Girlfriend Reviews : Here We Are! (Read Staff Post)

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Oliver James

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I don't agree, but it's another topic

In any case, I wish there was a policy in place to ban people for whining about this stuff. If the mod team decides that girlfriend reviews shouldn't be discussed because they referenced PDP once, then set that policy. Or make everyone stfu and ban them for derailing and defaming. One or the other. It's ridiculous.
Who actually said that they shouldn't be discussed because of this? Also, if we didn't discuss, I wouldn't learn that it was not a shoutout at all. Silencing people or stopping discussion isn't any good. This is my last word on this sideshow.

Anyway, I hope for great success for them as I really enjoyed all the videos they've shown so far.
 

Kalentan

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Who actually said that they shouldn't be discussed because of this? Also, if we didn't discuss, I wouldn't learn that it was not a shoutout at all. Silencing people or stopping discussion isn't any good. This is my last word on this sideshow.

Anyway, I hope for great success for them as I really enjoyed all the videos they've shown so far.
I think the point is that all the threads about their videos devolve into this. More threads have been about that one comment then about the video itself.

Edit: While not the exact same case, any Arlo video that gets posted becomes a thread about people talking about why he's so negative and never actually talking about the video. It's becoming rare to have threads like this that aren't derailed.
 

Jobbs

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Nah, he defended Contrapoints and some people didn't take too kindly to that.

I'm not gonna go so far as to say it help Trump get elected, but I do feel its lead into this sense of fatigue regarding a lot of efforts to moralize certain things. Like I'm not gonna lie, after seeing so many hot takes about that how creator X is problematic or act, you get pretty desensitized to those things. Like if apparently 90% of the people you watch are apparently problematic, then what's another creator to add to the pile? You just end up not really caring that much beyond a mild "That's a shame/disappointing". It's only when something incredibly egregious comes up, like sexual assault/pedophilia/criminal activity, that a collective audience actually gives a crap.
Whining about small things endlessly is seen as weak, and most people vote on perceived strength
 

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For context here's where they mention PDP (2:50 if the timestamp doesn't work) https://youtu.be/AwbOTr43DcQ?t=170

EDIT: and here's the era thread on the video https://www.resetera.com/threads/gi...ld-your-boyfriend-watch-you-play-doom.126357/

Whew, thank god. I don't know how I'd continue living without knowing what Pewdiepie's biggest fans look like.
If only I knew what you looked like, I could know what this forum's biggest fan of the words b*tch and c*nt looked like.

Bitch, without 'bitch' in my vocabulary I would lose around 70% of bitching words made available to my brain, bitch.
 
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Emrober5

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Oct 27, 2017
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Love their videos and this was a nice little Q and A. Hopefully they do that Bioshock infinite review.
 

Dynheart

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Really, these people are human, just like everyone else. With all the constant purity tests that people have to go through day in and day out, I find it hard to believe that the accusers are these picture perfect individuals. No one is a saint, has been a saint, and will ever be a saint. No one should be acting judge, jury, and executioner on someones life (not literal, but going out to make sure their life is forever ruined by a word they said....18 years ago or something). It's hypocritical, and I hate it.

Unless the people pointing fingers claim they have not done anything wrong, stupid, or anything like that as a kid/young adult. To that, I'd call bullshit.

EDIT: Cleared up last sentence.
 

Cyanity

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Oct 25, 2017
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Best gaming channel of 2019 for sure. I hope these two keep making content for a long time.
 

Kalentan

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Really, these people are human, just like everyone else. With all the constant purity tests that people have to go through day in and day out, I find it hard to believe that the accusers are these picture perfect individuals. No one is a saint, has been a saint, and will ever be a saint. No one should be acting judge, jury, and executioner on someones life (not literal, but going out to make sure their life is forever ruined by a word they said....18 years ago or something). It's hypocritical, and I hate it.

Unless the people pointing fingers claim they have not done anything wrong, stupid, or anything like that as a kid/young adult. To that, I'd call bullshit.

