Every single thread ending in what about the straight white male?

pilly · 13-02-2018 4:51pm #1

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

Sonics2k · 13-02-2018 4:53pm

What a wonderful level of irony.

Jack Kanoff · 13-02-2018 4:53pm

Yes indeed, what about the straight white male...with children!.... Does nobody ever think of us?!

o1s1n · 13-02-2018 4:53pm

Stop victimising me.

lorcand1990 · 13-02-2018 4:54pm

Won't somebody please think of the straight white male!

Ulysses Gaze · 13-02-2018 4:55pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

As a CIS Gendered White Male, you do not speak for me.

Check your privilege, OP.

Grayson · 13-02-2018 4:55pm

Apparently white men are under attack. Everyday i have to dodge and weave to avoid the militant feminists that are trying to cut off my knob.

I'm sooooo oppressed.

Noveight · 13-02-2018 4:57pm

pilly wrote: »

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

Good thing you went and started a thread on it then, that'll surely solve it.

How Soon Is Now · 13-02-2018 4:58pm

Just black yourself up a bit and put on a dress OP. Everyone's doing it ya be grand!

Mr. Incognito · 13-02-2018 4:59pm

In my experience its the people who are victimised the least that have the freedom and tools to make the most noise about their perceived slights

darkdubh · 13-02-2018 4:59pm

Grayson wrote: »

Apparently white men are under attack. Everyday i have to dodge and weave to avoid the militant feminists that are trying to cut off my knob.

I'm sooooo oppressed.

Since when did you have a knob?

hatrickpatrick · 13-02-2018 4:59pm

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pilly · 13-02-2018 5:00pm

Noveight wrote: »

Good thing you went and started a thread on it then, that'll surely solve it.

Well it's about time someone said it out, we just don't FCUKING CARE.

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:02pm

Sonics2k wrote: »

What a wonderful level of irony.

Explain the irony to me? Or maybe mansplain it?

How Soon Is Now · 13-02-2018 5:03pm

pilly wrote: »

Well it's about time someone said it out, we just don't FCUKING CARE.

We? What or who are you speaking for?

JenovaProject · 13-02-2018 5:03pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

Can't say I've noticed.

Hector Bellend · 13-02-2018 5:04pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

Likewise, I'm fed up hearing about every other "poor me" group who keeps on bitching and moaning.

It isnt restricted to men either

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:05pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

We? What or who are you speaking for?

Myself and every sane person I know.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-02-2018 5:06pm

Imagine if you took all the inventions and innovations of the straight white male away from the world.

Wonder what that would look like.

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:07pm

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Likewise, I'm fed up hearing about every other "poor me" group who keeps on bitching and moaning.

It isnt restricted to men either

True enough but the fact that the thread could start by someone moaning about a cat that **** on their doorstep this morning and end in "what about the straight white male" is just going too far.

Whataboutery at it's finest.

How Soon Is Now · 13-02-2018 5:07pm

pilly wrote: »

Myself and every sane person I know.

No one who matters so.

harry Bailey esq · 13-02-2018 5:07pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

As 6'6 280lb gay black male, I personally adore straight white males. The straighter and whiter the better.

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:07pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Imagine if you took all the inventions and innovations of the straight white male away from the world.

Wonder what that would look like.

How is that relevant to the current day moaning whinging male?

We invented everything so we should be able to cry all day?

Try_harder · 13-02-2018 5:09pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Imagine if you took all the inventions and innovations of the straight white male away from the world.

Wonder what that would look like.

We’d still have the modern computer- thanks Mr Turing!

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:09pm

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

No one who matters so.

So you don't have a single clue about me, my family or my friends and yet you can decide that we don't matter because you're upset at being called a whinger?

13-02-2018 5:10pm

What's all this? I think it may be unique to the very interesting microcosm that is boards.ie because its certainly not something I've noticed in the real world.

Jack Kanoff · 13-02-2018 5:11pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's all this? I think it may be unique to the very interesting microcosm that is boards.ie because its certainly not something I've noticed in the real world.

