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8 out of 20 Orbit blogs were last updated in 2016.
Of the 12 "up to date" ones only 6 have a Jun/July post.
SZvan hasn't managed anything other than "mock the movie" posts since her April 1 scolding of April Fools Jokes gone awry.
Canuck has been MIA since last September - lets assume KIA.
Heina gagged in December.
The Clown went dark in January this year.
Ashley Miller is a real winner at May LAST YEAR.
The dead chick has been more recently active than most of the old guard.
When do we call it? When does the seed money dry up?
Of the 12 "up to date" ones only 6 have a Jun/July post.
SZvan hasn't managed anything other than "mock the movie" posts since her April 1 scolding of April Fools Jokes gone awry.
Canuck has been MIA since last September - lets assume KIA.
Heina gagged in December.
The Clown went dark in January this year.
Ashley Miller is a real winner at May LAST YEAR.
The dead chick has been more recently active than most of the old guard.
When do we call it? When does the seed money dry up?
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What a hero.
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It's surprising, given all the Trump drama that could have been milked for easy clicks in these months.Brive1987 wrote:8 out of 20 Orbit blogs were last updated in 2016.
Of the 12 "up to date" ones only 6 have a Jun/July post.
SZvan hasn't managed anything other than "mock the movie" posts since her April 1 scolding of April Fools Jokes gone awry.
Canuck has been MIA since last September - lets assume KIA.
Heina gagged in December.
The Clown went dark in January this year.
Ashley Miller is a real winner at May LAST YEAR.
The dead chick has been more recently active than most of the old guard.
When do we call it? When does the seed money dry up?
But I guess Heina is working on her Skeptical Guide to Islam. :fpig:
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Perhaps not top 5 material, but I'll throw in a mention for Léolo, a hard to classify movie that involves a poor Sicilian immigrant boy in Montréal with a vivid imagination. I can't deal with a liver (dead, alive, human, pork or beef) without thinking of him. Probably would beat a sea slug if Peezus would let himself try it out. Plus, it was that movie's soundtrack that turned me on to Tom Waits Cold, Cold Ground and Ramirez' Missa Creola.pro-boxing-fan wrote: There is a thing on Twitter going on that goes along the lines of "ask me about my top 5 ______". There is no French Canadians who would end up in my top five movies, album or songs, books, etc.
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These people are so fucking useless, that the upcoming end of their world was noted only as an unacceptable impost on their time and emotional energy.
No doubt they are cocooned in cotton wool waiting for woven vaginas to become the searing topic of the day.
At someone else's convention.
...... oh good. Look at what's on the telly:
http://i.imgur.com/uBjyuSZ.jpg
No doubt they are cocooned in cotton wool waiting for woven vaginas to become the searing topic of the day.
At someone else's convention.
...... oh good. Look at what's on the telly:
http://i.imgur.com/uBjyuSZ.jpg
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I've Worked with Refugees for Decades. Europe's Afghan Crime Wave Is Mind-Boggling.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/ive ... ?page=show
Fascinating article
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/ive ... ?page=show
Fascinating article
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The SocJus movement is just a big waste of time and energy spent in outrage after outrage trivial bullshit like "sexist video games" or "bigotry in Hollywood movies" or "gendered toys" or trying to analyze any interaction between anyone according to Critical Theory.Brive1987 wrote:These people are so fucking useless, that the upcoming end of their world was noted only as an unacceptable impost on their time and emotional energy.
No doubt they are cocooned in cotton wool waiting for woven vaginas to become the searing topic of the day.
At someone else's convention.
...... oh good. Look at what's on the telly:
http://i.imgur.com/uBjyuSZ.jpg
Meanwhile any worthwhile human rights cause is either poisoned by identity politics or ignored outright.
There are people who really care about human rights, but it's not the SocJus, they're more likely to be a motley crew of anti-identitarian leftists, libertarians, largely apolitical single-issue activists, and moderates.
