It was a heated day in Canada’s House of Commons when elected Speaker Greg Fergus ejected Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from the chamber on April 30. Fergus removed Poilievre after he repeatedly refused to withdraw his remark that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pushing “wacko” drug policies....
I used to play Rune Quake with a guy on MPlayer named ‘svfox’ and he was from Brazil - this was 96/97. I miss him sometimes; we managed to lock down games of Rune Quake and CTF we played so well together.
Oh, she’s trashy? Why? Please don’t tell us you did not get whooshed by the ad now.
The ad has combined the image of putting tablets on a womans tongue, while also having her in a pose with tongue out that is also used to imply the desire to perform oral sex. This is highlighted by the fact she is looking up, with the camera focused on her face.
That said, I’m guessing here, but I’m sure as hell not going to tell a woman she’s not allowed to be offended by sexualization of another woman to sell Playstations.
None of them lived in the real world and they just churned out knee-jerk sexist bullshit because they wanted to appeal to boys going through puberty and men that never left that headspace.
It really took the industry a long time to get out of that, too. It was all through the early 2000’s, and people forget, also had wonderful shit like:
this, which should have taken that franchise down. People just gloss over it now like ‘oh yeah, haha, people were just like that back in… 2009!? Oh, shit, uh…’
(EDIT: Feel free to explain your downvote, you miss ads like this?)
Late 90’s/early 2000’s E3 and game shows were greasy
I posted this elsewhere, but people pretend like that just ended abruptly in 2005, but I want people to always remember this shit. That’s 2009, not 1999, gross.
Tongue out with ecstasy on is something you would see at raves. The eyes up is odd i give you that, that’s made to look submissive, and sure there are sexual connotations, advertisers are clever.
Yeah exactly, but also come on everyone, ecstasy is a drug that tends to make you want to fuck. So I think the ad -> sluttiness could be from, and I’m guessing here, that she’s in a submissive pose that just so happens to be identical to a sexual one, taking a drug that makes one want to fuck, and that’s her ‘role’ in this ad.
That said, you’ll notice not a single person asking the woman who posted why she saw it that way, they just jumped to tell her she’s wrong.
So @stufkes , on behalf of men on lemmy, I’m sorry you got this reaction. I really hope at least one person in this thread goes “Wait… I don’t see it as problematic, but someone else does. Maybe I should understand why?”
Yes, and I really hope more people see this. It was an embarrassment, and people tried to quickly forget. Before they did though, we got to see the absolute art piece that was the Battlefield teams response.
I feel like we tolerated the assholes of the time because, immature though they were, they were the life of the party, which was “the point” of gaming for a demographic, to be the exact opposite of work in every way.
Hard disagree there, particularly as someone who worked in the industry, has a gay kid, and worked with women in the industry. The ‘frat boy’ stuff was amusing to 13 year old fans, sure, but it was abusive, cruel, and awful to be anywhere near. There’s a billion different ways to achieve the same objective without being homophobic, sexist, etc, like say this masterpiece response to said ad.
“Someone is coming up behind you,” species-at-risk biologist Scott Gillingwater says. We lower our voices and change the subject. The two of us look conspicuous; we’re wearing chest waders and sun hats and are standing on the edge of a potholed road beside a grassy path near a marshy wetland. I turn to see a man with...
I just want to quickly add it isn’t just “young people”, it’s young men. Women are still heavily left but 20-something men want to give the 1930s a try again.
On Aug. 3, 2023, the Alberta government announced a surprise seven-month moratorium on all new renewable energy projects, much to the surprise of the industry....
In late summer 2023, the RCMP made headlines with the arrests of two men in Ottawa and Kingsey Falls, Quebec, on terrorism and hate propaganda charges. The arrests marked a significant victory in a three-year investigation by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team targeting the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division....
After a major feeder water main break plunged Calgary’s water supply into a critical state, city officials are now asking Calgarians to use 25 per cent less than they did yesterday, sounding the alarm that the city is at risk of running out....
I was in the industry for just shy of 20 years, and it hit me seeing that list just how many studios are missing from it.
It was nice though to see New Blood do this, and I honestly don’t expect them to run one with all of the studios because frankly that would take hours to show.
I don’t think I’ll ever go back to games, but know that the people who make games: QA, design, art, etc, are leaving in droves, which is for the best. Microsoft is struggling to hire people in Vancouver. Why? They’ve lowered pay for many positions, fired almost anyone with over 2 years of experience there, and hire part time. A friend of mine was offered a Lead position… For 14 months.
If they don’t believe in the games they’re making, neither should you.
As a general rule, I hate opinion pieces as I feel that they are a major contributor to our slide towards ‘facts don’t matter’ US style political rhetoric. That said, I thought this was an interesting and fact driven piece that if anything was too easy on the RCMP. Sharing a journalist’s request for information with the...
