While I love the Bioware story and think Scott Adams is serving up a fucking entree of idiocy with a heaping side of misogyny, it's worth noting that the quote you cited originally applied to a heterosexual male gamer complaining about the inclusion of gay story lines in a new video game.
Which just goes to show that "men's rights advocates" are as clueless as "straights' rights advocates," which is to say: pretty fuckin' clueless.
Which just goes to show that "men's rights advocates" are as clueless as "straights' rights advocates," which is to say: pretty fuckin' clueless.
"which has somehow come to define the "hip-hop community" in your mind."
A good portion of it, yep. And when you're a member of one of the communities being disparaged by a particular artist--even "in jest" or whatever--it's hard to look past that. Sucks, but it is what it is.
And I think the Odd Future boys are talented, but I guess I don't see what they're doing that's so "different" from what dudes like Gravediggaz were doing years ago.
A good portion of it, yep. And when you're a member of one of the communities being disparaged by a particular artist--even "in jest" or whatever--it's hard to look past that. Sucks, but it is what it is.
And I think the Odd Future boys are talented, but I guess I don't see what they're doing that's so "different" from what dudes like Gravediggaz were doing years ago.
lol @ "and received an 8.4 on Pitchfork in November." Alright then, it's safe to blog about them.
Yes, "being zany and lyrically encouraging misogyny and homophobia and doing things that are controversial" are truly doing something different in the hip-hop community.
Yeah, I agree that I think the author was just tryin' to crack a joke. Also in the middle of this very harrowing story: a Cher music video.
Well not everything goes viral because it depicts something worthy of scorn or mockery; sometimes, it's a friend's cat making a funny face, or an impressive stunt, or the sort of good-natured humor that can be guiltlessly laughed off by all parties.
But regarding videos where we're laughing AT someone, yes, the line that demarcates cruelty is blurry.
This post also reminds of how, statistically speaking, you or someone you know will be on a reality show sooner or later. It's gonna be weird to see my grandma duke it out on Survivor: Alaskan Tundra, though.
But regarding videos where we're laughing AT someone, yes, the line that demarcates cruelty is blurry.
This post also reminds of how, statistically speaking, you or someone you know will be on a reality show sooner or later. It's gonna be weird to see my grandma duke it out on Survivor: Alaskan Tundra, though.
Updating the official "artist" Twitter feed, I'd guess.
Updating the official "artist" Twitter feed, I'd guess.
So in other words, this guy is literally...
...a friend of Dorothy.
(YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!)
...a friend of Dorothy.
(YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!)
Even in jest, I don't think "fruit flies" means what you think it means.
This just in: someone was ignorant and racist on the internet. Stop the (metaphorical/hypothetical, since print media is dead) presses.
I'd rather set a trap for "unoriginal humorists who belabor outdated memes," but that's just me.
Truth. People who bitch about this kind of "stealing" might as well just say, "I don't understand how people use the internet, so I'll just apply outdated 'intellectual property' principles to digital media and get mad at anyone who points out why those principles are outdated."
I'm always surprised by how anti-piracy the Gawker commentariat seems to be.
I mean, I love coffee as much as the next caffeine addict, but there's absolutely no way drinking 6 cups of coffee a day reduces the risk of a heart attack. Correlation/causation strikes again!
I really thought this post was about Pope John Peeps II, the commenter.
I need to spend less time on the internet.
I need to spend less time on the internet.
Perhaps there was some element of "frozen at shock in seeing your world literally get washed away" going on here; ya know, like that scene in the first Austin Powers in which the evil henchman doesn't move out of the way of the steamroller Austin's driving in order to prevent his demise.
(Only that was a funny movie, and what's going on in Japan is...I don't know, "horrific"? I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the scope of the damage. It fucking sucks, though.)
(Only that was a funny movie, and what's going on in Japan is...I don't know, "horrific"? I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the scope of the damage. It fucking sucks, though.)
Adrian, are you trying to tell us that you're Jessica Biel?
Adrian, are you trying to tell us that you're Mel Gibson?
Adrian, are you trying to tell us that you were the tsunami?
