Sal Limones

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  1. Embarrassing Awkward Nerd Confessions

    Sup dude NOOOOOOOO
  2. Life

    I don't think they're "fighting for a cause" at this point so much as "lashing out in frustration and desperation". The dam has broken.
  3. Feminism

    These examples are the result of a group of people feeling so disenfranchised/underrepresented/unwelcome in mainstream bars/society that they have created their own spaces. Gay clubs are there partly because straight cowboys don't want to have to deal with them homos gayin' it up in their dive -- furthermore, I have never been denied entrance into a gay bar no matter how straight I dress and gay bars are awesome.
  4. Unnecessary Comical Picture Thread

    Obviously a particularly severe case of farmer's tan.
  5. Feminism

    Maybe if your joke had bigger tits I would have paid more attention to it. (I did not, I think it's funny) I'm a bit confused now, because it seems we agree completely. But I think what prompted me to reply to your original post was the fact that I felt you were separating the problems Patters mentioned (and seems to blame on feminism, somehow, mindblowingly) from the problems that arise due to the patriarchy, when they are in fact one and the same and part of the targets on the fight for equality.
  6. Feminism

    The thing is, the stuff he mentions is caused by gender inequality in a patriarchal society. The view that women are better suited to raise a child, that men are too strong to be raped or abused by a woman, that men are more violent and likelier to be criminals. Also society frowning on men expressing their feelings, or wearing pink, or in general not conforming to what is considered "manly". These are all consequences of the very same societal constructs that feminism seeks to get rid of. We are all on the same side here, except the ones who want one gender – or race, or orientation, or whatever – to be above the other(s). "The patriarchy" does not equal men. Feminism is not warring against men. I like men. "The patriarchy" refers to the entire social system that has assigned specific values and roles to men and women. And so, the patriarchy really is responsible for all of the above mentioned ills.
  7. Feminism

    This is excellently said and needs to be quoted. Here is an interview with the lady in question: http://dcwomenkickingass.tumblr.com/post/8130151171/bgsdccinterview And here is an amazing audio clip of Didio: http://tpbcorner.com/kyrax2/HireWomen.mp3
  8. Feminism

    I'd argue that you haven't read the thread, at least the parts where we demistify exactly this. Oh my god, I am at work and I cannot write all the words I want to write about this. In a nutshell: just 'cause your audience is stupid doesn't mean you have to continue to make stupid games, try making non-stupid games and oh look a bigger audience all of a sudden! asdfjk And yes race is handled awfully but this is a feminism thread, wanna go start a race thread? I'd totally back you up on that I love how he's the only hairy one.
  9. Feminism

    Why do you say there is no answer and then immediately state the answer? If no one ever had these arguments, and they did in fact always go in circles, then women would not be able to vote, rape would always be considered the woman's fault if she was wearing a miniskirt, homosexuality would still be considered a mental illness, and Custer's Revenge would be a heartwarming Video game about forbidden love. Progress does happen with adult discussion, which is what we're having here as opposed to shouty internet arguing. I already pointed out why I even touched the discussion about a Video game I don't really care about at all and that's done with so I won't talk about it anymore. Race is handled very problematically, absolutely. That doesn't mean that we should only talk about one as opposed to the other. As a racial minority myself (yep I'm female AND brown) I think they are equally important and should both be discussed. Why do you think it would be more productive to talk about race and not gender?
  10. Feminism

    It's not even a particularly bad example and I don't even care about ME, and I didn't even introduce the subject, Gwardinen did :C I just posted because the thread was going horrible places! And I wanted to clarify the reasonable side of why people are complaining about this character design. The more potential something has, the more disappointing it is when it doesn't live up to it. See: Spore, Fable
  11. Feminism

    I'm complaining about how few female characters in video games are not designed specifically to look sexy despite how illogical their designs are for what the character is supposed to do. Would you rather we complain about all other video games ever with horrifically few exceptions, or shall we stay on current events? and JoannaDark, I am a woman Ok, why?
  12. Feminism

