I had one guy try to explain me gamer gate in high school and it did not make any sense LOL I still dont really know what it was about
I could give you a somewhat detailed explanation if you want. But honestly it’s not worth it
the basics are that a woman’s ex boyfriend called her a slut on the internet so a bunch of people decided to harass her
How did we EVER get to a point in time where /b/ actually became someone’s personal army?
i keep coming back to this classic Cracked listicle’s intro
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago our message board and general inbox were bombarded with demands we address something called the “GamerGate Scandal”, posts written with the urgency and rage one would associate with, say, discovering that Chipotle burritos are made entirely from the meat of human babies. It’s apparently a big deal in some circles, so we followed the links and read the piles of data presented, and had to stop and take a deep breath just to grasp it all. “Gentlemen,” we said amid the stunned silence, “do you realize that if what they’re saying is true, then this is still the most pointless fucking bullshit anyone has ever forced us to read?”