EDIT: Cleared up last sentence.
Basically don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
 

OldDirtyGamer

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Best gaming channel of 2019 for sure. I hope these two keep making content for a long time.
I'm with this. It just seemed to come out of nowhere and I quite enjoy all the content. They said they arent going to make many videos different than what they usually do ....but I think they should. I enjoy the content now but they seem to have personalities to make some other great content as well .
 

Seesaw15

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Oct 27, 2017
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They said his name as a fucking joke. Since when is that a shoutout?
If you have a large platform and uncritically joke about a controversial figure you're contributing to normalizing that figure to your audience. Its why Fallon got criticized for ruffling Trumps hair so late during the 2016 election.

Girlfriend Reviews is a super polished and well researched show. You can disregard the PewDiePie joke as just a “youtube gaming”/"kissing the ring" thing but all the Boogie receipts are out there. Matt and Shelby are too smart and internet literate to claim ignorance on Boogies history. So they were either cool with it or can look past it for the sake of their business. Both are valid choices but it’s also valid and not a sign of “outrage culture” to be critical of that.

I think they’re talented/like their content but they lost all benefit of the doubt when Girlfriend Reviews made its official twitter account in Nov 2018 and thought it was a good look to follow Jon "rich blacks commit more crime than poor whites" Tron.

Once again I think Girlfriend Reviews makes great content but I don't know them irl so I never feel comfortable hand waving sus stuff.
 

hanshen

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For context here's where they mention PDP (2:50 if the timestamp doesn't work) https://youtu.be/AwbOTr43DcQ?t=170


If only I knew what you looked like, I could know what this forum's biggest fan of the words b*tch and c*nt looked like.
Hol'up the minute, that's the "shout out" to PewDiePie?? Like they literally only mentioned his name as a joke. Isn't their shout out to boogie a retweet of boogie's shout out to them?

From people's reaction, I thought Girlfriend Review had PewDiePie and boogie on their channel to talk about white genocide.
 

Kalentan

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If you have a large platform and uncritically joke about a controversial figure you're contributing to normalizing that figure to your audience. Its why Fallon got criticized for ruffling Trumps hair so late during the 2016 election.

Girlfriend Reviews is a super polished and well researched show. You can disregard the PewDiePie joke as just a “youtube gaming”/"kissing the ring" thing but all the Boogie receipts are out there. Matt and Shelby are too smart and internet literate to claim ignorance on Boogies history. So they were either cool with it or can look past it for the sake of their business. Both are valid choices but it’s also valid and not a sign of “outrage culture” to be critical of that.

I think they’re talented/like their content but they lost all benefit of the doubt when Girlfriend Reviews made its official twitter account in Nov 2018 and thought it was a good look to follow Jon "rich blacks commit more crime than poor whites" Tron.

Once again I think Girlfriend Reviews makes great content but I don't know them irl so I never feel comfortable hand waving sus stuff.
Cory Barlog of God of War (2019) posed and took a picture with Boogie at the 2018 Game Awards. With Cory gaining such fame after the game many people saw that. Is he now suspect too? People need to chill with purity tests. That or ResetEra needs to establish a guideline.
 

Jobbs

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Cory Barlog of God of War (2019) posed and took a picture with Boogie at the 2018 Game Awards. With Cory gaining such fame after the game many people saw that. Is he now suspect too? People need to chill with purity tests. That or ResetEra needs to establish a guideline.
Can we go into every thread for a Cory Balrog game and derail it complaining that he posed with boogie from now until the end of time? Because if this shit with GFR threads is allowed that has to be allowed too, and I think that's no way to have a site
 

Raonak

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Oct 29, 2017
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getting angry at people because they associate with people you don't like... seems really stupid.
 

Trejo

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Oct 25, 2017
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Never really felt the need to know what they look like but good for those who did, I guess.

Also some of you are legit sad with your guilty-by-association bullcrap.
 

