a poem-comic by Cat
I just started crying
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This Is Not Fucking Harmless
I love Kickstarter. I think that’s clear to people who know me by now? I love it. There’s a dude named Brad Muir and he works at Double Fine and I love the games they make, so much. But before Kickstarter, every time a Double Fine game came out I was a little worried it would be their last, and I’d have to worry that if people didn’t buy it, who knows what would happen to that studio. Then they found KIckstarter and now they make games and people like me can front load the development cost for them and it is the absolute best arrangement for creative people who want a tool in the exhausting struggle of art + commerce. A friend of mine is taking a month off her job to write a children’s book because of this platform. It’s GREAT. I love it.
The outcome of this is that I spend a lot of time just browsing Kickstarter looking for something cool to either back or crow about online. I don’t really back much - I don’t have a ton of capitol to toss around, and I’m sure the fact that I have a lot of ideas and no money factors into my love of a platform that gives money to people with ideas - but I like to check it out. So tonight, I found THIS fucking thing.
This is a nightmare.
Watching the video, reading the description, it sounds fairly innocent but a little eye-roll inducing. It’s another book where some nerd, desperate to be liked by women (this is not an insult, we are ALL desperate to be liked by someone we want to have sex with) thinks he’s figured out some cheat code or check-list like routine they can run in a bar to make women sleep with them, as if women aren’t people but a series of subroutines or an obstacle course that they can optimize to get their dick wet as fast as possible. And he’s written that advice down! And he’s selling it! To you! You could learn his cheat codes. This is nothing new for the internet. In fact, a large swath of this book was published already on Reddit. What’s new is that he’s crowdfunding it.And sure, you might think this is sad or dumb or that this guy is just another lonely dude talking to other lonely dudes who’ll head out into the night with their fedoras to failure, right? Not a big deal? Oops, turns out we’re wrong, because here are some excerpts from what he’s already put on Reddit -
”5) Get CLOSE to her, damn it!To quote Rob Judge, “Personal space is for pussies.” I already told you that the most successful seducers are those who can’t keep their hands off of women. Well you’re not gonna be able to do that if you aren’t in close! ”
“All the greatest seducers in history could not keep their hands off of women. They aggressively escalated physically with every woman they were flirting with. They began touching them immediately, kept great body language and eye contact, and were shameless in their physicality. Even when a girl rejects your advances, she KNOWS that you desire her. That’s hot. It arouses her physically and psychologically.”
“Decide that you’re going to sit in a position where you can rub her leg and back. Physically pick her up and sit her on your lap. Don’t ask for permission. Be dominant. Force her to rebuff your advances.”
“Sex
Pull out your cock and put her hand on it. Remember, she is letting you do this because you have established yourself as a LEADER. Don’t ask for permission, GRAB HER HAND, and put it right on your dick.”
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SO. Now I am no longer rolling my eyes.
This guy is no longer just being weird and creepy on the internet. Now he’s writing a book about how to sexually assault women, and he is using something I believe in (Kickstarter) to ask YOU for money to do it. I am offended as someone who believes in the platform, and more importantly I am offended as someone who believes women shouldn’t be treated this way, and that people who say otherwise CERTAINLY should not profit off saying they should.
This isn’t harmless. People come to these boards because they are scared of being humiliated, and they are saying to the world, “Tell me what to do, because I don’t know what to do.” And this guy has chosen to tell them, “You should be a rapist.”
There’s largely nothing we can do about people saying this shit on a place like Reddit - Reddit’s a mess for another time - but let’s get it off of Kickstarter. The project is funded in 10 hours - and unfortunately a lot of those are sleeping hours - but PLEASE report it to Kickstarter, please tweet @Kickstarter asking them to take it down, and PLEASE do not let something cool be used for the UGLIEST thing imaginable.
The Kickstarter - Report Button is on the bottom of the page
Please Tweet at @Kickstarter
Casey
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» Aonuma may consider Princess Zelda to feature in her own game, if "people have strong feelings about it"
this is vitally important
This isn’t enough. Show them you have strong feelings by sending them an email here: http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/webform/
You can also post on their facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo
Show him your strong feelings, guys.