    Boobplates. One carefully curved boobplate per boob. Does maleShep have carefully carved pecs in his armor? No. His body armor looks like real life body armor does, if a little more futuristic. Hers does not. Also, massive amounts of eyeliner. Just because it's not as bad as it could be or usually is (e.g. Soul Calibur) doesn't mean it's good. Also, Thunderpeel, I did say this: The point I'm trying to make is that the problem isn't that she's blonde, and yes, people who are going "sigh, another blonde bimbo" have some kind of weird problem with blondes; but the reaction is understandable because it's the same thing over and over and over in video games: oversexualized female characters whose main design feature is HELLO I AM FEMALE LOOK BOOBS AND PRETTY FACE. The complaints are valid; they may be aimed at a less ridiculous thing than, say, Lara Croft, but this happens because it could be so good and yet it fell short.
  13. Feminism

  14. Feminism

    As long as you get results! I got (insert higher-ranking organization here) breathin' down my neck! Ok but seriously guys. Commenting philosophically on who or what type of lady you do or do not find attractive and how progressive that does or does not make you and making jokes about boob sizes is kind of the worst tangent. The problem with the femShep is not hair color. Hell, Starbuck was blonde. The problem is that hair color/style was the only difference between their over-eyelined anime-smooth faces and the armor still has boob plates and is basically designed to be as close to skintight as you can get without making up some bullshit about bulletproof spandex. She was designed to be as conventionally attractive as possible, and that is wearisome and sad. But hell, all the guys in that sort of game look pretty much the same too, with square jaws and stubble and big muscles, and I guess that just puts their across the board lousy character design abilities in evidence.
  15. Feminism

    Thread, this is the sloppiest page I've ever seen! You're way out of line! You're off the case!
  16. Obligatory comical YouTube thread

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  17. Feminism

    What the HELL, thread! You're a loose cannon! Give me your gun and badge!
  18. Embarrassing Awkward Nerd Confessions

    Do it! Lucasarts should be shown to everyone.
  19. Feminism

    I'm bothered by how un-haggard and un-"I have seen things" and 14-year-old-faced she looks
  20. Feminism

    I think you've understood this comic to mean the exact opposite of what it means. Read the article JamesM posted and you may see it in a different light.
  21. Unnecessary Comical Picture Thread

    ANNIVERSARY #1
  22. Feminism

    But you stated it quite well. ThunderPeel, recently I met up with a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in about 10 years. The subject of feminism came up, and she said "oh, I could never be a feminist." I was surprised, but suspected what was up so I asked her to define feminism – sure enough, she thought it was about female superiority. I clarified, and she understood, but then said, "but still, I don't think I could be a feminist." "Why not?" I asked. She replied, "Because some women like getting ogled at and wolfwhistled while wearing skimpy things, and I think they should be able to." There are several schools of thought on this matter. There is such a thing as sex-positive feminism, which basically boils down to "do what feels good", and on the other side of the spectrum we have those who believe that certain things like pornography, BDSM, and prostitution have historically harmed women more than not. Personally, this is where it gets complicated for me, because I both agree that anybody can wear whatever does not get you arrested, yet quietly believe that women being brought up to crave a man's approval of their appearance, and society rewarding this, has a lot to do with it. But the basic principles of equal rights, equal dignity, equal value in society and equal opportunities are all embraced by all feminists (except the ones that are wrong). Look at yourself in the mirror and go, I am a feminist, and it's ok. Relevant:
  23. Feminism

    You know, after this, and the thing about Custer's Revenge, I have decided I really cannot tell if you're serious or not. Thank you for sharing this (especially the bit about the pendejo game – that is new to me!). I know what you mean and while it would be cool to have more female voices in this thread I totally understand the desire to avoid getting angry at things. -or- I LOVE UR POST SO MUCH I WANT TO MAKE SEX TO YOU HURR
  24. Unnecessary Comical Picture Thread

  25. Feminism

    Welp the cat's out of the bag. GIRL ON THE INTERNET thanks miffy. And I do appreciate your input a lot. I feel awfully pessimistic when discussions about feminism are split along gender lines, so I'm very happy this is not the case here.