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I was just talking to my friend -redacted but quoted-. She just got accused by Chris Hardwick of ripping off his ideas that he'd talked about on Nerdist. She made this http://hipster-animals.tumblr.com/ and it got popular on a bunch of sites this week and he contacted her to complain. She doesn't listen to podcasts. I guess he's comparing them to his Nerdimals idea from a couple of years ago where he hired someone do some nerd animals or something. Oh Nerdist... why you gotta be like that? King Lou fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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Apr 21, 2011 18:58
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King Lou posted:I was just talking to my friend Dyna. She just got accused by Chris Hardwick of ripping off his ideas that he'd talked about on Nerdist. She made this http://hipster-animals.tumblr.com/ and it got popular on a bunch of sites this week and he contacted her to complain. She doesn't listen to podcasts. I guess he's comparing them to his Nerdimals idea from a couple of years ago where he hired someone do some nerd animals or something. I stopped listening to Nerdist because Hardwick kinda had this douchey vibe so this doesn't seem surprising.
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Apr 21, 2011 19:43
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King Lou posted:I was just talking to my friend Dyna. She just got accused by Chris Hardwick of ripping off his ideas that he'd talked about on Nerdist. She made this http://hipster-animals.tumblr.com/ and it got popular on a bunch of sites this week and he contacted her to complain. She doesn't listen to podcasts. I guess he's comparing them to his Nerdimals idea from a couple of years ago where he hired someone do some nerd animals or something. That's stupid. Chris is kind of a douchebag and he's really not much of a nerd. Like, I don't see how a really nerdy person would identify with him. He seems more like the kind of guy who goes "I like the X-Men movies, how nerdy am I? Huh? I'm such a nerd." Vertigus fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Apr 21, 2011 19:51
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Vertigus posted:That's stupid. Chris is kind of a douchebag and he's really not much of a nerd. Don't forget that he watches DOCTOR WHO! Only NERDS watch DOCTOR WHO (and the entirety of Britain)
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Apr 21, 2011 20:44
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I don't really get the hate for Hardwick, I mean yea he's not some giant dork but he's usually funny and does talk about nerdy kinda things?
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Apr 21, 2011 20:48
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shotgunbadger posted:I don't really get the hate for Hardwick, I mean yea he's not some giant dork but he's usually funny and does talk about nerdy kinda things? I don't think he's very funny at all, and really hate it when he guests on something I'm into. He always strikes me as a guy that tries too hard but just doesn't cut it, sort of like Redban on the Joe Rogan Experience. I hated him on Doug Loves Movies, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and I actually listened to a Nerdist podcast once because he had a guest I liked. And I hated that too.
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Apr 21, 2011 21:53
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shotgunbadger posted:I don't really get the hate for Hardwick, I mean yea he's not some giant dork but he's usually funny and does talk about nerdy kinda things? Who said anything about hate? Why are you attributing that strong emotion to what we're saying? I used to listen to his podcast a lot more, but I started to get tired of it when they did the host-ful episodes and never had much to say, and when they got guests on they didn't really engage them in an interesting way. Also, I'm into nerdy culture, but saying "I watch Dr. Who" doesn't cut it as far as talking about nerdy things goes. I think it's just that he doesn't really sound passionate about anything. Vertigus fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Apr 21, 2011 22:23
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Vertigus posted:Chris is kind of a douchebag At CDR, he asked me about my job, and I didn't really want to say, but it's in the oil sands industry in Alberta, and this one girl booed me, and Chris totally ripped her a new one since no one else joined in her disdain for my desire not to be penniless and homeless.
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Apr 21, 2011 22:28
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I swear, Jimmy Dore will never get over that Kyle Cease Comedy Boot Camp fiasco. The new Comedy and Everything Else with guest Jimmy Pardo is seriously embarassing and uncomfortable.
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King Lou posted:I was just talking to my friend Dyna. She just got accused by Chris Hardwick of ripping off his ideas that he'd talked about on Nerdist. She made this http://hipster-animals.tumblr.com/ and it got popular on a bunch of sites this week and he contacted her to complain. She doesn't listen to podcasts. I guess he's comparing them to his Nerdimals idea from a couple of years ago where he hired someone do some nerd animals or something. Yeah the lady who did all that awesome 60sish Mad Men art was probably hurting for a solid creative idea like "Nerdimals". I like Chris Hardwick sometimes because he has pretty good guests on and when he gets in that positive thinking/productive area, its interesting but other times he just feels like he tries so hard. Well it is half his name. 
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Apr 21, 2011 22:40
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That hipster animals blog is funnier than anything Chris Hardwick has ever said.
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Chris Hardwick bought a fuckload of us burritos in Boston and chatted it up with everyone there at the restaurant. He came off as a pretty good guy IMO. This hate seems pretty unwarranted. I would like to hear what proof Hardwick has that your friend ripped him off, Lou. I can't take accusations like that seriously unless someone has something like a video, like that dude who was ripping off Patton and those other comedians at some paid gig. E: I'd say he enjoyed it. 
