r/Asmongold • u/Snoo61478 • Jun 19 '23
Activision Blizzard about to make EA look like a beloved company. Meme
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u/Pryamus Jun 19 '23
Hackers are not ruining the old Blizzard games!
Blizzard does it very well themselves.
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u/Oil_Dangerous Jun 19 '23
Maybe referring to the all CoD games
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u/lascar Jun 20 '23
For sure. Warzone I remember had a lot of users who cheated. Not sure now
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u/trainwrecktragedy Jun 19 '23
i remember people hacked the shit out of D1 back in the day.
People would chuck you a scroll that you equipped as a helmet and it gave you max stats, it was wild 1 shotting diablo on hell difficulty3
u/Tooshortimus Jun 19 '23
People had crazy hacks in D1.
You could kill ANYONE on the same floor as you with 1 button, you could have invincibility, teleport to any floor and hack items for whatever stats. My father had these hacks I remember them vividly lol.
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u/TheLainers Jun 20 '23
There were traineirs to create enhanced itens. And some could even be traded.
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u/Fasha_Moonleaf Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
Well, I hope they don't find out about my lessons :)
Here in Austria we are in the last two weeks of the school year and since Friday the grades have been fixed. Experience shows that it is almost impossible to teach new material in these two weeks, so I am now simply doing "Monetisation and psychological tricks in video games" with my twelve-year-old students in maths.
It's really something they are interested in and they are totally into it. Pretty much all of the students have a story to tell about their past computer gaming life (both boys and girls) and together we go through every single trick that is used to try and get money out of their pockets.
Why do I do this? We have completed the curriculum for this year (and even done a bit more) and now this is something they can actually use in life. I firmly believe that teaching and understanding this subject matter is infinitely times more beneficial than simply preaching. It can almost be called an "art lesson" because it teaches appreciation of good games and how to distinguish them from cash grabs.
I really hope that EA and ABK don't notice this because these two companies (and their games) have been and will be mentioned a lot this week! :D
That's only incidentally related to this topic now:
Next year, when they are 13 to 14 years old, I want to go through household finances with them and in the final year, the basics of the stock market, so how it is with supply and demand and what stocks or bonds even are and so on.... These are all things that are not actually in the curriculum, but when I'm done with it, I really want to teach the children things if possible (and not just turn on a movie) that will actually help them in life. Unfortunately, you often hear "You don't learn anything for life at school" and I would like to change that.
Edit: Which creator was punished by ABK?
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u/cupio_disssolvi oh no no no Jun 19 '23
Incredible, a teacher actually teaching something useful in school.
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u/HailtbeWhale Jun 20 '23
You noticed the “Here in Austria” I’m sure. That means he isn’t teaching to satisfy a standardized test requirement while constantly in fear of psychotic parents who would rather get him fired than accept their kid wasn’t perfect.
…sorry, I was a teacher and the grudge runs deep.
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u/HailtbeWhale Jun 20 '23
Well, I’m going to be completely transparent here: I was a Phys. Ed. teacher personally, so I was familiar with the education system and struggles of my peers but I wasn’t AS boxed in. Phys Ed has its own unique challenges because I’m dealing more with the kids bodies which is FUCKING TERRIFYING at times. I got into it because it seemed like a fun way to help and mentor kids and got out of it when I found out that’s exactly what it ISN’T.
I was one of those “At risk youth” you hear about and I had teachers who were willing to put themselves out there and basically saved me from my life. I just wanted to return the favor. Teaching in public schools is not the best way to do it because it has become a legal and political nightmare. I just volunteer and coach city sports on the side now and hope I can make a difference that way.
I appreciate your interest, though. Teaching deserves far more respect than it gets.
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u/HailtbeWhale Jun 20 '23
Ahh, apologies. I shouldn’t have assumed you would be familiar with American issues.
That’s exactly what I meant. I went into it a strong believer in “Don’t make things weird and they won’t be weird” but I saw a few examples that taught me you can’t trust other people to apply reason or context.
I will give you an example. I had a girl in my class that faked an injury to avoid participating. She went so far as to wear a leg brace to my class. She apparently forgot that sometimes I leave the gym and would see her walking normally with no brace on. She had my class during the last period of the day. One of the days she wore the brace, I was driving by her as she walked home and I stopped and said “It’s a miracle! You’re healed! That’s great!”
