Buzzfeed's Feminists want to start a campaign to ban GTAV from the US
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Better watch out. This happened before in Australia with GTAV being banned over there because of the feminist outcry. One of the women said about the "lack of strong women in the game". Like Frankin's aunt nor Amanda weren't strong women.
[video=youtube;RKsZUmJ6MsI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKsZUmJ6MsI[/video]
Sounds like another troll
But then I'll lose my saves
I hope in my time I see the fall of Buzzfeed and any "journalism" content akin to it.
[QUOTE=AnnieOakley;47587382]I hope in my time I see the fall of Buzzfeed and any "journalism" content akin to it.[/QUOTE]
Which will hopefully happen soon. Buzzfeed's "Journalism" is mainly dumb lists like 28 Songs You Definitely Turned Up To As A Middle Schooler and other nonsense.
buzzfeed's videos aren't that bad but it should really just stay at that. it's honestly just clickbait beyond that. their food videos are entertaining for some strange reason.
*This is not the video the title implies, it is a silly response video by some random guy*
[QUOTE=AnnieOakley;47587382]I hope in my time I see the fall of Buzzfeed and any "journalism" content akin to it.[/QUOTE]
Journalist here. Buzzfeed exists because they do one thing we struggle with in traditional journalism: they get traffic. And as long as people are vapid and easily entertained, they will continue existing.
That's why I do a buzzfeed-style list thing every now and then, when my boss hounds me about my viewcounts. I can do a great, well-researched story that goes in-depth about a certain topic, or I can toss out a list of nothing in ten minutes and get ten times the views. I try to balance them out, so I actually have a decent portfolio when this is over.
[QUOTE=martinshoodie;47587325]Better watch out. This happened before in Australia with [b]GTAV being banned over there because of the feminist outcry[/b].[/QUOTE]
Uhh this didn't happen. It was removed from the shelves of two retailers where nobody goes to buy games anyway.
[QUOTE=Jimesu_Evil;47595248]Uhh this didn't happen. It was removed from the shelves of two retailers where nobody goes to buy games anyway.[/QUOTE]
This guy's been banned at least once already for joining just to advertise his clickbait videos, shouldn't really be a surprise that he's still doing it.
the title of this thread is somehow even more clickbaity than buzzfeed itself
Oh no, this random group of nobodies is going to ban the 3rd best selling video game in history only behind tetris and fucking wii sports.
These people are fucking retarded.
Can we ban feminists from the US?
[QUOTE=Prolifica;47595927]Can we ban feminists from the US?[/QUOTE]
Ah yes
Remove supporters of gender equality in response to a vocal minority of radicals
logic
[video=youtube;9Jw5skBHw5w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jw5skBHw5w[/video]
I think this fits
[QUOTE=KingKombat;47587415]buzzfeed's videos aren't that bad but it should really just stay at that. it's honestly just clickbait beyond that. their food videos are entertaining for some strange reason.[/QUOTE]
Spent around two hours watching their food stuff couple of days ago. Have to agree - they are entertaining for a very very strange reason that I can not pinpoint
[QUOTE=martinshoodie;47587325]Better watch out. This happened before in Australia with GTAV being banned over there because of the feminist outcry. One of the women said about the "lack of strong women in the game". Like Frankin's aunt nor Amanda weren't strong women.[/QUOTE]
i'll give you amanda, but franklins aunt is more than anything a parody of
well
these guys i guess
[QUOTE=elowin;47599598]i'll give you amanda, but franklins aunt is more than anything a parody of
well
these guys i guess[/QUOTE]
Watch out calling them guys they might start a petition about it.
[QUOTE=woolio1;47587681]Journalist here. Buzzfeed exists because they do one thing we struggle with in traditional journalism: they get traffic. [b]And as long as people are vapid and easily entertained, they will continue existing.[/b]
That's why I do a buzzfeed-style list thing every now and then, when my boss hounds me about my viewcounts. I can do a great, well-researched story that goes in-depth about a certain topic, or I can toss out a list of nothing in ten minutes and get ten times the views. I try to balance them out, so I actually have a decent portfolio when this is over.[/QUOTE]
God I hate people.