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Apr 22, 2011 05:08
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NecronSchmecron posted:Chris Hardwick bought a fuckload of us burritos in Boston and chatted it up with everyone there at the restaurant. He came off as a pretty good guy IMO. This hate seems pretty unwarranted. I'm not privy to the full email exchange between the two. But apparently he sent her all the Nerdimal images and went on to explain how she was ripping him off. I don't hate him. I just thought it was an interesting comedy world story. Oh, she was also annoyed I shared it in a public forum. I thought it was more public than it was. OOPS! King Lou fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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I never realized Hardwick was the first to come up with funny-clothes-on-an-animal. Perhaps I'm not giving this guy enough credit, after all. I grab his podcast very occasionally if a great guest is on (in strict interviewer mode, he's alright, and the cohosts are at least unobtrusively useless), but whenever he turns the comedy switch on*, I can't stand him. His DLM/Ferguson/etc appearances are just grating. He's too convinced that vulgarity and doing a nerd voice are funny in and of themselves, and has a tendency to -- rather than make jokes that fit into a discussion -- stop (read: shout over) everything to shoehorn in setups for his own punchlines. *ie, takes a sudden jump to FULL VOLUME YELLING ABOUT loving poo poo PUSSY STAR WARS EXTERRRRMINATE gently caress. I'm not saying he's a douchebag for it (dunno about this takedown incident), or not a good guy, just that other skills than comedic talent (affability, showmanship, looks) probably landed him his hosting gigs, and thus a higher profile in the comedy world than he'd otherwise warrant.
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King Lou posted:Oh, she was also annoyed I shared it in a public forum. I thought it was more public than it was. OOPS! Umm, your friend, Goldilocks... from the moon, right?  E: Just realized you used her name. Change/Delete it maybe? NecronSchmecron fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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Apr 22, 2011 06:57
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King Lou posted:I was just talking to my friend Dyna. She just got accused by Chris Hardwick of ripping off his ideas that he'd talked about on Nerdist. She made this http://hipster-animals.tumblr.com/ and it got popular on a bunch of sites this week and he contacted her to complain. She doesn't listen to podcasts. I guess he's comparing them to his Nerdimals idea from a couple of years ago where he hired someone do some nerd animals or something. Chris Hardwick is a dummy and Dyna Moe is great.
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http://www.nerdist.com/2009/04/nerdimals-iphone-backgrounds/ There's some of what he's talking about, and aside from "animals wearing clothes" there doesn't really seem to be any overlap. He seems like a really nice guy, it's weird to me that he would do this. Maybe nerd is synonymous with hipster in his head? That would explain a lot about his persona to be honest!
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King Lou posted:I'm not privy to the full email exchange between the two. But apparently he sent her all the Nerdimal images and went on to explain how she was ripping him off. So are you implying that he shouldn't have confronted someone that he thinks may have copied something that he made/had made? (it's not just a bit, he has actual "nerdimals" art) I'm sure she didn't copy him and he may have overreacted but everyone knows that people copy each other all the time, especially online. I recently started listening to Nerdist again, not sure if I'll keep it up because I agree with most of the criticisms on here about him (Trying too hard to be nerdy etc.) There has been some pretty cool interviews though, I enjoyed the latest one with Andy Samberg
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I honestly don't understand the criticism of "trying too hard to be nerdy." There are spectrums of nerdiness, I guess, but he seems genuine to me. He certainly seems to be one of the more tech savvy nerds. Just because he doesn't watch star trek or star wars all the time doesn't mean he isn't what he is claiming to be. Also, IMO, hipsters nowadays seem to be nerds that are popular and therefore can be cocky assholes. I definitely don't see Hardwick as an rear end in a top hat. 
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Steve Slavery posted:So are you implying that he shouldn't have confronted someone that he thinks may have copied something that he made/had made? (it's not just a bit, he has actual "nerdimals" art) I'm not implying anything. Apparently he did feel she was ripping off his 2 year old idea and contacted her about it. She felt she didn't because she'd never heard of Nerdimals and the idea of animals dressed as people is not in anyway new. I believe they have both moved on.
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NecronSchmecron posted:I honestly don't understand the criticism of "trying too hard to be nerdy." There are spectrums of nerdiness, I guess, but he seems genuine to me. I don't think he's an rear end in a top hat or anything. I'm not saying he's too cool to be a nerd, I just think he relies on mentioning something "nerdy" to get laughs. For instance he'll just randomly reference doctor who in the middle of a conversation for seemingly no reason other than "aren't I sooo nerdy?" He seems cool I just personally don't need someone to re-affirm how nerdy they are all the time. In general I have no problem with his brand of humor, I just find some of the forced "jokes" kind of annoying.
