I didn't read any of the arguments, but I doubt they bear much similarity to the stuff that's been going on here

that comic you linked to is just a pretty dumb and forced joke that I'd actually take as post-feminism or anti-feminism if I wasn't taking your word for it that they're seriously trying to convey a feminist message. transforming the childish innocence of Charlie Brown's shyness and anxiety towards talking to a girl he has a crush on, into the serious, sexual, unfunny, and adult activity of stalking/getting a restraining order, seems like it's either mocking/downplaying feminism or purposefully trying to instigate an argument/gain notoriety. tho maybe I'm giving them too much credit

it's probably a big discussion in a lot of places because internet nerds are notoriously misogynistic, antisocial, and entitled

i cannot imagine anything worse than an anime-style webcomic forum argument about feminism

I dunno, I remember lots of gaiaonline threads about feminism back in like 2004 when the term feminazi was really gaining popularity

I looked at SA once a month or two ago and just about everyone had something about transgender or cisgender in their user titles (pro and anti somehow), and there was an undecipherable fyad "goldmine" thread about being transgender and all the metahumor involved in that. and some sort of comparison to the word faggot, with the understanding that it is an invaluable part of their language that will never be surrendered no matter how much the looters and swindlers try and make them give it up

there's probably worse/maybe there is a trend but I don't know what it means if there is

There's been a prettybig rise in awareness of sexism in geek culture within the past year. DC Comics really set it off with their appauling Red Hood and Catwoman comics last year. Also Arkham City came (rightfully) under attack due to the fact that Catwoman or Harley are called a bitch in about fifty thousand lines of dialogue. Escher Girls has become the daily go-to blog for many in the comics industry since it started, and also Feminist Frequency has really helped show what kinda fucked up knuckle dragging apes the male gaming community is.

reading http://www.saltw.net/index.php?topic=66270.0 this thread i made five years ago.

the story in the op was entirely fabricated but i am trying to figure out if the people who posted in it (how few i remember!) were genuine in their amusement or if there was some irc thing like "come post in the thread where gb is a dick." for some posts, it is hard to tell whether or not the poster believed the story in the first place.

I think it probably has been getting more attention in the particular area of popular culture which a lot of us orbit. Not the same websites, necessarily, but ones we are all aware of or which serve the same purpose. A lot of the backlash is really disgusting, but maybe it isn't a bad thing that it is being unearthed. Like you know, excreting the deep set toxins, puss and gunk through exercise - on a group level; some people can't be helped, but others can. These places aren't hubs of social progress, but maybe there's something to be said for individuals who are intelligent entering into those places with some good information and a better read perspective.

I don't know why, but maybe it's got something to do with more women becoming involved in the kinds of subcultures that men used to be predominant in, like video games or just obsessive pop culture stuff in general - tv shows, etc. So then the dissenting opinions get raised more often than they would have before, the issue is raised rather than remaining unaddressed, and suddenly the treehouse isn't as forgiving. I don't know if this is right - it seems really complicated and impossible to make some glib generalization about it like 'oh, it's the internet that did it' without having some information at hand but it sounds like an interesting topic worth looking into. This doesn't seem to have escalated into a mainstream thing yet, if it will, but yes it does seem like something is happening and while it isn't fun I think it is probably going to be a good thing.

reading http://www.saltw.net/index.php?topic=66270.0 this thread i made five years ago.

the story in the op was entirely fabricated but i am trying to figure out if the people who posted in it (how few i remember!) were genuine in their amusement or if there was some irc thing like "come post in the thread where gb is a dick." for some posts, it is hard to tell whether or not the poster believed the story in the first place.

i remember it every now and then and laugh. it was a good story

also wonderful is

this reminds me of that guy with his own religion or something.

reading http://www.saltw.net/index.php?topic=66270.0 this thread i made five years ago.

the story in the op was entirely fabricated but i am trying to figure out if the people who posted in it (how few i remember!) were genuine in their amusement or if there was some irc thing like "come post in the thread where gb is a dick." for some posts, it is hard to tell whether or not the poster believed the story in the first place.

yeah I think people were being genuine. maybe some people were skeptical, but you don't need to be fully convinced of something in order to be sincerely amused by it. this is the second time you've revealed the story is made up btw

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