The leftist intellectual elites in universities prefer discussing Star Wars or Doctor Who or LARPing as bolshevik street warriors.
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Today when the topic came up, I told a woman--who isn't particularly SJW, kind of middle of the road--that I was a little tired of the "turn male roles into female roles" trend, re: Dr. Who. That was enough for her to say "You don't sound very happy." Normally I'm pretty closed mouthed about such things around people I work for or with, but on this occasion, I was a bit fed up. Not that I'm partial one way or another. Actually, I don't give a shit who plays Dr. Who; it's heresy, but I've never followed the show. It's just that I don't see a female taking over a TV role as any kind of progressive step for women. If it empowers girls, then axiomatically, doesn't it disempower boys? And aren't we supposed to be helping boys? I don't see the sin of creating a gendered role. I don't see how making all the ghostbusters women does anything but discomfit people who picture them as men. Do we need to make James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Indiana Jones women? How about just leaving them as male fictional characters?Kirbmarc wrote:The SocJus movement is just a big waste of time and energy spent in outrage after outrage trivial bullshit like "sexist video games" or "bigotry in Hollywood movies" or "gendered toys" or trying to analyze any interaction between anyone according to Critical Theory.Brive1987 wrote:These people are so fucking useless, that the upcoming end of their world was noted only as an unacceptable impost on their time and emotional energy.
No doubt they are cocooned in cotton wool waiting for woven vaginas to become the searing topic of the day.
At someone else's convention.
...... oh good. Look at what's on the telly:
http://i.imgur.com/uBjyuSZ.jpg
Meanwhile any worthwhile human rights cause is either poisoned by identity politics or ignored outright.
There are people who really care about human rights, but it's not the SocJus, they're more likely to be a motley crew of anti-identitarian leftists, libertarians, largely apolitical single-issue activists, and moderates.
The leftist intellectual elites in universities prefer discussing Star Wars or Doctor Who or LARPing as bolshevik street warriors.
Anyway, I don't see the great significance of any of it.
The conversation ended quite abruptly.
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I showed this to a relative, who worked in Australia's Immigration Department for 40 years. They says this is exactly the same conclusions Australia came to, although it's still something of a third rail in Australian politics and incompletely addressed. Australia is largely saved by being harder to get to.rayshul wrote:I've Worked with Refugees for Decades. Europe's Afghan Crime Wave Is Mind-Boggling.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/ive ... ?page=show
Fascinating article
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Tell that to all the bloody Kiwis there!
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We recently made being a Kiwi illegal here, to get rid of the bastards.
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It very well might be an easy repair, or it might not. The biggest delay might be in ordering/shipping the replacement components, if there aren't suitable substitutes available.paddybrown wrote: I wasn't planning on trying to fix it myself, I just hoped it might be an easy repair and I might be able to get it back by Saturday. That's not looking likely.
I also appealed for advice on Arsebook, and have the names of two guys who specialise in this kind of thing, from two friends who are probably still arguing over which one is better.
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Here is a talk by Andrew Klaven (who was recently on Dave Rubin's show):
[youtube][/youtube]
Some of his points are reasonable enough - ie that he does not want to exclude leftist filmmakers, but have more of a balance.
But when he talks about spotting the trope of a Republican senator speaking against homosexuality in public but getting caught out in private - I think he is a bit off. This is not a person that represents all christians - but who represent those in power who are telling other people how they should behave.
Sometimes things are cliches for a reason - and a bit of hypocrisy makes an efficient way to tell a story (or to push a narrative). eg a plot point could be an environmentalist that with a large carbon footprint. In some cases having people pretending to be what they are not, or just hiding something is essential to the plot - for example in a murder mystery.
Then towards the end he name checks 'Grand Theft Auto' - and though he does not go into detail - it feels like familiar territory. It would be much better for any would be censor to make the case why and how such media is harmful before calling for anything to be done about it.
[youtube][/youtube]
Some of his points are reasonable enough - ie that he does not want to exclude leftist filmmakers, but have more of a balance.
