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user-inactivated  ·  3615 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: People of Hubski, what companies or famous individuals have you boycotted and why?

Oh my God fuck TotalBiscuit actually. There was a thread about him on Reddit recently, and people were telling him that they hope his cancer kills him and stuff. Which is horrible to do. In fact, one user explicitly said "No one should ever be told to succumb to cancer and die." Which is true.

It's also HILARIOUS because Totalbiscuit did exactly that four years ago.

Of course his response when this was said back to him was "oh man, what did you do to make me say that to you," which actually makes me mad unlike most internet responses.

And of course, when this is brought up on reddit the response immediately become "well what's the context, we need to see that!"

But I thought you just said that no one should be told to succumb to cancer.

Beyond that he supports gamergate and is a huge hypocrite that is only a "games journalist" (HAH) when it benefits him, but he isn't one when people start bringing up evidence about that.

tl;dr: gamergate sucks, twitter is toxic, don't make cancer jokes, games are stupid.





Outset  ·  3615 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My hands are tied when it comes to Gamergate, actually. I've seen people get doxxed and swatted on both sides of the debate, and I really hate the harassment directed towards Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian.

Also, there's that smartass post TB made on SomethingAwful where he proclaimed that he was, and I quote, a "23 year old Law graduate with an IQ of 155."

I did mention the whole 'get cancer and die' thing too before I edited it out of my last comment, but that wasn't a personal reason I stopped watching TB's videos or following anything to do with him. My dispute with him was before I was even aware of the cancer incident.

caelum19  ·  3615 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you know the context for that tweet? I could see it being a response to someone saying "Nickelback <3" or something.