Author Topic: Idiot of the day 2014: Your one stop topic for everything dumb. (Read 16058 times)

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #150 on:** September 07, 2014, 06:38:37 AM »

Quote from: superaielman on September 07, 2014, 02:05:18 AM

Put another way: identifying too much with any role is a bad thing. It's especially bad for video games, which don't have the secondary benefits of say being fixated on work or exercise.

Thank you, for summing it up so succinctly. People who fixate completely on a specific hobby tend to be really shitty and intolerable to be around, especially if that hobby is specifically consumption-oriented. The GAMER!!!! is as likely to be an intolerable shit as people who define themselves first and foremost as Raiders fans (you know, the guys who beat an opposing fan to death two years ago). And when you point out things like "maybe don't beat the fans of other teams to death" they get mad because they are protecting their goofy little clan.

NotMiki · « **Reply #151 on:** September 15, 2014, 06:06:32 PM »

http://www.boston.com/business/news/2014/09/15/urban-outfitters-sells-vintage-bloody-kent-state-sweatshirt-quickly-apologizes/XeUnKhibPspwh7TVEw4mFO/story.html?p1=Topofpage:Carousel_lead_image

whaaaaaat.

Grefter · « **Reply #152 on:** September 18, 2014, 02:36:25 PM »

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2gqyuj/girl_gamers_new_xxl_version/

This is a giant pile of fucking stupid and I wish it was a building so I could burn it down.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #153 on:** September 18, 2014, 06:59:20 PM »

Quote from: Grefter on September 18, 2014, 02:36:25 PM

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/2gqyuj/girl_gamers_new_xxl_version/

This is a giant pile of fucking stupid and I wish it was a building so I could burn it down.

Reddit, for years the #1 site for circulating child pornography, whose staff fought tooth and nail to keep it that way, has a shitty community in some way?

Grefter · « **Reply #154 on:** September 18, 2014, 10:31:25 PM »

There is degrees of terrible and pockets of not terrible on the site. Gaming sub reddit is definitely one of the bigger shit holes on the site. That said the image the thread is about is exceptional on its massive shiftiness even for that sub. I poke the front page as one of my news aggregates and pop culture points of reference, so I see the shit from it that pokes to the surface. The only way to avoid it would be to register an account, which is not something I really want.

Fenrir · « **Reply #155 on:** September 19, 2014, 01:42:32 AM »

Confession: I still really don't even know how reddit works
Probably for the best

Grefter · « **Reply #156 on:** September 19, 2014, 02:03:50 AM »

You make an account. Post racist/sexist/nonjokes. Complain about the state of the community. So pretty much the same as most other places on the internet.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #157 on:** September 20, 2014, 02:25:47 AM »

Quote from: Grefter on September 18, 2014, 10:31:25 PM

There is degrees of terrible and pockets of not terrible on the site. Gaming sub reddit is definitely one of the bigger shit holes on the site. That said the image the thread is about is exceptional on its massive shiftiness even for that sub. I poke the front page as one of my news aggregates and pop culture points of reference, so I see the shit from it that pokes to the surface. The only way to avoid it would be to register an account, which is not something I really want.

Well, if you want some positive news, the OP is getting pretty heavily thrashed in the comments (to my surprise).

Beyond that, Jesus some of those examples are shitty.

The Duck · « **Reply #158 on:** September 20, 2014, 05:33:36 PM »

Reddit is basically a structure made of concentric circlejerks.

"If you don't like it make your own games" is a bafflingly shitty argument. Just the way that the dudes in that comic are drawn make them seem like condescending dicks. But yeah, if there's anything heartening, the top comments all damn this one.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #159 on:** September 24, 2014, 06:47:41 PM »

http://i.imgur.com/UVFrVjk.jpg

e: Linked because this board doesn't support timg

NotMiki · « **Reply #160 on:** September 24, 2014, 07:00:47 PM »

People have a weird relationship with black and white images. Monochrome images tend to confer a certain authority and make the subject seem more noteworthy, authentic, and believable compared to color photography. Which is remarkable seeing as color photography contains, y'know, more information. At the same time, black and white images create a separation between the us and the them. Serious, yes, but not the world we live in. Something similar happens with HD movies. Movies are historically rather low definition and blurred, and people seeing ones with sharper images say they can't shake the feeling that it's fake, or feels like a TV show. Basically, this is a particularly dumb manifestation of how weirdly manipulable people are with images. (don't get me started about Ray Rice. "oh my god he cold cocked her in an elevator!" "now that I see it on video it is so realer than when I knew that that is exactly what happened!!")

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #161 on:** September 24, 2014, 07:30:45 PM »

That's a lot of words to not address the most hilarious part.

NotMiki · « **Reply #162 on:** September 24, 2014, 07:39:08 PM »

Makes me cringe more than it makes me laugh. (Does make me laugh though.)

NotMiki · « **Reply #163 on:** September 24, 2014, 11:28:37 PM »

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/forbes-writer-fired-drunk-women-frats

Forbes employing the "he ran into my knife" defense to college rape. Or something?

p.s. nice job firing the writer, but you might also want to can the editor who let that get published.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #164 on:** September 25, 2014, 08:03:59 AM »

I... what is he even saying? The top comment more or less nailed it. The underlying assumption is that the frat is apparently duty bound to penetrate once she is drunk.

You could just, you know, not do that? Sort of like how as a decent human being you stop people who've been drinking from doing stupid shit when you're sober.

Personal responsibility is indeed a thing. The girls should be careful about getting drunk around strangers. By that same measure, the guys should be careful about not fucking people who are not able to properly consent.

Jesus, with all the stupid shit today, I'm actually gaining respect for Rob's IotD. At least that is idiocy sort of vaguely trending in an okay direction if you squint at it hard enough?

NotMiki · « **Reply #165 on:** October 03, 2014, 05:50:51 AM »

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mcauliffe-aide-phillip-puckett-job-daughter-medicaid

don't bribe people on voicemail yo

Captain K. · « **Reply #166 on:** October 08, 2014, 06:44:24 AM »

http://flavorwire.com/480990/pete-pete-was-all-white-people-slimed-author-mathew-klickstein-on-why-ren-and-stimpy-was-better-than-clarissa-and-nickelodeons-diversity-problem/

There may be another reason nobody is laughing at your stand-up comedy.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #167 on:** October 08, 2014, 08:26:29 AM »

People whose entire career is based on nostalgia are seldom very progressive.

NotMiki · « **Reply #168 on:** October 09, 2014, 06:21:24 PM »

It's kinda hilarious and kinda sad that three of the words most likely to alert you to incoming racism is "happen to be."

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #169 on:** October 09, 2014, 11:43:11 PM »

Warning phrases! If you see any of these in the name of a group they are probably racist.

-Patriot
-Freedom
-Tradition
-Family
-Values
-Faith

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #170 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:38:32 AM »

Hey there is a chance that they are sexist or homophobic instead.

Grefter · « **Reply #171 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:43:29 AM »

You guys are talking like you wouldn't watch the shit out of a summer blockbuster called Patriot Values.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #172 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:45:24 AM »

Only if it were a film adaptation of Metal Wolf Chaos.

Grefter · « **Reply #173 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:54:24 AM »

So you did go see Olympus Has Fallen then?

superaielman · « **Reply #174 on:** October 14, 2014, 07:45:42 PM »

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/14/dallas-cowboys-rb-randle-arrest-for-theft/ The reasoning. *facepalm*

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Author Topic: Idiot of the day 2014: Your one stop topic for everything dumb. (Read 16058 times)