Kinda Funny Co-Founder Colin Moriarty Leaves Kinda Funny After Controversial Joke

Colin Moriarty, a co-founder of the popular YouTube channel Kinda Funny, said today that he plans to leave the group. This announcement comes several days after Moriarty drew fire for a controversial Twitter joke targeting women, although to Kinda Funny fans, the split appears to have been a long time coming.

[majiebeast]

He triggered GAF so hard and now all of them are giving each other hand jobs in the thread on a job well done. So much for the tolerant left either you are with us or we will destroy you. All over a dumb joke my god everything is sexist these days i bet if a comedian made the joke nobody would bitch about it, or if he made a joke about white men.

[SourtreeDing]

lol i made a comment on this gaf thread... ther comeback to my comment was "wow junior member" what tools going into everyones profile to see ther member status lolll

[TonyFoxx]

It shows on your main profile when you comment whether you are a member, junior member, or other status

[Mr Pumblechook]

I can't believe Greg Miller threw him under the bus like that. No matter Greg's view he shouldn't have made a public post like that. What a Judas. With friends like that... Shameful Greg.

[fiveby9]

A humorless society we live in if liberals think it is not funny. He's better off without KindaFunny. As the article states, probably much more to this than a tweet. Won't be watching KindaFunny.

[NewMonday]

as someone who would be a minority in America these SJW witch hunts have trivialized real xenophobia and pushed centrist people to the far right. this is what gave Trump his popular social media platform, and now we got a wall and people banned from several countries for their identity.

extremism on one side awakens exrtremisim in the other.

[Bimkoblerutso]

@fiveby9

I agree with you, but I think it's more important for them to understand it doesn't matter if they personally think it's funny or not. They do not dictate what is humorous to everyone in the world, and they certainly do not dictate what everyone in the world should consider offensive. So they need to just be adults and shut their goddamn mouths even if they don't get it.

[PeaSFor]

Ooh how I wish Carlin was still around and had a Twitter account. So many people would pop an aneurysm.
The joke was made as a joke, that's how jokes work, the backlash for Colin's little joke and his subsequent resignation stemming from it is a perfect example of Carlins dislike for flamboyant idiots.

[morganfell]

This calls for Doug Stanhope. And he is right. Especially the message board remark. If you are a sensitive snowflake, not a comedian for you because he doesn't have a safe space.

https://youtu.be/YmzKmTIe_m...

[yeahright2]

@pumblechook, I seriously doubt that was Greg taking it upon himself to throw him under the bus. That sounds like they talked about it and came to the conclusion that they needed to separate themselves from Colin for the good of the business or some other BS. Here's the kicker, I just listened to their show last week where they praised Gorilla Games for not apologizing but explaining their use of a term some idiot (opportunist looking for attention maybe) found offensive. And now here they force Colin out for something far less offensive, a joke.
Granted, I'm sure this was just an opportunity for him to leave for his real reasons, but still.

[TonyFoxx]

He actually has caused multiple incidents where even the community members who monitor their chats has said they hate when they cause incidents like that on Twitter. That same community also did not like he posted a joke that was meant to mock a hashtag on a day when literally every other outlet online decided to take the time to thank their female staff for the work they do. He was one of four faces of a company and you cannot make light of a day like that in that position on international women's day and put that hashtag in a post and then be like "oh, that was just jokes" when you don't even have the knowledge to follow it up with "we, here at kinda funny, believe in equality and rights for all women and respect efforts to make this the norm." It is not comedy. It is simple business marketing 101.

[yarbie1000]

They are now bleeding subscribers....yeah, marketing 101. What GAF and others refuse to acknowledge is they are simply the LOUD Minority https://gyazo.com/fecabb4e0...

[ierotitan]

you don't speak for all of us! actually Colin has a lot of support as some people could see the irony in the tweet and found it funny not the actual content of the tweet itself which wasn't meant to be taken literally!

[fiveby9]

The snowflake ultra sensitive generation takes issue with a tweet. What a surprise. That company will circle the drain.

[ShadowWolf712]

He was making fun of a silly protest hashtag. Lighten up.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Be careful. You're standing up for values on the internet.

[MyDietEqualsGames]

nice try mister wall o text.

[extermin8or]

Erm, the tweet was meant as a joke anyone with half a brain should have. Seen that. As usual the world went nuts.

[TonyFoxx]

Ugh. three quick things:

1. If in 3 months, they have not replaced each of those subscribers then there is a trend happening. You cannot base an idea of "bleeding subscribers" on less than a week's worth of data. He is one personality. They will live with maintaining 85+% of their fanbase as it stands right now.

2. There is nothing in my previous post to say I speak for Gaf or Kinda Funny. I am not a posting member of Gaf, I just peruse and read in my free time as I do N4G. I am not a Kinda Funny subscriber, it's not my particular brand of entertainment I want to pay for.

I was merely stating that without a context wherein Kinda Funny had an established support of International Women's Day and the idea of the #DayWithoutAWoman hashtag, then that particular tweet could come off as mocking of the goals of those involved with both of those things. That is it. It is not controversial or wrong to say that as there were and have been people who thought it came off as a mocking joke.

3. You all do not get to say how people should take something. You never know what someone is going through in the moment they read things. To act as if it is impossible anyone could have misconstrued the tweet as mockery is devoid of the reality that not everyone thinks like you. Which is exactly what you all are arguing is the problem with the response in the first place.

Can you not see that? I am not even upset in the least. My post has 49 downvotes because I stated without context it is impossible to defend something as a joke online. I stated community members have stated they do not like when the group causes stirs online, which is a fact. I stated there were community members who did not like this tweet, which is a fact. I live by the notion jokes>facts, but that only works when the joke is funny and worth defending.

This is the definition of a hack joke. Tweeted out by a man to current and potential subscribers. It was not a smart decision to do it. Why is it so controversial to say that? Why am I somehow a snowflake when other companies have gotten in trouble for less eons ago? I do not even have a stake in this whole thing.

