Ignorance Is a Sin

tardis-goes-vworpp: #you’d think this is photoshopped #but...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:43 +0200

#you’d think this is photoshopped #but nope #this is supernatural

hairybuttsarebeautiful: mephtheoocderp: skyrimscreens: still...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:00:29 +0200

mephtheoocderp:

skyrimscreens:

still one of my favorite photosets ever

the most annoying part when I first started that game

thegoddamazon: logic-and-art: thatpointlessidiot: krudman: I...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:47:51 +0200

thegoddamazon:

logic-and-art:

thatpointlessidiot:

krudman:

I thought to myself when I saw this, “no. This has to be some one being silly. This has to be something some one fabricated to make microsoft look worse and people just aren’t checking the source.”

NOPE. IT’S REAL.

AND IT GOT WORSE:

WHAT.

I want everyone to think long and hard on this information.

This means that you are not buying your games. You are paying 60+ dollars to rent the games from Microsoft, and they can take their game back whenever they feel like it.

You will not own your game. You will not own your console. Essentially, Microsoft is saying “We can disable your games and cut you off from accessing your console whenever we choose to.” Because a ban that locks your XBox Live account means that you will be locked out from all non-game functionality of the system, and by revoking your ‘licenses’ on all your games associated with your account, they can then disable each and every game you own for the system. Leaving you with a five hundred dollar cable receiver. Or, in the case of most users of the console, a five hundred dollar paperweight.

All because you accidentally walked into some online glitch and the rest of the players rage-report you for cheating.

This is unacceptable. Buy any console but an XBox One. Do not support Microsoft’s sudden belief that they own everything despite our purchase of it, and we have to prove we’re worthy of being shared with by paying exorbitant fees and jumping through constant hoops and hoping someone doesn’t report us for cheating because we made them mad in an online game.

Tell Microsoft ‘No,’ and do not give them your hard-earned money for what amounts to a video game subscription service with a $500 starting fee and $60+ dollar purchases.

Signal boost

It’s like they love shooting themselves in the dick.

habaneropepperpotts: As if we needed more proof that Mark 42 is...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:42:20 +0200

habaneropepperpotts:

As if we needed more proof that Mark 42 is the Moon Moon of Tony’s suits.

darkslover: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood surely is...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:38:30 +0200

darkslover:

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood surely is ironic.

The brilliance that is this series.

gamerisms: pyroflasher: boycameron: indieintellectual: concer...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:14:58 +0200

gamerisms:

pyroflasher:

boycameron:

indieintellectual:

concerningmishas:

I’M SORRY BUT THIS REALLY PISSED ME OFF AND I NEEDED TO VENT.

So I liked this page last year for the shits and gigs, as you do. I found it funny, and let slide the few sexist posts.

Only recently- and after I got a tumblr- did I really start to notice the abundance of rape, sexist and racist jokes appearing on my news feed. And it pissed me off.

I said nothing, however, because what could I do? Send in a message to the page and get labelled a whore and a slut by the Admins as I’ve seen so many people do?

Then this motherfucking gem popped up.

I usually don’t get involved in these sorts of things; if I do my comment gets lost more often than not and goes unnoticed. But I had to comment, I really had to.

I thought my argument was valid and whole, and I was actually rather happy when he admin directly replied to my comment.

I narrowed down my five favourite games ever and posted them.

Of course, I got beaten and labeled down once again.

When I asked for a rational clarification of his definitions of “casual” and “core” he did not reply. It was only when I directly insinuated the bias of his claim did I get a response.

“A feminist I see. No arguments need to be made. Good luck with getting them eggs fertilized”

Note the use of “feminist” as an insult.

I have had my fair share of gender specific hate regarding gaming. I get told I am a fake and a bitch if I get a high score; I get told to “suck a dick because you are better at that, bitch” if I get a low score; I get told to “get back in the kitchen, slut” without any prompt at all, simply because I have a vagina.

I am beyond sick of this. I hate the fact that if a male who hypothetically plays a few hours of CoD can be easily called a gamer by the wider community but I if were to say that I was a level 34 on Skyrim I would immediately be called a fake geek girl, a casual gamer and a liar.

I hate the fact that, even though 45% of gaming consumers are female, developers and publishers still believe that there is not a large enough demographic for female protagonists.

I hate the fact that most women in video games are no more than sexulised objects in skimpy clothing.

I hate the fact that I cannot enjoy a game without being labeled and branded because of the fact that I posses a vagina and not a penis.

