Being a Christian doesn’t mean you have to be anti-science. I do believe in The Big Bang Theory

Imipolex G · 2012-12-01 00:17:23

corn is no place for a mighty warrior

Bunny · 2012-12-01 00:22:58

But corn is great at fighting

There are plenty of great corn colonels

Imipolex G · 2012-12-01 00:33:47

HAW HAW

Bunny · 2012-12-01 00:34:05

HAW HAW IS THE LAUGH OF THE DEVIL, IMI

YOU MUST REPENT

Imipolex G · 2012-12-01 00:43:58

This thread went somewhere weird

Viani · 2012-12-01 00:46:24

I taught Christian Grey all that shit.

Tre · 2012-12-01 00:49:28

knew that frakker had to have figured it out from somewhere

Ace Rimmer · 2012-12-01 07:12:23

Sheldon Cooper without the qualifications and intelligence is how I imagined the average tv troper was.

YNTKT.

Also, the show is only funny if you think its about taking the piss out of everything,

sunn wolf · 2012-12-01 07:28:51

Salix Babylonika · 2012-12-01 09:32:00

Ace Rimmer said:
Sheldon Cooper without the qualifications and intelligence is how I imagined the average tv troper was.

"durr hurr tvtropes" is not funny anymore.

I question whether or not it ever was, but it certainly isn't funny now.

Ace Rimmer · 2012-12-01 09:56:56

Super Läzuli said:

Ace Rimmer said:
Sheldon Cooper without the qualifications and intelligence is how I imagined the average tv troper was.

"durr hurr tvtropes" is not funny anymore.
I question whether or not it ever was, but it certainly isn't funny now.

Thats why I said the word "imagined".

I dont care about tropers now

Obā-san · 2012-12-01 11:01:58

Ace Rimmer said:

Super Läzuli said:

Ace Rimmer said:
Sheldon Cooper without the qualifications and intelligence is how I imagined the average tv troper was.

"durr hurr tvtropes" is not funny anymore.
I question whether or not it ever was, but it certainly isn't funny now.
Thats why I said the word "imagined".

I dont care about tropers now

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-01 15:50:42

Oh yeah this was the show that was the subject of NERD CULTURE APPROPRIATION

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-01 15:54:16

the 2010's will go down in history as the decade where everyone got to be special and/or a victim

Obā-san · 2012-12-01 15:56:51

everyone was always special

but some people were specialer than others

Tre · 2012-12-01 17:42:20

Mr. Truant said:
everyone was always special

which really just meant no one was

Justice4243 · 2012-12-01 18:17:07

Obā-san · 2012-12-01 18:21:06

People who randomly throw around the word hipster are the worst kind of people

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-01 18:34:29

what are the qualifications for hipster, though?

here's what I've been made to understand:

wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with cartoon characters from the 70's/80's/90's
Deco glasses
scraggly transparent facial hair that doesn't make the wearer look a day over their actual age or convey any sense of wisdom or style
fedora or other throwback headwear
fedora or other throwback headwear with cartoon t-shirt and cargo pants/shorts
having an LP player, owning rare/old LPs, constantly discussing their superior sound reproduction, never listening to them unless someone is visiting
willing to pay $100 per foot for speaker cable to listen to scratched-up old LPs
paying $45 for a t-shirt at the mall store that's weathered to look old
paying $45 for a t-shirt at the mall store that's weathered to look old that has 70's/80's/90's cartoon characters or a company logo emblazoned on it
wearing a tie with any kind of button-up shirt
willing to discuss Descartes or Optimus Prime in the middle of any conversation

...that's all I can think off off the top of my head

Mr. Darcy · 2012-12-01 20:37:57

Corporal Forsythe said:

Corporal Forsythe said:

wearing a tie with any kind of button-up shirt

Wait, what?

sunn wolf · 2012-12-01 20:46:56

Corporal Forsythe said:
fedora or other throwback headwear with cartoon t-shirt and cargo pants/shorts

isnt this more 'horrible nerd' than 'hipster'

that said the word hipster literally has no meaning, so.

Anonus · 2012-12-01 20:55:50

I know this makes me sound stupid but do brand logo shirts that don't look weathered even exist?

I kind of want logo shirts but wouldn't really wear them in public unless they were my ampersand tees...

Mr. Darcy · 2012-12-01 20:58:53

Well malls have stores where you can get a logo added to any shirt.

