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    Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"

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    Image of Kanik Kanik
    11/20/09

    In reply to Google's New OS Runs On Metal Gear
    Hah, what better way to deliver an easter egg than with silence as soon as it appears. I feel like there should be an accompanied "eh! eh!" flying over the screen.
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    Image of Random J Random J
    11/20/09

    In reply to This Throne Is Hallowed, Ancient
    Isn't that the chair in the retro arcade in Akihabara?

    See? 2nd and 3rd pictures

    I admit to having sat in it for a good while to get my authoritative-regal-gaming-pimp-Daddy on. Some random person took a picture of me in it. *baffled*
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    Image of Covert_Knight Covert_Knight
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    A lose lose game, where if you don't hit her, you're considered a "pussy" but if you do hit her to 100%, you're an "idiot." Good thing I moderately slap my bitches.

    But really, I don't think they understand how to run a campaign over there...
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    Image of PuffyTail PuffyTail
    11/20/09

    @Covert_Knight: I think the point they were trying to make is that if you respond to someone verbally berating you by hitting them, that you're an abuser and need help. A healthy person removes themselves from a situation like that instead of choosing to respond with violence. They just made their point in a really, really, *really* bad way (I find even referring to the woman as a "b!tch" to be objectionable and degrading).

    Ask a group of guys whether they'd prefer being called an idiot or a pussy and see what they say. The absolute worst insult you can give a man (a young man still unsure of himself, anyway, which is who this campaign was supposedly aimed at) is to call him a woman. Basic male psychology fail, Denmark.
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    Edited by PuffyTail at 11/20/09 12:21 PM PuffyTail was starred PuffyTail was unstarred
    Image of koldkalamity koldkalamity
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    Rated E for Everyone. Only on the Wii.
    --
    Activision sequel:
    Hit the Bitch 2: Smileys revenge.

    Press: What's your stance on domestic abuse and how will this game deter such crimes?

    Robert Kotick: What? lol.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    Not to take anything away from Luke's post but here's a related article for those interested in a more serious feminist perspective:

    [jezebel.com]
     Reply
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    So is there one specific bitch I should be hitting? Or can I just choose which ones myself?

    Either way, I'll brb.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    Freaking designers; they're so intent on being edgy that they completely miss the point of the message they're supposed to be conveying.
     Reply
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    Image of PuffyTail PuffyTail
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    Yep, this was a bad idea. Violence (particularly against women) is so pervasive and downplayed, and violence and sex are so closely intertwined in our societal makeup, that a lot of the people this is supposed to be informing are going to see this and either think it's funny or a turn-on.
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    Edited by PuffyTail at 11/20/09 7:16 AM PuffyTail was starred PuffyTail was unstarred
    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    11/20/09

    In reply to Google's New OS Runs On Metal Gear
    I read the Google OS won't have a hard drive, and instead will have a internal flash drive as well as storing most of your information online.

    Yeah, that's exactly what I want is my personal information available for the company to scour and hackers to crack. They can say it will be secure and private all they want, I'm not buying it.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/20/09

    @Strangelove: You have email yeah?
    And possibly a facebook account or similar?
    Maybe a youtube account, or flickr account?
    You use Google, Bing, Yahoo?
    If you answered yes to any of those, or similar features. Well done your privacy has been breached, by yourself.

    You are one of 6.8 billion people on this planet, I don't think Google find you particularly important or noteworthy to them unless you have a IT start-up company. So don't worry, you'll just be some random numbers to them.
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    Image of tim rogers tim rogers
    11/20/09

    @Strangelove: You know what else hackers can crack?

    Your computer! After someone breaks into your house and steals it!
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    Image of Floxcie Floxcie
    11/20/09

    @Strangelove: You don't have to buy Google Chrome OS like Windows, it's free. ;-)
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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    11/20/09

    @Floxcie: @grimdeath9740: @GreyFox311: @tim rogers: @jasongw: @RgvXavi: @natetehgreat: @ShamanNY: @MisterSquared: @deanbmmv: @Kamatari+:

    Don't care. I don't need any more of my information stored on the internets. I fully realize there is personal information stored on a myriad of websites and services. But here's another problem: What if your internet is down? What access to your computer and information do you retain? Moveover, I don't like the concept of web-based storage in general.
     Reply
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    Image of Tom Clancy's Samuraidino Tom Clancy's Samuraidino
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    San connery would be proud
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    Image of Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition Super Violent St. Cannon- GOTY Edition
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    Calling this tasteless is a huge understatement, Luke. And this is coming from a guy whose handle is Violent.
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    Image of Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair) Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    What have they done!
    Now Everyone wants to play the game!
    But they can't (at least, not easily) outside of Denmark!

    ... But they still want to play the game...

    ....so eventually...

    ...People will...

    ...Resort to hitting Real Life Bitches!
    .... I mean Ladies...

    You're Responsible for this too, Mr Plunkett!
     Reply
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    Image of starscar.exe starscar.exe
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    But, it's not the real deal...

    This is an instance where real life [greater than] videogame.
     Reply
    Edited by starscar.exe at 11/20/09 3:13 AM starscar.exe was starred starscar.exe was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/20/09

    In reply to Danish Group Asks You To "Hit The Bitch"
    I think the game is glitched.

    I beat (tee hee) the game last night and my dinner still hasn't arrived...
     Reply
    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 11/20/09 3:19 AM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of DannyMNL DannyMNL
    11/20/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: the first post EVER that genuinely made me laugh out loud!
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    Image of Pillage2 Pillage2
    11/20/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: one internet for you good sir.
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    Image of TrackerTrem TrackerTrem
    11/20/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: You mean you beat the shit outta her...such class
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/20/09

    @TrackerTrem: What?!

    I took her out for a romantic night out and proposed to her in front of her friends and family during a surprise birthday party!

    Why would I beat her?

    My god you're deranged and sick, please leave my home.
     Reply
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    Image of TaylorEatWorld TaylorEatWorld
    11/20/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Good show, good show.
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    11/20/09

    In reply to Google's New OS Runs On Metal Gear
    Cloud computing is the future!
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    Image of GrieVelorn GrieVelorn
    11/20/09

    @Orionsaint: Never! I hate having to rely on someone else for my OS to run, what if they get hacked? What if they go down? What if they lose all their data? NO! I rather be safe knowing that I could still run my computer on my terms.
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    Image of Nipah Nipah
    11/20/09

    @GrieVelorn: What if you get hacked? What if you go down? What if you lose all your data?

    ... at least in this case, you have someone to blame outside of yourself...
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    Image of Orionsaint Orionsaint
    11/20/09

    @Nipah: What if your computer burns in a fire? Thank God all my stored information was online and not on my computer.
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