Complainers

Forced Baptism In Bioshock Infinite = Refund?

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This is just stupid…

I wish to return/exchange this game (Bioshock Infinite) for steam credit or refund on the grounds that I cannot play it. I cannot play it because at the very beginning of the game there is a section of the game that is so offensive to my religious beliefs that I cannot proceed with it any further. I did not know this section of the game was there and had no way of knowing it was there before-hand as it was not shown in any trailers, previews, screenshots or other marketing material.

:roll:

This is just too funny.

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I seriously have no words for this. It writes itself.

Earlier this week a Target shopper sparked a controversy on Twitter after discovering that the same gray dress was listed as “Manatee Gray” in the plus-size version and simply “Heather Gray” in the “Missy” category. The company is now scrambling to apologize for the snafu, saying it uses the manatee color name all over the site. That makes us wonder — what other totally inappropriate and/or wacky color names are floating around out there?

Manatee gray. Because that’s what it looks like when these ladies put it on. :lol:

Actually they should be flattered. They say the story of mermaids originally came from manatees. So actually the dress is complimenting them! :D

Onto the rest of my weekend.

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Yesterday another Geriatric Tuesday passed. It was full of mean elderly folk who threw tantrums (knocking things over if they didn’t get what they wanted as of 5 seconds before asking) and people who are unaware of their surroundings (elderly and young). I had one old lady ram my ass with her cart, then demanded yogurt. She got short with me when I told her I wasn’t sure (she was asking me something that I didn’t know, wasn’t my department) so I offered to help her find someone from that department and she just stamped off. I followed anyway just to see if there was anyone around. One of my co workers was stocking something and she asked her, he didn’t know either but offered the same thing that I did. THIS time she was polite (probably because he was a young guy but I digress).

Then there was this one dude that comes in from time to time. He pushes his little cart like he’s going to die tomorrow, and almost hits customers whenever he’s in the store. I had to help him find cookies that he said we didn’t have because he was too busy tweaking out to stop and READ THE FUCKING DISPLAY OF THEM.

If I ever get like that in my old age I hope someone has the right mind to drag me out into the street and beat me with a sack of hammers.

“No more Mr Nice Guy”

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Stumbled upon this site and lmao’d.

Here are my favorite nut pickin’s

Did you ever notice that only a woman can talk about the superiority of her own sex without getting booed or scolded?

He has a point there. Men never do this. Never in my life have I ever seen men talk about themselves as being the super ultra mega superior gender. I mean seriously. To suggest otherwise is nothing more than a fairytale.

Did you ever notice there is no shortage of excuses and tolerance whenever sexist speech or behavior comes from a woman? And did you ever notice that any woman who claims to be concerned about “inequality” usually manages to studiously ignore (or angrily deny) the inequalities that favor her?

Ah you mean like how men also try to ignore inequalities that favor them? C’mon you’re gonna have to try a little harder than that! 🙂

Finding ways to talk about those (and other) things is probably one reason you’re here. If you’re a first-time visitor, before you start going all mad at me and sending death threats and hate mail, you should start-off by reading: why I think U.S. women rank among the most sexist humans on the planet, the Top 10 Criticisms I’ve gotten so far… my self-introduction and last but not least, my explanation for why I started this site and why I’ve chosen exile from American gals.

So you’re off the American market then. Nice to see the property values have gone up. 🙂

This page is about, essentially, why NiceGuy thinks Ameriskanks (mostly) Suck *. Such as: their extreme and gleeful sexism. Their accompanying denials of their sexism.

IOW what you’re doing right now. 🙂 r u a girl?

