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The etymology of "outrage" has nothing to do with "out" or "rage", but rather comes via French "outrage" from Latin "ultra". The English modern meaning however comes from people misinterpreting the word as coming from "rage"
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From etymonline: https://www.etymonline.com/word/outrage
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this is outrageous, it's unfair
The word "outrage" didn't come from the words "out" and "rage"
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From Wikipedia:
The English word outrage is a loanword from French, where it was formed by combining the adverb outre (meaning "beyond") with the suffix -age; thus, the original literal meaning is "beyondness" – that is, beyond what is acceptable. The rebracketing as a compound of out- with the noun or verb rage has led to both a different pronunciation than the one to be expected for such a loanword (compare umbrage) and an additional meaning of "angry reaction" not present in French.
This page has more examples along those lines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing
Top Comment: I propose creating the word beyondnessful as a synonym for outrageous.
What do you make of the growth of "righteous outrage" subreddits and their effect on Reddit as a whole? What, if any, changes would you make in how these communities are moderated? Do specific types of users concentrate in these subreddits in your experience?
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content warning for the sort of stuff that goes on in such subreddits
Im speaking about subreddits like these: r/iamatotalpieceofshit, r/justiceserved, r/rage, r/PublicFreakout, r/justiceporn, r/quityourbullshit, and others like these. The content of such subreddits ranges from things like expressing vicarious irritation at people who double park to anger at people who commit serious crimes and abuses of power.
What do you make of the growth of subch subreddits in a general sense, and what are your thoughts on their effect on public discourse and reddit as a whole?
I'm remaining neutral here as I'm interested to see where people fall on this topic, whether they feel these subreddits are appropriately moderated or not, and so on. Do these subreddits present any kind of "danger" or "risk" (in any sense) to you, or are such concerns overblown?
Really I'm just hoping to spark a little discussion about such subreddits as I have noticed they are a fast growing trend on reddit and something we can expect to see more of in the future a those communities continue to grow. Any topic of interest to you related to such subreddits would be welcomed here 😃
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Speaking personally, I would avoid these subs.
The amount of outrage culture within gaming is having a negative effect on the medium
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As each year passes I feel gaming has become more and more taxing to discuss on the internet. It seems no matter when you want to see what's happening in gaming there is some new outrage going on, something we should all get collectively angry about. I don't think it's a matter of the industry making worse and worse decisions each year, I believe we as a whole are becoming engulfed by outrage.
To be perfectly clear I'm not trying to say we should just let developers do whatever they want and be nice to them always. I'm certainly not trying to say we should not criticize them for what we don't support, I just feel we are pushing far too much attention on negatives and getting caught up in anger. The new Diablo and the new Fallout games are perfect examples of this. Is it fair for Fallout fans to be disappointed that the game they were looking forward to isn't as good as they hoped? Of course. Should we blame Diablo fans for being upset the next game won't be on PC? Of course not. But I fail to see what spreading this outrage everywhere to people who weren't even going to play these games would get us.
I get that it feels good to get angry, and it feels good to have the feeling of liberation against big corporations and seeing them burn. But take a step back. How justified is this outrage? How much will you getting angry really help the situation if it was with a game you didn't even plan on buying? There are people out there who bank on this anger, and I really do believe it is harming the industry.
Some Youtubers, not to name any specific names, feed off drama and outrage. They know that anger draws in clicks, more attention, and of course more money. These people don't care about the health of the industry, they care about lining their pockets, and they know that outrage sells. The more you feed into this, the more people get onboard and it just snowballs into more and more negativity. It's getting to a point where it seems like people WANT games to fail because they enjoy sitting on the sidelines eating popcorn.
Do we really want to be in a position where the biggest thing we want in the industry is bad products solely so we can feel powered in our outage and eat popcorn? I sure as hell don't.
TL;DR The gaming media has allowed outrage culture to fill gaming communities and it is really making discussing games miserable
Top Comment: Fam this has seeped into everything, not just gaming
What is "outrage culture" and why has it become a thing?
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Is it a joke that I'm too old to understand? Is it some sort of meme? If so where did it originate?
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May be related to..
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nowtrage&defid=3928815
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/02/charlie-brooker-new-media-dictionary
CMV: "Outrage culture" exists to make people feel good because they are making a difference not to enact long lasting social change. In reality it is incredibly hypocritical and damaging to free speech.
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Whenever I bring up this opinion I am quickly met with "what so people can say racist things?" NO, that is not what I mean. What I am saying is that free speech comes with problems, it is not perfect. However, we as a society understand its importance because it is what allows open discussion and REAL social change. Yelling at people and the hostile environment online is going to make people that you want to hear your opinions resent you NOT listen to you. Cool, calm discussion is how you enact real social change. People should not be scared to speak their mind, especially at college campuses. Ben Shapiro should not have literal riots just to speak his opinions. College is meant to help people think and learn about the world around them, and this RELIES on free expression without fear. This "outrage culture" has also transitioned into places that are MEANT to push the envelope such as stand up comedy. Comedians should not be losing their jobs because a subset of people find their opinion offensive. Who is to say that was a funny edgy joke vs something that was baffling offensive. Finally, have you not said stupid things before? Have you not made mistake? This whole thing is blatantly hypocritical and instead of calmly talking to why you think what they said is problematic they are "REAL PIECES OF SHIT!"
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I'm not sure which "outrage culture" you're talking about.
There are religious folks outraged over the "attack on Christianity" and "Happy Holidays" appearing on cups.
There are anti-immigrant folks outraged about the "border crisis" in the southern US.
There are anti-police folks outraged over police brutality.
And so on, and so forth.
Outrage isn't a culture. It's a human trait. A reaction to things we find extremely disagreeable. Basically, disgust and anger.
