Peculiar request

Started by Piotr, September 08, 2013, 06:50:57 AM

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Piotr

Quote from: Mikefrompluto on September 10, 2013, 01:01:52 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 09, 2013, 08:07:33 PM
Quote from: Piotr on September 09, 2013, 05:27:26 PM
That just escalated to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1m1coz/imtg_app_blatantly_excludes_female_players/

That wasn't an obnoxious reply, her saying "EVERYONE FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR THIS APP AT ONCE IT SUCKS .rearend. BECAUSE THE STARTING LABELS ARE SIR EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN CHANGE THEM UGH PIOTR IS A GREEDY .female dog.

Putting words into her mouth (especially one as misogynistic as "bitch") is not helping our case.

If she didn't write a blog post about this incident, I would think it was coming from a genuine place, but because she did, I feel like she just needed something to write about and saw an easy subject; a subject which is already rife with anti-misogyny outlooks (gaming communities hating females [see Wil Wheaton's "Don't be a dick" speech.]) I also feel like any response Piotr would've given would've elicited a similar reaction, giving her writing material to fill her blog with. She also took it to the internet's cesspool in hopes of bringing more traffic to her blog (as evident by her posting a link to it.)

Tl;dr We were catfished.

Cheated? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZCDGBnC058

Mlerner12

Quote from: Mikefrompluto on September 10, 2013, 01:01:52 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 09, 2013, 08:07:33 PM
Quote from: Piotr on September 09, 2013, 05:27:26 PM
That just escalated to Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/1m1coz/imtg_app_blatantly_excludes_female_players/

That wasn't an obnoxious reply, her saying "EVERYONE FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR THIS APP AT ONCE IT SUCKS .rearend. BECAUSE THE STARTING LABELS ARE SIR EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN CHANGE THEM UGH PIOTR IS A GREEDY .female dog.

Putting words into her mouth (especially one as misogynistic as "bitch") is not helping our case.

If she didn't write a blog post about this incident, I would think it was coming from a genuine place, but because she did, I feel like she just needed something to write about and saw an easy subject; a subject which is already rife with anti-misogyny outlooks (gaming communities hating females [see Wil Wheaton's "Don't be a dick" speech.]) I also feel like any response Piotr would've given would've elicited a similar reaction, giving her writing material to fill her blog with. She also took it to the internet's cesspool in hopes of bringing more traffic to her blog (as evident by her posting a link to it.)

Tl;dr We were catfished.

Edit: After I made my initial comment, I saw Piotr posted this: "She had malicious intent of using my app as excuse to post blog entry which she thought will be easy way for her to gain more followers." We are privy to Ms. Leslie's plans!

I wasn't meaning to put words in her mouth. I merely... Paraphrased what I saw her saying.

Piotr

Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 10, 2013, 01:50:48 PMI wasn't meaning to put words in her mouth. I merely... Paraphrased what I saw her saying.

It doesn't matter. What matters is how SHE would feel if she was reading it, not how you did feel when you were writing it. Makes sense?

Mlerner12

Quote from: Piotr on September 10, 2013, 02:44:11 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 10, 2013, 01:50:48 PMI wasn't meaning to put words in her mouth. I merely... Paraphrased what I saw her saying.

It doesn't matter. What matters is how SHE would feel if she was reading it, not how you did feel when you were writing it. Makes sense?

I understand. I meant no harm, only to say what I felt, like she herself did.

Piotr

Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 10, 2013, 02:59:07 PM
Quote from: Piotr on September 10, 2013, 02:44:11 PM
Quote from: Mlerner12 on September 10, 2013, 01:50:48 PMI wasn't meaning to put words in her mouth. I merely... Paraphrased what I saw her saying.

It doesn't matter. What matters is how SHE would feel if she was reading it, not how you did feel when you were writing it. Makes sense?

I understand. I meant no harm, only to say what I felt, like she herself did.

No worries ;)