Who said the company's line of business is independent of sexuality?
Oh wait, you injected that falsehood yourself! Aren't you special?
This was a game developer's conference.
Sex and sexuality are DEFINITELY a part of the gaming landscape (pretty much always have been, always will be, always SHOULD be).
Again, the fact that the conference chose to hit a specific demographic is a bit shortsighted, but the level of outrage is just ridiculously over the top.
And most of it is basically "They didn't cater to MY kink!" The rest is from people like you who apparently think that expressions of sexuality are only okay when you deem they are. The only appropriate answer there is "Fuck off."
They serve a social function in driving a party and providing scenery somewhat more appealing than some sweaty 400 lb guy's unwashed ass-crack bulging, dangerously, out of his pants.
If you don't happen to LIKE such accouterments at a party, you don't have to go. You don't have to spend your money with the company.
Whining because your particular proclivities weren't catered to is simply pathetic.
Yes. Because sex doesn't sell. Never has, never will.
Bravo.
Again, I didn't say a company SHOULDN'T do advertising to a more general audience.
But the outrage when they choose to hit a specific demographic (that isn't suitably "alternative" enough) has gotten completely out of hand and some people need to grow up and realize that the world doesn't revolve around them and their personal preferences. AND THAT IS AN OKAY THING!
Additionally, as long as everyone involved is an adult and knows what's going on, WHO THE FUCK CARES?
Sure, the men are taking advantage of the women and ogling and treating them as sex objects.
The models in question are BANKING on that. And they know they aren't going to have to actually bang any of these guys. Just pose for pictures, and call security if someone starts groping.
Okay, I get it. It's a good idea to cater to as many possible audiences as possible.
This isn't always possible. Especially with the combative nature of several audiences nowadays.
But why is it okay to clearly cater to heterosexual females, or homosexual men, or homosexual females? But, cater to heterosexual men nowadays and YOU ARE WRONG AND BAD!
I'm sorry but fuck that noise. Every product and every promotion isn't going to appeal to every demographic. DEAL WITH IT!
Seriously, it's gotten to such an idiotic point that it's okay to be anything BUT a heterosexual male nowadays.
What's happened is that a good chunk of the US is fed up with the entire Washington DC Establishment. At this point, it's essentially a political mono-culture with two major social cliques. They've been playing hot-potato with power in the various arms of government for most of the last 80 years. In that time, the country has become a gigantic shithole for the average citizen/family. Both sides claim they'll fix everything. But the country just keeps getting progressively more and more screwed.
And people aren't voting for Trump because they think he'll actually fix something. Likely he's going to buttfuck the country too. They're doing this because they're sending a gigantic fuck-you-gramme to the DC Establishment. If there's going to be suffering anyhow, they're going to have to shoulder their share of the burden.
So, after 4-8 years of dealing with a fucking unwiped ass like Trump, MAYBE, just maybe the politicians might be inclined to actually DO THEIR FUCKING JOBS and fix the economy instead of wasting time, taxpayer money, and resources on stupid pork projects and drafting shitty, protectionist laws where they've piled in even more pork.
Now I'm not going to vote for Trump (I'm still sane). But a realize what's moving his campaign.
Until the entire ad industry formulates an acceptable ad policy that people can live with
They do have acceptable ad policies -- which forbid malware. That doesn't stop malicious users from sneaking it in, or more commonly, the ad servers getting hacked. Your proposal will not solve anything.
Hence the "industry wide" qualifier.
Also, ad blocking would continue even then. Just, more sites would get white listed.
Sure, some people can (and do) run for extended periods of time without getting compromised without ad blockers or AV. In the end, it's just a matter of time before they're infested.
And yes, compromises on large ad networks like Google may be somewhat rare. But that doesn't help me when a website using their network gives me a drive-by install of Locky or or something that totally hoses all my (or my company's) data.
As such, there is NO negotiation about ad blocking. It's happening. PERIOD.
Until the entire ad industry formulates an acceptable ad policy that people can live with, that DOESN'T pose a danger to its users, ad blocking will continue.
