understand but a video game? You spawn, you die. It's a game.
Are we not allowed to have a discussion without personal emotions? Even for those who seem to think we'll twist it and make out certain people are sensitive souls that has never heard such language?
See also: misogyny among gamers.
The history being he has never used it in any context where the word has malicious intent?
Because he makes money he now has to act in a certain way? He's his own boss. Advertisers/Sponsors are free to stop giving him money. He can have his Youtube videos demonetized if advertisers want to. He probably makes money streaming on twitch which is people willingly giving him money. So people want to give him money for the way he acts. Again he still has no responsibility. He got to be one of the the most important face on youtube for what he does and how he does it. So he's doing something right no matter if you agree with what he does or not.
Secondly... food chain?? What???
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I've never heard of her before but the problem is bigger than Pewdipie he said the word once, yes he's stupid and shouldn't have, but this video is worse, the fact they are laughing, pretending to expect someone on Twitch which should have rules to prevent this, and if they are broken the host/streamer should be removed.
The reason I stumbled on the video was YouTube had it in the home section of the app, reading comments just goes to show that it is rife within gaming and people aren't worried about what they say.
I've never heard of her before but the problem is bigger than Pewdipie he said the word once, yes he's stupid and shouldn't have, but this video is worse, the fact they are laughing, pretending to expect someone on Twitch which should have rules to prevent this, and if they are broken the host/streamer should be removed.
The reason I stumbled on the video was YouTube had it in the home section of the app, reading comments just goes to show that it is rife within gaming and people aren't worried about what they say.
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Sadly yes
Hence #gamergate, which for most people clearly wasn't about journalistic integrity in gaming, but an excuse to bash loads of female developers.
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Reading back the past 10 or so pages you can tell this forum is about 99% white lol
'its fine, black people use the term regularly, if they didn't use it all the time then stuff like this wouldn't happen'
What a time to be alive.
He really is, same goes for vast majority of streamers such as dr disrespect etc
100% kids entertainers, modern day Timmy mallets.
'its fine, black people use the term regularly, if they didn't use it all the time then stuff like this wouldn't happen'
What a time to be alive.
He really is, same goes for vast majority of streamers such as dr disrespect etc
100% kids entertainers, modern day Timmy mallets.
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Well I keep hearing the media and joe public screaming freedom of speech... but with no responsibility. If you stamp on it, it's then censorship. More screaming.
It is when it isn't going their way. The media/press are good at it as well.
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What if you're white but claim to 'identify as black', can you say it then?
So far no one has been able to explain why, other than saying kids watch him. Kids watch South Park as well. There has to be responsibility with the parents here. Kids use the internet and have a lot more free time to use it. So naturally they are going to make up a large audience in any gaming related entertainment. I don't see people telling Dr Disrespect to watch his language. Everything from the pre rendered backdrops on his stream is pandering to the older audience for nostalgia.
Yeah OK so the guy doesn't have common sense. I repeat myself again. WHY ARE THE PARENTS NOT TAKING AN INTEREST IN WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE WATCHING AND STOPPING THEM FROM WATCHING THINGS THEY DON'T WANT THEIR KIDS TO SEE?
It's the same with the porn block ban. No one wants to take responsibility so it's better to block it.
How would you like to police what people say on the internet? Should we have it so to have a youtube/twitch account you need to give credit card details?
History being Nazi references or anti-Semitic shenanigans and the word itself is malicious.
So for you, the only relevant criterion is success? Nothing else matters?
It was a metaphor, he's the top youtuber hence top of the food chain.
Black musicians didn't introduce the word into the public consciousness. Being called a ****** on a regular basis was a fact of life when/where they grew up.
Gamer culture is toxic - its defining traits are bitterness, mindless 'edginess' and being totally unproductive (for every good mod there's about 60 million words of Sonic fanfiction).
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The problem is that all context goes out of the window and that is why we complain about political correctness.
If I were to use the N word on this forum whilst reciting a particular lyric in a rap song for example I would likely get a suspension or the very least a warning.
So the word cannot be used at all, people don't care about why the word was used, just that it WAS used by someone and that's enough to set off the alarm bells.
With regards to Pewdiepie I suspect he has racist tendancies because in the heat of the moment he blurted that word out. It wasn't directly said to attack a black person but it was said in a way that it was meant to disparage someone.
But my point ultimately is that people never seem to look at context and are very quick to make accusations against others because of their own misunderstandings.
If I were to use the N word on this forum whilst reciting a particular lyric in a rap song for example I would likely get a suspension or the very least a warning.
So the word cannot be used at all, people don't care about why the word was used, just that it WAS used by someone and that's enough to set off the alarm bells.
With regards to Pewdiepie I suspect he has racist tendancies because in the heat of the moment he blurted that word out. It wasn't directly said to attack a black person but it was said in a way that it was meant to disparage someone.
But my point ultimately is that people never seem to look at context and are very quick to make accusations against others because of their own misunderstandings.
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Spent 1000's and 1000's of hours gaming online. Never used the N word. Reason? I am not racist. Seen and heard plenty of racists use the word as an insult.
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because thats a legitimate reason for classing him as a kid entertainer, same goes for KSI etc.... their core fanbase is children/teens.
South Park appeals to all ages though, it's massively popular with adults and always has been. Pewdipie, KSI etc would lose 95% of the views if kids were somehow banned from using youtube.
They literally make content aimed at children, the hammy overacting, the silly noises.
Modern day Timmy Mallets
Sure but how exactly do you police everything your kids do ? Do you have kids ? It's mission impossible. The more you tell them not to do something the more they want to do it.
No puberty ridden kid is going to listen to his parents telling him not to watch porn...