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On May 22 2015 12:01 onlywonderboy wrote:
I specifically didn't post in GD because I didn't want to get into a big argument. I just don't understand why it's such a difficult concept to act like a civil human being even during an online game. Like, I try not to say things to people in a game that I wouldn't say to someone on the street. Everyone just wants carte blanche to say whatever they want because it's the internet and I think that's horseshit.
This is my stance as well but I don't think I articulated my thoughts well to General Discussion.
For me it's a mystery why people think trash talking is fun. Well, I think I know where they're coming from, but I get no joy in intentionally hurting people's feelings.
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On May 22 2015 13:08 Frudgey wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2015 12:01 onlywonderboy wrote:
I specifically didn't post in GD because I didn't want to get into a big argument. I just don't understand why it's such a difficult concept to act like a civil human being even during an online game. Like, I try not to say things to people in a game that I wouldn't say to someone on the street. Everyone just wants carte blanche to say whatever they want because it's the internet and I think that's horseshit. This is my stance as well but I don't think I articulated my thoughts well to General Discussion. For me it's a mystery why people think trash talking is fun. Well, I think I know where they're coming from, but I get no joy in intentionally hurting people's feelings.
well, you are canadian...
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On May 22 2015 13:08 Frudgey wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2015 12:01 onlywonderboy wrote:
I specifically didn't post in GD because I didn't want to get into a big argument. I just don't understand why it's such a difficult concept to act like a civil human being even during an online game. Like, I try not to say things to people in a game that I wouldn't say to someone on the street. Everyone just wants carte blanche to say whatever they want because it's the internet and I think that's horseshit. This is my stance as well but I don't think I articulated my thoughts well to General Discussion. For me it's a mystery why people think trash talking is fun. Well, I think I know where they're coming from, but I get no joy in intentionally hurting people's feelings.
Coming from a sports background it's easy to see why trash talking happens/is fun/etc, however like basically everything on the internet, there is a subset of people that take it too far to the point that I don't think it would pass as 'trash talking' anymore. As mentioned though, the position of the line will be subject to extreme individual preference.
Also, far be it for me to say nobody clowns on their own teammate in 'real' sports, but that rate at which it happens in online gaming is absurd, and is typically where most of the complaining comes from. That doesn't really fall under the umbrella of trash talking.
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United States47024 Posts
There's trash talk, and then there's flaming.
Real trash talk is an art. Most of what's seen in online gaming is just mindless flaming.
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On May 22 2015 13:00 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2015 12:56 Nos- wrote:On May 22 2015 12:35 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:
random question. Am I allowed to refer to myself as Chinese if I'm only a quarter Chinese? It's my second largest behind being a half Irish
I mean I don't try to pass myself off as being mostly Chinese I just say that I'm of Chinese descent. are people giving you grief about this though? If you're a quarter chinese you're of chinese descent the math checks out Yeah, but how much can you really claim Chinese descent if you don't have any inkling of Chinese culture?
well I don't really have a lot of Chinese culture if any (probably because my grandfather passed away before I was born) and no one is giving me grief about it or anything I was just kind of curious what people thought about it. I'm interested a little bit into learning about it and maybe incorporating some cultural things which is why I've been thinking about it.
in regards to trash talking I mean I kind of get it cause I used to do it a little bit in high school but to be fair I was an idiot in high school who bought a Halo 3 account at one point and did lots of incredibly stupid things (to a certain extent, not like drugs or anything just dumb dumb stuff.)
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Just watched Big Hero 6
I liked it
fuck tha haterz
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On May 22 2015 14:48 WaveofShadow wrote:
Just watched Big Hero 6
I liked it
fuck tha haterz
I don't hate it. I just found it focused entirely on the main character who I found uninsteresting and so much stuff happened the other characters got kind of ignored. So i was kind of bored with it.
I mean It was good I guess but I have no desire to see it again.
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Holy shit Soniv, Ryzen is playing Warlock.
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On May 22 2015 12:35 Karis Vas Ryaar wrote:
random question. Am I allowed to refer to myself as Chinese if I'm only a quarter Chinese? It's my second largest behind being a half Irish
I mean I don't try to pass myself off as being mostly Chinese I just say that I'm of Chinese descent.
Generally I avoid these types of discussion on TL (and will do so in this case as well) because it's a pretty awful community for them (better than some others obvs). I do a lot of mixed race community organizing and activism/advocacy work and this is an open invitation for you to PM me if you're interested in learning about it from a critical race studies perspective.
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On May 22 2015 14:48 WaveofShadow wrote:
Just watched Big Hero 6
I liked it
fuck tha haterz
Almost everyone likes it. TL just always has that special contingent of negative nancies.
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I have no idea where Wei plays basketball, but I've played basketball for over a decade now and have never heard any trash talk beyond a sarcastic "nice shot." Sounds awful to have to bear with league of legends solo q chat in real life too.
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On May 22 2015 13:08 Frudgey wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2015 12:01 onlywonderboy wrote:
I specifically didn't post in GD because I didn't want to get into a big argument. I just don't understand why it's such a difficult concept to act like a civil human being even during an online game. Like, I try not to say things to people in a game that I wouldn't say to someone on the street. Everyone just wants carte blanche to say whatever they want because it's the internet and I think that's horseshit. This is my stance as well but I don't think I articulated my thoughts well to General Discussion. For me it's a mystery why people think trash talking is fun. Well, I think I know where they're coming from, but I get no joy in intentionally hurting people's feelings.
Well when you're trash talking you don't want to crush your interlocutor's soul, you're mostly being cheeky (more or less explicitly) in my opinion.
See in this thread, I don't think people are trying to hurt each other when jabs fly around.
... most of the time.
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On May 22 2015 16:42 RagequitBM wrote:
I have no idea where Wei plays basketball, but I've played basketball for over a decade now and have never heard any trash talk beyond a sarcastic "nice shot." Sounds awful to have to bear with league of legends solo q chat in real life too.
I guess since my college was sort of close to the ghetto, there were ton of black people. it's pretty rough trash talk, but it was all in good fun.
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On May 22 2015 16:49 wei2coolman wrote:Show nested quote +On May 22 2015 16:42 RagequitBM wrote:
I have no idea where Wei plays basketball, but I've played basketball for over a decade now and have never heard any trash talk beyond a sarcastic "nice shot." Sounds awful to have to bear with league of legends solo q chat in real life too. I guess since my college was sort of close to the ghetto, there were ton of black people. it's pretty rough trash talk, but it was all in good fun.
In the ghetto trash talk gets real. Then again in the ghetto everyone cusses everyone out kek.
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90% of the things people flame each other with online are things you would't say to people in real life not because they're offensive, but because they sound stupid as fuck when you say them to people in person.
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On May 22 2015 17:12 TheYango wrote:
90% of the things people flame each other with online are things you would't say to people in real life not because they're offensive, but because they sound stupid as fuck when you say them to people in person.
sort of a moot point, different audience different insults.
though not gunna lie, i was pretty happy when someone said "nice shot for a chink" :D
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Then how do people conflate pure flaming that comes out online with in-person trash talk?
The entire idea of "its ok in person so its ok online" makes no fucking sense when online "trash talk" is just way shittier.
Like I said, there's trash talk, and then there's just plain flaming.
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On May 22 2015 17:12 TheYango wrote:
90% of the things people flame each other with online are things you would't say to people in real life not because they're offensive, but because they sound stupid as fuck when you say them to people in person.
u lucker dog gaymad
ur a joke hahahahahahaha LOL
oh god Marmy actually says these in real life though ._.
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