World news general (Trump/Refugees/Iran/ISIS/TPP/UAV/SJW/FTGE/Climate)

[SrsSam77]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29136594

[Bamyasi]

Ebola virus spreading throughout Europe and North America would be such poetic justice for our centuries of exploiting those regions. Kind of like how Obama's drone program gave birth to what the IS is today.

most of the news outlets crying foul over the leaks are hypocrites anyway. they're just mad because the leakers didn't give them exclusive access to the images first but instead leaked it for free so the gossip bloggers couldn't squeeze it for all it's worth. not only that but they're the ones who generate that kind of celebrity culture with the paparazzi and wanton invasion of celebrities' private lives in almost every other facet, but suddenly when they're not the ones doing it it's bad. they're more scum than those hackers will ever be. at least the hackers gave apple a reality check.

Word.

Also check my 9's.

[SrsSam77]

Ebola virus spreading throughout Europe and North America would be such poetic justice for our centuries of exploiting those regions. Kind of like how Obama's drone program gave birth to what the IS is today.



Also check my 9's.

1. niggawatt, you do know that the exploitation of those areas in africa were condoned by the then ruling monarchs of said areas?

2. We are about to witness the birth of a new age, also check out my 199 #rekt

[zwimmy]

this thread gave me ebola

[SrsSam77]

http://www.news.com.au/national/ebola-scare-in-australia-gold-coast-man-isolated/story-fncynjr2-1227054788832

Ebola in australia

[rtil]

i refuse to buy in to the ebola scare

[Bamyasi]

you do know that the exploitation of those areas in africa were condoned by the then ruling monarchs of said areas?

Yeah but you can't just (literally and metaphorically) carve up a continent for resources and expect the "countries" there to have solid infrastructure 150 years later.

[valiums]

you do know that the exploitation of those areas in africa were condoned by the then ruling monarchs of said areas?

Yeah but you can't just (literally and metaphorically) carve up a continent for resources and expect the "countries" there to have solid infrastructure 150 years later.

omgod slavery was 1,000,000 years ago why cant blacks get over anything it's been like 1000 billion years jesus christ like 100000000000000000000000000000000000 years omg nobody else asks for handouts after 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years get over it

[SrsSam77]

omgod slavery was 1,000,000 years ago why cant blacks get over anything it's been like 1000 billion years jesus christ like 100000000000000000000000000000000000 years omg nobody else asks for handouts after 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 years get over it

You do realize the biggest exporter of slaves were African kingdoms right? One big perpetrator was the kingdom of Dahomey, a shining star of African civilization, go ahead, look it up. Also I do believe since the people directly affected are long dead (And since slavery 95% of the time in north America was actually a decent life and not the shitfest it's painted as in northern schools") that yes, complaining that you or your ancestors were slaves is nothing more than a "GIB MONEY" thing. Thats like me complaining that the turks, who fucking destroyed my country and raped and pillaged it it for 500 hundred years need to make reparations to me or should I have a conversation with a turk should feel like shit for being turkish when I bring up my nationality. But I don't, and my people don't, because it's in the past.

If you do want a demographic of people to talk about that should get some right to complain or have affirmative action, look to the native americans in central and southern america who got fucking shitwreckt by the Spaniards.

[Bamyasi]

Regardless of your or anyone's stance on reparations, you act as though once slavery was abolished, former slaves were suddenly regarded as first class citizens. I think you know that wasn't the case.

Also the thread ate the original post you were quoting so that's interesting.

In other news (I haven't really been keeping up with it) but I think this whole #GamerGate fiasco does really well to highlight the inanity of social media activism. Not only does nothing actually change, but the truly important issues are homogenized and assimilated into the same discursive platform as frivolous ones, to the point where people actually have to argue that Ferguson is more important than videogame journalism (not a swipe at zwimmy). This is a problem with the internet at large but I think it speaks to more general problems with Globalism. People tend not to care until the proverbial glacial melt is at their doorstep. It's hard to imagine a Sioux chief shouting "Stop talking about buffalo! Louis XIV was just beheaded!"

[Bamyasi]

[citation needed]

[SrsSam77]

[citation needed]

lurk moar fggt, especially while it's still hot in the /v/ threads

[Bamyasi]

Because /v/ has never lied to me before.

And I should have specified "once slavery was abolished in the US," because its modern equivalent still takes place in sweatshops and child labored mines across the world every day for our (consumers of technology's) benefit.

[rtil]

maybe someday /v/ and the #gamergate neckbeards will learn the best way to "fight" anita sarkeesian and zoe quinn is to ignore them

[BluPhoenix]

maybe someday /v/ and the #gamergate neckbeards will learn the best way to "fight" anita sarkeesian and zoe quinn is to ignore them

iirc that's what they've been doing as of late, they're more focused on spreading the message of #gamergate and #notyourshield, trying to combat the journalists trying to spin the truth rather than giving youtube personalities and attention whores the time of day

any time i've seen quinn mentioned in these threads people respond with "who?"

quinn is no stranger to /v/ though, and has responded by changing her twitter name to 'zoe "who?" quinn'

[rtil]

but wasn't the whole point of #gamergate to bring attention to zoe quinn and the whole five guys thing? what's the point of the hashtag now? fighting corrupt journalism? if it is i just think it's silly because it was never not corrupt and it was also never journalism. i guess new gaming journalism sites should rise up in their places, but honestly i don't know if there's really a need for them. gamers are incapable of having civil discourse.

[SHADOWFOX2]

maybe someday /v/ and the #gamergate neckbeards will learn the best way to "fight" anita sarkeesian and zoe quinn is to ignore them

Oh come now, that would be too easy...
After all, things like this don't just go away if you ignore them. In fact I'm sure they would feed from the lack of traffic and viewership they got.
By casting more attention to it by calling out/exposing and exercising one's rights to speech by weighing one's own opinion on it, the problem gets dealt with directly and won't end up on TV or some other medium gaining more exposure.

[BluPhoenix]

but wasn't the whole point of #gamergate to bring attention to zoe quinn and the whole five guys thing? what's the point of the hashtag now? fighting corrupt journalism?

gamergate was a response to the media sources reporting on the situation trying to cover up the original point of quinn abusing her connections, flipping the blame onto the gamers with the red herring of misogyny and anti-feminism for not accepting this person simply because she is a woman.

[SrsSam77]

Ebola is spreading, current efforts would have to multiple x20 times to catch up and contain it, liberia and sierra leone might get wiped off the map.
Ebola-chan is also spreading, please enjoy this video.
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[crackers]

This thread is giving me ebola