Musings from Min

skarvika: THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:54:53 -0400

skarvika:

THERE’S A SNAKE IN MY BOOT

guymontagburning: She’s really proud of herself. She rolled...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:49:32 -0400

guymontagburning:

She’s really proud of herself. She rolled this out and then sat on it, admiring it, for a really long time.

thegashlycrumbdalton: Friendly reminder: erasure is not...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:44:02 -0400

thegashlycrumbdalton:

Friendly reminder: erasure is not equality.

“At what point has your right to express yourself been...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:38:47 -0400

“At what point has your right to express yourself been infringed upon?”

“…”

eyecager: Welcome to my home. I choose gravedigging as my...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:33:01 -0400

eyecager:

Welcome to my home.

I choose gravedigging as my theme.

whycantithinkofacoolname: sillylaureate: theknighttoyourtime: ...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:53:29 -0400

whycantithinkofacoolname:

sillylaureate:

theknighttoyourtime:

super-scout:

aetropos:

starexorcist:

tehmostaewsumblogevar:

starexorcist:

ecrusher:

10knotes:

M&Ms Droplets

now that’s what photography should be about… not a black and white picture of someone’s shoes

The top picture is full of M&M’s. They’re bule, red, orange, green, yellow, and brown.

But in the bottom picture we clearly see there’s white, pink, and even purple candies in the bowl.

The bottom picture is of gumballs! This concludes that the bottom picture is not taken with that camera at all. I’d even go as far to say that it was edited in photoshop with a filter!

Yes the above image and the below image are not the same photograph being taken. This is rather obvious.

BUT Mr. Wright there is one thing you overlooked. Examine the droplets on the bottom image. None of them are from the same angle. This is a natural occurance when looking through water droplets.

Is it not possible that the photographer took the second image first?

Would it not be more probable that when asked HOW it was taken he/she took the above image of their setup Using M&Ms, something much more common in a household rather than many gumballs, something they may have just bought for the original photo?

So to claim it was not taken with the same camera is indeed a long shot Mr. Wright.

Thank you for your time.

Really Edgeworth, is that you’re argument.

Aren’t you overlooking the fact that there are no pink M&Ms. This proves undeniably that these are not, in fact M&Ms, but some other kind of candy.

And one other thing, I find it highly improbable that not one piece of candy is facing so the M logo is on the candy.

So in conclusion, there is no way these are possibly M&Ms.

hey mister I think you’re confuuuuuuused. Edgeworth agreed that they weren’t M&M’s. He was just refuting that there is a possibility there wasnt any photoshop used and that the above image was only depicting the method used in the bottom image.

I think someone might be getting a little senile hehehe

Everyone seems to be walking around the accusations by examining whether they are or aren’t M&Ms. That is not what’s important. What we should be looking at is instead, the so-called droplets, compared to the background image.

The angles within the droplets do not realistically coincide with one another! As well, I don’t spend much time staring at drops of water, but I can surely say I’ve never seen such clarity in any water droplet. Also, as in the former picture, there is an obvious fogging on the glass, surely caused by whichever process was used to spray the water. Where is the fog?

On top of all that, the drops are amazingly tiny compared to the anonymous-candy. One could argue the sheet is further away than in the ‘example’ pic, but the blurring of the candies definitely objects to that. We could also try to assume that the spray method used in the ‘original’ photo caused much tinier water spots, but are we to believe that the photographer was so careless that they couldn’t recreate the correct droplet size in the ‘example’? Surely, they should have been able to cause at least a closer resemblance.

Sure seems like they went out of their way to showcase the methodology of how the photograph was taken, yet neglected to go far enough to ensure it could be a like-comparison?

Rather unlikely!

Actually, Mr. Godot!!

Well, according to the properties of light and the way it’s refracted…

If you mirror it the right way, they line up just fine!

Hold on there, pups. You’re all going in completely different directions. Shih-na, if you will?

Lang Zi says: “The truth lies not at the exit, but rather, shines outside the maze itself.”

You need to see past the boundaries given to you in order to figure out the actual purpose and, as much as I’d hate to admit, both Mr. Prosecutor and the crow-girl have some pretty tame ground under their feet with those assumptions.

