I just went through the XKCD archive. About halfway through, I realised that the hover-captions are worth reading. Bugger. Now I have to go back through the first half...
as a girl who's been on the internet since being a girl on the internet ACTUALLY WAS unusual, i think it's a load of patronising bullshit, and he's clearly just trying to play the white knight card.
I personally would rather see a world full of white knights than people being sexist misogynists, even if they think it's for a laugh in a closeted community somewhere. One man's ironic statement is another man's role model.
agreeing with your mates is not unusual, is it? :)
honestly, though, i've very rarely seen anyone do the white knight bit out of genuinely altruistic motives - there's a not inconsiderable amount of power over someone you rescue. frankly, the selfless rescuer bit gets my back up a bit. adding a token women utterly failing to be able to speak for herself gets me MORE pissed off, but isn't really the bit that bugs me.
i'd rather see people being a bit more relaxed about the jokes they make than is always easy to deal with than faking outrage to score points off each other. YMMV.
Regardless of the motives, a world full of people doing nice things is better IMO than a world full of people being offensive. This is why you'll rarely see me trading insults in chatrooms - it's just not my idea of a fun night in, even if it's done in jest.
I worry deeply that such behaviour is seen as the norm after a while, and then people take their internet-formed personalities out in to the real world and end up acting like obnoxious twats because it's got them a few cheap laughs and made them a few friends (or 'friends') online.
As much as White Knighting might be your pet peeve, people acting like utter cockends from the safety of the other side of a screen is mine. I just think there's more to commend in being chivalrous than being misogynistic.
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I have now. And the parade of idiots. Jayzus.
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About halfway through, I realised that the hover-captions are worth reading.
Bugger. Now I have to go back through the first half...
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My work here is done.
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I personally would rather see a world full of white knights than people being sexist misogynists, even if they think it's for a laugh in a closeted community somewhere. One man's ironic statement is another man's role model.
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honestly, though, i've very rarely seen anyone do the white knight bit out of genuinely altruistic motives - there's a not inconsiderable amount of power over someone you rescue. frankly, the selfless rescuer bit gets my back up a bit. adding a token women utterly failing to be able to speak for herself gets me MORE pissed off, but isn't really the bit that bugs me.
i'd rather see people being a bit more relaxed about the jokes they make than is always easy to deal with than faking outrage to score points off each other. YMMV.
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I worry deeply that such behaviour is seen as the norm after a while, and then people take their internet-formed personalities out in to the real world and end up acting like obnoxious twats because it's got them a few cheap laughs and made them a few friends (or 'friends') online.
As much as White Knighting might be your pet peeve, people acting like utter cockends from the safety of the other side of a screen is mine. I just think there's more to commend in being chivalrous than being misogynistic.
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