I watched the original video. Some of the girls didn't mind the game and actually liked it, and none of them said that they were Planning on banning the game. They just thought it ws sexist.
[QUOTE=omarfr;47601030]I watched the original video. Some of the girls didn't mind the game and actually liked it, and none of them said that they were Planning on banning the game. They just thought it ws sexist.[/QUOTE]
And, to a point, it is. Because it's parodying sexism. GTA is effectively Poe's Law: The Videogame.
You can tell someone has never played GTA if you ask them to describe the game and they mention prostitutes or strip clubs or murdering women. Does anyone who plays GTA regularly actually do these things? They're among the least fun activities you can do in the game, both of them are effectively cutscenes
[QUOTE=smurfy;47601293]You can tell someone has never played GTA if you ask them to describe the game and they mention prostitutes or strip clubs or murdering women. Does anyone who plays GTA regularly actually do these things? They're among the least fun activities you can do in the game, both of them are effectively cutscenes[/QUOTE]
The only time I ever EVER did anything with prostitutes was like in VC or some shit because I heard about the funny "Kill them after sex and they drop all the money!" and what do you know, they did. You also get a health boost.
In all of 5 my closest experience was I was driving around and something poped up "Slow down to pick up prostitue" or some shit. Needless to say I didnt slow down because like you said, they are some of the least fun activities in all of GTA.
Somehow in a game that is 99% murder,rampaging,crime,drugs,driving,guns,money, the most damning thing are those damn fake whores poisoning our children minds with perpetuated sexism that is not only toxic, but incredibly problematic and its causing sexism, but not violence!!
No one is fucking buying and playing GTA, hell NO ONES fucking pirating GTA V at least(60gb) to see some medicore whores. If people wanted an actual game to get off to they sure as hell could do better than GTA prostitute and stripper activities.
Theirs entire genres for adult games, no ones playing GTA for sexual reasons at all unless someone has a very weird and specific fetish for GTA shit.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;47601462]The only time I ever EVER did anything with prostitutes was like in VC or some shit because I heard about the funny "Kill them after sex and they drop all the money!" and what do you know, they did. You also get a health boost.[/QUOTE]
I'd put money on this being the case for the vast majority of players. "Oh you can actually interact with prostitutes to gain health? That's a funny detail". Then they never do it again.
I've been part of the GTA community since GTA3 came out on PC and a visceral hatred for virtual women is pretty high on the list of "things that don't exist".
Didn't GTAV come out like 2 years ago on consoles? Aren't they kinda late for that shit?
[QUOTE=smurfy;47601293]You can tell someone has never played GTA if you ask them to describe the game and they mention prostitutes or strip clubs or murdering women. Does anyone who plays GTA regularly actually do these things? They're among the least fun activities you can do in the game, both of them are effectively cutscenes[/QUOTE]
Do non-discriminate first person vehicular killing sprees count as murdering women? The euphoria animations are neato.
Why would you limit yourself to only killing women in GTA games? The men aren't gonna mow down themselves. And why would you waste time going to strip clubs and prostitutes? There are many thing to do, that aren't cutscenes.
[QUOTE=smurfy;47601293]You can tell someone has never played GTA if you ask them to describe the game and they mention prostitutes or strip clubs or murdering women. Does anyone who plays GTA regularly actually do these things? They're among the least fun activities you can do in the game, both of them are effectively cutscenes[/QUOTE]
Personally what I enjoy most about the GTA series are the radio stations, especially the talk shows, they're fun to listen whilst cruising to the next mission start.
Feminist's like this pretend that all gamer men hate them because they want to feel relevant and important
I'm sorry for being a male but could you fuck off? thanks. I don't really care about pixel genders in a game.
[editline]26th April 2015[/editline]
if these women had a choice you would pretty much be able to kill only men in the game
I would make a "Feminist friendly" mod if I could to joke about this, where it will outright make female characters impossible to kill, and also deny you from shooting them, because that's pretty much what they want and that is just dumb
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