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So um gaming analyst Michael Pachter has just tweeted this (mosque shooting related) [update: Pachter apologizes]
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It's a terrible response, though. It completely fails to address the point raised. Tries to frame a completely benign observation as something negative.
It was planned, the mosque had people inside
It was Pi Day for PDP at least so it could be the terrorist planned it like this or just coincidence since it was the 15th in NZ (doubting the coincidence myself seeing what the terrorists were reportedly shouting)
Patcher is pointing this out, not sure why people think it's a joke.
It was Pi Day for PDP at least so it could be the terrorist planned it like this or just coincidence since it was the 15th in NZ (doubting the coincidence myself seeing what the terrorists were reportedly shouting)
Patcher is pointing this out, not sure why people think it's a joke.
Yeah, using comedy at the expense of a human tragedy, thats not only distasteful it needs some action against him because its this form of dismissive commentary of lives that undermine the seriousness and hatred against victims. Screw him.
Tell me where is the intended comedy? What is the punchline to that Tweet? I'm still clueless about that.
Yeah, im coming around to this and i was initially outraged; i think he was trying to point out the connection, not joke
This seems obvious, now that I understand all of the factors that go into it.
I honestly don't see a problem with this, if that's the case? Appart from poor timing, maybe, but even then.
Was he wrong to point out the connection, assuming it wasn't an attempt at humour?
I don't think this was a joke, but he should apologize for speculating this close to the tragedy. It's not useful, and the way he tosses it out there without even researching what day it is in NZ shows a lack of consideration and care that's pretty shitty on his part.
Not sure it was a joke, but it's poorly worded to be so easily misinterpreted. It looks callous.
Well, given the circumstances he should have tried to express himself better. It's a very vague tweet. Also, it was a moment for condemnation, not for speculation.
Donation link for the victims of the shooting - https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund
Yes I agree, after first reading it I had no idea what it was supposed to mean, it just appeared immediatelly insensitive.
It was malformed at the least.
It doesn't seem like a joke.It does seem like he is making the connection between PewDie and the shooter.
Maybe he should've clarified by now, but it doesn't read like a joke in my opinion.
Maybe he should've clarified by now, but it doesn't read like a joke in my opinion.
Michael Pachter doing a "How do you do, fellow kids" joke in the most reprehensible and despicable way possible.
Another example of the male dominator culture. This shit has been going on far too long.
I don't see a joke. If he isn't 75% of this thread is being ridiculously mean-spirited. Get the facts first.
And what's that always white men posts smh??
And what's that always white men posts smh??
People speculate al the time in the wake of these kinds of tragedies. People did it specifically with the date for 9/11 and Columbine. If someone had posted "I wonder if the Pew Die Pie stuff e has anything to do with Pi day" in the main thread for this they'd probably just be corrected and everyone would have moved on. This honestly feels like it's blowing up here because it's Pachter and so many dislike him already.
Joking or not, I don't think this situation is the type to make short, vague remarks devoid of a clear thought process. You don't need to make a clever tweet about everything, especially not this.
It's completely on him that this can be interpreted as a joke. And that's the problem.
It's completely on him that this can be interpreted as a joke. And that's the problem.
Relating the killer message to PDP to the Pi day instead of the guy admiring PDP sounds as a dumb justification.
Basically this. And I say this as someone who really dislikes the guy.
Joke or speculation, you'd think a man in his position would have a strong enough grasp of time zones to not write the tweet at all.
This makes no sense. If anything the speculation seems to be (probably incorrectly I agree) that it was done on Pi Day to further reinforce the admiration for PDP.
To be clear, I don't think he's unique, and I don't think this is some massively horrible thing. I think we all speculate privately about motives when something like this happens. I just think that speculating publicly and doing so without doing some basic research on the day is kind of shitty, can lead to false information being spread around, and is generally not helpful. I'm not suggesting this should have some huge impact on his life, but an apology for it would be a good idea, IMO.
I agree to an extent. Ive always thought one of the problems with widespread platforms like twitter is the sense that people have to have an opinion on everything. For some, Twitter is sort of just the new water cooler. That seems to be what happened here. Unless Pachter comes out and confirms that it was indeed some really terrible joke, at worst, it's misguided.
Tweet's been deleted.
He's literally replying to a tweet talking about the mass shooting.
Very distasteful on his part. Glad he apologized and deleted the comment. Should have do it earlier.
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