It is interesting how many people think there is nothing wrong with that tweet. From a business perspective, it was a bad decision. The response was even worse. The dignified stance to not back down on it and tweet revolutionary war flags as if his rights were under attack was even worse. I could see he had to part ways with them after the entire ordeal around it and him in the last few months online just from understanding the principals behind how you function as a business in public. It is not some stance against jokes, but against bad business. I hope you all enjoy following him wherever he goes, but he was wrong here in more ways than one.

[ElementsUnknown]

Yes, let's champion diversity unless it's diversity of political opinion. I am sure if he was a member of a minority group in the progressive stack his joke would have been overlooked. Alas, hard left gaming journalism gets another scalp and grows even more homogenous 😕

[Allsystemgamer]

1 - it's a joke

2 - you take a day that means jack shit way too seriously. Go thank the women because vagina. The fact they have a job should be thanks for the hard work they do. They aren't entitled to a whole day of pampering and worship.

[DashArrivals]

Oh man just shut your face. Please. Stop being so PC. It's disgusting. No normal woman deep down gives a crap or was offended by that obvious joke.

[KillBill]

"It is simple business marketing 101" - well maybe they should know their audience better then? Because they just screwed their business royally.

[TonyFoxx]

No normal women took it seriously? Then who were the people who were responding to him?

"you take a day that means jack shit way too seriously. Go thank the women because vagina. The fact they have a job should be thanks for the hard work they do. They aren't entitled to a whole day of pampering and worship."

Go thank women because vagina. That is an amazing thought you put together there. Please tell me more. /s

"Oh man just shut your face. Please. Stop being so PC. It's disgusting."

So I have to shut up. Because I am saying something you do not like. Almost as if you want to... silence me. Interesting idea. Is this not what you are actively fighting against in this idea of PC culture?

It is a day. It is on a calendar. For some people, birthdays mean a lot. To others, Memorial Day or Valentine's Day. To others, Dia de los Muertos or Boxing Day or Bastille Day or others are important days. Why can't people have their things be important to them regardless of how you feel about any of it?

Lastly, political opinion did not run Colin out of the games' industry. He regularly spoke of the support he got from others, including developers. He had support from people like you all who defend his joke as innocuous in this dialogue. He left of his own volition to form a company outside of "games journalism" when he left IGN. The whole crew regularly said they were no longer "journalists." So if you are lamenting a conservative voice from the gaming space that happened a couple years ago. He now left that company to pursue something else. It happens.

[USMC_POLICE]

It's called people are too sensitive and emotional, people need to grow up.

[DragonKnight]

Can't make fun of International Women's Day? Funny, no one has a problem make fun of International Men's Day, that is if they even acknowledge it exists.

[I_am_Batman]

The hypersensitivity of some people is ridiculous. And the fact that Greg Miller didn't have his back on that issue and sided with the complaining mob shows that the image of the company is more important to him than honesty and authenticity.

I often disagree with Colin's opinions but that's because he isn't afraid to speak his mind. In fact the people I disagree a lot with are often time much more interessting to talk to. When you know that people don't just agree because they want to evade a possible conflict you can have a much more honest conversation.

Political correctness becomes a problem when it stands in the way of free speech.

[TonyFoxx]

Bruh, why do people call this hypersensitivity. People have been getting fired for years for saying the wrong things in public. Hell, people impeached a President just for cheating on his wife which has nothing to do with his actual job or any of our business.

[I_am_Batman]

@TonyFoxx: I haven't said that it's something new but there is a clear trend that progressively prioritizes political correctness over free speech.

How are you going to have a healthy society when the only thing that is save to say is the most popular opinion.

[TonyFoxx]

What do you mean @I_am_Batman? There are multiple leaders in multiple nations who say the wrong thing all the time and never leave power. How is it unsafe to say something outside of Groupthink? This isn't 1984. Colin was free to make his tweet. People freely responded in support, in ambivalence, in disappointment, in jest, and some without any form of appreciation for his input on that day. That is everything working exactly as it is supposed to.

It is not up to Colin or anyone else to decide what is and is not a sensitive subject to anyone else. It is absolutely up to Colin how he responds to it. It is not unreasonable for people to tweet at Colin that his joke was unappreciated on that day with that hashtag. Nor is it unreasonable for Colin to tweet it.

At the end of the day, this stuff always gets boiled down to freaking names and I hate it. It does not matter if Colin is or is not sexist. What matters is that his response to people not appreciating his tweet was to call them humorless sacks of shit. That included Kinda Funny fans in that group. His team and partners went into damage control because of that. I mean, the actual tweet itself devoid of context is harmless. However, the context around who Colin is and the company he represents makes it a bad decision. I'm not sure how that is any different than it has always been.

@ImGumbyDammit - *eye roll* No, that's not what people teach. It was trying to fit a long argument about why people even started looking into it in the first place in one sentence. I could have worded it better certainly, but the extent of the argument is people were upset the president was having an affair. If you asked most people who Paula Jones is, they would not know the woman's name despite the president admitting and getting disbarred for admitted perjury post-election. But I mean, whatever. I'm not trying to argue about what actually happened, but what the big story was in that time frame out of that entire report and what follows Bill Clinton more than anything to this day as the biggest scandal most people know about.

[DashArrivals]

GREG is fake. Always has been. Colin is real,

[Sevir]

People seem to think freedom of speech means freedom from consequences... You can say what you want. That's a liberal amendment made to to constitution... But just as you have a right to say as you please people do have a right to voice their own opinions. But freedom to say offensive things also means freedom to be criticized for being an a**hole, joke or not, it's not uncommon... If you have a platform know that what you say will always be scrutinized, you are held to a standard, and you are expected to be of good conduct... I love Colin, but being out spoken doesn't make you any less of an a** when you say the wrong thing on a platform you know has influence... This isn't people being snowflakes, it's people checking you for saying dumb things Just because you said something stupid.