But when he talks about spotting the trope of a Republican senator speaking against homosexuality in public but getting caught out in private - I think he is a bit off. This is not a person that represents all christians - but who represent those in power who are telling other people how they should behave.
Sometimes things are cliches for a reason - and a bit of hypocrisy makes an efficient way to tell a story (or to push a narrative). eg a plot point could be an environmentalist that with a large carbon footprint. In some cases having people pretending to be what they are not, or just hiding something is essential to the plot - for example in a murder mystery.
Then towards the end he name checks 'Grand Theft Auto' - and though he does not go into detail - it feels like familiar territory. It would be much better for any would be censor to make the case why and how such media is harmful before calling for anything to be done about it.
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Here's your x2. Best. Post. Evah!InfraRedBucket wrote:Firstly Paddy, let me apologise for the clearly unhelpful replies you have since received from Pitters.paddybrown wrote:https://preview.ibb.co/hLMBUa/amp.jpg
I've asked a friend who has a degree in electronics specialising in musical amplification and he says
if you open it up and can see a yellow arrow, then that is a good place to start.
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Those are the guys behind The Exile.Ape+lust wrote:Peez didn't know the guy who once smashed the NY Times Moscow bureau chief in the face with a horse sperm pie was a wild man 20 years ago.
Now comes the shunning. Try to relish it as much as puffed-up little Peez did :lol:
http://imgur.com/r5bjWnp.png
http://imgur.com/0wqDdHx.png
http://archive.is/x9O9K
https://archive.is/UJK5F
How the fuck can that stupid fat fucking twat not know about them? It's front and centre of their reporting, they literally made their names off their debauchery. This is like saying "My God, are you telling me Hunter S. Thompson took recreational drugs and drank to excess? I can't believe it."
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https://preview.ibb.co/jTwRVF/Screen_Sh ... _59_AM.png[/quote]
Tsk!Tsk! How dare you assume you have to have a vagina to be a woman.
Educate yourself, Dudebro!
Tsk!Tsk! How dare you assume you have to have a vagina to be a woman.
Educate yourself, Dudebro!
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I'm curious where this will go. Something doesn't add up immediately: The setup in the picture. The black girl is standing behind him, as if he is holding her back.Bhurzum wrote:I'll be watching this like a hawk. Popcorn munching intensifies...
If I had to speculate, I'm guessing the teenage girls gobbed-off at her and she had a go about it. I don't believe for a minute all their shit about the guy apparently deciding to enjoy some ultraviolence while on a night out with his girlfriend, but I'm willing to accept I'm wrong.
Firstly, he's a Pole, dating a black woman. That reveals some conviction of character (it's a fairly conservative, very white country) so it's unlikely he turned into some sort of confused, raging racist when he got to England. Secondly, he's educated; an architect, not some plumber that hates the darkies.
He is of course getting harassed by proponents of the religion of peace on Twitter.
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It's an easy one: don't ever believe anything a muslim says.
See? Easy.
See? Easy.
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Isn't Rick and Morty an adult version of Dr. Who? It takes the basic concept. You have this godlike, space-traveling, dimension-hopping, weirdo going on adventures with his naive companion. The difference is it's animated so you don't need to worry about a miniscule effects budget. Also you're allowed to have an episode where the heroes accidentally turn most of the earth's population into grotesque mutants and solve the problem by just going to one another dimension similar to theirs, letting their duplicates die in a lab accident, and then taking over their lives.deLurch wrote:I am frequently disappointed too.MarcusAu wrote:The stories had been becoming increasingly silly in recent years anyway...
But a key thing to remember is that Dr. Who was originally created as a children's show. That is the target curve for how far they will go in story lines. You just have to accept it for what it is, and not expect it to be more. Yes it has plenty of untapped potential. But it will remain untapped until someone creates an adult version. So essentially canning the police box & name.
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No.
...it's an adult version of 'Back to the Future'
...it's an adult version of 'Back to the Future'
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The characters are visually based off Back to the Future, but the concept isn't. The closest they come to time travel is when they freeze everything for a few months and end up fracturing reality.
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I've seen a lot of such comments reveling in fanboy distress, but I haven't actually seen much fanboy distress. The general reaction has been "meh'. I don't think this is not the fanboy apocalypse they are expecting.
In other nerd related things; just one episode in and I'm already bored with Jon Snow. Maybe they can make that character female?
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Of all 'helpful' comments, this one takes the cake.some guy wrote:It very well might be an easy repair, or it might not.paddybrown wrote: I wasn't planning on trying to fix it myself, I just hoped it might be an easy repair and I might be able to get it back by Saturday. That's not looking likely.
I also appealed for advice on Arsebook, and have the names of two guys who specialise in this kind of thing, from two friends who are probably still arguing over which one is better.
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Sulman wrote:Those are the guys behind The Exile.Ape+lust wrote:Peez didn't know the guy who once smashed the NY Times Moscow bureau chief in the face with a horse sperm pie was a wild man 20 years ago.
Now comes the shunning. Try to relish it as much as puffed-up little Peez did :lol:
http://imgur.com/r5bjWnp.png
http://imgur.com/0wqDdHx.png
http://archive.is/x9O9K
https://archive.is/UJK5F
And The Buffalo Beast! I miss that paper. They had a local bar review section wherein they included the gay bars, designated as "Knob Goblin" bars.
How the fuck can that stupid fat fucking twat not know about them? It's front and centre of their reporting, they literally made their names off their debauchery. This is like saying "My God, are you telling me Hunter S. Thompson took recreational drugs and drank to excess? I can't believe it."
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I didn't know anything about Taibbi except he's the guy who writes for that shitty pop rock rag that occasionally dabbles in pop politics.
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As we learned from Ghostbusters 2016, they start by telling all the male fans to fuck off, then when viewership isn't what they'd hoped, then they blame all the male ex-fans for having fucked up.katamari Damassi wrote:I've seen a lot of such comments reveling in fanboy distress, but I haven't actually seen much fanboy distress. The general reaction has been "meh'. I don't think this is not the fanboy apocalypse they are expecting.
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*for having fucked off.
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This guy sounds like a conspiracy nut. He cherry picks his examples and doesn't even get them right. The movie JFK-made by Oliver Stone, another conspiracy nut-doesn't posit that southern racists killed JFK, but some crazy quilt coalition that includes the mafia, the CIA, and implicates Lyndon Johnson, and don't forget the bizarre gay angle. This leftist(probably also Jewish)Hollywood cabal made the hit show 24? The Road to 9/11-which blamed the Clintons for the WTC tower attacks?MarcusAu wrote:Here is a talk by Andrew Klaven (who was recently on Dave Rubin's show):
[youtube][/youtube]
Some of his points are reasonable enough - ie that he does not want to exclude leftist filmmakers, but have more of a balance.
But when he talks about spotting the trope of a Republican senator speaking against homosexuality in public but getting caught out in private - I think he is a bit off. This is not a person that represents all christians - but who represent those in power who are telling other people how they should behave.
Sometimes things are cliches for a reason - and a bit of hypocrisy makes an efficient way to tell a story (or to push a narrative). eg a plot point could be an environmentalist that with a large carbon footprint. In some cases having people pretending to be what they are not, or just hiding something is essential to the plot - for example in a murder mystery.
Then towards the end he name checks 'Grand Theft Auto' - and though he does not go into detail - it feels like familiar territory. It would be much better for any would be censor to make the case why and how such media is harmful before calling for anything to be done about it.
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And The Buffalo Beast! I miss that paper. They had a local bar review section wherein they included the gay bars, designated as "Knob Goblin" bars.Sulman wrote:Those are the guys behind The Exile.Ape+lust wrote:Peez didn't know the guy who once smashed the NY Times Moscow bureau chief in the face with a horse sperm pie was a wild man 20 years ago.
Now comes the shunning. Try to relish it as much as puffed-up little Peez did :lol:
http://imgur.com/r5bjWnp.png
http://imgur.com/0wqDdHx.png
http://archive.is/x9O9K
https://archive.is/UJK5F
How the fuck can that stupid fat fucking twat not know about them? It's front and centre of their reporting, they literally made their names off their debauchery. This is like saying "My God, are you telling me Hunter S. Thompson took recreational drugs and drank to excess? I can't believe it."
Fucking quote fail! I blame my laggy computer, and not my laziness when it comes to using the Preview button.
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This is rather odd. I actually enjoyed the latest Spidey film, and I didn't sense any particular infection with SJWism. It was also miles better than two of the original Spiderman films, and the second (and possibly the first) Garfield Spiderman film.gurugeorge wrote:Re. the Spidey movie: precipitous drop in the second week - comparably doing the same as the second week of the THIRD Raimi movie and the SECOND Garfield movie:-
[youtube].[/youtube]
As Diversity & Comics says, if the best thing you can say about a movie is that Michael Keaton, who does a great job in everything he's in, did a great job in this movie, you're in trouble.
Truly, SJWs ruin everything they touch.
On the other hand, it could be more to do with "superhero fatigue".
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An amusing sentence:Keating wrote:I showed this to a relative, who worked in Australia's Immigration Department for 40 years. They says this is exactly the same conclusions Australia came to, although it's still something of a third rail in Australian politics and incompletely addressed. Australia is largely saved by being harder to get to.rayshul wrote:I've Worked with Refugees for Decades. Europe's Afghan Crime Wave Is Mind-Boggling.
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/ive ... ?page=show
Fascinating article
Public swimming pools are confronted with epidemics of young Afghan men who think it a good idea to expose themselves, whipping off their pants and standing there until tackled by the lifeguards and removed from the premises with orders to never return.
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Does anyone else think that the new Nu Who episodes could provide the most egregious example of the 'Miss Male' trope in living memory?
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And so it begins.
Rule #whatever: SJWs are never, ever satisfied.
Rule #whatever: SJWs are never, ever satisfied.
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The vagina "can host a life form"? That's the uterus, you ignorant twat.ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: https://preview.ibb.co/jTwRVF/Screen_Sh ... _59_AM.png
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Well. if you're going to be pedantic, The Doctor is not a "human life form".Matt Cavanaugh wrote:The vagina "can host a life form"? That's the uterus, you ignorant twat.ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: https://preview.ibb.co/jTwRVF/Screen_Sh ... _59_AM.png
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If we're being pedantic then shouldn't it be pointed out that the TARDIS being a vagina means the doctor should be a dick, not a woman?Suet Cardigan wrote:Well. if you're going to be pedantic, The Doctor is not a "human life form".Matt Cavanaugh wrote:The vagina "can host a life form"? That's the uterus, you ignorant twat.ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote: https://preview.ibb.co/jTwRVF/Screen_Sh ... _59_AM.png
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Who is the parasite in this analogy?
Nevermind - it's probably too late to abort.
Nevermind - it's probably too late to abort.
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Who is KarlToft?
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They should have cast Dickie Carrier as the Semen Doctor.jet_lagg wrote:If we're being pedantic then shouldn't it be pointed out that the TARDIS being a vagina means the doctor should be a dick, not a woman?
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I think it's probably a combination of superhero fatigue in general, Spidey reboot fatigue in particular, misguided marketing, and competition from other films.CommanderTuvok wrote:This is rather odd. I actually enjoyed the latest Spidey film, and I didn't sense any particular infection with SJWism. It was also miles better than two of the original Spiderman films, and the second (and possibly the first) Garfield Spiderman film.gurugeorge wrote:Re. the Spidey movie: precipitous drop in the second week - comparably doing the same as the second week of the THIRD Raimi movie and the SECOND Garfield movie:-
[youtube].[/youtube]
As Diversity & Comics says, if the best thing you can say about a movie is that Michael Keaton, who does a great job in everything he's in, did a great job in this movie, you're in trouble.
