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Pride Month Gaming From GOG
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uncreativename
Gold Member
For anyone who wants to do some more reading on this, btw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB_Alliance
It makes sense that this would be focused in the UK since they've kind of become a hotspot for all of this, but there are other affiliated organizations including an LGB Alliance Canada established late last year.
You can read more about the kinds of feelings and issues that have led to this state of affairs here too https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canada-needs-a-new-lgb-movement-without-t
TKOFromTokyo
Member
Nah, screw off with this take. We don't need to go around broadcasting our sexuality or sex life to the world. I don't want to know about anyone's sex life. What you or I do in the bedroom is our own business, not the world's. I don't need to conform to the world and say good for you if I believe you're living a degenerate lifestyle. I also don't have to agree with your choices to treat you with respect as a human being. This goes for anyone, regardless of sexuality, sex life, or other general positions on life topics.
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German Shocks
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
You losers love to shoehorn black people into your bullshit, don't ye?
It's tiresome and everyone sees right through that shit.
Also, you simply cannot gaslight straight men into letting you suck their dicks, so give it a rest.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
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Herbspiceguy
Member
I had a blast from the past flashback and bought Jagged Alliance 2 today.
Gp1
Member
Do yourself a favor now and grab a cheap key of Jagged 3 in any of these cdkey sites.
DarkLordOtaku
Member
I'm a bit surprised they have DoS2 featured, but not BG3. Especially in the "Pick your gender" section.
Leaving Cairn off the list also seems like an oversight, but I digress. I didn't curate the list after all.
Leaving Cairn off the list also seems like an oversight, but I digress. I didn't curate the list after all.
notjeffgoldblum
Member
Their "gain" is my gain!
Hadoukens
Member
Factory reset your TV. It'll remove the WIFI connection. Use a WIFI connected laptop or tablet and connect it to your TV via HDMI. Use a wireless keyboard with trackpad, like the Logitech K400+ to control it. Use Firefox with Ublock Origin and adblockers. Watch media or streaming services that include only stuff you approve of.
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Hadoukens
Member
There it is, the tone policing, the holier than thou attitude, the demand for tolerance that is never reciprocated, and the y'all. THE Y'ALL!!!
After y'all comes sweet summer child, calling everything phobic, threat to democracy, misinformation, conspiracy theory, privilege; did I miss any?
Gonzito
Gold Member
You were playing 1348 Ex Voto today, I think you had enough strong experiences for one day
uncreativename
Gold Member
bender
What time is it?
Hadoukens
Member
kiphalfton
Member
WTF? Are they being hunted down? Thrown in gulags?
I've interacted with a couple trans people, and it's the vocal/outspoken ones that are always the most obnoxious. Surprise surprise.
This is true of all groups of people though, where you have the "victims" who won't shut the fuck up.
kiphalfton
Member
Says the dude with a shirtless short guy as his avatar,
Posters from the Misc section of bodybuilding.com had to go somewhere when the forum closed down.
RSMan
Member
Im pissed at any couple kissing in public, its inaproppiate, and here in poland we dont have black history month, we only had white slaves here not black, we actually helped black ppl from haiti when ordered by napoleon to crush their uprising.
So any of that white guilt some westerners(including americans) might have- here in poland we got none of it, actually we are jelous af of any americans of how good they got and how many opportunities they are given simply by being born in the USA.
I mean FFS u guys in America got border consisting of 2 oceans, mapple syrup soyboy canadians and constantly controlled by cartlels mexico, so 0 danger of getting invaded/conquered, while here in poland even now we as only country in the world got border with russia, bellarus(which is russia's proxy, including having russian nuclear weapons and troops), and ukraine, not to mention for over milenium poland existed, we had to defend our country from countless enemies all the time...
Didn't know you are Polish. Legend
KanKamAndNob
Member
A good start, but yeah you missed a few:
- Incel
- Gooner
- Bigot
- Not liking gay stuff means you're actually gay insinuation
- Name dropping Trump/American right wing political leaders or commentators
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
What is stopping their 'queer team members' from choosing / recommending games for the other 11 months - does GOG literally lock them back in the closet?
