Haha! Nailed it

[Sir_Prometheus]

Saw an article on BOLS:  http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/02/40k-editorial-wheres-goodwill.html

So I love 40K. If you're here, on this site, you do too.

I love the models. I love the fluff. I love everything about them, from the excessively horrible Grimdarkery, to the stupid obsession with VALOUROUS HEROISM, to the fact that men in giant suits of space armour use this power to fight with swords as though this would in any way be a valid tactic in any war with fully automatic weaponry... almost everything about 40K fills me with happiness.

I hate Games Workshop and always have.

I am not alone in this. I know, because I've had a conversation with other fans of 40K, been on the internets and read what they had to say and seriously: we seem to REALLY ****ing hate GW. Like, the fans of Half-Life LOVE Valve. They love them more than anything. They want them to prosper and succeed. I don't know anyone who wishes a stronger emotion on GW than utter indifference.

I will point out fans of warmahordes also love PP. 

[Cryptognomicon]

Not everyone hates GW. This guy just seems to be venting to me.

[Sir_Prometheus]

An awful lot of people hate GW.  And of course he's venting. 

[Erich]

An awful lot of people hate GW.  And of course he's venting.

If people hate GW, why are they supporting GW?

This I do not understand.

[robpro]

An awful lot of people hate GW.  And of course he's venting.

If people hate GW, why are they supporting GW?

This I do not understand.

It's the evil corporations man! They're out to take away your mandolls and replace them with cardboard! Support your local shops and stick it to GW!

[Cryptognomicon]

I know a lot of people hate GW. So what?  Doesn't change anything.  I just feel like this is just more of the same conversation we've been going round and round with for the last few months. 

Group 1: "I hate GW"
Group 2: "We know"
Group 1: "I still hate GW"
Group 2: "Yea..we get it"
Group 1: Really really hate GW..but I keep buying stuff and posting about how much I hate GW anyway"
Group 2: :::bang head on desk:::  "OMG please somebody kill me"

[Erich]

An awful lot of people hate GW.  And of course he's venting.

If people hate GW, why are they supporting GW?

This I do not understand.

It's the evil corporations man! They're out to take away your mandolls and replace them with cardboard! Support your local shops and stick it to GW!

I'm all for supporting Battleground, no doubt. Long live Battleground!

Still, buying GW models from you FLGS is still supporting GW. If you hate something...stop supporting it.

Always support your FLGS.

[the_trooper]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

EDIT:

But seriously, most everyone that talks about politics do the same thing. People love holding contradicting thoughts.

There are a lot of reasons to hate GW and I agree with most of them. I decided to take a hiatus from GW until they became tolerable again. I know it happens in waves but it seems the wave of anger is stronger this time around. One day I hope to field my massive chaos army again but I cannot separate my anger at their decisions from the game.

[Sir_Prometheus]

An awful lot of people hate GW.  And of course he's venting.

If people hate GW, why are they supporting GW?

This I do not understand.

It's called a dichotomy.  It is possible to like 40k, and hate GW. 

[Erich]

It's called a dichotomy.  It is possible to like 40k, and hate GW.

True. Supporting something you hate for something you like...just doesn't make sense to me.

[Sir_Prometheus]

Well, I think it's kinda like liking that hot girl.....then dating her and realizing she's annoying as hell.  But still hot. 

[Erich]

Well, I think it's kinda like liking that hot girl.....then dating her and realizing she's annoying as hell.  But still hot.

So, what you're saying is that GW haters have no integrity. 

[Sir_Prometheus]

Well, I think it's kinda like liking that hot girl.....then dating her and realizing she's annoying as hell.  But still hot.

So, what you're saying is that GW haters have no integrity. 

No?  I have no idea how you got there from here. 

[the_trooper]

Well, I think it's kinda like liking that hot girl.....then dating her and realizing she's annoying as hell.  But still hot.

So, what you're saying is that GW haters have no integrity. 

No?  I have no idea how you got there from here.

The latent misogyny. It was pretty apparent in your post.

Or maybe was the lack of integrity because of how shallow the person in the example sounded?

[Sir_Prometheus]

I fail to see how it is misogynistict to point out some people are attractive, but with bad personalities. Did you think women do run into the same issue?

I also don't think being attracted to attractive people is shallow.

I also lament the fact we somehow managed to insert feminist politics into the simple point of "like 40k, but not GW"

Lastly, I am at most a chauvinist, not a misogynist. There's a difference.