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Inaii 08-29-2014 08:59 AM

I don't know what games the first chick has been playing, but uh, I've never experienced any misogyny (until I got to know the guys lol) as a female gamer. But like everyone else has said, if it bothers you, log off.

Lomac 08-29-2014 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ae101 (Post 8522668)
so wait what video game were ppl playing before video games were invented, cuz im sure violence was always here before video games & tv/movies were invented

Cops/Robbers, Cowboyws/Indians, Red Rover (that shit can get violent fast!), Chicken, etc., etc.

wontsomebodythinkofthechildren.jpg

Ugh.

GLOW 08-29-2014 09:45 AM

i play CoD black ops and 1 map involved killing viet kong. that's waisis and a human rights violation. call da po-lice! :derp:

hchang 08-29-2014 09:54 AM

Lol fuck off

Bouncing Bettys 08-29-2014 10:06 AM

The lenghts these femists go to poison an industry for their own benefit: Anita Sarkeesian- BUSTED!:

ae101 08-29-2014 10:16 AM

lol should have.never kicked rob ford out of office, look at all this tax payers.money.wasted

murd0c 08-29-2014 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ae101 (Post 8522830)
lol should have.never kicked rob ford out of office, look at all this tax payers.money.wasted

He was never kicked out of office and its said there's a good chance of winning in a reelection this winter

6o4__boi 08-29-2014 10:31 AM

pretty much the only response appropriate to that video



MG1 08-29-2014 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ae101 (Post 8522668)
so wait what video game were ppl playing before video games were invented, cuz im sure violence was always here before video games & tv/movies were invented

Well, if video games weren't invented yet, then none, I guess.............


To answer your question, violence did exist before video games and the Internet, but most of it was kept away from the general public. I firmly believe it wasn't as huge a problem as it is now. Yes, the Internet and social media has opened things up and news is much more timely and easy to access. In fact, I believe social media and media in general is the cause of a lot of the violence we see today. I find myself becoming more and more agressive. I find myself losing patience more often. I am only human. Technology has affected us more than we know or are willing to admit. I grew up being taught the golden rule and have a good sense of what's right and wrong, but sheeat, it's so easy to forget all that these days. So easy to go to the dark side.

I'm not here to argue........just shit I've observed over the years. Ethical and responsible use of technology. Something we need to address.

multicartual 08-29-2014 11:37 AM

The most shocking thing I've found with online feminism:

The Rotherham child sex abuse scandal and the American media coverage ? in pictures | Kid Strangelove

Real rape? No coverage.

Meanwhile, Anita received $160,000 in online donations and so far she's made a half dozen videos since receiving the money.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...s/posts/245217

There is real money in manufactured outrage. Where is the outrage for those 1400 real children, some as young as 11 who were gang-raped?

This is so fucked.

hchang 08-29-2014 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by murd0c (Post 8522834)
He was never kicked out of office and its said there's a good chance of winning in a reelection this winter

Rob Ford does a pretty good job as mayor.

Look at how much money he's saved for the city

I'd take him over any one of our Lower Mainland Starbucks wielding mayors any day.

multicartual 08-29-2014 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 6o4__boi (Post 8522836)
pretty much the only response appropriate to that video


The only reason this shit is important to me is because it is a sad reminder of how hurt feelings have become more important than actual abuse.

6o4__boi 08-29-2014 12:23 PM

the reason why hurt feelings are becoming more important than the actual abuse is because people eat this shit up.

They react to it. If we just said, fuck it who cares and don't bother to comment or even provide feedback to dumb shit like this it would slowly disappear.

Alas, in this day and age, so many people love to feed the troll and feed useless stories like this by giving them all sorts of reaction.

I've realized long ago that you can't fight stupid. You can ignore it. Which is pretty much the best course of action.

Manic! 08-29-2014 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hchang (Post 8522860)
Rob Ford does a pretty good job as mayor.

Look at how much money he's saved for the city

I'd take him over any one of our Lower Mainland Starbucks wielding mayors any day.

How much money has he saved and how has he saved it?

StylinRed 08-29-2014 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8522881)
How much money has he saved and how has he saved it?