He did the right thing by resigning. He's should know there's a consequence for everything especially in his public platform. He'll now pay attention to what he says.

[Rimeskeem]

But if he made a joke about Trump he would be shat on by the right. Don't pretend the right is any more tolerant or less snowflakey than the left.

[FunAndGun]

That is 100% correct. Both are just two sides of the same coin.

The problem today is that people don't use reason. It is a with us or against us mentality from both sides and there is no common ground anymore.

[Gh05t]

So because they do it, we should do it??? At what point does one side grow the heck up and be the bigger "person"
The fact you can point that out means you can see the problem but if your not willing to try to be the solution than you are just as bad and this only gets worse.

[-Foxtrot]

It's a shame because Colin was one of the very few people I liked on IGN way back

[RetroStory]

Why is GAF still relevant? Ignore those clowns.

[Letthewookiewin]

Well screw Kinda Funny now. PS XOXO was all I listened to. And with Colin gone that channel can kick rocks.

[yeahright2]

Taking this out of consideration completely, I still probably won't listen anymore. Colin and Greg together are what make that show work for me. when one of them isn't there, it's nowhere near as good.

[threefootwang]

Political Correctness taken to a stupid level.

[InMyOpinion]

Or stupidity taken to a conservative level.

[captainexplosion]

Yeah, nobody would complain if a comedian made that joke because there a comedian. Colin is not.

[Anzil]

A joke is a joke hahahahahaha another liberal having a double standard.....

[Gh05t]

I didn't know you needed a license to tell a joke and not get blowback for it, tell me more about this fascist Utopia we live in.

[MyDietEqualsGames]

I never visit those kinds of threads about gender or gender politics in general. They do NOT allow alternative opinions. They are grave yards that serve to remove users from the site completely.

My only curiosity regarding that are the specific reasons people are banned. Capture a list of reasons for the bans and get an general idea of how the moderators think.

[JimmyDM90]

Yeah it's not like a month ago a bunch of right-wingers were trying to get an SNL writer fired because of a joke she tweeted about Trump's kid.

[eferreira]

That joke was pretty harsh on snl

[Gh05t]

1 child
2 murder
3 not even remotely the same level of joke
4 they were wrong, that doesn't mean you continue the cycle

[Eonjay]

Be kind to gaf but don't put up with their bull. Colin is a real gamer. We need to support him.

[RetroStory]

I'll disagree on being kind to GAF. GAF is a dumpster fire and should be ignored, it's relevance has passed.

[annoyedgamer]

I see them insult women all the time...but those women are on the right so its ok.

[Cueil]

time to go watch some Bill Burr

[Veneno]

If you see a lot of Colin you'd know that he himself is very humorless. He is always high strung and serious. But thats colin. That's why the joke wasn't received well. So the one time he tries to joke around he took it a little extreme.

He should have crafted and honed his humor before saying something like this. But oh well he's moving on. Life will go on.

[Anzil]

Or people should just stop condemning others cause they don't understand....?

[Gh05t]

The joke was perfect WTF are you talking about crafted and honed?
It was topical, played into the stereo type so relatable and instantly understood, and quick and to the point.

Maybe it's people who take themselves so seriously they can't laugh because their agenda is shoved so far up the bunghole it's impacting the brains critical thinking.

[BIGBOSS08]

This. They're so pathetic. The gaff community is toxic. Bunch of low lives who really have nothing better to do.

[JackStraw]

Their podcasts are pretty boring to me personally without Colin and have only gotten significantly worse the past couple months. You could tell he wasn't as interested since Trump's Presidency finally set in on America. In so many of their conversations Colin was kind of just "meh" about them, but when they talked political stuff, he was well engaged. You could tell that is where his passion is, and I'm personally glad he left. I think in ten years time he'll probably be much better off than wherever Kinda Funny will be, if it'll even exist at all.

[sampson3121]

Because white men have always had it the hardest eh? lol

He knew what he did right after he tweeted it because of the second tweet.
It does suck that in today's day and age people get upset about small things like this he, as a public figure, should have known this would happen. Well he did, but it was too late.

Looking forward to seeing what he does next because even though we may differ when it comes to politics, i enjoyed his yin to their yang when it came to gaming topics.

Best goes out to him and his family.

Sometimes things happen for a reason and give us better opportunities.

[Veneno]

It's true. Life will go on. I have a better job now because of some crap at the old job. Same as my buddy. It will work out for the best.

[uth11]

Comedians get into hot water constantly and many of them are complaining about how PC everything's gotten

[Veneno]

It's a very fine line. Some things they are say j ust tasteless. Jeff Dunham anyone?

[yeahright2]

Yeah when Jerry Seinfeld says he won't take any gigs at colleges anymore because they're way too sensitive... Jerry Seinfeld, too raunchy for college students... let that sink in for a second

[kevnb]

Dont group these assholes as the left, thats like calling racists the right.

[DashArrivals]

I'll never watch KindaFunny again. Ever.

Greg is a loser. "You're all my best friends" - please idiot. You don't believe that. It's just your stupid shtick. He's afraid to offend anyone.

Colin is REAL. Always has been. I'll follow where ever he goes. Greg and the other numb skulls can get Fk'ed. The Left snowflakes make me so sick. I want to find a normal woman who was offended by that joke. Seriously. Not some 3rd Wave ugly Feminist either. I don't care if it was funny or not. Reacting in an offended way to that tweet just makes you part of the PC problem. F all of you. F you all so much

[Maddens Raiders]

Bad awareness = bad taste = bad decision making = bad outcome = you don't deserve the post you held. For most of the silly phucks in this thread you can say this type of lowbrow horseshit all day, every day amongst your ilk and not a soul would care (nor should they), but when one is in the purview of the relative constant public eye whilst relying upon their purses, you had better get your phucking head screwed on straight and understand:
Time and Place.

Phuck this dude.
Phuck his dumbass Gadsden Flag avatar.
Phuck the first comment in here which turned it racial at the end and......
Phuck Trump.

[Profchaos]

What is gaf?

[OB1Biker]

'humorless sacks of shit. LOL' (quote)
That made me laugh haha
I hope that's not because of the joke obviously addressed to his partner. That would be mental tbh. Probably everyone said the same thing at some point. Nothing wrong.
I often disagree with him but he was sure right there

[Allsystemgamer]

It was over the joke.

[hangdang]

I think it seems that he was more fed up with the hyper-sensitive nature and finally said, "f*ck it, I'm done." I don't think he HAD to leave if he didn't want to, but he has seemed less and less interested in games as time has gone on, and I think this was the straw that broke the camel's back. It's too bad, though. I won't be listening to their podcasts anymore because of this

[crazychris4124]

Hopefully wherever he goes the people there have backbone and a sense of humor...so basically not a bunch of SJWs. Guess he can cross out Polygon and Kotaku off his list.

[Vegamyster]

Kinda sad that Greg Miller threw him under the bus on Twitter for such a simple joke.

[captainexplosion]

Greg is funny as hell and makes a lot of jokes like that, so I'm sure there is a lot more to this.

[fiveby9]

Regardless if there is more to this, Greg Miller took the opportunity to use this as a vehicle to denounce his "friend". I guess with friends like that who needs enemies.

[ginganinja]

Kinda sad that Colin threw Greg and his other 'friends' and colleagues under the bus by continually being 'edgy' and objectionable and not taking any responsibility for it when people called him out.
Kinda sad that Colin has been stirring up shit like this for a while now, and maybe it's not an image the rest of the company want to project, and not the kind of followers they want to attract.

[Vegamyster]

ginganinja

So you're not allowed to make a simple, harmless joke anymore? His girlfriend laughed it off and jested back, funny enough it was a lot of men acting like he kicked a puppy or something.

[ginganinja]

It wasn't just the joke, it was the response calling those Kinda funny fans who didn't appreciate it 'humorless sacks of shit'. Fans who pay his wages, Gregs wages, and the other members of Kinda funnys' wages.
Colins' 'harmless joke' was the last straw for some who were fed up with his attitude and were cancelling their subscriptions.
It doesn't matter how trivial Colin thinks the 'joke' was, he's representing his company and being a dick is threatening ALL their livelihoods.

[Vegamyster]

You're not using the entire quote,

"She's actually in bed next to me, and thinks my blatantly obvious joke is funny. Because not all people are humorless sacks of shit."

He immediately had people overreacting and virtue signaling acting like he's a misogynist which are the people he's talking about, not the average person who watches the show.

[SCW1982]

He didn't leave because of a controversial joke people, nice spin Kotaku.

[feraldrgn]

I'm curious, why did he leave?

[wolokowoh]

He went on the Rubin Report, he was on Glenn Beck's show. He wants to write a post apocalyptic novel. I would say he wants to be available to pursue his interests and him staying at Kinda Funny doesn't allow him to do what he wants anymore. The joke for instance affects not just him but the company. Usually it would be fine but now its just one more reason to leave.

[Majin-vegeta]

To focus on more things that matter to him such as politics etc etx

https://m.facebook.com/appe...

[feraldrgn]

Ah, thanks for the replies.

Unfortunate as I always liked his critical views in gaming, even if I didn't agree with a lot of his opinions it was interesting to listen to & food for thought.
Also he & Greg Miller had a chemistry, where they balanced each other out quite well as friends.
Colin also gave some games a chance that others wouldn't because he'd get so invested in them.

End of an era.
I don't really have a reason to watch KFG now, as the Yin & Yang is gone.
I wish him luck on his future endeavours, him writing a novel sounds interesting.

[Livecustoms]

He's just not as passionate about Video Games, he wants to pursue different careers within politics and history etc.

[PhoenixUp]

"the split appears to have been a long time coming"

Read the description before commenting

[gamer7804]

@SCW1982 that was part of it, he wanted to do other things with the show as well, but this was the straw that broke the camels back, and a large straw at that. He didn't get support from his friends when he should have, they shouldn't have condemned or supported it on twitter. Just talk about it amongst themselves and then let him explain it on the show (not that it needs explaining at all, it was another witch hunt).

[bluefox755]

I think he did, he may have planned to leave eventually anyway, but this wasn't planned. Greg, his supposed friend, publicly chastised Colin, while Greg may not have literally forced him out, he created the conditions where anyone with a backbone or any dignity would immediately back out of.

[Tankbusta40]

Never liked this guy that much at IGN, but I swear the world we live in is so soft it's like one ply toilet paper, words are just words

[Markusb33]

Exactly people cry over the smallest issue. Its like people who demand movies or shows be banned as it offends them. Don't watch it you moron, it's choice and freedom. The same snow flakes cry sexist but openly condone the murder of the us president. I guess liberals accept violence and change their stance when it suits. To me Greg should have stood by Colin, not a nice move really threw him under the bus.

[shammgod]

Colin always came off as very pretentious to me. However, i agree with your statement. People are overly sensitive now and it is getting worse everyday.

I don't know what's worse, SJWs or the people that blame everything on SJWs. Its crazy out here!

[datriax]

Grow a pair and tell these morons to go f**k themselves. That'd be the day I quit my job cause I upset anyone with a friggen joke. Colin's the spineless turd here. Stand your ground for ffs.

[AAWELLS09]

He wants to leave to pursue other things. Apparently its been a long time coming and this was the straw that did it in.

[Allsystemgamer]

Yea but look at how weak that straw was. A HARMLESS joke.

What's hilarious is the joke...was kinda proven by the mob....

He makes a joke how women talk too much or nag - women proceed to bitch-

[bluefox755]

Ironically, Colin was showing them how a friend is REALLY supposed to act. He covered for them forcing him out by owning it himself. He had their back even after they threw him under the bus, I was never a fan, but that's a stand up thing to do, he has my support.