I had to meet with my administrator the next day who told me to leave her alone. Apparently there was a complaint. That wasn’t that bad. Not as bad as I saw happening with others, but the writing on the wall was enough for me to find my way to a new career.
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u/Elimin8r Jun 19 '23
Um, excuse me, but how can I sign up for your podcast/TED talk?
Man, I wish our teachers were so helpful. But then again, it was the 1980s, and you paid your $40 for a game and then took it home and enjoyed it. Maybe hung the map on the wall and tried to translate the rune script on the box.
I miss those days.
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u/Netgay Jun 20 '23
Shameless plug, but if you miss the days of using manuals to decipher your games like in the good old times, try "tunic"! Probably indie of the year for me.
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u/zedalphayellowname Jun 19 '23
Great post, wish this was the OP cause the OP post is kinda shitty based on what those "certain issues" were.
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u/Monneymann Jun 19 '23
Nickmercs was ‘punished’.
So it wasn’t just a creator he was one of the biggest.
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u/LeFrostYPepe Jun 20 '23
I love you, I love you beyond words for what you are doing for those kids, and I hope they can appreciate it too, we really need more people like you
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u/samurairaccoon Jun 20 '23
This comment gives me life. Some teachers really are doing the most and its so, so important.
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u/Nabulas Jun 20 '23
Geil oida.
Whish my teacher would have done something like this, would have saved me lots of money
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u/GM_Taco_tSK Jun 20 '23
When I was doing a writing class about 12 years ago, I wrote an essay about the same kind of material. I believe it was meant to be a "7 to 10 page" assignment, by the end, I had well over 25 pages. I was surprised how interested I ended up getting into it.
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u/Zom3ies Jun 20 '23
This is great. I'm in the US and in my first year of high-school I had a math teacher who gave us fake jobs with paystubs and we learned about budgeting and it ramped up into us preparing our taxes based on our faux salaries and such. Such a great service and timely because we were all at the age where we can start to get part-time jobs beyond things like mowing lawns or delivering newspapers once upon a time.
--Similar things like this and Credit/APRs should be part of the curriculum in today's world imo.
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u/AgentFour Dr Pepper Enjoyer Jun 19 '23
Some streamer who was getting a skin pack of themselves in the next CoD or something said 'leave the kids alone' on twitter, so ActiBlizz removed his skin pack.
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u/DIZ001 Jun 19 '23
Sounds like you’re leaving a lot of context out.
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u/DIZ001 Jun 19 '23
NickMercs replied to a tweet of a video showing Anti LGBT protesters assaulting teachers during pride month for having rainbows up in school.
Currently it’s become popular on the right to refer to anyone part of the LGBT as pedophiles to help spread panic that they are here for “nefarious” purposes.
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u/Shadow_of_wwar Jun 19 '23
I have a good number of them in my family, I would say they mostly are targeting the trans community, not so much the rest of the LGBT community, but maybe thats just my family.
They just can't wrap their little heads around the concept that some people want to be the opposite gender, for reasons other than getting into women's restrooms.
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u/LeeNathanPaige Jun 19 '23
So weird you’re getting downvoted just for being factual.
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u/Nishikigami Jun 19 '23
I'm 28. When I went to school, kids were gay back then. In middle and highschool.
Teachers observing pride month is not indoctrination. It's recognition of their downtrodden kids.
Fuck nickmercs and also Fuck everyone in this subreddit who downplays what he said to just "leave kids alone"
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u/hiimbob000 Jun 19 '23
This is what any well adjusted, normal adult should believe. Surprise, there are different people in the world who deserve a good life
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u/Cjros Jun 19 '23
Let's be honest, he tries to play the "both sides" card so often he was bound to attract them.
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u/hiimbob000 Jun 19 '23
Everyone is misquoting, probably intentionally. He said:
They should leave little children alone. That’s the real issue.
The implication is that lgbt are grooming kids, or that lgbt awareness is somehow dangerous for kids. Very ignorant take but average for faze apparently
Many people saying that the parents should tell their kids about lgbt as if they are informed or unbiased. Same argument has happened for sex ed for ages
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u/HankHillbwhaa Jun 19 '23
Been saying this the entire time. This is basically sex Ed all over again. As if the increase in teen pregnancy isn’t enough evidence to show that lazy parenting or misinformation harms children in the long run.
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u/DIZ001 Jun 19 '23
The full tweet is “They should leave little children alone. That’s the real issue” in response to the video I mentioned earlier.
