Iām not throwing any stones, yo. Iām just pointing out you canāt exactly say heās not problematic. I have a tolerance for problematicity so itās of no bother to me.
The word problematic is kind of weasely used this way. The pen name had an in-universe rationale that made sense and was funny because of the incongruity. Merely alluding to the existence of ethnicity isnāt āproblematicā in itself.
Iām not the on who brought the word problematic into this conversation. But I bet you if I put a poll on, say, tumblr, asking about different potentially problematic things, āpretending to be asianā would score highly on the problematic scale.
He wasnāt pretending to be asian, though, the book John Dies at The End makes that very clear and gives a silly in universe reason for the now dead pseudonym. It really was not problematic, even at the time of it being used.
He stopped using it for that very reason, and took accountability. People are allowed to self correct, if he understands the problem with what he did and course corrected
Now that you were pushed on it a bit youāre saying
It really was not problematic, even at the time of it being used.
Something about this interaction feels really dishonest.
Was there a problem he needed to take accountability for or not?
Read into the guy if youāre so fucking concerned and Iām so fucking dishonest. Cunts like you are why Iām two seconds away from being done with this stupid site.
Leaving this site aside, its good for everyone, both you and I, to take breaks and focus on our mental when we can.
Whatever youāre doing here, I donāt think the replies youād tend to get behaving like this are worth the mental energy it seems to be costing you.
Then I will rephrase ā asking tumblr āis it problematic for a white person to go by an obviously Asian name as a pseudonym,ā I feel that even phrased that way they would still say āyes.ā
I donāt really use the word āproblematicā in the social justice sense myself because itās incredibly vague, but if youāre going to specifically use the word problematic and claim that Jason Pargin isnāt, then I feel that itās a pretty cut-and-dry āyes that was āproblematicāā scenario.
If he was still using the pseudonym and making excuses to keep using it, sure, but Iām of the opinion that once someone understands what they have done wrong and took the opportunity to learn from it and do better there is no more wrong doing. There are, of course, exceptions to this, but a pseudonym that someone came up with in their 20ās and had the wherewithal later to say, āThatās not ok, I need to stop doing thatā and stopped doing that for the right reasons is pretty far from a reason to call them problematic, especially when it wasnāt a decision made under any form of duress and he has made no attempt at defending his choice to have used that pseudonym and stated it was not ok for him to have used that pseudonym.
Edit: Also, it was used in a narrative context of the main character trying to throw off his identity, if Theyāre looking for David Wong then they wouldnāt assume itās the burnt out white dude.
Iāve heard him on a bunch of podcasts and keep meaning to try his books. Iāve got a copy of this book is full of spiders, Iāll have to give it a go.
John Dies At The End was his first book and where I started. Itās also neat to watch his writing style evolve. Iād say John Dies or Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, those are the first books for his two ongoing series, if youāre feeling more into horror or sci-fi.
What podcasts? Are you a Dog Zone 9000 fan by chance?
Also a big fan of all of those guys, and pretty much all of the old Cracked crew and their podcasts, he pops in on all of them. He also regularly does a podcast with the Dog Zone guys called Bigfeets where they talk about every episode of Mountain Monsters and it is one of my favorite things that has ever happened.
Iām not throwing any stones, yo. Iām just pointing out you canāt exactly say heās not problematic. I have a tolerance for problematicity so itās of no bother to me.
The word problematic is kind of weasely used this way. The pen name had an in-universe rationale that made sense and was funny because of the incongruity. Merely alluding to the existence of ethnicity isnāt āproblematicā in itself.
Iām not the on who brought the word problematic into this conversation. But I bet you if I put a poll on, say, tumblr, asking about different potentially problematic things, āpretending to be asianā would score highly on the problematic scale.
He wasnāt pretending to be asian, though, the book John Dies at The End makes that very clear and gives a silly in universe reason for the now dead pseudonym. It really was not problematic, even at the time of it being used.
Just a few comments up you said
Now that you were pushed on it a bit youāre saying
Something about this interaction feels really dishonest.
Was there a problem he needed to take accountability for or not?
Two things can be true.
Also.
Read into the guy if youāre so fucking concerned and Iām so fucking dishonest. Cunts like you are why Iām two seconds away from being done with this stupid site.
If youāre just here to throw a tantrum and call people mean names I donāt think you will be missed.
Cunt.
Leaving this site aside, its good for everyone, both you and I, to take breaks and focus on our mental when we can.
Whatever youāre doing here, I donāt think the replies youād tend to get behaving like this are worth the mental energy it seems to be costing you.
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Then I will rephrase ā asking tumblr āis it problematic for a white person to go by an obviously Asian name as a pseudonym,ā I feel that even phrased that way they would still say āyes.ā
I donāt really use the word āproblematicā in the social justice sense myself because itās incredibly vague, but if youāre going to specifically use the word problematic and claim that Jason Pargin isnāt, then I feel that itās a pretty cut-and-dry āyes that was āproblematicāā scenario.
If he was still using the pseudonym and making excuses to keep using it, sure, but Iām of the opinion that once someone understands what they have done wrong and took the opportunity to learn from it and do better there is no more wrong doing. There are, of course, exceptions to this, but a pseudonym that someone came up with in their 20ās and had the wherewithal later to say, āThatās not ok, I need to stop doing thatā and stopped doing that for the right reasons is pretty far from a reason to call them problematic, especially when it wasnāt a decision made under any form of duress and he has made no attempt at defending his choice to have used that pseudonym and stated it was not ok for him to have used that pseudonym.
Edit: Also, it was used in a narrative context of the main character trying to throw off his identity, if Theyāre looking for David Wong then they wouldnāt assume itās the burnt out white dude.
Iāve heard him on a bunch of podcasts and keep meaning to try his books. Iāve got a copy of this book is full of spiders, Iāll have to give it a go.
Whereās a good place to start with his stuff?
John Dies At The End was his first book and where I started. Itās also neat to watch his writing style evolve. Iād say John Dies or Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, those are the first books for his two ongoing series, if youāre feeling more into horror or sci-fi.
What podcasts? Are you a Dog Zone 9000 fan by chance?
Great, cheers Iāll try John dies at the end.
Iāve heard him as a frequent guest on gamefully unemployed and small beans podcasts. Theyāre focused on movies, heās full of interesting takes.
Also a big fan of all of those guys, and pretty much all of the old Cracked crew and their podcasts, he pops in on all of them. He also regularly does a podcast with the Dog Zone guys called Bigfeets where they talk about every episode of Mountain Monsters and it is one of my favorite things that has ever happened.