Now content providers are free to take their ball and go home. I don't much give a shit. If given a choice between having my personal and company data destroyed/stolen and watching every content provider on the Internet crash and burn due to lack of ad revenue? Let the fuckers crash and burn!
I am consistently modded down for having a conservative viewpoint. I generally don't even log-in anymore because when I do post a conservative viewpoint, my inbox is shortly after filled with "fu republican" type posts.
Funny. I've been posting as an evil, stealing-candy-from-babies Republican here for years (Note the nominally low UID? Yeah, that long.).
I can think of maybe, MAYBE one or two rude messages I've received from fellow users over the years. And my karma's quite good...
So...Unless you're posting some absolutely whack-job stuff, I call bullshit.
n one state, doctors are required to "inform" patients that having an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer (when it doesn't)
Thats fucking wrong and any doctor making that claim should have their license revoked and never be allowed to practice again.
No, you don't understand, doctors in this state are REQUIRED BY LAW BY THE STATE to disseminate this misinformation.
or forces a patient to have and view a sonogram
Awe, you don't actually want to know the consequences of your actions before you do them? Too fucking bad. Look at what you're about to terminate and grow a pair or STFU and keep your dick in your pants/legs closed. (I understand not everyone is consensual, but that tiny amount is another special case and you're going to pretend its the majority in your response so again, STFU).
That's the thing, the law doesn't draw a line anywhere between consensual, nonconsensual, rape. PERIOD.
It's a needless procedure being performed with the hopes that it'll pressure someone who wants an abortion to put it off.
observe unconscionable waiting periods that may put them beyond the legal timeframes where abortion is allowed.
They only do so if the woman waited too long to make her decision... or more importantly before she even started considering the decision.
And you need to stop acting like you have a fucking clue. You have no fucking idea what its like AFTER you have an abortion that you can't take back, can't change your mind, have to live with for the rest of your life even though the way you felt before that event may be entirely different than the way you feel even the day after it happens. Abortions are not fucking outpatient procedures where you're removing a mole on your back. You are terminating a life form (we can argue semantics about consciousness at another point if you want), regardless of anything else in your life, NO ONE WALKS AWAY FROM THAT WITHOUT SCARS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL.
Okay so I have to have an abortion to even imagine what it's like?
Sorry, but no. I'm an actual adult, with a medical background, who has a PERFECTLY serviceable BRAIN.
As such, while comprehending post-abortion trauma may be beyond YOU, it isn't beyond me.
It's so bad that some states now have a maximum of ONE abortion clinic, and that one is slowly being driven out of business.
Thats fucked up too.
I'm not for more gun regulation, but your abortion clinic analogy is a clear 'I'm pro choice and no one should have any right to have any say in it', and you're wrong. You may be right about being pro-choice (I'm pro-life, but I'm a man so its not my decision anyway, which kind of makes me pro-choice by proxy), but your pretending that this is not a decision that society as a whole gets to have an opinion on. They do get to have an opinion and it does turn into a group decision because it is so important to so many people.
You're using this gun control article as a pro-abortion proxy and you suck for doing so.
Why? The fact is, both take facets of our rights as individuals into account. Both have groups of buttinskies attempting to interfere with and control these facets to strip individual rights in favor of their "feels". Neither of these situations has people attempting outright bans (as they're get bounced in court). So both situations have the people attempting a de facto ban via slow, steady occlusion of legitimate avenues.
You don't have to like my argument style. You don't even have to agree with me.
And hey, that's ANOTHER right that's becoming more and more occluded every day.
And all the laws in various states aren't banning abortions either.
They're just setting up progressively tougher, contradictory, expensive hurdles towards obtaining an abortion. Some of which are intended to deliberately spread misinformation (in one state, doctors are required to "inform" patients that having an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer (when it doesn't), or forces a patient to have and view a sonogram and observe unconscionable waiting periods that may put them beyond the legal timeframes where abortion is allowed.
It's so bad that some states now have a maximum of ONE abortion clinic, and that one is slowly being driven out of business.
