Author Topic: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE! (Read 38442 times)

superaielman · « **Reply #200 on:** March 21, 2012, 01:11:52 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on March 20, 2012, 03:30:07 PM

http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/andre-the-giant-proving-size-matters/

Greatest man of all time.

I've read that article before, and it is amazing.

metroid composite · « **Reply #201 on:** March 22, 2012, 07:06:14 AM »

http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html

Can't unsee.

Grefter · « **Reply #202 on:** March 22, 2012, 10:39:53 AM »

Munch still looks good in Teal and Orange. The Scream is as always completely impeccable.

Not really a stunning thing and it isn't always a bad thing even in that colour range (It being done in a comic book movie doesn't bother me, they are supposed to be larger than life. Also, Tron? Really? The original movie was blues and oranges all over the fucking place).

Yeah totally overused most of the time though. It is like bullet time and a crane shots and a million and one other visual effects innovations before it. Overused by a lot of schlock. When people get sick of it or something new and shiny comes along the next thing will be overused. It is just the shiny jump to Digital instead of Film kicking in.

Which is why you should stop watching stuff not Tarantino if it really bothers you. Mmmmm dat film stock.

Captain K. · « **Reply #203 on:** March 22, 2012, 03:21:15 PM »

Quote from: metroid composite on March 22, 2012, 07:06:14 AM

http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html

Can't unsee.

I can unsee because I'm colorblind and never saw it in the first place. But I learned that when I'm pretending not to be colorblind, I should describe people's skin as being orange and they will find that believable. *nods*

metroid composite · « **Reply #204 on:** March 24, 2012, 03:43:50 AM »

Well, since a few people expressed desire to read more feminist stuff, couple of links:

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2011/11/comments-rape-abuse-women

Female bloggers on the internet talk about the abuse they receive regularly.

And while we're on the subject, a random anecdote along the same lines:

http://storify.com/charlesarthur/oh-hai-sexism

superaielman · « **Reply #205 on:** March 24, 2012, 04:49:07 AM »

Just picking at a few things in the first link.

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At least 95 per cent of actual rapists are still on the streets. That's the real problem. We need to address that.

This irrirates me. Made up statistic and a vague statement about trying to solve a gigantic social problem as a brief note at the end of Smurthwaite's piece. Bad form there.

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Gendered abuse should be seen as a form of hate speech, because that's what it is. Website owners should remember that misogynistic comments do cause harm and should not be tolerated. If women writers complain to the police of threats, they should be taken seriously. At the moment, there is too much complacency around the issue and women are afraid to speak out. It's a situation that shames us all and it's time to say "enough is enough".

Yeah, hell if I know how to solve that problem (Or where to set the boundry.) One thing that was commented on and that I'm seeing is that attaching FB/Twitter accounts to formerly anon comments does help to deflect a lot of that shit.

The second link-

Kane comes off as completely unprofessional. She went about her disagreement with the video in exactly the wrong way (taking to twitter, being nasty in he responses to the company from the getgo).

NotMiki · « **Reply #206 on:** March 24, 2012, 04:54:10 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on March 24, 2012, 03:43:50 AM

And while we're on the subject, a random anecdote along the same lines:

http://storify.com/charlesarthur/oh-hai-sexism

I only read the first half, maybe there's some shocking stuff in the second part or something, but...registering a complaint about the content of an ad is exactly, EXACTLY the kind of thing a professional should have the courtesy to bring up in private before blasting someone for it in public. Criticizing the woman for speaking out, addressing her tone rather than the content of her message, was completely appropriate. Particularly because they had a working relationship. IF she had complained in private, and they had brushed her off, and she had told them that she was going to make a public statement about it, THEN criticizing them publicly would have been totally warranted. But she didn't do that.

Grefter · « **Reply #207 on:** March 24, 2012, 05:10:04 AM »

As someone with a truely unprofessional and vulgar mouth that badly needs to curbed I am insulted at the idea that saying "fucking gross" once constitutes being constantly berated for it all night and and being told how the person on the receiving end has a familly. The ad is "fucking gross" -> personal insults to them directly and about their brand. What up logic? I made you an egg sandwich now lets go fly to the moon because we are Doritos.

She was commenting in public on a public piece unaffiliated from her company. I don't really care how "unprofessional" that was personally. That sounds like a consumer commenting on a product she is ostensibly part of the target audience for. Also I don't really consider her commenting outside work hours on something that is vaguely related to her employer or having talked to a guy once or twice outside work hours or being interviewed for contract work that was not followed up on a working relationship.

metroid composite · « **Reply #208 on:** March 24, 2012, 05:44:47 PM »

Oh, she's not entirely without fault in all this. She's one of those young whippersnappers who doesn't know her manners.

But a response of "HOW DARE YOU USE POOR MANNERS WITH ME. LET ME TALK TO YOUR EMPLOYER, AND NOT EVEN ADDRESS YOUR COMPLAINT." is frighteningly douchey.

