Gawker.com to Shut Down Next Week

[FriedRicer]

No. People do not say stuff like Hogan all the time behind closed doors. I wish a non-Peter reason had shut down Gawker tho'.
Like really , I get angry at someone so I just start calling them by a group slur? That just doesn't even make any sense.
Like I argue with a Spanish person , and when a talk about it with my friends - "So the spic says..." , how does that follow?
I wont say that people who do that are maliciously racist , but to actually hear that such a thing should be expected is points of in my book.

 

[Metalix Knightmare]

No. People do not say stuff like Hogan all the time behind closed doors.

The heck plane of existence do YOU live in? There's an entire branch of psychology based around the idea that people act differently among others than they do in private areas. Freaking A, Persona 4 was pretty much nothing BUT that idea thematically speaking!

Shoot, just ask retail workers. All smiles and cheers when talking to customers, but wishing a pox on the family of that jerkoff who keeps leaving ice cream on the bread shelves.

 

[FriedRicer]

No. People do not say stuff like Hogan all the time behind closed doors.

The heck plane of existence do YOU live in? There's an entire branch of psychology based around the idea that people act differently among others than they do in private areas. Freaking A, Persona 4 was pretty much nothing BUT that idea thematically speaking!

Shoot, just ask retail workers. All smiles and cheers when talking to customers, but wishing a pox on the family of that jerkoff who keeps leaving ice cream on the bread shelves.

Key-Words [All the time....like Hogan] Also the bulk of my post was about the content rather than its existence.

I did work in retail - and I was 1st in my district. And it wasn't in a High-income area(Bronx). And I got stories....
But , I never went back to my block going racially slurring a customer. Not once. Asshole maybe. Dick , sure. etc etc.
But ******,******,queer,spic,cracker,guido,jew, etc never came up. And if I can be born where I was an avoid all of that(slurs) when a customer is angry and threatens to kill me , or tries to stab my eyes out, or sell crack, or hold me up etc... in private
Then yes I can look down on someone who brings it up(slurs) in discourse - even if it was at home.

The breach in privacy was criminal and I am glad the criminals got what they deserved - fuck Gawker.
But the rhetoric that "everyone" speaks like that is bullshit. Stop justifying your crap by inflating me and others
into your ranks.

Tell me, Why is my vocabulary (in anger) lacking the racist bias?
Will I ,in private, start to call my daughter's boyfriend a "spic/cracker" if he upsets me?

If it sounds like I'm a bit angry it's because I've already had to deal with being painted in a broad stroke.
But I'm not gonna get added in with Hogan just because people want to feel good about themselves.

TLDR: Screw Gawker, but if you say my words takes a shift similar to Hogan when I'm in private - you're buggin'.
By "you" I mean people that say similar things.

 

[lord synfel]

The only way this could have been better was if Sgt. Slaughter had done it, allowing us to say that Gawker was taken down by GIJOE!

Nah man, the Iron Sheik would have been better. Except for the idea that there's be an Iron Sheik sex tape. *shudders*

goddammit man!!! that is stuff of heavy drug nightmares!!

 

[jklinders]

I love that Gawker is gone. but who will fill the void, there is always someone to fill the void.

What foul thing will emerge from the void to fill the gap?

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

Given how salty some of the employees like Jason Schrier have been I expect fast food fries to become loaded with sodium from the tears of mediocre "journalists" for a while.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

So Kotaku finally go bye bye?

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

Well as it turns out Hulk Hogan still has the ability to take down huge opponents for good.

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More a case of Gawker being even bigger Heels than Hollywood Hogan was. And that's a FEAT, ladies and gents.

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

The only way this could have been better was if Sgt. Slaughter had done it, allowing us to say that Gawker was taken down by GIJOE!

I think Duke kicked him out when Slaughter allied himself with Saddam Hussein. Going with tyrnanical dictators is probably a deal braker with the Joes.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

So Kotaku finally go bye bye?

Nope. If you read the article, Kotaku and the other sister sites will keep going along, it's just Gawker getting shut down. That said, with Gawker gone, there will likely be a change in the corporate structure for Kotaku, which will likely affect the site.

 

[Tsaba]

some things... just make me happy.... and how ironic it's bought by the onion.....

 

[Strazdas]

No. People do not say stuff like Hogan all the time behind closed doors.

And neither does Hogan. We know that he said it ONCE. Over the many years since that recording noone could provide any evidence of him doing it more than once. So your all the time qualifier is incorrect.

 

[FriedRicer]

No. People do not say stuff like Hogan all the time behind closed doors.

And neither does Hogan. We know that he said it ONCE. Over the many years since that recording noone could provide any evidence of him doing it more than once. So your all the time qualifier is incorrect.

That qualifier was taken from another poster - and the context was different than the one you are using.
But if we are to get semantic , you can't say "And neither does Hogan." because iirc there are no other private recordings of him in his "element". Although I agree that one recording isn't always enough to gauge an individual.

I also never suggested Hogan said spoke like that all the time(public or privately) either.

Lastly , saying it once is one more than me, so my statements still stand - if racial slurs are a normal when a your're angry...
I'm gonna look down on ya.

 

[RaikuFA]

The only way this could have been better was if Sgt. Slaughter had done it, allowing us to say that Gawker was taken down by GIJOE!

Nah man, the Iron Sheik would have been better. Except for the idea that there's be an Iron Sheik sex tape. *shudders*

The Camel Clutch can also be used in bed...

Also:

 

[Piecewise]

Too bad Kotaku survived.