That's the same thing happening with gun legislation. They keep tacking prerequisites on, thinking that somehow penalizing legitimate gun owners/buyers is going to stop a criminal from obtaining and using a gun. Because, to them, anyone who owns a gun is a criminal.
All of whom have access to other methods to address their concerns besides buying and using a gun.
Sure they do. Like online petitions that are worth less than the effort it takes to ignore them. Like writing letters to local representatives that get shredded because it isn't in their direct interest to help you. Like lawsuits where the government can outspend you a billion to one. And I'm sure the women who've been raped, robbed and murdered in their own homes feel that their treatment by law enforcement has been stellar and that their tormentors are all brought to justice.
WAKE THE FUCK UP! This is the really real world. If you want unicorn farts, go watch a Deadpool movie.
Unless you have LOTS of money to bribe^H^H^H^convince politicians and public officials with, you're a fucking non-entity in the US.
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Agreed.
Friends don't let friends Trump.
I get WHY they do. Trump is basically a gigantic "FUCK YOU!" to the special snowflake victim culture that's grown over the last couple decades.
Damn straight.
Who said the company's line of business is independent of sexuality?
Oh wait, you injected that falsehood yourself! Aren't you special?
This was a game developer's conference.
Sex and sexuality are DEFINITELY a part of the gaming landscape (pretty much always have been, always will be, always SHOULD be).
Again, the fact that the conference chose to hit a specific demographic is a bit shortsighted, but the level of outrage is just ridiculously over the top.
And most of it is basically "They didn't cater to MY kink!"
The rest is from people like you who apparently think that expressions of sexuality are only okay when you deem they are.
The only appropriate answer there is "Fuck off."
They're dancers.
Not strippers.
Not whores.
Yet you'd rather equate them as such.
They serve a social function in driving a party and providing scenery somewhat more appealing than some sweaty 400 lb guy's unwashed ass-crack bulging, dangerously, out of his pants.
If you don't happen to LIKE such accouterments at a party, you don't have to go. You don't have to spend your money with the company.
Whining because your particular proclivities weren't catered to is simply pathetic.
I'm sorry, but defining anything that offends you on a personal level as "sexual harassment" is bullshit.
If it's not your cup of tea, fine. But stop trying to impose your social, sexual, moral and other life choices on everybody else.
You're not a special fucking snowflake. If you don't want to give such a company money, vote with your wallet and shut your fucking mouth.
Yes. Because sex doesn't sell. Never has, never will.
Bravo.
Again, I didn't say a company SHOULDN'T do advertising to a more general audience.
But the outrage when they choose to hit a specific demographic (that isn't suitably "alternative" enough) has gotten completely out of hand and some people need to grow up and realize that the world doesn't revolve around them and their personal preferences. AND THAT IS AN OKAY THING!
No. Merely that they recognize when the marketing isn't aimed at them.
Do you get pissed off because Summer's Eve doesn't happen to cater to you?
Should I be OUTRAGED when gay-themed films don't cater to me? Should I demand equal hetero time?
Should I go out and start a war over lesbian-themed advertising?
No.
If the product itself appeals to you, ignore the flashy advertising if it doesn't suit you.
This over-sensitive bullshit is part of what's wrong with people today.
Additionally, as long as everyone involved is an adult and knows what's going on, WHO THE FUCK CARES?
Sure, the men are taking advantage of the women and ogling and treating them as sex objects.
The models in question are BANKING on that. And they know they aren't going to have to actually bang any of these guys. Just pose for pictures, and call security if someone starts groping.
Okay, I get it. It's a good idea to cater to as many possible audiences as possible.
This isn't always possible. Especially with the combative nature of several audiences nowadays.
But why is it okay to clearly cater to heterosexual females, or homosexual men, or homosexual females? But, cater to heterosexual men nowadays and YOU ARE WRONG AND BAD!
I'm sorry but fuck that noise. Every product and every promotion isn't going to appeal to every demographic. DEAL WITH IT!
Seriously, it's gotten to such an idiotic point that it's okay to be anything BUT a heterosexual male nowadays.
