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.
@ sparky – Poe’s law in reverse? S’eop law?
The beginning of it really does feel like a parody, doesn’t it? It’s certainly better comedy than anything I’ve seen the AVfMers do when they actually attempt to be funny.
Ken L.:
Because Western Civiliazation(tm) is clearly the work of Manly-Man Traditional White Men(tm). Eastern civilization is the work of non-white people, so clearly it doesn’t count.
/sarcasm
I haven’t caught up with this thread yet but I’m putting Shiranui on moderation for annoying giffing. Also for being a passive-aggresive butthead.
@grumpyoldnurse:
The only tall one I know is Gandalf. Since he stuck me with these dwarves, I’m starting to be skeptical about the wisdom and strength inherent in tall ones.
Really. Don’t leave saving the world up to Gandalf. He’d probably find out something really important and just sit on it for a good few decades, and then wonder why the darkness is starting to rise, and come up with some ridiculous method of fixing it.
Eagles would fit in somehow. I just know it. Probably swooping in to save the day at the very last minute. Or something. At least hobbits have sense!
Although, baking does sound like it would be nice right about now.
There’s one problem: the elves would catch me. Thorin (the fool) ticked off the elvenking quite well. Angry elves are really scary.
I suppose I should stop being Bilbo now…
Please don’t stop! You’re a very good Bilbo.
GrumpyOldNurse:
I like it. S’eop law: When a sincere expression of extremism or fundamentalism is so ridiculous or over-the-top it becomes an unintentional self-parody.
You guys, we totally don’t understand that Shiranui is a KUNOICHI. And a *real one* at that. Baka gaijins like us wouldn’t understand. (Note: I am an anime fan)
http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/072/265/1237917779613.jpg
I think that book review might be (kind of) subtly making fun of the book.
Jacket blurb, whatever.
Neo-reactionary turds have a very limited repertoire. It’s usually some variation of “I’ll try to seem intellectual by writing many needlessly convoluted pages to have my tantrum because women are oppressing me with communist miscegenation.” It’s hard to be scared of a group whose bravest adherent was Elliot Rodger.
fruitloopsie – Aw… Okami was fun.
LOLwut? We have everything we want? Um, NO. I’m a socialist, and I definitely see our civilization in decline…as a result of conservative, libertarian and fascist forces combining to fuck the environment, human rights, and anything else that’s good in this world. Yet these guys think their “dark, macabre and morose” vision should give them pleasure by making us miserable? Just for that, I’m gonna fight harder to thwart them and make THEM miserable. Ha, ha.
“Dark Enlightenment” = privileged nerds who want to make their selfish entitlement sound like a phylosophy.
The sad thing is that just as there’s a legitimate conversation to be had about men’s issues — which these guys are ruining — there’s a serious conversation about the problems with the Enlightenment — which these guys are also ruining.
As a woman and long-time gamer, it really annoys me when misogynist assholes try to claim video gaming for themselves.
I’m not sure if this is still the case today, but back in the 80s marketing in the toy industry was highly gender-specific when it came to products companies calculate would only appeal to one gender. There were ‘boy toys’ commercials where only boys appeared and ‘girl toys’ commercials with just girls. You’re not going to see many commercials where girls play with GI Joe or He-Man toys. ONLY toys they thought would appeal to boys and girls had both in the commercials. I’m not saying this is a good thing, just that’s the way it was. (is?)
So the question is, if video games have always been this exclusive club for boys only, why do so many classic game commercials shows girls? I’m not talking female video game characters. I’m talking girl players playing them, or appearing in a mixed group of kids. Here’s some examples, but I’m just going to leave them as links.
Video games were definitely thought of as toys when these commercials were made. A lot of the idiots complaining about girls ruining everything weren’t even alive then.
Oops, didn’t realize they would show up as actual videos.
Sorry about that!
Not being historically familiar? I would guess it’s because, ideally, a sniper’s not engaged in hand to hand fighting.
They’re moving fast, traveling light, and sneaking quietly into and out of position.
This as opposed to carrying a lot of heavy munitions and such. Will have to look up why and or ask my LDR guy why the Russians would have preferred women snipers.
LDR guy was a sniper. Has residual insomnia and a freakish ability to blend into shrubbery.
I actually remember that Mario 3 ad. It’s my favorite all time game. And yeah, in the early 90’s when I played a lot of Nintendo nobody thought it was unusual for girls to play. Most of my friends were into Mario and Tetris.
>The truth is, Anita isn’t saying anything other people haven’t said, or being particularly deep or radical in her views. As far as feminism goes, her videos are outright sedate, and her merit is just to present lots of information (THAT WAS ALREADY THERE) in one place, in an easy to digest format.
This. The rage her videos have cause online is so goddamn out of whack considering their actual content. I can only explain that via people being really mad about her reminding them of stuff they already were perfectly aware of, but chose to ignore.
I’ll be honest, there’s a part of me that wonders if this isn’t really just one huge con to get money out of a bunch of angry dudebro gamers. I’m envisioning countless “technical problems” and “outrageous attempts to censor us” in the future of this project.
This…maybe?
ai’m new around here and yeah, HTML means “How to Meet Ladies” in mai tiny universe…
But what is up with the “dudebro gamers”? Why they haz so much hate?
and fuck u wordpress; why can’t ai sign in?
So true, Kakanian. I have no idea where anybody is getting this idea that Anita Sarkeesian is trying to “silence” anybody or take away anybody’s games. She’s essentially saying “hey, let’s mix it up and not rely constantly on the some old clichéd ideas which denigrate women”. Asking for more variety and originality, and giving a different perspective on things, is somehow being misrepresented as a cusade to detroy Games As We Know Them. I seriously have seen Sarkeesian referred to as an “extremist” more than once, as if she’s about to charge into Bungee Studios wearing an explosive vest or something. It’s ridiculous.
Maybe relevant, but does give some insight into American gaming culture. ai found it…well… it just explains a lot.
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1016446/5-Things-About-American-Online
anyways, glad to see folks who game here.
I don’t think we’ll ever be able to tell whether this was intended as a con. You’d have to really hate women to make this, even as a cynical money-making con. If it were a con, you’d pretty much have to hate men too, but most of the MRM already does. There is a 100% chance that the project will be delayed by mysterious technical problems, but we won’t know whether it’s because they’re scammers or because they’re grossly incompetent. It’s quite likely to be both!
At some point they’ll disappear, taking most of the money with them and leaving behind one terrible half-finished video, but we’ll never know whether that was the original plan or they just got lazy.