i just got to the part about Homestuck in the article you linked (the first mention, anyway, idk if there are others) and it seems pretty accurate.
They don't seem to be talking about math nerds specifically, as far as i've gotten. Most of the criticisms are more general, or else fandom-specific.
Well they once implied their training in the humanities gives them any kind of expertise at all, which is not something the stalwart heroes of Math Nerddom can tolerate.
And, i guess this is what this "Content Consumption" meme is about? i always felt kind of insulted by it tbh. Like you guys were having a go at me (meaning a generalized group i belong to) for liking popular things.
Relatedly, i've sometimes felt irritated with geek culture to the point of wanting to disown the label (e.g. during the whole gamergate blowup), but i feel it would be slightly dishonest of me to deny being a geek/nerd.
i mean fact is it's still an insult, and it's an insult that's commonly applied to people like me. Not yelling homophobic slurs at people on CoD doesn't make me not a geek.
'Stand aside 9 year olds' commenter might be right, or partially right, in that this movie was targeted at the fanboys. If it was for children, why exactly was the first line a swear word? That struck me as odd, too.
Like i definitely got the impression that the movie was seeking to pander to a somewhat older audience than 9 year olds. If 9-year-olds are the target audience of the comic books, that's a fairly questionable decision.
I think I finally get the "math nerds" thing...the people who think all of human nature can be boiled down to a few complex patterns in a mainframe somewhere, right? "Blind technocrat" would probably be a better term, but I see why math would look unappealing after being around them for too long...
I think I finally get the "math nerds" thing...the people who think all of human nature can be boiled down to a few complex patterns in a mainframe somewhere, right? "Blind technocrat" would probably be a better term, but I see why math would look unappealing after being around them for too long...
It's fine as long as you don't refer to it as "content" or do things you don't like out of some bizarre sense of unexamined need to be informed about a cinematic universe, or brand loyalty.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
This amuses me: original Ford key vs non-trademark-infringing copied key:
It's the same for quality TV watchers who watch endless seasons of shows they don't like.
I really don't think this is as common as you act like it is, and it's bothersome because you derive soooo much of your views on media from opinions like these
It's the same for quality TV watchers who watch endless seasons of shows they don't like.
I really don't think this is as common as you act like it is, and it's bothersome because you derive soooo much of your views on media from opinions like these
I personally know like a dozen people who do this, mostly people I knew in high school and haven't talked to in a while.
it took me until very near the end of the season to warm to Peter Capaldi's Doctor
this makes me hugely at odds with most of the fandom in ways that make me feel uncomfortable
i just don't see why "the old Doctor" would be so vicious and judgemental towards a woman who'd just seen her brother die in front of her in that Dalek episode, just because she was "a soldier", i.e. fighting a resistance against the Daleks, the freaking Daleks
he did not seem to me like a very nice man, and apparently this makes me shallow
It's the same for quality TV watchers who watch endless seasons of shows they don't like.
I really don't think this is as common as you act like it is, and it's bothersome because you derive soooo much of your views on media from opinions like these
I follow a lot of people on twitter who do not like House of Cards, or the new season of True Detective, but are under some bizarre geas to watch it anyway
It's the same for quality TV watchers who watch endless seasons of shows they don't like.
I really don't think this is as common as you act like it is, and it's bothersome because you derive soooo much of your views on media from opinions like these
I follow a lot of people on twitter who do not like House of Cards, or the new season of True Detective, but are under some bizarre geas to watch it anyway
i have seen more people complain about the new season of True Detective than anything else ever.
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i didn't read the whole post yet. The "geek pride" thing sounds pretty cringeworthy.
i just got to the part about Homestuck in the article you linked (the first mention, anyway, idk if there are others) and it seems pretty accurate.
They don't seem to be talking about math nerds specifically, as far as i've gotten. Most of the criticisms are more general, or else fandom-specific.
This Is What The Heterosexuals Are Up To Now, Eh?
i can't stand assholes like that.
But this article was good.
i mean fact is it's still an insult, and it's an insult that's commonly applied to people like me. Not yelling homophobic slurs at people on CoD doesn't make me not a geek.
stand aside, nine year olds
maybe sometimes i just wanna veg out in front of something unchallenging that appeals to my interests, as an adult who happens to like fantasy and SF
i don't think that much about words i use i guess but it feels pretty neutral and innocuous to me
like i'd talk about the content of a book or movie, or the content of a webpage, yeah
maybe it's marketing-speak that i've absorbed without realizing but i don't see the harm
anything less general wouldn't encapsulate the meaning of "all the stuff that happens in this here thing i'm talking about"
kinda did this with doctor who, but if i hadn't i'd have missed some of my favourite episodes
but i stuck with it through a period spanning more than a year in which i was deriving little enjoyment from it
congratulations on fighting off the shale gas people
this makes me hugely at odds with most of the fandom in ways that make me feel uncomfortable
i just don't see why "the old Doctor" would be so vicious and judgemental towards a woman who'd just seen her brother die in front of her in that Dalek episode, just because she was "a soldier", i.e. fighting a resistance against the Daleks, the freaking Daleks
he did not seem to me like a very nice man, and apparently this makes me shallow
although the comic scenes in Flatline had caused me to defrost somewhat