March 14, which is written as 3/14 in the US. It's just a funny alignment of how the date looks. like Mar10 day or May the 4th. I don't understand why Pachter or anyone thinks it's worth mocking.
3.14 the first numbers of the mathematical Pi.
3.14 can also be written as March 14.
Seems like he's just covering or trying to prevent any problems, joke or not. Maybe saying "It's Pi Day" in the circumstance instead of "Maybe the shooter did it today and mentioned Pewdiepie because it's Pi Day, I'm not sure if it was Pi Day in Australia at the time though", was the mistake if he wasn't saying it as a joke.
He didn't say he meant it as a joke. He didn't actually say much of anything in his apology. Pretty weak.Wow okay, he meant it as a joke.
That's pretty terrible, then.
And I'm confused again, because I don't understand how that even is a joke?
When I thought he was just trying to point out the connection, it at least made some sense what his intention was.
3.14 is Pi day apparently. I saw it on the news prior to this event and for a second thought they meant pie day.
Is that actually true? If you compare ERA to GAF for example it seems like this Nazi shit is not dominating at all. Also it doesn't seem to be very gaming related, but rather influenced by conservative media... Trump and Brexit have very little to do with video games...What he knows, what pewdiepie know, and what THQ Nordic all know is a very large swath of the gaming public is extremely right wing white men with neo-Nazi tendancies.
The rise of Donald Trump actually has quite a lot to do with video games.Is that actually true? If you compare ERA to GAF for example it seems like this Nazi shit is not dominating at all. Also it doesn't seem to be very gaming related, but rather influenced by conservative media... Trump and Brexit have very little to do with video games...
YouTube and Twitch do though and both are populated with hundreds of channels that give Fox News a run for their money in regards to stoking fear of minorities and veneration of white supremacy. YT in particular makes it easy to recruit and galvanize bigots through its broken algorithm and policies. There are many gaming channels that split time between let's plays, reviews, walkthroughs and the admonishment of feminism or civil rights or homosexual and trans acceptance. Gamers who reach out to audiences of thousands and more and millions all together.Is that actually true? If you compare ERA to GAF for example it seems like this Nazi shit is not dominating at all. Also it doesn't seem to be very gaming related, but rather influenced by conservative media... Trump and Brexit have very little to do with video games...
Ugh! I forgot this was a thing lolThe rise of Donald Trump actually has quite a lot to do with video games.
I have a feeling barely any of these people vote. I mean young people voted overwhelmingly against Trump and Brexit.YouTube and Twitch do though and both are populated with hundreds of channels that give Fox News a run for their money in regards to stoking fear of minorities and veneration of white supremacy. YT in particular makes it easy to recruit and galvanize bigots through its broken algorithm and policies. There are many gaming channels that split time between let's plays, reviews, walkthroughs and the admonishment of feminism or civil rights or homosexual and trans acceptance. Gamers who reach out to audiences of thousands and more and millions all together.
Ugh! I forgot this was a thing lol
Even after all the discussion in this thread we're still seeing these knee jerk reactions?
Imagine being sad enough to quote so many people, and for whatever reason, defend a terrible tweet like this when so many people died in this tragedy and the person who made the tweet deleted it and apologized, leaving only you to look like an even bigger fool for defending it in the first place.
It's impressively sad and pathetic.
Yeap. You'd expect his defense force to take the L and save some face, but nope.Imagine being sad enough to quote so many people, and for whatever reason, defend a terrible tweet like this when so many people died in this tragedy and the person who made the tweet deleted it and apologized, leaving only you to look like an even bigger fool for defending it in the first place.
It's impressively sad and pathetic.
Are you comparing Michael Pachter to literally one of if not the most powerful person on the planet?Assuming this might lead to his own undoing, why is it that one tweet (as dumb as it was), would/could unravel this whole guys career, yet we have a president in the White House who has made multiple racist, ill timed, offensive, sexist, and derogatory tweets; yet of seemingly no consequence?
What gives? Not meant to derail thread, just confused why pitchforks come out for one, but not the other.
Why would I apologize for saying "hey, I don't think it's a joke"? Stop being smug.I'll wait patiently for all those that defended this guy claiming it was totally and obviously not a joke to come and apologize. They were in the "joke", it seems.i
Honestly it just seems like he is thinking out loud in a not considerate but also not bad wayBan Pachter from this forum. What an insensitive prick. It's one thing to make sensationalist headlines about video games that are often wrong and get console Warriors in an uproar, it's another to be this insensitive to a mass shooting.
To be honest who would even joke about a mass shooting? It's not the kind of thing you can say "oops, my bad", you don't get to joke about people being killed.He took it down and apologized at least. Though the internet never forgets and has a hard time forgiving.
I was going to post something similar like Pachter did yesterday in the main topic as things were developing, around the time when the video snippet was posted about him saying subscribe to PDP. I was trying to point out that its Pie day and maybe thats why the shooter chose this exact day, but ended up not submitting the post cause people might take it as a joke or baseless speculation.That 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.)
Why would I apologize? I didn't think it was a joke and now I do. So what.I'll wait patiently for all those that defended this guy claiming it was totally and obviously not a joke to come and apologize. They were in the "joke", it seems.i
Thank you for typing this out. This context makes me think Pachter's tweet was just poorly worded. I don't think he was trying to make a shitty joke or anything.That 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.)
Ok I get it now thanks.That 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.)
Thank you for typing this out. This context makes me think Pachter's tweet was just poorly worded. I don't think he was trying to make a shitty joke or anything.
There's no threadmark or update to the OP, so I get that this is what's being seen and quoted. But Pachter has since deleted the original tweet and made responses apologizing for its poor taste.Ok I get it now thanks.
I have no clue why people were calling for a ban over the original tweet. I had no clue what the hell he meant and don't know how anyone else could assume it was a joke cause it just didn't seem like one.
And I don't like Pachter at all and think his predictions suck but that has nothing to do with this topic.
If you look at his past timeline, his tweet is a clear continuation of him mocking the concept of Pi day.
Oh you know these dudes won't come back and admit they were wrong. It doesn't work that way. They come into threads and like to quote a ton of posts and trying to call someone out with shade, yet when the truth comes out, they're long gone.
What the fuck are you talking about?Honestly it just seems like he is thinking out loud in a not considerate but also not bad way
Not sure why people think he was joking. Doesnt come off as as joke. Internet hive mind can ruin lives that dont deserve it
His reputation as a shmuck is still there in my mind but this just doesn't seem like the thing to guillotine someone over. I know the internet likes to be outraged, same with era, but it makes us look bad
What's the punchline? I'm still out of the loop.What the fuck are you talking about?
He made an offensive topical joke relating to a mass shooting. There is no other way to spin this or move goalposts over.
Was this meant to be a joke?
I thought this would be something super offensive cause there's 10 pages but I don't even know what it meant.
Did he clarify what the hell he was talking about?
It's hereI'm scratching my head on this one, too. What is the connection between Pi Day and PewDiePie/the shooting?
Obviously agree that this whole topic is not the place for any kind of joke or snarky tweet, but I can't even tell what the joke/tweet is saying...
My understanding is that for "pi day," people were going around saying "subscribe to pewdiepie!"
The NZ shooter said the same thing before he started shooting. So this is Pachter's joke.
The tweet he replied to referenced PewDiePie. He was riffing off of that with a Pi Day joke, then pointing out that it might not be Pi Day anymore in New Zealand because New Zealand is in a different time zone.
....yeah