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The concept of 'nerd culture' is retarded as a whole and deciding who's 'trying too hard' or 'not part of it' for your faux 'culture' is pretty much the most childish thing.
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King Lou posted:As usual the latest Judge John Hodgeman is great. I haven't listened to it yet but just from the description I knew it would be a good one. I told my best friend and my bf that I wish we were having an argument that we could call him about. One day, we'll see.
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The thing I don't like about Hardwick is that he has the whole nerd cadence/gets-too-excited thing going on. Content is one thing but his delivery puts me off
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King Lou posted:As usual the latest Judge John Hodgeman is great. I must not've read this thread too closely, because I didn't even know this was a thing. John Hodgeman is great. I can't wait to get home and lsiten to this thing.
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shotgunbadger posted:The concept of 'nerd culture' is retarded as a whole and deciding who's 'trying too hard' or 'not part of it' for your faux 'culture' is pretty much the most childish thing. I'm from the generation where you watched Doctor Who and read comics because you were an ugly friendless human being, not because the internet said it was cool. I resent the "validation" because I feel like I earned it the hard way.
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Riptor posted:The thing I don't like about Hardwick is that he has the whole nerd cadence/gets-too-excited thing going on. Content is one thing but his delivery puts me off Now see this I agree on, he does that whole 'hyper puppy' voice when he really gets into things and that can be annoying. DangerDummy! posted:I'm from the generation where you watched Doctor Who and read comics because you were an ugly friendless human being, not because the internet said it was cool. I resent the "validation" because I feel like I earned it the hard way. You didn't earn poo poo, you liked a show. You don't watch things and read things you like because you bank on future 'cred', and you don't keep doing it when it's 'mainstream' because now it's cool, you do it because you enjoy it. The concept that there are 'real' fans of nerdy things and 'posers' is entitlement at its worst.
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Tapezilla is great. It's an entertainment/games podcast that frequently derails. (I'm on it, too.)
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Steve Slavery posted:I don't think he's an rear end in a top hat or anything. I'm not saying he's too cool to be a nerd, I just think he relies on mentioning something "nerdy" to get laughs. For instance he'll just randomly reference doctor who in the middle of a conversation for seemingly no reason other than "aren't I sooo nerdy?" Or maybe he just really likes Doctor Who. Why does he have to try and impress you. Maybe he just enjoys bringing it up, and talking about it. And do we really need to question someones "nerd cred". Dude is a stand up comedian, who's dad is a pro bowler and he grew up with Josh Whedon. He has a podcast, that is now at a comic book store. I think the dude is pretty drat nerdy.
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The_Rob posted:he grew up with Josh Whedon. Wil Wheaton. Sorry, I've seen a lot of people confuse the two this week, and it just struck me as funny that it happened here too.
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The_Rob posted:Or maybe he just really likes Doctor Who. Why does he have to try and impress you. Maybe he just enjoys bringing it up, and talking about it. Sorry if I sounded like I was questioning his "nerd cred", in fact I mean exactly the opposite. I feel like he is a nerd and a lot of his reference jokes aren't really jokes as much as they're just ways for him to get free laughs/cheers. I listen to his podcast so obviously I like the guy, and I'm pretty sure I've laughed at plenty of the random reference jokes but the amount of times where it doesn't work for me is pretty high. (even though I am a fan of doctor who etc.) Also he grew up with Wil Wheaton edit: I feel like maybe if it were a live show I wouldn't notice it and would more than likely enjoy it. But on a podcast that I listen to twice a week it gets old, like one would get tired of someone who keeps repeating memes/catch phrases. ElCondemn fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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OGB posted:Wil Wheaton. Sorry, I've seen a lot of people confuse the two this week, and it just struck me as funny that it happened here too. Wasn't his neighbor Joss Whedon as well? Even if you wouldn't call him a nerd, he seems to be a magnet for their icons.
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SansWetware posted:The Best Show has just been home run after home run lately. I look forward to that one thing more than any other weekly thing. With all the things that happened on this episode--I'm probably happiest that Larry Da Perv is back. His character is so well developed that you can just picture how scummy and awful he'd be.
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SpacePig posted:I must not've read this thread too closely, because I didn't even know this was a thing. John Hodgeman is great. I can't wait to get home and lsiten to this thing.
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So I just listened to the DLM with Bald Bryan, Alison Rosen, and Bill Burr, and I have to say, I found Burr pretty annoying. I haven't heard much of his act, but he reminded me of how pretty much the rest of the country views over-the-top Red Sox fans. Reminiscent of Nick DiPaolo, who I think is extremely unfunny. Am I missing something? Do I need to give his other stuff a chance? Or is he usually like this?
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I like his stand up, but he was doing the same thing with the Sklars until I tuned out.
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