[Silencer]

https://youtu.be/2Swn5qnZP20

Not the video that is groove messing, but the comments section below it. Every argument that you've ever heard about girls not being harassed online, or that sexism isn't a thing any more, all get thrown out the window from the first five comments.
Seriously. There is a woman. She looks like a woman. But somehow this merits multiple comments on the fact and some rather sad individuals talking about how much they would like to fuck her. On a laptop review. On a tech channel.
Even one of the comments pointing this out and saying how stupid the comments are, cannot resist a comment on her appearance either! (in this case, calling her 'average' - presumably to insult the people going crazy about her, but unfortunately still missing the goddamn point!)

Ugh.

[Aptorian]

2700 USD for the smallest version of that laptop? Sweet jesus.

[Macros]

welcome to the internet Silencer, you must be new here

[Silencer]

Macros, on 09 July 2017 - 02:41 PM, said:

welcome to the internet Silencer, you must be new here

Oh, sure, this is nothing new. Which is hardly the point. But this was particularly frustrating to me because 1) it hasn't been a huge issue on this channel before, and 2) there's been a bunch of stuff flare up over the whole Gamergate thing recently, making this a timely reminder that even if you're not Anita Sarkeesian, being a woman automatically entails being objectified and harassed online. And that is fucking bullshit.

So, you know, forgive me for being annoyed at something which is "normal", Macros.



@Apt - I know, right? Though to be fair, the smallest version of that laptop has pretty high-end specs, and while you could definitely get a more powerful desktop for less cash, it'd be pretty hard to find a comparable laptop, especially in that form factor, for significantly less.

[Andorion]

Silencer, on 09 July 2017 - 02:55 PM, said:

Macros, on 09 July 2017 - 02:41 PM, said:

welcome to the internet Silencer, you must be new here

Oh, sure, this is nothing new. Which is hardly the point. But this was particularly frustrating to me because 1) it hasn't been a huge issue on this channel before, and 2) there's been a bunch of stuff flare up over the whole Gamergate thing recently, making this a timely reminder that even if you're not Anita Sarkeesian, being a woman automatically entails being objectified and harassed online. And that is fucking bullshit.

So, you know, forgive me for being annoyed at something which is "normal", Macros.



@Apt - I know, right? Though to be fair, the smallest version of that laptop has pretty high-end specs, and while you could definitely get a more powerful desktop for less cash, it'd be pretty hard to find a comparable laptop, especially in that form factor, for significantly less.

Not excusing any of the misogynistic vileness, but I have found that Youtube in particular is an absolute cesspool. Frankly I am always surprised when I find some sane, complimentary or constructive comments.

[Tiste Simeon]

Macros, on 07 July 2017 - 09:49 PM, said:

even worse news, this entire forum is a dream

Everyone on the forum is a robot except you.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 09 July 2017 - 09:24 PM, said:

Macros, on 07 July 2017 - 09:49 PM, said:

even worse news, this entire forum is a dream

Everyone on the forum is a robot except you.

...ahem...

[Macros]

I agree it's bullshit too Sil, I think I was being facetious I was very hungover

This post has been edited by Macros: 10 July 2017 - 04:05 AM

[Silencer]

Macros, on 10 July 2017 - 04:03 AM, said:

I agree it's bullshit too Sil, I think I was being facetious I was very hungover

All good Maccy, it was mostly annoying because it comes across as dismissive, but I know having a hang over can do that to you. XD

[amphibian]

Someone at work has swiped the box of good tissues I brought from home straight off my desk.

[Abyss]

amphibian, on 10 July 2017 - 01:57 PM, said:

Someone at work has swiped the box of good tissues I brought from home straight off my desk.

NOT THE GOOD TISSUES!!?!?!!!!

...barbarians.... initiate an immediate invasive office/cubicle/body cavity search. Gloves mandatory. Lube optional.

[amphibian]

I put it as deep into my cubicle as it was reasonably possible. The Swiper didn't just do a quick fly by. The person had to have gone into there specifically for this box. I will enact covert scans, although what I'll do if it's within a higher up's office is unknown as of this writing.

Next step, replacing it and putting that in a drawer, so that it stays.

At least the good pens I brought have not gone walkabout...

This post has been edited by amphibian: 10 July 2017 - 05:16 PM

[QuickTidal]

If they stole your tissues would they not be the Wiper...not the Swiper?

[Illuyankas]

Write your name on the box and take a picture on your smartphone. Then they'll have to explain why they either have your tissue box or a box suspiciously defaced exactly where you wrote on it.

[Abyss]

QuickTidal, on 10 July 2017 - 05:27 PM, said:

If they stole your tissues would they not be the Wiper...not the Swiper?

[Slow Ben]

You all had a great chance to go with tissue puns....but you blew it.

[Macros]

Someone (on the Malazan fb page) said the Redemption of Althalus was 'a joy to read'

I just can't tell if they are trolling or not

[Mezla PigDog]

Slow Ben, on 10 July 2017 - 07:52 PM, said:

You all had a great chance to go with tissue puns....but you blew it.

Tissue theft is a serious issue. It is not to be sniffed at.

[EmperorMagus]

People who think it's freaking okay to translate shit word-by-word from English into Farsi and put it in their academic papers.

I wouldn't mind so much, except my dad has a lot of friends, all of whom want to publish papers in English-language journals (cause it's needed of they want to make full professor). None of them can write worth shit, so I'm saddled with translating their crappy writing. Except that their Farsi grammar is so bad I have to go through the trouble of finding the English articles they're plagiarizing just to understand what the fuck they meant to write.

And these people are treating actual, live patients in Iran.

Oh oh oh, and when I tell them they're plagiarizing they ask what's wrong with that.

[Traveller]

amphibian, on 10 July 2017 - 05:15 PM, said:

I put it as deep into my cubicle as it was reasonably possible.

Not heard it called that before.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 11 July 2017 - 12:56 PM