Ah poor rich insensitive white guy getting mobbed, but glad to have some of you guys come here to defend his image, doing god's work
Ah poor rich insensitive white guy getting mobbed, but glad to have some of you guys come here to defend his image, doing god's work
Ah poor rich insensitive white guy getting mobbed, but glad to have some of you guys come here to defend his image, doing god's work
This makes no sense. Could you elaborate or was a driveby shitpost the best thing you could contribute to this?Ah poor rich insensitive white guy getting mobbed, but glad to have some of you guys come here to defend his image, doing god's work
Mob mentality at its finest, congratsAh poor rich insensitive white guy getting mobbed, but glad to have some of you guys come here to defend his image, doing god's work
It's a little weird that you are more angry at people on here than at someone potentially joking about a mass murder. Do I think Pachter gets an inordinate amount of shit for some of the gaming related things he says? Sure. But this is hardly one those times, because he is either being intentionally malicious, or stupidly uncaring in throwing vaguely written speculation in response to a tweet asking people to not view a mass murder video. That was plea to humanity, not a opening for dumb speculative discussion.fucking this, jesus this whole forum is a tinderbox propped up on any excuse to run a crusade. if anything patrick klepicks response completely skews any perception to the tweet to the negative.
I don't think he meant it as a joke but it's still an idiotic response.
good lord the speed at which so many are inclined to take the negative line without any kind of thought or reasoning beforehand is kind of terrifying.
Have you seen the sheer speed at which people get pitchforked around here? There is context behind his tweet and yes, I agree that it is unclear to some. But even when said context is constantly being repeated by some people, we still have some who'd rather rally the mob instead of entertaining the fact that MAYBE they misunderstood the guy. So I think "being angry" at people who want to stoke the flames of mob mentality is a pretty fucking appropriate response. Vilifying people is way too easy to do these days.It's a little weird that you are more angry at people on here than at someone potentially joking about a mass murder. Do I think Pachter gets an inordinate amount of shit for some of the gaming related things he says? Sure. But this is hardly one those times, because he is either being intentionally malicious, or stupidly uncaring in throwing vaguely written speculation in response to a tweet asking people to not view a mass murder video. That was plea to humanity, not a opening for dumb speculative discussion.
This. He does nothing that contributes in anyway and creates drama.
Pachter is the worst kind of clout chaser - feels like we will do or say whatever stupid thing to stay relevant or in headlines.
Dude is a Analyst - yet whenever he comes up here its always for some BS that can be perceived as trolling.
Pachter is the worst excuse for an "analyst" out there. People often bet that the exact opposite thing he says will happen for a reason.
Why even bother giving him the benefit of the doubt? What has he done to earn that? He's always acted like an ass and this doesn't feel out of character at all for him.
Fuck this guy, I just blocked him on Twitter. Do not give this monster anymore attention.
Even after all the discussion in this thread we're still seeing these knee jerk reactions?
Whatever is a joke or not, is a very dumb comment in any case. At worst is a joke, at best he's trying to justify the killer mentioning PDP.
Either way is dumb as fuck.
To me, the idea of Pachter pointing this nonsense out as his sole contribution to any discussion about the event is as equally baffling as it being a jokeThat anyone could interpret this observation as a "joke" is mind-boggling. There's nothing joking in its tone. It's not Pi Day in New Zealand anymore. It's not Pi Day here in Australia, either. But it was yesterday, and it was in America when the tweet was written.
- Today is Pi Day. (Technically it was yesterday but run with it.)
- This morning, PewDiePie tweeted to follow him because it's Pi Day.
- The killer, before entering the mosque, said to follow PewDiePie.
- His manifesto also talked about Fortnite and flossing on corpses and stuff.
- The tweet Pachter is responding to mentions that the video's killer talks about PewDiePie.
- Patchter remarks that today is Pi Day. (Any savvy person would click that there's a strong chance this deranged killer chose this particular date for the attack as some kind of sick homage to PewDiePie. After all, there's already an established connection between the day, PewDiePie, and the killer's affinity for internet culture.) However, Patchter reflects that it probably isn't Pi Day anymore in New Zealand at the time of the shooting. (Not that this necessarily matters since the killer seems obsessed with American politics.)
Even after all the discussion in this thread we're still seeing these knee jerk reactions?
I don't think he's justifying - simply explaining no? It comes across as a bit terse or blunt, but there doesn't seem to be any malice or attempt at humour some are seeing.
Whatever is a joke or not, is a very dumb comment in any case. At worst is a joke, at best he's trying to justify the killer mentioning PDP.
Either way is dumb as fuck.
That's how I read it as well. That being said, this guy has been an industry joke for years.Okay so I've read this dumb tweet like 20 time and here's my conclusion.
He's not joking. He's actually thinking that the shooter intentionally did this on Pi day.
EDIT: Hey team, the shooter is treating his mass murder as a joke. It is not unreasonable to look for other "jokes" when analyzing his motivations. Yes, this is supremely fucked up.
It's hard to tell if he was joking or adding info to the tweet. It was actually Pi Day, which Patrick didn't point out and time zones could mean it wasn't anymore for New Zealand. Does anyone know if he responded or deleted?
I can't believe how stupid that is. He's second only to Candace Owens in terms of having the worst response to last night.
It's still up! Original tweet is in the OP. This is still up too.
Yup. No response, no defense, still up. And with that Klepek tweet it's not like he doesn't know.Good response by Klepek.
I'm just entering this thread now and can not believe such a tweet even made it past Pachter's own internal filter process from his brain to his fingers. Even if you can twist rational thought into a pretzel to find the attempt at levity or humor he was attempting to instill in a tragic situation, then even easier you can articulate how utterly terrible a response it was on it's face.
Pi Day is very much a thing here in Australia and New Zealand. Star Wars Day is also a thing even though it uses the American MM/DD format of MAY 04. My brother works at a school, and they baked pies yesterday. He bought some apple pies home. PewDiePie is a Swede who lives in the UK, and he knows what Pi Day is.Also, NZ doesn't use the USA date format so "Pi day" isn't even a thing. It was 14/03/19. What a load of shit.
Yup. No response, no defense, still up. And with that Klepek tweet it's not like he doesn't know.