Author Topic: Idiot of the Day 2015: More stupid than stupid. (Read 17920 times)

NotMiki · « **Reply #50 on:** January 28, 2015, 08:26:53 PM »

Relatedly, this is the exact point at which you can stop trusting Chait:

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Rosin, a self-identified feminist, has found herself unexpectedly assailed by feminist critics, who found her message of long-term female empowerment complacent and insufficiently concerned with the continuing reality of sexism.

Because honestly, if there is anything more expected than the sun rising in the east it is that one branch of feminism will be attacked by another branch of feminism.

And I agree it's worth calling out the far left from time to time, but the piece reads more like derision for certain liberal viewpoints than productive criticism. Ok some feminist writer got mercilessly mocked on twitter by other feminists. What, exactly, is supposed to be wrong about that? The only conclusion I can come up with is that Chait agrees with the writer and so would like her critics to shut up. But the substance of their complaints is perfectly reasonable (I base this on what I imagine the content of a book called "The End of Men" must be, and if I'm wrong, she needs to pick a new title).

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #51 on:** January 29, 2015, 06:48:04 PM »

The amount of obsessive nitpicking over minor offenses (or created offenses) drove me absolutely batty when I started trying to follow feminists on Twitter, so I deleted my account >_>. In fact, people praising the Colbert-is-racist-against-Asian-people girl is part of the reason I did this! The amount of mental gymnastics that one must do to conclude that she was correct in her assessment is beyond my comprehension. Naturally, if you believe this, you are just a white privileged asshole who thinks that Asian people don't understand satire.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #52 on:** January 29, 2015, 07:46:26 PM »

I don't know if Twitter is the best platform to get complex ideas across in the first place.

NotMiki · « **Reply #53 on:** January 29, 2015, 09:41:04 PM »

Quote from: Luther Lansfeld on January 29, 2015, 06:48:04 PM

The amount of obsessive nitpicking over minor offenses (or created offenses) drove me absolutely batty

These people are academics first and feminists second, so you have to guide yourself accordingly.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #54 on:** February 03, 2015, 07:56:48 PM »

http://esports.garena.ph/newsArticle.php?contentid=00000600&cat=NEWS&subcat=LEAGUE+OF+LEGENDS

Garena starts all female LoL league.

Teams are limited to 1 LGBT member because... uh... I... um...

NotMiki · « **Reply #55 on:** February 03, 2015, 10:04:18 PM »

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/thom-tillis-washing-hands-toilet

Is there an emoticon for slamming one's head into one's desk? I could use it. Oh I could use it.

Magic Fanatic · « **Reply #56 on:** February 03, 2015, 10:21:39 PM »

There's the :bang: emote over on Something Awful. Would that be close enough?

Fenrir · « **Reply #57 on:** February 04, 2015, 12:14:49 AM »

Quote from: AndrewRogue on February 03, 2015, 07:56:48 PM

http://esports.garena.ph/newsArticle.php?contentid=00000600&cat=NEWS&subcat=LEAGUE+OF+LEGENDS

Garena starts all female LoL league.

Teams are limited to 1 LGBT member because... uh... I... um...

The 1 trans woman / team limit is super offensive
But the 1 lesbian /team limit is really hilarious

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #58 on:** February 04, 2015, 12:30:06 AM »

Where do you stand on the one lesbian or one trans limit per team?

Fenrir · « **Reply #59 on:** February 04, 2015, 01:23:39 AM »

To elaborate I think they just wanted to limit the number of trans women for a number of possible reasons (they're all dumb and offensive) : Avoiding a Fallon Fox like situation (lol e-sports), not risking having total cis dudes (strawmen) enter the competition and declare they're women for 2 hours just to participate, trying to make the competition sexier.

And since they know literally 0 things about this subject they just lumped lesbians with transwomen for no other reason I can think of than the known label about transwomen being "LGBT". This is just really funny to me since LoL is supposed to be the biggest thing and they can do something as ignorant as this.
So you can't even have two cis lesbian lovers in the same team "because they might have unfair advantage"

SnowFire · « **Reply #60 on:** February 04, 2015, 02:43:56 AM »

Garena isn't Riot. They run League of Legends in parts of Asia, but also run their own competitor knock-off MOBAs, so it's super-weird and Riot might have been drunk when they hired them.

Also classy, this Garena promotion:
http://i.imgur.com/lxHvH9L.jpg

"I'm so sorry, Darius, I'm a bad girl for strangling you to death. Won't you forgive me?!"

