{"id":3476,"date":"2013-05-29T08:04:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T14:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:46:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:46:34","slug":"5-gamer-comments-that-give-straight-white-guys-a-bad-name-cracked-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/29\/5-gamer-comments-that-give-straight-white-guys-a-bad-name-cracked-com\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><em><strong>THIS:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They&#8217;re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That&#8217;s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/blog\/5-gamer-comments-that-give-straight-white-guys-bad-name\/\">5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my favorite excerpts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If someone says you&#8217;re privileged and you start talking about who you&#8217;d like to have sex with, you&#8217;ve misinterpreted their statement as a compliment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">Most gamers have healthy sex lives, but anyone who thinks sex is a one-way transaction where one person does all the work is extrapolating from their single-handed experience. These guys are whining that it&#8217;s hard for them to have consensual sex with other people. Every day many women have to worry about the <i>exact reverse of that<\/i>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><object id=\"plugin0\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 1000;\" type=\"application\/x-dgnria\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\"><param name=\"tabId\" value=\"undefined\" \/><param name=\"counter\" value=\"3305\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3476'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3476);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3476);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3476);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>THIS: They&#8217;re playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That&#8217;s three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. 5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name | Cracked.com. 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