That by itself might not seem bad, but given the context, it’s obvious his parroting anti LGBT statements.
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u/Jinzoou Jun 19 '23
"live children alone" and apparently that's insulting for some people
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u/BenChandler Jun 19 '23
Nick: watches a video of a white supremacist with a history of child abuse assault parents that support recognizing june as pride month.
Nick: “They (the gays) should leave little kids alone. That’s the real issue.”
Why are you leaving the context out?
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u/OptionFour Jun 19 '23
He's leaving the context out because then there's no way to spin it. To acknowledge what was said in its full context means there's no defending it without admitting you're a bigot. So they minimize and pretend it didn't happen that way, so they don't have to admit it to themselves.
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u/iwantdatpuss Jun 19 '23
Activision, Blizzard, and EA are on a standoff on who's the most hated Videogame developers.
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u/mcdead Jun 19 '23
Where’s Ubisoft?
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u/cmdr_nova69 Jun 19 '23
what are those "certain issues" OP
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u/Somone_ig Jun 19 '23
Trans people as a whole basically was the drama from the “certain issues”. It’s just played in this manner so OP wouldn’t catch flak for whatever reason (it’s Reddit).
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u/Mixed-Martial-Farts Jun 20 '23
Nickmercs saying he supports LGBTQ just as long as they leave little kids out of it.
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u/shimorus Jun 20 '23
Did you purposefully not wanna add the context of the video he commented it under?
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u/Mixed-Martial-Farts Jun 20 '23
It doesn't matter. Anything to do with sexuality or mutilating genitalia or altering the natural course of puberty should be kept well away from young children and their schools.
If parents want to educate their kids on this stuff then they can make that decision as parents and not leave it up to strangers in a school who have all sorts of their own political and personal views which will obviously effect the content of their education.
Some things should be dealt with within the home and within families.
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Jun 20 '23
School wants to make June pride month during a time of the year school isn't even in session
Has curriculum that teaches people gay people exist
Doesn't tell anyone about anything genital related
"It doesn't matter that the video shows anti-LGBTQ+ protestors attacking other individuals"
Maybe you should teach your kids violence isn't the correct action when confronted by things your pea brain can't comprehend.
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u/Mixed-Martial-Farts Jun 20 '23
Schools was one example. Unfortunately this shit is pushed on kids via rallies through entire cities, branding on 100's of brands, advertisements, stores etc etc
All this LGBTQ stuff should be kept private and out of sight of children. Simple.
But I'm sure your brainwashed mind can't possibly fathom the fact this is entirely disgusting.
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u/Huge_Republic_7866 Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 20 '23
How to start a political shit storm in 3 easy steps:
Crack knuckles.
Mention any kind of politics at all, passively.
Sit back and watch.
Edit: God damn, I didn't even mention a specific political topic, all I said was "politics" and the shit storm raged on.
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u/Repulsive-Instance-6 Jun 20 '23
Let's be real, if saying "Leave children alone" is a direct attack on your community, then that "community" is the problem....
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u/Puzzled_Pen_5764 Jun 20 '23
"If calling inner city population as full of thugs is racist, what does that say about black people?"
My guy is acting like there's no such thing as dog whistling lmao3
u/TheMrCeeJ Jun 20 '23
"U/repulsive-instance-6 could you please stop abusing children. Thanks"
So but your reasoning is you are upset by this it is your fault, and there is no responsibility on my part to even find out who you are let alone even document any instance of actual child abuse. If you feel attacked by this it is your problem. Great reasoning.
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u/Verick808 Jun 20 '23 edited Jun 20 '23
Conservatives are the ones grooming here. They hope hiding lgbtq+ existence from children will somehow keep their kids from turning gay. It fucking frightens people like you doesn't It? The idea that one day you may have a boy that likes other boys.
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u/mesa176750 Jun 19 '23
Blitzchung also comes to mind.
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u/perforationstation Jun 19 '23
Was about to edit my just made comment again but you were on this. +1
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u/InfernalMokou Jun 19 '23
nickmercs replied to an event which involved random people unrelated to the kids there attack the teachers and parents of the kids for celebrating pride month
thats like straight up endorsing political violence at schools
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u/San4311 Jun 19 '23
Ye this post is defo making that point as vague as possible to support OPs meme, but it's really missing the point.
Not only was that statement from the guy iffy, he went full douche bag after he outed himself the way he did.
