Firstly, definitely go check out the video I linked in response to Arcane.
Story time: I've been hanging out with a group of people for about 7 years now online. When I started playing games with them I noticed a bunch of misogynist remarks getting slung around and it got to me every time I'd hear one. I mean, it wasn't constantly all the time but it was still there. After 4 or 5 months when everyone was all hanging out I eventually just brought it up about how I was uncomfortable with the whole thing.
It was incredibly awkward and for maybe a week or so after it there was just a sort of silence that followed me around since people weren't really sure how to handle it. Eventually things got back to normal and I haven't heard anything like it from them again in 6+ years. I also noticed that a bunch of them slowed down and stopped the use of "gay" as an adjective since then as well.
Now it's different then just random idiots in TB since they are my friends but it is still nice to know that sometimes even just standing up and going "Guys, seriously, really?", was enough to change the behaviour of at least a small group of people.
I unfortunately don't think that we'll see a lowering in the use of "tard" unfortunately. Not because people won't listen or "Who cares about retarded people!" but more because "retard" is just becoming a word that has lost it's original use. People who would have been "retarded" are now "mentally challenged" or "mentally delayed" or whichever word combination we are using now-a-days to refer to that set of people. Not that it makes it right to use "tard" as a derogatory remark but it's going to be harder to curb it's use since people aren't looked at as being "retarded" in most of society anymore.
Just remember, can't get sad from stuff that happens in WoW from trade/general! It's what the trolls want, they feed on our pain!
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Story time: I've been hanging out with a group of people for about 7 years now online. When I started playing games with them I noticed a bunch of misogynist remarks getting slung around and it got to me every time I'd hear one. I mean, it wasn't constantly all the time but it was still there. After 4 or 5 months when everyone was all hanging out I eventually just brought it up about how I was uncomfortable with the whole thing.
It was incredibly awkward and for maybe a week or so after it there was just a sort of silence that followed me around since people weren't really sure how to handle it. Eventually things got back to normal and I haven't heard anything like it from them again in 6+ years. I also noticed that a bunch of them slowed down and stopped the use of "gay" as an adjective since then as well.
Now it's different then just random idiots in TB since they are my friends but it is still nice to know that sometimes even just standing up and going "Guys, seriously, really?", was enough to change the behaviour of at least a small group of people.
I unfortunately don't think that we'll see a lowering in the use of "tard" unfortunately. Not because people won't listen or "Who cares about retarded people!" but more because "retard" is just becoming a word that has lost it's original use. People who would have been "retarded" are now "mentally challenged" or "mentally delayed" or whichever word combination we are using now-a-days to refer to that set of people. Not that it makes it right to use "tard" as a derogatory remark but it's going to be harder to curb it's use since people aren't looked at as being "retarded" in most of society anymore.
Just remember, can't get sad from stuff that happens in WoW from trade/general! It's what the trolls want, they feed on our pain!