No, you don't sign your posts because you're posting AC.
Okay, this isn't what has happened.
What's happened is that a good chunk of the US is fed up with the entire Washington DC Establishment.
At this point, it's essentially a political mono-culture with two major social cliques.
They've been playing hot-potato with power in the various arms of government for most of the last 80 years.
In that time, the country has become a gigantic shithole for the average citizen/family.
Both sides claim they'll fix everything. But the country just keeps getting progressively more and more screwed.
And people aren't voting for Trump because they think he'll actually fix something. Likely he's going to buttfuck the country too.
They're doing this because they're sending a gigantic fuck-you-gramme to the DC Establishment. If there's going to be suffering anyhow, they're going to have to shoulder their share of the burden.
So, after 4-8 years of dealing with a fucking unwiped ass like Trump, MAYBE, just maybe the politicians might be inclined to actually DO THEIR FUCKING JOBS and fix the economy instead of wasting time, taxpayer money, and resources on stupid pork projects and drafting shitty, protectionist laws where they've piled in even more pork.
Now I'm not going to vote for Trump (I'm still sane). But a realize what's moving his campaign.
The average IQ in the US is approximately 98.
The group IQ of the US populace is somewhere around 0.0000003266666666666667
I thought Anonymous could be anybody/everybody.
Now we're going to start classifying who is and isn't a member of a completely faceless organization?
Do you see the irony/stupidity?
Crud PUPPY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
You fail at nerd trivia...Turn in your credentials and report for summary mulching...
Yeah. I didn't get that either.
You have a division that supposedly has no revenue generation prospects.
But you're going to sell it? Who's going to buy something like that?
That's like selling someone a flat paddle of wood and calling it a hairbrush.
HA! Thought they were serious for a minute.
What? What do you mean it's not April 1st?
Recommending Windows Defender is like suggesting someone bare-ball it across the net.
Until the entire ad industry formulates an acceptable ad policy that people can live with
They do have acceptable ad policies -- which forbid malware. That doesn't stop malicious users from sneaking it in, or more commonly, the ad servers getting hacked. Your proposal will not solve anything.
Hence the "industry wide" qualifier.
Also, ad blocking would continue even then. Just, more sites would get white listed.
Seriously.
Sure, some people can (and do) run for extended periods of time without getting compromised without ad blockers or AV.
In the end, it's just a matter of time before they're infested.
And yes, compromises on large ad networks like Google may be somewhat rare. But that doesn't help me when a website using their network gives me a drive-by install of Locky or or something that totally hoses all my (or my company's) data.
As such, there is NO negotiation about ad blocking. It's happening. PERIOD.
Until the entire ad industry formulates an acceptable ad policy that people can live with, that DOESN'T pose a danger to its users, ad blocking will continue.
Now content providers are free to take their ball and go home. I don't much give a shit. If given a choice between having my personal and company data destroyed/stolen and watching every content provider on the Internet crash and burn due to lack of ad revenue? Let the fuckers crash and burn!
I am consistently modded down for having a conservative viewpoint. I generally don't even log-in anymore because when I do post a conservative viewpoint, my inbox is shortly after filled with "fu republican" type posts.
Funny. I've been posting as an evil, stealing-candy-from-babies Republican here for years (Note the nominally low UID? Yeah, that long.).
I can think of maybe, MAYBE one or two rude messages I've received from fellow users over the years.
And my karma's quite good...
So...Unless you're posting some absolutely whack-job stuff, I call bullshit.
While I MIGHT consider it at $50. I think theater chain owners are going to pitch an ever loving fit.
You know that "oppressive government" people are always talking about?
Here's the baby pictures kids!
Fucking script kiddies...
They'll attack anyone who won't fight back.
How brave of them!
But hey! Drug cartels might hit back! So we can't take those on!
n one state, doctors are required to "inform" patients that having an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer (when it doesn't)
Thats fucking wrong and any doctor making that claim should have their license revoked and never be allowed to practice again.