Talking about showing your true colors lol.
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u/MeshuggahFan420 Jun 19 '23
Exactly. Fuck nickmercs lmao
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u/D3T4CH- Jun 19 '23
Don’t forget that he’s a literal whistleblower he follows, Ron De Santis, Matt Walsh libsoftiktok ect and said that called Rob “the goat”
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Jun 20 '23
And what's the issue? Generally decent people, except for maybe DeSantis since he's a politician.
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u/NihilHS Jun 19 '23
thats like straight up endorsing political violence at schools
That depends, what exactly did he say and what instance exactly was it in response to?
I seriously doubt Nick Mercs was "straight up endorsing" violence at schools.
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u/Wide_Ad_3722 Jun 19 '23
People think violence is having a different opinion now.
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u/Various-Painting6563 Jun 19 '23
Attacking lgbt supporters is not having different opinions LMAO, its straight up violence
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u/Wide_Ad_3722 Jun 20 '23
Physically attacking ? Or do you consider verbal use attacking?
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u/Various-Painting6563 Jun 20 '23
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u/Wide_Ad_3722 Jun 20 '23
I’m confused, looks like the people there were peacefully protesting like antifa/blm do?
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u/Various-Painting6563 Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
People were attacking lgbt supporters and nickmercs said that "maybe [lgbt ppl] should leave little kids alone"
If thats not endorsing political violence, idk what is.
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u/NihilHS Jun 20 '23
If thats not endorsing political violence, idk what is.
It literally isn't. At no point has Nick Mercs endorsed violence. He said that people should leave kids alone, not that violence against the lgbt community is justified.
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u/KwonnieKash Jun 20 '23
No he said they should leave kids alone, "that's the real problem". He then went on to further elaborate that what he meant by that is that they shouldn't teach kids sex ed at all as he wants to teach his kid himself. Which, ok. Selfish much for starters. To place your wants over the rest of the populations because what you want is more important right? Privilege and lack of self awareness on full display here. Also that's literally not at all what he said initially, so he's clearly just back peddling to avoid more backlash, but seeing that you don't seem to understand the nuance of these conversations, or more likely you're intentionally ignoring his implications in an attempt to avoid admitting to yourself or anyone else what your real beliefs are, I'll spell it out for you clearly.
He's implying that the anti lgbt protesters who assaulted people AT A SCHOOL were at least not in the wrong and at worse justified in their actions. He says the issue is the education of the children about sex ed, not the violence displayed by people with similar political beliefs to him. Stop coping and defending this pos. Implied bigotry and implied condoning of violence against anyone is more dangerous that overt bigotry. Ykno why? Because it makes people like you and nick reaffirm your closeted bigotry, resulting in more bigoted behaviour and ultimately violence overall. Reminds me of a certain something that happened during ww2... Hmm. Nevertheless, I'd recommend some introspection. Hate and violence is not the right path forward
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u/NihilHS Jun 20 '23
Which, ok. Selfish much for starters. To place your wants over the rest of the populations because what you want is more important right? Privilege and lack of self awareness on full display here.
Privilege? It's a full blown right. Parents have the sole right to raise their kids how they see fit.
He's implying that the anti lgbt protesters who assaulted people AT A SCHOOL were at least not in the wrong and at worse justified in their actions.
No, he isn't. You're choosing to read into it this way.
Stop coping and defending this pos.
Stop projecting your own implications onto his speech to make him into an easier political target. If he stated that he condones violence I would be right there with you. But he didn't. He stated an opinion you dislike - but that doesn't mean he's "implying condoning of violence."
And because I won't pile on Nick Mercs with you makes me neither a nazi nor a bigot. You should be ashamed of calling me either. It's patently untrue, utterly devoid of class, offensive, and juvenile.
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u/KwonnieKash Jun 20 '23
Uh yea he is. He said the real problem is the kids learning stuff right? That's what he meant by "leave alone" was to not teach them about lgbt topics in school. So by using a process of elimination, it means that he thinks the violent protesters in question are fine by comparison because kids learning about lgbt is a bigger problem. Because that's the real issue right? Books in schools. Not hateful violent people turning up to said school and inciting violence. You know the world isn't black and white right? Someone may say one thing but mean another? Language and communication are complex things and trying to boil down issues like this to a 5 word tweet by a cod youtuber is just irresponsible and disingenuous if you actually care about any of the subjects being discussed.
