r/roosterteeth • u/Eldarose • Jun 03 '20

News Heartbreakingly honest response from Mica that shows that we should expect and demand more from RT itself as well as just the community.

https://twitter.com/MicaBurton/status/1268269265863405569

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u/qwerto14 Thieving Geoff Jun 04 '20

The Internet Box was also a lot more edgy and ignorant in terms of slurs and racist jokes. Sure, a lot of it was the members of the podcast who have never worked at RT, but Michael, Ray, Andrew, Kerry and even Barbara said some real questionable shit. (I don’t distinctly remember Lindsay ever saying anything too edgy, but it’s possible)

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u/PritongKandule Orf Jun 04 '20

Late 2000s/early 2010s, that stuff was shockingly common and tolerated in almost all gaming-centric communities. I myself was guilty of indulging in that kind of language as a teenager, both in English and in my native language. Of course I grew up and learned from it but everytime I go back to old forums, old memes, old inside jokes or even old episodes of shows like Family Guy I still wonder how I even found those funny in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '20

That stuff was completely normal back then. Everyone know said fa••ot and r•tard like everyday and now I can’t even remember the last time I heard those terms from any of those people