[ierotitan]

HAIL COLIN!

[Bathyj]

This society needs a good hard slap in the face with, oh I dont know, something long and purple from Saints Row..

[MRMagoo123]

make any joke about white males in any kind of way no matter how offensive and that's fine but make a joke about women, anyone that's not caucasian or the lgbt groups or those silly people that think there is more than 2 genders and you get burnt on a stake. Geez I miss the 80s and 90s.

[Bathyj]

Funny you should say that. I was going to say everyone should chill the fock out and watch Eddie Murphy Delirious.

[Allsystemgamer]

I was publically berated for being white dating a non white. They were yelling very nasty shit and saying our children would not be worthy of breathing because the whiteness would be tainting their darker skin or some shit like that.

I live in Toronto.

[DashArrivals]

Oh man me too. Please, just cryogenically freeze me for the next 10 years. When I wake up, I'll have all these sweet games to play and hopefully all this snowflake politically correct bullshit will be gone. Safe spaces, multiple genders, 3rd Wave faminism... ALL GONE. Hopefully.

[bluefox755]

Oh FFS. Kinda Funny will obviously die now (frankly, it deserves to since apparently liberal Greg isn't making an attempt to keep Colin), because he told a harmless joke. If you're offended by this, kill yourself.

[FullmetalRoyale]

Well, that's a bummer. I've been a fan of these guys for a very long time, and it bums me out to see them split up. 😕 I take a week off of Kinda Funny abd this happens. Most importantly, I do hope that he finds time to write, or whatever it is that he really wants to do. Definitely sad news to hear.

[LAWSON72]

I watch their podcast almost daily and maybe it is just me but it seemed Tim was always irritated by Colin. I remember watching a political type of episode and Tim looked like he was pretty mad and with Colin getting all political with his new series Tim probably did not want that kind of content saturating the channel. Anyways kind of a odd situation, and it will be interesting to see what happens with the channel

[feraldrgn]

Guy made a tongue in cheek joke, didn't mean anything by it.
Stage comedians do it all of the time & everyone understands that they're words with no meaning behind them.
This whole "drama" crap needs to stop, people need thicker skin & to realise sarcasm exists.

[StormLegend]

Hope he finds a new place asap!

[JackBNimble]

Ya, if these are his friends... WOW... time to start rethinking things.

[CrystalFantasy]

Of all the things that could've disbanded the group a joke was the culprit. Smh.

People are too sensitive these days.

[meganick]

The word "controversial" in the headline should have been "kinda funny" instead, at least just for comedic value.

[captainexplosion]

I doubt this is why he is leaving. Probably had more to do with fighting with the other guys and the fact that the show is called Kinda Funny yet Colin is not kind of funny. He's overly serious, pretentious and a chemistry killer. Never really seemed to know what he was talking about anyway and made terrible predictions.

[Lightsbane]

Is that it? That's the controversial joke?

Am I missing something here?

[Ristul]

Well, Colin is a conservative liberal, while all the others on kinda funny are lefties/progressives so there were a lot of banter/arguments on their shows. Tim and Colin were the ones with most disagreements, and in my honest opinion, Tim looked almost happy that Colin had to leave. My guess is that Tim managed to turn Greg against Colin using their shared political values as a means to do so, sad to see Greg not standing up for Colin but hey, that's were it's at. Personally, I found Colin to be the only one with opinions that somewhat mirrored my own and he is the one that made their content interesting.

I unsubscribed from their channels and I will keep an eye on Colins future endevors.

[FunAndGun]

a conservative liberal? lol, oh god. You guys and your damn labels. Whatever suits your needs I guess.

[AHall88]

The hell is a conservative liberal? How does that even work?

[Ristul]

AHall88 He is a conservative with leanings to liberalism in some questions. Whats so hard to understand about it?

[DashArrivals]

Me too. Tim is such a snowflake and Greg is FAKE. Colin is real and a real character in gaming. Following him where ever he goes. KindaFunny I'll never watch again.

[81BX]

Yeah you are... picture a baron landscape. Off in the distance is a group of over sensitive people who think you should be silenced if you don't share the same views... I'll spare you the rest

[FunAndGun]

Kinda like the other day on here with the Autistic Overwatch character.....yeah, you guys are not oversensitive at all. *rolls eyes*

[81BX]

Lol

[joab777]

Are you kidding me? I haven't even read this and I am already pissed off. He has been a target of so many simply because he doesn't share what has become the only point of view anyone is allowed to have anymore!

Edit: ok. Now I am really pissed! This is why people decided to attack him. Seriously, who is so self important that this is what they choose to do with their time? It really angers me because ppl are so quick to throw everyone under a microscope but are generally just cowards themselves.

This seems fitting now but I remember a saying from when i was young. He who is without sin, cast the first stone! Any takers? Or how about, before judging another concerning their splinter, take the beam out of your own eye.

If we spent more time focused on ourselves and all the selfish shitty things we do to others (and yes, we are more selfish as a society than we have ever been), and less time on others and what they do wrong, maybe we would see some change. Instead it's easier to stand atop our own moral peaks and shout at others!

I love how quickly certain people turn their ire towards others once they get a bit of power. And how easily they forget how they were treated. If only we could all be so perfect? What the hell is a society without any humor anyway? One in which we all walk on
pins and needles waiting to be condemned. It's a joke! Guess what's Greg Miller, "Thanks for sticking up for your best friend!" Kind Funny ain't so funny anymore! I'll put my Patreon money elsewhere!

[BIGBOSS08]

Well put and the absolute truth. The world is really going to shit and it's probably going to get worse.

[DashArrivals]

Totally agree. Greg is fake. They are all snowflakes. Weak.
Colin was the only real thing on that show. A real character. I'll never support KindaFunny ever again. I swear.

[deafdani]

I think he could have gotten away with it if he left it at the first tweet. People would've called him out for a stupid joke at women's expense on International Women's Day, but ultimately I don't think it would've had any bigger consequences than that.