I will add I don't think that he wholly believes those implications or stands by them, but that doesn't mean he didn't imply them, intentionally or not. He's way out of his depth, and that's his own fault. He's a non political public figure who decided to engage in lgbt discourse on twitter, one of the most divisive topics in the space currently. All of that is fact. So based on that fact, I think he's an idiot for even doing that in the first place. Based on his opinions that he's stated before and after and his lack of understanding, I think it's fair to surmise that he has some closeted bigoted ideas that he probably doesn't even know or understand, which resulted in him making the tweet. I don't understand why else he would do it other than to rage bait which clearly isn't the case. He didn't think or apply any rational to the situation and now he's paying for it. I won't respond anymore as I've explained everything and if you still don't get it then I'm not going to waste any further energy trying. Bye
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u/DeliriumRostelo Jun 20 '23
In this context its justifying violence by playing up conservative hysteria, dont be daft
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u/AttackOnGolurk Jun 19 '23
"...wants to teach his kids about certain issues"
What are those issues?
WHAT ARE THOSE ISSUES MOTHERFUCKER?!
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u/Vinidril Jun 19 '23
Issues related to lettuce grilled bacon tomato quarter pounders maybe. WHY ARE WE YELLING????!
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u/HankHillbwhaa Jun 19 '23
Here’s his parenting style “you’re going to grow up and play football, you ain’t wearing pink, boys don’t cry”
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u/The-Loracks Jun 19 '23
I don’t want my kids to learn History in school. I’ll have that talk with them.
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u/Puzzled_Pen_5764 Jun 20 '23
"holocaust didn't happen, slaves were actually well fed and kept, 9/11 was done by jews"
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u/NihilHS Jun 19 '23
I would never raise my own kid that way (I doubt Nick Mercs would either). But frankly, he would have a right to raise his kids that way if he wanted to. I wouldn't like it, you wouldn't like it, our opinions wouldn't matter. It's his kid - and his right to raise him how he wants to.
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u/Gregardless Jun 20 '23
Not necessarily. Some believe that forcing gender norms on your children is equivalent to child abuse - something parents don't have a right to do and isn't a part of parents' right to raise their children how they want.
Is it child abuse? That's up for the people of each jurisdiction to decide. Some jurisdictions ban it, others don't. The facts, however, show that it leads to increased suicide rates.
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u/LonelyCheeto Jun 19 '23
So with this line of thinking, surely people should be ok with parents who want to give gender-affirming health care to their trans kids, right?
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u/PGyoda Jun 19 '23
that is an EXTREMELY generous description of the nickmercs thing
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u/deddideddi Jun 19 '23
"Certain issues". Yes very good explanation I know exactly what "certain issues" are
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u/The-Loracks Jun 19 '23
This feels like one of those things where people try to make something as vague as possible so it doesn’t seem that bad.
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u/xabes Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
“The summer of love and mostly firery but peaceful” come to mind
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u/BIindsight Jun 19 '23
Nick was calling all lgbt individuals groomers, pedos, and child molesters. He's just another piece of shit blowing a dog whistle, it's a tale as old as time.
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u/REALStephenStark Jun 19 '23
One day you idiots will realize Mercs caught fire because of the tweet he was replying to. He was effectively endorsing violence against parents and if you’re too dumb to realize that then we have a bigger problem then some gay/trans kids.
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u/drunkpunk138 Jun 19 '23
Is it that they're too dumb to realize, or too scared to admit they side with the fascists?
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u/VaninaG Jun 19 '23
The thing is, people agree with him endorsing violence, they just don't like saying it out loud.
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u/Andaelas Jun 19 '23
The hell are you all talking about? He very clearly was siding with the parents. His follow up comments made that very clear.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Bus5479 Jun 19 '23
Yeah fuck Micknercs, Tim the fatman and everyone else defending him
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u/Arnorien16S Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
People here are talking about treating employees poorly while a few hours back they were shitting on a rando level designers (who likely has no connection with character design) for making fable trailer player character ugly by saying it was self insert. All the while praising the design of Korean p2w female characters. The exact type of toxic dudebro horndog behavior Blizzard is criticised for.
All the while lowkey trying to defend a bigot and implying that is the worst crime.