~sorry about the long post clogging up your dash. I needed to vent~

Off-topic somewhat, but important.

why this

and i must scream

Seriously, this woman literally said that her favorite games including GEARS OF WAR and SKYRIM and the dude can take that and immediately refute it as casual! Why? She could have said that she’s level 47 on Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 multiplayer, has played every Silent Hill game, can tell you the entire back stories of the war between assassins and templars in Assassin’s Creed, and she would still get dismissed because she’s a woman and therefore ineligible for the categorization of hardcore gamer. There are men who live to play games like Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, and Little Big Planet, and women who thrive on Bioshock, Uncharted, and Resident Evil, but the former would never be questioned as being a “true gamer,” while the latter will always have to face guys like the one in the Facebook conversation who question their gaming prowess.

It just goes to show that matter what, if you are a woman and you say that you play video games, there will always be some male douchebag heckling at you, saying that you are not a true gamer and will pull arguments out of their asses to make them feel like they have a right to bully you.

Photo

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:03:57 +0200

hurrisonfurd: i don’t watch supernatural anymore but this sign...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:03:23 +0200

hurrisonfurd:

i don’t watch supernatural anymore but this sign at the sandwich shop killed me

superlockedhogwartianinthetardis: dopeywolfie: phhpppbbbbbthb: calipsoe: may-magic-be-in-your-fav...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:37:43 +0200

superlockedhogwartianinthetardis:

dopeywolfie:

phhpppbbbbbthb:

calipsoe:

may-magic-be-in-your-favor:

thewholockgames:

rubyrubyrubyredux:

sirmee:

It makes me so angry, that a banana is a berry

what—

OH MY GOD

wat

no

are we not going to talk about an avocado being a berry too??!?

it gets worse, strawberries aren’t berries, they’re “accessory fruits”

EXCUSE ME I NEED TO GO RETHINK MY ENTIRE LIFE

TUMBLR STOP RUINING MY PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE

Can we talk about the Peter Pan(s) at disney world?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:41:56 +0200

empirically:

whyarentibritish:

iamnofallenstar:

WAIT IT’S ALL THE SAME DUDE??? dear lord he is adorable

I WANT TO MEET PETER PAN SOBZ. ):

mikazuhi: That’s really interesting, please tell me how these...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:07:14 +0200

mikazuhi:

_{That’s really interesting, please tell me how these games don’t sell.}

thorsgoddess: krazykitsune: tauntaunrider: krazykitsune: thor...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +0200

thorsgoddess:

krazykitsune:

tauntaunrider:

krazykitsune:

thorsgoddess:

krazykitsune:

hilliary:

“You don’t want blood on your your pink Barbie dress”

I can assure you

the only reason a dress of mine would be pink

is that the blood didn’t come out

HOLY SHIT KATIE

yes hello you rang?

holy shit katie put them down.

nEVER

IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER

awkwardsituationist: cambridge university students were asked...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:57:25 +0200

awkwardsituationist:

cambridge university students were asked on campus why they needed feminism. here are 60 answers. click the link for over about 600 more.

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:48:44 +0200

mr-egbutt: #err’day in skyrim

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:49:19 +0200

mr-egbutt:

#err’day in skyrim

curiouskitty: verycunninglinguist: whatlikeitshard: jukeboxgra...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:48:09 +0200

curiouskitty:

verycunninglinguist:

whatlikeitshard:

jukeboxgraduate:

yerawizardmary:

yerawizardmary:

Dying right now.

I cannot believe this got so many notes. But this is the continuation.

THIS WOMAN IS MY NEW HERO.

HERO.

When the Internet gives you lemons, make lemonade.

This is such a righteous post that I am happy I stayed up late. I will probably still regret going to school on 5hrs of sleep, but then I’ll just think of this and not give a damn.

amarantines: nina-in-technicolor: c2ndy2c1d: meehighmeelo: fy...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:28:56 +0200

amarantines:

nina-in-technicolor:

c2ndy2c1d:

meehighmeelo:

fyeahartstudentowl:

bigbigtruck:

juliedillon:

romy-chan:

I made this comic solely to explain how the interview went, so please ignore how ugly it looks. This was easier than trying to just write it down for me.

I am a very emotional person especially when I’m nervous, so this event hit me quite hard.

More news soon.

Oh honey. Oh god. I’m so sorry. Okay. This is not a school you want to associate with. These are bad people. They are not better than you. I don’t care how prestigious they think or say they are. Going there would have been a waste of your time, because you are so much better than anything they could offer you and they do not have a fucking clue what they are talking about. Trust me. I struggled through a college full of people just like that, and got nothing out of it but wasted time and resentment. All they did was tell me I was phony and a failure for wanting to actually learn how to draw and paint, and that is all kinds of backwards. All that self-important grandiose bullshit about illustration and technical skill not being “art” is just hiding the fact that they can’t paint or draw for shit. They live in an echo-chamber, and they only worship the absolute newest trends in the handful of areas of modern art they deem worthy, to the exclusion of all else. That is NOT art, that is elitism and egotism, pure and simple, and that sure as hell does not help the students. They are NOT better than you. Your beautiful artwork and expressiveness and illustrative style are powerful and important - everyone’s is. Saying someone’s work is “not art” and therefore not important is not a critique. It’s an asshole thing to say, and offers absolutely nothing of importance or value for potential students.