In that case, it would seem your point is that, "people being outraged over things" isn't helpful in general, but I disagree there. There is a place for calm, collected, rational debate. But those debates do not happen without a precipitating outrage.
Ask yourself honestly, would you have considered and debated police reform without the recent protests? Would you have considered and debated the risk vs. reward of vaccines without the anti-vaxx protests? Would you have considered and debated gay marriage without the protests? Civil rights? Abortion rights? War? These things became talking points for rational debate because of outrage and protests. They wouldn't have been otherwise because humans do not, by default, question the status quo if it's working for them.
Widespread, large scale, meaningful rational debate is a result of outrage over perceived injustices. The country doesn't question the status quo until it enters public consciousness on a large scale. These debates do not happen until people take notice of potential injustices.
Outrage and debate go hand-in-hand in society and the confluence of them both is what leads to meaningful societal change.
Rumour article about Resident Evil Outrage from BiohazardCast
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https://biohazardcast.com/resident-evil-outrage-might-just-be-outrageous/
-Rebecca Chambers returns
-Set in a university. Explore classrooms, bathrooms, cafeteria, labs...
-Enemies are enraged students holding weapons (one of them reportedly holding scissors) described as a cross between RE5's Majini and 28 Days Later infected
-Game is in third person
-Switch is the lead platform
There's a bit more in the article. As a bonus, here is Dusk Golem's Twitter thread about it in which he posted 3D models from the game and goes into a bit more details, including Leon potentially being another playable character: https://twitter.com/aestheticgamer1/status/1404436663560929284?s=21
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Somewhat matches up with the rumours I read.
It starts Rebecca and Natalia/Alex as the main two characters.
Rebecca is a teacher at the university. Natalia is a student.
The Virus is called T-Outrage and activates from Anger. Is supposed to be related to Alex's Virus from Revelations 2 the T-Phobis Virus or whatever it was called.
Enemies are Crimson Head/28 Days Later inspired. They have red like veins/coloured skin and foam at the mouth.
There's New Lickers being introduced too.
Nothing about Leon being in this. Instead it's supposed to be Barry and Ada who will be supporting characters in this game.
The Game is meant to be a straight up Prologue to RE9 that ends with the infection spilling out into the Country it takes place in. Rebecca, Barry and Ada will return in RE9 as supporting characters to Chris, Jill, Leon and Claire in their respected campaigns. Natalia/Alex is supposedly set up at the end as the Main Villain of the game for RE9.
I want this confirmed already. We'll either find out how legit this is by either today or tomorrow.
Is outrage irrational?
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I was talking to someone on facebook yesterday about the current situation in American about police brutality, the BLM movement, and whatnot, and I said something like "people should be outraged about this."
In response, one user said:
Being outraged is not an argument and doesn't add anything positive to your argument. People act like being offended is enough to change other people's mind and that's just silly. We should be having a conversation instead of saying you're outraged or offended. That's useless.
So, is outrage always an irrational response? Should we always be calm and have a conversation about things?
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You may find Nussbaum's Anger and Forgiveness helpful.
DON’T STOP THE OUTRAGE!
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So they just posted tiny changes in the rewards track, and it doesn’t change the fundamental problem of the new system! The XP! And besides the new changes is so tiny I doubt that people would even feel a tickle about it! So don’t stop the outrage! Show them that this isn’t enough and we won’t stand for it!
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What if I was never outraged to begin with? Is that reasonable?
Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'Outrage is profitable. Most online outrage is faked for profit'
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I remember reading a story in "Trust Me, I'm Lying; Confessions of a Media Manipulator" where the agent of an author wasn't getting any good marketing coverage for his client's new book, so the agent starting pulling the "angry consumer" shtick, calling/writing into different media outlets (bloggers, radio, etc..), pretending to be pissed off about the book. No one had heard of it, but eventually some of them started writing about how insulting & disgusting it was, just based on the agent's complaint.
It worked. No publicity is bad publicity.
edit: Since people are seeing this, you should read this book. The guy (former American Apparel advertising exec) did this tell-all book because he saw the media's standards dropping and his industry's tricks starting to be used in things like politics. It will destroy your confidence in ever believing anything you read on the internet, reddit definitely included. Good for honing your bullshit detector.
edit 2: I am not affiliated in any way with this book. You are not being manipulated 😜
Outrage culture is cancerous to society and needs to stop.
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I understand outrage for certain things, such as a racist rant or blatant bigotry towards someone. But at the rate we’re going with this whole outrage craze, we’re going to turn our society to shit. In the future, I bet if you tried to greet someone with a handshake they’ll be like “My culture does not shake hands we bow our heads. You fucking racist bigot! You don’t respect other cultures! I’m plastering your face all over social media for the nazi you are! Expect a lawsuit for the emotional distress you have caused me.”
While that was a big stretch, you get the point I’m trying to make. It’s become so damn petty. My question is who do some people think they are telling everyone “oh no, you cannot wear those clothes or wear your hair like that”? People can look however the hell they want. If you don’t like it, I’m sorry about that but you don’t control their life. You do you and I’ll do me instead of trying to govern everyone else.
Extra Irrelevant Rant - Another thing that amazes me is the process of the petty outrage culture. Remember, I’m not talking about blatant hateful or discriminatory things. But think about it the process that takes place. If these people see something mildly “offensive” in their views, they’ll research who to contact. Who knows how long that might take? An hour maybe? Then after that they’ll write an angry complaint to whoever they can contact. All of that effort and time from their lives just to tell someone “I didn’t like those pants that actor was wearing at 14:29 in S02E02” (not a real thing just an example). Like damn, that’s what you do with your time?
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But at the rate we’re going with this whole outrage craze, we’re going to turn our society to shit.
already there bud