I've thought about doing this with the Superman logo and blue silk long johns. :P

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-01 21:18:40

Gilda said:
Wait, what?

sunn wolf said:

Corporal Forsythe said:
fedora or other throwback headwear with cartoon t-shirt and cargo pants/shorts

isnt this more 'horrible nerd' than 'hipster'
that said the word hipster literally has no meaning, so.

two birds one stone

Gilda: This

sunn wolf: You're right. I stand corrected

Gelzo · 2012-12-01 21:33:45

When I saw the thread title and number of posts, I thought maybe there was some sort of shitstorm over someone being stupid.

Hexartes · 2012-12-01 21:36:45

Just look at pages one and two.

Tachyon · 2012-12-02 07:10:45

Corporal Forsythe said:
Oh yeah this was the show that was the subject of NERD CULTURE APPROPRIATION

I am the kind of person he was talking about during the "shut your eyes and imagine" bit, and I'm afraid that video really grated. I was never part of a punk-style counterculture, I liked games, but most of the other geeks/nerds I knew were judgemental, clique-obsessed, and continually looking to put people down for not having the right interests.

Also the comparison of the commodification of Native American culture to the growing popularity of video games there was really crass.

sunn wolf said:
the word hipster literally has no meaning

I thought it meant somebody who looks down on you because you like things that are popular?

Although I never got how you were supposed to be able to identify an elitist snob by what kind of glasses they wore.

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-02 17:53:50

Also the comparison of the commodification of Native American culture to the growing popularity of video games there was really crass.

Crass, insulting, and completely ignorant. One of the notions he parroted in this video was that Native American life portrayed as a "warrior culture" was a harmful or hateful stereotype which shows what an ignorant twat this guy really is. There's a reason why the US Military has named attack vehicles like "Comanche", "Apache", and "Blackhawk." Several US Navy ships bear/have beared the names of several Native American war chiefs, like the USS Geronimo and USS Red Cloud, and that's because at one time those tribes and those names inspired pants-shitting terror among everyone. Native Americans to this day are still very proud of this legacy, and many carry on a warrior culture -- the US Marines, for instance, is an approved way for many Native Americans in both the United States and Canada to go earn their warrior feather.

Obā-san · 2012-12-02 18:03:13

Well, a culture is a very complex thing, and simplifying it into a handful of concepts, even if those concepts are seen as positive, seems kinda patronizing to me.

Justice4243 · 2012-12-02 18:04:42

Plus, you know...Native Americans murdered the shit out of each-other...

Corporal Forsythe · 2012-12-02 18:11:21

Mr. Truant said:
Well, a culture is a very complex thing, and simplifying it into a handful of concepts, even if those concepts are seen as positive, seems kinda patronizing to me.

In any case, the US government went and conferred with these tribes and peoples for approval before they went off naming things. They didn't go ahead without their input or approval and make a decision on their behalf like pushing the notion that Native American life was like Disney's Pocahontas like this crying nerd did.

Obā-san · 2012-12-02 18:13:00

Well then I guess that's ok then.

Honestly I would have agreed with most of what he had said if he toned it down a bunch and dropped that terrible metaphor.

Tachyon · 2012-12-02 21:39:38

Mr. Truant said:
Well, a culture is a very complex thing, and simplifying it into a handful of concepts, even if those concepts are seen as positive, seems kinda patronizing to me.

This, plus as Justice's post implies, they aren't even just the one culture, but rather an entire ethnic group.

I'd hope nobody means to hold up Pocahontas as a shining example of cultural sensitivity, in any case.

Mr. Truant said:
Well then I guess that's ok then.

Honestly I would have agreed with most of what he had said if he toned it down a bunch and dropped that terrible metaphor.

I can understand why somebody might feel the way he does, but, I dunno, it's hard to explain. I don't like how he goes on about there being two ways a person might turn out after being ostracized through their entire school life. He doesn't speak for me and I wish he wouldn't presume to try.

I could elaborate but I'm not sure where to even begin. Suffice to say the attitude in that video really bothers me. He's just feeding into precisely the kind of culture in which people are ostracized and unhealthy stereotypes develop.

I'd question the extent to which "geek" and "nerd" are even considered cool, in any case. Most times I hear people say "I'm such a nerd" it comes off more as defensive self-deprecation with the intent of pre-emptively deflecting scorn.

Obā-san · 2012-12-02 21:43:22

Most times I hear people say "I'm such a nerd" it comes off more as defensive self-deprecation with the intent of pre-emptively deflecting scorn.

....

You know i never noticed that before.

Hmm.

Gelzo · 2012-12-02 22:36:10

I did the same sort of thing with "I'm so white" when I accidentally pronounced "pimpin'" with a velar rather than the alveolar nasal, which is employed by African-American Vernacular English.

Being a Christian doesn’t mean you have to be anti-science. I do believe in The Big Bang Theory

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