Current Events > Twitch removed BLIND PLAYTHROUGH as a tag because it's offensive to BLIND people

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I'm reading the thread and it's weird how like 60% of joke counter examples is "you cant call it a speedrun because not everyone has legs"

Seems like a strange example for half the people to jump to.
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gunplagirl posted...

ITT: ableism and people who think that being blind means 0% vision

Oh wait, that's right, CE being ignorant on a subject yet attacking people over it, must be a day ending in -y

ITP: someone defending something fucking stupid.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

jump

thats offensive!

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I guess "blind" dates are bad too.

We shouldn't call things lame anymore cause that's ableist. Same with using cripple as a way to describe really hurting an opponent to the point where they can't effectively fight back. "Limp along" as well.

Terms like idiot, stupid,and moron are ableist against the intellectually challenged as well. We shouldn't describe easy things to do as "simple" either.

You know, we wouldn't be in a situation like this if all those companies never kowtowed to the like 30 people on Twitter who complain about stupid stuff. Whoops, sorry I did it again.

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Pretty silly to call it a blind playthrough in the first place. It's literally a normal playthrough without looking up spoilers, walkthroughs or cheats. But I guess that's the norm these days, to knowingly ruin the game for yourself before you first play it.

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saying something is or isn't normal is offensive

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viewmaster_pi posted...

saying something is or isn't normal is offensive

I fixed it just for you, sorta.

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i was being facetious

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When can we get No Arms Playthrough.

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Kaliesto posted...

When can we get No Arms Playthrough.

what about a no arms ARMS run?

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It's not really a secret that Amazon wants Twitch to fail, and has been sabotaging it since the buyout.

ArianaGrandSlam posted...

reminds me of when Whose Lines censors told them to pick a different prompt instead of Blind Jim and the cast said the same thing

When it comes to Whose Line IIRC Ryan Stiles is an executive producer. So when they tell him not to do something he usually bucks the request and leans in against any censorship. There's a relatively famous clip where a censor told him not to do any Hitler jokes, actually stopping the taping of the show for a few moments, and of course the cast responded by directly comparing that censor's behavior to a certain fascist and singing about it in the hoe down at the end...

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Next up, removing all audio because it might trigger people that suffer from sensory overload.

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Well fuck, I guess as someone prone to seizures I can't run my favorite game, "Wild Arms 2" anymore because it's offensive.

But seriously, this is a joke and this topic is incredible for knowing what posters on CE not to take seriously in the future.

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Aressar posted...

Pretty silly to call it a blind playthrough in the first place. It's literally a normal-- (oh excuse me, I mean) regular playthrough without looking up spoilers, walkthroughs or cheats. But I guess that's the norm these days, to knowingly ruin the game for yourself before you first play it.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/blind?s=t

2. unwilling or unable to perceive or understand

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hockeybub89 posted...

As a far-left insane communist socialist SJW

Well shit. No wonder you were unreasonable the other day with me. Should have just admitted this to me right then and there. I'll be sure to tag you correctly.


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Godnorgosh posted...

What's the alternative term for a double-blind study?

or blinds in poker or whatever

or the blinds on windows, lol. and blinding lights, blinded by the light, and she blinded me with science are BIG TIME offenders

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I mean whatever makes the most people happy.

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Blue_Dream87 posted...

I mean whatever makes the most people happy.

how dare you marginalize the other people

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As a person with clinical depression, being happy is ablest language and I ask you not to use it.

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Crash posted...

Hmm. I wonder what the political leanings of those who favour this decision happen to be. Surely an accurate cross section of society with a wide range of opinions, and not, in fact, exclusively blue haired cretins (all of whom can actually see)...

They certainly do share the symptoms.

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So we can make jokes about the blind and deaf but when it comes to trans jokes Everyone cries

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PesticideDream posted...

How would "blind playthrough" make a blind person feel excluded? I think it's kind of offensive to think people with disabilities are so soft and fragile that they can't even acknowledge a phrase (that's not even negative or demeaning) that alludes to their condition.

This is how I see a lot of things these days concerning many groups, but as long as people keep getting overly upset over things that have very little potential to even be considered offensive it's not likely to change.