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #61 on:** February 04, 2015, 02:52:05 AM »

Snow: Probably just have the infrastructure to do stuff. I feel like a lot of games end up running through the same companies out that way?

As a brief update, part of the issue may be one of poor translation (re: the lesbian thing). Supposedly the "gay" in this context refers to "bakla" which is neither a male nor female designation. No actual confirmation.

Still weird regardless.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #62 on:** February 05, 2015, 01:07:44 AM »

Speaking of weird, though.

http://www.avclub.com/article/frozen-hurting-boys-self-esteem-fox-host-who-has-o-214796

NotMiki · « **Reply #63 on:** February 05, 2015, 03:57:17 AM »

Along the same lines as Andy's...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ark-encounter-kentucky-discrimination-suit

;_;

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #64 on:** February 05, 2015, 04:35:12 AM »

I... how do they not implode from hypocrisy?

NotMiki · « **Reply #65 on:** February 05, 2015, 05:15:10 AM »

In real estate, blowing a $15m hole in your financing because you can't agree to not be an asshole pretty much counts as imploding. They'll never attract another investor, and their current ones are assuredly weighing the feasibility of pulling out. (Yeah, I know that's not what you mean. But it makes me feel better to say it.)

metroid composite · « **Reply #66 on:** February 08, 2015, 12:03:25 PM »

http://imgur.com/83dPzKP

That moment when the owner of "A Voice for Men" retweets the Onion, not understanding the joke.

NotMiki · « **Reply #67 on:** February 08, 2015, 08:15:30 PM »

So my racist uncle approvingly posted a supposed statement from a school superintendent from rural Quebec refusing to take pork off of the menu to accommodate Muslims, blah blah blah this is a Christian nation and Muslims who come to it need to assimilate or gtfo.

So I told him (and all his FB friends) that rural Quebecois hate English speakers who refuse to learn French a lot more than they hate Muslims. JFC learn some context. Not everyone who hates A-rabs is your friend, asshole.

metroid composite · « **Reply #68 on:** February 15, 2015, 03:00:56 AM »

Quote from: NotMiki on February 08, 2015, 08:15:30 PM

So my racist uncle approvingly posted a supposed statement from a school superintendent from rural Quebec refusing to take pork off of the menu to accommodate Muslims, blah blah blah this is a Christian nation and Muslims who come to it need to assimilate or gtfo.

So I told him (and all his FB friends) that rural Quebecois hate English speakers who refuse to learn French a lot more than they hate Muslims. JFC learn some context. Not everyone who hates A-rabs is your friend, asshole.

They also really, really hate Americans. Like...English Canadians with poor French are not well-liked, sure, but Americans? LOL

NotMiki · « **Reply #69 on:** February 15, 2015, 08:02:09 AM »

Good to know. I woulda figured it's like Montreal, where they dislike English-only Canadians but love Americans and their tourismbux.

NotMiki · « **Reply #70 on:** February 19, 2015, 06:48:52 PM »

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/daily-caller-article-headline-kill-all-jews

Another entry in the annals of poor editing choices. Notable that there's no indication this is a joke.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #71 on:** February 19, 2015, 07:18:06 PM »

I dunno. I kinda get what the title was aiming for? I predicted the contents of the article, at least.

That said. Still prolly needed some editorial attention.

NotMiki · « **Reply #72 on:** February 20, 2015, 09:23:15 PM »

Quote from: AndrewRogue on February 19, 2015, 07:18:06 PM

prolly

ya.

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/02/lenovo_superfish_scandal_why_it_s_one_of_the_worst_consumer_computing_screw.html

IotD: Lenovo edition. There are more technical articles out there about this, but I like the tone in this one: righteous, blinding rage. Entirely warranted, of course.

Grefter · « **Reply #73 on:** February 20, 2015, 09:31:01 PM »

What in the actual fuck. I really like their hardware, but I guess I need to weigh up on going back to asus next upgrade.

Excal · « **Reply #74 on:** March 20, 2015, 07:35:25 AM »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/college-professor-bans-student-from-class-for-his-views-on-r#.twaErnOdr

TL;DR: Guy has controversial opinions in required first year humanities class over at Reed. Focuses them on people made uncomfortable by them. When asked to stop, he decides to become even mouthier. Eventually Prof boots him because the other students were starting to be unable to focus or learn properly while this guy was mouthing off.

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Author Topic: Idiot of the Day 2015: More stupid than stupid. (Read 17920 times)