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A Guy Named Goo ([info]the_clansmen) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-02-23 21:24:00
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Just in case you didn't get tired of trying to define rape, someone comes onto the World of Warcraft LJ comm and says something that pretty much read like "omg raped by evil beast in game!!1!!" Not being a WoW person, I have no idea what the person is talking about. However, it appears not to matter.

Someone isn't amused. It doesn't even make it one post before they start wanking. Dictionary definitions are thrown out. People are told to lighten up. Godwin is invoked, though it's used by someone referring to themselves as a "word Nazi," which is a new one to me. Then Godwin is invoked again when she(?) suggests that using raped is sort of like saying "killed faster than a Jew in Nazi Germany."

Someone confuses sexual harassment and sexual assault. Giant words are thrown around.

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[info]morgyne
2005-02-24 07:28 am UTC (link)
OMG ONLY WOMEN ARE RAPPPPPPPED!!!!!!

BLAH BLAH BLAH SOCIETY.

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[info]panthea
2005-02-24 04:22 pm UTC (link)
Only women are rapped?

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[info]phosfate
2005-02-24 04:54 pm UTC (link)
P. Diddy? Chick. Ice-T? Chick. Run-DMC? Chick and chick.

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(no subject) - [info]morgyne, 2005-02-24 08:11 pm UTC

[info]wolfsamurai
2005-02-24 07:46 am UTC (link)
For game context, getting raped just means that you got the unholy shit beat of you in a really lopsided way, usually by multiple enemies.

That being said, I'm surprised this little wank didn't show up earlier. What the hell ~is~ it with all the rape-related wanks lately?

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[info]the_clansmen
2005-02-24 07:49 am UTC (link)
That being said, I'm surprised this little wank didn't show up earlier. What the hell ~is~ it with all the rape-related wanks lately?

This wank in particular, or wanking over the use of the word rape in WoW in general?

And I don't know. Maybe it's the Theme of the Week (TM).

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[info]wolfsamurai
2005-02-24 08:01 am UTC (link)
Well, I mean totally in general. There's this wank, this one, and I would have sworn there's been more in the last couple of weeks. Maybe I'm just misremembering or thinking of wanks that I saw that didn't get reported.

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(no subject) - [info]blue_linnet, 2005-02-24 09:19 pm UTC

[info]blackjackrocket
2005-02-24 08:26 am UTC (link)
Why are people more touchy about rape than about murder? I mean, nobody takes offense when you say "Oh man, the Bills got kills out there today!"

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[info]the_clansmen
2005-02-24 08:38 am UTC (link)
I guess because dead people can't come along, read that, and go "ah, I'm reliving my murder!"

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[info]khym_chanur
2005-02-24 09:09 am UTC (link)
*mental image of zombies complaining about people casually using the words "kill" and "murder"*

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(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-24 09:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2005-02-24 09:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-24 09:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]starherd, 2005-02-24 02:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2005-02-24 08:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]beccastareyes, 2005-02-24 03:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]serpentis, 2005-02-24 04:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2005-02-24 04:38 pm UTC

[info]adora_spintriae
2005-02-24 10:15 am UTC (link)
Because everyone's hung up on sex.

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[info]miss_kitten
2005-02-24 08:30 am UTC (link)
This reminds me of a feminist_rage wank where one of the posters used a "violent term" in her post title and one of the other feminist ragers asked everyone to stop using "stabbing terminology" because OMG HER MUM WAZ STABBED AND DROWND 2 DETH!!!1

Can you guys please stop saying wank all the time?

My grandma died while masturbating with a yam and I just don't think it's appropriate to use such triggering words.

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[info]the_clansmen
2005-02-24 08:39 am UTC (link)
Wasn't there a snopes entry about that?

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(no subject) - [info]miss_kitten, 2005-02-24 08:50 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-24 08:57 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miss_kitten, 2005-02-24 09:08 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-24 09:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miss_kitten, 2005-02-24 09:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2005-02-24 09:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]warchio, 2005-02-24 01:21 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2005-02-24 01:28 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]warchio, 2005-02-24 01:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]khym_chanur, 2005-02-24 01:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tapedeck, 2005-02-24 09:57 am UTC
(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-02-24 12:30 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-24 09:34 pm UTC

[info]nevadafighter
2005-02-24 10:20 am UTC (link)
Wow. Guess doktorgonzo is one of those "special" people who thinks well-composed dissenting opinion = brick wall.

It's one of those "I know you are but what am I?" moments.

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[info]coyotegirl
2005-02-24 10:37 am UTC (link)
I have a faint knee-jerk dislike of using the term that way, but I don't get up in arms and wanky about it, at least. XP

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[info]killer_robot
2005-02-24 10:46 am UTC (link)
My god, she's batshit.

I'd say more, but I don't want to get all wanky.

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[info]bohicamouse
2005-02-26 04:39 am UTC (link)
OMGWTF AERO THE ACROBAT

Dude, I sucked so hard at that game as a child. So hard. Then a month or so ago, I was messing with my Super Nintendo, and I was like "Well I'm a much better gamer now, let's kick this game's ass once and for all!" And I still suck at it, so so much. I can't even get to the first boss.

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(Anonymous)
2005-02-24 03:21 pm UTC (link)
There is more than one definition for the word rape. Trying to narrow it down only to an act of violence--isn't that just giving it more power in a negative sense?

The feminazis should be ashamed of themselves.

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[info]sarajayechan
2005-02-24 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Pfft. People on FE boards always talk about how the RNG "raped" their characters stat-wise and no one gets offended. :P I mean, yeah, there ARE alternatives and I usually prefer "fucked over" or something, but really...

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[info]funwithrage
2005-02-25 01:09 am UTC (link)
Hee. In high school, my friends and I would talk about raping or getting raped by tests--I think it was an offshoot of "getting screwed on," but who knows--and, in one case, "took it like a drunk sorority girl." But then again, nobody ever accused us of sensitivity.

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(no subject) - [info]photosinensis, 2005-02-27 09:17 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-02-24 07:07 pm UTC (link)
http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=doktorgonzo

nice userinfo. omigod Marxist working in Hot Topic!?!?! oh noes D:

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[info]panthea
2005-02-24 07:20 pm UTC (link)
Doktorgonzo, eh? What is it with HST and crazy rape wanks?

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(Anonymous)
2005-02-24 07:52 pm UTC (link)
Godwin is invoked, though it's used by someone referring to themselves as a "word Nazi," which is a new one to me. Then Godwin is invoked again when she(?) suggests that using raped is sort of like saying "killed faster than a Jew in Nazi Germany."


Eh? That's not really invoking Godwin. People are really over-using this Godwin's law-thingy. Simply mentioning Nazis doesn't mean Godwin's law is involved.

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[info]the_clansmen
2005-02-24 09:58 pm UTC (link)
I just did it cause everyone else was. Oh noes, I let myself be misled!

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(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-02-25 02:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]the_clansmen, 2005-02-25 04:42 am UTC

[info]funwithrage
2005-02-25 01:13 am UTC (link)
so if i told you that i was raped over the internet,


See, this is what happens when you have no sense of grammar: I get very, very confused for a minute, and then have horrible flashbacks to the nineties and various people claiming to have been "raped" in chatrooms or on MUSHes. Gah. Talk about your triggering phrases.

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[info]snowevingerhut
2005-02-25 03:09 am UTC (link)
*rapes thread*

oooooo NOOOOOOEEES D:

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