Now, that isn’t to say there is no value in modern and post modern and abstract expressionist etc. art - on the contrary. The more inclusive you can be in your influences, and the more you can look at and study, the better. (Branching out is always a healthy thing to do!) But if that’s ALL a school has to offer, if an art school tries to tell you that technical skill and illustration are invalid or unimportant, if they try to tell you that Rembrandt and Van Gogh aren’t worth looking at or studying because they are dead, if they dismiss artists they don’t approve of as “kids who like to scribble,” if they tell you that you don’t have a place there unless you conform exactly to what they want, then you need to avoid that place like the plague, because they are not there to help you, they are not there to teach you, they are there to find people who can make the school look even more self-important than it already is.

Sorry for the rant. XD I’m still haven’t quite gotten over how crappy my art college experience was. (For those interested, the crap school in question was Sacramento State University. After I left, I attended a handful of classes and workshops at the Academy of Art University in SF and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA ,which helped me SO much more, as the teachers were interested in actually helping students learn the skills that art schools are supposed to teach you. You know, painting and drawing and inking and sculpting and all that good stuff.)

Uh, so yeah. >_> Basically look for schools with a good technical program that stresses life drawing, painting, drawing. Art is one of the few careers where people care about your portfolio more than where you got your degree (unless you’re gearing up to work for a Pixar or Dreamworks or something, in which case it does help). So find a place that will help you be the best you can be, and don’t worry about how prestigious or fancy they think they are. <3

Echoing Julie’s remarks here. I spent my college years at an institution like the one in the comic that valued ~soul expression~ and AbEx over developing technical skills. At the time, I thought it was all peaches, because I was (and still am) super into making and observing AbEx art. Fortunately, I was required to take classes in Photoshop and Illustrator— without those, I would not have gotten a job after college.

I graduated without having learned ANYTHING about drawing, about color theory, about perspective or line weight or form. At thirt*coughcough* I’m still drawing like a high school kid and trying to make up for the damage of those wasted years.
Fuck “real art”, fuck “high art”, fuck “low art”. Learn, develop, grow, evolve, create.

I don’t often reblog stuff, but this comic and the commentary are incredibly important.

A lot of people ask me about college, expressing fear and nerves about whether or not they’re “good enough” or doing “the right art” to get in/do well. Fuck that, kids.

Find a school that will help you grow, no matter what art you do. Be open to criticism, yes, but if the school you’re talking to talks down to you or says that what you’re doing isn’t ~*~*~*”REAL”~*~*~ art, tell ‘em to fuck right off and walk the fuck outta there. That attitude is wrong. THEY are wrong.

You deserve to have an environment that nurtures your art and your skills and offers classes that will help you the very most that they can. Nothing will hurt you/your art more than cutting off the corners of your square peg to fit into a round hole.

/raises fist in solidarity

/extends middle finger at art elitist assholes

Wow what the actual fuck

i’m gonna stick my finger in my mouth just to puke all over them.

I have a thing to add.

In college I had a friend who was an art/animation major (double major). One of her teachers was awesome, and encouraged her to work her own style.

Another one went “you draw ANIME-STYLE? That’s not art, it’s not marketable, it’s not original, blah blah” stuff I’m sure everybody on this website has heard before.

First teacher is way more awesome than you’re thinking, because when she went to him worried about her style (which is, indeed, a cross between Disney and anime), his response was “Forget him, there are people who say Picasso wasn’t an artist, too.”

She decided to listen to first teacher.

She now works for Pixar.

FUCK THE HATERS, THEY’RE FULL OF SHIT.

God this whole post with all the commentary is glorious and a lot of my art school followers need to see it.

albinwonderland: uninhibitedandunrepentant: The Creepy Cull of...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:28:37 +0200

albinwonderland:

uninhibitedandunrepentant:

The Creepy Cull of the Female Protagonist.

PREACH!

I’m starting to really really like this guy’s videos.

zaffre: He’s really more of a cat person…

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:13:54 +0200

zaffre:

He’s really more of a cat person…

gingerhaze: i guess people get eaten too but I really just do...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:13:44 +0200

gingerhaze:

i guess people get eaten too but I really just do not understand the deer thing