The worst part is it seems 90% of the "omg dass offensive" crowd aren't even a part of the communities they're white knighting for, which inadvertently causes more harm than good.

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OmegaPillow posted...

So we can make jokes about the blind and deaf but when it comes to trans jokes Everyone cries

Funny how that works, huh...

Shit is always HA HA HA funny when jokes land away from their neck of the woods, but OH, do one joke where it lightly flattens a blade of grass on their lawn and suddenly it's no longer a joke, but an egregiously malicious statement.

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Yes, Vicious, when you make jokes about groups that you hate, like black people and trans people, it's not really a joke.

Funny how that works.
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lol @ Vicious ever thinking he was good at jokes.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Funny how that works, huh...

Shit is always HA HA HA funny when jokes land away from their neck of the woods, but OH, do one joke where it lightly flattens a blade of grass on their lawn and suddenly it's no longer a joke, but an egregiously malicious statement.

Exactly! The modding and rules here are inconsistent

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DeadBankerDream posted...

Yes, Vicious, when you make jokes about groups that you hate, like black people and trans people, it's not really a joke.

Funny how that works.

Even so, make any joke even lighthearted about trans and it gets you modded but blind people , deaf people and handicaps are okay

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What should I say instead of Blind Spot?

people can talk shit on christianity all day long here, which is fine, no religion is above criticism or being picked apart, but people got modded left and right all day in the thread about the dudes who beheaded people in france

just saying

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Final_Tran posted...

What should I say instead of Blind Spot?

small area that you can't see within a larger area that you could otherwise see the entirety of

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Conflict posted...

Did you actually mark the posts making those jokes?

Yep some got away and i just did now to see how consistent this shit modding is.

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viewmaster_pi posted...

small area that you can't see within a larger area that you could otherwise see the entirety of

"Check your small area that you cant see within a lar..."
-(Wrecks)

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"Only do jokes that align with our narrative, or we'll add a hashtag followed by the word cancel on your username."

smh

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OmegaPillow posted...

So we can make jokes about the blind and deaf but when it comes to trans jokes Everyone cries

Some groups are more sensitive than others, and tend to take jokes WAY more seriously.

Thats just the way it is.

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Gotta rename this awesome song D:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfu0XBf8kmk

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Flauros posted...

Some groups are more sensitive than others, and tend to take jokes WAY more seriously.

Thats just the way it is.

That's double standard shit, how do the mods know the deaf/blind are less sensitive ?

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They're doing something similar here in California where they're replacing names like manhole to "maintenance hole" or mailman to "mail person" because people are offended.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/18/berekeley-bans-gendered-words-manhole-becomes-maintenance-hole/1764901001/

Good going libs.

I mean cop or police officer are normal substitutes for policeman, but collegiate Greek housing residence seems like they just tried to find the most convoluted replacement lol.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

It must have offended all the blind people watching twitch

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

They're doing something similar here in California where they're replacing names like manhole to "maintenance hole" or mailman to "mail person" because people are offended.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07/18/berekeley-bans-gendered-words-manhole-becomes-maintenance-hole/1764901001/

Good going libs.

Huh what a coinkeedink, that's the same state that passed a bill that okays people who knowingly expose others to HIV because it's deemed discrimatory and phobic or some shit.




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But blind people couldnt even see it....

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OmegaPillow posted...

Even so, make any joke even lighthearted about trans and it gets you modded but blind people , deaf people and handicaps are okay

Seems pretty ablist ngl. :3

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blind in this context is literally not an ableist reference (much how twitch having viewers isnt)

this is an extra goofy attempt at inclusivity branding considering the actual ableist slurs that twitch has never taken action against streamers using

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Legally blind person here, and I like the jokes. Keep making them if they're funny and don't assume our self esteem is as stable as a house of cards like the nutter that started this. Now that I take offense to. First soeaking for me when no onw asked, then hitting such a non issue instead of font sizes, color blind modes, or abled bodied peiple crying everything is too hard.

You want to help, get to a fundraiser or something irl and drop this "ableist language" bullshit.

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Honk Honk.

This Tweet nailed shit like this 100%:

https://twitter.com/cool_slowbro/status/1335325602681860096

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