All streamers are trash so itās always pleasurable to see any of them being taken down for being the assholes they are.
(This is in reference to the guy who is shocking his dog, not the woman who was assaulted, which wouldnāt have happened if Twitch allowed people to bring their own private security. I think streamers are trash but that justifies critiquing them not assaulting them.)
Except it wasnāt a shock collar and she wasnāt even wearing that collar during the clip that started the outrage. I donāt like nor watch Hassan, but thatās bullshit.
Yeah I think Hasan handled the whole thing poorly, that combined with him constantly stereotyping anarchists and vegans to sacrificially throw under the bus have caused me to take a break from his stream for a bit due to bad taste in my mouth. But the whole issue itself was absolutely a manufactured character hit. Too many leftists demand heroes who are virtuous in every conceivable way and get outraged when theyāre not, but people like that literally do not exist. Not a single person is like that. Iāll be back to watching Hasan in a bit because while heās wrong a lot, heās right a whole lot more. And the more viable left punditry becomes, the more leftist pundits weāll get to push the social overton window back the other way.
He got mad at the dog for doing #1 most common thing that dogs do and then didnāt care when the dog seemed distressed. She was in fact forced to sit still as a camera prop - you know, most dog owners would check what stresses the dog out. Itās not even about the goddamn collar, itās about how the living being is treated as a toy.
But what if Hasan responded with āumm, thank you for your concern, that was not what happened, but maybe it is true I shouldnāt lock the dog in a single small placeā instead of calling people stupid for caring for his pet seemingly more than he does. He got resources to make the dog the happiest one in the city, but why would he even think about that.
Itās just upsetting, is all, all I want to see is that first shred of humility we never saw from him despite numerous fuckups, this case being different because itās not about dumb internet things anymore, but an actual living creature
Thatās not what happened. Kiya was not shocked, he did check on her after, Kiya gets hours of daily exercise, and is allowed to come or go from her cot as she wants.
Iām going to try to be objective here and add perspective as a dog owner
after she yelped, he immediately froze and looked at her for a few seconds, during which nothing was visibly wrong and she showed no signs of distress. things like this happen with dogs, Iāve done the exact same thing countless times with my dogs behind me at my workstation for various reasons, some of which were random yelps.
with the situation determined to not be of immediate concern, you donāt need to go do a thorough review of the dog right away. you can do that a bit later. if the dog is hurt, theyāll show it.
do I think the effort that goes into keeping her on the cot is a little weird? yeah. but I donāt have experience with big dogs, and I donāt think itās an issue to tell your dog to stay in their place rather than somewhere else in the room, theyāll be happy either way. my dog will get up off her bed and plop herself down under my rolling chair without me noticing, then freak out when I move because a tiny bit of fur got caught in the wheels, so I tell them to stay farther away or will slide them away from the chair
Okay, maybe thatās fair, but you can obviously see why the clip has upset people. Im tired of the topic, but what upsets me more is that Hasan defenders, and also he himself, use dismissal as the main tactic, and like, no, people are not stupid for having empathy, even when they got too much of it (If you think such a thing is possible). Dismissal also (obviously, as one of the favorite tools of abusers) makes people suspicious. Should people be suspicious in this particular case? I dunno, my point is that these are completely rational feelings to have
Anyway, I will try to avoid speaking more on the topic, doesnāt seem worth the time
The timing couldnāt really have been worse for him, but I agree that it was probably just an unfortunate coincidence. I definitely would have physically walked over to my pets if they yelped like that, though.
idk where you get that impression from, you can definitely find nice streamers if you look for them.
take RTGame. no controversy whatsoever. swears a bunch, but only as a result of being irish. fantastic community. but he streams on twitch, so i guess heās trash?
is it because streamers ask for donations? because they play games as a job? iām genuinely curious.
Itās more thereās such a over prevalence of pedophiles, groomers and general other assholes among the largest circles of streamers and YouTubers. That they all get washed with the same brush which is not fair to many such as RTGame.
But itās also the profession at itās highest levels isnāt actually playing games as a job. Itās being a talk show entertainer. Thatās WHAT streaming is.
The video game is the stand in for the guest stars.
There is an inherent disingenuity to the whole performance. At least at the upper levels. While streaming may have started off as just gamer sharing their gameplay and what not, itās very much not the reality of what it is anymore.
Thatās why itās not fair to paint everybody as an asshole just because theyāre a streamer. It is genuinely fair to be distrustful of pretty much every streamer. So long as youāre keeping in mind that not everyone is an asshole even if they are in a horrible industry.
Itās a mentally toxic industry after all. Any form of parasocial entertainment is inherently toxic.
Iāll ignore how dumb the rest of this take is but she did bring her own private security. Her own security guy is the one who got the perpetrator off of her, while event security did nothing and also failed at securing the meet and greet properly in the first place.
In general con security seems to be terrible almost across the board. Absolutely not equipped for how big internet personalities have gotten, itās mostly in āweāre just a bunch of nerds having our niche eventā mode even for events where thatās decidedly no longer the case. And for twitchcon thatās not even the tiniest bit of an excuse since itās organized by one of the largest tech companies in the world.
All streamers are trash so itās always pleasurable to see any of them being taken down for being the assholes they are.
