it's just like, heh. the phrase usually entails "the boys" as a group of males friendly in an american culture way, and "cold one" as a can of mass produced beer, but in context "the boys" is a group of researchers in antarctica and the "cold one" is a shapeshifting alien trying to kill them. comedy gold.
No I got that, it's just that the phrase "cold one with the boys" suddenly started appearing in every other tweet on my timeline last week and I'm still a little confused as to why.
someone made an image macro somebody else liked and things escalated and by next week i'll be linked a retrospective in The Atlantic about Dr. Pepper's disastrous "cold one" marketing campaign
No I got that, it's just that the phrase "cold one with the boys" suddenly started appearing in every other tweet on my timeline last week and I'm still a little confused as to why.
by next month i will have been shot in the street by a man calling himself Dark Steven for making this joke about the rapid progression of the meme despite that I only refer to it indirectly, igniting a national debate on the role of mental illness in twitter culture
by next month i will have been shot in the street by a man calling himself Dark Steven for making this joke about the rapid progression of the meme despite that I only refer to it indirectly, igniting a national debate on the role of mental illness in twitter culture
the singularity is here
HEY TZETZE says Jack Ruby, as he guns you down in the street
a year hence, high speed meme traders will use next-generation simulated annealing algorithms on their quantum coprocessors to generate, react to, and remix memes faster than any human could. only the top 1% of socioeconomically advantaged humans will have the money for brain-machine interface rigs allowing them to laugh at these algorithmically perfected jokes. the rest of us will have to settle for backalley doctors jamming stolen memeputers into our heads, or never laugh again. or heroin.
a year hence, high speed meme traders will use next-generation simulated annealing algorithms on their quantum coprocessors to generate, react to, and remix memes faster than any human could. only the top 1% of socioeconomically advantaged humans will have the money for brain-machine interface rigs allowing them to laugh at these algorithmically perfected jokes. the rest of us will have to settle for backalley doctors jamming stolen memeputers into our heads, or never laugh again. or heroin.
the only downside is that your head explodes after 10 seconds
As for the recent Bill Maher thing... I really don't have anything to say. I'm not shocked, and only mildly surprised, but I am vaguely disappointed in a manner I find difficult to accurately articulate.
They're mediocre and don't give a shit about anything
That's *really* inside baseball, though. It's not an explanation if you have to explain your explanation, particularly if that second explanation is in itself reductive and vague. It also doesn't actually make sense as an answer to the question because extremely large companies tend not to be micromanaged; if anything, it's an HBO thing specifically.
Which is all sort of beside the point, which is that one of my most problematic of sort-of-faves has yet again made an exquisite ass of himself.
My issue with the inside baseball is that it's inappropriate here because you're the only person who seems to have the context for it and it's not even applicable from what you've indicated so it just sounds like you're shouting random company names.
I have a long and fairly complicated history with Bill Maher, but I guess my basic stance on him is that I like his show as a platform for interesting discussions and arguments between guests a lot more than I have ever liked him as a personality, but I also think that despite his being a huge asshole, a lot of people turn Maher into this scapegoat for everything wrong with "limousine liberals" when his actual views are significantly less black-and-white than that because he's very easy to just be angry at and turn into some kind of symbol, and that honestly just makes me want to roll my eyes more often than not.
His more distasteful views and comments are definitely worth examining and criticizing, but I wouldn't think Vash is unaware of his faults or varied missteps. I mean, as much falls under the personality bit as distinct from his show proper which, if you can tolerate Maher, I can definitely see liking if the guests are worth the time (which I am inclined to trust Vash on).
Granted, I find this latest instance to be a liiiiittle bit more than that even if you interpret it most charitably (and I have a few other issues with the above comment but that's :effort: tonight). Still, Vash's conscious complications in regards to the dude are why I keep my distaste for Maher to my personal thread and am usually mum during chats like these. It just seems fair, and least likely to involve wasting anyone's time on restating bad things as bad things.
It's just like, the dude is colossally racist, and has been for years. There's a point at which it's not worth defending someone, even if you honestly feel that people are being unfair to him. And accusing his critics of "scapegoating" really rubs me the wrong way.
It's just like, the dude is colossally racist, and has been for years. There's a point at which it's not worth defending someone, even if you honestly feel that people are being unfair to him. And accusing his critics of "scapegoating" really rubs me the wrong way.
I really don't want to have to explain Maher's views point for point, but having watched his show for a very long time, albeit on and off and with a healthy degree of scepticism, I get the very strong sense that you're a lot more familiar with secondhand commentary on his most inflammatory comments (as expressed in an exaggerated and confrontational public persona) than what the man actually believes. There are aspects of his beliefs and behaviour which I have no interest in defending and are indeed quite unpleasant, but that requires engaging with what the man actually says and does rather than "lol racist anti-vaxxer" strawman shit.
I haven't eaten enough today so maybe I'm snappier than usual, but I really don't need to be morally condescended to for having a nuanced opinion about someone with problematic views or pointing out that people tend to simplify those views rather than actually criticise them for what they are, which you just did.
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I feel very out of the loop
Alexandra: Is there something that you wish players would stop doing?
Yoko: I’d like for them to stop saying things like “shut up old hag!” to their moms and others.
I love you HBO but... u buggin
As for the recent Bill Maher thing... I really don't have anything to say. I'm not shocked, and only mildly surprised, but I am vaguely disappointed in a manner I find difficult to accurately articulate.
Which is all sort of beside the point, which is that one of my most problematic of sort-of-faves has yet again made an exquisite ass of himself.
Their TV is on CN
Furry Heartthrob Nicole Watterson is on
Also they played an ad for McDonald's, prompting me to create that thread
I have a long and fairly complicated history with Bill Maher, but I guess my basic stance on him is that I like his show as a platform for interesting discussions and arguments between guests a lot more than I have ever liked him as a personality, but I also think that despite his being a huge asshole, a lot of people turn Maher into this scapegoat for everything wrong with "limousine liberals" when his actual views are significantly less black-and-white than that because he's very easy to just be angry at and turn into some kind of symbol, and that honestly just makes me want to roll my eyes more often than not.
once he sees the good in you he is a persistent mister
didn't mean to make this a production, I just thought what he said was stupid (one of many stupid things he has said)
I haven't eaten enough today so maybe I'm snappier than usual, but I really don't need to be morally condescended to for having a nuanced opinion about someone with problematic views or pointing out that people tend to simplify those views rather than actually criticise them for what they are, which you just did.
This is getting a bit snippy