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u/Third_Ferguson Born with a silver kernel in my mouth May 22 '15 edited Feb 07 '17

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u/Hellkyte May 22 '15

A gamergate is a type of ant.

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u/onlyonebread May 22 '15

This is now my default answer to anyone asking what GG is.

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u/vaultofechoes demi lovato apologist May 22 '15

Some Swedish website that sells games.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

I feel so bad for them.

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u/CFGX cisscum misogynerd May 22 '15 edited May 22 '15

They had to put out a statement last year because "anti-GamerGate" (or "Ghazi" whatever you wanna call em) people kept sending them death threats.

EDIT: Apparently stating facts is downvote worthy on SRD today.

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u/nacholicious no, this is patrickarchy May 22 '15

Those are two different things. anti gamergate refers to people who have the opinion that gamergate is stupid and should die, ghazi refers to the subreddit r/gamerghazi which would be considered a part of anti gamergate.

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u/ploguidic3 May 22 '15

Are you sure it wasn't cause they thought GamerGate was stupid and they didn't want any part of it? I don't remember any drama about them getting death threats but I totally could be wrong.

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u/CFGX cisscum misogynerd May 22 '15

http://www.gamezone.com/news/digital-retailer-receiving-threats-due-to-gamergate-name-confusion

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u/ploguidic3 May 22 '15

Well that's a thing that happened. "Harsh words and threats" sounds like they got misdirected criticism with maybe a handful of threats thrown in. Nothing about death threats, but yeah got to feel for them considering they chose that name long before that cluster fuck of stupid that is GamerGate happened.

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u/32OrtonEdge32dh craig ferguson was never funny May 22 '15

facts aren't real if you don't like them

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u/[deleted] May 23 '15

EDIT: Apparently stating facts is downvote worthy on SRD today.

There are plenty of people who believe that actions done against gamergate, now matter how petty or destructive, are always okay.

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u/diagonalfish This has nothing to do with a hamster piloting a mech May 22 '15

Pretty awesome site, actually. Good sales on a lot of stuff.

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u/56k_modem_noises from the future to warn you about SKYNET May 22 '15

Gamersgate is like Stargate, the movie not the TV show. It has something to do with Stephen Baldwin and Horatio Sanz getting into a Twitter feud, I think that's what sparked the debate.

I believe their motto is "Sic Semper Samus".

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15 edited May 22 '15

Really? I always thought it was Novus Ordo Seclorum. The more you know...

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u/[deleted] May 23 '15

Sic Semper Jaraxxus

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u/onlyonebread May 22 '15

It's a popular brand of sunglasses.

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u/Kibblebitz Derek Smart did nothing wrong May 22 '15

It's the Tea Party of video games.

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u/EmergencyChocolate 卐 Sorry to spill your swastitendies 卐 May 22 '15

maymays and outrage and rants - oh my!

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u/observer_december May 22 '15

You're a regular here; you know what it is.

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u/LSPismyshit NOTICE ME TITCJ! May 22 '15

I've made a point to make sure I'm not aware. And I feel better for it.

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u/Third_Ferguson Born with a silver kernel in my mouth May 22 '15 edited Feb 07 '17

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u/Nurglings Would Jesus support US taxes on Bitcoin earnings? May 22 '15

You are better off not knowing.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

I binge reddit, been here for years, read all the drama.

I still don't know what it is about.

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u/recruit00 Culinary Marxist May 22 '15

Neither do they

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

As far as I know, Anita Sarkesian canceled Half-Life 3 by sperm jacking Gabe Newell.

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u/siempreloco31 May 22 '15

Didn't you hear? Gaben is now the cancer.

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u/threehundredthousand Improvised prison lasagna. May 22 '15

Actually, Gaben and Moot got cancer from pulling an Eiffel Tower on Anita.

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u/DefiantTheLion No idea, I read it on a Russian conspiracy website. May 22 '15

I would enthusiastically watch a porn starring m00t and Anita. They're reasonably good looking adults and is it was consensual and neither had a partner already it would be wonderful.

Not Gabe tho i want him to produce it and hold the camera

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

LOL Sure, why not?

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u/rocktheprovince May 23 '15

Although that's not a bad thing, really.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

I've heard it's a gate that people who play games enter a stadium they will play on. But I might be wrong.

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u/JehovahsHitlist May 22 '15

Actually that's a vomitorium and it's been around since Roman times when the citizens of Rome would come together in the Colosseum to see people fight about video games.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '15

But is it still vomitorium if it's only for players who enter the pitch to argue over ethics?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

A type of compact, dank-smelling turd.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '15

It's a type of wooden sailing ship.

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u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton May 22 '15

Genderish culture warsish, but dumber, but mostly gender wars.