You're a woman... out!!!
This is our "safespace"

13-02-2018 5:12pm

Jack Kanoff wrote: »

You're a woman... out!!!
This is our "safespace"

Ah let me join in!

Avatar MIA · 13-02-2018 5:15pm

pilly wrote: »

Myself and every sane person I know.

Well, only someone as privileged as you would say that.

How Soon Is Now · 13-02-2018 5:15pm

pilly wrote: »

So you don't have a single clue about me, my family or my friends and yet you can decide that we don't matter because you're upset at being called a whinger?

I wouldn't put myself into any group really apart from maybe a human male so your not exactly upsetting me here....

You and all rest your family friends whatever mean nothing to me so ya far as Im concerned you don't matter.

harry Bailey esq · 13-02-2018 5:15pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ah let me join in!

Seconded!

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:17pm

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Well, only someone as privileged as you would say that.

Don't even know if that's sarcasm or not?

topper75 · 13-02-2018 5:20pm

Back in my day we were sad people, admittedly.

We copied cassette tapes, wore ex-army parkas, and went to the pub for sessions.

But we were never as sad as what is going on now. There was no concern for who was or wasn't straight or white or male for that matter.

So glad my youth wasn't eclipsed by internet nonsense imported from college campuses over the pond and worrying about what people did or didn't type about me online.

I don't envy ye folks.

blanch152 · 13-02-2018 5:20pm

It's a secret signal to the mods to close the thread. Didn't you read that in Feedback?

hatrickpatrick · 13-02-2018 5:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What's all this? I think it may be unique to the very interesting microcosm that is boards.ie because its certainly not something I've noticed in the real world.

It's the internet in general. Identity politics has utterly pervaded discussion forums and social media because various news outlets have realise that it constitutes amazing ad-revenue generating clickbait potential. Hence, the media spends hours upon hours generating inflammatory headlines which are deliberately designed to piss men off (essentially, displaying the kind of bigotry which they know wouldn't be tolerated by the Twitterati if it was aimed at women) and using that to play people off eachother - all the while, people involved in the arguments end up reading the articles which spawned them.

That's not the only reason for this, but it's definitely one of them. I think part of it is also the rise of Anita Sarkeesian and the "cultural authoritarians" circa 2011 / 2012, which is when the whole idea that the internet shouldn't be a lawless wild west and that there should be actual rules around what people can and cannot publish in either fictional art or real-life commentary was introduced and a firm battle erupted between old-skool "internet is not serious business" types and younger "the internet is tied to real life and as such should be regulated and policed" types. That's fundamentally what Gamergate was actually about - it wasn't about feminism, it wasn't about journalism, it wasn't about any of the stuff people claimed it was about. It was about on one hand, cultural authoritarians like Sarkeesian saying "hey, people should observe some standards of decency when creating art" and cultural libertarians like Redditors and 4channers saying "f*ck off, there should be no rules or limitations on speech whatsoever". Terms such as "cultural appropriation", "privilege", "trigger warning" etc ultimately stemmed from this - the battle between "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" and "the kitchen should be a more welcoming environment for people who can't stand the heat".

Essentially, the cultural upheavals of the 2000s related to technology created the perfect powder keg for an all out culture war. It was inevitable, and if it hadn't started because of Sarkeesian and Gamergate, it would have started because of something else sooner rather than later.

Avatar MIA · 13-02-2018 5:23pm

pilly wrote: »

Don't even know if that's sarcasm or not?

Typical, sheltered from the rough and tumble of life. So many SWM's can lead such a wasted life.

suicide_circus · 13-02-2018 5:26pm

Basically our lives are too easy.

No job? Free money.

Homeless? Free hotel room.

Junkie? Free methadone.

My life could go to utter **** tomorrow and the state would pretty much pick up the tab until the day I die. It's nice to have a safety net but it takes away our need to survive by our own wits.