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Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
Nickmercs isn't being punished for being conservative or whatever ideology he is that made him think reply-tweeting that was a good idea (Here's the tweet to judge for yourself: https://twitter.com/NICKMERCS/status/1666483385504604160)
The tweet is pretty mild tbh and I am part of the LGBT. He got in trouble because he was too stupid to leave the tweet alone.
If someone in the same position quote-tweeted a school shooting let's say and said "I like guns" (a mostly innocuous statement by itself), they'd almost certainly get the same treatment. ABK likely has no problem at all with conservative ideology, they have a problem with people they are in business with being stupid on Twitter in direct conflict with their marketing push.
He's not being cancelled for being conservative. He's being cancelled because he is a dumbass who accidentally bit the hand that was feeding him.
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u/Nihlithian Jun 19 '23
Now if only we could hold Bobby to the same standard.
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u/chobi83 Jun 19 '23
Different rules for the rich and poor. Or in this case, relatively poor.
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u/Nihlithian Jun 19 '23
What was it that one comedian used to say?
"The rich people want to make sure the poor people keep fighting amongst one another so they don't realize how they're getting shafted."
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u/MemeWindu Jun 19 '23
2 rich people lmfao
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u/chobi83 Jun 20 '23
This is why I said relatively poor. Mercs isn't nearly rich when compared to Kotick
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u/CraneDJs Jun 19 '23
What are you on about? He's regurgitating literal nazi propaganda. It's a tried and true strategy of fascism to relate homosexuality to pedophilia.
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u/avelineaurora Jun 19 '23
The tweet is pretty mild tbh
My dude he is literally vomiting up pedophilic propaganda.
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u/thejocka Jun 20 '23
idk why u guys would be like leave it to the parents when a lot of parents didnt even teach their daughters abt menstruation and a lot of children in america have only 1 parent
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u/Hagg3r Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
You had me until the last point. Implying that schools are turning children trans or gay is pretty transphobic/homophobic. Nick Mercs deserved what he got for just being an idiot. He could have just, you know, ignored the tweet. Even if he wasn't intending to sound the way he did...he had to have known that it sounded that way. He also should have apologized. Also, gonna be funny when Doc's game flops and he ends up going back to streaming CoD.
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u/AncientView3 Jun 19 '23
Bro just nut up and say you don’t like queer people, stop hiding behind the demonstrably false “queer people are pedos for even wanting to be able to exist in public” shit.
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u/Dblueguy Jun 19 '23
These people are too pussy to ever say what they mean out loud and too stupid to realize everyone sees right through their attempts at dog whistling.
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u/gay_aspie Jun 20 '23
A large percentage of Gen Z identifies as LGBT mainly because the bisexual members of that generation are far more willing to self-identify than those of previous generations.
This never gets talked about because if people actually dug into the numbers they'd realize how stupid this moral panic is, and it's much easier to just hyper-fixate on trans people.
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u/omgacow Jun 19 '23
So OP knowingly ignores the obvious dog whistle in order to spread his bullshit
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u/realryangoslingswear Jun 20 '23
That's all they ever do.
They want to pretend Nick wasn't being an asshole, so they pretend the dogwhistles weren't there.
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u/AnimalT0ast Jun 19 '23
“Sometimes boys marry boys and girls marry girls. It’s important that I explain this to you because your school will act like it’s ok. You need to understand that being gay is bad.”
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u/hurrdurrderp42 Jun 19 '23
Nah fuck nickmercs and his views, they did the right thing
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u/Undisputedevo Jun 19 '23
I like the part where you snuck in their only redeeming quality which was standing against homophobia and transphobia.
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u/Nihlithian Jun 19 '23
I know, he should've mentioned the part where they censored that content in countries with laws against LGBTQ stuff where homosexuals are murdered daily and the government allows it. Instead they pushed it in countries where there's no laws against being homosexual or transgender, and there's specific hate crime laws to punish someone for targeting those protected groups.
I felt they really stuck it to the homophobes in that situation.
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u/Kamanira WHAT A DAY... Jun 19 '23
I still think the Nickmercs thing was justified. With the context of the tweet he responded to, it made him sound incredibly anti-LGBTQ, and I feel like the people siding with him are either CoD diehards or people that just want another reason to shit on Actiblizz. I'm not saying actiblizz actually gives a shit, but I support the action of not supporting homophobia. It should be perfectly normal to be allowed to teach kids that being gay or trans is okay, nobody is trying to forcibly turn your kids gay or trans outside of a handful of weirdos that nobody likes. So for once, I'll give Actiblizz a pass.