They cut through his $1billion dollar claim and say not exactly but yes he's saved a lot

Marcus Gee: Let?s audit Rob Ford?s ?$1-billion in savings? claim - The Globe and Mail

Quote:

Mr. Ford doesn’t need to fudge the numbers to claim success as a fiscal manager. The labour deal was a substantial achievement. So was contracting our garbage. Most impressive was the decision to stop using leftover money from one year’s budget to plug holes in the next.

Manic! 08-29-2014 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 8522963)
They cut through his $1billion dollar claim and say not exactly but yes he's saved a lot

Marcus Gee: Let?s audit Rob Ford?s ?$1-billion in savings? claim - The Globe and Mail

The mayor of Vancouver should put tools on all bridges and call that a saving.


Inceasing user fee's is not saving tax payers money.

multicartual 08-29-2014 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8522987)
The mayor of Vancouver should put tools on all bridges and call that a saving.


How about charging developers more to build condos, or maybe an extra % fee when you sell a property?

Manic! 08-29-2014 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by multicartual (Post 8522991)
How about charging developers more to build condos, or maybe an extra % fee when you sell a property?

But that does not save tax payers money. It just makes them pay it in a different way.

multicartual 08-29-2014 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8522994)
But that does not save tax payers money. It just makes them pay it in a different way.

Anything that comes out of a politician's mouth is probably bullshit

:haha:

Having that said, I don't live in Toronto so I haven't really researched if Rob Ford has saved the city money.

GLOW 08-29-2014 06:51 PM

article in the toronto sun saying he didn't save a billion (apparently it started out him saying he did) and they estimated he saved like 365 mill or something like that in budget cuts, but indicated that taxes didn't go down, i think it went up. you can read up and try to figure out how the math went.

Ronin 08-29-2014 08:30 PM

Look, there are Los Santos police in GTAV. Let them do their job, okay? No need to cross jurisdictions.

Ronin 08-29-2014 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys (Post 8522822)
The lenghts these femists go to poison an industry for their own benefit: Anita Sarkeesian- BUSTED!: Anita Sarkeesian- BUSTED! - YouTube

Actually, the person making the video is mistaken. She's not saying that the act of stopping a sex slave ring is sexist...it's that there's a sex slave ring in the game in the first place. I get what that lady is saying even if I think it's a bit blown out of proportion. It's that women are used as background. They're never the heroes and when they are, they're like the Black Widow in Avengers. Eye candy. They're usually damsels in distress or in this case, sex workers being sold.

Well, the counter argument is...that's the way the real world is. Is it right? No, of course not, but the game is going for realism...not promoting the abuse of women. It's pretty clear that the guys running that sex ring in Watch Dogs are scum bags and need to get murdered.

And why are all the heroes male and the women need saving and big bras? Because the primary audience for video games is men. Yes, there are female gamers but male heroes and boobs sell. The market determines what games get made. Maybe if more women played video games, it would be different.

Take the emotion out of a situation like this and it's all rather black and white.

white rocket 08-29-2014 08:59 PM

I hate when idiots blame video games for social problems. These games are created, and rated as such; to be outlets so you could get your frustrations out, go on an adventure, get lost in space, become an assassin, skate like a champ, kill and squash zombie heads, sniper from miles away plus everything that happens in the GTA series because it is NOT REAL LIFE and it's a great escape for responsible people.

If people, kids, whoever, go bananas on a killing spree it ain't the video games y0! Take that shit away from your kid because he/she ain't 18 or whatever the age requirements. Spend more quality time. Be involved. Enforce the rules that are clearly printed on the label. Quit scapegoating video games because a few unstable people can't handle themselves.

"KEEPING SAFE FROM VIRTUAL RAPE", I'm almost died laughing.

Ronin 08-29-2014 09:45 PM

I don't get why people don't understand how life is so much better when nothing offends you compared to...oh, everything offending you. Why care about issues like this?

It's like swearing. I can't for the life of me imagine a single reason to be offended by words.

Vale46Rossi 08-29-2014 11:30 PM

I hope someone finds her character and t-bags her.


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