Fixed that for you. He doesn't want to be cast as guilty by association by his peers. Other games jurnos would probably lash out at him for talking to Colin. He doesn't want to end up like Colin.
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Colin’s Last Stand: Side Quest Superthread
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Fixed that for you. He doesn't want to be cast as guilty by association by his peers. Other games jurnos would probably lash out at him for talking to Colin. He doesn't want to end up like Colin.
decisions
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Yeah, that's a better answer you're probably right haha.
decisions
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This is really a weird post. I'm the guy who started the threads on Sacred Symbols and Side Quest, and while I would love to see him post here now that this place is sane, the way you are speaking makes it sounds like he owes us something...As someone who's trying to reduce their usage of the internet, I can only imagine how an Internet-based content creator like Colin must feel. He can't post everywhere he has fans, I mean he would never have time to do anything else haha.
NickFire
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Just a random stream of thought I had. Maybe he's too busy, maybe he doesn't care about message boards, I have no idea. But as a content creator in his field, whose name seems off limits outside of screw him type of comments elsewhere, I do kinda wonder if he stays away from here because he's afraid of some blog claiming he went alt right or something along those lines.
WAR recon zero
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You don’t need to be an ass
DragoonKain
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To respond to some of the earlier stuff in this thread, it exemplifies some of the issues I have with social media and aspects of our society today. I think social media has done a lot of good in this world, but it has also done a lot of bad. I haven’t really thought too deeply as to whether or not ultimately it has been a positive or negative overall for society today, I think that’s hard to decide. One of the bad things I think it has done is how we judge and look at people. Remember the days where you’d sit down and actually get to know a person? Maybe meet someone at a friend’s house and then become friends with them also. Then hang out, grab a bite to eat, sit down, talk with them, actually get to know them? You feel them out, look them in the eye, get a feel of what kind of person they are, if you like them as a person, if you respect their values, etc. Those days are largely gone now.
Now, we judge people off tweets. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve defended Colin to people and their response was something along the lines of “dude, he tweeted ____ one time, did you miss that??? Hmmmm??? He’s a piece of shit” I mean, just think about that. We’re judging people based off of tweets now. Not actions. Not a large body of work or detailed history. Random, isolated tweets. This is what society has sunk too. Have you never said anything dumb? Have you never believed something immoral, but then changed your opinion as you matured? Have you never had beliefs misconstrued? Here’s a fact: when I was in my teens I thought transsexuality was disgraceful and wrong. Now I think it is perfectly acceptable and any transgender person deserves equal rights to anyone else. I was a teenager. I didn’t know enough yet about myself or the world. I was still learning. If twitter existed back then it would be all over my twitter profile and it would follow me around for all eternity. Even if I have changed.
I’m just sick of these frauds who have ill intent and falsely act like they stand for something good, when their only intent is malevolence. If you want to judge Colin or anyone else, actually get to know the person instead of judging them off random tweets and isolated opinions. This doesn’t define a person. People are very complex. There’s a lot more to an individual than their twitter persona or random opinions. We see it all too often these days. No one knows anyone anymore. It’s all disingenuous.
Now, we judge people off tweets. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve defended Colin to people and their response was something along the lines of “dude, he tweeted ____ one time, did you miss that??? Hmmmm??? He’s a piece of shit” I mean, just think about that. We’re judging people based off of tweets now. Not actions. Not a large body of work or detailed history. Random, isolated tweets. This is what society has sunk too. Have you never said anything dumb? Have you never believed something immoral, but then changed your opinion as you matured? Have you never had beliefs misconstrued? Here’s a fact: when I was in my teens I thought transsexuality was disgraceful and wrong. Now I think it is perfectly acceptable and any transgender person deserves equal rights to anyone else. I was a teenager. I didn’t know enough yet about myself or the world. I was still learning. If twitter existed back then it would be all over my twitter profile and it would follow me around for all eternity. Even if I have changed.