Someone needs to fix the dysfunctional relationship between the RCMP and the government. Trudeau may not be the man to do it, writes Justin Ling.
I feel like the issue with this is the immediate follow up of ‘Then who is?’
It’s sure not Poilievre, so it’s Jagmeet Singh? I don’t entirely disagree, it just feels weird to put this entirely on ‘the Trudeau government’ and not the last you know, 200 years of RCMP acting with little oversight.
Beyond his job as a freelance process server in Toronto, thirty-five-year-old Josh Chernofsky didn’t have much going on in the spring of 2019. But over time, he’d developed a rapport with one of the security guards at the University Avenue courthouses. They’d chat about this and that, often about security work; Chernofsky...
I went through all of this when I left the church. It’s a terrifying thing to realize that many forms of Christianity operate as, and have morphed into, cults.
Were you in the Jahova’s Witnesses? A family friend was a former member, and she told us that the reason they come to your door and annoy you is intentional – if the only experience they have outside fellow church-goers is people getting angry at them for their faith, it drives them more into it.
Figured it was more of a long con thing, like be friendly now and maybe in a few weeks they’ll be more open to joining the cult
That is definitely in there, but that is a tiny, tiny portion of people vs. the overarching goal of making you feel like your only ‘home’ is with the cult (in this case JW’s)
A 51-year-old Calgary man who suffers debilitating cluster headaches has won a Federal Court battle forcing Health Canada to reconsider his bid for legal access to psilocybin to treat his extreme pain....
If any of you out there suffer from Cluster Headaches as I do, know that mushrooms absolutely destroyed them. I went from 3-4 attacks a year, to one in the last 9 years.
I just did it once right after the attack l had 9 years ago, and then once after one I had about a year ago. My doctor of all people suggested it, and I didn’t even trip on it.
So yes, if any of you also suffer, find yourself some (legit) mushrooms, they should help. I’ve been there and I know that pain, they don’t call them suicide headaches for no reason. There’s help!
EDIT: Realised I forgot dosage – I asked a friend who did mushrooms every month or so, and he gave me ‘the smallest dose.’ So sadly I don’t know what it was, sorry for anyone who wants that info. Just know it doesn’t take much.
If an election were held tomorrow, all signs point to a resounding Conservative victory. The latest projections from 338Canada show the Conservatives with a commanding lead and a projected 220 seats in the Commons, well past the 170 required to form a majority government....
The Speaker of Alberta’s legislature is refusing to explain how a former Edmonton Police Service officer with a history of violent domestic assault and several other officers with serious disciplinary records came to be hired as part-time security officers at the legislature....
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
A BC Conservative Party government would walk away from the province’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of its land base by 2030, party leader John Rustad told The Narwhal in an interview....
He’s a climate change denier, so you can see both why he won’t work with BC United, and why you’d have to be completely devoid from reality to vote for him.
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Fancy Bermudez scored two tries as Canada recorded a historic rugby win over New Zealand on Sunday, holding on to dispatch the reigning World Cup champion 22-19 and win the Pacific Four Series....
As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days....
We grew up in a world where every day was warm and beautiful in the summer. We never worried about checking air quality and now it feels like our kids are going to live in a world where they need to wear gas masks outside.
Well we could have voted for people who want to fix this, but we didn’t (I’m using a royal ‘we’ for millenials here) – and now we continue to vote conservative, so it’ll keep happening.
Sadly I think our kids, while wearing gas masks, will be the ones to actually approach this both from a ‘left-wing’ side and deal with it.
I honestly don’t have an optimistic take for you here, and mostly agree with you. At some point the adults have to admit we took safe summers away from our kids, and their kids, and do things to slow (not remove) the issue, but we won’t
Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee finally showed up Thursday to make his case at a police commission meeting....
Fact Checked: Four Claims on Drug Deaths (thetyee.ca)
It was a heated day in Canada’s House of Commons when elected Speaker Greg Fergus ejected Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from the chamber on April 30. Fergus removed Poilievre after he repeatedly refused to withdraw his remark that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was pushing “wacko” drug policies....
I miss console ads being this weird (lemmy.world)
Truck with anti-Muslim messaging registered to Rebel News Network (www.cbc.ca)
Canadian acting icon Donald Sutherland dead at 88 (www.nelsonstar.com)
Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88....
Slander, extortion and doxxing - beneath the surface of TF2’s bot crisis (www.videogamer.com)
Gig workers in B.C. to be paid minimum of $20.88 an hour (www.cbc.ca)
Operation spotted turtle: how Ontario biologists fight wildlife traffickers (thenarwhal.ca)
“Someone is coming up behind you,” species-at-risk biologist Scott Gillingwater says. We lower our voices and change the subject. The two of us look conspicuous; we’re wearing chest waders and sun hats and are standing on the edge of a potholed road beside a grassy path near a marshy wetland. I turn to see a man with...