But THEN he had to go and make another tweet calling everyone who didn't find it funny "humorless sacks of shit".

I mean. A lot of the people who took issue with this tweet were women.

And Colin called them humorless sacks of shit.

On International Women's Day.

Yeah.

Not smart, Colin. Not smart at all.

[bluefox755]

You spelled feminist wrong. I asked my girlfriend and she said she can't believe that people were offended by it.

[Ristul]

Strong feminist women that can't take a joke on twitter... how strong were they again? Yeah...

[OB1Biker]

Those people were not smart to take issue of a personal joke. I usually don't support Colin but all he said was clearly in a light hearted and humorous tone. Even the quote was punctuated with a resounding LOL.
You should read Greg publicly denouncing Colin for his Joke. Now that was bad and tasteless because taking things way too seriously whereas they were not meant to be.
I mean we all know what these guys are like. It's fine to disagree with Colin but he is who he is. No need to go full drama.

[ginganinja]

You know, if he meant it as a 'personal joke', he could have just said it to the person who was, apparently, right next to him. Or even, DM'd her.
No, he chose to send the 'personal joke' by not mentioning her in it at all and using a trending hashtag on a very popular social media platform.

Do you see how people might have been confused ?

[Captain_Tom]

Yeah that's stupid for 2 reasons:

1) Grow up people. Like there's even a person on Earth that hasn't said something funny yet off-putting, and then later regretted saying it. Plus even if he didn't regret saying it, it really wasn't that bad.

2) It seems like it was mostly his decision to leave, and if he actually thought it wasn't a big deal; he should have doubled down on it and just ignored the haters. Instead he let them win.

Then again, maybe they made an ultimatum that he had to apologize or leave. If so, he just became a martyr; and I guarantee he will land a FAR more lucrative job as a political pundit soon. Their loss, he was intelligent and funny.

[opinionated]

"She's actually in bed next to me, and thinks my blatantly obvious joke is funny. Because not all people are humorless sacks of shit. LOL."

Lmao! he got bullied out because that?! PATHETIC! I have new found respect and I will keep an eye out. I'm tired of the "liberal skewed" gaming media.

[oof46]

I didn't always agree with Colin, but that was the whole point. He could have his point of view and I could have mine. I always loved listening to him in the old Beyond days. I really hate that people can take a joke the wrong way and get a guy to resign.

[Captain_Tom]

Very well put.

I didn't always agree, but I did like his perspective. It is rare you get a well-read and intelligent libertarian commentator in this industry, and therefore it be a travesty if we lost em'.

That is unless you enjoy choosing between either a liberal circle-jerk, or a sexist man-child; because those 2 groups make up a majority of the people I see on gaming websites.

[ShadowNextGen]

He isn't leaving because of the tweet. Both Kotaku and Polygon should be ashamed today. I realize they need to try and do what they can to drive traffic but they should be better than this.

[JEECE]

Do you really believe the tweet didn't factor into his decision? You do realize that most of the times people in the public view are forced out of a company, it is framed as them "resigning," and due to contracts/NDAs/the person leaving having honor, both sides will frame it as a mutual decision. You shouldn't blindly believe PR speak.

[BadElf]

People suck. PC, feminist, asshole people SUCK.
Following this guy now...Rarely read "Conservative views" often, so will definitely follow him.

[DrumBeat]

This is seriously pathetic. Colin wins, and will keep on winning.

[Majin-vegeta]

Guys he didn'teave cuz of that tweet.He left cuz he wants to focus on what's important to.him.

https://m.facebook.com/appe...

[JEECE]

1+2=3. This is true even if 1 and 2 each issue PR statements denying it afterwards. Use common sense.

[LastCenturyRob]

I'm sure the tweet was minor but if all was going smoothly I'm sure he would have stayed. He was basically forced out due to his political leanings.

[NicSage]

My wife laughed when I read her the tweet. People are such snowflakes. Buncha babies.

[WickedLester]

People who think Colin left because of that tweet needs a reality check. Anyone even remotely paying attention could see this was inevitable. Colin's disinterest in gaming has been growing more and more obvious over the last year. I knew this day would come. I just didnt expect it this soon or this sudden.

[JEECE]

Just because it wasn't the only reason, doesn't mean it wasn't a reason.

[WickedLester]

If Colin had no intention of leaving prior to that tweet, he wouldn't have left after he sent it out. He probably would have issued an apology and moved on. He was co-founder of the company, nobody could make Colin leave but Colin. The tweet was not THAT offensive. They've said far worse things on that show.

[Angerfist]

The Left has destroyed Comedy and Entertainment. Political Correctness, Diversity, being inclusive are all massive cockblocks for comedians. If you cant create some outrage whats the point really

[MRMagoo123]

That's why I live jimmy carr the comedian , he doesn't give a deep what anyone thinks and if it's offensive

[kevnb]

this bullshit isnt the left, alt-left maybe?

[LastCenturyRob]

alt left? Nah, that's the majority of the left these days...Liberalism today doesn't come close to resembling the liberalism of the 60's and 70's. Today it is mostly a selfish, me first, my way or the highway mentality, where people throw tantrums non stop until they get their way. "This" BS "is" todays liberalism.

[BadElf]

Then the dumbass on Kotaku is saying its a "crummy" joke? Part of the problem. Laugh! Get a sense of humor!

[Pennywise138]

Colin has always been kind of a douche. I give him credit for being a pretty smart guy and knowing his shit when it comes to games but his overall persona is douche. In fact i know a guy who interviewed at IGN and said Colin did nothing but talk shit about all his coworkers. By buddy was like why are you telling me this you don't even know me.

[Segata]

He was a douchebag before this. Nothing of value lost.

[81BX]

His post was funny because women nag!

[showtimefolks]

you have to be politically correct now a days and not honest

people don't want honesty

[OB1Biker]

Haha this is so true

[MRMagoo123]

no way you can be as politically incorrect as you want as long as it's aimed at caucasian males, white men are free game. say a joke about women though or gay people and it's a linch mob outside your house.