We turn this energy into aggression against the systems and society which are the very things which allow us to enjoy enormous personal freedoms in huge comfort.

pilly · 13-02-2018 5:27pm

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Typical, sheltered from the rough and tumble of life. So many SWM's can lead such a wasted life.

I presume that SWM is single white male? Or straight white male?

If it is then I'm not either of them so I'm missing your point?

Patty O Furniture · 13-02-2018 5:29pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

That reminds me "What have the Romans ever done for us:rolleyes:"

lorcand1990 wrote: »

Won't somebody please think of the straight white male!

Don't forget the caucasians

Avatar MIA · 13-02-2018 5:29pm

pilly wrote: »

If it is then I'm not either of them so I'm missing your point?

So, you're complaining about a group that you don't belong to. Well, that's original*

*Yes, that's sarcasm.

Mr. CooL ICE · 13-02-2018 5:31pm

blanch152 wrote: »

It's a secret signal to the mods to close the thread. Didn't you read that in Feedback?

Mod: Thread closed

Sonics2k · 13-02-2018 5:37pm

pilly wrote: »

Explain the irony to me? Or maybe mansplain it?

Did you just assume my gender?

hatrickpatrick · 13-02-2018 5:38pm

Sonics2k wrote: »

Did you just assume my gender?

Ah here, everyone knows that Sonic the Hedgehog identifies as an Apache Attack Helicopter.

13-02-2018 5:41pm

See what a lot of people forget is that the vast majority are content and ambling along just fine, going to work, cooking, shopping, fiddling around on the computer or watching Netflix having sex, going for a run or walk chatting having a coffee and hundreds of other mundane but enjoyable things that make up life.

They are not angst-ridden malcontents blaming the world for everything, Its the internet it has a life of its own which does not always reflect reality.

Tell me how · 13-02-2018 5:49pm

Welcome to the internet in 2018.

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

the battle between "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" and "the kitchen should be a more welcoming environment for people who can't stand the heat".

pilly wrote: »

Or maybe mansplain it?

Sonics2k wrote: »

Did you just assume my gender?

Some of the above is probably in jest, sarcasm but we really have no comprehension of the pointlessness of that which we choose to get riled up about in this day and age.

Some genius anthropologist could do a Phd on humans need for conflict as a driving force in our existence and being but their work would be rejected because their abstract opened with "Ever since the dawn of man".

Jack Kanoff · 13-02-2018 5:51pm

pilly wrote: »

I presume that SWM is single white male? Or straight white male?

If it is then I'm not either of them so I'm missing your point?

Perhaps a DMC ?

13-02-2018 5:53pm

pilly wrote: »

I presume that SWM is single white male? Or straight white male?

If it is then I'm not either of them so I'm missing your point?

They are confused.

Put simply, men in general, AKA straight white males don’t give two fecks what the internet and its armies of SJ-wankstains think.

It’s just moany little bitches who react to people like this and the pointless horse**** they peddle. Gender, colour and sexuality has litte to do with it.

Real men (yes, they are indeed the majority of men) laugh or just roll their eyes at all of this rubbish and get on with life.

Bitches be bitches.

pjohnson · 13-02-2018 5:57pm

pilly wrote: »

Myself and every sane person I know.

"Mansplaining" you also mentioned previously so this is doubtful.

pleas advice · 13-02-2018 5:58pm

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Ah here, everyone knows that Sonic the Hedgehog identifies as an Apache Attack Helicopter.

I thought that was Tails?

splinter65 · 13-02-2018 6:02pm

pilly wrote: »

Well it's about time someone said it out, we just don't FCUKING CARE.

No YOU don’t care. There’s no “we”.

Debtocracy · 13-02-2018 6:04pm

pilly wrote: »

Anyone else sick to death of every single thread ending in what about the straight white male.

The most random of subjects end up being about how victimised straight white males are.

I for one am bored to death of hearing it.

As a woman, you've become so accustomed to privilege that the white male fight for equality feels like oppression

Every single thread ending in what about the straight white male?

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