This page is about, essentially, why NiceGuy thinks Ameriskanks (mostly) Suck *. Such as: their extreme and gleeful sexism. Their accompanying denials of their sexism. Their head-games. Their double-standards and double-speak. Their massive and despicable hypocrisies. Their verbal abuse. Their thanklessness. Their narcissism. Their lies within lies within lies. Their never-ending, sanctimonious victimhood mentality. The bigotry they thinly-disguise as “humor”. Their mouthy temper-tantrums. Their “I want everything whether I deserve it or not” attitude. Their unceasing complain-a-thons. Their demands to be continuously pampered and showered with money. The fact that they will spread their legs for a man who gives them enough jewelry, yet will deny their obvious whoring. Their convenient blindness to the fact that they scapegoat men and screw-over men constantly. Their knee-jerk denials whenever it comes time to evaluate their own flaws in an honest fashion. How they’ll complain of men failing to express their emotions while simultaneously ignoring male emotions with smarmy cries of “take it like a maaaayaaan!” The fact that they routinely behave outrageously unfairly towards men yet always demand that men treat them fairly… Did I miss anything?

You didn’t describe women. You just described everyone in the GOP. Well done.

As for the Ameriskanks between the ages of 16 and 35, they occupy a special place in my heart. If you’ve ever met any, then you’ve probably come-away with the impression that they’re (mostly) hopelessly spoiled, incurably psychotic, compulsively mendacious, irredeemably corrupt and intrinsically toxic human beings.

Oh flattery will get you everywhere. 😉

That’s why I moved-away from ’em: I get quite a bit of comfort from knowing I have distanced myself safely beyond the reach of their vile claws. And nowadays I simply view those trolls with a mixture of bemusement and contempt. Especially since quite a few of ’em seem to believe they’re “oppressed” because they get whistled-at occasionally and the Barbie dolls are too curvy. (Pathetic, but true!)

Yeah, that whole paycheck fairness act that didn’t pass in congress wasn’t women getting oppressed. It was to protect small businesses from going under. Sorry ladies. Someone has to suffer so it might as well be you. But don’t worry, you’re just as equal as men are!

When you come to a country like Japan, the egregious hypocrisy and nastiness of Ameriskanks comes-out in spades. For instance: if you ever call an Ameriskank a “slut”, they’ll explode in fury. “Why is it when a woman asserts her sexuality, she’s a slut?!” they’ll screech. But when they come to Japan they’ll see foreign men with Japanese girlfriends and get angry because they’re not the center of attention anymore. So they’ll start to grumble that Japanese women must be a bunch of sluts(!) Hilarious.

Ah, now we come to the part where we pull data from another country to make the point they’re failing miserably to complete. SSDD

And “Where are the REAL men?” they’ll demand, while wearing their Wonderbras, mascara and lipstick. “Why aren’t there any REAL men left?” they’ll whine, with their hair-extensions and acrylic nails. Utterly moronic.

Sigh I really wish you would stop talking about the GOP in that manner. Not all of them are like that.

Ok, I can’t read anymore of this. I need to get back to doing my usual nerd stuff.

Lord Murray hath doneth spoketh!

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The other day, I stepped into this thread over at the MOUL forum and ran across a post from an old “friend”. I have taken the liberty to “translate” this post in an attempt to help others better understand where he’s coming from. 😉

Murray: As a VERY long term dedicated Myst/URU fan, going back to 1993

Wow, ain’t he special… I wonder if anyone else in the community that has been around this long! He sounds soooo unique!

Murray: I cannot BELIEVE the nonsense that I am reading today, particularly in this thread.

Shorter Murray: This has NEVER happened before!! I am so shocked by all of you!!!

Murray: How on earth do you people ever expect this game to progress with all the negativity that has gone on for months, even years on end.

Cyan missed that boat a looooong time ago. Closing the barn door after the horses are long gone and all that…

Murray: The lot of you need to take a damn good look in the mirror and see yourselves.

We do. Sometimes multiple times a day. And we like what we see!

Murray: Most of what I read here is belligerent rubbish that goes round and round in circles. In fact, this very thread is an endless, tiresome rehash of the same old meaningless rows that have been going nowhere, and probably brought this poor forum to its knees. It is the same old racket by the same old rabble.