Rockondevil
Member
Gonzito
Gold Member
uncreativename
Gold Member
digimaster7
Member
maybe don't buy sony tv in the first place?
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
June as Men's mental health month is more important than some made up Pride month.
GOG will not get a cent from me from now on.
I don't support cognitive warfare waged on me, my civilization and my religion with my hard-earned cash.
"Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."
Provers 16:18
CliffBronger
Gold Member
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.
KanKamAndNob
Member
icecold1983
Member
Absolutely retarded fucking concept. Lets dedicate a month to celebrate an uninteresting and immutable trait that requires zero talent or work.
MarV0
Member
I jerk off to your mom but I'm still against pride.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
The "safe space" moniker is the worst. They act as if this is the 80s when in fact, straight people need "safe space" for their children because we are having debachery and kindergarten visits by over-the-top freaks. Even proper gay people are embarrassed of what the community has turned into, which is a circus.
Came for this. Disappointed it took two pages to find.
Also, with the way games go on sale, there'd still be a sale. It just wouldn't have the pandering to an audience that doesn't care about your games associated with it.
Raploz
Member
Sure I can try, but it's a waste of time when everyone has their mind made up about the subject. I'm not gonna convince anyone.Raploz dude, instead of just accusing a strawman of saying things, you should address what individual people are actually posting to their face. That way there can be discussion.
Same applies to anyone else posting like this.
NeoGAF is as much of a hive mind as ResetEra, just with less moderation. We've fallen for the culture wars narrative, fighting each other while politicians make billions and do whatever they want without any consequences. Rising inflation? Erosion of civil rights? Expensive housing? Violence? Dying because you couldn't afford an ambulance? Mass layoffs? No problem, at least my favorite politician is saving me from the other human beings on the evil side. Of course they are the ones causing all of my issues, but my savior will protect me.
With that in mind, let me waste my time:
You and the rest of people on the thread are missing the point. Pride started as a political movement for civil rights, it has nothing to do with actual pride. Deals, colorful logos, rainbow capitalism and pride parades are artifacts of that movement, not the point. If any lgbt person nowadays can live normally without fearing backlash from family members or showing affection in public it's because of decades of fight for those rights, and even in the west this is far from a solved problem, I personally talked to people that weren't so lucky. You see cases of truly intolerant people all the time (and I'm not talking about not liking a rainbow flag, I'm talking about pulling up with a car in front of you to say you're an aberration, like what happened just this last week with a YouTube comedian called Brandon Rogers because he was playing a female character and the dude thought he was trans). There are active attacks coming from politicians everyday, using lgbts vs religious values as a point of division to create outrage and gain political power with a "us vs them" approach, and this is in the west, nevermind the situation in many eastern countries, where often the problem is a literal life or death situation.
Forget the american culture wars, woke vs chuds, pride parades or rainbow capitalism. Those are distractions. The problems across the globe are real and that's why I believe the pride movement is still important and will still be for the foreseeable future.
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TKOFromTokyo
Member
You're right, culture wars are a distraction which gained traction during Occupy Wall St. However, I'll argue that most of the problems we face are a result of the disintegration of a healthy family life. Ruin the family and the dominos fall. Fix the families and you can create real change. This is the issue in the West. I'd argue the issue in the East is the flip side of unhealthy families not respecting all members of the family as equal in intrinsic value.
uncreativename
Gold Member
Raploz
I haven't fallen for any narrative. Don't lump me in with other people . All I'm saying is that now that you're addressing what people have actually said, we can talk, which is always good. Also you should give people more credit. They'll surprise you, if you actually talk to them :].I'm not trying to force my opinions on anyone, but personally I do think that Pride has been important, but I think it's lost its way. The issue that Pride is supposed to be addressing is sexual preference, and nothing else. All these other letters other than LGB and all these politics like banning cops from taking part and so on are unnecessary imo, and they make everyone involved look bad.
The people who are concerned with gender identity instead of sexual preference should make their own parade and so on. It's a separate, totally unrelated issue.