Truly, SJWs ruin everything they touch.
On the other hand, it could be more to do with "superhero fatigue".
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The 'TARDIS is like a vagina' thing I remember from some Doctor Who porn that I accidentaly bumped into one day.
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Anybody here read The Laundry novels by Charles Stross? The latest one is amazing!
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Nathan Hevenstone, the pretend pirate that hates straight white cis men has a cringeworthy post about Dr. Who being a woman now.
http://archive.is/iVRm1
http://archive.is/iVRm1
I’m cautiously ecstatic. I’m so happy that, finally, a woman is playing the Doctor. I’m hoping that this will be a stepping stone to a more diverse set of actors playing the Doctor in the future (could you imagine Laverne Cox as the Doctor? OMG!).
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I contacted the first of the two guys I was recommended and he says he can do it for Saturday. Yay!some guy wrote:It very well might be an easy repair, or it might not. The biggest delay might be in ordering/shipping the replacement components, if there aren't suitable substitutes available.paddybrown wrote: I wasn't planning on trying to fix it myself, I just hoped it might be an easy repair and I might be able to get it back by Saturday. That's not looking likely.
I also appealed for advice on Arsebook, and have the names of two guys who specialise in this kind of thing, from two friends who are probably still arguing over which one is better.
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Interesting post on gender here that attempts to disprove the gender spectrum idea by showing how absurd it is:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-ge ... der-prison
If there's truth to the spectrum idea then it's cis people, like me, that are the special snowflakes. Come on! :)
https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-ge ... der-prison
If there's truth to the spectrum idea then it's cis people, like me, that are the special snowflakes. Come on! :)
Given that height really is a spectrum, and the binary labels are ascribed comparatively, only the handful of people at either end of the spectrum can be meaningfully labelled Tall or Short. The rest of us, falling along all the points in between, are the non-binary height people, and we are typical. In fact, it is the binary Tall and Short people who are rare and unusual. And if we extend the analogy to gender, we see that being non-binary gendered is actually the norm, not the exception.
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I didn't find it to be overly SJW-laden either. The race-swapped Flash because [blah blah blah, tired, stale white male characters], but other than that nothing stood out as obvious pandering. Also a 61% drop for the second week isn't a failure. Thor 2 dropped by nearly that much. Captain America 2 dropped 51%. Homecoming has grossed in two weeks double what Ghostbusters (a movie I do think was hurt by identity politics) did in its full lifetime. They're working on a sequel already no doubt.Sunder wrote:I think it's probably a combination of superhero fatigue in general, Spidey reboot fatigue in particular, misguided marketing, and competition from other films.CommanderTuvok wrote:
This is rather odd. I actually enjoyed the latest Spidey film, and I didn't sense any particular infection with SJWism. It was also miles better than two of the original Spiderman films, and the second (and possibly the first) Garfield Spiderman film.
On the other hand, it could be more to do with "superhero fatigue".
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Well. if you're going to be pedantic, The Doctor is not a "human life form".[/quote]Suet Cardigan wrote: The vagina "can host a life form"? That's the uterus, you ignorant twat.
If we want to go full Rainman, yeast is a life form, too.
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Is that what you call it?Jack Wooster wrote:The 'TARDIS is like a vagina' thing I remember from some Doctor Who porn that I accidentaly bumped into one day.
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50,000 people have shared that on FaceBook:JayTeeAitch wrote:Interesting post on gender here that attempts to disprove the gender spectrum idea by showing how absurd it is:
https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-that-ge ... der-prison
If there's truth to the spectrum idea then it's cis people, like me, that are the special snowflakes. Come on! :)
Given that height really is a spectrum, and the binary labels are ascribed comparatively, only the handful of people at either end of the spectrum can be meaningfully labelled Tall or Short. The rest of us, falling along all the points in between, are the non-binary height people, and we are typical. In fact, it is the binary Tall and Short people who are rare and unusual. And if we extend the analogy to gender, we see that being non-binary gendered is actually the norm, not the exception.