No, you don't understand, doctors in this state are REQUIRED BY LAW BY THE STATE to disseminate this misinformation.
or forces a patient to have and view a sonogram
Awe, you don't actually want to know the consequences of your actions before you do them? Too fucking bad. Look at what you're about to terminate and grow a pair or STFU and keep your dick in your pants/legs closed. (I understand not everyone is consensual, but that tiny amount is another special case and you're going to pretend its the majority in your response so again, STFU).
That's the thing, the law doesn't draw a line anywhere between consensual, nonconsensual, rape. PERIOD.
It's a needless procedure being performed with the hopes that it'll pressure someone who wants an abortion to put it off.
observe unconscionable waiting periods that may put them beyond the legal timeframes where abortion is allowed.
They only do so if the woman waited too long to make her decision ... or more importantly before she even started considering the decision.
And you need to stop acting like you have a fucking clue. You have no fucking idea what its like AFTER you have an abortion that you can't take back, can't change your mind, have to live with for the rest of your life even though the way you felt before that event may be entirely different than the way you feel even the day after it happens. Abortions are not fucking outpatient procedures where you're removing a mole on your back. You are terminating a life form (we can argue semantics about consciousness at another point if you want), regardless of anything else in your life, NO ONE WALKS AWAY FROM THAT WITHOUT SCARS PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL.
Okay so I have to have an abortion to even imagine what it's like?
Sorry, but no. I'm an actual adult, with a medical background, who has a PERFECTLY serviceable BRAIN.
As such, while comprehending post-abortion trauma may be beyond YOU, it isn't beyond me.
It's so bad that some states now have a maximum of ONE abortion clinic, and that one is slowly being driven out of business.
Thats fucked up too.
I'm not for more gun regulation, but your abortion clinic analogy is a clear 'I'm pro choice and no one should have any right to have any say in it', and you're wrong. You may be right about being pro-choice (I'm pro-life, but I'm a man so its not my decision anyway, which kind of makes me pro-choice by proxy), but your pretending that this is not a decision that society as a whole gets to have an opinion on. They do get to have an opinion and it does turn into a group decision because it is so important to so many people.
You're using this gun control article as a pro-abortion proxy and you suck for doing so.
Why? The fact is, both take facets of our rights as individuals into account.
Both have groups of buttinskies attempting to interfere with and control these facets to strip individual rights in favor of their "feels".
Neither of these situations has people attempting outright bans (as they're get bounced in court).
So both situations have the people attempting a de facto ban via slow, steady occlusion of legitimate avenues.
You don't have to like my argument style.
You don't even have to agree with me.
And hey, that's ANOTHER right that's becoming more and more occluded every day.
And all the laws in various states aren't banning abortions either.
They're just setting up progressively tougher, contradictory, expensive hurdles towards obtaining an abortion. Some of which are intended to deliberately spread misinformation (in one state, doctors are required to "inform" patients that having an abortion increases the risk of breast cancer (when it doesn't), or forces a patient to have and view a sonogram and observe unconscionable waiting periods that may put them beyond the legal timeframes where abortion is allowed.
It's so bad that some states now have a maximum of ONE abortion clinic, and that one is slowly being driven out of business.
That's the same thing happening with gun legislation.
They keep tacking prerequisites on, thinking that somehow penalizing legitimate gun owners/buyers is going to stop a criminal from obtaining and using a gun.
Because, to them, anyone who owns a gun is a criminal.
All of whom have access to other methods to address their concerns besides buying and using a gun.
Sure they do. Like online petitions that are worth less than the effort it takes to ignore them.
Like writing letters to local representatives that get shredded because it isn't in their direct interest to help you.
Like lawsuits where the government can outspend you a billion to one.
And I'm sure the women who've been raped, robbed and murdered in their own homes feel that their treatment by law enforcement has been stellar and that their tormentors are all brought to justice.
WAKE THE FUCK UP!
This is the really real world.
If you want unicorn farts, go watch a Deadpool movie.
Unless you have LOTS of money to bribe^H^H^H^convince politicians and public officials with, you're a fucking non-entity in the US.