Raploz
Member
I agree things have lost their way, and I even edited my post to say "we've fallen" instead of "you've fallen" because like it or not we're all included in this logic.
I'm not trying to force my opinions on anyone, but personally I do think that Pride has been important, but I think it's lost its way. The issue that Pride is supposed to be addressing is sexual preference, and nothing else. All these other letters other than LGB and all these politics like banning cops from taking part and so on are unnecessary imo, and they make everyone involved look bad.
The people who are concerned with gender identity instead of sexual preference should make their own parade and so on. It's a separate, totally unrelated issue.
About pride, that's the natural course of anything that involves humans. Perfection doesn't exist, people will drink the kool aid and soon everything becomes a mess, with no exceptions. I don't think it's bad to criticize what is indeed a political movement, what has become of the parades or any other aspects, but often people forget that things aren't black or white, and that not liking one aspect shouldn't mean you should hate the people involved. I think even the thing about separating LGB from gender is another way to create division. Sure, they're not necessarily related but historically they've been connected, and the problems arise from similar reasons for both groups. The trans vs everyone else division is yet another political tool to garner votes on both sides, in reality most trans people are trying to live their lives the best way they can. 50 years ago it was the same with gays vs straights. It's the same playbook "they're after our kids, they want to destroy my family". It happens ALL the time in politics. Of course people being people WILL act badly and indeed you can see anyone from any group doing crappy things that reflect badly on their own group and creates even more division. The same logic of trans vs everyone else is the logic that feeds the natives vs immigrants, whites vs blacks, and male vs females debates. What I believe is a healthier way forward is filtering out all the toxic political narrative behind those "wars" and trying to understand generalization is a dangerous tool and that things are almost always more nuanced than they seem.
It's part of being human trying to "enter a tribe", like wokes and chuds, religions, sport teams, NeoGAF vs ResetERA etc. As humans we have never evolved past that primal need to belong to something, but if society wants to move forward instead of fighting endlessly, we need to grow beyond our instincts.
Meicyn
Member
Just to emphasize this bit, my spouse was completely kicked out of his entire family, and half of my family is Korean so you likely know where that leads. Both of us grew up in Baptist households. Very fun times.
That being said, I think your perspective on NeoGAF being a hive mind is... oversimplified. On the surface, it definitely seems that way, especially glancing through this thread. You'll see "y r u gae" GIFs being used on the regular in the forum, but I drop that GIF to my best friend on a near daily basis when he texts me something corny. It's mostly dudes talking shit around here, not too unlike how my straight friends and I give each other shit when we're hanging out. There are some folks here who really do have a problem with LGBT folks for their mere existence, but most couldn't give less of a damn. Maybe I'm naive, but that's how I genuinely perceive it. Most importantly, I know I can speak my mind here (sans politics) which I definitely can't on most forums, especially Resetera. I'd get banned there pretty quickly. I met some of the LGBT folks from there in person before the great forum divide, as I literally organized and hosted a meet-up in Florida over a decade ago. Boy, do I have some stories...
I fully understand why pride month exists. But expecting the average individual to do a background check and absorb the history of the gay pride movement is 100% unrealistic. Most people don't even research the politicians they vote for... but they do listen to the buzzwords and catch phrases. I'm glad pride month exists for those that need that kind of emotional support, but if the messaging and intent is no longer landing with the public at large, there might be a need to shift the approach. I don't know what the answer is, but it's clear that positive sentiment and support is declining. Staring at rainbow colored faux-celebratory brand logos and flags arriving on a routine schedule as you're staring at a $70 bill from pumping gas into your tank wondering how you're going to afford groceries is probably not helpful.
uncreativename
Gold Member
I'm personally fine with it in theory, but I do think that it's getting more attention than other times meant to celebrate a group of people, and that's what's rubbing most people the wrong way. I'm not saying that there needs to be a Straight Peoples Day or whatever lol, but I think we'd see a lot less negative reactions if it were just one day, and given equal amounts of attention as say Father's Day or Mother's Day.