1) :roll:
2) Meyers must look at that kind of reach and weep for the SciBlog days when he could just post about science and religion without having to run everything past Cainaji, CripDyke, and the dozen other mental deficients who control his output these days.
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http://i.imgur.com/Rr9fPhe.jpgKirbmarc wrote:They should have cast Dickie Carrier as the Semen Doctor.jet_lagg wrote:If we're being pedantic then shouldn't it be pointed out that the TARDIS being a vagina means the doctor should be a dick, not a woman?
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The Delerium Brief.Lsuoma wrote:Anybody here read The Laundry novels by Charles Stross? The latest one is amazing!
I'm reading (almost) as I type this.
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Obviously so keen to get back to it - that can't be bothered with grammar, definite articles, spelling or basic sentence structure.
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What about anteaters? ...Keating wrote:We recently made being a Kiwi illegal here, to get rid of the bastards.
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The shows haven't even been written yet. All of this as usual boils down the the writers & the director.Sunder wrote:As we learned from Ghostbusters 2016, they start by telling all the male fans to fuck off, then when viewership isn't what they'd hoped, then they blame all the male ex-fans for having fucked up.katamari Damassi wrote:I've seen a lot of such comments reveling in fanboy distress, but I haven't actually seen much fanboy distress. The general reaction has been "meh'. I don't think this is not the fanboy apocalypse they are expecting.
Dr. Who's "problem" still remains. It is primarily rooted in being a kids show and I am now an adult. So not really a problem. The show just isn't designed for me.
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The primary issue with many superhero movies is that they feel it is necessary to retell the entire origin story over & over again with each new actor. It would be far more enjoyable if they either just picked up where they left off, or told a story from the middle of the super hero's life. Everyone knows who batman, spiderman and superman are. The origin stories are well beaten horses. Way too many cool supervillians that they never get to.CommanderTuvok wrote:This is rather odd. I actually enjoyed the latest Spidey film, and I didn't sense any particular infection with SJWism. It was also miles better than two of the original Spiderman films, and the second (and possibly the first) Garfield Spiderman film.
On the other hand, it could be more to do with "superhero fatigue".
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Yea. Something we agree on - more or less:Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:It's an easy one: don't ever believe anything a muslim says.
See? Easy.
But far too many Muslims suffering from a serious if not fatal cognitive dissonance that leads to lying that is more or less endemic, and endorsed by their "holy book" [ha! - a fucken rape manual, for starters]. But many religions also have that same "in-group morality, and out-group hostility", a corruption of logic and reason and humanity by dogma, e.g., Ignatius Loyola's infamous:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DE1dbw6VwAE3U0g.jpg
Unfortunately though, that willingness to "bend the truth" is hardly unique to the religious, but exposure to that mode of thinking may have corrupted that of those ostensibly outside that group:
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How did someone as boring as Nate get a blog while Nerd of Redhead didn't? There really is no God.free thoughtpolice wrote:Nathan Hevenstone, the pretend pirate that hates straight white cis men has a cringeworthy post about Dr. Who being a woman now.
http://archive.is/iVRm1I’m cautiously ecstatic. I’m so happy that, finally, a woman is playing the Doctor. I’m hoping that this will be a stepping stone to a more diverse set of actors playing the Doctor in the future (could you imagine Laverne Cox as the Doctor? OMG!).
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That got a genuine lol.Really? wrote:http://i.imgur.com/Rr9fPhe.jpgKirbmarc wrote:They should have cast Dickie Carrier as the Semen Doctor.jet_lagg wrote:If we're being pedantic then shouldn't it be pointed out that the TARDIS being a vagina means the doctor should be a dick, not a woman?