YELLS
no amount of gifs or words can accurately portray how STRONG MY FEELINGS ARE FOR A ZELDA GAME THAT STARS ZELDA AS A PLAYABLE PROTAGONIST
also if you have a Wii U, spam the Zelda section of Miiverse with your strong feelings because Nintendo actually looks at Miiverse topics (they’re making an entire art game because people draw in it so much ffs)
YES
I will buy a Wii U specifically to play this game.
Nintendo, make it happen.
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In her last days, my mother occasionally became confused. And to try to ground her, we asked simple questions like ‘What’s your favorite color’ and ‘What’s your favorite song?’ And she couldn’t answer these.
But when asked what her favorite prayer was, she immediately recited (the) Child’s Prayer in German, that she used to say (to) my eldest brothers and sisters at bedtime, when they were living in Munich in the late 1940’s. Her favorite memory of prayer was a young mother tucking in her children. We were the light of her life and she let us know it ‘til the end.
And that’s it. Thank you for listening. Now we can get to the truly important work of television broadcasting, which she would want me to do. When I was leaving her last week, I leaned over and I said ‘Mom, I’m going back to New York to do the show.’ And she said ‘I can’t wait to see it. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.’
So, with that in mind, this… is The Colbert Report.
"STEPHEN COLBERT, opening tonight’s show with a touching tribute to his mother, Lorna Tuck Colbert, who recently passed away. (via inothernews) -
Where’s your better half?
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It’s funny how it’s always the Muslim woman who is “oppressed”
Forever Reblog.
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What to do if you find a baby bird. Many thanks to the wildlife rehabilitators who have been tirelessly fielding calls and saving birds all season.
If it’s too small, the original chart is here.
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On Monday, during a parliamentary commission hearing to determine if he was a fit for the top court, he was asked whether the death penalty should be applied in cases of rape. His response?
“Consideration needs to be taken thoroughly for the imposition of death penalty for a rapist because in a rape case both the rapist and the victim enjoy it.”
“NOPE” i scream from the top of Mt. Everest as i jump off and qwop into the fucking sun
As Indonesian citizen I am very ashamed of this and I want to say sorry as much as I can for this madness.
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“Love the fetus, hate the child.”
America makes it near impossible for a woman to stay autonomous—hard to get family planning resources/make the choice of getting an abortion, and harder to get child care support after the baby is born. Leaving women destitute and dependants everywhere.Look at Canada! Not only do we give almost a full year off, it can be either maternity or paternity. That’s right, daddy can stay home with the baby while the mother goes back to work. And the leave can be also be split between them. For example, the mother could take six months, and then the father could take the other six. Did I also mention that the parent on leave continues to receive pay and is guaranteed their job back?
Wow, I hadn’t realized that getting a year off for parental leave was so rare! O_O
Thank the labour movement. If it wasn’t for the collective effort of several unions over a good 10 year period, it wouldn’t have happened.
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My brother and I went to comicpalooza. He was Tiny!Tony Stark and every time he saw someone with a batman outfit or shirt or a robin costume, he would go up to them and do this, also he would give them fake money and tell them to buy something nice.
David Brothers and Chris Sims have really let themselves go.
*dead twice!*
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Researching stuff about training is almost more fun than the actual training, haha. If you ever want to geek out, hit me up! I love talking about running!
GIRL YES LET’S TALK. You prefer gtalk or AIM?
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can we just take a moment to imagine little cute six-year-old hermione reading matilda
and peering into this book about a smart, bookish girl who could move things with her mind
and then can you imagine her concentrating very hard on the books on the bookshelf and slowly, slowly, getting them to move
WUT.
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CHRIS PINE’S TERRIBAD WHITE FRAT BOY DANCING: A PHOTOSET
#NEVER OVER IT #god you are the most embarrassing person alive like i can’t even#muster up my usual hatred?? #i’ve given you so much chris pine #so much rage #so much yelling #so many pieces of my soul that i’ve watched burn to sad crisps #and yet there’s always more #and it’s always worse #the pit of how terrible and ridiculous you are grows ever deeper #and normally i shout ONCE MORE INTO THE BREACH but not tonight chris pine #not tonight #tonight i look upon you and merely weep when i could yell because this #this is just #this is so sad christopher #sad for you and for us all #why would anyone even make this pie (tags via gyzym)