[pleasuretokill]

SJW, entitled, soft, weak, pathetic losers. Women make degrading jokes about men all the time and we are supposed to take it and smile. This guy makes a joke about women and gets crucified. This is the same idealism that allows women to hit men over and over "in the heat of an argument" but if you so much as touch her to defend yourself, it's ABUSE! I swear, if the greatest generation (WW2 war vet era) knew that THIS type of weak idiocy was what they were fighting and protecting, they would have probably just went back home, had a beer and let Hitler do what he wanted to do.

Want to see the world shut down? Let's have all MEN take a day off and do nothing! This country would come to a grinding halt. This feminist/liberal/protesting-ev erthing generation is sad beyond belief. Grow a backbone, laugh at a joke or if you don't like the joke, then go about your business and shut your mouth. Quit whining and crying about everything because the world isn't tailored to your multi-gendered, snowflake, entitled pathetic existence.

[DELTABOY04]

LOL...he wants to be in politics? This dude is to thin skinned for that...

[Yetter]

Its nice I can start listening to Kinda Funny. Its unfortunate he'd leave for such a dumb reason, it was just one bad joke in poor taste but honestly, I can't stand the guy so I'm glad to see him go

[PhoenixUp]

If you ask me I thought the joke was kinda funny

[MRMagoo123]

so did anyone with a sense of humour.....that rules out feminists though

[Blu3_Berry]

That's very unfortunate. I always liked Colin's take on certain things. People overreact on the stupidest things these days. It was meant as a joke. Sure it could've been toned down, but for him to leave his job over a stupid tweet? Come on, people are too sensitive today and its pathetic. I'm gonna really miss him on the discussions they do together. It's not gonna be the same without him now.

[gamingisnotacrime]

Just like that...

[jorellpogi]

I enjoyed his game reviews. Good luck to his future endeavors!

[MagicBeanz]

Apparently the last thing you want to do right now is upset woman. smh

[SynestheticRoar]

Stop leaving questionable shit on social media.

[bluefox755]

I guess they haven't learned anything from the PewDiePie debacle. People are sick and tired of SJW and PC nonsense being pushed. They're tired of seeing people's livelihood destroyed over a few words on social media. The far left with their intolerant speech bullying and thought policing are creating a counter culture and awaking a silent majority who are simply fed up. This will not work out in Kinda Funny's favor. I for one welcome this culture shift, free speech has been under attack for long enough.

[BlindMango]

So that's great, now the entirety of mainstream video game journalism is leftist San Francisco hipsters! Welp, it was only a matter of time that unfortunately the (literally) only person with a differing political viewpoint was essentially pushed out. I hope to see Colin doing something amazing soon!

[Realms]

Thank you for the PC world we live in now where a joke can no longer be a joke even if it's a bad one. Our society is so sensitive and every thing triggers people.

[GamePeace]

Who is that? I don't care a .... about Colin, Greg and his feminist wife, why should I care? Is this even real gaming news?

[LastCenturyRob]

I'll give you that much...really has nothing to do with gaming.

[GamePeace]

Kinda Funny doesn't sound like a good game title at all ...

[LastCenturyRob]

What, liberals freaked out over every little thing...again? Shocker.

[Atomicjuicer]

It's actually reassuring to read all the comments here. I was beginning to think the world had just plain lost its marbles.

Plenty of common sense comments here.

The PC feminist bullshit has to end or were going nowhere. Oversensitivity overload.

[feraldrgn]

I was surprised too.
Now Gaf, that's another story.

[ShadowKnight]

WOW SMH

[jer1122]

What's funny is there talking about bringing Vince ingenito in and that guy said anybody that voted for Trump is a f****** racist. Just shows you as long as you have a left point of view you can get away with anything but if you don't agree then you're gone. If they bring Vincent going to be so hypocritical because the guy has called people racist and it would be the same thing that they kept calling out for just the opposite view

[greywolf39]

As much as I like Colin, he really should watch his mouth. In video he said that if meteor would fall it should fall on Europe or Australia. I mean WTF?! I really do like the guy but really?

[Kokyu]

Good luck too him.

[PGRfox]

This country is so screwed up. Pretty soon you will not be able to make any joke or comment unless it is preapproved by every single minority group. Chill out people!

[AAWELLS09]

Ive always liked Colin the most out of all the Kinda Funny guys so Ill follow where ever Colin goes. Avery knowledgeable guy on the gaming industry. I don't always agree with him but I still respect him and appreciate hearing from him.

[Markusb33]

Liberal left sjw can't take a joke even if it's in bad taste or offensive this is freedom of speech but not according to the left. Everyone is a racist, bigot or sexist. Get a life we are not all victims.PC is so out of control it's pathetic.

[Pintheshadows]

Finally, he is free of the joke that is Greg Miller.

[LastCenturyRob]

I think Greg didn't like your comment.

[SH1ELD]

Coward.

[uth11]

I used to listen to Beyond when they were on, even though I wasn't a particular fan of theirs-- especially Greg, too loud, too hyper, constantly derailing to talk about everything but games. Colin kinda grounded him though. There's no way I could ever listen to Greg without Colin around.

I also think Colin is too calculating to accidentally post a controversial joke to social media without knowing exactly what would happen. I'll bet he did this as a springboard to go from gaming to political journalism

[DrGonzo]

The joke was funny and hes totally right; people these days are looking for stuff to get worked up about. "Targeting women"....stfu Kotaku.

[zen_hydra]

I know it's hard when mommy and daddy decide they don't want to be married anymore, but the world doesn't actually end, and maybe they will be happier people living separate lives.
Here is the most important point, which you all need to understand.
It's not your fault.
No matter what happens, mommy and daddy still love you. Things will be different going forward, but they still love you.
That will never change.
Now close your eyes and get some sleep. You'll see. The sun will rise in the morning. The same way it always does.

