That's pretty dumb reasoning. By your logic, Ridley Scott made Alien to get attention.The Plunk said:
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By this reasoning, Ridley Scott kidnaps people and lays his eggs in their chest cavities.MiracleOfSound said:
This is more akin to people who choose to be vegetarians to make a statement as opposed to genuinely having a belief for why you should be one. Like the teen Goth's who don't know anything about the culture, but like the black and white make-up because it gets all the preppy kids staring at them.Piorn said:
Your response at the end sums it up though, really. Why does it even matter? Who cares? Why should we?
If girls do not care about nerdy stuff but want to cosplay in sexualised costumes, who exactly are they hurting? The nerd culture? The one that is generally looked to be about socially awkward men who wouldn't know anything about women? If anything, having some attractive women around at cons might help negate some of the more derogatory stereotypes. Assuming that those guys don't spend the whole time drooling over them and being perverted.
Or demanding that sexy ladies stay the hell away from comic books and people who like them...
Really? Just... Really? Tell me: how can you tell that they are fakers and posers? I want a foolproof method. Please, because I honestly want to know.Smilomaniac said:
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And, as any school child could tell you, the Illuminati is run by Martians living in Atlantis. Geez. It's like talking to a toddler...Naeras said:
Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider
(probably answered already but I only read the first page of comments.
Eh, as somebody whose taken Japanese language classes and been in college anime clubs, I know that geek girls are real, and sometimes they are hot.
Now if only I could get them to date me, which is a story for another time.
(probably answered already but I only read the first page of comments.
Eh, as somebody whose taken Japanese language classes and been in college anime clubs, I know that geek girls are real, and sometimes they are hot.
Now if only I could get them to date me, which is a story for another time.
Controversy drives page hits, drives ad revenue, drives the website.Agente L said:
Not that any major journalism hub seems to have gotten the issue. It has very little to do with someone entirely versed in every facet of nerd-dom, and much more with women who are just riding on the coat tails of it for no clear reason. It's about the women (and men, though its a smaller problem amongst males) who can't pass absurdly low bars for the fan groups they profess to be a part of such as being able to identify the character they're cosplaying, the IP it / they are from, ect.
Was the close proximity between this and the Jimquisition about this topic purely coincidental or planned?
Have I missed something where this topic has suddenly exploded into the spotlight of the internet hate machine recently?
Have I missed something where this topic has suddenly exploded into the spotlight of the internet hate machine recently?
No clear reason? Women have been exploiting men using sexuality, or pretending to like things they like, or a combination of the two, for pretty much the same reasons over literal millenia. Either because they just genuinely like the attention or because they're hired to, usually by men, to promote something (I guess there might also be the more psychotic ones who snare men into fathering children, they're few and far between and we don't need to bring them into the discussion). Nerd-dom and gaming culture aren't special in this regard, they're just the newest and most popular things at the moment.acosn said:
Add to that the ever-present portion of young people who get into what their friends are into just to fit in, female or male, even if it's not really their thing. I can understand taking issue with the scorn that gets dished out to these people by pathetic elitists with nothing else going on, but that doesn't make them not real.
I'm not trying to stir up paranoia, and it must be clearly understood that it is a small portion of the female population that acts this way, and I do believe the majority of girls who are nerdy are geniuine, but yeah, the Escapist's sudden pretension (that the notion fake nerd girls even exist is ridiculous) does seem a bit simple, forced, and sexist to men.
It is unfair that girls have to prove themselves in field where guys don't, but that's an unfairness that exists everywhere in our society. I don't defend it one bit, but to dissassemble it, you've gotta do better than just repeating "there's no excuse", because some guys will always feel they have reason to be paranoid of women, even if they don't, and some women will always try to manipulate men because of their offensive assumptions, even if it isn't that many of them. They perpetuate each other... like some kind of spiral... that points downward...
That being said, I probably should have ranted on Jim's video rather than here. I enjoyed the comic. Hopefully the story continues and escalates to dizzying heights.
P.S. To the moderater who gave a warning to "Captain Pancake"... awe come on. I'm calling you out, that comment was perfectly cromulant. Is there just a word minimum? Did you not read the comic? Do you not know who Ben Reilly is? (that last one would be an honest mistake, we won't judge)
On one hand, I know plenty of moderate-to-attractive girls who cosplay and go to cons.
On the other hand, I just saw a serious offer from some small game maker looking to hire an 'attractive female spokesperson, must be familiar with some games and game terminology.' It wasn't a sex game or even an eye candy game, that's literally just hiring someone with tits to hold a controller because you think it'll sell your game.
It's nothing new, just subtly depressing. Someone raging at legit cosplayers is just unhinged though.
On the other hand, I just saw a serious offer from some small game maker looking to hire an 'attractive female spokesperson, must be familiar with some games and game terminology.' It wasn't a sex game or even an eye candy game, that's literally just hiring someone with tits to hold a controller because you think it'll sell your game.
It's nothing new, just subtly depressing. Someone raging at legit cosplayers is just unhinged though.
why fake nerd girl thing even a problem? in fact if this is even a "problem" by talking about them you make it worst. i was not even aware this "problem" existed until jim sterling brought it up
they are people out there who are being posers who want attention; they exist in every group. if you don't give them any special attention then they go away.
there is the solution to this so called "problem".
also i can't answer that spider man question because i don't read comics. i mainly sick to playing video games and the once in while i will watching or read a anime/cartoon/manga
they are people out there who are being posers who want attention; they exist in every group. if you don't give them any special attention then they go away.
there is the solution to this so called "problem".
also i can't answer that spider man question because i don't read comics. i mainly sick to playing video games and the once in while i will watching or read a anime/cartoon/manga
NerdRealitycrash said:
an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
From Merriam Webster. HAH! I have defeated you!
By that definition, one who spends all his money and all his time on oh-let-say Comic Books but aren't unstylish, unattractive or socially inept, aren't a nerd either.saintdane05 said:NerdRealitycrash said:
an unstylish, unattractive, or socially inept person; especially : one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits
From Merriam Webster. HAH! I have defeated you!
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Yeah.
What no one got so far is that the correct answer is THERE IS NO SUCH THING DO NOT MENTION SPIDERMAN CLONES AGAIN.