(This is in reference to the guy who is shocking his dog, not the woman who was assaulted, which wouldnāt have happened if Twitch allowed people to bring their own private security. I think streamers are trash but that justifies critiquing them not assaulting them.)
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Except it wasnāt a shock collar and she wasnāt even wearing that collar during the clip that started the outrage. I donāt like nor watch Hassan, but thatās bullshit.
https://youtu.be/TVaAlBfNnJY
Yeah I think Hasan handled the whole thing poorly, that combined with him constantly stereotyping anarchists and vegans to sacrificially throw under the bus have caused me to take a break from his stream for a bit due to bad taste in my mouth. But the whole issue itself was absolutely a manufactured character hit. Too many leftists demand heroes who are virtuous in every conceivable way and get outraged when theyāre not, but people like that literally do not exist. Not a single person is like that. Iāll be back to watching Hasan in a bit because while heās wrong a lot, heās right a whole lot more. And the more viable left punditry becomes, the more leftist pundits weāll get to push the social overton window back the other way.
He got mad at the dog for doing #1 most common thing that dogs do and then didnāt care when the dog seemed distressed. She was in fact forced to sit still as a camera prop - you know, most dog owners would check what stresses the dog out. Itās not even about the goddamn collar, itās about how the living being is treated as a toy.
But what if Hasan responded with āumm, thank you for your concern, that was not what happened, but maybe it is true I shouldnāt lock the dog in a single small placeā instead of calling people stupid for caring for his pet seemingly more than he does. He got resources to make the dog the happiest one in the city, but why would he even think about that.
Itās just upsetting, is all, all I want to see is that first shred of humility we never saw from him despite numerous fuckups, this case being different because itās not about dumb internet things anymore, but an actual living creature
Thatās not what happened. Kiya was not shocked, he did check on her after, Kiya gets hours of daily exercise, and is allowed to come or go from her cot as she wants.
I will not discuss this with someone named ākeep on Stalinā, lmao, revisionism is yāallās favorite sport
I literally just replied to you doing that
Iām going to try to be objective here and add perspective as a dog owner
after she yelped, he immediately froze and looked at her for a few seconds, during which nothing was visibly wrong and she showed no signs of distress. things like this happen with dogs, Iāve done the exact same thing countless times with my dogs behind me at my workstation for various reasons, some of which were random yelps.
with the situation determined to not be of immediate concern, you donāt need to go do a thorough review of the dog right away. you can do that a bit later. if the dog is hurt, theyāll show it.
do I think the effort that goes into keeping her on the cot is a little weird? yeah. but I donāt have experience with big dogs, and I donāt think itās an issue to tell your dog to stay in their place rather than somewhere else in the room, theyāll be happy either way. my dog will get up off her bed and plop herself down under my rolling chair without me noticing, then freak out when I move because a tiny bit of fur got caught in the wheels, so I tell them to stay farther away or will slide them away from the chair
Okay, maybe thatās fair, but you can obviously see why the clip has upset people. Im tired of the topic, but what upsets me more is that Hasan defenders, and also he himself, use dismissal as the main tactic, and like, no, people are not stupid for having empathy, even when they got too much of it (If you think such a thing is possible). Dismissal also (obviously, as one of the favorite tools of abusers) makes people suspicious. Should people be suspicious in this particular case? I dunno, my point is that these are completely rational feelings to have
Anyway, I will try to avoid speaking more on the topic, doesnāt seem worth the time
The timing couldnāt really have been worse for him, but I agree that it was probably just an unfortunate coincidence. I definitely would have physically walked over to my pets if they yelped like that, though.
idk where you get that impression from, you can definitely find nice streamers if you look for them.
take RTGame. no controversy whatsoever. swears a bunch, but only as a result of being irish. fantastic community. but he streams on twitch, so i guess heās trash?
is it because streamers ask for donations? because they play games as a job? iām genuinely curious.
Itās more thereās such a over prevalence of pedophiles, groomers and general other assholes among the largest circles of streamers and YouTubers. That they all get washed with the same brush which is not fair to many such as RTGame.
But itās also the profession at itās highest levels isnāt actually playing games as a job. Itās being a talk show entertainer. Thatās WHAT streaming is.
The video game is the stand in for the guest stars.
There is an inherent disingenuity to the whole performance. At least at the upper levels. While streaming may have started off as just gamer sharing their gameplay and what not, itās very much not the reality of what it is anymore.
Thatās why itās not fair to paint everybody as an asshole just because theyāre a streamer. It is genuinely fair to be distrustful of pretty much every streamer. So long as youāre keeping in mind that not everyone is an asshole even if they are in a horrible industry.
Itās a mentally toxic industry after all. Any form of parasocial entertainment is inherently toxic.
Iāll ignore how dumb the rest of this take is but she did bring her own private security. Her own security guy is the one who got the perpetrator off of her, while event security did nothing and also failed at securing the meet and greet properly in the first place.
In general con security seems to be terrible almost across the board. Absolutely not equipped for how big internet personalities have gotten, itās mostly in āweāre just a bunch of nerds having our niche eventā mode even for events where thatās decidedly no longer the case. And for twitchcon thatās not even the tiniest bit of an excuse since itās organized by one of the largest tech companies in the world.
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