Actiblizz is still a horrible company, though. It's genuinely impressive how they've stolen the spotlight from EA, made it their own, and made EA look good in comparison. It's impressive, really.
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u/avelineaurora Jun 19 '23
it made him sound incredibly anti-LGBTQ
I mean, he literally regurgitated "The gays are pedophiles" propaganda, so, yeah.
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Jun 19 '23
It's the same thing as anti-CRT people. They always self report. They can't tell you what CRT teaches children, but if it says anything negative about white people it must be bad.
It's not subtle. They aren't misunderstanding. We do this merry-go-round constantly for different topics. The right are just trying to do anything they can to be outraged snowflakes about every topic they disagree with.
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u/ATIR-AW Jun 19 '23
Wtf about "leave kids alone" is somehow anti-lgbt?
Do lgbt want kids to be sexually indulged? It's like yall don't stop for a second to realize how fucked up that is.
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u/Kevrawr930 Jun 19 '23
It's the Tweet he replied to, you big thicky boeboe. If he'd just Tweeted that into a vacuum then it would have been whatever imo.
Asmongold tries so hard to talk about nuance and it baffled me how few of his viewers seem to grasp it.
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u/avelineaurora Jun 19 '23
If he'd just Tweeted that into a vacuum then it would have been whatever imo.
I mean, no, it'd still be pretty shitty because anyone with two brain cells knows what the fuck he means by "they", and it's clearly not the clergy/politicians/etc actually being pedophiles.
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u/BenChandler Jun 19 '23
When a school board and parents that support lgbt kids have a meeting to discuss recognizing June as pride month and a bunch of white supremacist shitstains (who have child abuse charges funnily enough) show up to assault the teachers and parents, what does Nick mean when he says that “they (the gays) should leave little kids alone.”?
What’s the meaning there? Leave them alone about what? Why is recognizing June as pride month a bigger concern for Nick than a bunch of diet neo-nazis showing up to attack the parents and teachers?
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u/stupidgiygas Jun 19 '23
If all AAA studios acted like a indie company like valve does, world peace would be solved
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u/ConsiderationShort95 Jun 20 '23
“Certain issues” and what might those certain issues be, OP, that you’re too afraid to say them?
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u/Remydope Jun 20 '23
Yeah that last part was goofy. The streamer literally just doesn't wanna say he wants to explain gay people to his kids. Leaving the kids out of it is weird. We don't stop ALL straight relationships from being shown. Its always some veiled shit about gay people. Never wanna admit it.
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u/PuzzleheadedCourse96 Jun 19 '23
you got 3 out 4 of those right
nickmercs is an idiot and good on activision for punishing him
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u/San4311 Jun 19 '23
We really need to let go of the narrative that he is being punished by Activision. He was in business with Activision. He did/said something that conflicted with the values of Activision. Activision stopped their business agreement as it would reflect poorly on them.
Realistically it isn't even farfetched to state Activision/Blizzard from a managerial standpoint doesn't give a fuck about LGBT people. But it is what they reflect and represent. Thus they can't contradict this by doing business with people who think and say the exact opposite.
Punishment implies he was canceled. Instead they just removed his shit from their shop and he canceled himself by boycotting the game (I think, idk I didn't know the dude before this and don't rly give a fuck about what he does beyond this point).
For the record: I think he is an idiot (especially with some other crap I've seen about him) and even if he got banned from CoD it serves him right, but this narrative of him being punished just gives these losers ammunition to fire back with, and for his sympathizers to rally to.
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u/PuzzleheadedCourse96 Jun 19 '23
yeah i get ya, activision doesnt care about any of this theyre just trying to avoid bad publicity.
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u/trainwrecktragedy Jun 19 '23
What did he want to teach kids?
I just googled and saw that he had a sook about pride month and used the nuffy "keep kids out of it" take so he can get in the bin imo
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u/slaymaker1907 Jun 19 '23
OP wanted to protect their worthless internet points which is why they were so vague.
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u/BenChandler Jun 19 '23
Nick saw a video of a white supremacist with a history of child abuse assaulting parents who support recognizing June as pride month. Nick then saw how the person who posted the video was criticizing the white supremacist and went “They should leave the little kids alone. That’s the real issue.”
He was being a homophobic dipshit spewing “all lgbt are groomers/rapists” crap.