And I thought you liked anything or anyone on their knees…

Murray: Looking at the attacks at Veralun for instance, one cannot believe the stupidity of the arguments put forward to date. Once upon a time, even I crossed swords with him,

It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that you would cross swords with each other. As I recall you had a hard enough time sheathing yours.

Murray: but it was soon resolved, and over the last 6 or 7 years, there has been peace. In fact there has been a respectable friendship. And we still cross swords, just not verbally.

Fixed.

Murray: He is a hell of a nice guy when you really get to know him. I respect the man for his incredible dedication to sword crossing.

Improved. 😉

Murray: All I see is vague accusations of all the wrongs he has done to some, but never anything concrete. I feel he is nothing but a scapegoat.

We all know how much you love your goats.

Murray: In fact, I have not seen a peep out of him for months now, yet you continue to bash and batter him, ever loudly demanding his expulsion. I tell you, he deserves a medal for all he’s had to put up with. To attack Veralun at this point in time is utter rubbish.

Not one peep eh? Then what’s this? He’s not doing anything wrong here mind you. But that does count as a peep. Exactly what I would expect this kind of statement from the guy that can’t keep track of how many cats he has or let alone how old he is…

Murray: Talking about attitudes: I have seen with my own eyes, that people bragged about taunting posts they put in this forum, then placing bets elsewhere how long it would take them to get deleted. When the posts did indeed disappear, they would congratulate each other what a short time it took, and plan on the next snarky post. A very mean and sick game, in my estimation.

If we already know it’s going to happen then why not bet as to how long it’s going to take? Why not have some fun while waiting for the inevitable?

Murray: I have seen blogs where past moderators have had problems with certain members of this community, and their protests paralleled the same nonsense that is still going on today, with largely the identical individuals. Some of our trusted friends, who were of great value to this community, have left permanently because of the horrid attacks directed at them. Frankly, we don’t blame them.

Murray: Sophia and I have long stopped posting in here, knowing it was futile and only leading to more arguments,but we do have the occasional peek.

Which is why you came back to post right?

Murray: Seeing Chogon provoked the way he was, is heartbreaking. Think for one minute all the efforts the likes of Chogon and the rest of Cyan have put into keeping this community together,

More than you could ever know.

Murray: it is about time you showed a little support for them, not go on incessantly about the way the forum is run. It is our last vestige of communication. If you destroy that, then we are finished.

If your goal is to see things become more civil at the MOUL forum, I don’t think this helps. You come across as an opinionated ass with a “I need to be your daddy” complex. There are far better ways to get your point across. Remember, you can attract a lot more flies with honey than vinegar. I’m not saying the people at the MOUL forum are flies, which is obvious. I’m just stating this so I won’t get attacked for calling everybody a bunch of flies.

You know how sensitive everyone is.

Murray: don’t want to ever hear anything against the mods, or your perceived problems with them. No sane individual could put up with all the nonsense they have had to deal with for years.

Yes sir Mr Cyan! Will do Mr Cyan! Hey btw Mr Cyan, can you tell Rand to get off his ass and make Uru a success? I mean, you’re obviously the one in charge here.

Murray: Not one of you could ever begin to fill their seats. My wife frequents several other open source forums and communities including a few Linux ones, and never, ever does she see the crap that goes on here.

Apples > Oranges > Bananas > Cucumbers > Kumquats

Variety is the spice of life. Not all places are the same and trying to compare them that way is ridiculous.

Murray: The debates have gone on ad nauseum, and it is time the lot of you grow up, especially if you want to see a future for URU.

Shorter Murray: Get off my damn lawn you crazy kids!

Nice performance Murr. Must have taken you back to your old acting days writing that one up…

Oh, and before I forget… FORE!

So far this seems to be the best way to solve the veralun problem.

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From the MOUL forums:

Thanks guys! You really know how to trash a place.

I don’t think you realize how close this forum is to being completely readonly. But then maybe that is your objective.