[gamer7804]

absolutely insane, podcasts from destructiod and ign have said far more controversial things. That said this was obviously a joke... its an old joke (shouldn't even be a controversy), you'd see stuff like this on sitcoms ALL the time. Its a shame that this was the straw that broke the camels back. Then you have people like Justin Davis and Brian Altano trolling him over this. Shame on the gaming journalism community. Good luck Colin.

[feraldrgn]

It's terrible that freedom of speech got thrown out of the window, or at least the freedom to be able to tell a joke while thinking your audience is intelligent enough to understand what it is, without having to literally say "I'm joking".

This is a genuine type of humour used all of the time on stage, you say something that you don't believe, that can be concieved as an "outrageous idea" because the audience is supposed to understand they're joking about political correctness.

[senorfartcushion]

NOT after controversial joke (technically it is after he said a joke but still) The team has said this multiple times, it wasn't because of the joke. Colin had a crisis of identity, wanted a new job, the end.

People can do that.

His taste for the political has outmatched his taste for games. What he wrote on Twitter was silly, antagonistic and very much on purpose.

Sites like Polygon reported the story without even knowing the conversation behind it. They were unprofessional.

They're now looking for a new member and how to fix the Playstation podcast.

[yeahright2]

I only listen to them on podcasts, so this is the first picture I've seen of him in some time. Why do I feel the urge to put some loose change in a metal cup I assume he's holding?

[xtheblackparade]

Everytime something like this happens almost everyone agrees that it's stupid, so obviously there's a small group out there that makes themselves larger than they actually are. Why care for minorities that much, they should be listened to in equal amounts of people they represent.

[PaleMoonDeath]

Free speech son.

[LastCenturyRob]

Not when dealing with those on the left these days. 9 times out of 10, their way of be vilified.

[FernDiggidy]

overly offended idiots.

[masterfox]

who ?

[Livecustoms]

He didn't leave because of the joke! I keep seeing this everywhere and its annoying me so much

[Chaosdreams]

Wait, that's all it took?

I swear...

[dizeestl]

sjw's are the absolute worst.

[yeahright2]

no, the flip side of the coin is worse. SJWs just whine and complain until they get their way, somebody might get fired or become a social pariah along the way, but the other extreme leads to hate crimes. Neither represent the majority of us, I just wish they didn't have so much sway over the rest of us.

[DefenderOfDoom2]

I just think that Colin Moriarty just got tired of promoting the video game industry and their products . Not really a big deal .

[neomahi]

Really? Everyone's in an uproar over that? Guess Greg and Colin were never really buddies but business colleagues, that was the most impressive acting I've ever seen, or the best stab in the back to shun someone who helped form a company. Married guys have fun and "diss" on their wives a lot and vice-versa out of good fun, doesn't change how they view each other. Really, such a petty thing to make such a fuss over. Lame....

[About30Ninjas]

Let's be honest here the real reason Colin isn't happy with Kinda Funny is because is not making same type of money he did with IGN, yeah Kinda Funny gave him the freedom to talk about whatever he wants but the truth is Kinda Funny don't have enough subscribers to keep him happy financially, I don't blame Colin for feeling the way he is cause if I would a gave up a awesome job for a shitty one I would a been fed up too

[JustInTlME]

I don't think you realize all the revenue streams they had coming in. I'm VERY confident they made more money with Kinda Funny...

[yeahright2]

Not to mention sites like IGN are on their way out. they just had massive lay offs in the 2 or so years leading up to them leaving.

[ajax17]

That was it??? "Ah peace and quiet"... My God these people will cry over literally ANYTHING! Fuck these extreme leftists!

[bluefox755]

Colin will be just fine, plus I feel like he might get the Pewdiepie effect, people coming out to support him solely based on him being a victim of PC/SJW culture.

[SephirothX21]

I would be liberal leaning politically but this is nonsense. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that joke. People should be able to joke about what they want.

[NotanotherReboot]

SJWs are the Nazis of this generation

[Phil32]

No, Nazis are the Nazis of this generation (see; the alt-right which a lot of gamers disturbingly associate themselves with). And SJW is such a lame insult. "Curse those people that want all races and sexes included. We should be intolerant towards everyone! Yeah! Trump 2020! White is right!"

[yeahright2]

ehhhh, not really. more KKK if you ask me

[paulogy]

I'm stunned but I wish Colin well on whatever he does next.

And for the record, Greg did not "throw Colin under the bus" with his Facebook post. Colin edited the post himself. This was mentioned in their PAX East panel on Friday (and I know, I was there).

[DEEBO]

Lol man this is so dumb,it was a joke with some truth to it because as much as I love women,my wife it comes a time you want them to STFU!
But to lose you're job over this is B'S!
I see this happens a lot now with social media.
Just watch what you say because the world has turned into a big a___ pu--y.

[LoveSpuds]

I am so happy to see that arrogant knob head leave, he has barely sounded interested in gaming for the last year or so and when he does pipe up its usually a self indulgent discussion about how important he is, how he is personal friends with this or that developer, how he was right about this or that or how his opinion is more valid than someone else's.

I don't think the tweet was the reason for leaving, he hasnt seemed remotely interested in games for a good while now so I think he just wants to move on, however, the whole fuss over that tweet is insane, it is such an innocuous, obvious joke.

How anyone can get bent out of shape about that joke is beyond me, women joke about and stereotype men all the time and vice versa, it's just a bit of fun, surely?!

[Profchaos]

Thought it was a solid joke should be encouraged

[Fearmonkey]

He got called out and left for that little silly joke? Wow what a bunch of butthurt wimpy snowflakes people are these days. Their heads would explode if they watched something like Blazing Saddles....

[Nilla_Nate]

Kinda unemployed.

[Artemidorus]

We got bigger things in the world happening to go and cry about.

[Enigma_2099]

In regards to the Admin note, don't you think the title should be edited then?