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If you're like me and couldn't be arsed to make it up to Seattle this year but still dig you some gaming in general and PAX in particular, gamespot has a couple articles up covering the best cosplay and game related crap to buy there this year. As usual, there were way too many Deadpools.
Mind you, if you're looking for aggressive navels, you won't find them at PAX this year as they were banned. This didn't sit well with some on Twitter, thus the hashtag #PAXNavelPolicy was spawned by the wacky folks of #GamerGate for all your navel needs. Sic Semper Umbilicus.
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Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
(Score: 0, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday August 31 2015, @11:44PM
What part of "joke" escapes you, man? Jokes do not need to be factually correct, just amusing. The wording change to exclude aggressive navels was funny, it got mocked, by GG, which is the only reason GG got mentioned, end of story.
Now you've got it!
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 5, Informative) by gman003 on Monday August 31 2015, @11:59PM
So should all stories now have a random link to a porn site at the end, tying it to a fringe political group? Excellent. I've a nice video on C64 graphics to share with you all, brought to you by Slipshine and the Oath Keepers.
Alternatively - and I know this is a shocking idea, but bear with me for a moment - we could try not doing that. That sounds like an excellent idea, in fact. A simple extension of the "articles should be about one thing" axiom - don't cram links to joke hashtags and half-crazy culture movements into articles about, well, anything else.
I would have had zero problem with your summary if you'd only kept the first two sentences. Maybe only the first, actually - you seem to find a lot to be negative about, for some reason. Chaining the article to a stupid joke made by some very stupid people served no purpose other than to fan the flamewars, which I will pragmatically assume was not your intended purpose.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2015, @12:10AM
You read a lot of anger into my tone that just isn't there, guy. As for lame jokes, their purpose is to give people either a groan or a chuckle and then let them move on. Why you feel the need to get worked up about it because of its origin is on you.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday September 01 2015, @12:29AM
Bringing up GamerGate amuses anyone?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2015, @12:38AM
Look, if the source of a joke taints the content of a joke for you, that's your issue and you should talk to a professional about it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.