ArenaNet set a precedent of firing employees for being, by some vague definition, discourteous to fans on their personal Twitters on their days off, and the men cheering this don't see this as a massive overreach because they know they will never be held to the same standards.
They know full well "Your boss can fire you for being rude on Twitter" only applies to women.
This is like when gamers try take Anita down for being "angry" and "hateful," no matter how calmly she speaks, despite the default mode of male games criticism being profane yelling about shit that doesn't matter.
They don't have to live by the rules they impose on others.
They don't have to live by the rules they impose on others.
I wouldn't even call it hypocrisy. I think, on some level, they genuinely believe the rules SHOULD be different for men.
YAHTZEE: Fans are clingy, complaining dipshits who will never be happy with any concession you make.
JESSICA PRICE: Don't tell me how to do my job.
Which one do fans adore, and which one did fans get fired for being disrespectful?
JESSICA PRICE: Don't tell me how to do my job.
Which one do fans adore, and which one did fans get fired for being disrespectful?
To all the dickheads responding to this thread saying there's nothing gendered about it because Peter Fries got fired too:
You know full fucking well Fries wasn't fired for being disrespectful, because you saw his tweets and know that he was exceedingly cordial.
You know full fucking well Fries wasn't fired for being disrespectful, because you saw his tweets and know that he was exceedingly cordial.
Fries wasn't fired for a crime he committed, he was fired for defending Price.
And you know it.
And you know it.
The crime was a woman not being obsequious to a man.