I’m just sick of these frauds who have ill intent and falsely act like they stand for something good, when their only intent is malevolence. If you want to judge Colin or anyone else, actually get to know the person instead of judging them off random tweets and isolated opinions. This doesn’t define a person. People are very complex. There’s a lot more to an individual than their twitter persona or random opinions. We see it all too often these days. No one knows anyone anymore. It’s all disingenuous.
decisions
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I agree 100%
DragoonKain
. Ultimately I think social media is actually net negative, because I think there is an inherent issue with trying to make people the focus of any media (the focus should be on their projects and actions, which may sound ambiguous but I could elaborate on this at another time). But I think you hit the nail on the head about how it has effected perception between people.
People just assume that they know too much about someone based on social media, and real life interaction is worth so much more than any kind of internet post. Yet, people think that the former can somehow be replaced by the latter, or that they are interchangeable. Same fallacy applies to dating apps funnily enough.
DragoonKain
. Ultimately I think social media is actually net negative, because I think there is an inherent issue with trying to make people the focus of any media (the focus should be on their projects and actions, which may sound ambiguous but I could elaborate on this at another time). But I think you hit the nail on the head about how it has effected perception between people. People just assume that they know too much about someone based on social media, and real life interaction is worth so much more than any kind of internet post. Yet, people think that the former can somehow be replaced by the latter, or that they are interchangeable. Same fallacy applies to dating apps funnily enough.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I agree 100%
People just assume that they know too much about someone based on social media, and real life interaction is worth so much more than any kind of internet post. Yet, people think that the former can somehow be replaced by the latter, or that they are interchangeable. Same fallacy applies to dating apps funnily enough.
Not to get too off topic here, but I see the same happen with Ben Shapiro. I didn't even know who he was 2 years ago. But I see and hear everyone bashing this guy, so my perception before even listening to him or reading about him is this guy must be the ultimate monster. And I heard him for 3 hours on Rogan's podcast and I'm like really? This is the guy everyone says is a monster? I heard him speak on several other podcasts and forms of media since. He's completely unassuming, harmless, mild-mannered. Now, after spending the last couple years learning more about him and hearing him speak, I disagree with him on a lot. Healthcare, religion, etc but I've never a single time got an inkling of him being racist or sexist. But he said some stuff on social media people didn't like, and said some controversial things years ago, which he has since disavowed, and people still hate him. Insults usually start with the word "little" in front of it, which screams of people taking things personally with him, which is so crazy because they don't even know him. I think he comes off as arrogant or pompous at times. Frankly, IMO, so does Colin. But, really, who cares? Who am I to demonize someone for being arrogant. I have my own flaws. Apparently the people out there judging seem to forget about their own flaws as well. That's why a part of me gets kind of a sick satisfaction seeing those "the left turns on itself" stories, especially when it's someone who is used to being an attacker who acts like they have no flaws, then when those flaws come out, it's like oh shit, reality check. And this is coming from someone in myself who I tend to lean liberal on most issues, although not majorly, I consider myself a centrist at heart, though I dislike labels in general most of the time.
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WAR recon zero
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We defending Ben Shapiro now?
prag16
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When we have some posters calling him a racist sexist little shit, we have other posters pushing back on that questionable narrative. Problem?
Clear
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That's still desperately unhealthy. How can a group prate about diversity and acceptance whilst simultaneously treating anyone who doesn't fall into lockstep politically as a pariah?
I'm sorry but people like that don't get to assume the moral high ground on anything. Not in my view anyway.
Bryank75
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Ben is awesome. Why wouldn’t you like him?
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Excellent post! Social media makes it easier for us to not try to get to know a person. As a species, we have always tried to find the quickest way to write someone off so that we don't have to get to know them. Over 1,000s of years we as humans have used race, religion, sexual orientation, region/country that you're from, etc to give us reasons why we shouldn't care about person X and person Y. And now it's tweets and other social media post.
Like you said people are complex, but life is easier if we make people as one dimensional as possible.