Shannon Phillips targeted climate and parks action. Then she got targeted. The NDPer is now leaving office (www.cbc.ca)
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
‘Ministerial desires’: a behind-the-scenes timeline of the Alberta government’s push for a renewables pause (thenarwhal.ca)
On Aug. 3, 2023, the Alberta government announced a surprise seven-month moratorium on all new renewable energy projects, much to the surprise of the industry....
Is Canada Finally Taking Far-Right Extremism Seriously? (thetyee.ca)
In late summer 2023, the RCMP made headlines with the arrests of two men in Ottawa and Kingsey Falls, Quebec, on terrorism and hate propaganda charges. The arrests marked a significant victory in a three-year investigation by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team targeting the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division....
'We are at risk of running out': Calgarians asked to use 25% less water than yesterday (www.cbc.ca)
After a major feeder water main break plunged Calgary’s water supply into a critical state, city officials are now asking Calgarians to use 25 per cent less than they did yesterday, sounding the alarm that the city is at risk of running out....
Inside the Campaign to Kill a Step Toward Tax Fairness (thetyee.ca)
It’s been almost two months since the federal budget, and anguished cries about the horror of capital gains tax changes are still coming....
‘We love you, we miss you, we hate money’: Indie publisher supports closed studios with SGF billboard (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Video captures Winnipeg police officer threatening arrest, swearing at mother (www.aptnnews.ca)
A mother in Winnipeg says a confrontation with police has left her and her family shaken....
I asked Justin Trudeau’s Liberals why they broke a promise to ban three controversial police practices. Their answer says a lot (www.thestar.com)
As a general rule, I hate opinion pieces as I feel that they are a major contributor to our slide towards ‘facts don’t matter’ US style political rhetoric. That said, I thought this was an interesting and fact driven piece that if anything was too easy on the RCMP. Sharing a journalist’s request for information with the...
“It’s Like a Cult”: Breaking Free from the Far Right | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
Beyond his job as a freelance process server in Toronto, thirty-five-year-old Josh Chernofsky didn’t have much going on in the spring of 2019. But over time, he’d developed a rapport with one of the security guards at the University Avenue courthouses. They’d chat about this and that, often about security work; Chernofsky...
Health Canada must reconsider man's bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules (www.cbc.ca)
A 51-year-old Calgary man who suffers debilitating cluster headaches has won a Federal Court battle forcing Health Canada to reconsider his bid for legal access to psilocybin to treat his extreme pain....
Poilievre Wants to Axe the Tax. Could Foreign Tariffs Change His Tune? (thetyee.ca)
If an election were held tomorrow, all signs point to a resounding Conservative victory. The latest projections from 338Canada show the Conservatives with a commanding lead and a projected 220 seats in the Commons, well past the 170 required to form a majority government....
Some Who Guard Alberta’s Legislature Have Done Crimes (thetyee.ca)
The Speaker of Alberta’s legislature is refusing to explain how a former Edmonton Police Service officer with a history of violent domestic assault and several other officers with serious disciplinary records came to be hired as part-time security officers at the legislature....
Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M (www.cbc.ca)
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
‘These Are Not Natural Deaths’: A Doctor Comes Home from Gaza (thetyee.ca)
It’s been three months since Fozia Alvi got back from her medical aid mission in Gaza, but what she witnessed there continues to haunt her....
Why Is a Domestic Abuser Fielding Emergency Calls? (thetyee.ca)
There is so much Shannon Bruno still doesn’t understand about the murder of her daughter Lyndsay in Edmonton on Aug. 13, 2021....
BC Conservative Leader says his party would kill ‘nonsense’ plans for new protected areas (thenarwhal.ca)
A BC Conservative Party government would walk away from the province’s commitment to protect 30 per cent of its land base by 2030, party leader John Rustad told The Narwhal in an interview....
Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Food Banks Canada says food insecurity is worsening across the country (www.theglobeandmail.com)
The group says food security is rising in all 10 provinces and one in four Canadians have inadequate access to food
Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Fixation Is Dimming Renewables’ Bright Future (thetyee.ca)
For decades, Alberta has been one of North America’s most important oil producers. Today, only Texas pumps more oil than Alberta....
Canadian women score historic rugby win, defeating New Zealand (www.nelsonstar.com)
Fancy Bermudez scored two tries as Canada recorded a historic rugby win over New Zealand on Sunday, holding on to dispatch the reigning World Cup champion 22-19 and win the Pacific Four Series....
How to check the Air Quality Health Index and assess your health risks (www.nelsonstar.com)
As we enter another wildfire season, Environment and Climate Change Canada is advising people to pay attention to air pollution levels and check the Air Quality Health Index – especially on smoky days....
Why the U of A Protest Camp Raid Was a Disaster (thetyee.ca)
Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee finally showed up Thursday to make his case at a police commission meeting....