If The Escapist Taught You One Thing...

[aescuder]

...core gamers will jump at ANY opportunity that can make them look superior to the OP..most times without thinking.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

Gamers as a people are mostly shit.

 

[FalloutJack]

It's that Jack is awesome and I should always think so.

 

[RamirezDoEverything]

It's that avatar thread are ****ing annoying.

And people are stupid.. very stupid.

 

[Section Crow]

that on the internet, there are at least semi-decent people that i don't know in real life

 

[370999]

Everyone is either asexual, above average intelligence or a misanthrope. Possibilly all of them.

Also people whinge at everything.

More seriously, there is a huge diversity of opinions and beliefs in gaming and that is IMHO a positive thing and something to be proud of.

 

[Colour Scientist]

That self-diagnosed Asperger's and ADD are apparently more commmon than the common cold.

 

[Flailing Escapist]

Only one thing popped into my head when I saw this thread:
XD

 

[BlumiereBleck]

That anything you say, is guaranteed to piss at least one person off.

 

[Phasmal]

Unfortunately, The Escapist has taught me that some gamer guys are just as bitter and sexist towards women as the stereotype would have you believe.

 

[Colour Scientist]

The sheer volume of relationshp threads that pop up here is staggering and I'm amazed at the amount of good advice that people give, bu I'm also amazed how many people seem to be stuck in that 13 year-old phase where they glumly wonder where they can go to meet a girl who will do everything for them, and will attempt to justify themselves with "I have low self-confidence!" as if it's some kind of catch-all excuse for ineptness.

And yeah, one thing I learned here recently, and I may as well go for a negative since I already talk about loving this site enough, is that mysoginy is truly alive and well, even among some of the more "polite" discussion groups on the internet.

I've seen it all here, folks, and in just a few recent weeks! Here are examples!

1 "My girlfriend dumped me, therefore it's all her fault!"

2 "I had one bad experience in a relationship, so all women are therefore harpies!"

3 "She dumped me and then went out with another guy, therefore she's a slut who just wanted an excuse to get with him!"

4 "Women think I'm wierd and sef-centred! They must ALL be thick!"

5 "Women go for arrogant jerks over a guy like me? why, they must all be blind!"

6 "she's making choices I don't understand or approve of? well, I'll show her I respect her by judging her harshly for them!"

7 "Women can 'pick and choose' whoever they are attracted to, us men have it tough!"

8 "Some feminist groups have made silly statements/decisions, therefore feminism as a movement must be totally devoid of value!"

9 "She placed me in the friend zone! she must just be doing it because she's foolish, if I pose as her friend and gain a position of trust, only to try to manipulate her behind her back by doing nice things for her to an utterly spineless degree in the hopes it will inexplicably gain her affection so that I don't have to make a stand and rock the boat, I'll definetly prove what a great guy I am and how much I respect her!"

I think I may actually love you... does that make me a harpy?

 

[Elf Defiler Korgan]

It is that there can always be more ads, and a good thing can always get worse.

 

[Lethos]

That misanthropes are incredibly annoying and self pitying.

 

[Beat14]

Strengthen my belief in people doing things for a form of self benefit only.

It's to easily to think people are narrow minded, thus making it hard to try and be more opened minded.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

That the internet is insane. But in a very, very good way.

I second this, but replace "good" with "annoying".

So I guess I'm not really seconding this at all.

Also, Dr. Who is fuckin' awesome.

 

[Jodah]

That nobody bothers to read links but if you post a thread without a link you get tarred and feathered.

 

[Something Amyss]

it's that nobody how opinionated you are, there's always somebody worse.

LOL my first thought was very similar, literally "no matter how reasonable, someone will oppose you."

Not quite the same, but down the line of opinions.

 

[WorldCritic]

That if Valve comes up negatively in a conversation, it's best to turn the other way in fear of an upcoming flame war.

 

[Jegsimmons]

No matter how much a forum/thread says they are fair, civil, and reasonable if they are on the internet...they are not.

it's that a lot of the people on here are idiots disguised as geniuses, who think that they're right because they can type entire paragraphs of shit that equals nothing because it's a bunch of huge "look at me I'm smart" words that tend to have little relevance to the conversation at hand, and then go on a mod rage (reporting you, then telling their friends to report you) because you point out everything that they said is wrong, and then say that what they said is full of shit.

What Blakfayt said...

 

[Soxafloppin]

How to type a little better than before.

Honestly, before I joined the Escapist I never really bothered to punctuate.