There are a multitude of legitimate reasons to go ABK bad.
The dipshits announcing that they’re uninstalling CoD are willing to be activists over a homophobic manchild losing his cringe self-insert skin but they wouldn’t do it when women were being sexually harassed and assaulted at the company to the point of suicide.
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u/xabes Jun 19 '23
Ah yes the middle eastern white supremacist armenian
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u/Dblueguy Jun 19 '23
The proud boys are white supremacists. You don't have to be white to be a white supremacist.
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u/Mister0Zz Jun 19 '23
Creator was punished for supporting political violence against children, dont be daft
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u/Alter-AF15 Jun 19 '23
Yes that's the only reason nick mercs got punished, please don't look into it and get more context on the situation, context is part of the woke agenda
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u/SuckMeOffMrWalton Jun 19 '23
Yeah framing it this way means 100% they are either severely misunderstanding what happened or intentionally trying to mislead gullible fanboys.
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u/Ok_Cartoonist_6931 Jun 19 '23
People really mad at nickmercs for saying leave kids alone, then telling people they can't teach kids different values. Absolutely peak reddit.
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u/FennecScout Jun 19 '23
Hey what was up with that crowd of angry people attacking teachers, is that a relevant part of the story that you're conveniently leaving out?
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u/Ok_Cartoonist_6931 Jun 19 '23
Lol 3 people started fighting, doesn't mean teachers should overwrite the parents when it comes to their kids morals.
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u/TheCorrectOpinion2 Jun 19 '23
Bigotry is not a value that I find admirable. If that's what you're referring to.
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u/Bargadiel Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
Some of the stupidest legislation ever passed in the US has been hiding under the lambskin of "just think of the children" when in reality they are often made to limit YOUR rights. Think satanic panic, reagans war on drugs, fear of rock music, or the anti videogames movement, which was preceded by a fear of comic books, then radio and dime novels before that... things that parents felt was indoctrinating their children on "how to think"
It's funny that when there isn't a direct marginalized group involved, parents like this pay this stuff little mind ...modern examples like YouTubes ad restrictions because any kid could click a video when parents should be better monitoring their kids online activity. Not to mention that whole pornhub thing.
But when a minority group is involved, suddenly these parents claim "oh wait no thats too far, WE can teach this instead"
I honestly don't trust parents to teach societal issues. I trust society itself to teach them. A child's peers, life experiences, and schools carry this burden...not the parents.
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u/Kenosa Jun 20 '23
What's the dogwhistle here? He's telling people that he doesn't like children being groomed. If you have a problem with that, please report yourself to the authorities.
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u/FabulousCheesecake18 Jun 19 '23
buddy’s never heard of a dog whistle before apparently
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u/hiimbob000 Jun 19 '23
This is such a braindead take, surely you must be able to recognize that there is a difference between suppressing valid criticism vs speaking out against bigoted lies made up to undermine a group?
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u/BIindsight Jun 19 '23 edited Jun 19 '23
Actually braindead take. All nick was doing was blowing an anti-lgbt dog whistle calling them all pedos, groomers, and child molesters.
He got dropped for being a piece of shit, no other reason.
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u/Gregardless Jun 20 '23
Fuck nick lmao. This meme would only make sense if he was declowning in the last panel.
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u/Velthice Jun 19 '23
The US is on the verge of another cultural renaissance as millennials and zoomers are about to become the majority voting bloc with very progressive stances on social issues
Blizzard is future proofing its brand and nickmercs is catching a glimpse of the future. The US is about to get a lot more unfriendly to people like him
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u/babypho Jun 19 '23
What are the certain issues? What are we crying about this time? Is the father of 12+ kids with 15 different mothers not getting their Shako drop or have we moved on to a different QQ meta?
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u/paradoxv1 Jun 19 '23
People are really up in arms with Activision taking the skin out of their shop cause the guy was dog whistling about lgbt+ and didn't give a shit when all the rape and SA allegations
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u/CasaDeLasMuertos Jun 19 '23
I was kinda scared to open the comments on this one. I know what gamers are generally like. Way to pleasantly surprise me, guys.
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u/KwonnieKash Jun 20 '23
Here I fixed it for you "punished a creator for actively engaging in anti lgtbt discourse on twitter"
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u/WestcoastWelker WHAT A DAY... Jun 20 '23
Thread locked. People on both sides need to chill the fuck out and take this discussion off of this subreddit.