Nah. That's a non sequitur. Unless he is literally senile and he spouts unrelated comments. He knows the guy didn't go on a killing spree because it was pi day.
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So um gaming analyst Michael Pachter has just tweeted this (mosque shooting related) [update: Pachter apologizes]
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Nah. That's a non sequitur. Unless he is literally senile and he spouts unrelated comments. He knows the guy didn't go on a killing spree because it was pi day.
He was getting reactions to the tweet literately seconds after he posted it, including from Patrick.
My understanding was that Pachter was convinced that Nintendo would release a Wii HD, and was very upset when that didn't happen.
My understanding of why Pachter is unable to let that affect how he talks about the man's death is that those are his priorities.
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No, it's completely fair. If your immediate reaction to hearing about a terrible tragedy is to posture yourself as someone who knows tangential and unimportant trivia, then maybe reexamine your priorities. Pachter's tweet immediately distracts from the gravity of the situation, which makes light of it.
People just really want to hate on this dude, huh?
Could it be possible that he's simply stating that it's Pi Day, something PewDiePie embraces, and he's trying to explain WHY the shooter would say that?
I don't even see how it's a joke the way it's written, especially with the "I'm not sure it's still Pi Day" line.
Admittedly it's really poorly written, but it's Twitter. Probably shouldn't have said it, especially the way he did on the platform he did, but I seriously doubt he's making a joke.
Could it be possible that he's simply stating that it's Pi Day, something PewDiePie embraces, and he's trying to explain WHY the shooter would say that?
I don't even see how it's a joke the way it's written, especially with the "I'm not sure it's still Pi Day" line.
Admittedly it's really poorly written, but it's Twitter. Probably shouldn't have said it, especially the way he did on the platform he did, but I seriously doubt he's making a joke.
Yeah, I am not certain Pachter was making a (horrible) joke here either.
It can be read in more than one way.
I feel like this is an unbelievably dumb, but honest mistake. Which is fucking insane, because how can you claim to be an effective analyst of an industry if you can't recognize and be familiar with the history of one of the most prominent influencers in the industry? Obviously his focus is on stocks and investments but come on how stupid can you be
Okay, let me see.
He says it pi day in America. He's just thinking maybe the reference to PewDiePie and that is linked.
And since New Zealand is ahead of the US in time, he says maybe not.
It doesnt look like he was making a joke. Am I missing something here?
He says it pi day in America. He's just thinking maybe the reference to PewDiePie and that is linked.
And since New Zealand is ahead of the US in time, he says maybe not.
It doesnt look like he was making a joke. Am I missing something here?
PewDiePie himself draws a connection between Pi Day and PewDiePie. As in, he did it literally today.
I can understand how this speculation can be considered irrelevant and possibly insensitive (i don't actually agree with this however), but people in this thread are acting as if he's cracking a joke about a terrorist attack when he clearly isn't doing that. People are being extremely uncharitable here because they don't like the guy.
Does it really need to be pointed out that is Pi day? Of what fucking importance is it really?
https://www.piday.org/
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter "π") is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and to eat Pie.
I don't think he's trying to be cool or hip, I think he's trying to play internet CSI and make connections as to why this happened on this day.
It's an acknowledged "holiday" for Pi in the US. It has the same importance as talk like a pirate day and other days.
I was going to get on twitter and call him out, but I'm not sure it's a joke. I mean he's an ass, but I think there's a huge difference between making a joke about a mass shooting and commenting on a possibility for why the shooter chose 3/14. There's already a connection between the shooter and liking PDP. I think he was just making another.
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How does that make it better? It's inappropriate and insensitive, malice or not.
The killer declared "Subscribe to PewDiePie" immediately before he started killing people. He launched this attack very close to Pi Day. PewDiePie himself tweeted this a few hours ago.
Imagine if someone started killing people on May the 4th immediately after saying, "Follow Mark Hamill on Twitter." The date chosen would make morbid sense. Of course the killer attacked on March 15 in New Zealand time so it's not Pie Day here anymore, but it's Pi Day in America and a few other countries still, I believe. Pi Day is somewhat well known in Australia and New Zealand. Schools often bake pies for lunch and such.
Shooter referenced PewDiePie druing rampage.
Joke is that PDP was referenced but it's not Pi day in NZ.
It's the level of humor you'd expect from a tryhard teen trying to be "edgy."
Yeah, I think it very easily could have been an innocent comment.
This attack was being reported when it was already well into the night hours of all US time zones. You'd have to be a complete idiot not to realize that it would not be Pi day in NZ at that point. So either he's dumb as rocks, or he knew exactly what he was doing when he posted this.
Which still doesn't make it anywhere close to being okay for him to say in response to this.
This feels like he could have said "the sky is blue" or some other mundane fact and it would be just as fucked up given the subject matter.
Is this a genuine question?
Speculation about why a terrorist attack happened is just as bad as making a joke about it?
I agree with people thinking he's a moron, but his moronic speculation isn't malicious.
That's how I'm seeing it, too. I honestly think between the anger over the shooting and the hate for Pachter on this forum, people are using this tweet to scapegoat.
The reason the pi comment is so completely irrelevant as to be non sequitur or malicious is that the meme of 'subscribe to pewdiepie' is well known and has been making the rounds beyond even the games industry. It has been going on for months. There was the cases of graffiti on the news...
IDK that it is meant to be a joke. It's definitely poorly written and can be read as a terrible joke, but it could also be an earnest attempt to explain why the video has a reference to PDP. Either way, he should have done a better job expressing his thoughts.
A few hours ago, PieDiePie tweeted that it is Pie Day and therefore you should subscribe to him. That is the complete opposite of a non-sequitur. It is a connection PewDiePie himself recognizes.
He's been for years and yet people still give him traction every time he opens his mouth by making threads. Would love for him to not be a thing anymore.
So Pachter was aware of an hours old tweet and not a months old meme also spread by PewDiePie (and hate groups, to an extent)?
I'd never heard it and I read this forum daily. Also I don't really get how any of that makes Pachter's tweet malicious or irrelevant.
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