Razer’s lame Twitter joke proves sexism in gaming knows no bounds

Razer, one of the best gaming laptop manufacturers on the market, just stuck its ‘D’ in places it doesn’t belong.

https://twitter.com/Razer/status/793499214311411713

I mean, ‘S my D’ — we get it… cute play on words for ‘suck my dick’ while throwing shade at Apple for not including the SD card slot. If you want bonus points for creativity, you’re not going to get them here.

Fading are the stereotypes that gamers are young boys or men that subsist wholly on Doritos and Mountain Dew while begging their mom to bring them a snack mid-Twitch stream. As gamers grow up, so does the legitimacy of the community, at least in theory. Yet we can’t really mature past the point of dick jokes and sexual assault threats when one of the industry’s leaders is on Twitter perpetrating the stereotypes.

As someone who actually has been in competitions and uses a LOT of razer hardware, I’m really fucking disappointed. @Razer

— ? The Cyber ? (@randileeharper) November 1, 2016

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Before you chalk this off to ‘hormones’ or ‘liberal sensitivity’ have you ever really seen what women go through while trying to relax and play their favorite games online? ‘Suck my dick’ might be the nicest thing they hear in a session.

Listen to the audio chat in this clip. This is the shit that women have to deal with. You’re encouraging it. https://t.co/0lHwWZ2S8N @Razer

— ? The Cyber ? (@randileeharper) November 1, 2016

If you think this is an isolated incident, you’re not paying attention.

A woman can’t so much as pop-in on a game with a female-sounding name without attracting hordes of assholes. Most deal with it, some fight back, and many more just log off and look for a different server. If driving while black is an invitation for police harassment, gaming while female is its equivalent.

But if you’re expecting compassion, understanding, and perhaps a life-lesson in how to treat human beings — you don’t know the gaming world. Take this dickhead:

https://twitter.com/awyattman88/status/793541750698770432

He’s not alone, either:

https://twitter.com/DaveyOnline/status/793554842249752576

Luckily, there were several gamers in the thread that understood poor taste. Since the tweet is still live, it’s obvious Razer isn’t one of them. Shame too, as they make some pretty damn impressive peripherals and laptops.

But, if we were to leave Razer with some parting words, aside from those above, we couldn’t have said it better than Dana Addams: