@-wc- A couple things are at the top of the list for boys (and men) being hurt by wokeness. The first is that boys are falling behind girls in school by a lot. The second thing is that boys and young men are something like 4 times more likely to commit suicide. This isn't to say that girls aren't having a rough time though. I think more teenage girls are depressed than teenage boys. But I believe that the "woke" mindset does not care for the boy's and men's issues. It is just seen as toxic masculinity and there is some truth to it. But there is no real focus on how to better raise or prepare boys to be better people. It seems to just be "feminism" calling all men whatever name and just blaming the "patriarchy". I realize that this is also part of the terrible culture war that is going on now, but again I think that the wokeness comes in when it comes time to solve and help people. Society and the media just want to blame men, rather than work toward a fix. If you say that boys need fathers, there are plenty of people to speak up and say that is sexist because women can raise good boys.
I have heard a lot of these things, but I can't put the words or thoughts together in a good way and there is plenty that I don't understand. I had to consult Chat-GPT to construct these arguments, but I still don't fully understand it myself. One cool thing I heard though was that AI chat bots can actually help people who have fallen into radical ideologies or conspiracy theories. There's something about it not being a human and having lots of data that people seem to trust more. It's actually a great tool for getting informed.
I just found something fascinating. I looked up Kenzara on YouTube and all the comments talked about DEI or Sweet Baby Inc. Then I did a search for something like How Does Wokeism Hurt Boys. Then I navigated back to the Kenzara video and all the comments were about how the audience cheered loud when the Kenzara dev talked about single moms, but had no reaction to the many times he talked about his father. Google is literally changing what we see to keep us in our info silos. We already knew they did this with their algorithms, but I didn't realize it was also done with the comments sections.
@-wc- obviously racism is abhorrent. I think the underlying problem is that people listen to anti-woke YouTubers or political pundits and then it becomes a fight against some "Woke-mind virus" and the majority of the people who engage in this behavior don't think of themselves as racist, but fighting the good fight against the powers that be that are ruining society.
The normal person like you and I see it and it looks like pure racism and hatred. The people facing the backlash experience it as hatred. But at the end of the day, I think it is an "Anti-SJW" crusade with people who don't realize or care the effects it has as long as they can win against the "conspiracy theory" that they have been convinced exists.
I don't think anyone is conspiring, but I do think some of the "woke" stuff has gone too far. The most obvious being the hurt that it is doing to boys around the world. But fighting against diversity in video games and other media is extremely dumb and just fuels the culture war that nobody wins, all of us lose.
@MontyCircus That's where game preservation comes in. In 2050, if you can't play a game that you bought years ago, then you emulate it. Online multiplayer games like Smash don't really work this way though. That's a whole other can of worms though.
@Erigen I like the idea of turning off profanity in games. I couldn't play High On Life because I have kids in my house. I don't mind the profanity myself, but if I'm playing with my kids, I don't want them saying something that they can get into trouble for repeating in school.
Related note: The director, Josef Fares, said "F&%^ the Oscars" and then flipped off the camera at the 2017 The Game Awards show while standing right next to Geoff Keighley. There's even an easter egg in It Takes Two where you can hear this being said. You have to use the telescope on the Outer Space level.
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@-wc- A couple things are at the top of the list for boys (and men) being hurt by wokeness. The first is that boys are falling behind girls in school by a lot. The second thing is that boys and young men are something like 4 times more likely to commit suicide. This isn't to say that girls aren't having a rough time though. I think more teenage girls are depressed than teenage boys. But I believe that the "woke" mindset does not care for the boy's and men's issues. It is just seen as toxic masculinity and there is some truth to it. But there is no real focus on how to better raise or prepare boys to be better people. It seems to just be "feminism" calling all men whatever name and just blaming the "patriarchy". I realize that this is also part of the terrible culture war that is going on now, but again I think that the wokeness comes in when it comes time to solve and help people. Society and the media just want to blame men, rather than work toward a fix. If you say that boys need fathers, there are plenty of people to speak up and say that is sexist because women can raise good boys.
I have heard a lot of these things, but I can't put the words or thoughts together in a good way and there is plenty that I don't understand. I had to consult Chat-GPT to construct these arguments, but I still don't fully understand it myself. One cool thing I heard though was that AI chat bots can actually help people who have fallen into radical ideologies or conspiracy theories. There's something about it not being a human and having lots of data that people seem to trust more. It's actually a great tool for getting informed.
I just found something fascinating. I looked up Kenzara on YouTube and all the comments talked about DEI or Sweet Baby Inc. Then I did a search for something like How Does Wokeism Hurt Boys. Then I navigated back to the Kenzara video and all the comments were about how the audience cheered loud when the Kenzara dev talked about single moms, but had no reaction to the many times he talked about his father. Google is literally changing what we see to keep us in our info silos. We already knew they did this with their algorithms, but I didn't realize it was also done with the comments sections.
Re: 'Tales Of Kenzara: Zau' Director Addresses "Constant Targeted Harassment"
@-wc- obviously racism is abhorrent. I think the underlying problem is that people listen to anti-woke YouTubers or political pundits and then it becomes a fight against some "Woke-mind virus" and the majority of the people who engage in this behavior don't think of themselves as racist, but fighting the good fight against the powers that be that are ruining society.
The normal person like you and I see it and it looks like pure racism and hatred. The people facing the backlash experience it as hatred. But at the end of the day, I think it is an "Anti-SJW" crusade with people who don't realize or care the effects it has as long as they can win against the "conspiracy theory" that they have been convinced exists.
I don't think anyone is conspiring, but I do think some of the "woke" stuff has gone too far. The most obvious being the hurt that it is doing to boys around the world. But fighting against diversity in video games and other media is extremely dumb and just fuels the culture war that nobody wins, all of us lose.
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@burgerkingsauce Block me please.
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So when are they going to add the best game from Wii Sports Resort, Disc Golf?
Re: Award-Winning Co-Op Adventure 'It Takes Two' Surpasses 10 Million Sales
@ComfyAko lmao, you can skip all of the cutscenes. My 5yo and 8yo daughters watched it and weren't effected by it.
Re: Award-Winning Co-Op Adventure 'It Takes Two' Surpasses 10 Million Sales
@MontyCircus That's where game preservation comes in. In 2050, if you can't play a game that you bought years ago, then you emulate it. Online multiplayer games like Smash don't really work this way though. That's a whole other can of worms though.
Re: Award-Winning Co-Op Adventure 'It Takes Two' Surpasses 10 Million Sales
@Erigen I like the idea of turning off profanity in games. I couldn't play High On Life because I have kids in my house. I don't mind the profanity myself, but if I'm playing with my kids, I don't want them saying something that they can get into trouble for repeating in school.
Related note: The director, Josef Fares, said "F&%^ the Oscars" and then flipped off the camera at the 2017 The Game Awards show while standing right next to Geoff Keighley. There's even an easter egg in It Takes Two where you can hear this being said. You have to use the telescope on the Outer Space level.