Jim Sterling / James "Stephanie" Sterling / James Stanton/Sexton & in memoriam TotalBiscuit (John Bain) - One Gaming Lolcow Thread

So why is JKR the queen of the terfs when she didn't even say anything that bad ? Is it because she courted the lunatics ? A heretic is way worse than an unbeliever.

Oh, a few reasons. Because they've got an INGSOC-type fetish for exerting social power and she's way above their weight-class. Figuratively, of course, a lot of them are absolute units. Then there's the fact they're complete consoomer children who can't cope with the fact a franchise they like was made by someone with their own mind and opinions, and they're neither mature enough to seperate the art from the artist, or find some other story to enjoy.

Also, Rowling is in fact dangerous to them. Not in the sense she's ushering in troon genocide, but rather because she's not. Rowling drama is great for peaking people. Back when I wasn't peaked, I assumed Rowling had to be saying some terrible shit, because that's what people told me. Then I read her writing and statements on the matter--and on their own terms, not a few out of context quotes from Contra or whatever--and I found them... totally reasonable? Not terribly radical, fairly well-thought and set out, and compassionate to everyone involved. That lead me to checking out other demonised writers, like Helen Joyce and Jesse Singal, and well, now I'm posting on fucking Kiwi Farms.

TRA shit is deeply absurd. It can only thrive if people are shielded from even the mildest criticism of it.
 
Imagine needing to know the beliefs of every single person involved in a game, film, TV programme, etc. When buying the game, the money goes to many different people so you'd need to make sure none of them had ever said anything you disagree with before spending your money.
I posted something along these lines on Reddit and was told that "trans people are literally fearing for their lives over this" - no they aren't, or, if they are, then they are completely overreacting. No matter how much money JK Rowling puts into anti-trans groups (if she even is), none of them are going to gain any traction within the UK. People call the UK "TERF Island" but none of our major political parties want to kill trans people.
The reality is they hate Rowling so much not because she is some super right wing TERF, but because she has enough money to make her untouchable. No matter what the troon squad do it's just impotent moaning into fresh air.

It's not like Rowling is off spouting actually radical views that will get you cancelled by things that actually matter like Kanye and his anti semitism, and co panies like WB don't give a shit because ultimately they are making bank off HP.

The same sort of thing happened to Minecrafts creator, Notch. They couldn't do shit to him because he's rich.
 
The reality is they hate Rowling so much not because she is some super right wing TERF, but because she has enough money to make her untouchable. No matter what the troon squad do it's just impotent moaning into fresh air.

It's not like Rowling is off spouting actually radical views that will get you cancelled by things that actually matter like Kanye and his anti semitism, and co panies like WB don't give a shit because ultimately they are making bank off HP.

The same sort of thing happened to Minecrafts creator, Notch. They couldn't do shit to him because he's rich.

Rowling's got fuck you and your momma money. She'll never have to bend the knee.
 
Yeah, that's why I had to add the 'ordinary' caveat to my response; 'Phoenix' is almost certainly in the BPD or turbo-molested camp of damaged goods.

I can't remember whether or not I've mentioned this before, but I am sure Jim's house is basically like the infamous Final Fantasy House
 
I'm surprised he isn't jumping on the Hogwarts Legacy hate bandwagon while it's in vogue at the minute. Apparently Troons are upset because it's in the Steam and PS5 top sellers and they have been tagging it with things like "villain protagonist" (kind of redundant when you can do the whole good/evil play through a la mass effect) "NSFW" and worst of all to them no doubt, "capitalism".

The funniest though has to be psychological horror, given that is what troons are to everyone else.
He's always two weeks late to a hot button issue at least. Similar to how blizzard is always 5 years late to a popular game genre.
 
I'm surprised he isn't jumping on the Hogwarts Legacy hate bandwagon while it's in vogue at the minute. Apparently Troons are upset because it's in the Steam and PS5 top sellers and they have been tagging it with things like "villain protagonist" (kind of redundant when you can do the whole good/evil play through a la mass effect) "NSFW" and worst of all to them no doubt, "capitalism".

The funniest though has to be psychological horror, given that is what troons are to everyone else.
I saw Capitalism on steam and for a moment got very excited that I could be a goblin in a bank or start a business as a student and fleece all the mudbloods make an honest living before I realised what was going on...
 
I saw Capitalism on steam and for a moment got very excited that I could be a goblin in a bank or start a business as a student and fleece all the mudbloods make an honest living before I realised what was going on...
The fun's over now, though, the Steam/Valve jannies have cleaned the tags and forums up.

A thought did occur to me though, do you think the troons are all ass blasted because Hogwarts has stairs in the Griffindor common room that are basically troon detectors since they stop boys from entering the girls dorms?
 
Once in a while I'll wander by Jim's Twitch just to sample a different kind of cringe for once, and I don't know why we don't spend more time talking about how fucking terrible his numbers are on there:
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For comparison, I picked the first random streamer I could find who was somewhat close to Jim's sub count:
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I don't really understand how Twitch clipping works and what actually appeals to people on this shitbox platform, but what we see here is both channels Highlights and Uploads sections aren't exactly fire, but look at the disparity between the Recent Broadcast and Popular Clips sections. Jim Sterling, a man making $100k+ annually, is getting cratered by some random Russian dude who seems to almost exclusively stream a 20-year-old GTA game.

Also, if you're anything like me, a certain 'popular' clip probably caught your eye. Don't you worry your little cotton socks, I made sure to archive it for us all to endure...
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Holy fuck he's ugly
 
A thought did occur to me though, do you think the troons are all ass blasted because Hogwarts has stairs in the Griffindor common room that are basically troon detectors since they stop boys from entering the girls dorms?
Given the average weight of a troon, I think the stairs themselves offended them more than the gender detector.
 
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