Kotaku - In the middle of a dated metaphor about cavemen killing dinosaurs to make ends meet Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, called men in their twenties weak, unmarriable gamers.
Goddamn man you're really old. When I was your age, I had four wives and my very own business along with two condos and one farm. And right now, I'm 23 and I'm the owner of five different hotels around the world.
What did anyone expect? MSNBC is the most hypocritical and judgemental group of know it alls on TV. There is a reason why they are the worst rated news network. When you have idiots like this along with Rachel Madcow you are going to get narrowminded morons with perceptions the size of a supermodels dinner.
its true in most cases. just look at all the baby mommas who dont know where the baby daddy is or has mutliple baby daddies before the age of 26 or vise versa. you can already see how weak most of them are that they give up there consumers rights to get a xbox one when the same man from the past generations would fight for more rights.
when someone says i dont care what they do to me or my fellow friends i just want the game, or money, or whateverr it is they are weak.
On one hand, its unfortunate that despite the age of the average gamer being 34, and that over 61% of the population games, gaming itself still has this negative stigma about it. It's a bit silly and backwater.
On the other hand, you're right, **** this guy. Pundits are the worst and the world would be better off without them.
It's a "news" channel of the corporate Democrats, which is very different than anything that could reasonably be considered "left wing."
All of the 3 major corporate news stations are pretty wretched.
As for Scarborough, he's a far right dipshit as described above. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives. He had a 95% rating from the American Conservative Union. If a right wing law came through, he voted for it.
First off msnbc is known for leaning more towards the left than the right. And second, why on earth does this twat of a news host, make you assume he's "right-winged"? People like you who assume peoples political preference based on zero evidence make me sick. And you give other left sided people a bad name.
Other than the fact I know him to be "Joe Scarborough", ex Republican representative of the 1st district of Florida. A man well known for his right leaning politics.
But yeah. Stick with that no evidence angle. It doesn't make you look stupid at all.
Joe Scarborough is a republican. He is MSNBC's fair and balanced effort. He's one of the closer to decent ones, but still a republican. Part of the reason he is no longer in office. Not the most popular guy in the party and is often critical of fellow party members. If you watch US politics he is well know. He appears on Real Time with Bill Maher a bit and also appeared on Maher's old ABC show.
You have no idea what you're talking about. You clearly don't know who Joe Scarborough is. He's VERY conservative. Easily more conservative than average for a Republican, let alone compared to the general population.
@Catoplepas I continually flip between MSNBC and FOX; yes Joe S is a bit "fairer" and more balanced than his cohost's, and will pose topics and questions considered taboo for the Left...but he is still the face for a Leftist organization. He's partook of the koolaid.
ummm, im 23 and have been going steady with the same woman for 7 years. Married her 3 years ago and couldnt be any happier, and i consider myself a hardcore gamer. So yeah this article is BS to me XD
Well, I happened to be a 23 year old male, unmarried gamer. I live in a small studio apartment, with college tuition to pay. I normally eat fast food and play Anno 2070 for hours straight and some indie games. So yeah, I'm not marriage material for the typical American female, but I'm totally fine with that.
This guy again. He was all over video games and gamers when the school shooting happened a while back. It is clear where he stands on the issue.
What is weird, is how insistent he is on insulting a younger generation (repeating "WEAK WEAK WEAK"), when it is the younger generation that will be keeping members of his generation alive a decade or two from now if they are unfortunate enough to be suffering from an unknown malady in their older age. He will expect younger doctors to find a cure, or his younger relatives (whether they be his children or otherwise) to help him with the things he can't do on his own.
Insulting a younger generation, which seems to be a common thing to do among those of an older generation, is not productive and adds nothing to the conversation. It just makes you look like a typical old, grumpy individual. Don't insult the people you will eventually depend on.
Not only this, which I agree with. But, isn't it the job of the previous generations to impart their vast amounts of wisdom to the younger generations...i.e. strengthen them!?!? So, it's really his dismissive attitude toward the younger generations that have made them weak and tuned them out.
I hate how the media always wants to put down and blame gamers for tragic events, but this is just an all time low. I'm 25, unmarried and still finishing college. I'm also single by the way and let me tell you that I'm enjoying it right now. I wanted to find a girlfriend to have some quality fun with, but where I live, I'll never find that special someone because most of the women in my town are nothing but has beens. Always wanting to use you for money and don't really care for you much until they have kids on their own and want someone to take care of them and their kids. NO THANK YOU!!!
Bottom line, I'm in my mid 20s, I'm single, I'm a gamer, and I'm proud of it!
I'm 23, in a very successful marriage, got myself into a $35,000 per year job by bypassing the chain of command by going after and talking with a corporate rep that came into my work on the basis of refusing to be overlooked for idiotic reasons (such as the other guy being the favorite or they have seniority without experience, etc). Oh, and I'm a hardcore gamer and I know there are plenty of men in their 20's that are definitely marriable and as strong as I am.
Guess he needs to pull his head out of his ass. It astounds me how idiots like him manage to have careers, much less a job at all.
Who said my personal experiences are indicative of everyone? Because I certainly didn't say anything that even comes close to insinuating that, much less outright saying it. I merely stated that there are plenty of people my own age that are strong-willed enough to go after what they deserve regardless of whether or not they get it.
Saying "My existence disproves your assertion and there are many with the same or a similar personality type as me" is not the same as claiming my experiences and opportunities in life are the same as anyone else's.
I was being sarcastic. The man made a broad generalization of a group of people who, let's face it, many of them do fit that description, like it or not.
Just because you don't fit the mold, doesn't negate the fact that there are many people out there that do, perpetuating that generalization.
Sick and tired of that liberal garbage propaganda channel. How about we keep anything from any political news channel, whether it be left, right, or whatever, off this already poisoned site?
Oh boy, I'm 22. Looks like I'll just never get married lol. What a fail this dude is.
So what?
sigh... slow news day, Kotaku?
Is it me, or do morning news anchors have a higher rate of stupid words/overall words ratio than any other time slot anchors?
It's almost as if they assume we're still half-asleep and would believe anything they say.
Wonder how many divorces this man has gone through.