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@dr_mantas said:

People get mistreated. Anonymity makes that easier, so the internet increases it.

Of course there is a problem about how women are treated on the internet. But feminism is not the answer. Feminism is not for equal rights, it's for the rights of women. Feminism will defend women on the internet, but will not defend how boys are treated in schools, how men are treated if they're around children, how family courts treat dads, how domestic violence effects husbands.

Women's rights are important, but so are Men's rights. Everyone's rights. Egalitarianism.

The internet was male dominated for a very long time, and as a such, it will take a cultural shift, a change of generations for women to become completely integrated into it. Imagine a man going to work in a kindergarten, or chaperoning a sleepover, or even be seen with his daughter in a park. Sometimes people imagine the worst of things.

If someone is an asshole with no reason, call them out. If someone threatens you, shut them down. Everyone deserves respect, but they shouldn't hold is as a given.

However, if you can't take a joke, then deal with it. If you feel like you're being treated unfairly in this society, join the fucking club, cause you're not alone.

Oh good, men's rights. Super

@Deusx: cool story bro

@TheHT said:

that was pretty intense.

@EuanDewar said:

Also, trigger warning.

what's that?

Depictions of sexual assaults in movies and other mediums tend to trigger flashbacks for victims rape and abuse. Hence the warning.

Patrick's back! Yay. Hope you're doing better, man. Keep up the awesome work.

@MyNameIsJoe: I don't think people would have nearly the problem they are right now if they had done something along the lines of a subscription service, and had not used Kickstarter.

Especially considering how antagonistic people like Ben Kuchera have been over the email spamming regarding Kickstarter. Hey guys, guess what? I get loads of PR spam from companies who want their product mentioned for the website I write for, too!

@Rorie: I know the feeling. Got back from interning in New York at two major publications, money ran out, now back in Texas going on a month now looking for a place to write. The WORST.

But yeah, McShea was a little bitch here. There's a way you can disagree with something and not act like a petulant little child. A way you can voice your problems with a game while showing respect to your peers.

McShea may be right here, but it's an empty victory, because of his rhetoric.

I think Greg Goodrich doesn't give people who play video games enough credit here. I think a game steeped in hardcore realism would get lots of attention on the show floor, precisely because it's something different.

I'm so glad this is not going to be like other MGS games, as much as I loved them. Platinum is the absolute perfect developer to make this kind of game. CAN'T WAIT.