Anyways, I probably wouldn't even have even noticed if this thread hadn't been made. When I open GOG I go straight to my library or my wishlist like 99% of the time. This doesn't affect my opinion of them one way or the other.
Anyways, I probably wouldn't even have even noticed if this thread hadn't been made. When I open GOG I go straight to my library or my wishlist like 99% of the time. This doesn't affect my opinion of them one way or the other.
Thurible
Member
I feel comfortable enough here to say that, personally, I feel like there is a looooot of gay stuff in media today. It feels like it's everywhere. For example, Im currently playing a game called Mina: The Hollower and there is a side quest where you save a homosexual dwarf who is the "fiancé" of another male dwarf and is being imprisoned by monsters. I don't know why the game has to have that detail as there is nothing else like that in it. Honestly I'm pretty tired of how pervasive and artificial it all is. Everything has to have some sort of an affirmation of this kind of behavior.
Unpopular opinion but I personally believe that trying to make this behavior more socially acceptable (and this includes heterosexual people sleeping around with various partners) can be damaging to societal relationships. Everything becomes a free for all and sex has no real value. As a guy who has worked in the sphere of education for a while, I have seen many, many children born illegitimately who don't know or see their many half siblings and have incredibly strained relationships with their parents, sometimes not even knowing who their fathers are! Without a solid base for relationships, values become eschewed and nothing really matters to them as if anyone can come and go from their life why should anyone have trust in one another? Kids are also very confused in their identities these days. They always were and will be as that is simply part of growing up but I've seen this confusion over identity grow and grow as time goes on with the lgbtq movement. It has gone to some unhealthy places that seems to add more heart ache and uncertainty in their lives.
It's everywhere and I'd like for it to stop. I can't think of what gay storylines and references add to the benefit of any piece of media. I do certainly appreciate that the dynamic has changed that homosexuals are no longer treated as evil (they are not) but it goes too far imo. Seeing pride candy bars and pride toothpastes in stores makes me wonder what is the point in all of this? Does pride merch really drive up sales? And if it does, why?
Anyway rant over.
Unpopular opinion but I personally believe that trying to make this behavior more socially acceptable (and this includes heterosexual people sleeping around with various partners) can be damaging to societal relationships. Everything becomes a free for all and sex has no real value. As a guy who has worked in the sphere of education for a while, I have seen many, many children born illegitimately who don't know or see their many half siblings and have incredibly strained relationships with their parents, sometimes not even knowing who their fathers are! Without a solid base for relationships, values become eschewed and nothing really matters to them as if anyone can come and go from their life why should anyone have trust in one another? Kids are also very confused in their identities these days. They always were and will be as that is simply part of growing up but I've seen this confusion over identity grow and grow as time goes on with the lgbtq movement. It has gone to some unhealthy places that seems to add more heart ache and uncertainty in their lives.
It's everywhere and I'd like for it to stop. I can't think of what gay storylines and references add to the benefit of any piece of media. I do certainly appreciate that the dynamic has changed that homosexuals are no longer treated as evil (they are not) but it goes too far imo. Seeing pride candy bars and pride toothpastes in stores makes me wonder what is the point in all of this? Does pride merch really drive up sales? And if it does, why?
Anyway rant over.
KanKamAndNob
Member
Warning: pretty disgusting public acts of overweight men half naked walking down streets. A lesbian talks about and shows the actual, genuine degeneracy in public spaces.
Meicyn
Member
Yep, I hate this stuff with a passion. Pride parades with folks walking around in rainbow colors is perfectly fine. Wearing BDSM gear in public is tasteless and disrespectful to everyone around.
cormack12
Gold Member
Pride is no longer needed. Just like it would be weird seeing women celebrating their right to vote yearly.
It was fine when it was a celebration of tolerance, but lately it just feels like a cp-opted edgelord display of how far can public displays of degeneracy go while everyone turns their head. Because of tolerance being abused.
It was fine when it was a celebration of tolerance, but lately it just feels like a cp-opted edgelord display of how far can public displays of degeneracy go while everyone turns their head. Because of tolerance being abused.