Triggers, Drama, Offensive Jokes, and EVE Online

EVE is a game not for the light of heart.  It's a frankly obsessive game for the kind of people who enjoy extreme difficulty, crushing boredom, and screeching terror all in one game.  And there's a common sentiment that more offensive happenings or drama within the community should be in a sense ignored.  Or that people taking issue with whatever the problem may be should "Harden The Fuck Up".

Normally, people refrain from bringing personal politics or beliefs into EVE.  This is usually a good idea.  But as someone who considers themselves a decent person, and as a feminist I just can't sit by and watch.

(Yea I know, being a feminist online, I'm now a Tumblr-addicted SJW with no capacity for critical thinking. etc.)

I see a big disconnect between reality and the EVE community forming once again.  This issue has long been a part of the "culture" of the internet, long before EVE.  In a game that has a massive skew towards the number of male players, it's almost become second-nature for eve players to act like insensitive asshats, who enjoy the hazing or belittling of others.  I would say there is a definite line in terms of where in-game culture and indecency are separated.  It seems some players are content with resting on the wrong side of that line.

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IWISK and The EVE community just did something awesome

Coming off the controversy with the eve_nt and IWANTISK Titan Smash, it seems that the EVE community has put aside it's BS for just a moment to do something really cool.  That is, they came together to help a fellow capsuleer go to Fan Fest this year after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  There are no words to describe how cool this is.