It's on the level of people on the internet who point out grammar mistakes in other people's posts, and assert that they're in college and you're probably just some 13-year-old so they're way smarter than you and don't need to even address your arguments because your arguments must obviously be faulty and inferior to theirs. Basically, someone whose logical fallacy level is unusually high even by GameFAQs standards. (Side note: I love it when someone tells me they're probably smarter than me because they're in college. Oh, you want to get into a credential war with ME, do you?)

Below the average standards of GameFAQs really isn't how the head of a company should address a complaint.

Speaking of people who should have taken things private, why didn't THEY go private with "hey, next time could you please avoid swearing--sometimes my kids see my Twitter". Why did this need to be in their public response? (And in fact the thing they publicly responded with instead of addressing the issue).

NotMiki · « **Reply #209 on:** March 25, 2012, 07:35:23 AM »

Quote from: metroid composite on March 24, 2012, 05:44:47 PM

Speaking of people who should have taken things private, why didn't THEY go private with "hey, next time could you please avoid swearing--sometimes my kids see my Twitter". Why did this need to be in their public response? (And in fact the thing they publicly responded with instead of addressing the issue).

Because they're also not very professional. Facebook and Twitter have a weird dynamic, where a conversation between 2 people is both 2-way communication and public statement. Interesting dynamic, that. Kinda reminds me of the old days where Men of Sophistication would publish their Letters.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #210 on:** March 28, 2012, 05:17:15 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDGORiD82rQ

Sierra · « **Reply #211 on:** March 29, 2012, 11:01:37 AM »

http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6747386/skyrim-hoarders

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #212 on:** March 29, 2012, 06:26:17 PM »

http://vansunsportsblogs.com/2012/03/28/canucks-kick-off-this-is-our-home-campaign-remind-people-that-only-idiots-destroy-their-own-home/

Captain K. · « **Reply #213 on:** April 02, 2012, 02:34:19 AM »

Spoiler: Sean Bean dies at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJODirze5EM

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #214 on:** April 02, 2012, 03:08:32 PM »

Hey man. He lived through Silent Hill.

Poor bastard.

Edit: Reminding myself that he was in that movie led to the discovery that apparently the second Silent Hill movie (Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, please kill me now) is in post-production and Sean Bean will be reprising his role.

Maybe he'll luck out and die early.

NotMiki · « **Reply #215 on:** April 06, 2012, 12:55:55 AM »

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/shadowrun-returns?ref=category

I refuse to believe I'm the only person who cares about this.

Cotigo · « **Reply #216 on:** April 06, 2012, 02:28:38 AM »

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout

I now have a free copy of Fallout and you have no excuse to not have one too.

metroid composite · « **Reply #217 on:** April 06, 2012, 04:42:37 PM »

Man, I got myself a free copy of Fallout from DLC1.

Y'know, back in the olden days before console manufacturers started using the acronym "DLC" to mean downloadable content. Also, when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Shale · « **Reply #218 on:** April 06, 2012, 05:19:00 PM »

That's much appreciated, since my copy of Fallout (but not Fallout 2, despite them living in the same jewel case) seems to have vanished in my move to DC.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #219 on:** April 07, 2012, 09:56:47 AM »

http://well-of-souls.com/civ/civ5_expansion.html

A pretty comprehensive breakdown of the new features in Civ 5's expansion. Possibly the most awesome is the new scenario being added: "Empires of the Smoky Skies," a Verne-esque sci-fi conversion. Haven't been this excited since they added a space 4X to BTS.

Also the 20th Century is being expanded out more; the WW1-era technologies are now their own era between Industrial and Modern.

Sierra · « **Reply #220 on:** April 10, 2012, 09:41:38 PM »

http://www.lettersofnote.com/

Interesting/amusing personal correspondence from eras past. Often from noted writers, sometimes not.

This one's pretty great: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/to-my-old-master.html
Also, Kurt Vonnegut writing to people who burn Kurt Vonnegut books: http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/03/i-am-very-real.html

NotMiki · « **Reply #221 on:** April 11, 2012, 12:35:56 AM »

Incredible stuff. I found Safire's speech which Nixon would have read in the event of an Apollo 11 catastrophe particularly moving.

Grefter · « **Reply #222 on:** April 12, 2012, 08:30:47 AM »

http://extra-credits.net/episodes/kinect-disconnect/

More Extra Credits being awesome.

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #223 on:** April 13, 2012, 06:13:11 PM »

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/the-next-time-someone-says-the-internet-killed-reading-books-show-them-this-chart/255572/#.T4hL4aOvfhc.twitter

I enjoy the debunking of the myths that the world was so much better 'back in the old days'.

Captain K. · « **Reply #224 on:** April 16, 2012, 07:14:55 PM »

http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/21204292055/ihc-after-dark-bird-likes-making-sex-noises

NSFW, but surprisingly cute.

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Author Topic: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE! (Read 38442 times)