–Chogon

It would be sad to see it go. How will the Uru community go on without that lively and useful information resource filled with the most friendliest moderators you could ever find at a webforum? The fate of Uru still being able to work depends on this forum still being around as is in it’s golden intact state!!! If this logic is wrongfully thought out then I don’t want to be right.

I suggest breaking out some popcorn for this thread too.

And now I love Japan even more

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Went through my really stupid shit feed and came across this golden nugget on teh interwebz:

 

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1990632

 

For realzies. Whether I’m playing scavenge or versus or campaign, the JP players just don’t want to play. They are content with just setting up a tent at the chapter spawn and just chilling. It’s ♥♥♥♥ing annoying as ♥♥♥♥. I haven’t gotten into a decent server since I got this game. It’s ♥♥♥♥ like this that makes me regret moving here.

The funny part is that I actually like chill people over the anal retentive twats that like to play the game one way and one way only. I mean come on, I play the game the way it was intended AND otherwise. Seriously, you might as well play it on a console if you’re going to be close minded.

>Whilly hits another homerun with this one

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http://whilyam.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/beating-the-bullies/

The discussion on the role of Cyan should prove one thing to you. It takes a while for dead ideologies to die. There will still be the hardcore supporters who will fight you. As the ideology dies, the views become more extreme and more fundamentalist. The tactics turn to bullying.
Cyan’s role in Uru has diminished and will keep diminishing and Cyan will be better off as a result for the reasons I’ve outlined before (it will free up resources). I have seen no coherent reason  why the community in general could not acquire an individual responsibility to decide their experience in an Age. Particularly since the fan Ages might be separate (and thus distinguishable) from Cyan’s Ages.
And yet, I was regaled in warning after warning of how Uru isn’t Uru without the strictly-cohesive canon (which it has never had). The level of delusion is what is truly frightening. Canon is GOD was a phrase actually used. Completely ignorant of the fact that Uru has spent the majority of its public life without canon (as Until Uru). The Liaisons didn’t cause a backlash when all of them quit in disgust and the event drove several away from Uru. There was a sense of absurdity in the statement that “Uru isn’t Uru” without canon. It was the same sense I got when a team-mate of mine claimed we weren’t making an Age for Uru, we were making a “game.” The correct continuation of both those thoughts is “to me.“
Uru means different things to different people. End of story. The more diverse number of reasons we can bring people into Uru for, the more successful it will be. None of the preferences the community has are exclusive. A poorly-textured Age doesn’t ruin all Ages for me. As such, a poorly-written backstory for one Age doesn’t kill all Ages for me. If you don’t like an Age, don’t come back to it or discover something about it you like. That is the mantra repeated over and over. It is a flawed mantra (as it can be applied to any number of atrocities in human history) but it is perfectly acceptable here in this lesser of concerns.
So how do we beat the bullies? There was a term used back in 2007, “concern troll.” It was (in some cases fairly) attributed to posters who registered just to fake concern and cry crocodile tears for Uru’s hopes of survival because Uru was missing this or that. The new breed of concern troll is the one who wrings their hands at how Cyan isn’t involved, how we’re so ungrateful, etc.
The easy answer, the stupid answer, is “ignore them.” But the problem is deeper than that and can’t be addressed by nazi-esque purging (is it Godwin’s Law if I invoke the Nazis on the side I agree with?). The deeper problem is that Uru abounds in diversity but lacks in understanding. This is why the way to beat the bullies is to let them build their own area and have it compete with others. It is not to set up their ideas as the “official” shard while everyone else is relegated to “fan fiction” status. That sets people on a pedestal that leads to anger and resentment.
Uru can be more successful now than before, but we need real rational ideas not antiques that ignore the new reality.

No, this is not a new kind of concern troll. They’ve been around the community for a long time. Only since Open Source has been declared have they decided to scream at the top of their lungs, as though they’re a small child that throws a fit when they don’t get the toy they want.

