I don’t usually post raw videos from the insufferable assholes I write about on this site because, well, they’re insufferable assholes, and listening to them smugly opine about shit they’re completely ignorant about is generally about as entertaining as, you know, GirlWritesWhat videos. (I know, that’s a bit circular, but I really couldn’t come up with anything more insufferable than that.)
Anyhoo, I’ve broken my rule and posted this video because the two guys who made this video — the would-be filmmaking duo of jordanowen42 and Davis Aurini — are so over-the-top in their insufferable assholism that it’s actually kind of perversely charming.
You see, these two woman-hating YouTube blabbers — the first a belligerent doofus whose apartment is nearly as unkempt as mine, the other a sort of PUA version of Anton LaVey — are pitching what they claim will be an important new documentary exposing the evil “Social Justice Warrior” agenda of evil women and traitor men like Anita Sarkeesian, Zoe Quinn, and, well, I can’t remember the names of any of the men. It’s called The Sarkeesian Effect. And they want your money to fund it.
Their promised “feature-length documentary” will be a powerful work of investigative journalism that will give a voice to the voiceless — to the “silent majority” of, well, angry white dudes who spend whatever time they don’t spend playing video games posting obnoxious and abusive comments about Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn to YouTube and Reddit and eleven zillion other websites that cater to them.
In other words, this is the loudest “silent majority” I’ve ever run across.
But these are guys who love to pretend that their bold thoughts are being silenced, and PUA Anton LaVey Davis Aurini happily panders to their persecution complex:
Don’t let these people silence us. Your contribution will be a defiant strike against the degeneration and corruption that is going on in this world.
The word “degeneration” helps remind us that Aurini considers himself a part of the neo-Nazi-lite “Dark Enlightenment.”
Anyway, they argue that you should send them lots of money, because PUA Anton LaVey’s suits can’t be cheap you’ll be striking a blow for every dude who’s ever called Anita Sarkeesian a “whore” in a YouTube comment. Well, they don’t literally put it that way, but, you know, come on. That’s what they mean.
And hey, who wouldn’t trust this dude with their hard-earned cash?
I found this video hilarious from start to finish. Stick with it at least until, a little after 6 minutes in, PUA Anton LaVey Aurini lights up his second cigarette, showing what a devil-may-care attitude he has by mumbling his lines with a cigarette in his mouth as he fiddles with his lighter.
Yep, that’s the kind of quality investigative journalism you can expect from these two.
Looks like Command and Conquer’s Kane has a far more evil little brother.
Wow.
Just…wow.
If clueless douchebaggery had a face, it would be PUA anton LeVay’s.
April fool’s!
Right?
RIGHT?
I love how you refute their points and their criticisms instead of building up strawmen and insulting them based on their looks. Oh… wait…
Anita Sarkeesian’s post-Kickstarter videos did have improved quality, though…and her harassment was only “profitable” in the sense that it boosted awareness of the Kickstarter campaign, ginning up donations from sympathetic people. It wasn’t like the trolls were directly donating to Feminist Frequency.
*that* would be a pretty good scoop, though…
Sounds like these guys are just going to pad the usual Youtube “Sarkeesian Rant” reaction vid with an interview from Paul Elam. But I might give that slick bastard Davis $1 just to watch him mumble more dipshit whining around a Winston.
Hey guys, first time poster
I think a big part of the “problem” is that most media outlets have finally copped to the whole “present both sides” routine, so now these clowns are butthurt that when feminists get exposure after harassment/trolling, nobody invites one of them to present “balance”
I hate to tell you this, coffee, but it’s August. I think this is for real.
I’m really curious what “leads” they’re following up and who these guys are who have been “slandered” and “had their lives ruined by political correctness.” They offer no details, which makes me wonder if these leads are actually real.
“Silent majority” = Nixon-era wingerspeak for “loud obnoxious idiots who constitute nothing near a majority, except in MY circles, where there is nothing but”.
Also, I bet Cheap Suit LaVey there is a real hit with the ladies…and by “real hit”, I mean he sends them screaming out of whatever place he’s in.
…Davis kinda reminds me of someone.
…I spoke to a friend of this other guy: “He’s not bad-looking, but I don’t know what appeal he has, you know? He’s just so…hmm…slimy.
My friend said “That is the appeal. He’s self-lubricating.”
This just in: The budget has been posted in a response to someone else’s youtube comment.
Not in, like, a spread sheet made publicly available or anything where the donors can examine it and later hold them accountable.
I wonder if this is indicative of their methods overall…
Hey, that’s not nice… Anton LaVey was actually charismatic and understood consent.
I’m sure this will go just as well as the Misandry in Video Games series.
I can just see his sebaceous glands gushing oil on command.
I don’t know whether to snurk or gag, though.
can’t unsee Broke Ass Anton LeVay. WHO TOLD HIM THAT SHIT WAS OKAY TO WEAR AND DO!?
Their asking for 15k a month on their patreon…uhh I dont think it takes that much to make a documentary. Plus Jordanowen has several hour long videos on anita (he’s seriously obsessed with the woman) on his channel that could pass as documentaries, the whole thing seems pointless.
15K a month!? What the hell are they smokin’?
Pff, you’re not being silenced, you’re just irrelevant. The world is slowly becoming more rational and, ‘unfortunately,’ that means regarding your own nonsense as well as the more obvious of the world’s nonsenses.
Degenerates! Corrupt degenerates everywhere!!
I’m sure I’ve heard that before…
Oh gosh. So bad it’s good. Thanks for sharing. These guys are so creepy! They’re like real life Dr. Evil henchmen….really awful humans….but so incompetent and deluded, they’ll probably never cause any real harm.
@blahlistic
yup it’s true, they’ve got over 1000 so far
http://www.patreon.com/thesarkeesianeffect
M. Shiranui, they made points?
Davis really skeeves me out. Not only is there the still that David included in the article where he looks like he’s up to nefarious plotting, but when I paused the video on one of his segments he was making a very similar face. No one up to any good has ever had that look on their face.
A sort of exception is a friend of mine who themed herself as a red dragon when we went to the ren faire yesterday. She made the exact same face when posing in photos with my girlfriend, who had dressed as a faun. Of course, in her case she was TRYING to look like a malevolent demon. I don’t think Davis is going for that exact same effect, but he’s certainly achieving it.
I also want to add that I think Anton LaVey was a cool dude. Most of his writings in the Satanic Bible were empowering, though I remember one of his theories being somewhat problematic. (BTW, I’m sure everyone here is pretty knowledgeable about these things, but I don’t actually worship Satan and/or demons and neither did LaVey. Though if I did, I would likely follow Davis since he has some legit demon flair.)
This is a whole new level of ridiculousness from these guys. Good luck, um, ‘exposing’ Anita
Sarkeesian. I’m sure you’ll find something nefarious in what she does. (Like not playin’ REAL vidya gamez)
So, while this is very unlikely going to succeed, I’ve reported the campaign to the admin Patreon. Ridiculous premise aside, its statements about “SJW”s kind of got my goat. My cute and cuddly goat. I love goats. <3
HAHAHAHA!!!
These goofballs with their melodrama and bad acting. I can see the trailer now: An Anita Sarkeesian look-alike is tied to a railroad track while Davis stands over her twirling his moustaches and cackling evilly as the train bears down on them.
The funny thing is that jordanowen42 used to be a LaVeyan Satanist.
I followed him on YouTube back in those day. He had a few interesting things to say, despite that LaVey business, but he went weird and assholish later. Or maybe I just didn’t notice it before.