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  • Is there context for this photo?

    I don't think I've ever seen a picture containing more inner sadness and genuine concern for what's being seen off camera before.

    This bothered me enough to look it up. It's a photoshop. Totally had me convinced, heh.

    https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mark-zuckerberg-group-selfie

  • I think about this concept whenever I see the things kids are into and think "that's stupid."

    It bothers me because I felt the same way when I was a kid and saw the things that kids were into then.

    But now it's supposedly because I'm old and not because kids are fucking stupid.

  • How: with lubricant and patience.

    Why: because it supposedly feels good.

    I personally haven't tried sounding but I do have a 0g Prince Albert, so I always have a reasonably thick piece of metal in there at the tip and it's not a big deal.

  • I know this is apple enthusiasts but I'm glad to see people here talking about how shit this is going to end up being for consumers. Everyone on reddit always acted like Apple's walled garden was something people hate, rather than it being the feature we all want as IOS users.

  • I don't see how you got "negging anita" out of me complementing her incredible academic work. I was a huge fan of her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series, as well as the content she was writing at the time. I am sure she's done other work that I'm not familiar with, too. I am not claiming to be an expert on her entire body of work, but I definitely have seen and read her academic-oriented work.

    It's not journalism, but one could argue it's more important because it has a thesis and provides evidence through careful academic arguments and research.

    None of what I've said has warranted how you're treating me, so I have to ask, what's going on? are you OK? Why does my definition of journalism threaten you this much?

  • Anita Sarkeesian's amazing work as an academic theorist is not journalism just because it involves words. Not all writing is journalism. This isn't a value judgment of her incredible work that I am fully aware of and found very educational.

    Maybe take a step back and realize you're being incredibly rude to a random internet stranger who has a different opinion than you on what constitutes the term "journalism."

    If after you take that break you can come back without hurling insults at me, then we can have a conversation about it?

  • This is pedantic, but journalism is a specific thing and it is not generally considered to be what we see in writing about games.

    As an oversimplification: Opinion pieces and reviews aren't journalism. Reporting on facts and information with research and sources is.

    While there may have been a few pieces here and there that qualify, the industry around writing about games has never been heavy on facts and research, and it doesn't need to be. It's like any other entertainment section writing.

    Inventing the phrase "games journalism" was done to try to legitimise a movement that was about sexism. We just didn't use that term before and nobody was bothered by that, because it doesn't really apply.

  • "Ethics in games journalism" was a phrase invented to make gamergate's sexist attacks on women in gaming sound legitimate and I cringe every time people use the term now. Nobody used the term "games journalism" before then.

  • Sure. Unless the company plans to release mod tools, expansions, etc.

    Generally speaking, for all games OTHER than Bethesda games I'd agree with the statement, but come on, how are they going to sell us starfield playing on a smart toaster if nobody is still playing it a few months after launch?