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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 29, 2014, 11:45:44 PM »
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 29, 2014, 07:18:43 PM »
:((
I personally thought this was gold.
I personally thought this was gold.
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 29, 2014, 06:56:20 PM »their hard-onCheck your privilege.
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 29, 2014, 01:38:44 PM »
Oh, I know there's no actual threat of The Colbert Report being cancelled or anything. I'm awaiting Monday so I can see how they'll make fun of it (and I really, really hope he doesn't apologize). It's just that the stupidity around it absolutely confounds me.
And to be fair, if you search for the hashtag on Twitter, half or more of the tweets you'll see are actually mocking it. I'm still surprised about how much genuine agreement it got, though.
And to be fair, if you search for the hashtag on Twitter, half or more of the tweets you'll see are actually mocking it. I'm still surprised about how much genuine agreement it got, though.
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 29, 2014, 10:17:05 AM »
This whole #CancelColbert thing has really got my gears into maximum overgrind.
A quick summary: Colbert mocks the hypocrisy of the guy (Dan Snyder's his name, by the way) who owns the Redskins starting the Original Americans Foundation for Native Americans...while not changing the name of the team to something less racist. He does so by saying that he's going to start the "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever" to show support for the Asian community. The point is that he's exposing the hypocrisy of Snyder doing things to prove that he's not racist...while still doing blatantly racist stuff. He does so by mimicking him to show how dumb he looks. It's an example of a classic satirical technique; exaggerate and show this thing in a different light, to show how stupid said thing is.
An Asian activist (who, by the way, seems to be a SJW type person judging by some of the other tweets she's made) decided to get #CancelColbert trending after being offended by this. The problem is that she clearly doesn't understand satire.
He was using those overblown stereotypes to make a point. Colbert's whole act is that he pretends to be stupid so we can point and laugh at people like him in our society. Anyone who's even slightly familiar with Colbert's work would know that. The point of him using those racial stereotypes was to say "Hey, look how stupid this is! That other guy was doing it? See how dumb I look when I'm doing it? That should show you that that guy's stupid as well!" It wasn't just a straight up racist joke. Colbert pretends like he's cool with these things on his show...because his persona is a parody of those types of people.
It was pretty funny watching said activist (Her name is Suey Park, by the way) get shut down on HuffPo Live. Her own summary is thus; "HuffPo Live just had me on, host called my opinions stupid, then got upset I told him white men couldn't have an opinion. They muted me." She denied explaining herself when the host told her to, which is hilarious. (Also, the host has denied muting her.)
A quick summary: Colbert mocks the hypocrisy of the guy (Dan Snyder's his name, by the way) who owns the Redskins starting the Original Americans Foundation for Native Americans...while not changing the name of the team to something less racist. He does so by saying that he's going to start the "Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever" to show support for the Asian community. The point is that he's exposing the hypocrisy of Snyder doing things to prove that he's not racist...while still doing blatantly racist stuff. He does so by mimicking him to show how dumb he looks. It's an example of a classic satirical technique; exaggerate and show this thing in a different light, to show how stupid said thing is.
An Asian activist (who, by the way, seems to be a SJW type person judging by some of the other tweets she's made) decided to get #CancelColbert trending after being offended by this. The problem is that she clearly doesn't understand satire.
He was using those overblown stereotypes to make a point. Colbert's whole act is that he pretends to be stupid so we can point and laugh at people like him in our society. Anyone who's even slightly familiar with Colbert's work would know that. The point of him using those racial stereotypes was to say "Hey, look how stupid this is! That other guy was doing it? See how dumb I look when I'm doing it? That should show you that that guy's stupid as well!" It wasn't just a straight up racist joke. Colbert pretends like he's cool with these things on his show...because his persona is a parody of those types of people.
It was pretty funny watching said activist (Her name is Suey Park, by the way) get shut down on HuffPo Live. Her own summary is thus; "HuffPo Live just had me on, host called my opinions stupid, then got upset I told him white men couldn't have an opinion. They muted me." She denied explaining herself when the host told her to, which is hilarious. (Also, the host has denied muting her.)
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: You Rage (or Lose Faith in Humanity), You Lose
« on: March 27, 2014, 01:08:24 PM »
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Forum Games / Re: You Freak Out, You Lose
« on: March 25, 2014, 05:24:52 PM »
The article BP posted...
what the **** is wrong with people?
what the **** is wrong with people?
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General Chat / Re: New/Returning Members Post Here!
« on: March 23, 2014, 10:36:40 AM »
You'll find that this forum is very active. Especially the Mario board, Game Help board, and Site Discussion boards!
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General Chat / Re: Speed Test
« on: March 18, 2014, 02:28:43 PM »
My ping has gotten higher...but at least my download and upload speed have improved now, although I haven't heard great things about who my mom has decided to switch our internet to.
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Game Blog / Re: Come On, Come On... Do the Donkey Kong...
« on: March 16, 2014, 08:26:36 PM »anyone who thinks it's a good idea to have Cranky smile in his artwork dosen't understand his character
I totally agree, man. His name is Cranky.
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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!
« on: March 12, 2014, 03:01:04 PM »
That's what the plus is there for, inclusion without having to turn it into the LGBTAEIOU(and sometimes Y) community.
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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!
« on: March 11, 2014, 06:47:32 PM »
Apparently the acronym "LGBTQIAP+" exists. I'm not trying to be an *******, so I hope someone can enlighten me on this; isn't the point of "LGBT+" to make it so that you don't have to add the entire alphabet? Like, so that you can refrain from leaving them out pansexuals, queer people, etc. by adding "+", thus avoiding misrepresentation while adding convenience? And I found it on one of the edgiest SJW blogs I've ever seen, I believe it's called "**** off straight allies" and apparently they hate Macklemore for being a straight guy who speaks out against the homophobia of other straight guys or something? If that's not it, what's the "social justice" community's deal with him?
I don't know where my obsession with observing SJWs, radical conservatives, and neo Nazis' stupidity came from either...
I don't know where my obsession with observing SJWs, radical conservatives, and neo Nazis' stupidity came from either...
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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Your F Score?
« on: March 10, 2014, 10:08:11 PM »
Slightly...higher? 2.433333333333333
Hmm...
Hmm...
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