A you trying to make me a feminist?Follow

Why is it tricky? Don't try to fix her - just invite her to do active stuff with you. Maybe not a marathon, right away, but a hike or working out or some such.

My wifefellow and I can't work out together all too effectively. She doesn't have the stamina to keep up with my runs and I don't have the martial arts prowess to keep my face from bloodying up the mats.

It is a real person.




It's gbaji.

Gbaji is the lobster sim collective out of Stross, before it gets intelligent.

It's easy to bring up. Just depends on whether their feelings towards you or their health is more important.

Perhaps it's my upbringing, 3 sisters going through puberty while my mother went through menopause all around the same time, but when dealing with females & their weight the only thing you can do & not get your **** chopped off for it is support them. Suggesting ways to lose weight, even if she brought it up, is calling her fat in girl speak.

It has nothing to do with me being a "feminist", although I'm for equal rights for lady folks, & more to do with the fact that the women in my life have always been sensitive to their weight. I learned early on when dating my wife that suggesting "she eat less calories than she burns off" when complaining about her weight was a good way to get my **** chopped off.

Its not your fault that you don't understand that giving suggestions to overcome her weight problem is the same as calling her fat, but it essentially is in girl speak, especially when done publicly on facebook where EVERYONE takes what anyone else says in the worst possible way.

Edited, May 9th 2015 11:44am by Omegavegeta

I've refrained from posting happenings because I don't think anyone cares, but I had to share this one. The cynical part of me thinks that the EiC of Gameranx is simply seeing where the wind blows and is trying to repair relations for monetary reasons. But there's another part of me that recalls the parable of the prodigal son and is willing to accept his apology and rejoice in believing that one who had lost his way is now returned home.

And I don't think gamers lose anything by being willing to forgive. An oft repeated motto of Gamergate is "Trust but Verify". I'm willing to give him a chance. He doesn't have to completely flip and go pro-GG. But if he could maybe just be an ethical reporter and not be an ******* to gamers, that'd be swell.

And since I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a video by Sargon in which he discusses Ian Miles Cheong's apology, and here's said apology itself.

Gamergatians are Reaganites.

I don't even know what Poldaran's talking about. I no longer regard his Gamergate-ism as an actual stance on an issue but rather as an obscure hobby that's a bit weird to anyone not involved in it, like train watching or beastiality.

Work got a better filter that I can no longer bypass and I can't see this place at work?
That's actually (at least one member of) Anti-GG. I'm not even joking.

Edit: Okay, Xsarus. For you. Denis Dyack did an interview. Niche Gamer split it into two parts.

Edited, May 27th 2015 12:07pm by Poldaran

If anyone's bored, it looks like it's an opportune time to ping pong triple K's karma between green and red for half a day to amuse yourself. If that's the kind of thing that amuses you.

Edit: I have only the word of one pro-GG dev so take it with a grain of salt, but it seems Homeland Security is helping GG meetups to interface with local police in light of the bomb threat on GGinDC earlier this month.

Edited, May 27th 2015 2:09pm by Poldaran

Can't we just bribe an Admin to reset him to sub-scholar?













Just kidding; they're all dead.