death of videogames predicted (news at 11)

[khedron]

Here's a prediction about the death of video games. But what I really want to know is, where did the phrase "a**hat" come from? I first saw it in a quiz which told you your personality type based on what Starbucks drink you ordered, and it seemed to make sense in context, but is it spreading?

If I were actually going to comment on the above link, it'd be to say that he mentions the phrase "role-playing games" exactly once, and then forgets it in favor of talking about first-person shooters. And maybe those are doomed, maybe he's correct. But they're not the games I'm interested in, so his argument is irrelevant.

Comments

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

Okay, that guy is totally full of shit. I mean, he's wrong on so many levels, in ways which are empirically demonstrable, that it's not even funny. Well, actually it is funny, because he's almost as completely divorced from reality as your average big-L Libertarian.

IIRC, I first heard "asshat" on That 70's Show. I'd look up the quote online, but this silly web browser doesn't have tabs.

[khedron.livejournal.com]

And Pam wins the award for first LiveJournal comment to get three chili peppers from Eudora! Mostly, of course, because it doesn't email my own posts to me.

Seriously, I agree on the game commentary. This really was just another "Imminent Death of the Net Predicted!" type thing, but since it wasn't even my particular type of game predicted, I don't care enough to send a response. It wouldn't have been worth posting at all if I hadn't been curious about etymologies. =)

[keyne.livejournal.com]

Now you got me all curious:

Asshat: the official site
Asshats Unite! (Metafilter)
Nasty Neologisms

[khedron.livejournal.com]

Thank you for doing the research! =) I had to leave for a quick trip to Iowa, so I could only pose the question, not answer it, on Friday. The links you found aren't really answers, but they're entertaining.

Jen said she heard it on South Park, which means mid-late 90s, which is why earlier than I'd ever heard it used.

I don't know why Weebl and Bob have an episode called "asshat", but I never know why they do anything, so that's not surprising.