NoKisum

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Nov 11, 2017
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Wait I'm confused, are they racist or nah? Everyone keeps mentioning their affiliation with PDP, but I don't see any collab vids on their channel.
 

Trejo

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Wait I'm confused, are they racist or nah? Everyone keeps mentioning their affiliation with PDP, but I don't see any collab vids on their channel.
They had the absolute gall to mention boogie and PDP in a couple of their videos. Clearly that automatically brands them as white supremacists or something.
 

Stat

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Oct 25, 2017
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You could sort of tell they were nervous to reveal their faces. But they are a cute looking couple.

Love their content and can't wait for more.
 

Wamb0wneD

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Oct 26, 2017
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They are super cute together. They have good taste in comics, their pets are adorable and their videos continue to be hilarious. I'd get that album full of her songs lol.
ProZD collaborated with them in a video but I haven't seen anybody on this forum calling him a shitheel. Maybe somebody should contact him on Twitter and tell him he is #cancelled too.
I wonder why it is OK to call Matt and Shelby awful things for mentioning PDP once (not even promoting him or agreeing with shit the did) but others that directly work with them don't suffer the same scrutiny.
Also, didn't Geoff Johns give a freaking award to Boogie? Yet Matt and Shelby are the monsters.
Yeah sometimes the guilty by association thing really gets out of hand, especially when it's not even association.
Like, I get being mad at Jakey for taking pictures of hugging Jontron of all people, but these two? I don't see it.
 
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Yep, that was literally it lol. Some people are so invested in cancelling others they lose the plot a bit sometimes.
Like for real, this is some "Jim Sterling gave BoTW a 7 because he hates Nintendo" level insanity. lol

The way people keep going on about it, I thought they were talking Pewdiepie up or something, not just making a throwaway joke.
 

leng jai

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Nov 2, 2017
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Some people on this forum have always been obsessed with blowing something small up about someone and then mentioning it every thread afterwards like it's the worst thing ever until the end of time. I don't get it, happens constantly.
 
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Trejo

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Oct 25, 2017
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In what context though? That's the dealbreaker.
Literally as just references in some jokes. That's all it took.

Hell, the accusatory video itself has been linked already. You be the judge.

Yep, that’s what got them labeled as “shitheels”. Imagine how big of a self righteous asshole you’d need to be to do that.
Some people just get a real high out of that feeling of absolute moral superiority. Don't knock it till you try it!
 

MegaSackman

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Oct 27, 2017
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I don't follow them much but it's always really good vibes when I watch their content, especially now that I can see them outside of reviewing games.
 

Wamb0wneD

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Some people on this forum havealways been obsessed with blowing something small up about someone and then mentioning it every thread afterwards like it's the worst thing ever until the end of time. I don't get it, happens constantly.
They'd never admit it, but they feel good about themselves doing it. Even if it's, at its core, a good stance to take, some people just overdo it. And then they wonder why even people on here greet them with resistance, because in their mind it's for a good cause, and the only right action to take. Anyone not agreeing with them then is, logically, not as progressive as they are.
 

Zetta

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Oct 25, 2017
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Always loved their videos and they're adorable together. I can't think of a video they've done that hasn't made me laugh at least once which is quite rare, looking forward to more of their content and hope they do a Wattam review.
 

NarohDethan

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Oct 27, 2017
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The responses on this thread is why I stopped creating threads for their videos. Dealing with this shit every week is just exahusting.
 

Jarrod38

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Oct 25, 2017
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Looking through their videos not unless I missed it but there is no BR one. That would be a great one.
 

MegaSackman

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They'd never admit it, but they feel good about themselves doing it. Even if it's, at its core, a good stance to take, some people just overdo it. And then they wonder why even people on here greet them with resistance, because in their mind it's for a good cause, and the only right action to take. Anyone not agreeing with them then is, logically, not as progressive as they are.
I'd like to see on their private life and relationships (actually no), it's amazing how immaculate people are these days.
 
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