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Hey all. Just wanted to jump in here to state a couple of things.
(Note, "you" in this thread is used generally, not specifically.)
If you have issues or problems with specific moderation decisions made by the moderation team, are unhappy with the overall moderation of the site, or are unhappy with the culture of the site overall, please email the mods (pm or call @ gamerswithjobs.com). We are very open to explaining why we do things. We may not agree with your point of view, but we will listen and tell you why we feel differently.
I'm a 47-year old married white dude. Wife, 2 kids, post-graduate degree and comfortably cemented into a cushy government job. Basically peak privilege as compared to almost everyone else. For the longest time, people in my societal and cultural position have been punching everyone else, and forcing them to take it because, they who make the rules, well, make the rules.
Now, the cultural viewpoint has changed such that punching down (which, for middle-class, middle-aged white dudes is targeting pretty much everyone) is starting to be seen as unacceptable, and there are a number of said white dudes who are very unhappy with this.
Too. Bleeping. Bad.
"Because I don't like it" coming from a cultural and societal group that exists at the very tippy top of privilege doesn't hold a whole lot of weight when "too bad" is the excuse that was made to every other target that isn't at that point of privilege for generations.
GWJ, as a site, will always strive to be more inclusive, more welcoming, and safer for those cultural and societal groups who feel unwelcome in the large majority of the rest of the web (particularly with respect to video games and their discussion). We have lost far too many women, lgbtq+, and poc over the years because of discussions that have been held. (Looks at various image threads that were dedicated to drooling over actresses for example).
While the past site culture cannot be changed, the culture of the site going forward can be changed, and it will be changed to one that is more welcoming to a larger swath of people. If, in making GWJ more comfortable for women, lgbtq+ and poc, people with disabilities and so on, the site is made infinitesimally less comfortable for people at peak privilege, and this is something that makes you not want to participate in the site anymore, well, feel free to delete your bookmark or randomize your password.
That second one is an ADHD thing, I think (from personal experience). It's getting overwhelmed and then processing the queue and responding.
maybe a bit dark for some
Batman Begins To Kill a Mockingbird.
Bowling for Columbine high school musical
Home Alone vs Predator
How to Train Your 12 Angry Men
Who Framed Forrest Gump
Batman and Robin make a Porno
Annihilation of Green Gables
Howard's Endgame
Team America: World Contagion
The Return of the Return of the Jedi
Fight Club Love Story, because the second rule of fight club is never having to say you're sorry.
Howard Stern's Private Benjamin
Close Encounters of the Third Person
Raiders of the Lost Boys
Sex, Lies, and Scooby-Doo
My Big Fat Greek Horror Picture Show
Turner and Hooch Knocked Up
When Harry Met Candyman
Van Wilder at Heart
Captain America: The Winter Queen.
Dances With Teen Wolf
Spring Breaker Morant
Joe Under the Volcano
The Land Before Timecop
National Lampoon's Jurassic Park Vacation
Snakes on a Plane, Trains and Automobiles
2 Fast 2 Fury Road
Ferris Bueller's New Nightmare
Manos: The Hands of The Jerk
Conan the Killer Tomato
Indianan Jones and the Raiders of the Chocolate Facotry
Conan the Killer Tomato
That made me think you could put Conan in many of them
Conan driving Ms Dasiey
Conan coming to America.
Dances With Teen Wolf
Breakdances With Teen Wolf 2: Electric Boogaloo?
Harold and Maudition
Casino Royale with Cheese
Con Air America
Anchormanon des Sources
Jean de Flor a Fistful of Dollars
My own addition: "When I wore a younger man's clothes" is literally just last night for the dude, when he hooked up with a younger guy his size, and put on the wrong pair of jeans afterward.
Tanglebones adores Billy Joel.
Tanglebones adores Billy Joel.
*stares daggers*
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