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Oculus' Palmer Luckey funds white-supremacist/misogynistic/anti-lgbt harassment group
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jack_package_200
Banned
Is "playing a character" the same kind of shit as "just a prank, bro" ?
its the meme version of 'he is just a kid'
Off-Kilter
Banned
Obviously referring to his reputation and not his finances?
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
This news is so toxic that part of me is waiting for the rebuttal or news that the story is BS. I don't believe it is, of course, I'm just in a state of disbelief over the whole thing.
Lady Siara
Member
No, though that would be amusing.
Just feels it's worth mentioning for the sake of transparency.
Right, which I'm not arguing against. I fully believe he admitted to it.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Oh, 100%.
This is very bad publicity for a young, up-and-coming techie that'll probably make current and potential mainstream business partners unwilling to have visible ties with him in the long term.
Right.
I've been following the Oculus twitter feed for some time. All the projects and things they highlight are often comprised of a large diversity of people. Not the kinds of people that would look favourably on a trump supporter.
AYY LMAO
Obliterator
Member
This thread is moving so fast I couldn't see that before replying
Hey all good and no problems at all!
Honestly the majority of this thread has been some good discussion and I'm learning some perspective of different people here which is HUGE. Its one of the reasons I love gaming (to bring things full circle). It helps me see the point of view from someone else's life and understand them better. Gone Home and Life is Strange were both amazing to me playing through the perspective of a woman for example. It gave me a whole new understanding and appreciation of what others are feeling. I really hope we see more games tackle experiencing different types of peoples / cultures / ethnicity from their first hand perspective. I think its really under utilized and the industry and can be an amazing growing tool for individuals.
Come on...there are more ways to be 'done' than just having oodles of money.
That Kirchick article referenced was/is hot trash but it isn't legally actionable. Literally fabricating quotes from Palmer Luckey would be. I didn't mean to imply that The Daily Beast was beyond reproach; however it is a site of some size and consequence and there is virtually nothing to be gained, particularly for the Clinton camp, by smearing Palmer Luckey.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
I really doubt he cares what the internet peanut gallery has to say, like Notch he'll just live out his days fucking around in a huge mansion and waving his dick around on social media.
He didn't even try to deny any of this.
GreatestHits
Member
You mean sociopathic billionaires? Yeah he's totally not earning reputation points with them right now. For a second I thought viciously capitalizing people and capitalism itself became inherently good for a second..
BlackBuzzard
Banned
His girlfriend doesn't make me think its fake. You know how the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together
GearDraxon
Member
I just want to highlight this (as well as your earlier posts): being open enough to take comments on a heated forum/topic such as this and *truly* reflect on your opinions is admirable.
Jasper Avenue
Member
This guy has always been the definition of a wiener. Unbearable little turd.
Lady Siara
Member
Ah, blame's on me then for misinterpreting it. You have a good point about the lack of potential gain here.
And in those 4 years did you ever once question why you were there, or why the people you were fighting were fighting you?
I've met vets from the US, UK & Australia who have come back with far more insight into those questions than your simplistic bombast.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
If the story was limited to Daily Beast he could probably get away with it but other mainstream and directly tech-related outlets are beginning to pick up on it. The kinds of people that know who Palmer Luckey is, including those directly involved in the industry, will be aware of this very quickly.
Many billionaires are sociopaths, yeah. Are there people who are going to be turned onto Luckey because of this? Absolutely.
Many businesses know full well the potential for damage due to negative PR. I'm not foolish enough to think businesses tend to make decisions because they care, but in many cases if something threatens their public image though, that'll probably be what gives them cold feet.
NBC chose to weather the storm from having Trump on SNL or Fallon, but back when his comments started gaining ground they were quick to cut ties with The Apprentice. Why? Because they knew the PR from keeping that long-term train going wouldn't be worth it.
Agreed.
Sure, I'll definitely suggest that.
There's no need to "suggest" it. If someone's a Trump supporter, they're voting for a racist fear mongering shit rag.
Neuromancer
Member
What a disgusting man.
Obliterator
Member
It doesn't mean that they support racism! Just that they rather have a racist president than Hillary as president.
Some of you are so quick to jump the gun. Sheesh.
Does Trump need to kill someone on national tv before we can say that?
gross
Now also on boingboing news is spreading fast as someone for europe i say fuck you to palmer. Look i don't think both candidates are great but trump is more terrifying than anything i have seen in my life.
http://boingboing.net/2016/09/22/oculustrump.html
http://boingboing.net/2016/09/22/oculustrump.html
Trump did say he could shoot someone in the middle of the street and not lose any voters.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
Wasn't he still employed at OR and like, their public face and everything right up to today? He was way more outgoing and engaging than Notch ever was at least, and I'd say this stuff goes well beyond the dumbass twitter shitfests Notch has engaged with.
I really don't get the impression we'll be seeing him if at all much in these public events anymore, and unlike Notch I think he did dig the limelight.
Just start trying random negative gaming stories to Trump to try and chip away at that image. TRUMP PERSONALLY FUNDED METROID PRIME: FEDERATION FORCE
He's probably a true believer and doesn't think there's anything wrong in the things he says. He's got an ego.
No, but it's ok, because they don't support it, just support the guy that's racist himself!
It cancels itself out.
Charles Alan Ratliff
Member
Happy to see this spreading so quickly. I look forward to seeing official responses from those involved tomorrow.
The funny part about that quote is that he'll say that, but can't release his tax returns because - according to his son - they would hurt him more than they would help. Makes you wonder what the fuck his tax returns would expose, I guess it'd be worse than finding out he shot someone in the middle of the street.
No. He'd probably have to kill a cute puppy.
TAJ
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Yes it would, polar bears are suffering enough already.
GreatestHits
Member
This sad part is that people who aren't racist inherently end up supporting racism for this very reason. As besada touched on earlier in this thread, it's part of our fucked up election system
I lol'd
in my head
Kotaku is, so I'd guess yes.
PersonAndStuff
Member
I wonder how much of a mark this ends up leaving on Oculus. The mainstream audience either wont ever hear about this or they'll forget about this in a week. But the mainstream isn't buying VR right now. And indie developers are a fairly liberal bunch.
Palmer won't doing any more developer outreach for a while.
Palmer won't doing any more developer outreach for a while.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
I'm going to second this.
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