Some of these people want to control what ages we can and cannot see. I’m not sure if this is because they don’t want their (and by extension every persons) world to be tarnished with an age they themselves deem impure or whatever else. In reality (which I understand by now some of these people are in the cavern to escape that place) these bullies have no control. They can’t control who makes what or who downloads and explores which age. And I’m sure with some of these people it irks and eats away at them.

Choosing which ages can and can’t be used… If these idiots had their way they’d probably choose which people could and couldn’t be allowed into Uru.

>A Dejavu post.

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I was reading this thread and decided to dust off an old chestnut of a rant I wrote last year and tweaked it slightly since it’s pretty much the same situation.

http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19885&start=165

We the Uru purists should be in charge of this new Uru. But we face a problem.

It’s clear that when we’re this outnumbered by non canon people who want to make nonsense, run around in colored skin or as upside down flying bahro, we have to rule the non canon through intimidation. That’s why the single most important thing we can do as cavern purists is dominate and decide all fan ages and do all the thinking for the fans. For we know what’s good for everyone. Need MORE proof?

“Let us join together and to rule over content upon sea and sky from hard disk to hard disk”- Joe The Greeter 4002.

I’d say that about covers it. Because if we don’t dominate the non canon people, you’d better believe they will be dominating us!!! Imagine if you will, someone making a YouTube video from this idea.

“As the shards churn” – By Overlord Tomala.

One liner: What if the haxxors won and we surrendered to our “fellow” community members?

Tag line: “It’s just like MOUL! Only at our fingertips!!!”

Where: Any fan run server you want to go to

When: The near future! All hail the shard owners once again! All having the ability to do as they did in MOUL, only now them and their team of haxx0rs have source code at their fingertips. Their first project is to engineer purple laser guided loaves of French bread to defend themselves from the flying lima bean infestation.

Our heroine (the overlord, who in this story, plays an ordinary equal), has linked to Eder Kemo on one of the fan run servers, only to find that someone turned the brain trees into singing jellyfish, the puffer plants into giant turkey basters, and the pond water into lime jello. Fearing for her life she links to Ae’Gura, only to find King Kong and a T Rex knocked the Arch over in a verbal fight to see who is more right than the other.

Some shards are giving lessons in D’ni, but only one shard is giving lessons in Sheepish.

When all hope seems to be lost, Tomala teams up with the last surviving leaders from the last reign of power. And they create the meter room shard.

The end.

>The ASSembly of new rules.

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If you go over to MystBlogs right now you’ll find their new nifty set of rules to follow:

The Rules

The Myst Blogs and Uru Blogs moderators reserve the right to temporarily or indefinitely remove blog posts or whole blogs from the sites while reviewing content issues of the following nature:

  • sexually explicit, suggestive, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive content,
  • profanity,
  • trolling, spamming, harassing people, ad-hominem attacks and other negative behavior.

Ok… If DreamingGirl’s anime pics were offensive. Then I say this is bestiality. This once again supports my theory that ol Denny hates the Japanese but has a fetish for farm animals.

The trolling and harassment rule is interesting as well. By these rules Alahmaht should have gotten his ass kicked out of MystBlogs for his hate rant against Slackers. In light of this, I will offer some help to Denis and end his list properly.

The Rules

The Myst Blogs and Uru Blogs moderators reserve the right to temporarily or indefinitely remove blog posts or whole blogs from the sites while reviewing content issues of the following nature:

  • sexually explicit, suggestive, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive content,
  • profanity,
  • trolling, spamming, harassing people, ad-hominem attacks and other negative behavior.
  • DISCLAIMER: members of the Asshat Secret Society need not follow the rules. In the eyes of the holy Rand you are the chosen ones who shall protect canon ass as well as your own.

Go ahead. Keep pushing anyone you see as”impure” out of the community. Like I’ve said all along, only those who love Canon are the true lovers of Cyan. Anyone who likes the idea of fan ages and random nonsense or even has the faintest idea of having both canon and non canon shards co existing needs to be fired out of a cannon.

/end fuckwittery