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Posted April 09, 2019
(Final Addition: This contest is now closed. I thank all who entered and that everyone stayed civil throughout. I also thank staff for allowing this to take place.)

(Addition: Contest is marked as a question thread as REP will be awarded to the second place winner)

(Addition 2: Contest is due in large part to the kindness of GOGGER BeatriceElysia, who bought me games and didn't want return payment in the end. I donate the repayment to the board in the form of this contest.)
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With life(seemingly) causing my mind to fall deeper into the Lovecraftian-horror styled madness with each passing day, I decided to hold a contest to cheer myself (and 1 lucky GOGGER) up.

Prize: 1 GOG game(up to 7-8 american dollars) of one's choosing

How to enter: Simply list(URL to news article/etc or just mentioning it) something listed recently(within the past few years) as Problematic/x-ist(racist/'sexist/etc) which is harmless/innocuous/etc. Your example can be realistic(with links to info/news on such), or even a joke on what you think will get labelled "problematic" next.

Also mention what game you want if you win, obviously. :)

(Winner will be chosen at random by R.N.G.)

(Example: recently people have tried to get MILK labelled as racist because some trolls made memes about nazzis drinking/promoting milk.)

The contest will be open until the 12th/13th(so at midnight on the start of the 13th) Eastern Standard Time.

GR

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Entrants
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1. fronzelneekburm

2. Benkii

3. aRealCyborg

4. servobeupstry

5. Korotan

6. ariaspi

7. TheBigCore
Post edited April 13, 2019 by GameRager
This question / problem has been solved by aRealCyborgimage
Posted April 09, 2019
Not in.....But this could turn bad,once the trolls get in here with their idiotic ideas.....Good Luck.
Posted April 09, 2019
The new Joker movie is yet another celebration of toxic masculinity! (not in, just thought it was kind of funny)

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/joker-movie-cast-joaquin-phoenix-dc-toxic-masculinity-a8857441.html
Post edited April 09, 2019 by user deleted
Posted April 09, 2019
I'm not in.

Some people say that the word "history" is sexist because it can be interpreted as "his story", thus excluding women. Their solution is the brand new word herstory. But why stop at that, they should also have therestory to talk about places, and themstory to talk about groups. In the immortal words of Sandy "Stupidity isn't a virus, but it sure is spreading like one".

https://www.villainesse.com/think/herstory-history-we-need-new-term-describe-past
Posted April 09, 2019
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DadJoke007: The new Joker movie is yet another celebration of toxic masculinity! (not in, just thought it was kind of funny)

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/joker-movie-cast-joaquin-phoenix-dc-toxic-masculinity-a8857441.html
There's a NEW joker movie? Hmm....better remind myself to go check it out sometime(And rewatch the one with the BANE/plane scene as well).
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Tauto: Not in.....But this could turn bad,once the trolls get in here with their idiotic ideas.....Good Luck.
Thanks. I am hoping people like me can vent about the current situation in society while having a fun giveaway in the meantime. :)

*Crosses fingers and hopes it comes to be*
Post edited April 09, 2019 by GameRager
Posted April 09, 2019
Thanks for the giveaway! In for Diablo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/movies/mary-poppins-returns-blackface.html

New York times article about how Mary Poppins is racist! Because chimney sweepers getting soot in their face equals blackface, thus racism. Written by a white guy, obviously.
Posted April 09, 2019
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fronzelneekburm: Thanks for the giveaway! In for Diablo.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/movies/mary-poppins-returns-blackface.html

New York times article about how Mary Poppins is racist! Because chimney sweepers getting soot in their face equals blackface, thus racism. Written by a white guy, obviously.
An interesting lad named No Bullsh*t(substitute the proper vowel for the asterisk) on youtube makes a good case against that one, actually.
Posted April 09, 2019
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theslitherydeee: Some people say that the word "history" is sexist because it can be interpreted as "his story", thus excluding women. Their solution is the brand new word herstory.
https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/mind-blown.gif?w=580&h=435

edit: not in but thanks for the giveaway and cheers to BeatriceElysia
Post edited April 09, 2019 by Vythonaut
Posted April 09, 2019
Thanks for the giveaway. I'm in for Escape from Monkey Island.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/student-suspended-for-pop-tart-gun_n_2903500

Article is about a student that got suspended from school for shaping his pop tart into a gun. That's stupid on its own but it's what my state did afterward that's even dumber.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scott-pop-tart_n_5518167

Florida actually passed a 'pop tart' gun bill that prevents schools from disciplining kids from playing with simulated weapons (aka pop tart guns). Yup, politicians at their finest. /sarcasm
Posted April 09, 2019
I am in i found this one time
https://thedickinsonian.com/opinion/2019/02/07/should-white-boys-still-be-allowed-to-talk/
really like why.

(Also i think this contest can go bad if you get trolls here)

If i win can i have risk of rain? if that is to much please tell me
Post edited April 09, 2019 by aRealCyborg
Posted April 09, 2019
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theslitherydeee: I'm not in.

Some people say that the word "history" is sexist because it can be interpreted as "his story", thus excluding women. Their solution is the brand new word herstory. But why stop at that, they should also have therestory to talk about places, and themstory to talk about groups. In the immortal words of Sandy "Stupidity isn't a virus, but it sure is spreading like one".

https://www.villainesse.com/think/herstory-history-we-need-new-term-describe-past
I was going to point out that the term herstory would by exclusionary to trans-folks, but the author already beat me to it... xD

However, herstory as a term in place of history never really caught on beyond a select few second-wave feminists. The trans-exclusionary politics of some of them – and an insistence that “born-womyn” were the only ones who could use the word – also hurt its chances at wider usage.
Wow, this is so progressive!
Posted April 09, 2019
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Post edited January 07, 2021 by servobeupstry
Posted April 09, 2019
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GameRager: How to enter: Simply list(URL to news article/etc or just mentioning it) something listed recently(within the past few years) as Problematic/x-ist(racist/'sexist/etc) which is harmless/innocuous/etc. Your example can be realistic(with links to info/news on such), or even a joke on what you think will get labelled "problematic" next.
This is a bad idea.

I can tell that you mean it to be light hearted and harmless. However, this forum regularly goes ballistic over the topic of what some people find problematic and what others find inoccuous.

Please, cancel this giveaway and ask support to close the thread.
Posted April 09, 2019
Anthem is discriminating hear and voiceless people so that blind people are not discriminated:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGame/comments/akbel9/no_spoilers_wonder_why_anthem_doesnt_have_text/

I want to enter with https://www.gog.com/game/spellcasting_123
Post edited April 09, 2019 by Korotan
Posted April 09, 2019
I understand the intention of creating this thread is not bad, but just in case, we are keeping a very close watch on this thread. If anything goes wrong we will lock it immediately.
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