[Patch 4.18] Sion Reborn General Discussion - Page 23

On October 11 2014 03:24 Osmoses wrote:
What did thorin say to begin with? :p

On October 11 2014 03:34 Ketara wrote:


TL;DR version.

Thorin said racist shit about Poland.

Thorins job told him to STFU.

Thorin was later fired for saying other offensive things.

Since he was fired, he was then allowed to talk about the things he said, so he wrote a gigantic treatise trying to explain the Poland stuff in context so he didn't seem racist.

But when you read it, the treatise is still pretty racist and it's lol. The whole thing is basically "I said Poland was a shitty country. But in my defense, that's true."

On October 11 2014 03:47 Simberto wrote:
We still need a new word to describe "prejudiced and kind of an asshole about it against a country" because racist is currently getting used for that, but that is not what that word means.

On October 11 2014 03:53 Ketara wrote:
Yeah that's the word you want, it just doesn't have the same connotation. Racist works fine.

On October 11 2014 04:06 AlterKot wrote:
b-but thorin said nothing wrong :|

On October 11 2014 04:15 BrownBear wrote:
Thorin will always be relevant as long as he remains one of the high water marks for content creation. People hate him but love SI, his historical articles, etc.

As soon as less offensive people start coming out with the same level of content that he does, he'll fade away. Until then, I guess we just have to deal with him.

On October 11 2014 04:25 turdburgler wrote:
maybe im just crazy but i never thought thorins content was actually objectively... good. hes better than that rimjob artist travis but thats not saying anything at all. the overarching feeling i got watching thorins interviews are that hes in love with himself, he is absolutely sure of his own intelligence.

he frames every question with "now listen to this really smart comment ive got, this really unique point of view, oh yea you can talk now". thats not deep understanding of the subject, thats asking leading questions.

the best interviewers in the world ask concise questions, that allow the answerer to move around and change the topic as they see. seeing how someone perceives a simple question tells you more about their mindset and their feelings than their answer does. someone being offended by a simple remark shows you they are feeling defensive, someone trying to associate your current question with another topic shows you what they care about. when you spend 2 minutes specifying the question down to exactly the answer you want, you might as well just google the answer anyway.

especially when we already know that player and org management reserved the right to pull permission after the interview already took place, these detailed questions arent going to force out any extra info.

On October 11 2014 04:10 Requizen wrote:

Think about this: What if Homura did nothing wrong?