As said before, it’s logical to assume the photographer is merely depicting the method used in order to get the results shown in the second photo—and it can be just that.

But what if it’s something else entirely?

We’re all wolves who’ve been swindled by the coyote that has stolen our kill. How do we know if the photographer just isn’t using some clever ploy to get us all confused? He could have taken these pictures separately and simply put them together with getting us riled up in mind.

I think we all need to reconsider our options, here.

Casually brings it back.

amazing use of gifs, ladies and gentleman

Photo

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:28:26 -0400

Rabbit: “What’re you looking at?”

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:27:51 -0400

Rabbit: “What’re you looking at?”

bossanovabyss: boycameron: indieintellectual: concerningmish...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:15:32 -0400

bossanovabyss:

boycameron:

indieintellectual:

concerningmishas:

I’M SORRY BUT THIS REALLY PISSED ME OFF AND I NEEDED TO VENT.

So I liked this page last year for the shits and gigs, as you do. I found it funny, and let slide the few sexist posts.

Only recently- and after I got a tumblr- did I really start to notice the abundance of rape, sexist and racist jokes appearing on my news feed. And it pissed me off.

I said nothing, however, because what could I do? Send in a message to the page and get labelled a whore and a slut by the Admins as I’ve seen so many people do?

Then this motherfucking gem popped up.

I usually don’t get involved in these sorts of things; if I do my comment gets lost more often than not and goes unnoticed. But I had to comment, I really had to.

I thought my argument was valid and whole, and I was actually rather happy when he admin directly replied to my comment.

I narrowed down my five favourite games ever and posted them.

Of course, I got beaten and labeled down once again.

When I asked for a rational clarification of his definitions of “casual” and “core” he did not reply. It was only when I directly insinuated the bias of his claim did I get a response.

“A feminist I see. No arguments need to be made. Good luck with getting them eggs fertilized”

Note the use of “feminist” as an insult.

I have had my fair share of gender specific hate regarding gaming. I get told I am a fake and a bitch if I get a high score; I get told to “suck a dick because you are better at that, bitch” if I get a low score; I get told to “get back in the kitchen, slut” without any prompt at all, simply because I have a vagina.

I am beyond sick of this. I hate the fact that if a male who hypothetically plays a few hours of CoD can be easily called a gamer by the wider community but I if were to say that I was a level 34 on Skyrim I would immediately be called a fake geek girl, a casual gamer and a liar.

I hate the fact that, even though 45% of gaming consumers are female, developers and publishers still believe that there is not a large enough demographic for female protagonists.

I hate the fact that most women in video games are no more than sexulised objects in skimpy clothing.

I hate the fact that I cannot enjoy a game without being labeled and branded because of the fact that I posses a vagina and not a penis.

~sorry about the long post clogging up your dash. I needed to vent~

Off-topic somewhat, but important.

why this

Okay, I have a lot of thoughts on this, so bear with me.

First, as a general disclaimer, I tend to frown at the use of “core” and “casual” when referring to games/gamers as a general rule, the reason being that “casual” is often used disparagingly; i.e., “oh, you only play casual games, you’re not a real gamer/you should feel bad for enjoying those games,” etc. But when I do use them, I tend to refer to “casual” games as games like Farmville or Bejeweled; games without strategy or that don’t take a lot of thought/skill, that you just play … well, casually. Things you can play for five seconds or so when you’re bored, or waiting in line or whatever. That doesn’t necessarily make them bad—I happen to love Robot Unicorn Attack, and I’d consider that to be a casual game (though it does take skill to get high scores, but you know what I mean)—but it just makes them casual.

Even so, I hate using that word, because more often than not the core vs. casual spectrum is used as a hierarchy—a way to make others feel bad for the things they enjoy while putting yourself on a higher pedestal, and that—in my opinion—is an awful thing to do.

That being said, if you ask anyone other than the douchebag that runs this Facebook page, they would most likely tell you that the games Grace listed—Bioshock Infinite, Red Dead Redemption, etc—are not casual games. I can’t think of a single game on that list that would earn the “casual” label, even by the definitions of others (which sometimes also include games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, since those are simulation games rather than platforming/adventure/etc games). Ed either rates core vs. casual based on his personal preference (i.e. “any game I don’t like is casual”), or he would have said that Graces’ games were casual regardless of what she listed, even if she somehow had access to a list of his favorites and rattled them off. But either way, if we’re going to try and take a standardized rating system of core vs. casual, the games she listed would have been more on the core side of things, if that matters to anyone. He was arguing and cutting her down just to try and further his point, rather than because his words had any merit whatsoever.

Moving on, I absolutely think that Grace is right when she says that if her name was George instead, she wouldn’t have received that response. The fact is, there is a stigma against girls who are gamers within the gaming community (and sadly it stretches all the way back to development teams, but that’s not what this is about). The fact that this post was made at all and that 167 people liked it shows that. The fact that Ed had people liking his derogatory comments toward Grace shows that. There’s an attitude of “girls don’t really play games” and “if they do they’re just casual gamers anyway” and “they’re just doing it for attention/to get in someone’s pants” etc. We’re treated as if we’re so different, as if we’re such alien creatures, as if our tastes are so wildly different than men’s tastes that there’s no possible, conceivable way that we could enjoy video games/comic books/other nerdy things. We have to be faking it, making it up, just saying that we like it to get attention. We spend our money on these expensive video games and comic books, on apparel, and strike up conversations about these things and carry on long, involved discussions about them all for show, just to try and get some attention. We have nothing else better to spend our money on or spend our time talking about.

That’s the attitude that exists in nerd culture today (but especially video game culture). And it’s sickening, as well as absolutely batshit stupid, because here’s the deal:

I don’t have much money. I make it by the skin of my teeth every month. So if I’m going to spend the small amount of disposable income I have on something, you best be damn sure that it’s something that I genuinely love, that genuinely makes me happy. If I’m going to type up a nine page essay that isn’t required for any class I’m taking, you best be damn sure it’s because I’m writing about something that I’m genuinely passionate about. I wouldn’t waste my hard earned money otherwise. I wouldn’t waste my time otherwise. And you know what? I’m not an anomaly. There are millions—billions, even—of women out there just like me in this regard, that like nerdy things and wouldn’t waste their money or time on them if they didn’t genuinely love them.

But despite this—despite the fact that there are so many of us, and that this has been going on for years, as long as nerdy things have existed—we’re still treated like anomalies, like mythical creatures, as if we’re lesser than the male fans because of our supposed rarity. I think the thing that gets me the most is that I have heard, over and over again, about how guys just want a gamer girlfriend, how they wish their girlfriend was into games/comics like them, how it’s all they’ve ever wanted. But the second a woman steps up and says that she plays games, the second she tries to show her nerdy pride by wearing a shirt or joining in the discussion, she’s labeled a slut/whore who’s only looking for attention and who knows even less than Jon Snow, so she should just shut up and get back in the kitchen. Which is it, guys? Do you want to hang around nerdy girls? Or would you rather we leave you alone so you can continue pretending that we don’t exist, and that our thoughts, feelings, and experiences don’t matter because of that?

It’s a vicious cycle of misogyny. The gaming community wants to shut women out because they think we don’t exist/they don’t want to share their shiny toys with us. Because of this, game companies see this and cater to them by including misogynistic things in the games/marketing. The community buys these games because they do have good points to them, too (fun gameplay, intriguing plot lines, etc), which gives the developers money for their creations, which makes the developers think that the misogyny is okay, which makes them make more misogynistic games, etc. And all the while, treatment of female fans gets worse, and worse, and worse.

As shown by this Facebook conversation.

I’ve been a gamer since I was four years old and I don’t see myself giving up games any time soon. But gaming culture never fails to make me feel disgusted.

dad-rock-davos: If you feel victimized for being cis on tumblr log off of tumblr for a bit and bask...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:16:54 -0400

dad-rock-davos:

If you feel victimized for being cis on tumblr log off of tumblr for a bit and bask in the warm glow of an entire fucking civilization designed to make us feel comfortable you whiny shitting infant